Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-12-10 | Page 14 | Laundering the Dainty Collar

LAUNDERING THE DAINTY COLLAR There is only one altd objection to the new muslin collars. They are fragile Like mallne. mofscnre re duces them (o shapeliness Wrinkle's are as obvious on them as they are on lined shirtwaists j Fortunately, laundering restores them to thpir original state of daintv loveliness, if the laundering is of the right sort These cellars depend tor tbj shape on their stiffness. Sometimes they are Stiff enough if thej are ironed wet. r But usually they need a little starch. j Here is n rcripo for the right sort A .. Of starch to use for these collars of linen and organdy that are the earmark ear-mark of the new fashions Add a piece of paraffin the size of 'in egg and a piece of white or cas-itile cas-itile soap the size of s hazelnut to a quart of boiling watei Mix the starch with cold water in a bowl, using us-ing whatever proportion of starch to a quart of water that the particular i brand of starch calls for to make a thin starch I idd the cold mixture to the boiling mixture and let It boll up two or three times Then dd a little bluing, in liquid form