The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Cleanliness is GodlineSS.

What is prettier and NOR
dressy than nice clean clothes. 4
lady may wear a cheap calico dress
and if it be clean, she will look
hundred percent better in it than
lady will look in the finest silks, tina
shows dirt and slovliness. Let maj
put on nice, clean, spotless whit
linen with his old suit, and he vii
look "dressed up"
The object of this article is te
give my readers an idea of how te
obtain this necessity, which is mex
to Goodness.
Good laundry work can not be
done by everybody. Some women
can not do as good family washing as
others. They may expend the same
amount of labor and cleansing mate.
terial, but can not obtain as good re
suits as others, because there issome
thing lacking. They do not know
how to use the materials they have
to obtain, the best results. They
may use too much or too little soap,
hot or cold water, regardless of the
condition of the fabrics to be cleansed.
l believe there is in general sup
position that there is great secret
in the "Steam Laundry" l am go
ing to give the secret away to the
public and shall probably be hanged
for it, "Nit."
The secret is "system," combined
with good water, good soap, good
starch, good blue and good workman
ship. Ifyou will follow me l will
take you in at the front door of our
Laundry and explain our system to
you as We go through.
First, we get the bundles, which,
by the way, is quite an Item in our
system. Then we must snake up"
A great many people ask how can
you tell to whom the different pieces
belong. l will first answer that
question. We have lists printed with
the names OF most of the different
articles which come into a laundry,
leaving blank space on the list for
The name of the owner of the bundle
and special order. We then mark
he number of the different pieces in
/ bundle on the list. We then know
lust what was in the bundle when it
,ame in. 1t must check up with the
ist before it is delivered or something
s missing, hence there is no necess-
ty for mistakes. Each customer is
given a "mark," either his name, ini-
ial or certain figures, which are put
m the articles with indelible ink
usually on the wrong side. Now we
lave the washing done up, next we
must "sort out" ie. get the colored
FOODS and the white goods separated,
IS they must be washed separately.
Now to the washer: The washer
S a large, horizontal, cylinder-shaped
ank having two cylinders, one inside
he other. The outside cylinder,
which is stationary, being about eight
nches larger in diameter than the in
ide one, and water tight. 1t has a
old water, hot water and a live
team-feed pipe connection, and a
7aste-pipe or sewer connection to
AIRY away the waste water into the
anitary sewer. The steam pipe is
heat up water gradually when tax
,g out stains or when the goods
hould not have the hot water put
n them too suddenly.
The goods to be washed are put
ito the inside cylinder, which is
crforated with small holes to allow
le water to circulate freely. This
ylinder revolves slowly, making
bout two and half revolutions one
ay and rey ersing by an automatic
'versing gear, making the same
lmber of revolutions the other way !
hen it reverses again, and so on. |
The goods are kept in motion con-
nually, as the cylinder, in revolv- t
g, lifts the goods up few inches I
Id drops them back again, causing
em to work together, which takes +
e place of rubbing them on a hard, ,
1even surface, thereby saving good r
'al in the wear of the goods. The =
versing of the cylinder is to keep 2
e goods from tangling or rolling
, in a knot. By this method the i
'ods are washed without any rub G
g or straining of them. i
Steam Launiries have the reputa- =
On of destroying the fabrics by the O
0 free use of strong chemicals. This \
all mistake. Some laundries adj
,rtise that they Use no chemicals al
|, which is falsehood. All laun- T.
les, whether hand, home Or steam, a
e chemicals, for soap itself is G
emical. But there is only one i
ass of people that / know of that !.