| Show are so lucky we only have to go1blocks to the big creek Pa hitcheshorse to the lizzard with two barrels Itso easy for him to 1iftfull bucket of water For me half bucket is heavy and some of it spills down my neck My back is beginning girl to reach the tub on this board for hours It cracked so easily when mean to But this new to the am metal hurt Ithard forten-year-old bench have been rubbing clothes on sorrybroke motherglass washboard poured hot water on it really didnwashboard is so much better know it was hard for mother to get the forty-five cents But it works so well am sure there will never bebetter way to get clothes clean The pile is getting here comes mother with an bhoard forward and pushes need to soak Here is an sleeves and legs will smaller and armful of the clothes extra bar need extra will soon be through No dirty underwear She lifts my behind it saying These will of homemade soap The long rubbing How is the new board Oh mother itso good am sure there will never bebetter way to clean clothes Butwish all the clothes were small like the sizefor baby Pabig union suits are so hard to wring the water out of My hands can hardly reach around them Mother is too busy in the house to help me She has to keep the copper boiler boiling and the wood burns up so fast Each batch of clothes has to boil at least 15 minutes Then she lifts them out into the rinse water then through the blueing water She haslarge bucket of starch where all the petticoats dresses aprons shirt collars and cuffs as well as tidies and lace-trimmed pillow cases must be starched grated some potatoes to make the starch early this morning Some women use flour but mother prefers potato starch Each time the door openscan smell beans cooking Why do we always have beans on washday Well really do like them especially the meat from the home-cured ham It5clock andam hanging the last of the clothes on the line It is so cold that my fingers are nearly frozen My hands look so funny all wrinkled from being in water all day must hurry Mother needs me to help carry the tubs of water out Every drop must go ontree or bush as water is too precious to waste It is so hot in this housecan hardly stand it Mother is stuffing the stove with cedar wood to keep the irons hot The entire day must be spent ironing How gladam for this new set of flat irons with detachable handles Nowalways havecool handle No longer willburn my hands when the cover slips or is too small on the old one-piece sad irons This whole tub of clothes mother dampened yesterday must be ironed Thereall those petticoats with tucks and ruffles and Pacotton shirts especially the white stiff fronts on the ones he wears to church Even the 36-inch baby dresses must be ironed The pretty lace and tucks must lie smooth -50 |
