Washing Day
A ,labour-saving device for washing day in winter is a clothes-line provided at either end with a ring, so that it is easily hooked on and off its hooks in the garden. At either end of the kitchen are two similar hooks. The line can therefore be extended in the kitchen and the clothes pegged on to it there. The pegged line is then lowered into the clothes gasket, carried out, and attached to its hooKS in the open. This means but a minute in the cold air, instead of a quarter of an hour. When 1 the clothes are to bo brought in tho rings are again lifted from their hooks, the whole line is dropped in the basket, and the time-taking unpegging is done inside. Another idea provides a useful old
age for the worn-out umbrella. The cover is ripped off and the frame enamelled to prevent rust. The openedout frame is hung upside down from a hook in the kitchen ceiling on washing
day, and small articles are hung on it to dry or air. When the umbrella is not in use it is folded and occupies no space.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 22, 27 January 1937, Page 15 (Supplement)
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194Washing Day Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 22, 27 January 1937, Page 15 (Supplement)
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