The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15
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is cut In half. You could not set as good
"a bath IN the best hotel in Liverpool or
London for hftN tines the money. bib
The average price of u plunge, WIKI
the use Of the POOL ais long as desired. ii III "
less than & cents. But the FREQ open IA
baths of Liverpool are more interesting
and hardly less attractive Whenever II ii
is possible to secure an open space tho
Baths Department. constructs /. pool, pros
vldes warm water, and erects shelters
for the little ones. One day last
summer, $500 lads used one OF
these open baths. In former years the "
Youngsters had no place other than the II
slimy and disease breeding waters Oft
the canal. .&
Willie the receipts from Liverpools
baths baths are large. there Is, Of courss,
ali annual deficit. Last years receipts
were about $4,000, and the deficit WAS
not far from the same amount. But this
Is one of the enterprises conducted wtti-s@
out hope of financial gain, and the most
closc-iisted rate payer IN Liverpool will Al
mot bcgrudgc his share OF the small sum L,
which afford SO much genuine enjoynietltsf
and lasting benefit TO the poorer class. 8
Alderman William Roberts. n sturdy good "
hntured and immensely popular gentle
mum, is chairman of the baths committees, II
Before he became wealthy he WAS XXI
champion swimmer, and possesses many
medals for life saving in the Mersey audi
Lat Blackpool. lie is also the proud hold-&8
er of the Royal Humane Societies die
lploma. awarded for conspicuous bravery
Tin resculng a woman who had slipped Ii
pinto the Horseshoe Falls Mt Islnngollei,.S
Tho city is equally fortunate Its Baths
Engineer and chief 7superintcndcnt, NJ
r. Court, d man who has been connected
with bathing establishments for years.
Ia, I'll anil tbr,1t ID
due the planning and success of the q,
"slums Baths III
We believe said Mr.l Court, III the
course tf4n thorough Inspection OF these
Baths. that It Is as important to teach q
the children to battle as 1t Is to tencll&
them to rea dan1 write The boy W ho$ ac-
{Gliires an ambition to have "A clean bod W.
will find a way to an education. II H.
have any criticism to make copceri,ing&S
our system as 1t stands to-day 1t is thnts@
we have paid too much attention to frsts5
class baths, and not enough to those
within absolute touch of the mass lot Ss
our working classes. We shall accom-. "a
pI.sh that in q very few years from noW.SsSSS
a picturesque and practical adiunct,Etns
many of these bathing establishmcntsSls
the system of wash houses or puhlieSS
slanndres. The average tenement house
dweller in Liverpool and in other large \
regular weeks washing. Hot water is
expensive. and even the most primitive
tools are beyond the means of many OF III
these women tollers. Again. the munfci-E
arality comes to the rescue Scattered S
inl over Great Britain are hundreds 81 M
public wash houses. To these the house
wife brings her bundle of soiled clothes ~
There is placed at her disposal the ma
chinery and appliances of a modern
steam laundry NJ g9
Instead Of spending hours over a. TUT
| in the cramped living Quarters of her8
tenement, she Is privileged to wash her
clothes by means of hot water and sen111s
rinse them In d food of pure running
water. dry them in II MISREPRESENTATION by
centrifugal force and complete the pro-
cess by hanging them fora few minutes
in steam heated room where they are4
exposed to s1perhented air in notion
She then takes them to the mangling9nnd
ironing room. and, by the MD OF the best
of appliances, speedily completes thcG
task OF washing and ironing. VIA AL III
Two hours Is the usual time consumedN
BY Il woman in washing. driving and from
ing tho clothes for the average family
The rate in most of the wash houses IS
a penny an hour. though in some of them
an extra half penny is charged after the
first or second hour At the most9Sit
costs the average patron of these re-
mnrkable establishments cents TO dosa
weeks washing and ironing, and Ties
work which once took Inc best partsSpfM
two weary days Is now ended Yin two
ihours or less. And all this Is in practI-8$
zeal operations and has hcen tested for
wears, with the result that the wash
houses are not only self sustaining. butt
actually yield a revenue 10 the City8ofS
liverpool. sS
Copyright, 1904 BY Frederick tfpham
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