Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1891 — POINTERS ON COLLARS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POINTERS ON COLLARS.

Ittm* and Trouble Saving Device* tor Bhlrt 1 1 and Collar Wearer*. 1 Millions of good linen collars ara rnin&J annually by the handling they; receive in laundries. The acids used; i in washing are baneful enough, but the greatest harm occurs in the iron*

Ing. Perhaps the most popular of collars just at present is the familiar pbent-edge” style. This is the one [that suffers most at the hands of the laundress. The points are turned over, and the hot iron presses down on the 'peam, stretching the fiber at that point so that the oofiar rarely is fable after two or three washings. Here |is shown a little device that will effect 'a great saving if put into practice, while being simple in operation. : First, instructions should be given ,that your collars are to be returned j“ironea flat,” the ends not bent in any {wise. Tnen take the collar in hand, ’as shown in Fig. 1. j Run the tongue along the under of the seam for folding, moistening it, not so that it will penetrate to [the upper surface of the collar, but yet sufficiently so to loosen the fibers |of the linen aronnd the seam. Then jreverse the collar and hold it against some flat, clean surface, as shown in Fig. 9. j With a lead pencil or the thumb pail in play it is readily and neatly pressed down to the proper angle. Treated thus a good collar will last

twice or three times as long in use as the ironed-down affair. Some difficulty may be experienced at first in having the collars returned as requested, but a card attached to the package containing instructions will be effective.