Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1899)
- , THE OT1W AGUE, PORTLAND, OREGON. tlEOON BRASS WORKB. Brass, Hell and Competition Castings. Aluminum and Phosphor Ilrouzc. Steam, Hand and Deck Pumps. C. A. LAKIN Telephone G75. 69 SECOND STItEKT NORTH Bet. Davis nml Kvcrott l'OUTI.AND. OR. ALBINA LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers of and wholesale and retail icalcls In all kinds of rough and dressed lum ler. Mill nnd yrds on rnllroad and rlvoi iront, foot of Randolph St. TAXTON, HKAOU & HIMON Attorneys-at-Law. MO Chamber of Commerce, Fortland Oregon. TVO NOT KOROKT TO 1'ATRONIZK THE f Salem Steam Laundry. New proccts; new machinery: low rates. IV 0. NOON HAG CO. Manufacturer!) and Importers of HAGS, TWINES. TENTS AND AWNINGS. FLAGS AND MINING 1I0SK. flagging Material, Canvas, Pull Making In nil Itsllrauchci-, Cotton Duck, Cordage, r,te. 82-84 N. First Pi. and 210.212-21 l-'J16 Cuueh fc. PORTLAND, OR. F. S. DUNNING.... Undertaker and Embalmer DUNNING ULOCK, HI East Alder, eor. East Sixth. Oregon Tclcphono East A'.'. Culumbln Telephone 6032. IHf. WASHIHGTGH LIFE INSURANCE CO;, OE NEW YORK A policy holders' co.npnny. Its contracts are plain, short, easily under stood. Incontestable after one year. Kou-forfcltahlu after three, vcars. Sec our 1'ortland agoney, Washington build Ink. C. L. FAY, General Agent. Picture Frames. Pictures. Art Materials Bernstein's Art Store. 807 Washington street Ret. Fifth und Sixth I'ORTl.AND OREGON. B. B. RICH 103 THIRO ST. PORTLAND HOTEL CIGARS FOURTH AND MORRISON ST.. PORTLAND, OR. O W. J. RILEY Gun Store. Revolvers, Fishing Tackle, Pocket Cutlery and Gun Implements. ....CAMERAS AND KODAKS.... Repairing aSpeclalty. All Work Guaranteed. .AH Kinds of Ammunition In Stock and Loaded to Order. 87 Third Street, Porlland, Or. EDWARD HOLMAN UNDERTAKER I Fourth and Yamhill Sts. I BOTH 'PHONES NO. 507 I RENA ST'NSON, Lidy Aiilitant. THK DfNINO PAR IWl'TK FROM TORT. LAND TO THE EAST. THE ONLY DIRECT LINE TO THE YEL LOWSTONE PARK. Un'oiiDejiolfiflhanllSIs j "" I.vnVKi No. 2. Fast mall forTacoma, Seattle, OImpla.Gtay's Harbor and South llend points, Spoknne. Ross laud, II. ('.. I'ulluian, Moscow, LewUton, lluf.' No. 1. 11:15 a.m. tain iiuiiip nun k coun-, In' Hl'll'IIM. Mllllll'HIl- 5:.V).p. m. 'oils, St. I'nul. Omaha, i Kansas City. St. Louis, Chicago, and all points; East and Southeast. I No. 4. No. S. Puget Sound 1.x press Iforlocoina and Seattle, and all Intermediate1 7:00 a. m. iioluts. I 11:30 p.m. I'ullman first-class and tourist sleepers to Minneapolis, St. 1'aul and Missouri river points without change. Vesttbuled trains. Union depot connections In all principal cities. llagcago checked to destination of tickets. For handsome Illustrated descriptive matter, tickets, sleoplug-ear reservations, etc., call ou or write A. D. CHARLTON AssMant General Passenger Agent, 255 Morrison Street. Cor. Third Portland, Oregon. mllE AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established A. D. 16i3. Charles A. Hurckhardt & Co., Agents. Room C, Worcester Rlock, N. E. cor. Third and Oak Streets, Portland, Or. R ODNEY L. GL1SAN, Attorney-at-Law. Jloom 120, Chsmber of Commerce, Portland, Or, Or. I'd. Malu So". 0 hmb9V' sSsL BARR HOTEL European and American Plan. Furnished in First-Class Style. New house, newly furnished, two blocks from t'r.lon depot .All the modern Improvements, (He-proof, hot and cold water, coutrally lo eated. Rates, $1 and $1.25 a Day. Meals 25c, Baths 2Sc. S. Ms BARR, Proprietor and Owner, Cor. Sixth and Qlisan, Portland. Northwest School Furniture Go. SCHOOL DESKS AND SUPPLIES Maps, Globes, Charts, IVlnek Hoard, etc. Svhool, Olllce, Hank. CourtHouse,Church nnd Hull Furniture. Opern Chairs. 