Monday Mechanics 



IN -the good old days when the only 

 way to wash clothing was to carry 

 it to the riverside and sop it up and 

 down and rub it upon stones, there was 

 good reason for calling the first work 

 day of the week blue or drab or even 

 black. To-day, however, fortunate home 

 laundresses have at their disposal excel- 

 lent mechanical helpers. The pity of it 



Can she see the washboard? No; it 

 has sunk out of sight because the tubis 

 are too deep. 



A third fault is that the tubs are 

 poorly lighted. Number four is that 

 the tubs are against a wall and also 

 in a corner, accessible from too few 

 points. The only artificial light is a single 

 electric bulb, a sixteen candle-power car^ 



is, that these helpers fall far 

 short of the mark because of 

 lack of knowledge upon the part 

 of women of how to operate 

 them efficiently and because of 

 really blame-worthy stupidity 

 upon the part of the men who design 

 and install the equipment. 



For instance, notice the upper right- 

 hand photograph, taken in the "conve- 

 nient" laundry of an ordinary home. 

 It is not an isolated instance. There 

 are hundreds like it in other houses and 

 apartment buildings. The bottoms of 

 the set tubs are but fourteen' inches 

 above the floor. The average height 

 for women is five feet four inches. 



Above, the back-breaking hand tubs 



found in most houses. Below, the 



electric washer which pays for itselr 



before it begins to wear out 



bon, hung near the ceiling in the center 

 of a very large basement room. Then the 

 water inlets are flush with the back of 

 the tub, so it is not feasible to attach a 



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