September, 1919 
49 
“Of course,” readily assented Mrs. 
Webb. 
“You see, my laundry was built 
to order, in a new house with all 
conditions made for it for a family 
of six, a housekeeper and ten serv¬ 
ants.” 
“You’re a brick, Shirley.” 
“No, but if you wait a minute, 
I’ll trot upstairs to my study and 
extract a lot of data I put together 
about laundries which I will read 
and explain as I go along when 
necessary.” 
So saying, she went upstairs and 
brought down a manilla envelope 
neatly labeled with: “Electric Home 
Laundries.” The first thing she 
read was: 
Requirements of the Home Laundry 
A satisfactory laundry depends on :— 
1. The location of room, its rela¬ 
tion to outdoor drying and its 
relation to the source of supply 
of incoming laundry. 
2. Proper floor, ceiling and walls. 
All joins curved, no corners. 
3. Selection of equipment. The 
types and kinds best fitted to 
size of family and room. 
4. The advantageous disposal of 
appliances purchased. 
5. Thorough instruction of oper¬ 
ators in the use of the ma¬ 
chinery, as a good machine is 
useless unless the operator 
knows its requirements. 
6. Proper care of appliances. 
7. Sanitary conditions: light and 
ventilation. Good air is part 
of all good laundry work. 
S. The acceptance of the worker 
to use cheerfully the machinery 
and the adequate payment of 
the worker. 
9. Knowledge on the part of the 
housekeeper or mistress of 
laundry procedure in order to 
oversee more intelligently the 
work done. Women seem to 
think a knowledge of cookery 
necessary but give little heed 
to the importance of the laundry. 
10. A system developed and main¬ 
tained for the laundering of 
clothes. 
“So much for general principles 
and I shall not touch upon methods 
of laundering. I am just going to 
tell you about equipment.” 
“I must say it sounds like a pretty 
big bite.” 
“Wait, don't cry before you're 
really shelled and are burdened with 
some of my businesslike arguments 
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For ironing flat work comes an electric iron with motor. 
Courtesy of the Edison Co. 
To keep pieces rolling smooth- For the residence of Eugene Meyer, Jr., Mt. Kisco, 
ly a motor is attached to the N. Y., this complete electric laundry was developed, 
electric ironer C. A. Platt, architect. Courtesy of Wallace B. Hart 
This is a two unit electric 
clothes dryer with one unit 
extended showing racks 
The laundry in the New York residence of Mr. George Blumenthal is equipped throughout with electric time- and labor-saving devices set tubs, 
-washer, dryer, skirt and sleeve board, and ironer for flat pieces. It is well ventilated and lighted. Courtesy of the Domestic Laundry Equipment Corp. 
