Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1913 — PROPER WASHING OF TOWELS [ARTICLE]

PROPER WASHING OF TOWELS

Those Used in the Kitchen Require Especial Treament to Be of Good Service. Towels used in the kitchen should always be rinsed in moderately cool water and then washed in hot, soapy water. They should be rinsed and then dried in the open air. if time is at premium they need not be ironed. Probably this laxity would shock many careful housewives, but a clean towel, dried in the open air, is quite as useful for drying dishes as one that is ironed smooth. One clever woman always saves the coarse sacks that sugar and salt come in—the big ones. She rips the side seams and hems the ends and uses them for towels for pots and

pans. a A doll’s clothesline, which corned with half a dozen tiny clothespins and two small pulleys, is a convenience for drying kitchen towels. It can be fastened from the kitchen porch to a nearby tree, and extra clothespins can be bought for a small price. The pulleys, rope and six pins are sold for ten cents.