Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
AUTOMATIC WASHERS.
from Mrs. H. P. M, Falls Church,

AUTOMATIC WASHERS.
from Mrs. H. P. M, Falls Church,
I am afraid I can't praise too
highly the automatic washer I
have, and I certainly do recon-
mend it Fundamentally to Mrs.
M. E. R., Forestville. I am glad
to have an opportunity to tell Of
the wonderful service this washer
has given me. have had it a
full year and have used it on the
average of two, three or more
times a day. have three chill
dren. two Of them are toddlers
having been in diapers day and
night for the past year and I run
three complete cycles for every
diaper washing, that is. three
wash days a day. using clear.
cold water for the first complete
cycle of wash and rinse, adding
soap the second time I start the
washer (the washing time is Is
minutes and as the timer rolls
around to the last few minutes it
can manually be turned back to
Is more minutes or any number
of minutes designated on the dial
up to Is. I always turn it back
so that get a Commute wash,
then it rinses (the rinse can be
controlled with an emergency
switch if I desire more water to
come than what the usual nor
NAL rinse permits, and then a
third complete wash and rinse Of
clear water for very thorough
rinse. for my babies have very
sensitive skins. Sometimes If I
have enough diapers to 60 over
two days I do plenty Of other
wash because I do all our laundry
except my husbands white shirts,
and I have lots of dirty toddler
clothing because we have a coun-
try place that hasn't been fin
ished or Handicapped, so there is
lots of clay dirt and mud around
for the children to get into. Also.
the house is surrounded with con-
crete terraces that were colored
brick red in the mixing and this
color rubs off like chalk onto the
children. It washes out readily.
but is horrible looking mess on
the children and their clothing.
feel sure I have overloaded the
washer each time, just gathering
up what's dirty each day, but this
doesn't seem to have affected the
efficiency of the machine. The
washer has a very large stainless
steel tub with the agitator which
gives excellent wash and spin
dries beautifully. have dryer
of the same make as the machine,
which is also very excellent.
This machine is heavy and does
not need boiling to the floor.
Now for my request: What can
be done ABOUT the color rubbing
from bricAkred concrete terraces
about our house? Is there plas-
tic spray or something similar
that could remedy the situation
permanently? My older child and
her friends ride their scooters,
tricycles, ETC.. on 1t and I think
this loosens much of the red dust
substance, so it must be taken
into consideration that whatever
is put on there can withstand the
traffic of these wheel toys. Thanks
so much for any help I may get
on this.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS
OFFERED.
from Mrs. L. H. O.,
CheDy ChaseD
I have about a hundred healthy
strawberry plants that are look
ing for a new home. Any one in
terested in coming here to get
them is very welcome. The sooner
the better.
May I join my voice in appre-
citation for all the pleasure and
information RICH brings to its
readers.
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GADGET FOR REFRIGERATOR?
from Mrs. S. F. S., Falls church,
I have read frequent advertise
ments about some sort of gadget
plugged into an electric refrigera-
tor connection which serves as a
defrosting timer, permitting night
ly defrosting. Has any reader
purchased and had success with
this item? It costs about $40. II
it is efficient, 1t certainly would
eliminate a job that I dislike in
tensely.