Show WAY TO IRON SHIRT HINTS FOR WIFE WHO DOES HUSBANDS HUS-BANDS LINEN Pr per Precautions at the BeginnIng Will Save Time and the Garment Gar-ment Will Also Last a Great Deal Longer In order that a shirt may ho sue cossfully Ironed It is necessary to starch and fold It properly As to the starch used there are two Kinds the raw and the boiled The lat ° VlS a rule > gives the more Batls r faction though not a few laundresses prefer the raw starch method for col Inrs cuffs and shirt bosoms The amateur however will do well to experiment first with the boiled liquid To make It mix together take two tablespoonfuls of dry starch and about half a teacupful of cold water until It Is of the consistency of cream Then add a little more than onehalf pint ol boiling water If the starch Is needed for shirt bosoms or collars More wa ter Is required If such articles as skirts or petticoats are to be starched Starch must be quite hot for collars and shirts warm for the average white garments and almost cold for I colored goods In order to prevent sticking to the Irons a little borax a small bit of tal low candle or a tiny lump of lard may be added when mixing In starching a shirt have It quite dry then turn on the right sldo and gather the parts to be stiffened In the hand and dip In cold water then put Into the hot starch rubbing It well Into the shirt Then clap tho stiffened stif-fened portions between the hands Remove with a rag any superfluous bits of starch and fold taking care to keep all the starched arts together otherwise the sleeves or body of the shirt may become too stiff The shirt Is laid front uppermost the cuffs are straightened and laid on the bosom part then the collar Is folded fold-ed downward also on the front and the fronts are doubled one over the other Fold the shirt again In front turn up from the bottom for n few Inches and roll tightly beginning at tIme t top Leave for a couple of hours and meantime see that tho Irons are very hot and quite clean Then lay the shirt on the table or bosom board and go over all the starched parts with a clean white rag wrung out of cold water Next apply the hot Iron going backward back-ward and forward until the material Is quite dry and shows a gloss There are polishing Irons with square heel and straight edges that come for this purpose although when experience Is gained It Is possible to finish a shirt with a gloss by using only the ordinary Irons If blisters appear on the bosom etc press them out by Ironing over a clean damp rag placed directly on the spot In Ironing cuffs and collars they should be laid on a table wrong side up and a hot Iron passed over the surface sur-face Then they must be turned and treated the same way on the other side After this the pressure may be as firm and as hard as one pleases pro vlded the iron Is not too hot The rest of the shirt Is Ironed as other rough dry garments would be |