Show Weekly Wash p. p Work In the tho Home L LAUNDRY r K CAUSES CD TROUBLE Labor or Saving Applies AppU 1 es sHave Have Ten Tended ed to Li Lighten ten Itt It t r. r OT NT r CONDITIONS VERY UNSANITARY t Laundries 1 Are Be Be- 1 Est Est Established h d for These People 2 J. J HASKIN i no part part- of the tho work wok of the e give fires more ore trouble to the I k per than that of ot p pron pro pro- o. o n clothing othni for h boy J family IB aD ous of families the It l have havo come t to the aid aJ me there are aro yet many who ir r reach aeh and there tb for this work P t r has basdon done much ch to t lighten lighton home ome laundress and nd c each cich ch t the te nu number nuber iber of labor v. v r t ce es Tho The cid old fashioned ned h been n largely s 's superseded f washing machine machi o f i y that fInt a child can a case es ka nd d power is used need with electricity yit it itt t ted by b that power and ad means e ns by y which the tho water vater Si aa ordinary kitchen kitche faucet Iid liz lize 3 Whilo io somo women i. i a 1 of- of hand ri int of M Mi i r r v l that t tI others h have found U oe I 1 property operated posY pos pas Y advantages s 's ov over r baud haud being that it is not nearly neary ioa the clothes B By the tho use Uc of S machine a large weh would require nearly a af f by hand may my be done in 1 an ano tiro o The Tle wrin wringer r which may my be beo beto o to- to the tp-the the te machine mahne win wrings s the dryer by pres pressure nc than can be bind and nd the tho strain upon pon tho the thoi i P pot ne nearly Jy so eo severe Unpleasant families it e the w wishing washing hin is the thc at part m of the tho laundry laundr work oa account of bt the dampness dampness' aud and he the suds After clothes are are ironing process is one ono that dol not ot involve any hardships tot doing R tho the work wort unless it i h 16 heating beating of the house in in warm iI I tj n Here Bere re electricity conies comes come to the way homes The electric iron in in tn general eD ral use in every evory city bit kt fit d easy esy to handle there IB lB de e heat bea and and it i can be ue used as as' as J w seeded needed without having havin to bo be boTo To L the women in ill apartment I i tad hotels the electric iron has hae pc ble the te pressing of clothing Would ui other otherwise ao have to be sent considerable cost To those not el electricity at their command in 1 iD lien iron similar to tho the electric i p pt t that it is connected by a whine tubing with uth a nearby gas a j jet t tu kept hot without any out- out 8 5 There is i also a charcoal h ii i is heat heated d by by an inside fire firo firor PJ r charcoal which sorno somo w women I found old s great comfort although l t ts s satisfactory peat try ae as the electric iron irOD because of the black dust renewed renee t ta tt d when hen the charcoal fuel has hns the average hous bOU leeper 1 is to to admit jo tho the superiority of mat ma ma- ma t 4 Co tinn o on Pago Iago Ia o 3 HOME LA LAUNDRY WORK CAUSES MUCH UC TROUBLE O Continued from page pago 3 O 1 over ocr band hand methods when once one they are arc un understood r f tood tho words 14 hand ham hand laundry still seems to indicate su an- to tho the minds of many In some soma large Jurgo ur o c cat city ty homes lomes there thare are latin laim dries equipped with th tho latest laundry machinery and WId in others there is n no pro ir provision on for anything but hand work One of the finest laundries connecter connected with a private house bonso in this thie county country i is that 0 of l. l Mr tr r John lohn Rockefeller at hi lilt his home borne at Pocantico Hilla Ne Now No York I It cost over and nd j is divided into int two rooms each containing seven largo large washtubs of tho the heaviest and most ox ex porcelain The in the tho laundry arc aro silver plaTed plaice Tho The other appliances are equally lab dab orate and all of the latest d design sl n There Ther are arc electric irons irene patent clothes lines hot air nir dryers and many new wrinkles wrinkle which oven cen the tho best laundries h have hate YC no not yet installed but there is no washing cashing m machinery Mr Rockefeller doubtless being still t I of or tho the opinion that it can cau best heat be done by band Washwoman Is Unsatisfactory To 10 tho the f woman m n who depends upon outside out out- u side a agencies encI s for or her ber laundry wor work thoro there are many annoyances The Tho faithful faithful faith faith- ful old color colored d laundress s who appeared on Monday morning or perhaps sent ho hot hor work hating batin husband for the tho i is gradually vanishing from view vw ant and most of who wio now no tl tame tako O work in that wa way have increased their prices price So eo that if their work is good it equals equal that of tho steam laundry laundry- in price While some annie of these wonton women bring home homo beautifully laundered clothes there thero have havo been boon known t to to be bo s fi so many nn un tun- tun sanitary conditions in in some of ot the homes that many women wonton fear to pond Bend their clothing to thorn them Whore Where one one ha haa has hasa a R good reliable colored laundress however how ever thero there is usually much mitch less worry vorry because generally sh sho gives tho the proper attention to each article and the tio results result aro are good oven even though h tho the conditions conditions' un der dor which it is done dono mi might ht not ot com connie como up to all of the tho modern sanitary standards The Chinese laundryman is is not a a. competitor for family work in tho the majority ma- ma of towns townsand and yet many women have nave had more or less experience with him in handling the mens men's work of her household If the o organized laundrymen laundry laundry- aundry men havo have their way John Chinaman is soon to vanish and in