Piute Chieftain | 1916-06-29 | Page 6 | Sailors Do Own Washing

sailors do own washing did you ever notice how bow and apan uncle sams jackles always look when they are on shore leave beave or aboard ship and did you ever real ize that jack whis own washwoman they have washdays wash days aboard the fighting ships as well as the housewives have theirs every man bars to be on the job when the boatswains mato orders wash clothes in the old days this was some task each man had to wash his soiled clothes in a bucket of water and hang them on the line to dry but on on the newest battleships washing and drying ma chines have been installed which do away with all hand band work and much labor the old familiar sight eight of a long line of clothes strung up Is no longer to be seen also the boatswains mate has ha forgotten how to pipe wash clothes when jacks dp apparel parel Is colled called he just throws it into the washing nid machine lehine and in a few minutes it comes out clean and dry