"Beats a washboard an' your knuckles, and, besides, it saves at least fifteen minutes in the week, an' fifteen minutes ain't to be sneezed at in this shebang." Running the collars and cuffs through the mangle was also Joe's idea.
That night, while they toiled on under the electric lights, he explained it.
"Something no laundry ever does, except this one.

An' I got to do it if I'm goin' to get done Saturday afternoon at three o'clock.

But I know how, an' that's the difference.

Got to have right heat, right pressure, and run 'em through three times.

Look at that!" He held a cuff aloft.
"Couldn't do it better by hand or on a tiler." Thursday, Joe was in a rage.