The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16

the Gull D6IOr0 D0Sluu4uS ~ iron.
This helps to prevent the iron from
sticking, so does the ~turpentine,
while the borax aids in stiffening tho
starch. Slip the iron lightly once
over the back and then lightly over
the front, then heavily on the wrong,
finishing up heavily on the right
side. 1t is important to observe these
details, since if you irOned the right
side first and the wrong last it would
make a ridge where the edges are
turned in, and if you ironed heavily
at once the iron would be liable to
stick.
IRONING THE FRONT.
Now place your board directly
under the front. Wipe it all over
carefully with the rag, smoothing
out as far as possible all
After you once begin to iron it with
a fresh hot iron) you must never lift
the iron off it (nor on any account
change your iron in the middle of
ironing any starched thing. Iron
downward and sideways, and never
leave off ironing until it is perfectly
dry even if it seems smooth enough.
If the collar and cuffs r separate
they are easier to iron. Only be
careful, asi in the case of the attached
cuffs, to wipe with a wet rag CATER
having laid them aside wrapped up
in a towel, with a fold of it between
each cuff or collar, rolled upin a tight
bundle for an hour or longer, after
rubbing the starch i'm. Remember,
too, to iron them first, lightly on the
wrong side, then lightly on the
right; heavily on the wrong side
and then heavily on the right. If
the collar has a band to it iron that
first.
POLISHING.
Polishing, with some practice,
may also be done at home, though l
would not advise the beginner to
try it at once, since it is rather dis
astrous to ones temper, spelling a
shirt or cuffs which looked immacu-
late before one attempted to polish
them. The domestic Cor unpOlished)
finish, as it is called is preferred by
many men to a high glaze indeed,
the latter is now considered not al
together "good form" by the young
Oxonians in England, who T eX-
tremely particular about their
toilets.
The size of polishing iron to pro
cure is known as Number One"
1t is a small iron with a rounded
bottom and must be of exactly the
right temperature, which is as hot
as possible without ~scOrching it is
worse than useless unless sufficiently
heated. The rounded bottom must
be polished and repolished till not a
speck is visible and even then you
T more likely than not to soil the
article you wish to polish, partiCu-
larly if it be white. For this reason
it is a good plan to polish colored
cuffs or collars first while learning.
No gloss or mixture of any kind is
used, nothing but a clean rag dipped
in water. With this you dampen
the already irOned surface just as
your iron is ready-nOt before. The
polish is acquired by passing the lit
tie round bOttOmed iron very swiftly
to and fro several times, bearing
down on it as hard as you can. This
is really hard work and one is very
red in the face after accomplishing
it. While it is nice to think one has
done it and could do it at any time,
l really think polishing at home
scarcely repays one.
For any one who has never done
any ironing it would be a good plan
to begin with separate collars and
cuffs before attempting anything
quiet so ambitious as a shirt. 1t
we'll repays any girl to master the
art of doing up a white shirt" as
it enables her to do many other
things with the iron which she will
find on occasion very convenient to
know how to dO.-Constance Fuller
Mcintyre, in the Ledger Monthly.