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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3700, 9 August 1906, Page 4

STARCHING AND IRONING. How Swim anti German Laundresses Dc Their ncaattfui, Glossy Linen. Foreign laundresses generally use the best rice starch for oil articles that require hard starching and excessive gloss. This la first mixed with a littlo cold water to the consistency of thick cream. Then boiling water la added while the stirring is continued steadily. For stif'fer purposes mix a quarter of a pound of rice starch as before, then add tlio necessary quantity of boiling water, previously mixed with a toaspoouful of pounded borax, a lump of lugar and a piece of pure white wax as largo as a nut. c-tir quickly the samo'way all " the time the boiling water is being lidded. If necessary, starch the fronts, eto., two or three times. They will look all the bettor. Starch all tiro parts that require it, wring them cut bard and clap well in tlio hand, after which roll each thing sepa* rately in a clean dry Cloth tightly for a couple of hours. When ready for the ironing, spread tlio article out on the board, rub the starched part with a coarse, clean cloth, then with an ordinary iron proceed with tho operation, lb is important that tlio board should not be too thickly covered. The surface on which the shirts, eto,, aro ironed ought not to be too soft. The best thing is a piece of thin-blanket, tightly stretched, covered with linen. Collars and cuffs are ironed first on the wrong sido with a very hot iron, then on tho right side. They should then be put aside, though still limp, while others ere being treated in tlio same way. liy this time theiron will have cooled sufiieientiy to finish tho tilings off. Lay them flat on the board, rub them quickly wkh a s ightiy moistened cloth ami iron at once heavily and rapidly, leaning principally on the tip of tlio iron and going as evenly ns possible backward and forward over the surface to insure the same amount of gloss nil over. Mark tho hams or seams by pressing the side of the iron against them. Tho final polish for cuffs and collars consists In pulling them from under tho hot clean Iron, curving them, an it is done, so that they roil easily. In this state stand them In a largo tumbler and leave them there till quito cold. They will then be beautifully stiff and glossy. The iron should bo wiped with a waxed cloth. ‘•Occasional” Furnishings. Tho needful furniture may all be in a room, but no ono knows so well as iho housekeeper with artistic yearnings how much one or two of the small pieces now eo fashionable would add to her arraugefy, i’.At (S) iitiPT I m ili|; ■<o J DAINTY !!ITt! OF FURKITUR2. ment. As for the home loving girl, to whom tho decoration of her room is a genuine delight, she is tempted time upon timo to spend half her monthly dress allowance on a charming shcraton desk, a heart shaped toilet mirror, a chippendala table or similar beguiling affair. What could bo more convenient, for instance, as well as decorative, than the little “envelope" folding card table and the silk upholstered music seat, with its usefa! drawer, shown in tho cut? Of the music scats, by tlio way, there are various shapes. In a more elaborate one. in place of the drawer, all tho space underneath tho teat is inehi:-' d and contains a kind of movable rack divided into compartments, \. inch pulls out on tho principle of a revolving desk The lathes rosewood writing desk rola'li.i so exactly a once favorite shape that it seems it could not bo improved upon. (Quaint and extremely comfortable (a quality by no means always to be counted on in these odd bits of furnitnv ) looks t!.n little old fashioned “settee" 0. striped Velvet. A china cabinet or curio table, fitted with plate glass ami lined with plush, becomes quito a necessity in this day when c.very feminine body wiio would be ••somebody” is “making a collection”--it may be of after dinner coffee cups, of reuveuit tipuo.’is, of beautiful specimens of china and glass, of foreign curios—ail of which need a safe resting place. To these oablxi is there is no end of variety, but a most popular and really commodious style is th# ebippcudalo here Illustrated. • Heat, Goa ami Book Bindings. “Low book shelves, ” said a furniture dealer, who is a lover of books ns well, to u New York Times writer,“have an origin in reason besides the caprice of fashion Heat Is injurious to tho binding of choice books, drying out tho natural oil of the leather and making them warp and get out of shape. Most rooms are very warm In tho upper parts, and these five and sis foot book cases are a necessity rather than a notion. “Cold is as hard on books os overheating, and an atmosphere that is too damp or too dry also injures them. Tlio sun pouring in directly on the shelves fades the bindings. % “An open Cro is another necessity in a library. Hooks require good air like a human. being, and gas ought never to bo need whore valuable books are kept. Candles aro hard on tho eyes, though, and therefore should be avoided. Oil or electricity are all better than gas, which acts as readily on binding;! as it does on silver. In Usu of tarnishing, however, it effects taeli elasticity and pliable qualities.” Cocoanut Bio. A pound cocoanut, grated; a half pound powdered sugar, a quart milk, unskim mod; U eggs beaten to a froth, a teaspoonful nutmeg, S teaspoonfuls vanilla or rose water. Loll tlio milk, take it from the lire, and whip in gradually tho beaten eggs. When nearly cold, season. Add tho cocoanut, and pour into paste shells. Do net il llicpgga and milk together. Hake 80 minutes.