Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-14

THE HOME AND THE WOMAN-PRTZE
CLOTHES
IN WINTER TIME
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK

AUTHOR OF THE NEW HOUSEKEEPING"
With stormy weather, the problem OF
drying clothes becomes a serious one. It
is no wonder that with the inadequate
facilities offered by tho average apart
ment the tendency is more and more TO
send clothes TO a commercial laundry.
But even II we do this with the so-called
Hat pieces, and send other pieces TO
be done entirely by the laundry or merely
"rough-dry." there arc always some
pieces which must be washed and dried
at home, and many OF us still prefer to
have laundry done at home. so that the
solution of drying clothes remains to be
found
For the small apartment dweller there
is an excellent rack which exactly fills
this need of drying clothes In the house.
The rack consists OF parallel strips OF
wood about five feet in length. inter-
sected with narrow rope. The entire rack
is very light and operates by a small
pulley os that It can be easily raised and
lowered from the ceiling. To use IT, the
rack Is lowered fastened at a convenient
height and hung with the wet clothing.
When II is entirely full, a slight pull
raises II as close to the ceiling as de-
sired, so that 1t ls out of the way and
9HL BeLS LUe neat from tne upper part Ol
the room. 1t is best to do this toward
night, 80 that the clothes may dry when
no person is in the room to be affected
by the moisture. Such a rack costs about
81, and will be found most convenient in
the small kitchen or other room in which
indoor driving is possible.
Even If we are a suburbanite and live
in detached house with yard which 10
ample for drying in sunny weather. we
stlll have the same problem of drying In
doors when the weather becomes stormy
II the house is our own and our means
are generous, the most satisfactory per-
manent plan is to have a regulation
clothes dryer heated either by coal, gas
or electricity. These dryers consist of sec
tions Of metal rack with a pull at the end
which can be drawn out of the metal COM
partment into which they ft. Clothes are
hung on these racks In the extended posi-
tlon and then pushed back into the actual
drying cabinet Most Of these dryers are
fitted with a small stove, which heats the
dryer at the same time 1t heats water,
takes care OF the washbo!lers, or heats
irons. The dryers come in all sizes and
are best built in TO suit the actual condi-
tons OF the room. In price they range
from $50 up. but once installed they are
as permanent a part of the equipment as
the heating plant itself, and pay their way
in large homes where there is a consid-
cradle amount of linen each week
Every one Is familiar with the whirling
umbrela-like dryers fastened by posts in
the back yard. A variation of this is one
In which there are from eight to twelve
projecting arms fitted with cord between.
Instead of being an inverted umbrella,
It looks like the spokes OF the umbrella
In the natural position. The unusual
point about this rack is that II is a sue
cess when used on the lawn In dry
weather Its popularity is that these
same arms can be removed separately
from the posts and attached TO a cleat
along a wall and thus serve for indoor
use. Similar sockets to those used in
the outside fixtures can be nailed at a
height of about eight feet TO basement
or cellar wall Then each arm easily
slips into these sockets on the wall, Civ
ing, the same drying area within that
was possible outdoors. When not in use,
the racks fall fiat against the wall, so as
to save space. Whatever our conditions
of living, some right solution can be
found of the unpleasant winter drying
OF clothes.