| 单词 | laundress |
| 例句 | We could have afforded a laundress, she thought; it wasn’t fair. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z So may a laundress washing the clothing of such victims, which may have absorbed enough parathion to affect her. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The ship could always use dishwashers or laundresses, she had heard, and so she would work her way to San Francisco where Amy, her pen pal, lived. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In time she created a whole miniature world of household animals and people engaged in every trade: carpenters, laundresses, cooks, each with his or her own tiny tools and furniture. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But the image of the laundress, dazed with prayer, will not leave me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Before her hands could get the different but equally tough skin of a laundress, her knuckles split with the rubbing and wringing, and ran blood into the rinse tubs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “They hadn’t brought any servants with them, so there was that. Serving at table, or in the kitchens. And there were chambermaids, gardeners, laundresses.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That last day, I washed there again in the James and saw the laundresses mashing the clothes and talked real sweet to them and offered to do some wringing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Alyce asked the kitchen maid skinning a pig in the manor yard, the laundress boiling great kettles of goose fat for soap, the carpenters fashioning a coffin for Old Ned, who had died that morning. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z To that end, another bronze sculpture set in a reflecting pool, “Last Garment,” depicts a laundress at work. US artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z And it reflected a view that was racist in its own way: Sure, it’s great to educate blacks, as long as they’re educated to be chauffeurs and laundresses. Television Review: Considering Separate but Equal on PBS 2010-05-23T21:57:00Z Spa, with its hotels and casinos, swarmed with coachmen and cleaners, waiters, cooks and the laundresses who organized themselves in small ateliers. Going to a spa? Try the original one, in Belgium. 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z What is the difference between an honest and a dishonest laundress? 30 delightful puns from the Victorian Era 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z When was the last time laundresses, embittered alcoholic single moms and hard-working ballerinas got to belt out their dreams? ‘Little Dancer’: Big roles for women in the Susan Stroman, Tiler Peck ballet musical In 1904 he made a painting after Degas’s “Woman Ironing,” translating the earlier work’s sturdy Parisian laundress into a pinched figure with a bony, raised shoulder. Art Review: Who?s the Voyeur Now, Picasso? 2010-08-26T22:37:00Z Later, she becomes a spy, repeatedly crossing enemy lines disguised as an Irish peddler and a black laundress, among other identities. ‘I’m in this war too!’: U.S. Army Women’s Museum gives credit where it’s due 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z That was the sense conveyed in the dark, gold-flecked tweeds at Louis Vuitton, the layers of jackets and vests over untucked white shirts, a style that somehow suggests laundresses and narcissism. 2010-01-23T11:51:00Z Years after I graduated, I read about a great mathematician whose laundress felt sorry for him because he couldn't add up his laundry list. Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos| Book review 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z In all, 161 people were buried there: soldiers and scouts, traders and laundresses, Americans of European descent and Native Americans, wives and children. In North Dakota, Boom, Bust and Oil 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z A few of the many Degas works featured in the show include his paintings of laundresses washing and ironing, sketches of debonair men with dubious intentions lurking backstage at the ballet and “The Absinthe Drinker.” For ‘Little Dancer’ set designer Beowulf Boritt, windows into the soul Translated elegantly from French by Willard Wood, the book recounts what is known about the sculpture’s model, Marie van Goethem, a laundress’s daughter who was eventually fired from the opera for absenteeism. Review | A fascinating look at the girl who inspired Degas’ ‘Little Dancer’ sculpture 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The subject of the sculpture, Marie van Goethem, was the daughter of a laundress and tailor and one of the ballet “rats” at the Paris Opera. The Kennedy Center Brings Degas’s Work to Life 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z From emancipated sharecroppers to domestic servants, laundresses, blacksmiths and carpenters, Black laborers used apparel as a creative outlet amid dire conditions and despite limited resources, says the brand. L.A. spring won't arrive soon enough. These 12 pop-ups and events will help you get ready 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z His father was a roofer, and his mother was a laundress. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans rock-and-roll pianist, dies at 89 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Folding the napkin might also indicate that your family did not have a laundress, so the napkins were used for several meals before washing, but that is hardly what one would call low-class. Advice | Miss Manners: Should I send a Valentine’s Day card to a man I haven’t met? 