some towns towns' they have succeeded succeed cd jn n crowding him ou o out t completely D Despite o t their antagonism however the little hUle Chinese laundry ii is 18 often a serious rival Tho fhe charges charge I of unsanitary methods such n a nS sprinkling the clothes from the mouth are not no often to be found now tor for the China China- wan vian is in iii touch with the progress o ot of tho the times There aro many ninny American men who still prefer the finish the Chinaman gives vea to their linen to anything any any- thing thine the steam laundry produces Some of these thesa Chinese laundries do quite elaborate women women's garments bettor bettor bet bet- tor and cheaper than the I rench French hand ham laundries supposed to exist exclusively for this class of work While there arc aro always a number of the toe latter to tobe be found In every town their prices put them beyond the con con- of the average housewife ox ox- capt for some seine article of exceptional value The number of families in America who depend each week upon the steam stean l laundry is constantly increasing and there are aro several kinds of service ser which this establishment renders to tho the housewife One of these is known as ashe the he wet wash ce by which tho clothes are taken to tho to laundry washed and starched and brought homo home ready to be hun hung on the line This removes removes re reo re- re moves the annoyance of tho the steam ol of washing in the house although it nc nc- c the tho handling n of wet et clothing This process was quite popular in mau many towns owns a few years ago out but is losin losing favor avor both with tho the laundries and wit with their patrons The rough dr dry method is preferable by which the thc clothes are arc returned thoroughly dried ready to b be dampened nn and ironed and andin anc andin in n most cases all of tb the fiat flat work is ironed This i is the service rendered by y the hc laundry to the majority of it its ib family amily customers Prices Differ S The prices differ a Do little and mav may be beby bev by bv v tho tim piece picco or by bythe the pound a Generally Getter Gener ncr I ally the rough dried articles are aro at atho atthe the tho ho rate rato of 5 G or 6 cents per por pound and the he flat fiat work by tho the dozen or at vary vary- in lair uc prices s. s Usually sheets are aro 3 cents cent pillow cases cases and bath towels 2 coats cents and nd hand towels aD and napkins 1 cent each ach Under any of these methods it itis itis its is s possible to secure a reasonable amount of clean clothing for the tho family trout from 75 for or a Do weekly expenditure ot of cents to which is less ess than a a. laundress can be hired to come to the house for There is is is of course with tho ho cheaper grades of or laundries occasional occa- occa ional losses and exchanges to ho the housewife but these aro arc J less ss frequent fre Ire quent than tha f formerly Ono of or tb the first persons persons- o o advocate ho tho economy of tho the use of the tho steam laundry aundry to the tho ela a average o homo home vas waa at Mrs S. S J. J I T. T florer tho well known u domestic science teacher Under the patronage or 01 f several sc women's clubs l 1 Mrs rs Rorer florer conducted an experiment in homemaking homeS home making for tor a number of months in iii a small mall house routed rented for the purpose She demonstrated that all of the li in living exPenses expenses ex ox- for a family of five li could coul be bc provided provide for the tho sum suits of 18 16 a weel a t fair air average working snails mans 5 income In Inthis this his experiment sho demonstrated that it t was really an au extravagance to o hao the be washing asbin done in in tho the home oven by V tho the house i c herself She Kho ho deduced deduce thc he the idea hIe that tilt tho tho monaco to tho this he health o 0 f the tho young oun irons from tho the damp damp- ic s of the washing Leiu being done in ill Iho l room as well weB as HS tb fact that the thc work ik was wat so ito laborious thai that it tool took from rom the tha mother vitality which oil could be DC moro more profitably expended in work ork for the tIme good of ol tile the family called L forth au of or greater r ceo ceo omit value alno than thaiL thu the 75 Mid sit lilt weekly to tho the for bringing the thu homo hoisie rough dried Public Laundries Sociological families in n the tho tenement tn arl arsu especially strong trong in ill denouncing tho the practice c of ut f laving having the wa cashing illi stosie in ill the ono or orNO two NO looms in lii hid a i poor nor family may bo be c compelled to Ji f JL c. Fur or His Hi's reason ho thu of public laundries J is s being n ad acl Th The Tho u can go goo goto Q to o these public laundries with wills their SOiled oiled clothes ansi and for a tri frilling t tn n fut audi h as a ni I cent or 1 two Iwo wo an all hour bo ho pro piu- d with wilh ii con convenient stationary ita tn lt asid nd a H ater vater supply supply- In Iii l Loulou Lou ou lou dou on laundries rie already lia liao o J Vi and thew arc under stutter consider lion by lI time tho department of or shut char ties Hits in New Ne York In Iii Philadelphia J a large argo hall hull ha line been built bush b hr the Iso Charitable as association for roi the tho establishment or of of 1 clat for fr or I Iho Ihie hI poor o of or their tact especially I bOf who t speak Peal 1 English u Bath and swimming swim ming pools havo beau heln established in inthe tho the basement in iii with ith which thorn them ar aro several cral public washrooms wash wasil rooms which arc are well patron patronized bj by tho the women of the tho It tenements file contain cot con Oll tain no of ot buy an kind their equipment being a a 1 nu up- up ply phy of stationary tubs tuba ansi and running wit wi witter ter hut but their benefits benefit a have been well Itt L |