Year: 1877




other that indicates the careful wife,
1t Is that her husband always appears
with q gOOd-itting, well-made, and
handsomely laundried shirt. A lady
gives In the New York Times the fol-
lowing direction for the latter process /:
Have tub Of quite wErm water
take your soiled linen the evening be-
fore you wish to wash soap the col
lar-bands, wristbands, and all stained
places separately and well put the
lid OF the tub down, and leave All
night. In the morning put in your
boiler two pals Of cold water, one pa
per OF washing crystal, and about one
fifth of = cake OF soap, shaved no
nne let boil ten minutes, stirring IL
around with your elothes-stiek then
add three pals Of cold water, or
enough 70 cover your clothes well |:
squeeze the clothes out Of ths tub,
leaving as much soap in as possible
put In the boiler, and set it where IL
will boil keep the clothes well under
the water with the clOthes-stieK, and
boil fifteen minutes drain them out
Of the boiler into clean warm water,
carefully rubbing each piece by It.
self; have them wrung tight out Of
this water, and snapped out 80 that
they go into the rinse-water all
lOosened out give them two pleuti-
ful rinsings in cold water, and 3 third
in the blue water. The bluiDg re-
qnires judgment f; you Gan tell when
1t Is desirable shade by wringing out
Of 1t napkin. Stareh-have : pan Of
boiling water, stir your starch TO a
paste with some cold water, and pour
into the boiling water add 3 pinch Of
salt, and to every quart OF starch put
10 three Chinese wax waters let boil
five minutes, stirring all the time.
Have your linen all turned on the
wrong side dip the bosOms OF the
shirts-the wrong side-in the starch
as hot as you can possibly handle 1t,
and rub between your hands well
collars and cuffs same way only
have them doubled together hang
with the starch side to tue sun they
must be perfectly dried you can
sprinkle them over night or two or
three hours before You wish to Iron
them II they are desired very stiff,
take heaping tesspOOnful Of starch
and dissolve in half = pint Of cold wa
ter, and then pour on half q pint of
boiling water 1 put one drop OF
bluing in q teaspOonful OF water
and stir it in; dip the bOsoms,
collars and cuffs in this and
wiring tightly as possible; lay the body
of the shirt upon the bosom, and roll
up very tightly, and put in the
basket so that they will keep 80 snap
out each collar and cuff separately
and lay them between dry towels,
and roll them very hard and tight.
when you iron see first that You have
good fire, and that the lids Of the
range or your ironing pan are per-
feetly clean. Have 3 bowl OF clean
water and q clean piece Of white
cloth, piece OF wax in q cloth, and q
board with some sand on It you
should have at least two thicknesses
Of blanket and two OF white muslin
on your bosom beard, and they must
be tackled very tight and smooth. /
always iron the wrist band first,
then the sleeves, then the neck-band;
then put the shirt on the shirt-board,
and iron all but the bosom wiring the
cloth out Of the water in the bowl,
aud rub over all the bosom rub
downward and pull the bosom into
shape, Be sure the iron Is immaeu-
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board If they have ever stuck and
caused you trouble, then give the wax
quick rub over it, then rub of
hard on your ironing cloth and
beside rub the sides OF the
iron well. Begin to iron the bosom
in the center, up and down, holding
fast 10 the neck band, and so on out
to the sides, so that any wrinkles will
come st the very edge IL any Wrin-
kles are In the bosom, or any black |
speeks, rub them out with yOur damp |
cloth ; you must iron until they are !
entirely dry, then take your damp |
c!oth-not Wet-snd rub over the !
whole bosom, so that it is 3 little |
and finish by polishing |
with your polishing iron, rubbing |
quickly and bearing on wipe the
collars and cuffs off well with the
damp cloth, pull In shape, lay over
them q piece Of clean white muslin, I
and iron q moment or two then take
Oft the cloth, iron and finish the same
rs the bosom lay them in q large
dish, and put it in plate warmer un-
til they are dry and stiff beyond 3
doubt. Hang your SHIFTS with the
bOsOms next the fire Until they are
stiff also.