Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
| MODERN LAUNDRY
EXPERT EXPLAINS
met BAG SYSTEM"
Tells How Manhattan
Saves You Money BY
Saving Your Clothes

Present-day laundry methods, which
preserve clothes a. well ~ clean them,
are far superior to the old home
method Of rubbing and scrubbing, ac-
cording to Mr.. e. 3. Wesley, chief Of
the Research Department Of Manhat-
tan Laundry. Mr.. Wesley attributes q
large part of the Manhattan Laundry's
success to their Net Bag System Of
washing.
Manhattan Laundry adopted the Net
Bag for washing clothes six years ago.
Clothes, they agreed, could be washed
just as clean in net bags and would
wear longer If rubbing and scrubbing
were eliminated.
Manhattan's famous Net Bag Sys-
tenn OF washing, as described by Mr..
Wesley, follows : First, the clothes are
assorted according TO their color and
material and placed in individual net
bags which bear the customers name
and contain only that customers ar
ticles. Safe in the nets and protected
from all metal or other hard surfaces.
the clothes go into the washers. Here
they are subjected to the gentle cleans
ing action of swirling hot suds which
penetrate each garment and loosen
every particle Of dirt. Only the purest
Of Palm Oil soaps and soft, filtered
water are used. after first having been
inspected and tested by the Research
Department. Many rinsings of freshs
clear water follow, removing every
trace Of dirt from the clothes and
leaving the fabrics refreshed and clean.
They are then dried, starched where
necessary and ironed by the most
modern methods.
That clothes wear longer and look
better when washed in Net Bags has
been proven by test after test. For
instance, two shirts, exactly the same,
W ere washed fifty times each, one in
net bag, the other by hand. At the
end of the test the net-bag washed
shirt showed absolutely no signs OK
wear, while the hand-washed shirt had
become a sad combination of rough
edges, torn seams and broken buttons.
| Other tests on all sorts Of wearing
apparel are being carried on regularly
and in every case show the Net Bag
System to be far superior in preserving
the original sheen Of the CLOTH. As
Manhattan the Nets Get the 'Wear and
the Clothes Get the Wash.
Enthusiastic Customer
Praises Net Bag
System
In a recent letter TO the Manhattan
Laundry Mrs. E. r. D. writes:
But the one actual
fact that pleases me most is that the
clothes do not show as much wear
as they did when 1 had my laundry
done at home. It is indeed
a pleasure to recommend you.. :"
This letter is typical Of the many
received by Manhattan from satisfied
customers throughout the District OF
Columbia and Virginia.
Such letters bear out Manhattan's
claim that "Net Bag Laundering Saves
You Money by Saving Your Clothes"
Three-Day Collection And
Delivery Service
Quite another Manhattan feature
which has found great favor with
Washington housewives is their 3-Day
Collection and Delivery Service. In
this highly developed system your
clothes are collected one day, Numbered
to your order the next and delivered to
you promptly the afternoon of the
third day. For instance, if your clothes
are collected Monday morning they
are delivered Wednesday afternoon;
called for Tuesday, back home Thurs
day, and SO on. No delay. No worry.
You know when you'll get your clothes
when Manhattan has them. And there
is no additional charge for this extra
service.
Services To Fit Every Need
And Every Purpose
Manhattan offers the housewife Q
wide selection of economical services
from Complete Finished Family to in
dividual piece work. There is service
to fit every need and purse. and every
service receives Net Bag Care,
Damp Wash is the most inexpensive
service of all. 1t costs only cents n
pound, and as small as an S0-cent
bundle can be sent. Clothes are re-
turned damp, ready for the line.
THRIFT is another inexpensive
service. Flat pieces are all ironed, but
the wearing apparel is returned damp.
Only 8 cents pound with minimum
bundle of 81.
In the Rough Dry all the fat pieces
are ironed. wearing apparel comes back
ready to be ironed ut home. Minimum
bundle, rs cents, only 10 cents n pound.
In Economy another popular SERVICE
everything is machine ironed, 1nclud-
ing fat work. and returned ready for
use. Mems shirts, 10 cents each addi.
tional. Few other articles may need
retouching. Minimum, $125, only II
cents a pound.
All Ironed Ready to Use. This covers
Ill classes of Family Finished Laundry
Service. These Ready-to-Wear services
are reasonably priced according to the
degree of niceties required. Our tels-
phone operators win be glad to give
my information Hesardfng them.
There are many other Manhattan
services to serve the housewives every
need. Shirts and Collars, Table and