Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
In Folding

In Folding
Tablecloths for ironing make no more folds
than necessary, and let all necessary ones
be straight and smooth. Iron the cloth
lengthwise move the iron lightly IN the
beginning, and iron first on the wrong side
Fold the selvedges evenly together, iron
on both the right sides, and Increase the
pressure as the linen dries. Open the cloth
with the wrong side uppermost. Fold the
selvedges over so they almost touch the
middle fold. and iron again. Fold once
more, bringing the two new edges together,
and iron both sides OF the cloth. Iron
until perfectly dry.
When spread upon the table there should
be three lengthwise folds with the sharp
side of the fold uppermost. Make as few
crosswise folds as possible, the number de-
pending upon the size of the drawers in
which the tablecloths are kept 1t Is a
matter of great convenience to have the
drawers for table linen OF good size, then
tablecloths will need few crosswise folds,
and tray cloths. center pieces, etc, need
not be folded at all
In treating napkins pull the edges straight,
iron first on the wrong side. Fold the
selvedges together and iron this side; fold
again lengthwise with all edges even, and
iron again. To make the first crosswise
fold draw the upper edge back one-haif
inch from the end. Iron this new surface.
Fold once more crosswise and iron on both
sides. When folded finally the napkin Is
square.
To fold small napkin to correspond
with the dinner size, fold one selvedge
two-thirds over toward the other selvedge.
Iron again and fold the other selvedge
forward until the edges are even. Fold
tie less than two-thirds of the way; iron
and fold again so the edges are even. The
napkin is now square.
The laundry needs board covered with
cl.rn of A1yT al t.-hf Nh
iron embroideries.
If tablecloths or napkins are marked with
embroidered letters iron that portion first,
and on the wrong side, and do not iron
the embroidery at all on the right side.
A Plain
Lettuce salad assumes different aspect
when served in rudy tomato cup or shin
ing green pepper cases, and a rosy ring OF
tomato jelly may inclose a plain celery or
endive salad. Salads can be decorated with
chopped green herbs, hard boiled eggs
radishes. cut to represent little tulips.
olives and nasturtium leaves and blossoms.
Aspic Jelly is valuable aid in garnish-
ing salads, cold meats. game pies and SO
on. 1t is refreshing to the eye always, and
may be made to assume any form or color.
Cubes of pale aspic laid in rings of green
peppers have an exceedingly pretty effect;
or the aspic is chopped to present rough
surface.
Potatoes can be most decorative Mashed
potatoes are pressed in the form of tiny
pyramids with fiat tops. These are dipped
in the white of an esq, then in fine minced
parsley, giving the effect OF small. green
pyramids. through which the white of the
potatoes CLEAN temptingiy. These NAV be
used with small pyramids cut from stale
bread and fried delicate brown in hot but
ter. They are arranged about a dish al
ternately with stars or cubes of lemon be-
tween
Slices of bread cut in fancy shapes rings
stars, diamonds and so on, Drowned In but
ter, make a simple and pretty decoration