Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1910 — A FOLDING CLOTHES RACK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A FOLDING CLOTHES RACK

One That Is Easily Made and Will Be Found Valuable on Wash ~ Day. ' To every housewife the folding clothes rack, shown in the illustration, will be of the greatest value on every ironing day, and with the added advantage that it may be folded up and placed In a |very small space whqn not in use, together with Its easy construction it possible for every housewife to 1 : possess one. To build, a center post *2 by 2 inches Is first cut

and to this are nailed ‘'feet” or a bottom support, these need not be over eight inches long when the rack Is unfolded, as shown in the illustration, it is securely braced from tipping over. Four small uprights are now cut equal in height to the main upright .and these are connected to upright.with three or four crossbars upon which the clothes are hung; these are fastened with screws so as to permit the joints to work easily and each set of bars is fastened to one of the four sides of center post or upright. This permits the horizontal bars to be braced up, thus folding the rack into a small space, when not ln use.— Household.