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Show MONDAY UNIVCrtSAL WASH DAY. ftecognlred as Such Over Almott All the World. Why doe nearly all the civilised or lil waah clothe onMondfl)? What has Monila) to do with wsshlne;? It na originally tho moon'a day and una sacred tu the queen of nldht. I tend In n schoolboy hlstor) that I lii- lllnMina lauded on Morula) and Hi" good Hiimrti Immediately eel alxiut waehliiK the clothes that had been anlled on Iho trip over. Wi might Judae from that alleged fact lint no washing was dono nboard phlp; jet the lineal place 'for audi necessary work of sanitation nnd blessedness la out nt ova whero there la plenty of Mater nnd nearly nl-wRya nl-wRya n drylnx wind. The voage of tho llltlo Mo dower lasted 0.1 dn)H, I belli vc. and nsncnr-I) nsncnr-I) na wo can now reckon the landing nt made nt PI) mouth Itock on n I Monday. tliotigh some hlatorlnna In sist on Fildny It mint have been a vile and filthy vessel on nrrlnl, with 102 passengers and crew going over tmi monlha without washing their linen l.lnenT What did they wear In IGtOT Can oii reallto how big was Iho Mayflower? A mlscrabln lit 11a bark of ICO tona (dpi John Hnilth) or 180 lona (according to Ilradfordl |