The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-02-09
HOW YOUR CLOTHES
ARE LAUNDRIED
The Methods Employed at the Ar
lington Laundry, Where Cleanli-
ness IS Paramount

Greenvl4le has many industries
s-hsrta arc d credit to her. and OF
which axesy citizen should be proud,
and ono Of the youngest in the field,
IN poant of time. but aged, when the
quality Of the work is considered,
(which Ia every respect is fully I'D
TO the stsndard3, is the Arlington
Laundry Go. This firm opened Their
doors to the public less than sixty
days ago. and is enioying AL almost
,rHpree csFeHted prosperity.
The -ssrnes man is always rosing
around, try~sg to tind something no
ore else ever saw, and while SO en-
gagged. he found oHe Of the things he
was looking for yesterday, in the Ar
iiagron Laundry. On entering the
door the manager asked him II he
would not look 10 sec how c,othcs
are washed and pat i'll good order
for use again Of course the Times
IMAM iedI1hN RotFN up ttit obFi.
1t was really treat to see how CIV
erythine is handled from the time tAe
clothes are brought III. The first thing
is to check and mark the articles. and
man is kept busy all tho entire week
marking and checking the bundles
a they are brought i'll by the wag
ons. From him they are taken 10
the wash and starch room, where
enormous revolving tubs are used for
washing the cIothes,and where whiri
ing patest wrnn9ers revolvc SO rap
idly that every drop of water is soon
taken from every article placed in
them
Then there are the dry rooms which
are Of the latest patent and make.
Here the clothes are placed ON travel
ing frames which are on the go" all
the time and after goius through
THIS room and coming out at the ota-
er end, they are taken from the frame
automatically and dropped into a
basket where the if9ners ean get
them a. needed
The shirts arc isoned by an entirely
new process. while the collars and
cuffs aud ladie, shirt waists, lingerie.
etc, are ironed on machines used Tor
THAI particular purpose,
The prettiest sight of all IS the I'm
i,hed garment which is snow white,
absolutely spotless, and one can hard
~ tell which IS done mp the best, tn,
newly bought article just from the
factory, or that done up by the Ar
1ingron Laundry Tire gentlemen III
charge are very enthusiasts in Their
work and take every precaution to pro
tcct their patrons from loss by fire
or otherwise aud everything that car
possibly be done to make the work
sanitary. Is done
The management who are close IL
their attention as to the class OF
work done, are also thinking OF their
feliown1an who may be in distress
One means of helping the deserving
is that III which they give ten per cent
OF their ret earnings each week te
some one of the ladies' societies oi
the different churches. The first ont
receiving the benefit was the Chris
tan church. the second was TO the
ladies ~ the Catholic church. las
week the Episcopal ladies were this
beneffciaries, and this week the ladie:
Of the Hebrew Temple Union will BIZ
the ones TO receive the benefit. ant
everything at present looks as though
they viii receive the greatest beneflt
Of any Of the former. which, IS due 4
t4ae hustling qualities of some OF til.
workers Of this church.