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Show H IT IS UP TO YOU, NOW. LAST Week we had something to say anent the question of a co-operative laundry for H Cedar City, which matter wns understood to be in H the hands of the Home Economics Club of the B. M A. C. From the report that is published else-M else-M where in this issue of The Record by the commit-m commit-m tee having the project in charge it will appear H plain that the ladies have gone as far as they can B in this matter, and are certainly entitled to a vote m of thanks for the very complete and comprehends comprehen-ds sive information they have collected together from H various sources. We move the adoption of the H ' report of the committee, the acceptance of the H very generous offer made by the city and members H of the Commercial club of a free site for the laun-"H laun-"H i dry, and we propose that every head of a family B owning his own home assess himself with not less m than $25 worth of the stock of the company, to be H , paid in as needed and called for, and that we send B the order forward for the machinery and equip-m equip-m ment as early as possible, and then work to have H the building ready for its installation by the time H it arrives from Chicago. H It is in keeping with the co-operative plan and H in the best interests of all concerned that the sub- "H scriptions be kept comparatively small, as it will m be the aim, as we understand it, to make the fees M for laundring as reasonable as possible and meet H ( the operating expenses, running the laundry in t the interests of the stockholders in the company. ri This being the case, the ladies may enter our sub- fl scription to the stock in this amount. If 75 heads "H. of families feel the same way about it, the laundry "H is a sure go right now. All those who are in favor B may signify their willingness to join in the under- "H taking to Mrs. E. H. Ryan, who is chairman of the M laundry committee. , M j ' Just close your eyes for a moment and draw "H a mental picture of your faithful help-meet on M washday the most dreaded day of the week of M toil and drudgery. We will represent in the pic- H ture that there are Ave or six small members of m the family, and when the little mother has col- H lected a full change of under garments, hosiery, m several aprons or slips for the baby and little H girls, likewise an allowance of shirts for the boys, r with a few pairs of overalls thrown in, the week's B' accumulation of bed linen, table linen, towels, and B the under and outer garments for adults by the B time it is all gathered together where is the wom- B an that can contemplate it on the morning of wash B day without a quaking of the heart, and a deep- "H ,J ' drawn sigh. B , It makes us tired to even think of it, so we will B -, drop- the curtain on the scene and draw it again B down at the office, where the impatient husband, B his dinner hour gone by, is 'growing cross and B I peevish, as he waits momentarily for the telephone B ( summons to report for his mid-day meal. Finally, V I! when your stock of patience has become com- B r pletely exhausted and you are feeling just like a B bear in the spring time, you receive the long de- B layed call to dinner and respond to find nothing B of an appetizing nature served, but all the evi- B dences of washday are about you, you suppress B your anger and indignation at being thus treated, B manage to swallow enough of the "catch-as-catch- B can" viands to check the uncomfortable gnawing H in the region of your stomach, and after empty- H ing the washing machine, a tub or two, providing H a fresh supply of wood, you are glad to hurry back Bj to your business and leave the finishing to the H tired little wife. At evening time you return home Bj to find her completely exhausted, and hardly able H to keep up until the evening meal is prepared. H Under these conditions, you watch her grow wan jB and pale, wrinkles seam her once fair, round face, ffij and she becomes a faded flower not all as a re- IflB suit of washday, but with this as one of the most jH potent factors in producing the result. mL Do we as men, as farmers, for instance, show jHto the same consideration for the women in their mzEk work that we do for ourselves ? If we, the lords ffilljf of creation, were not more considerate of our- wMs selves than of our wives, we would be cutting S -r our hay and grain with perhaps nothing better BD than a scythe or a cradle ; we would be threshing B our grain with a flail, for the threshing machine HH bears just about the same relationship to the 8MML threshing of your grain that the laundry does to JTlBlh the cleansing of your clothes, the only difference WfjpWhfr being that the threshing has to be done only once SfmwHHL a year, while washing lias to be done every week. Let's take a reasonable, rational view of this matter and show it the consideration that its importance im-portance demands. Let's see to it that the laundry laund-ry is a go from this hour 1 If we are men, then let's have the modern, civilized civ-ilized way of doing the washing. If we are Indians, Indi-ans, wo will doubtless continue to let the "squaw" drudge while we smoke ! (& |