The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
Z CLEANING AND PRESSING
THE STAR STEAM CARPET CLEAN

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Claims some Birmingham housekeepers
treat their floor covering in the same
way as the old eourtry's water carrier
treated his horse. This is a Joke only
but every lady ought TO read this. The
Old country's water carrier bought HIM
self a horse TO carry his water and was
very much pleased with him, his wife
asked him how he liked his horse ..Verx
WELL he said, but let me tell you my
dear wife about this horse. he eats less
than any other horse | had before [
believe in six months from now that
horse will cost me most nothing.
could save my money what | paid for
him just from his feed he eats $50 little
that 1t doesn't hardly cost anything to
Keep him. The first night bought him
i did not feed him at ALL" "Why, my
dear husband%' she asked. 'Because
the man that sold me the horse told
me had already fed him." he answered
Then she asked him again. when do
you feed him?" He said, 'the next
evening the horse didn't seem very hun
cry, but | gave him little hay any
ways" And when you fed him the next
morning how did he look to you?' Very
nice, he said. 'He eats very little and
looks very good" This water carrier be-
lieved the less he fed his horse the bet
came home, his wife asked him again
how his horse was looking. every well,''
he said, Il tell you he is a good horse"
Ills wife was very pleased with his
answer The next morning the happy
water carrier went to his horses stable
and found his horse stretched out dead.
lie rushed home and told his wife the
horse was dead. and SO it is with so
many housekeeping ladies. 1t is q gen.
1,1,
covering for the house, she claims that
1t doesn't need cleaning the first season
Tor 1t Is new carpet. The next season
she asks her servant to take the carpet
out in the yard and beat it, she says: II
don't think it needs much cleaning as IL
isn't very dirty The third sea son she
finds out the best way to clean a carpet
is with soap and ammonia or brush it
with salt and sweep it out, and the
fourth season the housekeeper makes UP
her mind to have her carpets cleaned by
a. cleaning shop. She calls up. Hello
central, give me the carpet cleaning
shop; Is this the carpet cleaning shop?"
"Yes, this is the carpet cleaning shop"
what would you charge me for clean
ing carpet nine by twelve?" The
carpet cleaning shop says so much, and
she says, "All right I will let you know
soon" She rings another one The next
one may give her a cheaper price, but
then she decides to have her carpets
cleaned at home with vacuum cleaner
and 1t will be much cheaper. The next
season she decides to give the carpet
cleaner a chance to clean the carpet and
when the carpet comes, in the operation
the carpet is so weak it gets the same
to the owner as the water carrier horse
got to him. The best way to have your
carpet cleaning done is while your car
pet can stand the cleaning. The Star
Carpet Cleaning Works, III South 21st
street, or phone main s169, is the only
carpet cleaning works in the south that
there is not anything in the line of work
that it can't do. If you try the Star
Steam Carpet Cleaning Works. you will
lind 1t is the one you ought to patronize.
You Will get value received FOR your
money.