Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-04-17
WASHING DAY AFLOA7
When the Sailor Lads In The Navy
Turn Laundrymen,
A HARD JOB IN BAD WEATHER

Bare. Scrubs His Own Clothes and
Gets Thorn Ready For Inspection
"Jimmy Legs" and tho Lucky Bag.
Have yon ever noticed how clean and
we'll dressed q sailor lad looks when
on shore leave, how white his cIoihes
look when you board the ship on sic.
itlng day, But did you ever realize
that he was his own washermau?
With a shrill blast of his silver whis
Gle the chief boatswaiu's wa.c v!H
pipe, Scrub and wash clothes. aud
every man hurries to bis bucket, gets
his solled clothes. salt water soap
draws bucket of brluy or fresh wa
ter. as the case may be, and begins bis
washing
lie is generally bareiooted at this
time, SO that he viii not wet his shoes
and stockings. He wears bis trousers
very bell shaped at the bottom IN order
that he may roll them M over the
knee
After scrub5lug and rubbing his
clothes until clean he turns them in.
side out and with stops proceeds q,
get them ready for hanging UP. These
stops are short pieces Of twiue, twisted
and with whipped ends, that he use,
81 lieu of clotGespins. They are f2s-
tened in evects placed at the side
seams and bottom ~ his shirts aud the
waistband Of his trousers. He turns
all his washed clothes inside out %
prevent the right side getting soiied
They are then ly-ug on liae which
says the Youth's Companion. is run
from the bow to the topmasJ or upper
top os 4 fighting mast The well In
formed man now usually puts his
clothes 10 soak the night before in %
bucket half full Of water into wA.cb
he has either sprinkled q haudta' Of
soap powder or small piece OF salt
water soap In the morning a h.te
rubbing and his clothes are clean AMI
hung up, while the landuhber' has
just begun
When they have been thoroughly
dried. the chief boatsvain again pipes,
scrub and wash clothes" and every
man rushes for the cothesllue %
claim his own. II he fails TO secure
them within a reasonable time, the
master at arms or Jimmy Legs,
takes them down. anu thay 20 iuto ,1c
lucky bag Then the only recourse
the uulucky owner has Is to go to ID.
mast o. The "suck,' as the court g.
'boar5 shin Is commonly called. ana rc.
tlhou the FIRST 'IG." or executive u.i
ce,. no order them released.
As rule. Jimmy Legs. who ha,
chares of the cleanliness Of the decks,
always has extra cleaning painting
and SD forth I'm mind. aal the man
whose c,olhes ". into the ,cg6y bag
resolves so many hours extra 1u-v as
n -arrra reminder TO be more careful
i'm the future. His name a5.s q. Jim
my Legs tme hloa. AMI when .hcys
Is 9uy extra Labor 10 De performed be
is -rraa rno9 " assist
rlts Is usua,,v the ,1- Of ia. lands.
man. who hes no. hgcn aboard long
snonrl N .a I'm t,a Ropes"
,y-ar .hs- ora aiken from the l.le
tb, stors a-a ,as,n ont ana tie csot.
,r-- I, -rah a.n,.rnar thar t,r~ noe
,,, ,r,rire rhrse rolls are then ta.
ar aa,n end wiki the stg7s AND are
-.,y-.1 away lr Pho clothes ngg Tg
this ,rqv mn his c,a-bgs. 10th blue AMI
,,.bI+s are KENT clean. and when sun.
aor ,.o,,irs. o,os. ANA There Is ysg.
90, ,-sna,r,o, on rho quarter dock De
bss a., gaar ~ ra,nr re7~.msnlad 70.
bov.,,, an q sn,Isj Uniform.
-r,,o l,,~d..st tbrros 7f n sailors ogrs,
=, ,rssr are his blanket and hammock
--he nommoe, FORMS mart 81 his e1uip.
mont INIT belongs 10 The shin. lie Is.