The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12

Half tho Road Blnzed Out 60 the EstablIsh-
ment OF tho Ladies' Laundry.

Half tho Road BInzed Out 60 the Establish
mont OF tho Lndies' Laundry.
1t was a bachelor girl who made the discov-
cry. and she made 1t in a way which shows to O
dot the directness which her kind has learned
to bring to bear on everyday matters.
I've been keeping fiat you know" she OK.
planned to her mother at Thanksgiving. "for
nearly six months. At first ] hired the ~janitor's
wife to come in every day. then 1 made up my
mind that a healthy African family was more
than I cared to keep in coffee. tea, and sugar,
30 I concluded to do the work myself. I al.
ways did like to mess. you know"
And you always did it." retorted tho ador.
ing mother, amiably.
That's just 1t. I threw all my early train.
ing to tho winds, and / was just as liable to
take a burning pudding out OF the oven with
a napkin as I was to polish up my afternoon
tea kettle with a glass towel. Naturally, I had
linen that would make your heart sick to see.
The first week / sent the washing to a
laundry. 1t cost me so much / didn't dare buy
a rose for "A week. The second week / made up
my mind to do it myself. ! was fit for the hos
tered, north, east, south, and west, and the tea
cloths ranged in color from brindle to smoke.
mind that IL that dirt hadn't been soluble
1t wouldn't have got in, and II 1t was soluble it
could be gotten out without %scrapine the things
OF soap and followed the directions on the
wrapper. I've found out since that any good
soap or washing powder will do the same thing.
It's the easiest thing in the world. II l ever
get so / cannot draw Tor a living, l am going to
take in washing.
IAN in the world one has to do is to put the
clothes in cold water for "a half hour. No soap.
no rubbing, no soaking overnight. AT the end
OF n half hour ! dump the whole lot into a boiler
half full of boiling suds made by adding a quar-
ter cake OF soap pared off thin. j leave the fine
things in there for twenty minutes, stirring
them once or twice. For the more solled things
j add to this same water q little more soap. but
do not put in the clothes until the water boils
again. The whole trick seems TO be MS the soap
wrapper said. the quick change from cold to
boiling hot water. and the dirt drops out
From the boiler i put the clothes into rms
ing water, souso them around well to get out the
soap suds, then drop them into clean cold
months. and my clothes are as white as snow.
Three turns of twenty minutes each does the
line white clothes. the ordinary white clothes,
and the colorcd clothes. OF course. there IL
nothing TO do the first twenty minutes, but
after that, while one set is boiling, one can be
rinsing the first set. 1t would be abig washing
i wouldn't undertake TO do in two hours!'
May ] ask said the complaisant old lady
whose youngest was thus instruCting her, III
you have discovered any equally royal road to
iruningi"
mo, NANNY dear" answered the bachelor
maid with regret, II have not. II l had, |
wouldn't wait until my eyes gave out before |
set up the ladies' laundry The nearest | have
come to IL has been to find out that / like the
feeling OF my bath towels best when | fold
shelf over the range with the pastry board and
%ilatirons on them to get bone dry. They take
hold better"
II fancy they might said the little mother
with u shuddcr. But then you see she was not
a modern, Diana. She still prefers damask to
huckahack