. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . of time or confusion ofthe work. Skirts and ladies underwear are usually ironed byhand. These goods have usually more or less fancywork on them, and unless it is ironed nicely it is neversatisfactory. A great deal of this kind of work re-quires fluting. For a great many years there has beenin use a small fluting machine which must be heatedby iron slugs and operated by hand. Manufacturershave recently been building fluting machines which areoperated by power and heated by gas. These machinesaccord wi
. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . of time or confusion ofthe work. Skirts and ladies underwear are usually ironed byhand. These goods have usually more or less fancywork on them, and unless it is ironed nicely it is neversatisfactory. A great deal of this kind of work re-quires fluting. For a great many years there has beenin use a small fluting machine which must be heatedby iron slugs and operated by hand. Manufacturershave recently been building fluting machines which areoperated by power and heated by gas. These machinesaccord with modern practice and are convenient to op-erate. This machine is illustrated in Fig. 89. It is necessary, when ironing a skirt, to iron it onwhat is called a skirt board. This, for conveniencesake, is made quite long, and is fastened to a table andprojects beyond it, so that the skirt may be pulledover the board without trouble. The board being onthe Inside of the skirt, as the skirt is ironed it is pulledaround, and the operation continues until the skirt hasbeen completely ironed. 308. rig. 89. PO-WER FLUTER.(S. H. Sinclair Co.) — 309 — The steam-heated body ironer is an excellent ma-chine with which to iron many pieces of family work,and especially is it valnable in laundries where nomangle is used. This machine is arranged with a feed-ing table, which makes it very convenient to iron suchpieces as napkins or handkerchiefs, which requirestraight edges and square corners. Care must be ex-ercised when ironing handkerchiefs and napkins onthis machine to get them square and straight so thatthe edges and corners will fold evenly. The tablemay be thrown back from the feeding roll, permittingthose goods to be ironed which necessitate having a cov-ered roll operate within the garment. This machineis used in some laundries for ironing shirt bodies andsleeves. It produces excellent results when the damp-ness is just right, but when the goods are a little drythey are not ironed a
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