2'.U Ymnhlll Hlreot, PORTLAND, OR. The Clias. F. Beebe Co. Shipping and Commission Agents fob THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE CO. THE St. PAUL FIRE A MARINE INS. CO. Importers of Pig Iron, Rails, Coal. Portland Curled Hair Factory H. METZQER, Prop. , Vanufacturcr a All ntades of Curl ed rt .ill for Upliol' iters' Use. Genirfrie Curled Hair Mattresses All of our goods arctfuarantccd to biyinndo from pur Select hair. Office 226-228 Front St. Portland, Or. Genuine Columbus Buggies CARRIAGES, 1R1PS, ETC. Thin celebrated lino of vrhlclrs fire tlio ntntnlnrd llio world over. I nlro carry u complete line of medium-priced vehicles, Eduiard hughes,- front and Tailor Streets, PORTLAND, OR. ACME HARVESTER CO. 0. M. EOOTT, Manager, 20J Second St., PORTLAND, OR. Jobbers of Headers, Mowers, Binders, Rakes, Wagons, Uug'ica, Plows, Hur rows. Drilla and Seederu. F. I. BROOKE DRUG CO. 67 N. Third Street. Prescriptions Accurately and Carefully Compounded TELEPHONE: COLUMBIA 750. OltKliON RKD 1804 The Spalding I The Most Complete APARTMENT HOUSE In the Northwest. Under the management of the owner.. HELEN F. SPALDING. Particular attention given to tourists and transient custom. tS0 Alder, S. E. Corner Park. 17OU CLATSk'ANIB AND WAY LANDINGS- steamer O. W. Shaer. U-aes Porlland Sunday. Tuenlavs and Thnrnlays at 5 p. in Leaves Clatskanle Moiidit), Wednesday and Frldais at S p. m.j arriving at Portland at ;t a di on Tnn'ay. Thursday Biid Saturday. harl and olllce fool of v ahiugtou stieet. net nws to charter for excursions and freighting 01 all kind. Log, and all kinds of heavy and light towing. gnAVj.u XRANSPORTATION CO., Phono SOI. J. W. fcHAVEH, Manager. TOHN MANNINO ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 24-27 McKay Iiulldlnj, PORTLAND, ORErJOi A MODERN LAUNDRY. SOME OF THE MYSTERIES OF ITS WORK EXPLAINED. How Shirts ntid Collars nml CttlTa Arc Wushcd mid Ironed by Mueltliicry An lutcrcatiiiK nnd Complicated Pro cess -"Work Done Mostly by Women. Do you realize ns you tear the paper baud from your freshly laundered shirt, ntid shake It out of tho folds, with a critical glance at the smooth bosom or frownlngly look for u possible wrinkle lu the cuff, that nt least twenty persons have spent n portion of the last few days preparing this garment for you to wear? "I always send my clothes in my own bag," said the particular man, "because 1 cannot bear the Idea of their being dumped In with other people's." But the best laid plans gang aft aglee, and If the man but knew the blessed dem ocracy which prevails lu the sorting room of the laundry what shivers of disgust would pass over him. You are "S. U. J." or "G 15," or something else quite ns Impersonal to the woman who marks your garments, ami they are shirts, collars, cuffs and other things to thb next young woman who takes them hi charge. The sorters not only separate the col lars from the shirts, each In Its own Httlo or big pile, but the collars are also separated and each pile Is then put into n roller basket nnd wheeled over to the washer. And In these days of prog ress the actual work of washing Is done by n man, that Is a man puts the clothes In nnd attends to the manipulation, but a machluo is really the laundress. It Is a very pretty machine, of copper, with a multitude of what appear to be open ings upon the olde, but the ordinary observer watching n basket full of col lars thrown Into It knows that It re volves three times lu one direction nnd throe times lu the opposite direction, nnd then the snow-white collars are re moved and the dirty water Is allowed to flow out and that Is all there Is to the washing, and one cannot help but won der how the machine knew where the soiled part of tho collar was. The wnshed clothivs are then put Into tho "extractor" not tho wringing machine, mind you, but tho extractor which takes the water out, and the clothes come forth dry enough to starch. The starching process seems to be the most Important of all. lu the olden times cor.i.Ati and rvrv BTAItCItKR. tho olden times of the laundry, which are, however, not so long ago the starch was squeezed through with a bumper, but tho machine of to-day has n piece of canvas cloth ou rollers. Along this the starch Hows and the rollers carry the collars along. Before tho col lars are starched, however, they are wiped and some of the wrinkles taken out. After starching they are laid ou a long zinc table and all carefully wiped in order that there may be no wrinkles, Tho girl who starches the shirts, gath ers up tho bosom and wristbands, put ting only these parts