The Detroit times., 1912-01-17
What | Know
About Laundries

tPermission OF Ide Collar Col
Yes--Ima ColIar--and az close
as you men are to me every day
OF your lives. you know nothing
OF my trials and fluctuations.
You ought to see the inside OF
my neck. Talk about hierosiyphics
II show the marks Of punish
ment from laundries In New York,
Boston. Chicago. Denver, Keoluk.
Salt Lake City. San Francisco and
bunch OF other towns, small and
large.
So don't blame me for being
rough on you sometimes.
But what want 10 tell You
about here IL one of my pleasant
Little Journeys" that I recently
took.
My travelling companion arrived
in Detroit with me after one Of
those mean, dusty trips, and we
were both the worse for wear
He wrapped me up with some
brothers of mine and I heard him
telephone MAIN 1886 and tell the
PALACE-MODEL LAUNDRY to
send for me at once.
always travel in style and the
Palace-Model wagons are the real
classy" article. o
This laundry was a new one TO
me, but from the moment struck
the marking room-that's where
you go to frst-I knew that, like
all up-to-date laundries. they
KNEW their business.
From there to the wash-whesl
was a quick jump.
The wash-wheel is q big round
tub hung side-wise.
| was thrown in here with about
a hundred others. This tub is
about 10 full OF water. After
they put US in-bing--the cover
was clamped.
Say-that wheel has got Coney
island skinned a mile.
First. II makes three turns one
way and before you get your
breath, II takes three turns ths
other way.
The water and soap all stay a.
the bottom and when the turnI
come you shoot up to the roof o.
that washer and then you drop
kersplash, back into the sud-
again. It's great sport.
That tumble act gets you clean
No rubbing and mauling like yo'
get In a tub at home. No, no.
After a couple of hours or .,
OF this, they take YOU out an
put you In the centrifugal wiring
err" 1t looks something like a BIZ
candy kettle. II is a big iron yes
sci with copper tub inside. Tn
latter is full of tiny holes al
round the side. There Is an opel
space between this and the quite
vessel. z
When the tub is nearly full Q
collars, II starts to revolve. Fas
err and faster II goes. 81
Pretty soon 1t Is hitting it u
at 1,400 revolutions per minut,
oh, what dizzy experience.
When it gets to going you &c
as far away from the center {
that tub as you can--you jus
cling TO the sides. You are hel
there by the force of the revol,
tions.
Say, IL cat ever got caught |
there there would be nothing lei
! but the hair.
When you get out of there 20
are almost dry--just little damn
Then they run you into III
starch-then into another machin
which smoothes you of and drie
the starch.
Next, your wrinkles are take
! out and you go to the dryin
| loom. There they give you &
chance to cool OF little. 500
| you are dampened again and sen
TO the sweat-box. Then you ar
taken out and ironed.
Now that ironing is a treat {
one who doesn't know how ~
done. You'd be surprised IL yo
knew how many wonderful ma
chimes a collar goes through be
fore IL Is At to wear
They're mostly nickel-plated
all smooth as glass and have
round smooth edges and corners
In ironing the popular turn
over collar the fold is dampene'
before the collar is turned down
This prevents breaking. rougl
edges, etc.
felt just like a man woul,
who has just come from a bal
ber's chair--clean, cool, stron
and 1T for society.
After this you are sent to III
sorting room, where you NEE
other friends, who parted fror
you when you came In. You al
all put In neat package-an
sent home.
That Little Journey" TO IN
PALACE-MODEL LAUNDRY wa
such a delightful trip, such
healthful tonic for me, that
think collars ought TO organic
and demand that their owner
use the Palace-Model exclusivel.
Detroit collars ought TO. an,
way-they are here all the time.
Well--Tm on my way-Chicag
is next. I hope I'll find anothe
good laundry there.