The Washington times., 1916-07-21
Laundering
Nozp.ClaSSed'
/! With Arts
Comprehensive Book BY An
Instructor At, Columbia
University Discusses His
! tory and Methods of
: Cleansing.
. ANCY a teacher of laundering!
. There is such n person, and
Il

- There Is such person, and
she Is Miss l.. Ray Balderston.
of the Teachers College. CO.
lumbia University.
Every one cannot attend the Teach
ers College, however. and. for the
benefit Of those who pine to launder
scientifically. Miss Baldefston has
compiled book-practical from
cover to cover.
laundering as an art Cor Aprofesston),
Miss Balderston. has included handy
tables dealing with the removal OF
stains for various textiles. These
stains are discussed alphabetically.
beginning with analine dye. and pro-
crossing through argora1. balsam of
Peru. blood. bluing. and brass. TO the
The book is published by L. r.
Balderstop. ,1224 Cherry street. Phila-
delphia, and costs S1.25.
Miss Balderston's7h history of laun-
t1a 0M Y stated f thaa sO dSr% Years
b. c. Egyptians On the Nile stamped
their clothes with the feet, beat them
with white clay and wrNIng them by
fastened. Homer. in the Odyssey tells
OF the early wash days in Greece.
These primitive laundresses next
1H ast sthod dse ~ mSge
Ing, pounding the :clothe es with With sticks
and stones, or rubbing them on rough
Stones-anything TO create friction.
The next step was to build platforms
out from the. shore. Plain. slanting
boards were also used and the clothes
were slapped on these-the first wash
ing boards. Boards were gradually
made with grooves or corrugations. as
the rough surface increased friction and
gin. OF the modern washboard-which
will soon be a thing Of the past. as
friction must cease. Smoothing with a
stick finally was used as an ironing
process. 1t became a. machihei several
wooden pieces called a mange-Italian
from which we get our mangle. II
was invented in the fourteenth or fif-
teenth century and was intended es-
century small mangies were in use in
queen Elizabeth with her ruffs
caused a certain Dutch woman to in
this art were. called professors OF
starching and were paid f5 for every
lesson. Smoothing irons were made of
steel or brass, with wooden handles
the body 81 the iron, Auch as are still
used In Korea. An irofJnE. bell fren
which our puff Iron comes was used
for ironing ruffs Delicate things were
glass roller. We use this today for
lace and ribbon in the form of glass
bottle.
"The story IL told that collar In
London in 1882 drew attention to the
question Of stcrilizing the clothes as
a result poor woman set ZIP wash
boiler soap kettle and other appliances
and so we have .he first public wash
house Here washwomen paid a penny
for theNpriNlege OF its use, and in 1S4.
q public. laundry Yves established IN
liverpool. Finally In thia present
period in the domestic laundry wash.
boards and other primitive equipment
are giving way to the various mechani-
cal devices which IRE great labor saw.
ers and time savers. and often indeed
fabric savers. Washing machines driver
by motors. special washing devices fol
clothes. boilers and wash tubs, wiring
drying rooms are making the whole less
Of n drudrerv. The irons are no longer
heated with hot coal, hut by gas burn
ing inside ~ by electricity"