Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-09
MID SOAP AND STARCH.
WASHING AND IRONING CLOTHES
BY MECHANICAL MEANS.

improvements in Laundry Work During
the Last Twenty Years-Ssmi-suffocs-
tion in the Wash demonstrating in
CyIinders-CentrIfugal Power-Polish.
There Is ali expression current that the ma
tiOns using the most pertumery use the least
soap. Carrying out tins inference to indi-
viduals would te, perhaps, going t"" far, but
there may Ia something IN the soap question
when applied to laundry work that will be
Of interest without being personal The
growth of improvements Ill methods of
laundrying during the last twenty years has
l-en marked lnd,Srl II Is the opinion Of
soEIe that the real laundry work proper dates
from about ten Years ago. Surprising Az are
famiar-at least 10y observation, if not by
cxIrripnc,.-wth the wash day appliances of
the kitchen, let It's take look into one of
th,>s' modern laundries, and what
marked change there Is iii mcthuls, if not i'll
results.
On entering tn" wash room a sense of semi
sutfn nation com to th" newcomer, due To the
great change in the atmosphere from the
dryer air without though TINS soon passes
away. The clothes a. they come in sulrd are
taken from the packages, carefully marked
immense w"ai lined cylinders, which are
kept revolving first in one direction, then in
another. ThcS. cylinders are supplied with
soap and the clothes are cleanScd by the
movement hack and forth. From one of
these cylinders the clothes are chnmged To a
similar one full Of fuaming soap sudS, and
then to the wrInger, or more properly, "eX-
tractor" This consists Of u hollow vat or
fIIll i,f 1tnat1l the Sln,sS Df which arn
turrd with holes, the whole being on a pivot
and placed inside of another tub or case.
CENTRIFUGAL. POWER
The wet clothes are dumped into this re-
ceptarle and it is set u whirling at the rate
of !, ,aUrvoiutions a minute. The centrifugal
power thus generated SENDS the water fying
out nf the clothes and nicely fits them for the
drying prnct~S This latter consists of long
bars on rollers, which are filled with clothes
and run into "A place supplied with many
steam coils that give rapid ami thorough dry
ing When the water has disappeared. out
come the garments and they begin their iron
iug Journey The smaller articles, like hand
kcr.hiefS, are put between cloth covered
sylindrrS-all the machinery practically he
ing run 10y >team-and the collars and cuffs
are subjected To high polishing pressure. The
SILL - iltt III III 'bil-
>tructinn Ia the washers, though smaller.
The shirt frumts-and what man doesn't like
a shining one whether its secn or not arc
not subjected to the old fashioned. hand-iron-
inE prn,reSs. but are stretched upon fat iron
about two feet long 10y one wide. slightly
bcVcl,pl and covered with cloth ami then by
aid of a lever, the shirt l. raised up on the
iron until ii reaches and Is run over hv
slowly revolving cylinder, heat,-I by gas on
its inside. The result Is "A beautiful gloss.
Care has to lie taken, however. To keep
everything moving just right, aS the roller
is kept - hot it would easily burn the shirt
front If lctt upon 1t any length of time. The
collars come out Of the cylinders Inishcd
property and then, III cas-, II i "A turn down"
a neat little machine runs "A moiStenod rulcr
along where the bend Is t. I've, and thus. if
proper care is exercised. the collar is bent to
sIaI," and Is not cracked. Starch and paler
are two supplies much uS.sd and the former
comes i'll 10y the barrel lots. while the paper
comes by the car load. and goes ont in small
quantities tied up around Your weekly laun-
dry package. The work i largely done hy
girls who arr paid from 81 To SO per week
and their work and the hot air they are
Obliged to stay III much of the time enttlc
them to all they get. Fans are used, how
ever, t" keep the rooms IL pure nS possible
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