Evening star., 1950-07-25
Readers Clearing House
Conducted by BETSY CASWELL
IRONER.

IRONER.
(Front Mrs. J. c., jr.. WGShington.)
In regard to the ironer ques-
tions, I'd like to add my bit. I
have a large deluxe roner. I
can do my ironing in less than
half the time. I do almost every
thing on mine. Shirts are pro-
fessional jobs, all lingerie is done
on mine. I keep the hand iron
and board set up close by and
touch up the hard-to-get-at
places such as ruffles, tops of
sleeves, etc. I iron the skirts of
dresses on the ironer and finish
them by hand. Mine has been a
life saver for me.
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FORT RILEY
(Front Mrs. v. A. B., GreenbeltD
The following information is
given in reply to a request by q
person who expected to go to
Fort Riley. Kansas. I do not have
the initials at hand, but trust
the information will prove of
some value.
Fort Riley is a very beautiful
Army post. situated between two
towns each Of which has a popu-
lation of Is to 20 thousand. The
town in which most military
people seem to reside is Manhat-
tan. It is located about IA miles
from Fort Riley proper. It is q
college town, lovely city, and since
it is my home town, 7 am sure
can recommend it highly. There
are numerous apartments and
housing developments there, how
ever, rents are quite high, owing
to the housing for the college
element. Rents in general will
range from $40 to $50 per month
There are excellent schools,
both public and one parochial
academy which is outstanding. The
city maintains a lovely park with
swimming pool, and all facilities.
The college is situated at one end
OF the town, and offers many
summer courses.
Fort Riley itself, offers housing
to many officers. Not knowing
your status, I shall not elaborate
on that point. However, there is
a commissary and a PIX, also a
lovely officers club where dances
are held each Saturday night.
junction City is the other close
by town. Tt has housed military
personnel for many years. It is
a decent place, however, much
dirtier in appearance, and in gen.
eral the caliber Of the people is
not equal in any respect to that
Of Manhattan.
IRONING.
(Fronl Mrs. S. E. A., WGshinqton, }
This letter is in answer to the
lady who was interested in electric
1roners and the amount of time
they save in doing a weeks IRON
ing. I am a mother of three boys
and formerly used to spend from
8 to 10 hours every week stand
ing over the ironing board. I never
was able to sit and do a passable
job. We purchased our ironer in
November and since then my IRON
ing time never exceeds four hours
a week. It is more often closer
to three hours in time. Perhaps
you would be interested in a list
OF the items ironed in one hours
time:
They are 2 house dresses, 7 sport
shirts, 1 large table cloth. / lunch
con cloth, 3 face towels, 10 nap
kins, 2 aprons, l slip, night gown,
4 boxer shorts, l under shorts,
3 handkerchiefs.
AS you notice, there are no
blouSeS or dresses or shirts in
cluded in today's ironing. They
are slower for me to do, especially
the shirts which take 10 minutes
each. Still the weeks total iron
ing time is three or four hours.
Also little girls dresses are harder
to iron. I believe. than boys
clothing. But may I urge you not
to hesitate but to purchase your
ironer soon. Tt will save you many
o weary hour.