Originally Posted by
jcrow
My mom had one and use to iron all our sheets and other things. It was huge!! I remember her sweating while she worked. She didn't seem to enjoy it. Now I wonder "why did she iron our sheets?"
I believe that is what Mrs. Beeton advocated. Just as well she is no longer alive because there would be many a woman who'd like to hang her. I think also a lot of things were cotton or other natural fibre. Mrs. Beeton's book was published in in 1861.