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Show 1 , Sailors Do Own Washirg. ' IJ you ever notice how sr!c tni i span Vr.c'.e Sam's ,'acklis always lock when they are on shore leave cf ; aboard ship? Ar.d did you eer real- ! l.-o that Jack Is his own washwo an? They have washdays aboard the s-t- ! In.;: ships as well as the housewives have theirs. Every man has to bs on tho .'ob when tho boa:swain's cats j orders "Wash Clothes." In the cli i days this was soa.e task. Each rr.sa ' bad to wash his soiled clothes la a j tucket of water and banc thena ca i the line to dry. Tut on the newest j battleships wnsh'.rs; and drying tra- i nines have been Installed which is j nway with all hand work and rnuca labor. The eld fan-.'.llar sight of t lonit line of clothes strunR up Is ro lor.por to bo seen. Also the boatswain s I n-.ate has forcotten how to pipe "wasb I clothes.- When Jack's npparv-1 Is rolled ho Just throws It Into the wash- I In t: niach.ne nnd In few minutes It comes oui clean nnd dry. |