Washing By Steam.
The Times, 1824-10-15T00:00:00

Miumple sheet-row, ValIwurth, 9th of Olttober, 1824. Stir, if yu plese,-I'm a loan woman, Sur, left by miself, with too fathurless yong babes to manetain bi -ni handi works; an i taks in washin, livin at Wallwurth, an tises twice a quarter, of a Thirsday always, in yure paper. Sur, yore bonur no's no doubt off this new Cumpurny that's sett up att Mitchhum, an is hofferin to wesh al the cloes in Lundun by steme for haf prise; but Lord, Sur, is'nt it a scorn, an a sharm, an a disgrase to the Kyng's Magesty, for jentelfokes to bee cumuinin with there Gunt S.uck, an there myshenery, a undlerminin of the pore people, an takin the verry bred oute offthere mouths? I'm slhure the news cam .ik a thunder clapp al ovur Newinton and Kinninton Cuin- mun ! Mi sister Stiffentail she cam runnin in, al the way from Pymlikho, like a ravin manyhack. " Wel Mrs. Sope- suds !" sas shee (Sopesuds, savin vouare wurshipps pressence, bein mi nanme), " here's a pritty kettle of fish to fri," says she, "an al the fatt is inn the fyre! Here's a knew commence!" savs she,-" here's the lady's an gentel- men are a goin to wesh their shurts and shiftes for wun anothur; and theres too bee no morepore people wanted att al, so wee an our helpless infitdels ma goo to theworlkus!" So,Sur,tlhis wasgustthe furst that we waslher- wimen new about this Pattunt Compurny att Walwurth; an flabbergasted enuff, ass yu may spose, we was at the heren ofitt; I'm shure i was ready to synkinto theherth. Mr. Shurtwaite, the chandler, was for hacting prumtly, were i bves mi sope and tea; and he sed, that we oft al to hewnite, an march down to Mitchhum in a boddy, and dis- troy these wuiks, zute an branch, ass the femal prize yards clidd at the Frinch revelation. But I usspen, the lawyer, agen, he cam rownd to the Three Fyin Nite caps, were we was sembled, an he said it wud be perdishun, an seize Magesty, iff wee dyd any such thing. lVat wee must doo was, wee shbud lett him draw a pityshan, and get it represented to the Howse of Kommuns, an then, ass we wur lone wimen, it wvas odlds but SheeraffPerkins vud partake the hole of uss. Butt then "rott it Mr. Gusspen"- sas wee agen-for we was taken a glas in a civil way (thof not a drup cum in i'll assh ore youre wurihip but was pade for on dellivery)-"s wat's the yuse of pity- shunnin P>arlymunt, to putt down this rampagus (:um- purny, w:en theres a Hietiwary belongs to itt, an lord no's howv maney Direkturs, ass no doubt kips there coch an six, an :s Parlimunt men thernselves?" An so this, sur, put us al to a non-come-push, til mi sister Stiffentail spuk up, an name(d yure wurship-for she redes youre paper evry day, her sun bein pott-boy at the Catt and Bagpipes; an shee sed, savin your worship's reverence, thatt yu alwas mad Parlymunt men, or Direkturs ether, do wat yu lik vether they wil or no; an so it was agred for uss to lav ouire predikkiments, nymn cun, before yure charitabel cunsid- dErashun. An so, begin pardun for this liburty, i was to aks yure honur, bein the eptest skuller, iff we mite not cum over to lBrigge-strete in a peseful way, an pinn our dishelouts to the honurable steme Cuinpurnys worshipfull honurable tales? WVe wudn't wish to do nothing, no, nott so much as mobb the Hicti wary, without yure reverence's purmis- slhui ; but, lor(d belpp us sur, are wec to stantl stil, an bee protruded this wvay owte of our lawfull cawlin ? Pore wurk enuf, and small pTofitts, we haf of itt alre(ly! For theres sope to bye, an blew, an starch; and weshin tubbs dont last fbr evur. I pade two an atepence for kuperage wo mi bigest, as i'm a Kristeui, oniely tlieweek hefore last. An there's fvre to pay for, an purlash, an manglin ; an then theres a duriky to kip, and turnpikes, sinse Mr. Hangelo the Tailors broft inn his bill, not to lett barrers cum uppon the pave- munt; hard wiirk enuf, Ill agshure youre honour to mak both endRs mete off a Saturdy nite ass it is! Wel ! the prufe of the puddin cins in the etin. A pretty respiktible fig- gur the'll nmake, that's wun kumfart, CRss em 1 with there Skrikkretarys, an Chari.en, ani Recountants, gain abowte amung syngle gentelmen kustomers to feeh in durty kollars, an stuckins, an cravatts! Wlhy, good sur, itt's mi daughter as gathurs in tlhe linnen, an so imperunt shee getts i'm sure, wi sum yong spurks that takes notiss of hur in the Tempel that i'rm kuntemplating every -day she'll be kikkin upp her heels, an be off from mee; but, Gudness grashous, wvhen I did but send mi Neddy round- I dont rnene the liass, yure honur, but mi owrn sus%,-why lord your worslhip neve- herd of such