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Show B WHOLE VILLAGE DOES B ITS WASHING IN A MILL B In tbe October number ot Fhrm and fl Fireside, B. S. JohnBon writes an B article In which la told tho story of B a Connecticut village fulling mill that H was transformed Into a golden rulo fl laundry for the use of the whole com-H com-H munlty. Following Is an extrnct from H the article: fl "In the town of Dothlehem, a Coiv Bj nectlcut community of five hundred Bj Inhabitants, there Is a splendid e-IB e-IB arap'e of what co-operative methoJs flj chn do to help tho women. No pre-BJ pre-BJ meditated effort or organization o' JH any kind brought about this condition H But fifty years ago Deacon Tbeodoio Bj Bird, who operated ono ot tha imny Bj tmall woolen mills scattered ahoit H New England at that lmo, discovered B that his fulling mill made an Ides H Place to do the family waahln. The turbine wheel furnished a cheap nnd unfailing power. An abundance of BJ cold running water and big dye ket- ties full of hot water wero the essea- tlals needed to convert the fulllwr I mill Into a power laundry. B "The advantages ot the mill as place for doing the big washing of the country households wero soon 1 recognized In tho surrounding tenl-I tenl-I tory nnd oven In tho adjoining towns I farmers living six miles distant being I numbered among tho patrons of the J-1"111 A few brought n luncn -vlth iTg "1Pm In n short time tho dencon had considerable number of patrons who brought their dirty clothes to tho nlll on Mondhys nnd Tuesdays, known as wash days. Tho fulling mill was used on the other days of tho week 'or fulling tho cloth manufactured, at the factory. "Like most other small woolen ' 'lis, Tilrd's factory ceased Its manufacturing manu-facturing operations years ago, and er tho good dchcon passed on to his '"at; but the ppwor laundry stilt con-tlnues con-tlnues and Is substantial ovldonco of the labor Hint can bo saved by tho Proper form ot a cooperative lnun-dry lnun-dry In a rural community. fo-operutlvo housework In the rur al communities Is only In Its Infancy. Its possibilities are unrecognized," |