Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1890-07-27 | Page 7 | A Low Cost Laundry

A Low Cost Laundry Nothing is more troublesome in connection with housekeeping than the laundry problem prob-lem In a large house where plenty of money Is provided an immunity from its cares may bo purchased but in the low cost houses in which the largo number of people live its cares antI annoyances are always present The complication of doing the washing in a kitchen where other work is being done is disagreeable beyond description Hence the frranhic exnression blue Mondav A laun dry may very readily bo arranged in the basement at a very low cost All that is needed is a slop sink connected with an outside out-side vault u flue for a cheap laundry stove and light from the outside This is not as satisfactory as set tubs but where a pump is provided next to a cast iron sink there is water wa-ter at hand vhich may bo heated on tire I stovo and a place to pour water from the I tubs when it has been used It runs through n trapped drain to a vault or sewer as the case may be If the cellar is large enough most of tire drying of the clothes may be done therein For the most part B cellar is a cool place In summer and a warm one iu winter Where the foundation vyork docs not extend sufficient distance above ground to give good light small areas may be provided pro-vided