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z When the rain finally returned earlier this year, Ms. Vaolina — the farmer turned laundress — joined the other climate refugees in the refugee camp as they danced in the rain. ‘Life Brought Me Here.’ An Island Nation Adapts to a Changing Climate 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z She worked as a nanny, a laundress, a seamstress and a house cleaner, never imagining, she said, that the racial order of American society would change. Virginia McLaurin, centenarian who danced with Obamas, dies 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z In contemplating the record Powerball, I found myself thinking of Oseola McCarty, the laundress of Hattiesburg, Miss., who saved her few spare nickels each week for 75 years, rather than gambling them away. Opinion | $1.6 billion Powerball pot. Who wins and who pays? It’s murky. 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Other women found jobs in the Union army as cooks and laundresses. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The family lived in an African American neighborhood where many people worked as maids, butlers, chauffeurs, laundresses and cooks, according to the census. A young WWII soldier’s remains could be those of Spike Lee’s lost cousin 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z The reason is simple: Had the money not been handed over to Haiti’s former slaveholders, it would not have remained in the hands of the coffee farmers, laundresses, masons and others who earned it. The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The reason is simple: Had the money not been handed over to Haiti’s former slaveholders, it would have been spent in the Haitian economy — by the coffee farmers, laundresses, masons and others who earned it. The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Her father was later a caretaker and her mother a laundress and the owner of a boardinghouse. Carrie P. Meek, U.S. Lawmaker Who Made Racial History, Dies at 95 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Going by the frequency with which the jobs turn up in the want ads, dressmakers, laundresses, chambermaids and cooks were in high demand. Perspective | For Labor Day: Recollecting some of the labors of 19th-century Washingtonians 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Gerald Wanzer, one of the shareholders, said the records examined by the seminary had revealed new details about several members of his family who worked there as general laborers, laundresses and janitors. Seminary Built on Slavery and Jim Crow Labor Has Begun Paying Reparations 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z The backyard is scattered with dozens of buttons, remnants of Maria Maynard’s time as a laundress. Headstone of wealthy 19th century free Black man found in Annapolis cemetery 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Catherine Lynch, an Irish immigrant and laundress, moved to Elm Street around 1870 when the house was divided into apartments. Perspective | This might be Washington’s oldest house, but it came from New England 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z Some were doctors and business executives, he says, but many were laborers, cooks and laundresses. Perspective | They were names on headstones until the pandemic. Then they became reminders that ‘Georgetown was Black.’ 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z But this story starts at the beginning of the 20th century, when the middle-aged mother is toiling as a laundress, with little time to worry about the thinning hair tucked under her turban. In 'Self Made,' Octavia Spencer gives an unsung heroine her spectacular due 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z During the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. Movies on TV for Oct. 6-12: 'Throne of Blood' and more 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z A Creole laundress takes a stage star’s place on opening night, and the audience loves her. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z One of the early figures in Coconut Grove was Mr. Bethel’s great-grandmother Mariah Brown, a laundress in Key West who became a Grove innkeeper and built her two-story home on what is now Charles Street. Utter Devastation Unites Miami’s Bahamians 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z His mother was an Australian-born laundress who later married the lawyer who worked on her divorce. Tim Bell, swaggering PR executive and spin doctor for Margaret Thatcher, dies at 77 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Milda, her mother, took care of other people’s children and was a laundress in a hospital. Vija Celmins’s Surface Matters 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z With that immaculate sheet, Mitchell suggests the laundress, the bygone station of so many black women, in their own confident beauty, delivering white linens to the white master's big white house. Opinion | The historic blackness of Tyler Mitchell and Beyoncé’s Vogue cover 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Every time I see a Loeb Properties “For Lease” sign — and there are dozens across the city — I remember those underpaid black laundresses. Opinion | How Memphis Gave Up on Dr. King’s Dream 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Learning Heard was imprisoned and set to be executed, she established a relationship with the British officers by serving as their laundress. Women Declaration Independence Revolutionary War 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Nothing was too great or trivial, from the stipends of parish clergy and the royal laundress’s pension to his comments on military campaigns. America’s last king: The unsettling parallels between King George III and Donald Trump 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z So may a laundress washing a victim’s clothing. