The Washington times., 1923-01-08
WASH
IS BEST FOR
FL|MS|ES
New Method More Gentle Than
Most Careful Hand
Laundering.

Although there are more than
seventy-five different electrical
washing machines on the market,
there are only four principles, or
methods. of mechanical washing.
All of the machines employ one OF
these four methods. and the differ
ences between them are Therefore
differences in CONSTRUCTION and de-
tail.
One OF the, Oldest methods Is
that which is commonly. described
as the vacuum cup" method. Ma.
chimes of this type are equipped
with bell-shaped metal cups, very
smooth, to prevent wear or injury
to the clothes, which move up and
down in the tub. These cups, in
their downward Stroke, push the
of the cloth, driving away the dirt
vacuum or suction Of the bell draws
water upward again, SO that at
each complete stroke the water is
driven through and sucked back.
This method is much older than
the Oldest electric washer. Years
ago the travelling peddlers who
drove through the rural districts,
carried and sold simple form Of
the ~vacuum washing cup. These
were fastened to handle very
much like a broomstick, and the
housewife washed in the good, old
fashioned wooden tub by sloshing
the clothes up and down with this
primitive device. Years later the
vacuum cup was hitched to a mo-
tor and today this type of washer
Is used with absolute satisfaction
by thousands Of young housewives
who think they have discovered a
new" method Of washing.
DOES DELICATE WORK.
A second type, OF washer simply
lifts the clothes out Of the soapy
water and drops them back in
again. This method also is. ancient
and is today the accepted method
Of washing filnny blouses and other
delicate things by hand. Most OF
the so-called cylinder type wash
ers operate on this principle. The
revolving drum or cylinder carries
the clothes up and out OF the water
ana allows them to fall back; then
the cylinder reyerses and the
clothes are swept through the wa
ter, raised out on the other side,
and dropped back. This process.
repeated for half an hour in hot
water and q good soap powder, will
clean the most hopelessly greasy
and dirty garment-overaIls, work
Ing shirts, shop towels, even the
oily waste used to wipe machinery,
The exact opposite of the last.
described method is one in which
the water is driven through the
clothes. Such washers are de-
scrfbed as being of the "oscillatingn
type because the whole tub OF water
= moved or swung backward and
forward to give the water driving
power. This method also is effec.
tive. and has been used with com
Dlete satisfaction for over twenty
wears TO the writer's personal
knowledge
The fourth method is that used
by the dolly type" washers. This
type has been especially popular
in rural districts where hundreds
OF thousands of them have been
sold, generally worked by hand
power. The dolly looks like q
sort OF milking stool, with three
or four very smooth and perfectly
rounded legs. These prongs or legs
catch the clothes. twist them and
turn them and force them around
in the sudsy water, until every
vistage of dirt has been washed
away.
PROCESS SAFE AND SIMPLE.
\ This process is not so gentle as
that Of the cylinder or oscillating
machines, but the difference is
more imaginary than real. It is
quick and certainly less wearing
upon the clothes than the old-fash-
Toned rubbing board used by our
parents, or the pounding process
still used by washer-women in the
oId cny1nft,ry