Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1911 — WASHBOARD OF REAL VALUE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WASHBOARD OF REAL VALUE

Will Lighten the Labors of the Work* •r Whose Atm la That of Clean Linen. Another Invention to lighten the labors of the washwoman has been made. This la a washboard designed by an Ohio man and its advantage over the old style washboard lies In the tact that the front, or rubbing surface, Is curved outwardly, thereby resulting in a great saving of “elbow

grease’’ on the part of the user. The board is made of a single sheet Of metal, with Its edges slitted and a shelf over the top. The body portion, or rubbing portion, Is convex, and roughened so that even a light pressure on clothing passed over it will give all the results of hard rubbing over the ordinary flat washboard with its corrugations. The outward curve of the new board fills out wet garments much better than a fiat surface would do, and a wider surface of the garments Is affected than on the old style board.