Evening star., 1938-04-30
BRIGHT LAUNDRY
L|GHTENS BURDEN
Adequate Facilities Soften
Blue Monday Woes in
Modern Homes.

Until recently, the builders of many
houses have failed to allow proper
space and surroundings for laundry
work. Too often some unused corner
of the basement has been appro-
priated and no attempt made to create
q cheerful setting for the doing of the
family wash. In many new houses,
however, laundries are receiving their
share of attention and are, in some
instances, being placed on the firs.
floor of the house
A laundry should not only be airy
but also light. If there is lack of
windows, paint the walls white, light
ivory or cream. Pale jonquil yellow
makes good substitute for any lack
OF direct sunlight. For well-lighted
rooms pale gray, pinkish buff or soft
green are pleasant. The trim also
offers opportunity for attractive color
harmony or contrast While orange
and red are effective as accent colOrs,
such warm tones are inadvisable for
use on too large areas in laundry
because 1t is so frequently filled with
steam and heat.
Suggestion for Floors.
Either jade green or turquoise blue
Is pleasing as color for a laundry
floor. With turquoise the walls might
we'll be painted ivory. the shelves,
cabinet and table top lighter tint of
turquoise, and the shelves edged with
black. Black can also be used effec-
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supports of the ironing board and the
chairs. Gold colored silk curtains
frame the window Gold colored chintz
cushions for the chairs give an addi-
tional color note and point up the fact
that laundry work is not such hard
ship If you take little time out oc-
casionally for relaxation.
A suffciency of floor plugs for all
electrical devices is one OF the first
requisites for laundry. The equip
ment selected depends upon individual
preference and. of course, the size of
the family budget. A two-compart-
ment tub is the nucleus around which
to build and the tubs can be supple
mented to good advantage by an
electrical washer.
Clothes Dryer Needed.
Any type of laundry needs clothes
dryer to use when outside weather is
unfavorable. This may be merely of
clothesline or one of the folding
wooden racks built especially for the
purpose. Electric ironers are great
labor savers. but they do not entirely
eliminate the need for the old-fash-
ioned ironing board The ironing
board should be located near shelves
on which freshly ironed articles may
be placed.
Another factor toward making the
laundry equipment complete is a
small gas plate or electric stove for
use in boiling special clothes or hand
kerchiefs-or making starch. And
close at hand should be small cup
board to hold the little accessories for
Mondays activities. Soap, starch,
stain remover with plenty of cloths
for its application), bluing and bleach
ing solutions-even button box and
mending kit with which to repair any
damage discovered as you sort the
clothes before putting them IN the
water If one of the shelves holds
small radio so that the clothes may be
scrubbed to music, you'll find it de-
cided source of pleasure.
Sorting Counter Convenient.
A long table or sorting counter is
great convenience. It should be placed
near the end of the clothes chute. If
there is one, and at the same height
from the floor. Then the soiled gar
ments can be sorted as they are re-
moved from the chute.
Gay color, smoothly painted sur
faces that are easily cleaned, con-
venient modern equipment with per-
haps dash of music thrown in, all
combine to eliminate some of the
mental hazards that have in the past
attended wash day and take the blue
out of Blue Monday"