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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3700, 16 August 1906, Page 4

STARCHING AND IRONING. How Swiss and German Laundresses D< Their Beautiful, Glossy Linen. Foreign laundresses generally use tin best rico starch lor nil articles that require bard starching and excessive gloss. Thli is first mixed with a little cold water t< the consistency of thick cream. Then boiling water is added while the stirring li continued steadily. For stiffer purposes mix a quarter of a pound of rice starch as before, then add the necessary quantity oi boiling water, previously mixed with a teaspoonful of pounded borax, a lump ol sugar and a piece of pure white wax os largo as a nut. Stir quickly the same way all the time the boiling water ia being added. If necessary, starch the fronts, etc., two or three times. They will look all the bettor. • Starch all the parts that require It, wring thorn out hard and clap well in the hand, after which roll each thing separately in a clean dry cloth tightly for a couple of hours. When ready for the ironing, spread the article out on the board, rub the starched part with a coarse, clean cloth, then with an ordinary iron proceed With the operation. It is important that the board should not bo too thickly covered. The surface on which the shirts, etc., arc ironed ought not to bo 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 side with a very hot iron, then on the right side. They should then be put aside, though still limp, while others are being treated in the same way. By this time the iron will have cooled sufficiently to finish tho things off. Lay them flat on the board-, rub thorn quickly with a slightly moistened cloth and iron at once heavily and rapidly, leaning principally on tho tip of the iron and going as evenly as possible backward and forward over the surface to insure the same amount of glosa ail over. Mark tho hems or seams by pressing the side of the iron against them. The final polish for cuffs and collars consists In pulling thorn from under the hot clean iron, curving thorn, as it is done, so that they roll easily. In this state stand them In a largo tumbler and leave them there till quite cold. They will then be beautifully stiff and glossy. The iron should be wiped with a waxed cloth.

IW Ig is ea re ta 39 3. ,n ID 18 3, yf >a is ’a 0 I I ‘‘Occasional’’ Furnishings. The needful furniture may all be in a room, but no ono knows so well as the housekeeper with artistic yearnings how much one or two of the small pieces ntiw bo fashionable would add to her arrange--4 m Rtwli t)AINTY BITS OF FURNITURE, ment. As for the homo loving girl, to j whom tlio decoration of her room is a genuine delight, she is tempted lime Upoli time to spend half her monthly dress al- , lowanoo on a charming sheraton desk, a heart shaped toilet mirror, a cbippondala 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 useful drawer, shown in the cut? Of the ' music scats, by the way, there are various * shapes. In a more elaborate ono, in place j of the drawer, all the space underneath tho seat is inclosed and contains a kind of movable rack divided into compartments, - which pulls out on tho principle of a re- j f volving desk. . The ladies’ rosewood writing desk re- 3 calls so exactly a once favorite shape that S id seems it could not bo improved upon. Quaint and extremely comfortable (a quality by no means always to bo counted on in these odd bits of furniture) looks tho little old fashioned “settee” of striped velvet. A china cabinet or curio table, fitted with plate glass and lined with plush, becomes quite a necessity in this day when every feminine body who would bo "somebody” is “making a collection”—it may bo nf after dinner coffee cups, of souvenir spoons, of beautiful specimens of china and glass, of foreign curios—all of whioh need a safe resting place. To these cabinets there is no end of variety, but a most popular and really commodious stylo is tho Chippendale here illustrated. i Heat, Gas and Book Bindings. “Low book shelves, ” said a furniture | dealer, who is a lover of books ns well, to ! a New York Times writer,“have an ori- : gin in reason besides the caprice of fashion, j Heat 1s injurious to the binding of choice books, drying out the 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 six ! foot book cases are a necessity rather than j a notion. j “Cold is as hard on books ns overheating, and an atmosphere that is too damp or too dry also injures them. The sun , j pouring in directly on the shelves fades f the bindings. “An open Are is another necessity in a library. Books require good air like a human being, and gas ought never to bo used where valuable books are kept. Candles are hard on tho eyes, though, and therefore should bo avoided. Oil- or electricity are all better than gas, which acts as readily on bindings ns it does on silver. In lieu of tarnishing, however, it effects their Blasticity and pliable qualities.” Cocoanut Pie. A pound cocoanut, grated; a half pound powdered sugar, a quart milk, unskimmed; 6 eggs beaten to a froth, a tcaspoonful nutmeg, 2 tcaspoonfuls vanilla or rose water. Boil the milk, take it from the Sre, and whip in gradually tho beaten ?ggs. When nearly cold, season. Add .he cocoanut, and pour into paste shells, /omit boil tho eggs and milk together 3ake 2U minutes. BY