| Show T RR RR EEEEEEE----EEE---- The next morning the tub was removed from the tripod and turned upside down onfour foot square board and the solidified but soft contents removed This was cut into squares and set onboard in the sun to cure and dry Asreward for helping Mama she let us each autographbar of soap by scratching our names in one of the squares To us it was as great an honor to have our names engraved inbar of Mamahome-nade soap as to have had it chiseled inslab of marble When the soap was dry it was boxed and stored ready for use on the weekly Saturday wash day It was my assignment aslad on with attached with the that morning to gratebar or two of this soap intopowder To do thisusedgadget Papa had made which wasdiscarded rolling pin withplece of galvanized tin nailed around it that had been punched full of holes withlarge nail This was placed onframe hopper over it and crank to turn the cylinder The soap was placed in the hopper and as the soap came in contact sharp edges of the tin and as the cylinder turned the soap was grated into powder similar to today New Improved These and many other recollections rushed through my mind asstood watching this New Inproved detergent do its duty wondered if in truth detergent and was easily dissolved in hot water it was any better home-made soap of long ago or even as good as Mamawondered again perchance did Johnny Procter mother nd Billy Gamble mother pool their resources and expertise soap-naking and formcompany to make soap for other pecplelater becane known as Procter Gamble If Mama had done this wondered what the name of Mamacompany would have been But even sowould emphatically say today that Mama was the Procter FAMILY of yester-year Source Personal recollection of the author |
