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Show f , Sailors Do Own Washing. Did you over notlco how sptc and tpan Undo Sam's jackles always look I when they aro on shore leave or aboard ship? And did you ever real-, I! izo that Jack is his own washwoman7 They havo washdays aboard the fighting fight-ing ships as well as tho houscwivc have theirs. Every man has to bo n tho Job whon tho boatswain's mato orders "Wash Clothes." In tho old days this was some task. Each man i 'had to wash his soiled clothes in a I bucket of water and hang them on f tho lino to dry. But on tho nowest h battleships washing and drying ma- f chines have been installed which do it away with all hand work and much ' labor. Tho old familiar sight of a ( long lino of clothes strung up is no longer to bo seen. Also tho boatswain's i mate has forgotten how to plpo "wash clothes." When Jack's apparel Is ! coiled ho just throws It .Into tho wash ing mach.no and in a few minutes It comes ouc clean and dry. |