June, 1920 
SAVING TIME ON TUESDAYS 
Ironing Done by Machinery Is Simple and Pleasant—The New Inventions 
Save Time and Tuesday Nerves 
ETHEL R. PEYSER 
A GREAT fuss has been made about set¬ 
ting the clock ahead one hour to save 
time and daylight, but little attention has been 
given the problem of saving four hours everv 
ironing day by means of electricity and the 
ironing machine. A good machine, unlike the 
mangle which only folds and is not heated, 
slmuld be able to iron at the rate of seven or 
eight feet per minute. In this way the ordi¬ 
nary ironing can be done four times as ciuickly 
as by the old method. 
Roughly, the ordinary laundry 
takes about half a day—one 
hour for eight pieces for the 
average family of five, including 
all things from table linen to 
handkerchiefs. By hand this is 
about four and a half to five 
hours. This costs about $50 to 
$100 a year or $500 to $1,000 
for ten years’ supply of laun¬ 
dered possessions. 
The fuel consumed for the 
average ironing with coal or 
electricity costs about $15.60 per 
year. With a good machine, 
ironing by electricity or gas will 
come to about one and a half 
cents, or a total of three cents 
for ironing and heating, which 
is a saving of twenty-seven cents 
a week or $14.04 yearly. In 
ten years a saving of $140. This is apart 
from the benefit to health and strength. 
There is one on the market with a bench 
attached on which the worker can sit down to 
her work. As the feed is so arranged that the 
material turns under, because of the adjustable 
delivery board, one doesn’t have to rise at all, 
and the saving of strength and comfort is be¬ 
yond calculation. 
.A.n ordinary table cloth on an ironing ma¬ 
Do not detach an electric iron, or any 
electrical appliance, by yanking the 
cord. The right way is to free the cord 
by pulling on the socket 
chine takes about three or four minutes. With 
a good electric iron it takes about twenty-five to 
thirty. Besides this, the cloth is ironed evenly 
and the pattern, if it be embroidered, is evenly 
brought out. Initials come out in beautiful 
relief, and buttons on garments do not break 
because of the deeply padded felt rolls which 
are covered with an especially-made muslin. 
As an ironing machine has proven a prac¬ 
tical, money-saving proposition, what is the 
best way to jiurchase one ? 
First, we should have a good 
idea as to the breadth on the 
average of one’s sheets and table 
cloths, not forgetting that it is 
wise to have a machine wide 
enough to carry two table nap¬ 
kins at once. This saves time, 
saves the over-impression of the 
felt in one spot and also uses up 
the whole length of heat along 
the roll. 
In large households, where 
the work is unusually heavy, 
often taking more than one day, 
a machine about 48" or 56" is 
used for 2^2-3 yards of linen. 
These rolls should be padded, 
the heavier the better, tq take 
care of heavily embroidered 
initials. 
Many persons think that an 
Do not walk away and leave 
the iron standing on the table. 
The cover and the wood will 
readily scorch 
