, 1885-06-13
HE LAnNpaYMAN,s ucrlM.


hts SENSITIVE ntA ltAfFNNFNs
H. !. Hun;ei
| do wish the washce- Washec people OF
the niied states would call a ndiiunai
convention of lnunders and aundr gsses.
aud adopt u uniform style OF marking
the linen that passes through their hunas
I have suffered much from tie diversity
of talent displayed in the private marks
Of Anglo, German Franco. llibfrnian.
Chinese. and American laudries am a
mar not given TO novelties. IKE var ely.
but | want il 10 be thesame kind Of variety.
| do moi ike to 90 round the country lee
turing in the guise OF The iattoocd MAI o.
J orneo.
low. when l put on my war paint and
sashaed forth TO see whom | might ga'lcr
the lecture committees in. / hai my
scaaty store of l,nen markell will the
real initials VI m, own honored name
that Mrs C'Mahoncy's husband might
know whose shirt he was wearing To
church, aud Mllc. celeste might know.
whose handkerchiefs she stole. ard that
Wun Lung might be able TO swear that
The collars he offered for sale were given
to him by his deceased friend. Kan Jam
lang. ut did these simple marks con.
tent the wash ladies and the laundry gen
tiemeng -ay. not So. The first laundry
gentleman marked everything / had win
n big black y in inielible ink. save only
my-excuse my blushes-hosc These
dainty little fabrics of silk aud worstcd.
with faint traces OF cotton. he labeled by
sewing a lnrge white patch about midships
on the after part OF the veal of the
same. | left all these marks on, hoping
that, in connection with tie regularly or
dained initials. they would content the
next washer gentleman. But he was n
Iro- an. and he put on a mark something
like the Greek letters phi. psi This was
In | %hiladclphla.
Al tittsburg l had a round. up Of my
linen Al The Great Western Satin Gloss
laundry. where the man with the indelible
ink labelled everything 40. big and black,
and sewcd additional patches on my
ahem hose. l next corraled my things
ri he establishment of Ping ing, in
Columbus, Z hio. who stitched in n fire.
cracker joke in red thread.
Wei and my herd of linen and manu-
script-drifted slowly to the northwest
and the wardrobe watered at n French
laundry in kalamazoo. and branded OLA
AT Minneapolis it went to the hotel
laundry. and came back bearing the new
legend III, with u lozenge around 1t, and
with red tags on my SKIS This was
growing interesting, and when a branl Of
blue ink came into the plot at Council
Blu : and was cast Tor NOA, l sat up
half the night reading my things
! am fond of literature. anyhow. and
when the mental pabulum on my linen
was reinforced at Concordia, h an, by the
addition of " in a black circle to the bill
Of fare. I began TO look about for n pub
Usher.
Al Kansas City Hang Hi worked in a
crazy quilt stit Ii on me. and at ! ecatur.
Ill. the launder had a rubber stamp. The
design whereof was a valentine heart in
losing the letters II / do not know
the meaning Of the symbol uuless it refers
to my age, which CT ainly has nothing to
do with the age OF my wardrobe This
man sewed white tags on the ears Of my
st-ck-ings with the same design printed
on them. At Terrr Haute. Ind they sewed
tags on everything from withers 10 hook.
and at y alparaso they stitched NJ II on
the entire -, aud at upper Sandusky
| got NY linked on everything from col
ar to crupper. At Beaver / alls. Pa, a
4 hinese gentleman embroidered on all
my things portions OF a strange, weird
alphabet wherever he could find room for
il, and at hricbsville. Ohio, my linen
was returned 10 me stating that all arti-
cles must be plainly marked before they
could be received ut the laundry.