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THE ROBBINS 
FAMILY WASHERS BLEACHER 
AGENTS WANTED. 
In bringing this article before the public it be¬ 
comes necessary to take into consideration 
THE ART OF CLEANSING FABRICS, 
which is yet so imperfectly understood. Having 
had a lifelong experience in the laundry busi¬ 
ness, in connection with first-class hotels, public 
laundries, asylums, hospitals, etc., we know 
whereof we speak. The numerous devices of 
friction-rollers, pounders, squeezers, mashers, 
airs | tXrlr 
ill one or more of the three essential points— | ^l er ;.. 
namely, the saving of labor, wear and tear of 
Clothes, or in perfectly extracting the dirt and 
discoloration—all of which are accomplished by 
the ROBBINS FAMILY WASHER AND 
BLEACHER. 
WHAT IS IT REMOVES THE DIRT? 
You may ask washerwomen and housekeepers, 
and your answer from nine out of ten will be, 
“ Plenty of elbow-grease,” or, in other words, 
laborious rubbing upon the washboard. And 
such is the case, for you first rub soap upon the 
cloth and then you have to rub it in to make the 
flirt soluble. But does that remove it t No ; to 
do that you must dip it in the water and rub re¬ 
peatedly to force water through the fabric again 
and again. That is what removes dirt after 
having been softened by the chemical action of 
the soap. 
The way in which this could be most economi¬ 
cal] v accomplished has been developed in the 
FAMILY WASHER AND BLEACHER, which 
embodies all the above points. 
It is harder work to operate these mechanical 
devices than to use the common washboard. 
They are constantly getting out of order, and 
tvear out in a short time. They wear out clothes j it cleanses them as no other process can, 
faster than the rubbing-board, because the fnc- | an q without the slightest danger of injury. 
The No. 2, or small hotel size, Avill do the work 
thoroughly, rinsing the clothes being all that is 
required to complete the operation. 
THE CAPACITY OF THE WASHER AND 
BLEACHER. 
There arc three sizes : No. 1, the family size ; 
No. 2, suitable for small hotels, restaurants, bar¬ 
ber-shops, boarding-houses, etc.; No. 3, or steam- 
power Avasher, into which is conducted, through 
a %-inch pipe, live steam from the steam-boiler 
■”-- 1 —— *—driving the 
of ma¬ 
chinery in places where steam-power is used in 
the laundries. 
The washer is composed of metal, and cannot 
get out of order. 
The family size Aveiglis about five pounds, and 
is only 8 inches long by 5 inches wide, and 
1H inches deep. 
r rhe discharge-pipe is 13 inches high over that, 
and is 1 y 2 inches in diameter. It throws water in 
a solid, unbroken stream at the rate of ten to 
twelve gallons per minute. It will work in any 
family boiler. It takes only three or four ounces 
of soap to ton or twelve gallons of water, and will 
Avash bed and table linen, a boiler-full in ten to 
fifteen minutes ; wearing apparel inYrom twenty 
j to thirty minutes ; and will remove streaks with- 
i out rubbing; requires no previous preparation 
of the clothes, such as soaking over-night. We 
take the clothes dry, and when the washer gets 
thoroughly at work >ve fill the boiler as full as it 
will hold by gently pressing them down with a 
stick. We use no chemicals, only good soap and 
soft Avater. If the water is hard it may be soft¬ 
ened by a small piece of borax, which is harm- 
For LACE CURTAINS this Washer U invalu- 
tion is a hundred per cent, greater. 
Mechanical devices take the entire time of a 
person during the whole wash, and will not re¬ 
move streaks from the clothes. With the "Wash¬ 
er and Bleacher, washing, baking, and housework 
are contemporaneous operations, the fire doing 
the washing and baking Avhile the housewife does 
her housework. 
All who ha\'e tried steam wash-boilers will 
unite with us In saying they do not give satisfac¬ 
tion. 
WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY. . 
As stated, water-foice is Avhat removes dirt 
from the fibres of the cloth. A large body of 
water is required to hold in solution a compara¬ 
tively small amount of dirt. Steam wash-boilers 
cannot accomplish the desired result. They do 
not contain enough water to hold the dirt in so¬ 
lution. While steam will not remove dirt, it is a 
powerful agent to assist in cleansing because it 
expands the fabric and causes the discharge of 
dirt and impurities from the cloth that caunot be 
forced out in any other Avay unless by the appli¬ 
cation of heat and force of water combined. 