Into the machine, which then does the work In a very thorough manner. Tho shirt Is wiped until not a wrinkle Is left, nnd then hung up on n regular coat hanger, and a forlorn lookluj garment It Is, Did you over seo a man with n shirt bulging lu tho bosom? Well, the reason his shirt does that Is because there wasn't any clothespins put lu It nt the top ns It was hung up to dry. The pin will hold tlio two sides together straight, so that tho holes are directly over tho buttons, and so It will dry. At first glance tho drying room looks like tho locker room In the college gym nasium. In each locker there are side wall colls heated, and covered with net ting to protect the material. There Is also n double coll on the bottom, and tho temperature Is between liSO anil !10(l degrees. It Iff lined with galvanized Iron nnd between the I ton and wood is a sheet of nsbestos, After the shirt Is dried It Is again made wet, which seems a paradoxical thing to do to It, but It must be damp ened for the pressing, nnd this Is done by hand, and the process would be In teresting to tho homo laundress, who sprinkles the whole shirt generally. The skirt of the shirt Is put Into water, and by a dexterous turn of the hand tho bosom and sleeves nro wrapped In the wet part. When nil the shirts have been dampened they are put Into a press, n 6team press, which works on the same principle as the hydraulic prens. They aro kept In the press for thirty minutes, and the object is to make them of uni form dampness. After the shirt H taken from the press It la at last taken to tho tlrst Ironing ma chine, nnd the bosom Ironed. The ma chines, which stand In a row, have n board tho tdiape of a shirt bosom, and above tills are big Iron rollers. When tho operator wishes to. Iron tho shirt bosom, she simply puts a match to the gas heater and tho machine Is set In motion and thv shirt quickly Ironed without a single wrinkle or any dauger of scorching. V Most men remember when It was con sidered necessary for the shirt bosom to shine; but In these days of higher refinement gloss Is considered vulgar, nnd "domestic finish" the only accept able one. In one laundry more than 1)00 are honed In a day, with the use of three machines. "Speaking about stnrchlng," said one of tho head men of a laundry which boasts of having the best trade, "we lmvo not put any starch at all Into nt least half of the shirt waists which wo have Ironed this year. That Is. Into tho body of the waist. Of course, tho neck band and cuffs are starched, but the up-to-date young woman does not have any other part of It starched." Shirt waists are Ironed by hand, nnd many men prefer hand work ou their shirts. The shirt, after the bosom Is Ironed, COLLAR AND CVTV IltONF.tt. Is taken to the culling machine and the cuff Ironed. It Is then taken to the "sleever." Here one sees a heated roll, covered with tlauuel nnd muslin, and the object of the machine Is simply to Iron tho sleovos. Now the neckband must be Ironed, and after this the body Is run between gigantic rolls and Ironed. This machine Is nlso used for Ironing handkerchiefs, nud It looks very easy to operate It, and very wonderful that there should be no wrinkles lu the fabric, nnd It Is all done so gently that there seems no excuse for tearing the handkerchief. The shirt, with the skirt Ironed, Is now ready to bo "llnlshed," and this Is done by hand. There Is a brass ring, which may be made the size of tho col lar, and the neck Is lit ted over it, the buttons put In and the paper hand placed around It, and It Is ready for the Until steps. Tho collars In the meantime have been going through a somewhat differ ent process. They nro taken lu long sheets of " to (I yards, put In the extrac tor, then Into the steam press, and final ly through the collar Ironer. This con sists of two padded and one heated roll and requires two portions to operate. If there nro any raveled edges the collar la passed over to a machluo which will remedy that defect. The edge Is run over damp felt, then through the ma chine. Now, one would suppose the col lar was Ironed, but If It Is a collar ol a certain kind It must bo rolled, anil