Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
The LAUNoRYMAN's VICTIM.
How a Hum"rist's Hose Were branded
Hi, Sensitive soul Narrowed.


do wish tho washCC washCC people Of
the | nitcd states would call a national
convention of laundcrs and laundrrsscs
and adopt a uniform style of marking
the linen thai passes through their hands
have suffered much from the diversity
of Talent displayed in the priv ate marks
of Anglo. German Franco, llibcrnian
Chinese aud American laudrieS am
man not given to novelties like variety.
but | want il TO br the same Kind of variety.
do not like 10 20 round the country leo.
lurlng in the guise of the lattOOed man OF
! OTnCO
Now. when put on my war paint and
sa>hard forth to sec whom | might gather
the lecture committees in. had my
>canty store of linen marked with the
real initials of M, own hunOrcd name
that Mrs H'Mahuneys husband might
know whose shirt hr was wearing Ia
church. and Mile. Celeste might know
whose haudkrIchicfs she stole. and that
Mun Lung might be- able to swear that
the collars he offered for sale were given
10 him 10y his deceased friend. Ram Jam
Bang ut did these simple marks con
tent the wash ladies and the laundry gen
tltmcur Nay, not sn. The first laundry
gentleman marked everything had with
II big hack in IN !rlihle ink save only
my-cXCusc my blushrs-hosc. These
dainty little fabrics Of silk and worstcd,
with faint traces of cotton he labeled by
sewing large white patch about mi,.shlps
ON the after part of the veal OF the
same left all these marks on. hoping
that. in connection with the regularly or
daincd initials. they would content th
neat washer gentleman. But he Nas Il
1, Aat hIf1tf
like the Greek letters phi, psi This was
in hiladelphia
At l'iltsburg had a nd-up of my
linen at ihe Great Western Satin Gloss
laundry, where the man with the indelible
ink labelled everything No. big and black,
and sewed additional patches on my
ahem hose. next Corraled my things
Al the establishment of Ping fing, in
Columbus. ohio. who stitched in fire
CTa,ker Joke in red thread.
VEL and my herd of linen and manu-
script-drifted slowly to the northwest
and the wardrobe watered at II French
laundry in IL alamaZOO. and branded OLA
At Minneapolis il won't to the hotel
laundry, and came back bearing the new
Legend IT, with loIenEe around it. and
with red tags on my SKIS. This wa
growing interesting and when a brand OF
blue ink came into the plot at Council
BluGs and was cast for NOA. | sat up
half the night reading my things
am fond of literature anyhow and
when the mental pabulum on my linen
was reinforced at oncordia X an, by the
addition of Il in a black circle TO the bill
Of fare. began TO look about for a pub
Usher
At Kansas City Hang Hi worked in Ii
crazy quilt slit b on me. and at ecatur
H., the Isundcr had rubber stamp. the
design whereof was a valentine heart in
losing the letters NJ :. do not know
the meaning of the symbol unless il refers
a. my age. which certainly has nothing I"
do with the age of my wardrobe. This
man Scwed white tags on the ears Of my
i ok ings with the same design printed
"n them At Tcfrc llaute Ind they sewc,
tags ON everything from withers 10 hook
and al alparaso they stitched Nv ii on
The entire ---. and at pper Sandusky
got NlN linked on everything from col
lar TO Cruppcr At Beaver Falls, Pa. Il
hincse gentleman embroidered on all
my things portions of strange, weird
alphabet wherever he could find room for
it, and at hTichsyille. Ohio. my linen
WAS returned TO me stating that all arti
rIeN must De plainly marked before they
could be received at the laundry.