The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19
MAYSv|LLE WILL
NOW HAVE BETTER
LAUNDRY SERVICE
Beginning Next Monday - Modern
Laundry Company viii Introduce
New System Of Collection
and Delivery.

An aged-old custom considers Mon
day as wash day. In the Modern Laun-
dry every day is wash day. But of
course, everybody's washing cannot
be done on the same day.
Heretofore fully sixty per cent. of
laundry patrons have sent their work
to the laundry on Monday.
Thus, laundries have been deluged
with work the fore part of the week.
The help have begun the week dis
couraged and dissatisfied, and the re-
suit has often been reflected in the
work and service.
This unequal distribution Of the
work has been quite as much to the
disadvantage Of the patron as it has
to the laundry. All employees do their
best work when they clearly under
stand just what it is, and when they
can see "over the top" Of 1t.
Every day certain amount of the
work will be brought into the plants
and an equal amount delivered to pa
irons. Many patrons have unthink-
ingly, demanded special service. Given
1t once, some have acquired the habit.
Special service is expensive to the
laundry and patrons alike. There are
occasions when special service is
needed and will be given, but these
occasions are few and will be greatly
reduced under this new plan. The
foregoing and many other seemingly
small items have been and are big
factor in the overhead expenses of
laundry; and along with the war,
higher wages, increased cost of mater
ials, etc., have been responsible for
the higher prices which the laundry
owners have been compelled to
charge. Neither the public nor the
laundry owner can control the prices
Of material nor the wages of labor
But the laundry owners, with the
hearty cooperation of the public,
can, and will control some of the
items Of overhead expense, and pre-
vent further increase in laundry
prices, If indeed, they do not eventual
ly lower them to a considerable ex-
tent.
HERE IS THE PLAN
Each patron will be advised as to
the day and hour when each laundry's
representative will call for their laun-
dry. 1t should be ready and he
should not be expected to wait. Hours
and hours Of time, and gallons of gas
oline and oil have been wasted while
drivers waited for, bundles. We will
divide the total number of calls into
five equal parts. One-ffth Of the
work will be collected Monday, one
fifth Tuesday and so on until Friday
In the same manner, one-ffth of the
work will be delivered each day
There will be but one collection and
one delivery each week on each route
All collection and deliveries of laun-
dry work will be made each morning
before noon. Telephone calls not be-
ing on salesman's route will be made
in the afternoon each day. If the
driver serving you calls at nine
o'clock one week, you may expect him
at the same hour each week. almost to
the minute. The same applies to de-
livery. Your driver will deliver your
bundle at the same hour each week.
Each customer will be requested to
have the cash ready. There can be no
variation from the foregoing, as 1t
would soon defeat the purpose of the
plan which is-better work and better
service for all No special rush work
will be called for and delivered. Work |
brought to the Office and called for
may be had in shorter time than by
the regular system. The foregoing
plan is now in operation in several
cities, and has been received by the
public most graciously, because its ad-
vantages are so apparent and its prac-
tical value so soon established. II |
looks more revolutionary than 1t is
1t is simply breaking up a custom,
which is a custom only. and by no
means necessity.
The laundry owner presents the
foregoing, firm in the belief that its |
reasonableness and good sense will
appeal to their patrons. This plan
with the hearty cooperation Of laun-
dry patrons. will promote better con-
ditions for laundry employees. which
In turn cannot fall to result In better
work and better service; and last, but
not least, reduction rather than an adj
vance In laundry prices.
Il. ". RODEN, Modern Laundry.