. The Ladies' home journal. d entirelydry. Mrs. Hodges ironer is arotary type with hand control formoving the heated shoe awayfrom the roll. Some rotary iron-ers, like the one at the left, haveknee or foot controls, leavingboth hands free to adjust clothesas they pass through the ironer. Ironers like this, with a flat,padded, tablelike top, are operatedby lowering the heated flat shoeonto the material to be ironed,working at your own speed. Thepleats of this skirt are pinned flatat the bottom, to give a profes-sional, knifelike crease. Whenpressing wools, silks, rayons orother heat-sensitive f


. The Ladies' home journal. d entirelydry. Mrs. Hodges ironer is arotary type with hand control formoving the heated shoe awayfrom the roll. Some rotary iron-ers, like the one at the left, haveknee or foot controls, leavingboth hands free to adjust clothesas they pass through the ironer. Ironers like this, with a flat,padded, tablelike top, are operatedby lowering the heated flat shoeonto the material to be ironed,working at your own speed. Thepleats of this skirt are pinned flatat the bottom, to give a profes-sional, knifelike crease. Whenpressing wools, silks, rayons orother heat-sensitive fabrics, use apress cloth—as in hand pressing. VI age led IT]VI tai LADIES HOME JOURNAL 193 sjerfectly possible and per-;y simple to iron ruffles on aH ironer, placing the rufflei ? he open end at a slight angle(stretching the fabric flat asi».S over the roll in a semi-m. Small portable ironers like| :>ffer lots of ironing help,less storage space (and less•t space) than cabinet iron-l or comfort, use on low


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