Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — WAY OF IRONING TABLECLOTH [ARTICLE]

WAY OF IRONING TABLECLOTH

Writer of Experience Describes Method Which She Believes to Be the Best to Follow. A tablecloth should be pulled into shape before being ironed. After i* is pulled into shape, fold it together lengthwise through the middle, so that the wrong side will be outside. Then turn back the edges of each side so that the cloth is in four long folds, each fold of the same width The outer fold will now be right side out. Iron these two outer folds, then turn them inside and iron the two inner folds that are now outside and are the right side of the tablecloth. When the four folds are thus finished the long length can be doubled back and forward the desired width, but the crosswise folds should not be ironed . in. Papers can be placed where the tablecloth hangs over on the floor from the ironing board A little practice will soon make you perfect, The old-fashioned way was to first iron a tablecloth on the wrong side, but the tablecloths coming under my observation that look best are ironed in the manner above described. —Eunice Haskins in Independent Farmer.