Wash tub 

Doin' The Wash

Anonymous note (ca 1900) on display at the Whistler Museum and Archives in Whistler, British Columbia

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Recipe For Washing Clothes

 

  1. Build fire in back yard to heat kettle.
  2. Set tubs so smoke won't blow in eyes if wind is pert.
  3. Shove one whole cake of lye soap in boiling water.
  4. Sort things. Make 1 pile of coloured, 1 pile white, 1 pile breeches and rags
  5. Stir flour in cold water to smooth. Thin down with boiling water. Starch
  6. Rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard then boil. Rub coloured but don't boil. Just rinse and starch.
  7. Take white things out of kettle with broom handle. Then rinse, blue and starch.
  8. Spread tea towels on grass; others on fence
  9. Put rinse water on flower beds
  10. Scrub porch with soapy water
  11. Turn over tubs to drain
  12. Go put on a clean dress. Smooth hair with side combs. Brew tea. Sit and rest. Rock a spell. Count your blessings.

 

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