In order to remove the dirt from steamed 
clothes they must he washed out in water at 
nearly boiling heat ; for if you use Avater at a 
loAVCr temperature it causes the fabric to con¬ 
tract, which ‘‘sets the dirt,” thus causing the 
clothes to turn yellow. An essential thing to be 
mentioned is the rotting of clothes by steam 
wash-boilers, because of the small quantity of 
water used. 
Everybody knows that a large quantity of soap 
dissolved iu a small body of Avater must necessa¬ 
rily form an exceedingly strong alkali, which, 
after the clothes are packed in the steam wash- 
boiler, is converted into steam, every moment 
becoming more concentrated until the clothes are 
removed. A few such Avashings, and Avhat is the 
result ? Simply this : Your clothes fall to pieces 
of their own weight, and you pronounce steam 
wash-boilers, as they are, a failure. 
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WASHER AND 
BLEACHER 
embodies all the essential points. First, we have 
the desired heat, which expands the fabric and 
causes it to discharge the dirt. Second, we ob¬ 
tain a powerful suction beneath the clothes, 
which produces a rapid downward current or 
water-course through and through them, thereby 
removing the dirt. Third, Ave use a large body of 
Avater, which holds the dirt in solution. Fourth, 
Ave use hut a small quantity of soap. Fifth, the 
Avashing is done by water, and not by steam. 
This process cannot, injure fabrics. It cleanses 
in a boiler four times the size of a common 
family boiler, and wash of average pieces from 
1,500 to 2,000 per day ; or it may be used in any 
smaller boiler. They will Avork in anything that 
has a flat bottom large enough for ''em to rest 
upon. 
For hospitals this Washer is pronounced by 
the medical faculty invaluable, being the most 
powerful disinfector known, leaving the fabric 
as pure as Avhen new. By engineers, mechanics, 
and scientific men generally it is pronounced one 
of the most Avonderful discoveries in the princi¬ 
ple of hydraulics or Avater-force ever brought to 
light. By bleachers and chemists it is said to be 
tlie most powerful method of removing dirt and 
vegetable matter from fabrics ever known. It is 
the greatest bleacher extant, and for that alone is 
worth ten times the price. 
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE WASHER 
AND BLEACHER is this ; We have five pounds 
of metal, Avhich attains a much greater degree of 
heat than the Avater surrounding it; consequent¬ 
ly the Avater underneath the Washer becomes hot¬ 
ter and more expansive than in any other part of 
the boiler, and is thereby thrown to the surface 
through the tube, thus tending to produce a va¬ 
cuum underneath the Washer at the bottom of 
the boiler, into which the Avater is rapidly drawn. 
As it passes along the channels of the Washer 
the curved and contracted throats of the same 
prevent Its flowing backAvard, and, being held in 
contact Avith the hot metal, it becomes hotter and 
hotter, consequently more expansive and more 
forcible, until thrown to the surface, thus produ¬ 
cing a poAverful suction beneath the clothes, 
through Avhich the Avater must pass in a rapid 
downward current, thereby obtaining a Avater 
force which cannot be obtained by any other 
method known in cleaning fabrics. Thus Ave get 
a combination: first, Ave have the desired heat; 
second, perfect chemical action of the soap; 
third, force of water—all of Avhich are required 
to thoroughly cleanse and purify any fabric 
THE IMPROVED WASHER. 
The improved Washer has a perfect-fitting 
pipe, and is a combination of metals Avhich does 
not become sticky or dirty. It comes out of the 
boiler as bright as new. 
A WORD ABOUT BLEACHING. 
