Pressing Trousers
Dear Aunt Daisy, In answer to "Housewife of Palmerston North" asking for tips on the above subject, I can recommend the method I have used for years. First turn the trousers inside out, and line the seams to be pressed with ordinary washing soap. See that the soap is soft enough to make a good line (as with a piece of chalk). Now arrange the trousers for pressing; and. in doing so, see that the stitched seams overlap each other so that when the trousers are pressed, the pressed seam will come down the centre of the leg. Fold back one leg and press one at a time. Use a damp cloth, well wrung out, and place over the edge to be pressed. Press with fairly hot iron, doing about 18 inches at a time. Then immediately cover with a flat board to retain the steam. Remove the cloth, leaving the board until you press the next section, When finished hang over the drying rack. Now this system is not so complicated as it sounds, and well worth the trouble, as I have found my trousers to keep that knife edge crease for months at a time! I might also add that I fold my trousers flat on the box ottoman at nights and so help to keep the creases in their correct place.
Mac
Dunedin.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 488, 29 October 1948, Page 23
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228Pressing Trousers New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 488, 29 October 1948, Page 23
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