Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-10-20
THE CORRECT STYLE
In the Laundrying Of Col.
lars and cuffs.
POINTS ABOUT THE BUSINESS


POINTS ABOUT THE BUSINESS
The Work Of the Troy Laundry-An
Admirable System-GOOd Ma
chimes and Operators.
"Are you aware of the fact that the
canons Of style cut considerable figure
in the laundry business?" asked Mr.. j.
H. Keller, manager of the Troy laundry
to reporter of this paper yesterday.
I'm what way ?" it was asked.
"In the matter of the finish of linen
collars, cuffs and shirt fronts there is one
little point by which the well-dressed
man can always be told. 1t was decreed
some time ago by the arbi:ers of style in
New York that all linens should be laun-
dried with the dead white finish. The
shining, glistening finish is quite tabooed.
A few years ago all collars and cuffs were
treated to polish by friction, forming q
surface crust. 1t was tough on the linen,
as it made its surface brittle, and it was
very likely to crack at the third or fourth
washing; however, it had to 60. All OF
the big city laundries have discarded
this, and the dead white finish is the only
thing that is CONNIE IL fault"
THAT ia quite point" said the re-
porter; thereafter will or,ier mine done
that way"
"This has to be done by special
machiue," said Mr.. Keifer, and he led
the way to the upper floor of the laundry
building, on Main street, just below the
Plaza, where about twenty girls and
men we're at work in large room. The
machine is new affair, built under
regent patents. cit possesses, said Mr..
Keller, 'the marked advantage of iron
ing collar or a cuff with two passages
between the rollers. With most of the
old machines the collar had to be run
through dozen times or so in order to
obtain the polish, which helped to wear
it out. Moreover, you will notice that
the rollers are very large, and for that
reason do not grind the collars in the
way that smaller ones would do"
"In this matter of the fnish," he con.
tinued, picking up cuff from large
basketful near at hand, "there is quite q
little trick in the use of the soft finish
starch Notice that when / bend this
cuff it is as pliable as leather and does
not break like cardboard" 70 illustrate
he bent the cuff double, but at the crease
the strands of thread did not break and
the fold was easily pressed back into per.
feet shape again.
Everything depends upon the ma.
chinery used in laundry work." said Mr.
Keller. "Take shirts, for example, u
He led the way to where a man was iron.
ing shirt bosoms. One after another
they were carefully fitted over board
the neck band turned down out of the
way, and then run under a heated iror
roller. They were not fastened to the
board in any way, which showed thai
there was no strain, else they would have
slipped out of place. 1t was plainly i'm
possible that shirt should receive any
injury in such treatment.
"How long ought shirts to last if prop
erly handled?" asked the reporter.
"Well," answered Mr.. Keifer, "sup
pose man gets a half dozel
shirts made. 1t doesn't pay, by
the way, to get bad linen. 1 wisl
people understood that fact. He get
them washed at ther rate of two a week
We will say. They will last him yea
and half. The bosoms are ironed here
in the way that you see. The rest of the
work is all done by hand, and we max,
point of finishing the neck band care
fully inside and out The first places t.
give way are the button holes, and one 0
the reasons for that is that the wearers tea
them open TO put in shirt buttons. il
only takes the touch If drop of moist
ure to the button holes TO make then
perfectly pliable, but few people think Of
taking the trouble to do that"
"There is another thing that tn
chronic kicker generally accuses hi
laundry of doing" said the reporter
"That is of rotting his Clothes"
"Clothes are rotted by the excessive
use of chloride of lime," said Mr.. Kei
fer. 'It is necessary to use little of i
as bleach in some kinds of laundr,
work, and it is cheap and easy way o
making clothes appear white and clear
when they are really still dirty and onl.
bleached, to use a great quantity of tn
stuff. That is what makes badly laun
dried clothes have such an unpleasant
SMELL" He led the way to the wasl
room. "Do you notice that disagreeabl
smell here anywhere ?" The reporte
said that he did not "Good soap il
what we use," said Mr.. Keller
fand the clothes are thoroughly cleanse
before they are dried"
| Mr.. Keller has adopted wise pls
of making good the statements of thu
Troy Laundry to the public. Every
Wednesday afternoon visitors will be re
ceived and conducted through the build
ing and shown every part of the very in
teressing process. The establishment il
one that has come to stay. 1t has beel
in operation about nine months and is no'
doing great deal of the best work don
in the city, and every train brings larg
hampers by express from the neighboi
ing cities. Mr.. Keller was formerly 6
the head of the famous Dayton, Ohio
Troy Laundry, the second in size in tina
State.
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