RENOVATING CREASED CLOTHES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 756, 31 August 1929, Page 26

RENOVATING CREASED CLOTHES

A TAILOR'S WAY When unsightly creases appear in | your coats and skirts, suspend the 1 garments on hangers in the bathroom and turn on the hot water tap for five minutes. This will give the clothes a steam bath, and the creases ; will vanish. If it is desired to press out creases | caused by suspending a frock or coat by the armhole or collar instead of the loop, tack a piece of calico over j the place and iron it under a damp | cloth, first catching down the bulging material here and there. This treatment will usually put matters right unless the cloth is very thick. When pressing out creases from heavy, cloth, keep the iron on the move and never allow the damp cloth over which you are ironing to become dry. To rest the iron on one spot wiir leave a mark that is difficult to i remove. All tackings, however slight, should be takeu out; and before a pleated garment is pressed I the pleats should be pinned. down to the ironing pad at top and bottom. I

ORANGE JAM

Required: 21b of oranges, 41b of sugar, S cups of water. Wash the oranges, and then cut them up finely (.peel as well), taking care to remove the pips. Put into the pan with the water and boil for an hour, then add the sugar and allow to boil for another one and a-half hours. Allow to cool, and put into jars. If the consistency of the jam is right a little sooner, remove from, the fire.