Now you have the requirements, you can take your choice after you have gone about comparing and examining all the different types. DRYERS “What about the dryers?” They are one of the things that you could get along without if you wanted to waste time in drying. They are expensive to buy, but you are never held up by weather. They dry clothes a good color and you do not miss the sun. They are heated by their own heat, electric or gas, or can be attached to the coal stove and get the overflow heat. They are made to allow no heat to escape even when extended. (See illustration.) Up until late years women not convicts have been time servers. But long before the vote was women’s, there was a mighty revolt and women decided it became them better to be time savers and not time servers. For this reason in gallant fashion manufacturers have rushed to fill the needs of women in their homes and from soaps to ironing machines have they labored and not in vain. For example, in ancient days if it rained on Monday (then called Moan day) or was Monday humid, the work either had to be given up because drying was impossible or the whole household work had to be dislocated by the transference of wash day to a more sunny occasion, to a day when drying was not a theory but an inevitable accomplishment. No longer need we say, “If at first you can’t succeed, dry, dry again.” For the heated air dryer has come for the laundry of the private home as well as for the apartment cellar, and drying has become an indoor sport rather than an outdoor hazard. These dryers are merely galvanized metal of from two to ten compartments from 46″ to 53″ wide and about 5′ high. The compartments pull out as easily as a watch stem and each drying rack has six drying rods 66″ long or a total of 33′ of rack. Each rack is about 10″ wide. The ordinary length of the rack is 5′ 10″ and the distance from the back of the cabinet to the end of the racks is about 11′ 8″. When the cabinet is closed the track which protrudes overhead can be used to hang clothes on. The overhead track is far more convenient than the floor wheels upon which some racks pull out, as the floor, should it be uneven, will prevent ease of operation of the racks and annoyance will ensue. Single dryers can be bought with two racks only 23″ or so wide for smaller rooms. These cabinets can be sunk flush in the wall and take up no more room if the building is so constructed or lie against or at right angles to the wall. The heat does not permeate the room in well-made dryers. Any stove used in the laundry should not be in connection with the dryer. The dryer which really does its work should: 1. Not overheat clothes. 2. Not sweat them. 3. Not turn them yellow. 4. Thoroughly ventilate them. 5. Remove all odors. 6. Dry them rapidly. 7. Make them easy to iron. THEORY AND PRACTICE