Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-02
TUESDAY.

TUESDAY.
With the help Of Helen and the Bride
who had no washing on Tuesday she
believed that economy for her IN this
matter was to send her clothes to the
laundry. Mrs Hooper put up her daily
quota of corn and tomatoes at the same
that she assisted the washing machine
in doing its work.
you 1T to take in all the wash Of
the nelghbo4s," laughed the Bride. The
case with which you get yours done war
rants the belief thas three o. four times
that amount Of clo-hes couli be washed
Ia one forenoon with very little more
effort"
Although you say that as joke.
answered Mrs. Hooper seriously, lit Is
really nv Idea Of what ought to be done
If we were really all IS democratic as
we pretend to be. and If We realized how
much more could be accomplished in the
way Of sane living If community systems
really worked"
well I suppose the public laundry
furnishes the community idea in the
matter OF washing clothes said the
Bride as she sterilized the jars for the
tomatoes that they were putting up by
the cold pack method. You can't i'm
prove on that unless to suggest some
way to cut down the cost Of having your
washing done by the laundry.
81 have a much better idea than that,
laughed Mrs. Hooper, and If human ma
ture were a little different I'm sure 1t
would work"
what is it," inquired the Bride
curiously.
Mrs. Hoorer prepared her colored
load for ringing as she replied
ct is perfectly absurd. for instance
for seven or eight women in this oiocK
to each spend the entire time Tuesday
morning doing the washing for one fam
fly. Ny idea would be to have the eigni
families pool their money and equip one
laundry with the best and latest cleo
tricaI appliances for washing and iron
ing. then gather the clothes OF all the
families on the block and have one
woman each week take her turn doing
the washing for them all
..Rut il would take her the whole day,
exclaimed the Bride as she ladled the to-
matOes into the Jars.
ssWhat If it did" replied Mrs. Hooper.
"She wouldn't have to wash again for
eight weeks when her turn would come
around once more. and besides she
wouldn't be as tired as If she were doing
lust her own washing in the old fashioned
way"
"But what would become Of her house
work and marketing and the care OF the
children :" asked the Bride
"Whv the other seven women who were
released from washing would In turn
take on the temporary care Of her house
very easily" explained Mrs Hooper as
she began preparing the corn that was to
take the place Of the eight Jars OF toma-
toes now being 'prOcesSed-' Hail OF
nearly every woman's day on Tuesday is
taken ND now doing her washing to the
exclusion OF all her other houseWork
any how. so she would really gain In
the end in time"
.sYeu II all sounds very simple and
lovely" laughed the Bride. but 1 know
thera'd he q hitch some where
Besides mother" interrupted Helen
who had been listening attentively While
she stripped the corn, ''everyone's clothes
would get all mixed up. We'd all he hav-
ing each others sheets and towels all
the time
..Not # the linen and clothes Of every
family were marked the way they should
no but seldom are" replied Mrs. Hooper
.srTbe laundries have a system Of their
own for marking clothes to keep them
from getting lost and mixed up. Every
housekeeper should have the clothes Of
each member of her family as well as the
table and bed linen, marked with name
or an initial or some distinctive stamp
that identifies it Immediately as belong
ing to a certain person whether they ever
20 TO a laundry or not"
81 suppose you'd make that the work
Of little girls like me" observed Helen
sensing another Job that would include
her in her mothers new scheme for ell
cheney.
Mrs. Hooper laughed. Yes. believe
wouId I'm sure that hours and hours
are wasted in many families that might
he nut to some use. or he passed in pleas
ure and that are frittered away from no
other cause. than that each one In the
household has to spend so much time Iook-
ing Hor things that have been put away
in some other persons wardrobe or dreS-
ser lust because they have no marx on
them. It would also put a stop to a habit
which I so much dislike and that exists
in nearly every family where there are
several boys and girls and that is the
habit Of wearing each others things
well. I don't believe I'd ever De any
more enthusiastic about doing the WASH
for every man, woman and child ON TINS