The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-15
CTS UNIONS GREAT DEA
v>Nrs THE orr TO BCIJD PUBLIC
WlRHHUUSES.

may Hare 'Eui IN tSndsn. Sou k~noN-Shnll
e.-p and soin B- vrrc i-rhi- oueation 10
ne pipisuan,trsily Lsn tn the yluntripat
hs.emsl,-wr. relwiEEer ou the New issue.
n tho t~stizens' Union sticks to Its platform,
vA,ob demands that public luundries shall be
,r.oted BY The city. the probabilities arc that
,h,rv will he much dirty linen washed In the
coming campaign. At hrst the Citizens Cnior
h.li,voA that p, b H. laundries wero necessary
IA tho public weliareL But now tho Union Ia OF
N, opinion that we can't do without thom. and
ths, we have arrived at that state Of affairs
vhsre u public laundry Is just as necessary u
ouy health as the regulation three meals n day.
There Is no doubt that the laundry will 10
ana Of the principal Issues Of tho comlnn sam
r.irn. This Is what the members Of tho Citi.
ssns' Union say. Mr.. Harold Tolwiggcr. who
ia Secretary Of y sub-branch Of u subdivision
Of the Union. whom seen by u SuS reporter yes.
tsrday. said that the Unions platform would
contain the strongest kind Of II laundry plank.
A lady who was present when he made lhir
remark WAS vory anxious to know whether the
plenk would consist OF o washboard. or whether
the Citizens Unto. intended to turn their una
chino INTO . clothes wringer.
my deah girl" said Mr.. Tolwigecr, ..yor
do not appreciate the ideahs which are origi-
mated BY The members Of our committee. We
believo In public comfort, public health. pub
lie charities, munic' pal baths. aud such like.
But we must have warehouses. We must
discourage the profess'nal washerwoman. We
must do something Tor the poor women who
arc compelled 70 do work In the stufiy little
rooms with the 'orrid steam putting around thom
10 ~ 70 make the pour things sick. The present
condition Of affairs 10 simply dreadful. Awful
E1cruciating in the exirenei In the frst place
our warshwomen do not understand the art as
perfectly es they ought TO. First OF all they
do not mangle their clothes properly. Again,
thay have not the propah facilities. Also they
us soap and warshing powders which contain
scidA And they have no propah drying
horses. and their warshing tubs are not propah.
In TACT their entire accommodations are not
prupah. They have no propah boards. no prop
nh pnilA and they use . common broom handle
instead Of . prupAh copper stiCk- II IL dread
fully slFrrisinG bow they do manage to get
along Will tho awful too.s al their
I'VE must point out u the warShwoman all
win her husband. The greatest reform that
sou.d b thought Of can be done along ,!his
York, and we must have Them. IL 10 shameful
that we have not had Lheu, before now. We
70 80 oA low far We are behind. There al The
ever was thought Of. First. II managing only
Is done, Q charge Of sixpence an hour Is made.
This Ugh rate icing taken 10 prevent The under.
calling Of tho poorer wareh women. who get
their Twink By takin' in mangline. The dirty
woman Eets from the lady CLARK a ticket on
y, ysiS dow her A.. s,. Snd ih1 bs sisis q bs s's s5s 1s.i aos
70 one Of the lady attendants within the laun.
dry, who In her turn tastens II up on one OF the
sponds with the number on the warshins tub
which the woman IL entitled to-
the tube. the lady or the womanf" asked the re-
aT6e woman. answered the Citizens Union.
Ito you oee,'' he continued, If any damage
Is done to the tub the lady clark retains q de-
posit which : usually a shilling. yell, after
tie linen 10 put on the drying 'orse, which Is
'e.,ed BY steam pipes from below"
".ees ssy:, h sspI R,p1s'r oi I%Essssed !bld I'P goa ever
10 : Hiiinslis6 nsnsieIi
mo; il Il u inachlnef' =.
sre much Inherent from what they are IN Hing:
actually run 81 men Without a dollar. Thoy
Eet their money from men who have 1t 10 spend
On e eSs Other ' siss, I IN H insI adt'f i L I tSe men mem
quite dinerenI Isn't III Now. let US return o
sip.. towels. and linen that Is not shlrred or
pleated. The ironing Of this style can be done
ltufy. little Kitchen on the east size. How
dreadful 10 have a OF stove burning IN one Of
: ssiss., aisS Ssar.n on down g ,N' ,S Ssy tas s'e q o ,as Of r. tb per:
poor ,war.hwomen. TesriblsI Ain,tlu Why,
4 The . public Is,I lsp sdGS ts 0E1iey soSd' Gene sens.
A The Frederick street Warshhouse The clio. b
divided so a. 10 give a certain smoant of space
70 each warshwom IN, and then left to bake
SIy IN = ss%RSr-h1 arn OF lSG dexf"es Sd 5UF t lwG
dry by OF air in motion, SO that a natural dry
ing l. Obtained and the clothing Is in no way
that Die warehouse lost a great deal OF It's Gus
tom, many Of the regular warshers giving up the
q ~. .hs o. 1i 5sss, IS' ,R RsiSs.te TsFfnnSu? Sa ss't" Il
The idea of n poor w~arshwoman to De robbed
b another ~arsh oman In sG SS, + ,h tht
children % the warshnouse.
"Are there many children ground up by the
.araeious. no." said Harold. Tho children
are not allowed eeeess 70 ne hengine room n
NiHS = With 4 the %as cislssns T Il 70 our isf in]ssn'io II
70 go hat the scale. OF charges arc reasonable
u they are at st. 2; MargaFeib,s e and ,Rdss 81 Johns 0hncs
an hour for the arst hour. throepence for two
hours. fourpence for two and a 'alf hours, foul
Ssp0t shr ss'1 ana 'of az anrI Soa n1lf1o Or C cour e. Z
Tarsherwoman soes 1--WE. minutes over the houl
Nh ,nS will sn1O Be CHARGED "a the t FIJI hour S%I e x,b In Sse'
houses the charges for warshing and drying
penny an hour or Tor two or more boars
ha'penny an hour. Cheap, isn't III We in
we get up our rules AMI regulations for lh'
warsaer, they will be strictly enforced. The
propah thing, isn't III Wen ave the warsh
houses open from 9 In the morning, until 8 a
One drying iorse only win be allowed tor thu
qse OF each warsher. and II any warsher uses
drying .'orse belonging to another warsher,, tn
Liner Of The person 20 using the same yin b
until another ticket has been obtained from
the pay office. Perfectly right, isn'i iif',
Who'll furnish the starchf' asked the re
well" said Mr.. Tolwigger. that has no
YET been decided on. but we won't allow tn
Warshere 70 put, wet clothes in the mang'es
we building at ALL or couree the soap ant
hodS win be handled by the city"
wei" said the repori or. suppose q new
Ronlcal party springs up and announces Of
taelr banner that soap and soda will be fur
S.shed free. In CAGE Of trIs new pariy's sue
starchf'
.w.l cawnt answer that question" said Harold
w aos are now dealing IN futures. we sinnlpl
w be decided by The Municipal Assembl
"agIher or not soap and -oda wi be free
How many of these wa hhouhes or laun