HOW TO STARCH AND IRON A SHIRT.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1247, 23 January 1896, Page 16

HOW TO STARCH AND IRON A SHIRT.

Our grandmothers considered that the cutting out and making of a shirt was the culminating point to a girl’s education, and the starching and ironing of that garment can be Considered a 3 the coup de grace of laundry work. For a shirt bosom hoard, have a piece of seasoned wood a foot wide, and one and a half feet long, and one inch thick. Cover with two or three layers of flannel drawn tightly and tacked in place. Cover again with a tine flannel, draw very tight, and tack it liberally. Make outside slips of white calico, fitted to the board, and have a clean one for every week.

Make starch as for collars and cuffs. The shirt wifi be on the wrong side, leave it so till starched. Damp near the parts to be starched, so as to prevent it being stiff and unpleasant should the starch run.

Take hold of the shirt, just under the yoke, bunch it in the right hand till yoke, neck, and front are together. Starch, wring out as tightly as possible by hand, and then starch the cuffs.

Lay the cuffs on the front, roll the shirt tightly up, and leave until ready to iron—that is, leave all night if possible (in a cool place), but at least allow it to stand two or three hours. When commencing to iron turn the shirt to right side, leaving the cuffs inside. Fold in half from neck down, and iron well into the gathers near the yoke. Turn to other side and finish the back.

Iron yoke on the inside (where it shows when folded), then on the outside. The neck band must be ironed as a collar, and there now remains to be done the bosom and front, the sleeves and cuffs. Iron cuffs next, first on the right sile, pushing all creases cowards the gathers, then on the wrong, and finish on the right. Then iron the sleeves. Now do the front of body, leaving for the last the bosom. Put it over the board. With a clean handkerchief smooth creases to the sides. Iron altogether on right side, remembering to smooth from the buttons and buttonholes towards the sides and bottom.

In polishing rub one way, preferably from collar down, so as to obtain a smooth, even polish. To fold, turn the shirt over, and iron in two or three pleats at the extra fullness in the back. Turn to frent, put one pleat under shirt bosom, and one pleat in either sleeve. Turn over. Fold the two sides into the back. Sleeves down, then up, so as to have cuffs showing above the neck. Again fold the shirt from each inside of front into back. Fold in half, leaving the shirt bosom en evidence , the cuffs showing, and the rest folded neatly behind. Pin the collar together, and place near t.he fire to air and stiffen up. — Exchange.

On Monday morning, the 13th, says the Auckland Herald, a marriage of some interest took place at St. Sepulchre’s Church, the contracting parties being Mr Carl Ludwig Hoffmann (of Hoffmann and Sons, Wellington) and Miss Inez Kate Walker, lately ore of the lady assistants in the Free Public Library. The Veu Archdeacon Dudley was the officiating cleryman. Miss Kells was bridesmaid, and MrKegy Kelly, of Mount Eden, bestman. Mr Ereakell (the bride’s uncle) gave her away. The bridal party, after the marriage service, drove to the residence of Mr Edwin Kelly, of Papatoitoi (another of the bride’s uncles), where the breakfast was given : the happy couple left by the s.s. lakapuna for New Plymouth, where they will spend their honeymoon. , ~ ~ The Women’s Democratic Union held its usual weekly meeting in the Psychological Room, Ghuzneo street, last week. Miss Boughton read a paper entitled The Assumed Inferiority of Women Compared with Men.” It was well received. At St. Paul’s Church last week, Miss Eliott, daughter of Mr H. J• H. Eliott, of_ the Mines Department, was married to Mr Murison of the Locomotive Department. Mr and’Mrs Murison left by the Trkapuna in the evening for the South, where the honeymoon is to be spent. In the evening a number of friends were entertained at Mr Eliott’s residence. , . . ~ Mr Geo. F. McLean, who has been m the service of Messrs W. and G. Turnbull and Co for many years, was married yesterday week to Miss Effie Luff, second daughter of Mr A. Luff. The ceremony was performed by the Lev J. K. Elliott at the residence of Mr John McLean, son. Mr McLean is a prominent and popular member of the yachting community. In honour of the event bunting was displayed at the warehouse.