DRYING CLOTHES IN GOLD WEATHER

Evening Star, Issue 19843, 17 April 1928, Page 2

DRYING CLOTHES IN GOLD WEATHER

fa cold climates the most difficult part of the work in connection with the ■weekly washing in winter is the hanging ol the clothes out of doors.’ Homemakers who cannot dry clothes inside the house have long tried many devices lo ease this part of the wash day’s work. Some dissolve salt in the last rinsing water to iirovcnt the clothes from freezing before they arc on the line, and some bake the clothes pins so they will help to keep the worker’s fingers warm.' It seems to be a vast raprovement on all other methods to pin the clothes to the line while one is still in the warm house, and to remove them in the same comfortable way. To arrange for tins, make a loop in one end of the-clothes line, put it over one of the hooks out of doors, and pull it tight to determine where the other loop should go in order to reach to the other hook. Try the line to see that it is just long enough to roach between the hooks, then slip it off the fasteners and take the line indoors.

Put up similar hooks in the laundry or kitchen, wherever the washing is done, hotwoen which the line may be stretched. ll', however, instead of but two hooks here, one has three or four, the working space may be considerably reduced with a consequent saving of time and strength. Fasten the clothes to the line with nlothosyvins, as usual, then slip the lino off the hooks, garments and all, put it into the basket, and take them outdoors. With the articles still in place on the line, put the loop at one end of the line over the hook, take the other end of the line to the other hook, and slijii it over. A clothes stick will so tighten the lino that neither end will slip olf its hook. When the clothes are dry, reverse the process and bring them in, still pinned to the lino. Jt is much more comfortable to remove the pins in the warm house than it is outdoors in the cold. BARS EXTENDED BY LINES.

Another clever device has large wooden clothes bars as its foundation. About two inches below each bar, and parallel to it, there is fastened a piece of clothesline to which small articles to be dried may be pinned in the usual manner while one is still in the warm laundry. When the bars are full, they may quickly and easily bo sot up outdoors in some place sheltered from the wind, and loft there until the clothes are dry. It is a matter of but a moment to bring them in again. The clothes that may be folded and nut away without ironing should bo removed first, leaving on the lines only those that need sprinkling. With -a, •clean, whisk broom dipped frequently into warm water, these may be well sprinkled as they hang, then all that is necessary is to take each down, roll it tightly, 'and pack it into the clothes basket ready for ironing. The clothes bars are then ready to receive'the garments as they come from the board, and will accommodate twice as many as usual because of the added rope bars. By putting on the top bars clothing that must bo put away up stairs, ami reserving the bottom bars for articles that belong on the lower floor, one can first put away things that belong on the first floor and leave 'the bars in such shape that they may easily he carried upstairs, clothes and all. This method eliminates at least one handling of the clothes, so saving considerable time. Bv hanging in n certain section of the' bars each garment one finds _in need of repair, and laying these aside near the sewing machine before the rest of the clothes are disposed of, the mending for the week is assembled without the usual unfolding of clothes and looking them over. INSIDE HANGING BARS.

Ju small houses where there are little children, it is a great convenience in cold weather to have in the kitchen or bathroom a hanging clothes bar that may bo pulled up out of the way when clean clothes arc drying on it. For this, a frame may be made of fourpicecs of light wood, the size and shape to be determined by the space into which it is to fit. On stietch clothesline to form five or six horizontal bars, or nail wooden bars across. Fasten the lower side of the frame to the kitchen wall with large staples so the frame may be raised or lowered at will, and in such a position that all the bars are easily accessible as the frame hangs down against the wall. In the coiling, about oft from the wall where the frame is fastened, place two hooks. With a piece of clothesline, its ends fastened at each end of the top bar of the frame, then passing up over a book in the ceiling and down in a loop, one may quickly pull the frame up out of the way when it is filled with clothes, and the articles will dry much more quickly in the warmer air at the top of the room than they would if they were hung nearer the floor. Also, they are out of reach of busy baby hands. A nail or hook driven into the wall at some convenient place will hold the loop or rope when the frame is to be drawn toward the ceiling for drying the clothes.