There are feAv professional bleachers in the 
United States. The word “ bleaching ” implies 
the art of extracting vegetable or animal matter 
or discoloration from the various fibres which 
constitute all our different fabrics. This is done 
by a regular chemical process, consisting, first, 
of alkaline boilings ; second, immersions in solu¬ 
tions of chloride of lime; third, solutions of 
acids. After each process the goods receive a 
thorough rinsing in clear water ; then, last of all 
processes, to thoroughly extract all injurious 
matter, comes that of boiling in good soap and 
water. This leaves the goods pure and Avhite as 
snow, ready to finish for the market. Noav the 
question arises, Can those fabrics again absorb 
and fix all their natural discoloration ? W. an¬ 
swer, No ; impossible. Then, Avhy is it (asks the 
housewife) my clothes become yelloAV and discol¬ 
ored ? There are many reasons—poor soap, hard 
Avater, careless servants, not having strength to 
rub out the dirt yourselves, and not being able to 
use water by hand hot enough to keep the fabric 
expanded to the extent which is absolutely requi¬ 
site to thoroughly extract the dirt or “ bleacli the 
clothes.” Clothes should never be bleached but 
once, but thoroughly Avashed, and they av i 11 al- 
Avays be white. THE FAMILY WASHER 
AND BLEACHER will do it for you every 
time. 
THE INDUCEMENTS WE OFFER. 
We want a Local Agent in every town in the 
United States. We know from experience that 
reliable, energetic men can make money selling 
the Washer and Bleacher in any community. 
Wo want first-class men as GENERAL 
AGENTS—men capable of managing one or 
more counties. 
To such men Ave give a duly-executed LI¬ 
CENSE. 
We furnish descriptive circulars for distribu¬ 
tion among families. Also large posters for ad¬ 
vertising in public places. 
The retail price of NO. 1 WASHER is S3 50 ; 
NO. 2 WASHER, $5 ; NO. 3, or POWER 
WASHER, $50. Special terms to agents for 
No. 3 Washer. 
TERMS TO GENERAL AGENTS. 
No. 1, $24 per dozen ; No. 2, $36 per dozen. 
SAMPLE WASHERS. 
In States east of the Missouri and Mississippi 
rivers, also in Kansas and Nebraska, we will deliver 
at your nearest railway express office, CHARGES 
PREPAID : Sample No. 1 Washer. $3 50 ; Sam¬ 
ple No. 2 Washer, #5. We Avill deliver, prepaid, 
a No. 1 Washer in Dakota, at Bismarck or Yank¬ 
ton, for $3 50; in Wyoming, at Cheyenne, for 
$3 50 ; in Idaho, at Franklin City, for $4 50 ; in 
Colorado, at Denver or Pueblo, for $4 j in New 
Mexico, at Santa B’e, for $5; in Arizona, at 
Prescott, for $8 50 ; in Utah, at Ogden, for $4 ; 
in Nevada, at Virginia City, for $5 ; in Louisiana, 
at New Orleans, for $3 50"; in Arkansas, at Little 
Rock, for $3 50; in Texas, at Corsicana, for ; 
$4 50; at Texarkana, Denison, or Sherman, for 
43 50. For the Pacific Coast, we will deliver j 
No. i at San Francisco, Sacramento, Marysville, i 
or San Josd, for $4. Our reason for so doing is : 
to induce people to Investigate this matter, feel- . 
iug assured that a trial Avill secure an agent 
for us. 
The great saving in time, labor, and material, 
and the extremely Ioav price of the Washer, bring 
it within the reach of all. It cannot get out of 
order ; it does the work rapidly and well. These 
points commend it to every one. Send for a 
sample ; try it; shoAV it to your friends; get 
their orders, and if you wish to secure a county 
or tOAvn. don’t delay, but let us hear from you at. 
once. Remember the old maxim, “ First come 
first served.” 
In territory Avhere there are no agencies estab¬ 
lished, to persons desiring a Washer for their 
own use, Ave Avill deliver the same, CHARGES 
PREPAID, on receipt of price as stated above. 
You can readily determine Avhen there is an 
agency established, as posters will be put up in 
conspicuous places and circulars distributed. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
As to the reliability of tills company, we refer 
you to the editor of this paper ; also to the 
MERCANTILE NATIONAL BANK of this 
city, or to any express company in New York. 
In ordering, write plainly your name, post- 
office, county, and State; also the name of the 
express office to Avhich you wish the Washer for¬ 
warded. 
Cash must accompany all orders. Remit by 
post-office order or registered letter, at onr risk 
We ensure the safe delivery of all Avashers or¬ 
dered as aboA'e. Money may also be sent by 
draft on NeAV York. 
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