The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-20
WASH DAY SKETCH.

If there is any one thing more than
another calculated to make a wrong i'm
preston on the mind of the unsOphisti-
Gated man. it Is the picture of a woman
using a patent washing machine. The
picture represents a woman dressed in
silk. trimmed with lace, having fun
train. hustle and elbow sleeves cut on
the bias. There she stands. a sweet
smile illuminating her countenance.
Her hair is banged and friZZed in the
most approved fashion. and perhaps a
jauuty lace cap SuTmOuntS her wealth of
golden. red. brown. black OTiyellOw hair
as the case maybe. OF the Imagination
portray. One hand graspS the machine
lightly and the other Is at liberty to ar
range her hair OF train. The clothes
are in the tub-the other clotheS-and
are apparently being washed without the
slightest effort on the part OF the woman.
The wall Is covered with the latest and
most approved style of paper, with dadO
to match, and Is hung with numerous
pictures. The floor Is covered with bo-
dv Brussels carpet and several children
in mday-go-Jo-meetinT clothes are
playing about inst as though no wash
ing were being done. Al Is as serene
and as clean and tidy as the sales-rOom
of u millinery shop. Not even tie faint
est curl of steam arises from the tub
1t Is a very pretty picture, and perhaps
the mSuphiSticated young man may
think that il correctly represents the
manner i'm which the average washing is
done. But il is q deluSion and a snare.
The artist who drew IL must have de-
pended on his Imagination wholly. He
should have been a married man and
should have sketched the picture from
life He should have gone to dinner
some Monday and found the woman of
the house up To her elbows in the wash
tub. Look at her: Her hair is wadded
up in a little ban ON the northwest side
of her head and several locks Straggle
down in several directions. She Is clad
in d dingy old calico dress and a pair of
carpet slippers which are not mates. The
scene Is located in the back wOOdshed or
summer kitchen. 80 sO-calicd. The ther-
mOmeteT stands at ninety in the shade
and i'm the waSh-room il Is ninety and
nine. The w0man'S face. in color. re
SembleS a boiled lobster The perspirsi-
tion dripS of her chin. and her fingers,
which are parbOiled. remind YOU of dried
apples. bleached Two of the children
are making pancakes in their hats out of
water and coal ashes. The third one
has got stuck under the back gate in an
effort to crawl through. Just at that
moment a small dog begins making faces
at him, and the yOull-Ster. unable TO
Wiggle one way or the ether. sets up a
yell which would put go blush a Com
manche Indian. At tiie same instant
one of the pancake mal-.rSSlaps hatful
of batter ON the head of his sister. and
running to escape the material slipper,
which he cOnjectureS viii be fOrthcOm-
ing, falls headforemoSt into n tub of Suds.
The last mentioned youngsters turn up
and swell the chorus for the soloist under
the gate. But we drop the curtain with
simply the remark that at this juncture
the Sketcher of washing machine pic
lures should get his work in. y wood
cut of this scene from every day life
would take the romance all out of the
popular pictures of washing machines.
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