Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1902 — ALL OVER THE HOUSE [ARTICLE]

ALL OVER THE HOUSE

Portable Ironing Cases That Many Will Find Convenient. Ironing in its beet estate could never be said to have about it any of the flavor of the interesting and novel, and yet a woman has invented for her own use a quaint and ingenious method of conducting that homely household rite that sets it upon a pedestal for the time being. She has arranged what she calls a portable ironing case, and it is so simple and useful that it ought to be widely disseminated for the use of those who must flit from room to room in the moving season or who own a hall bedroom and a gas jet. And how many women and girls know perfectly well that unless they can have the use of an iron occasionally their laundry bills will run up into a terrifying amount. With the ironing case all is made easy. The first thing necessary in the care of the person is a neat and orderly arrangement of the stocks and cuffs and handkerchiefs. Ribbons, if they could have a bit of a pressing between flannels, would renew their youth, and stockings and doilies come in for their share of the same need. Most boarding places distinctly say, “No ironing and washing allowed.” This is to stem the tide of young women who would rush into the kitchens of busy houses or would monopolize the bathroom. With a set bowl or ordinary basin the tiny wash can be wrung out and dried, but the ironing has always been the problem. To make a ease purchase first of all a little sadiron, and you will find it the jolliest sort of company. It is the king pin of the whole box and is just two inches long in the keel, so to speak. It is inexpensive and has a removable handle and is exactly like the grown up iron, only very small. The second requisite is a stick of wax of any of the best known grades. The third requisite is a small hoard such as any ten cent store keeps for bread cutting, and the last is a square of sandpaper. These with a small traveler’s heating lamp complete the outfit. The whole may la* placed in a small wooden starch box and packed in the trunk along with the other needfuls for the toilet.