IRONING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 February 1941, Page 8

IRONING

SOME USEFUL HINTS. Men's Collars and Dress Shirts, These articles are washed in the ordinary way, just like the rest of the white wash. They should be soaked by themselves and. as it is important to get out every trace of the old starch, they must be very thoroughly washed so that the.v dry quite soft. They should be bone dry before being starched. Make stiff (i.e„ cold water starch) in the way directed on the packet. Pul tiie collars into it two or three al a time and rub the starch in as if you were washing them. Remember that to get good results you must mix the sfarch to exactly the right consis t e n c y. Take collars out of the starch, wring out lightly, rubbing them between the hands to ensure the starch getting well in. Lay them in a clean towel, win. a fold between each, roll up. ana leave for half an hour. To Iron Collars. Wipe collars on both sides to remove surface starch. You must not use too hot an iron. Put tlte collar straight out on the table and iron very lightly; once on the wrong side, then on the right, pressing any fulness towards the top and edges, not the buttonholes. Continue'to press on alternate'sides until the collar is stiff but not dr.'.'. Polishing. For this process, you will need a very hot polishing iron.

If you have not got a polishing board, the hard surface necessary can be obtained by putting the ironing sheet on to the table direct. Damp the collar with a muslin

wrung nut in cold water, but do not make it too wet. Then pass the iron backwards and forwards across the collar till you get a good gloss.

Straight collars are now ready for curling, but turn down collars should be slightly damped on the wrong side along the line where they are turned over, then creased with the lingers and the crease pressed a little with the iron on the inside.

Curl the collar by running the iron over the wrong side while pulling it into a circle with the free hand, from under the iron.

Dress Shirts. To starch and polish the front of a dress shirt make starch with two tablespoons starch. \ pint water, few drops of turps. Mix with the hand some time before using. Have the article to be starched clean, dry. and free from old starch. Squeeze and work it in the starch until each fold of linen is saturated. Wring fairly dry. Spread on a clean cloth, and with a damp rag wipe off dry starch. Pul! into shape. Spread on a clean towel, mid roll up. Leave for about half an hour before ironing. 'i'o iron, pull into shape again on the ironing cloth, and iron with a very hot clean iron on the right side, until quite stiff and dry. | To polish-after the shirt front is I ironed—spread on board and rub lightly over the right side with a damp' cloth. With a thoroughly clean and very hot polishing iron, polish first j across and then lengthways. Summer Fabrics. Success in laundering summer frock ; fabrics lies in studying the type M j the fabric. It is a wise precaution to j inquire at the time of purchasing if the fabric will launder, and if any particular method is advocated. You will need moderately hot irons, and they should be spotlessly clean, j The heat of the iron should not. how-, ever, be as great as for cottons, or you i will give your silks a papery look and: run the danger of scorching them. Sil):. with few exceptions should be ironed [ on the wrong side. Shantung silk and I tussore should never be ironed, on the right side. Georgette, and ninon all ' look better if ironed on the wrong, sid< .