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dollars. These prices may seeon a 

 little high to the conservative woman, 

 but she should consider the saving of 

 her time, labor, and strength, as wor- 

 thy of the price. 



With /the power washer soft water 

 will give the best results, and because 

 soft water is just as desirable for 

 cleansing the body as for cleansing 

 the clothes, every house should have 

 a cistern with the pump in the kitchen. 

 With soft water, plenty of good soap, 

 and a good machine, the week's wash- 

 ing can be done with as little effort as 

 can many of the other household du- 

 ties. 



To insure safety in drying the clothes 

 the line shouM be more substan- 

 tial than the one fastened to the cor- 

 ner of the house and a nearby tele- 

 phone pole. A desirable clothes line ar- 

 rangement is three posts set in line a 

 reasonalDle distance apart, with cross- 

 pieces at the top of the posts to which 

 two wires may be attached, instead of 

 one. Then, to lessen the number of 

 steps to be taken in hanging up the 



clothes, the basket should be placed 

 upon a little express wagon or a plat- 

 form on wheels. In this way the 

 clothes may bo taken along down the 

 line, obviating the necessity for the 

 one hanging the clothes going back 

 and forth to the basket 



For ironing, a good solid table and 

 an electric, gasoline or alcohol iron 

 are indispensable. The home-made 

 ironing board is a good su'bstitute for 

 the ta'ble when ironing skirts and one- 

 piece dresses. This can ibe made of 

 red cedar and should be five feet long 

 and sixteen inches wide. One end 

 should be tapered so as to be narrow 

 enough to slip the garment over it 

 without stretching. A hole can be 

 bored through the other end for the 

 purpose of hanging up the board when 

 not in use. Table matting makes an 

 excellent padding for the hoard, but 

 old blankets or sheets can be used in- 

 stead. Two covers should be made for 

 it and these should be so made that 

 they can be easily removed lor laxui- 

 dering whes they become soiled. A 



THE PERFECTION POWER 

 WASHING MACHINE. 



The most up-to-date way and 

 the most popular way to do the 

 washing is by "The Perfection" 

 Blectric or Gasoline Power 

 Washer. 



One lever sets the Washing Ma- 

 chine in operation; another lever 

 starts, stops or reverses the 

 Wringer. These two levers are 

 all the machinery you have to 

 look after, and they are very sim- 

 ply and conveniently arranged. 



With the Perfection Electric 

 or Power Washer, the washing 

 which usually took all day K> 

 now a matter only of a few 

 hours. Contrast the old-fashion- 

 ed way of washing with all the 

 hard work, to washing with & 

 Perfection Power Washer, where 

 the Gasoline engine does the 

 washing and wringing — quickly 

 and thoroughly. It Just means 

 that when the clothes are in the 

 Washer, you throw in the lever 

 to start the machine, and you are 

 free to do anj'thing else (clear up 

 the breakfast dishes, for instance) 

 until the batch of clothes in the 

 machine is ready to be put 

 through the wringer — ^when all 

 you have to do then, is to feed 

 the clothes into the rollers. 



This means wash-day comfort, 

 that will delight and satisfy you. 



Write to-day for Illustrated cir- 

 cular. 



J. H. CONNOR & SON, Limited 

 OTTAWA. ONT. 



Established in 1881. 



