The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-21


finsing The sides Of the cylindct
are perforated and there is whirlng
current OF air kept circulating rapidly
through the center In sucs, manner
as to force the moisture through the
perforations and at the same time the
clothes are not subjected to any
friction or pressure that would tend
to weaken them.
In each department there are sew
eral special machines to do particu-
lar lines Of work. After being taken
from the extractor all OF the c'othes
are placed In the tumbler 10 be shak-
en- out. for the air currents Of the exy
tractor have twisted and packed them
tightly together. The tunlbler loosens
them and renders II easier to shake
them out before being placed IN the
drying rooms. IN the flat work de-
partment one of the newest devices is
circulating drying room for
turkish bath towels This is u large
truck-like machine which revolves
rapidly and at the same time has cur
rents of warm air circulating through
1t. which dries the towels and pre-
serves their soft, absorbent qualities,
raising the nap just like new
Another machine IL. devised exclu-
sive!y for ironing napkins and is an
Improvement upon the machine used
for tablecloths and other larger arti-
cles. one laundry set itself about do
vising "A plan for eliminating the dis
figuring mark upon napkins. This has
been done by carefully fastening to-
gether all the napkins of certain
package and attaching to them a
small tag Of unbleached muslin bear
ing the number to which they be-
long. They go through all Of the
processes without being separated, un-
til they come to be ironed The iron
.er separates them. irons each one and
then packs them in neat. compact
pile and ties them together with ,the
lobel on top. This method has been
much commended by the women pa
irons of the laundry and most OF
them wonder how 1t can be done for
the small cost OF one cent napk III.
There is seemingly no end To the
different machines used I'm ironing
c'othing. For instance, a shirt passes
through no less than 16 persons
hands before 1t leaves the laundry.
The first machine irons the yoke In
the back: the next irons the neck:
the third thy wrist bands; the fourth
the bosom. ana the firth the body Of
the shirt and a part Of the sleeve.
There ~ one machine used almost ex-
clusively for the lower part OF the
sleeve After II has passed through
the different machine processes, the
shirt finally reaches the ironer who
gives 1t few finishing touches by
hand. after which II Is wrapped In an
attractive manner ready to be sent
out.
The handling of collars calls for
several remarkable machines. They
are washed In lots after the same
process as other clothing and then
run through two varieties of starch
Ing machines. after which the surplus
starch is rubbed off by hand and they
are hung upon hooks for the drying
room These rows OF hooks. FIR each
individual collar work automatically,
passing through the drying room and
coming out and dropping each collar
off Its hook as 1t is dried, into a basket
waiting to receive 1t. After they are
dried. the collars are put through the
moistening machine, after which they
are placed under a pressing machine
similar In appearance to an cd fash
ioned office letter press. There are
several machines used in ironing coll
lars. One of the most ingenious is
the moistener for the turnover COZ
lars. This consists of wet SPONGE
like cord along which the crease II
the ironed collar Is run II can then
be turned over without cracking the
material. This is then ironed dry,
after which II passes through n little
machine to smooth the edge so as not
to chafe the neck.
In going through laundry with
such equipments as these. the one
thing with which the visitor is i'm
pressed Is the care taken of every
article handled. II would be impos.
sible for any of the machines de-
scribed to tear burn or strain any
garment. For instance while a min