Show I INSURANCE COMPANY I 1 COMPLETES ITS BIG BIC JOB OF WASHING W Dries and Irons of Securities Securities' From Equitable Fir Fire NEW NE YORK Feb 10 The Th Tho staff of th the United States Life Insurance company com corn V pany has bas just completed a ton ten d days days' ys' ys job of ot washing and ironing which was probably without ut pIc precedent in down downtoWn downtown downtown town Now New York The II wash which the they hung on on V lines strung across the tho vault of abi big Wall WAil street bank and then ironed ou out with electric Irons frons consisted of pi pieces Cs C's of f paper representing more than V The Tile securities Fcc s were salvaged aha gd from the s of tho burned Equitable building in a 3 fortnight a ago o. o Thousands of gallons of water had bad Filtered through h them toem while they thoy Ja In lay there thare nd the papers were were soaked a al almost l most to a pulp when removed remo from their beir re resting place We We e tri tried cI to dry them with blotting blot fin ting fing paper said airl Secretary Ken ay way of tho company cc and and we blotted an and blotted away at t t tho o wet securities for almo almost t a week but tho the m moisture re refused re reo fused to toom come om out Then Them wo we we ordered a dozen electric fans fan and a half haJt dozen ele electric iro irons irous s. s When the these e were sent down to o our r new vault vult wo we 0 strung ropes across th the tho vault and hung the Ithe bond certificates out to dry in the tho br breeze o from froin the fans faus The certificates were ere Atta attached hed with regulation on wooden clothespins As as each paper wa was partially dry one of or u us f spread r ad it it on onan onan an in ironing board and carefully ironed it it out About tho the only thing wo we did not jot use me which a 3 laundr laundry dOllS does is blung bining blu bin ing ng and starch The ironing of 1000 pieces of laundry laundr laun laun- dr dry is is not ea easy work and we e arc quite proud jroud of the thc result for not one of the 1000 bonds is is in in time the slightest degree torn orn or damaged |