feloiny wikkedness as tuk place! There wass wun place they took the pore clild upp, and. was goin to fling him owte at -winder. An an- other,they swore, iffhe cam agen,they'd squalify him-Lord no's wat it ment! forthe Skirreligo. An, "send youresyster, you young tailor's, imp," says one; an ' IVare's Bara, yu spalpin," say's t'other; an one chapp, bein frum Irland, swor iff' Sara diddn't cumi for his shiirtts, he'd never hafL another weshed ass long as he had wvun that was'nt dirty. Such wurlegigs abowt mi gurl! buit i tuk him down good I sur, with a sisserarara; for says i, "1 Mr. Go Huogin ' Go Huggin being hiss namne, " mi daughter's not to be reposed uppon bi you, nor the likes of you, an, if yure for that wurk, i shal mak bulled to kum inisclf." An soo i haf continyd to doo evur sinse, yure honur, without fale, twise a weke, to this tvme; but wats to be done, your worshippful reverence? why wee must al goo to pott, if creturs that wares britches, are to wesl pettikuts, and pokkit bankerchifs, themselves. Why, 1 Lord sur, gif me pashence to thinkk of such monkeroniy mnolly cud(lle doins! why mi pore husaband that's ded an gone, thof he wass butt a laburrin rian, liad a sperrit abov it. l?hy, sur. I sed to him a humderd times, wen hee used to cuim home drunck frun) the al house, " Wihy yu villialn"-i used to say, Lord forgiv mee for the same, for a stirrin Inan lie was, ass evry womani in the parrish can testifi. Pore sole, hee was lost, over- lieting himself wun Ester Mondlay at Grinulge Fair, wereby lie tuk cold uppen the hott likery, an has left me to morn his disease-" Why Jin," i used to say, " yu raskal, wollt you do sumithin for the good ofi'youre wife and faFnmaly; why dont yu take upp the baskett, and karry the linnea home, insted of truggin me off'mi leggs fron moriiin till nite?" But, Lord, hee carri itt youre honour ? not he! " Baskett?" says be,-" Sopesuds !" says he. Itt was wemeins woirk he said, yare wurship, an he'd not beinean himself to reproach itt. An then lit used to eXtricate himself, pore so!e, it was shukkin to here him ! iff' hee wutdlnt ware too shurts off any gentelmnuis rather than) karry homne wun. An so, sur, as I spose i shudl be drawen to a kinclushon, wee hopes yure woursbip's manahoo( will never go for to cntenance a spikelasbun lik t this. As for the yong gentclmen, i nevur will believ that they'll dis- sent to lett a pack of lluikii fellers be muddllrn abowt em; andl Lord Gemini sendl the Cutmpurnys aauoit might go to elicit M-r. Go Huggin! for he'll squalify uion, i'm dowiirite sarten of itt, as sliure as he de- sists. An, ass for the ladys, mnercy perserve us, an otmilty yore revrunce, to think wat the wvikked- ness off thils world( will cum too! ls'nt itt a sham yottrc honur, an a skandal, for ladys to be giviii upp there own sckt, and lettin there pettikut tlings, Lord sur, for decency ! to be pulled abowt, an snigaered att, b; a parcel of dandley klarks, an Hinspektors, an Properie tars! An then you, yure honur, (ass no's nothin of sitci mnatters,) why you nmust be sensybil yourself, that all this wasllin by steine, is a thing ridikkelous to talk about. lVhy,sut, I'm att the tubb nowv gOill on, these thritty yeres, an my mother Was a landIrace before nie; an I'm shure i'm haf besides miseli surntimes with peoples wim-wams, an krotchiitts, an sitch fansys. 'Theres sum will haf the frils lun this way, an sum wil haf em dtUn the otlher; an oiie wil have sturch in her flounses, an aniother won't have no blew in his risbands L.a Lord helpp me, i says very often, i shall bloo the koppuT upp suinmn ilay, an giv itt in. Ant so hiopini for your lhonur's nobleness's purtection, in wash- ing an all otlher ways, we makes bullecd to tell yurc wvor- shipp that ours is wimens bisnis, wich its inorably unpossibel for men to purfornn so ass to give satisfaktion. Au we fils share that the thiings thatt any cumpurny weshes must luk as iff they was weshed in the sooppot, and dride on the griddirun. An so furtlher hofferin ou r services, yure honur, the wuin an all of us, to yti an yours, by nite or day, we conkludes by bein yure honur's kindl an wel -wishin sur- vants. (Signed, for selff an Kumpanyons) Att the Flyin Nitecaps. IlACIIELL SOPNSUDS. P.S. We hopes, Sur, to pervent miscltiff; tilatt nun off thle CumpMu'lny's agunts, nor the Hictiwary, wvil goo round l the 'I'empcl for ordures till farthur notess; becasc mv sister Stifientail purtests iff'wun off em was to be squalified, (far be the samne from yore honur andf all yore family,) he'ded nevur gett the bettur of itt the lungest tlay he lives. WAISHING BY STEA.M. LBTTER FROM A LAUNDRES9. I