. The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry. almost at a time and w^ould promise to haveevery garment washed, ironed and returned in lesstime than it w^ould have been possible for them tohave collected it. Their work, however, was entirelysatisfactory, but their manner of selecting clothingand their persistency in getting it mixed up as to. TEE FOURTH 0. V. 1. 185 owners was the source of no little annoyance to theirpatrons. There was no regular laundry in the city. Allthis work was done by women who took the clothingto the creek and there removed dirt and filth wi
. The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry. almost at a time and w^ould promise to haveevery garment washed, ironed and returned in lesstime than it w^ould have been possible for them tohave collected it. Their work, however, was entirelysatisfactory, but their manner of selecting clothingand their persistency in getting it mixed up as to. TEE FOURTH 0. V. 1. 185 owners was the source of no little annoyance to theirpatrons. There was no regular laundry in the city. Allthis work was done by women who took the clothingto the creek and there removed dirt and filth with theaid of soap, cold water and hard work. The garmentswere each given a good coat of cocoa soap and thenthey were squeezed and beaten on rocks. There wereno wash boards used, such as American women use forthat puipose, but these women squatted down in themiddle of the stream and rubbed the clothing on therocks wdth their hands or with corn cobs and smoothboard paddles. After they had been thoroughly cleansed in thisway they were carefully rinsed and spread out uponthe clean pebbles to dry. During the process of dry-ing, the women would take cocoanut shells of waterand sprinkle them. This, with the aid of the brightsun, rendered every piece as immaculately spotlessas when it left the store. Rio Guayama was literallylined with washerwomen during the entire sta
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