Let the designers of Kitty's clothes dream them up. Mary and her iron
right are ready for anything.
Other garments that have always been a chore on the ironing board have been
Mary's own wash dresses, requiring up to 15 minutes work on each.
Here again, there are many styles, but a method for doing each
will quickly suggest itself.
If the sleeves have gathers at the top, they may be placed over the point of the
shoe, pulled out, and ironed from the fullness down to the bottom of the sleeve.
If there is a cuff on the sleeve, Mary uses the pressing
action to dry it thoroughly.
The shoulder seam can be ironed double on the end of the shoe.
Or if the dress is made with a large enough opening for the neckline, the
shoulder can be placed on the end of the forming board singly
and ironed without creasing.
When the waist is open to the belt, Mary irons the fronts separately, placing the
garment on the forming board and doing one front on one end of the shoe and the
other front on the opposite end.
When the dress is fitted at the waist, making for a small waistline, Mary irons
the underarm seam first by placing the dress doubled on the forming board and
ironing for about four inches from the seam toward the center of the dress.
She later misses this iron section when ironing the body of the dress.
Now, Mary irons the hem to ensure an even hemline.
She puts the body of the dress over the shoe and forming board exactly as
she used to do with her ironing board.
Throughout iron-right operations, nearly all moves are familiar to hand ironers.
Only, they are much easier and faster.
If the dress is longer, as in the case of a housecoat, she does the top first,
then slips the iron portion off the end of the shoe and
irons around the lower part of the skirt.
She has learned to always put the wrong side of the material down. This brings
out the design in printed patterns and imparts a better finish
to all synthetic materials.
Men's shorts are a cinch. She takes the crotch seam and brings it back to
pull one leg inside of the other.
She slips them over the shoe and irons on around.
When the material starts to wrinkle, she raises the roll, straightens and
rearranges the material, and continues until the finish.
This job often takes no more than a few seconds.
Men's wash slacks are no trouble either. She first irons the pockets,
then over the open end of the shoe,
she irons the top from the fly on around the pocket to the middle of the seat.
She then irons the other side the same way on the other end of the shoe.
Slacks with pleats in front can be ironed by placing the front on the end of the
shoe and ironing with the pleat from the top of the trouser
down to the bottom of the fly opening.
Now she lines up the seams in the trouser leg and feeds the cuff in
first, ironing to the crotch.
Then, retaining her hold on the leg, she slides the slacks to the open end of the
shoe and continues up the crease to the top of the trouser.
She turns the leg over and repeats this on the other side, using the left knee
control frequently to dry out damp seams.
The head man can look sharp anywhere, anytime now. His wash
slacks are no longer a problem.
Wool slacks or trousers offer no problem either. Here is something you can't even
wash, but iron right presses them beautifully merely by placing a strip of
wrapping paper between the shoe and the material.
Curtains, ruffled curtains, are a real project for the hand ironer. Big double
curtains take up to an hour apiece on the ironing board.
This is how Mary Jones does big ruffled curtains in less than 15 minutes.
The ruffle should be ironed first, and with them, Mary easily slips into
the restful iron right rhythm.
She inserts the ruffle at a slant over the end of the shoe and lets the ruffle
run off naturally, ironing a small section at a time.
This is where the points at either end of the iron right shoe can really be
appreciated. Part of the ruffle should be done on one open
end and the remainder on the other.
By feeding the ruffle at a slant, the shoe point runs directly into the ruffle to
the seam, exactly as in ironing by hand, but without any weight lifting.
It is one of the things that really sold Mary on iron right. These points get
into all hard to reach places, all pleats, yokes, ruffles.
With ordinary ironers, the user normally has to finish these by hand.
The body of the curtain is ironed with the ironed ruffles extending over the
ends of the forming board and shoe.
Regardless of the width, the curtain can be
ironed in sections until it is done.
Regular flat work upon which Mary Jones first started to practice when she first
got her iron right is no trouble at all.
Sheets, as large as they come, marry irons by folding lengthwise and ironing down
the selvage edge from the wide hem to the small hem.
She keeps the material taut and straight by placing her fingers between the edges
while ironing the length of the sheet.
To avoid wrinkling, she raises the roll and shakes the sheet
out when loose material gathers.
After running the selvage edge through, she takes the sheet out
of the ironer and lays it in her lap in this manner.
She then feeds the small hem end in and irons the other selvage.
The ironing continues until the sheet is folded in four and passed through
for the fourth and last time.
A smooth iron right iron sheet like this is a sure cure for insomnia.
Because of iron right's two open ends, large linen tablecloths
can be ironed singly with no creases, especially embroidered
cloths.
Large lace tablecloths are ironed singly with a pattern or raised
side placed next to the roll.
With other ironers, it is almost impossible to iron the center of a cloth like
this without creasing it, and creases will soon ruin it.
And so it goes. Try to stump iron right? It can't be done.
From pillowcases to napkins to frilly dresses,
lingerie, the most fragile nightgowns,
little girl's clothes, little boy's clothes,
clothes of all kinds for big girls and big boys, ruffles by the hundreds,
knife pleats by the dozen.
There's nothing hard for iron right, nothing that iron right can't do
faster and better.
Besides all its other accomplishments, iron right can be used to steam velvet
with the aid of a moistened towel over the shoe.
Mary Jones has found that all the features of iron right spell convenience and
ease of operation, the end of ironing drudgery.
The two identical usable open ends, she couldn't do without them. The tilt up
forming board that makes arranging any garment easy.
The two shoe points that made it possible for Mary to throw her hand iron away.
The heat holding under roll cast iron shoe sends the heat directly up into the
garment and not into the user's face.
The two simple adjustable knee controls that leave your hands
free to guide the material.
The new overall streamline styling with satin finish and rounded corners that
can't catch garmishly for use with iron right ironers.
It ensures perfect seating, posture and comfort and adjusts itself
automatically as you change positions.
Three styles to choose from. Model 80, designed for the home laundry.
Model 85, a smart unit for any homemaker's kitchen with baked enamel finished
hood that is a work top area when closed.
The cabinet model in either mahogany or honey finish hardwoods. A piece of
furniture that will fit into the decor of almost any rule in the house.
But regardless of the model, the iron right is the same soundly engineered time
tested appliance built by a company that has always devoted all of its attention
to the production of iron right.
It is the unique appliance that crosses out the last stand of old fashioned
drudgery in the lives of American women.
Yes, Mary Jones has a lot more to look forward to than had her grandmother.
Grandmother's flat iron has been retired now and so has its lineal descendants.
Mary's health, her look, her disposition are safe for a long, long time
since ironing has become a pleasure, a form of relaxation with iron right.