To Glaze Linen

The gloss upon shirt fronts , collars, &c., which so improves their apperance is produced mainly by the friction of a warm iron , the linen  to be glazed should first recieve as mucg strong starch as it is possible to charge it with and then be dried , in mking the starch a piece of spermaceti or white wax about the size of a walnut should be added to each pound , when ready for ironing , the linen should be laid upon the table , slightly moistened with a clean wet cloth and first ironed in the usual way with a flat iron , or a box iron , after this is done , a different kind of iron rounded at the bottom , very heavy and very bright , is used for the glossing process which consists merely of rubbing with force just in the same way as one would polish any other surface