Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1891 — THE HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE HOUSEHOLD.

Ironing Collut* anil Shirts. We suppose that clothes have boon properly washed and starched—which is not always true,.we aro sorry to.noto. Take one article at a time and lay it on a clean white ironing board. See that your hands aro immaculate and your irons clean; rub the latter on brown paper and a bit of beeswax, then on a clean rag. If your polisher Is at the right heat it will only take a few firm rubs up and down on cacn side to make you feel proud of your collars and cuffs. The shirt-bosoms aro drawn out smoothly on a bosom board, after ironing tho sleeves and tail, also the neck and wristbands. Now grasp tho neck with your left hand and slide, as it were, your iron up the middle, sending all the wrinkles to the sides Instead of to the top or bottom. Press firmly, curve around the neckband so that It will stand, put a pin In to preserve its shape, fold and your work is done. Don’t bo discouraged by your first failure; the results are worth the trials, and you will soon find yourself able to accomplish satisfactory success. You will find that your husband, father or brother will soon stop taking part of each week’s wash to John Chinaman or tho steam laundry and will take pride in their linen, as white as snow and as stiff as ivory—the result of your handiwork.—[M. A Home-Made Bustle Chair. “What a protty chair!” exclaimed a visitor, as she noticed on Mrs. M *s veranda a rustic seat that had been fashioned with considerable skill. “Is it not?” said her hostess, “and I am very proud of it, for my little boy of 11 made the frame quite alone, and his small sister embroidered those falling

leaves on the canvas. The design Is her own, and she copied the leaves from nature, so the whole thing looks quite ‘woodsy’ as the children expressed It. They made it for my birthday and I never saw it until it was finished.” “We made three before we got one right,” added the boy who stood by, well pleased to have his work admired. “The prettiest sticks are apt to be decayed and It was not until I cut down some young, strong sapplings that I made a seat strong enough to bear any one’s weight. ” —[Farm and Home Household Hints. Half a lemon dipped in salt will do all the work of oxalic acid in cleaning copper boilers, brass teakettles and other copper or brass utensils.