this Is so easy to do that n 1-year-old child coisl work the simple machine. To turn tho "winged" points of the collar there Is another machine. It Is fllmply a triangular steam Jet, over which the crease Is made. And now tho shirt and collar are Ironed and ready for the assorting room. The "mangle" work, which Is n fen turo of some laundries, by which table cloths, sheets and towels are Ironed, Is very simple lu appearance, that Is, lite machine Is, which seems to consist of two mtgo rollers, worked by steam, these pressing the piece nud Ironing It nicely. In every laundry the hand work Is of tho greatest Importance. Most of thr garments worn by women require to be Ironed by hand. Skirts, for Instance, have boards of their own upon which nu cxp 'ft Ironer pine s them, smoothing out tho wrinkles nnd applying the Iron In much the same way that tho work has been done for generations. It Is very Important that the girls who do tho hand work shall thoroughly under stand the business, nud they usually re ceive a much higher salary than the machluo girls, but the work Is, of course, much harder. All delicate fab rics aro Ironed by hand, and flannels, which are also carefully washed by themselves, nro smoothed by hand. After everything has been washed nud Ironed tho clothes are taken to a long table, tho collars occupying one section, tho shirts another, and so on, TIIK 1IOHOM iito.vr.it until tho table Is tilled. I'pu" tho wall aro the boxes of the customers, from .'(K) to GOO of them In llrst-class laun dries. Upon each box Is pinned tho slip nfter all the artlclcH have been placed lu tho box and the men who send out tho work can tell by tho lists ap pearing upon the box that all theclothes are ready for distribution. Of course, the same system may not prevail lu all laundries, but this Is a common one. The next step Is the wrapping of the bundles, nnd, finally, they are, placed lu baskets anil hauled to the wagon. Glancing down the long table recently one wondered how It could be possible to dlHtrlbuto Unit Immense pile of col lars. But a further Inspection discov ered tho fact that tho A's, tho IPs and tho C's wero each relegated to their own little piles, and the work much ex pedited. Hero wero Mr. Anderson's collars, for Instance, In tho A's pile, and there was Mr. Anderson's box. St, Louis Globe-Democrat. ,m J!l i J - ' W !,' i" k " SW E. THOMPSON RENTAL AGENCY. J.oatu, lloul Elate, l'lru Insurance. 2T.0 Stark Street. RMORY DRUG STORE Pure Drups and Chemical, Toilet Articles Stationery, Confectionery and Dumettlu Clears. Prescriptions a Specialty. N. W. Corner Tenth and Everett Streets, Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND ELECTRICAL AND MACH1NH WORKS. Electric MplittiiR and electric work of all kinds promptly executed. Has engines for launches Machinery of all kinds -made and repaired. Uasollue engines for Irrigation pur poses. EOOT OK MORRISON STREET. F. J. Cnoucit, Mgr., Portland, Oregon. OTEHNKEN A Jl'LIEN- Wholea1e and reatall grocers, HI3-.1U Rum side street, corner Sixth, Portland, Or. Tele phone, Oregon lllnek '.TO2, Columbia (!. riUHRD STREET PEED AND COMMISSION X House. Dealers lu hay, grain, Hour and all kinds of produce. Express and trans fer. W. S. 1. anthers, proprietor, J. W. Unttlti, matfager. 110 N. Thlid St., Porlland, Or. Columbia Telephone 4GI', Oregon Red 1S01. milK OKLKIIKATRI) SUIII.1T. MILWAUKEE 11KK11 On draught cor. Konrth and Morrison streets, Portland, Or. TTENRY EVERDINO COMMISSION MERCHANT Wholesale and Retail Dealer In HAY, GRAIN, FEED AND STAPLE GRO CKRIKS. IV 17 Front St. PORTLAND, OREGON Enterprise Pickling Works T. 8. FINNEGAN, Proprietor. Catsup, Pickles, Vinegar, Sauces, Cider, Mus tards, Chow Chow. Olives, Ollvo Oil, Etc. l'laii llraud Ilottled Pickles. East Alder Street and Union Avenue, PORTLAND, OREGON. Telephones, Oregon While IK, Columbia M8J. z rlMMERMAN PACKING COMPANY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MARKET Comer of Sixth and II Streets. Portland, Oregon. AAttoN 11. I.v.vv, Groik.i Kumi, FitKD. II. I.r.vv KRIBC3 & LEVY GROCERS. SOI Washington St. corner Tenth, Portland, Or. COFFEE AND TEA A SPECIALTY. Wo