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House & Garden 
Swinging 
Doors 
Garage Doors swung 
on hinges are weath- 
ertight. There is 
nothing to adjust or 
get out of order and 
the doors always open 
and close easily. 
Stanley Garage Door Holders prevent doors from slam¬ 
ming against your car. Strong enough to hold a door the 
weight of any garage door. This Holder is practical, con¬ 
venient and a valuable asset to any garage. 
Detailed information Catalog H91 on request. 
STANLEY* 
GARAGE HARDWARE 
With the addition of Garage Hardware for Rolling Doors, 
Stanley products for use on a garage are practically complete. 
There are very few car owners who have not already been 
acquainted with Stanley products for Swinging Doors and 
with the addition of Rolling Door Hardware, The Stanley 
Works reach out one step further to be of assistance to 
its customers. 
THE STANLEY WORKS 
NEW BRITAIN, CONN. 
Chicago 
73 E. Lake Street 
Rolling Doors 
Where a City Ordinance for¬ 
bids the use of outside swung 
doors a garage equipped with 
Stanley Garage Hardware for 
Rolling Doors will give real 
service plus ease of opera¬ 
tion. Can be equipped by- 
three different sets, No. 2500, 
2505 and 2510. 
“It rolls on rollers” 
Detailed informatioji Cata¬ 
log H92 on request. 
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A vacuum washer and wringer can be 
adapted to a pair of set tubs. Courtesy 
of Wallace B. Hart 
The Electrocution of Laundry Day 
(Continued from page 80) 
age ironing with coal or electricity 
costs about 30c or $15.60 per year. 
4. With a good machine the ironing 
costs about one and one half cents 
for gas and the same for electricity, 
making a total of three cents, 
which is a saving of 27c a week or 
$14.04 yearly. In ten years $140 
is saved. 
Conclusion: 
The saving in health of operator 
whether wife or servant and the 
saving of the life of linens, etc., is 
beyond computation. 
5. The best type of ironer has (1) 
the stationary ironing shoe under 
which the felt padded cylinder re¬ 
volves. This insures evenly dis¬ 
tributed heat and avoids the chance 
of scorching clothes. (2) Feed 
board instead of lever. This gives 
more rapid control and is more 
responsive to the touch. 
“Hold up for a minute and answer 
this concrete question. How long would 
it take to iron a table cloth by the ma¬ 
chine?” 
“About three or four minutes in com¬ 
parison to twenty-five or thirty by the 
expert laundress using an electric iron. 
A saving in current and time.” 
“Well, what about handsome linens 
with heavy initials?” 
“The pad on the roller is plenty soft 
enough to imbed not only the initials 
but carry buttons and not break them!” 
“What things can’t you iron with it?” 
“Only fancy waists and skirts. Laces 
can be beautifully done and, of course, 
all the table and bed linens, trousers, 
etc., etc., etc.” 
“How big are these machines?” 
“They come in four different sizes, 
but the ordinary home can use the 46- 
inch cylinder or at least as wide as your 
widest linen to the best advantage. That 
enables fewer folds and more ironing 
lay-out on roll, enabling one to put 
a few napkins on the roll at the same 
time instead of one.” 
“Any more questions, Gwen? I think 
you have the facts that will appeal to 
Stanley and now let’s read off the 
washing machine data.” 
“But first before you start don’t tell 
me that I will have to watch my 
laundress reading a book or knitting 
while she is letting the washer do the 
work.” 
“Silly child! No, she’ll probably be 
doing some other laundry work.” 
A. Types 
1. Rotary or cylinder. 
In which the wash is put into a 
perforated cylinder which revolves 
through the soapy water. 
2. Oscillating. 
In which the wash is put into the 
machine and is washed by being 
shaken back and forth with enough 
friction and motion to clean clothes 
thoroughly. The bottoms of these 
machines are corrugated or in some 
shape to offer resistance and cause 
the necessary friction. 
3. Vacuum. 
In which the clothes are put into 
machine and are washed by the 
operation of vacuum or suction 
cups raised up and down, drawing 
the water through clothes. 
4. Dolly. 
In which clothes are washed by 
the semi-rotating dolly or device 
which looks like a milking stool. 
5. Combinations of these types such 
as the Dolly and Disc Twin tubs 
with a mechanism in each; wash¬ 
ers with a bench upon which to 
place wash basket, etc., oscillating 
cylinder as well as rotating. As to 
wringers on these machines, they 
are stationary, swinging or sliding. 
“How in the world is one to know 
which kind to buy?” Mrs. Webb asked. 
“Listen to the rest of this data,” an¬ 
swered Mrs. Slater. 
B. General Requirements of Washers 
1. All parts which might tear clothes 
should be covered. 
2. All washers, if not stationary, 
should be equipped with swinging 
reversible wringer. 
3. Hard wood outside or copper or 
some hard metal and to prevent 
corrosion in the case of copper ex¬ 
terior, planished tin interiors are 
the best. 
4. Durability. 
5. Ease and simplicity of operation. 
6. Minimum parts to take out and 
clean. 
7. Less wear and tear on clothes. 
8. Automatic release on wringer in 
case finger is caught. 
9. All interiors smooth, non-absorbent 
of soil or odors. 
10. Wash and wring at same time or 
separately. 
“Now you have the requirements, you 
can take your choice after you have 
gone about comparing and examining 
all the different types. Take Stanley 
with you when you have the thing 
pretty pat and when he hears the dealer 
saying the same things as you have said 
it will help a lot.” 
“My dear, you certainly are a tac¬ 
tician !” 
“You mean a technician,” corrected 
Shirley Slater, archly. “Now I have 
covered with you the two chief things 
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