November, 19 22 
73 
THE 
M 
endary, 
ONDAY as a universally 
designated wash-day is 
becoming somewhat leg- 
in fact, ‘wash-day’ new 
applies to any day of th^ week, 
largely dependent upon the capri¬ 
ces and bookings of the wash¬ 
woman. But to those who can still 
perform Monday’s operations on 
Monday, and to the rest of us 
alike, it is essential to good house 
management that at the usual time 
the clothes be dried and prepared 
for ironing. 
Weather conditions, however, 
not always being favorable to out¬ 
door drying, which is preferred on 
account of its benefits to the color 
of white linen, adequate arrange¬ 
ments should be made for occa¬ 
sional drying indoors. 
Certain clothes, depending on 
their color and materials, such as 
colored fabrics, crepes and voiles, 
should be dried in a shady place 
or in the house. It is well to have 
a temporary line in the attic or in 
a dry room in the basement—where 
the least discomfiture will be 
caused and where there is least 
danger of chill through moist 
heat—to accommodate these odd 
garments. Frequently such lines 
will prove sufficient for the wash 
of small proportions. 
These lines should be stretched 
to take the greatest advantage of 
a cross draught of air, as air is 
the real medium for drying. 
There is on the market a patent¬ 
ed clothes line reel, very simple 
and inexpensive, and which con¬ 
tains 40' of strong line; a small 
ball, nickelplated, makes it rust 
proof. It is an ideal arrangement 
for either indoor or outdoor use. 
The reel is hung on a nail and the 
line extended to two hooks at con¬ 
venient locations on adjacent or 
opposite walls, secured by metal 
rings, thus forming a triangle of 
line. Indoors, especially, where 
there is little if no breeze, two con¬ 
verging lines, such as would be the 
case with the patent reel, are ex¬ 
tremely capacious, if the method 
of the Chinese laundrymen is 
adopted. 
These experts in the art of 
clothes drying begin at the point 
of divergence to hang the smallest 
clothes fastening one pin on one 
LINEN ON THE LINE 
Here Are Practical Aids to the Solution oj 
the Weekly Clothes Drying Problem 
VERNA COOK SALOMONSKY 
The whirligig 
type of dryer 
folds up like an 
umbrella when 
not being used 
The Chinese 
method of dry¬ 
ing is to pin 
clothes between 
converging lines 
Gas or electri¬ 
cally heated 
cabinets are 
quite necessary 
in big households 
line and the other pin on the other 
line and graduating the garments 
according to the increasing span 
between the lines, always hanging 
the clothes parallel and a very 
few inches apart. Thus a great 
quantity of clothes may be hung 
in a limited space. 
A gas, steam or electrically 
heated drying cabinet means econo¬ 
my of labor in households where 
the laundry work is of consider¬ 
able size. I he principle govern¬ 
ing the best of these machines is 
the absorbing of moisture by in¬ 
tense heat, and at the same time 
circulating through the clothes a 
constant stream of dry, warm air, 
rendering them sweet and fresh. 
Care should be taken in hanging 
garments in these dryers as the 
motion of the frames in opening 
and closing is apt to cause the 
smaller pieces to fall to the bottom 
of the compartment and become 
soiled or scorched. 
The means of out-of-door dry¬ 
ing is generally an eye-sore; other¬ 
wise delightful backyards are often 
mutilated by unsightly clothes 
poles, which, after serving duty 
on Mondays are throughout the 
remainder of the week ever pre¬ 
sent reminders of the wash days to 
come. Depending on the size and 
character of available space in the 
yard there are two types of poles 
which may be used and removed 
after the wash is dry. 
The ‘whirligig’ type is a rotary 
clothes line with parallel lines 
strung upon ribs with a top or reel 
turning around so that the whole- 
wash can be hung without moving 
a step. It is recommended that 
the larger pieces be hung on 
the highest lines with the smaller 
ones on the inside, lower lines, 
thereby preventing any of the 
clothes from dragging on the 
ground. After use the top part of 
the dryer folds up like an 
umbrella and is lifted off. 
The standard of either pain¬ 
ted wood or galvanized steel tub¬ 
ing, fits into a socket set in the 
lawn and is removed, a metal cap 
closing down over the hole- All 
the unsightliness of wash day has 
disappeared! 
The single clothes poles are a 
similar arrangement minus the reel. 
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