give Red Trading Stamps. Oregon Tele- pilOUU .MHlll PJ3, T F. SHEA-PLUMPING, STEAM AND GAS t) . FITTING. Dealer lu Plumbing and Heating Supplies. Engineers' Trimmings and Packings. General Agent for the Cleveland Faucet Co. Hot Water Heating a specially. Ko. ID and I'.' Second Strrot, Notth. Telephone C3U. Portland, Or. ESMOND HOTEL Portland, - Orogon. Front and Morrison Stroots. IIATKNt European Plan, 50c to $1.50 Per Day American Plan, $J to $2 Per Da OMMR ANDERSON, Manager. J. C. PENDEGAST. thief Clerk. WHEN YOU lll'V Furniture, Carpets and Stoves lOR HOrsEKEEPING Cut This Out and Get a Reduction at ..HENRY JENNINGS.. 172-174 First Stroot. Ladies' Suits Filteen cases just arrived direct from the Factory in New York. Every ap proved style in Jack ets; Suits and Capes. SILVERFIELD FUR MP'G CO. 283 and 285 Morrison St. Portland Eye and Ear Infirmary Diseases of the eyo and car treated from 10 a di. to 2 p. in. E)s tested for glam-s 8 k. in. to 6 p. in. 133 SIXTH ST., OREGONIAN BUILDING M. w VAND SOAP AND CHfvN H ssiHCri " 3 9B Bilssvl r I 5 PORTLAND, OREGON. XT 8IN8HEIMER-72 NORTH THIRD 8T Jtl. bet. Oak and Pino. Ilargalns In Second hand Pianos. Somo much better than a great many now ones. Tno Jacob Doll Latest Im proved Upright Piano, acknowledged tobotha best. Pianos rented, and rent to apply on ths purchase price. All on easy Installments, rhinos tuned and repaired. All work warranted. WHITE COLLAR LINE COLUMRIA RIVER PUOKT SOUND NAVI GATION CO. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Dally trips of steamer Ralloy Gat zcrtLoATC ftv.tri tiinrttttiif In tint witk nt 7 n'o.tnek. cxrent Sunday Returning, lea es Astoria every nlgnl lu tho week at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Whlto Collar Lino tickets and O. R. A N. Ccv tickets are InterehaUKcable ou steamers ltaltcr Gatzert and Havsalo. Olllce, Alder street dock. Tclcphono Mala Kl. Columbia 'phono Ml. U. II. SCOTT, President. A ?v. Ii Slioll Passenger Trains Ball! WITH THROUGH PARLOR CARS 11KTWI.KN Portland, Astoria5 Seaside Loaves 'For Maygcrs, Rain- Arrives Union Depot ler, Clatskan lu Union Heot Portland ucsipnri, iiiion, Astoria, Warren, ton, I'lavel, Gear hart Park and Sea side. l'ortiauu 1 :00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Astoria .t Seashore Express Dally. Astoria Express Dally. 11:13 a. m. 0:10 p.m. Ticket olllce, 'J.Vt Morrison street, and Union Jepot, Portland. j. c. MAYO, Gen. Pass. Agent, Astoria, Or. Denver & RioGrande R. R. SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD The Favorite Transcontinental Rout Between the Northwest and all Points East. Choico of Two Routes Through tho FAMOUS fjOCKVjVIOlJ(.TAlHSGE(lEfV And Four Routes East of Pueblo and Denver All passengers granted a day stop-over In the Mormon Capital or anywhere between Cgden and Denver. Personally conducted Tourist Excursions three days a week to Omaha, Kansas City, St, Louis, Chicago and the East, For tickets and any Information rcimrdlnft rates, routes, etc., or for ileerlptlo advertls. Inij matter, call ou agents of Oregon Hallway . Navigation Co , Oregon bhort I. tno or Southern PurlUe Companies S. K. HOOPER, R. C. NICHOL, General Pass ,t Ticket Geli.iral Agent, Agi'iil, il Nash. St. DENVER COL, PORTLAND, OR. T. M. Sinclair & Co. IMMCK I'AOKKItH. "Fidelity" Hams and Bacon Munufucluu'tl from ulioitu J own cornKl hug y'Vv.iy j Cveats,ndTrsde-Msiki obtained, and ull l"t-J Sent business conducted foi MootRAie Fees. Ouh Oirice is oecosiTe U.3 Ratint Office? and woian snuio lutein lu Us time limn luuse . i itinotoirom n uwnngion. , . . . ' ' bend model, (hawing or photo., with descilp- J tlon. Wo advlie if paicntuMa cr not, free olj ! clurgo. Our fee not duo till patent Is secured. I 1 A pAMPHitT, "How to Obtain Patents,'' with coit of same In the U. S. and furcigu countries! , sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&COJ LOFP PATKNT OrnCt, WAtHINQTOW DC ST0RI& & COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD CO AfSsfe MsP"slr BsA ysV9FSissMissisisis?ll9s VsssiHAh ssLsisisisisisisA'Vll I sstsstHtBsHasV ffiisisisisisisisVB El I '"Vi m llMl a "T 1 1 nWiSHiM Usai JasSHimJM f