The Pensacola journal., 1909-10-10
FOR
WHITES ONLY.
WHILE VISITING AN OLD FRIEND
HE BECAME A VOLUNTEER AND
ACTED AS SCOUT FOR ONE OF
THE MOST SACRED CALLS.

An old friend OF Mr.. Patterson.
manager Of the PURITAN LAUNDRY.
called on and spent a week with him
recently. After visiting the laundry
plant and seeing the sanitary cOndi
tions which prevailed and upon being
informed that the laundry was taking
work from WHITE PEOPLE ONLY
he became so enthused over II that he
volunteered to do some soliciting for
the only laundry in Pensacola that is
perfectly sanitary and uses no chemi-
Gals in its bleaching processes and
which takes work from white people
OnIy-he always thought that this was
the way that a modern laundry should
be operated After making himself
thoroughly familiar with these i'm
pOrtant facts he at once started out
and met with nothing but warm re
oeptiOns and most OF the people that
he called on advised him that they
had been patroniZing the White PeO-
ple's Laundry since the day 1t started
and that they were well pleased with
the extra high grade of work that
they were getting. Well, this was
pleasing to the old scout who had
penetrated deep into the fashionable
part Of the city. All at once he heard
the voice Of an indignant lady coming
from q window in one of those fash
fonabIe residences which he was about
TO enter The maid met him at the
door and when he presented his card
she comm fenced laughing and say, she
gave him the laugh In great shape.
This was embarrassing for she IN
formed him that he was the third
laundry solicitor that had been there
that day and that there was one at
that moment in the library making
apologies TO the lady Of the house Tor
the poor work that his laundry had
done for her the week before But
that was the only thing the solicitor
had to offer he didn't seem to smooth
things out any as she had been having
her work done at that laundry for
over a year and every week ii had
been the same old story-apoIogie
from the driver for the poor work
done and she had become di5gusted
and disheaTtened for she was a sweet
little lady and the weekly fight with
the driver had started to tell on her
nerves. All Of this was being taken
In by the old scout who was waiting
on the gallery but when his card
reached the madam he waited no
longer for he was Immediately shown
to the library and given an OppOr-
tunity to explain that the PURITAN
LAUNDRY was Jn6 only laundry IN
the city for WHITE PEOPLE ONLY
and the only laundry in the world
that had solved the problem Of bleach
ing without the use of chemicals. All
at once the little lady sprang from
her chair Mortified and exclaimed
"Oh, you don't mean to say that other
laUndries put my dainty garments in
the same washing with the other
race, do your" That's what they
do" he replied. And my table
1inen?' Yes. that goes in too" was
his reply. With tears in her eyes she
explained that that was the first time
that she knew that such conditions
existed in other laundries. Now it
was clear to her why the PURITAN
LAUNDRY was called the WHITE
PEOPLES LAUNDRY. 1t is useless
to say that those funny little wagons
are now stopping at her home every
week receiving or returning a package
OF that sweet, pure work that is al
ways turned out at THE PURITAN
LAUNDRY.-AdV.