TO INTEREST HOUSEWIVES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 48, 25 January 1939, Page 12

TO INTEREST HOUSEWIVES.

HOW TO MAKE A SIX-WAY PILLOW.

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For true coiniort when you sit up in bed to read, or sip your morning tea, try a triangular pillow. Whether you are an invalid, or a well person who enjoys luxury, you will find one of these pillows a delight. It should bo soft' enough to give easily to the curves of the body, and firm enough to hold its shape. It should be large enough to extend a trifle beyond the shoulders when used on the broad side, and when used endwise it should form a sturdy prop, although narrower. In England these are sometimes termed six-way pillows, since they may bo positioned in six different ways.

The wedge-shaped pillow is a good practical name lor it. It is composed of five pieces of ticking, three straight, pieces approximately the length of a l>ed pillow, and two triangular pieces to fit the ends. The exact size is not governed by a fixed rule, although anything shorter than three-quarters the width of an ordinary pillow would be a bit inadequate. For height it should come to the shoulders when sitting upright. The filling may be down, feathers, or substitutes for them. Or, for thriftincss, a smaller wedge can be made and filled with cotton and fine, thick down, or feather cushions be fitted about it. These are secured to the sides of the small wedge, thus making it the full size, and comfortably soft. An outer covering of sateen is recommended. Or it may be of any attractive washable material congenial to the touch. This outer cover should lie easily removable so that it can lie laundered as needed without trouble. The pillow can be. used to recline upon, taking the place of the usual mound of regular pillows, which, by the way, have an uncomfortable manner of slipping which the wedge does not. Or the broad side can come against the back giving greater support when sitting up. Or the pillow can lie used endwise and be a sturdy prop. If the triangular end pieces are not the same size on all three edges, but have one side somewhat shorter, the variety of postures possible when leaning against it are increased. The angle of the pillow will varv, the slant depending on which side of the pillow becomes the standard.