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‘bot. es of Dther it on years drop. oints ind ted ind be es. une 1931 be Thursday, June 4, 1931 .00 0 200 n n 0 ies Aratir w e d ce im e n im on o it im t stc e im e hn t o 09 wr e 7t sez npermnggere e â€"nmomenne on e ts mveree en im in n t on o nc on ns ie 1 nerett ce ce on ce cce THE PASSING OF THE WVASH BOARD osT Or Us can easily remember the M "good old days" before the War when hobbleskirts made walking all but impossible. When elaborate feathers drooped fetchingly from every feminine hat. When the turkey trot was the dance of the hour. When moving pictire houses were nickelodeons. _ Today we laugh at these picturesque manâ€" nerisms of twenty years ago. But there is another side of the scene that was no laughâ€" ing matter. Every Monday was a Blue Monday. Women got up at dawn. Clothes had been put to soak the night before. Hot steam clouded the basement. Backs were bent, knuckles bruised, over scrub boards.â€"Itâ€"was afternoon before the complete washing was out blowing on the line. _ Those were the days when electric service was still nothing but a lighting service. _ _ Small wonder, then, over the interest that followed the news that an electric washâ€" ing machine had been invented! Its wooden tub sprouted a maze of belts and levers and gadgets. But crude as it was, it promised welâ€" come relief from washday drudgery. In comâ€" munities where electric service lasted only from five o‘clock in the evening until eleven at night, special service was provided for Monday morning. Electricity began to do more than give light. It began to ease the homeâ€" At the same time, ironingâ€"day underwent a big change. No longer was it necessary to line up half a dozen "sadâ€"irons" on the fire. fiunbfifibo]‘mq’mmtb&dmofficmmwaf Northern Iilinvis and the service it is bringing to the grea into which Chicago is growing. Copies of previous chapters will be mailed you if you will write to the Company, 72 West Adams Street, Chicago PuBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS E6 O$ E6E RVIC CE OO F N | 4 To replace these came the electric iron. Then the "mangle". And soon the mangle became the power ironer when it was improved to handle more than large flat pieces. Today one can sit down and guide most of the washing over its heated roller.________â€"__â€"â€"â€" _ â€"â€" Gasâ€"heated cabinet driers were developed to make it easy to dry clothes in the basement, rain or shine. Convenient ways of heating waterâ€"lots of itâ€"were introduced. Washing machines were improved again and again, like automobiles, until today they bear little resemblance to the early models. ____ _ Sponsoring, developing and improving laborâ€"saving appliances for northern Illinois homes has been another job undertaken by the Public Service Company. For years the Company has acted as a sort of Zizison between its customers and manufacturers of household equipment.. It has carefully tested the appliâ€" ances it sells in its storesâ€"has fortified their operation with an unqualified guarantee. Where servicing or replacement has been necessary, the customer has always found the Company ready and more than willing. It has studied the experiences of customers using appliances and in many instances has laid specific requirements for improvement before the manufacturers. In all these efforts the Public Service Comâ€" pany has been trying to make it easier for elecâ€" tricity and gas to do the routine tasks of keepâ€" inghouseâ€"to give women moreleisure for enâ€" joying the new freedom this generation offers, Jahn Sdast: ittee the | of. fues ons ivin} rith Satt ast : itert e of Bay ald of xt ue, Sou of the