Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-19
HOW TO DO UP" A SHIRT.
Much Depends on the Care Of the cIoiheslIne.
Minute Directions Tor tho Home
Laundress
BY Martha Mocuuooh Williams.

Tor The Gazette.
Most men front fortune with n much
better grace full panoplied In stln and
shining lineit, without spot or blemish.
than when smelry. ciumpled breast.
plate prOclaims aloud the incompetence
Of the home laundry.
HOW TO WASH SEARCHED
CLOTHES.
Shirts, cuffs. colars-anything. IN fact,
that needs TO be stiiieucd and polished
should be washed perfectly clean and
allowed 70 dry thoroughly before they
are surched
Let them soak before washing in blood,
warm water long enough 10 thoroughly
soften the old starch Take care not
10 bend the stiff parts sharply back or
forth until gentle rubbing has made them
phable. For stiff starched linen " al
most rs frangihle as cardboard, even
when new aud sound OF fibre. Especially
~ Il so with the fine qualities used Tor
dress shirts.
HOW TO HANG SEARCHED
CLOTHES on THE LINE.
When shirts are ready for the line be
sure to hang them ON IL properly that
" with the shoulders lightly laid over
7, the bosom hanging smooth and straight
between.
If a shirt bosom dries dragging slant
wise, the several thicknesses pulling
apart, no after effort will achieve quite
the proper smOothncss and solldity.
With cuhs aud collars II ~ much the
same. Snap them out straight AND
hang them so that warp and wool pull
true.
Trnes all these-some no doubt, feel
inclined TO say. They are such trihes as
make the difference between good work
and bad
BEST STARCH FOR SHIRTS.
To make starch for shirts mix smooth
two tahlespoOnfuls Of dry starch with
little cold water, and stir Il into a
quart Of clear water. boiling In an earth.
en- or black tin sauce pan. Let II boil
for one minute. stirring an the time
Then add bit OF white wax the size Of
a nutmeg, one teaspoonful OF fine salt.
and two tublespOolNius of clear, thick
gum water.
To make this gum water choose the
best white gum arabic, throwing out all
the cOlored bits. Pour n pint Of boiling
water upon an ounce of the dry humps
and let IL stand day and night then
pour carefully away tr0m the sediment
and bottle IL for use
Cook the starch one minute longer
taking care not to scOrch H.,
IL should not be frce of humps
Strain 1t through a thin cloth and then
stir in as much bluing as you Ike.
JUST HOW 10 STARCH A SHIRT
BOSOM.
Now take a shirt, fold the bosom |
lengthwise aloNg the middle line, din |
IL into the starch and rub and knead e |
with both hands until you are certain |
the su1ening has penetrated all the |
iibres Wiring very dry aud hurR on |
The line with the same care as at first.
After il Is IN plucc look the bosom |
over. III there IL anywhere a
Df with a soft damp cloth. See o. 10 /
that there are no air bubbles betwixt
the plies Of linen and backing
Treat collars and cuffs the same way, |
taking especial pairs TO pull them In
shape on the line
JUST HOW TO IRON
For ironing you need bosom board
covered with double flannel,
come good steel faced irons. a polishing
ron. a bit Of white wax tied up In clean
10th, wooden tray Of fine salt aud
)Owl of very weak raw starch
First fold the shirt lpngthWse down
he middle Of the back and iron the body
mOOtb leaving the bosom untouched
The shirt has Of course been spriukled
lown long enough TO bee damp through
md through. When the body Is fin
shed fold a sleeve along the sloped
cam; lay II fiat and iron IL. first through
he middle, then holding the emf or the
boulder IL the left hand TO keep Il taut;
With the right hand urge the iron IN
mong the gathers.
Take care always 10 iron straight with |
he warp threads, and 80 10 lay what rs
roned thnt warp aud wool stand at
u exact right angle.
When both sleeves are irohed on both
Ides, open a wristband, lay L fat, right
ide down and press It hard and dry.
urn aud press on the right side Do
Now fasten the neck hand tOgethes
nd spread the shirt flat Oifnthc table,
Osom upward. Slip the bosom board
side under Il, and with the two hands
mO0th u ont as smooth aud straight (
= possible, With q clean thin cloth wet
Iarch rubbing Il well Ia 50 as not 20 '
ave a sticky surface. Now take an iron
lst hot enough 10 yellow white cloth III | !
IT standing ten seconds, aud press hard /
nd firmly lengthwise Up md down the
iddle OF the bosom, beginnnK at, the /
ottOm ard holding the neck tight with 4
Ne other hand. Indeed, more depends 4
4 the left hand than the right. The I
mack Of pulling properly Is one 20 be I
arned only by practice, !
Before the iron touches the garment Z
10 It's face well with the wax IN the Z
9TH then run i rapidly over the salt d
ny. n
III BY chance you press the bosom
10 a wrinkle or into Olse Of those warps
lOWn to laundresscS as "caf faces
et the spot with clear water, stretch h
smooth and begin the ironing over o
gnin.
When the boeom q smooth atl q
hite. but still a trihe damp. take your "a
Fishing iron-it must b. quite as hot p
I The other-rib THE face of II with b
cher wax or white soap, and press the b
you hard until 4 shines 70 suit your
fiufs and collars must be likewise !,
,dnl "a the fklnnel-coyercd boards u
wing been danpened with weak starch =,
stcr. Press them first upon the wrong !,
AZ. thon turn aud make the night haw 4,
ssiv smooth After the polishing iron u
u done IL work even them into shape ~
"a press dry upon The wrong SIDE,
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