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z His father was a public accountant and his mother a cook or laundress, depending on the account, but for murky reasons they were gone from his life in early childhood. Manuel Noriega, Dictator Ousted by U.S. in Panama, Dies at 83 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z At the time, Harriett Muse was working as a maid and laundress in Roanoke and, though illiterate, had found out her sons were coming to town. American freakshow: the extraordinary tale of Truevine’s Muse brothers 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Yes, she grew up with her five siblings in a Park Avenue duplex with a nanny, cook, chauffeur and laundress. Opinion | ‘This Close to Happy’: The risks of going public about depression 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Black women were required to do many kinds of work, including domestic jobs as cooks, nurses, maids and laundresses. Baton Rouge: A city that grew up around present-day downtown 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z My father was a gardener for the local squire and my mother was the laundress. He Was Convicted for Being Gay. 42 Years Later, He Wants an Apology. 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The son of a laundress, Zaitsev grew up in a communal apartment in the Soviet Union, where fashion was officially outlawed. Russian fashion legend Zaitsev to show latest collection 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Soon after his move to Paris, he took up with a near-illiterate laundress, who bore him five children, and made his first tentative forays into salon society. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Typical of her movies was a bit part as a laundress in the 1952 comedy “Monkey Business,” where the star lineup included Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe and Ginger Rogers. EXCHANGE: Actress spent childhood days in Moweaqua 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Wyllys' mother worked as a laundress and later a domestic servant; his father was an auto painter. A lightning rod for attacks by Brazil's right wing 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Both the Continental Army and the British Army enlisted women as cooks and laundresses. This Is How Politically Inferior Women Were After the American Revolution 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z His father, a railroad worker, left the family when Marques was 3 or 4, and he was raised by his mother, Hattie, a domestic worker and laundress. Marques Haynes, Harlem Globetrotters’ Star Dribbler, Dies at 89 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z His mother was a laundress and maid, and his father was a grocery clerk and stevedore. Terence A. Todman, U.S. ambassador to six nations, dies at 88 At Fort Ward, visitors can talk to soldiers as well as the people who accompanied them from camp to camp, such as laundresses. When the Civil War came to Washington: Reliving the Battle of Fort Stevens This includes domestic personnel "such as maids, cooks, waiters, valets, butlers, laundresses, gardeners, gatekeepers, stable-lads, chauffeurs, caretakers, governesses, babysitters, tutors, secretaries", to name just a few. A life below stairs 2012-09-21T23:57:36Z There was sometimes a lavender or laundress, and there were one or more women servants, to help with the housework and the brewing. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It was not the custom of the early eighteenth century for a French noble to propose marriage to a former laundress who was playing utility parts in a third-rate road show. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The river would have been busy that morning, with bathers, laundresses and schoolchildren brushing their teeth. Haiti?s Cholera Outraced the Experts and Tainted the U.N. 2012-03-31T20:57:22Z At Fort Ward, Union and Confederate troops will have erected their own campsites that visitors also can stroll through, talking to soldiers about equipment, meeting the camp laundress and watching drills. When the Civil War came to Washington: Reliving the Battle of Fort Stevens If you are economical with your tailor, you can be extravagant with your laundress. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z There were also two laundresses for the convent. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The other woman chanced to be their laundress, who, presumably, was more kissable, if less inspiring, than was the newly acclaimed celebrity on whom Sandeau had been lavishing his fickle affections. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Apolonia, a smiling, rubicund old dame, with a keen sense of humour, acted as laundress. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Maso, in truth, in his third-best suit, and obliged to be economical regarding the bills of the cobbler's wife, who acted as his laundress, did not present an attractive appearance. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The statistics of the London Fever Hospital show that laundresses are more liable to contract typhoid fever than the immediate attendants upon the sick. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z I wonder if we can find a laundress anywhere around. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z Professor Upham of the United States, mentions a blind girl who could select her own articles out of a basket of linen brought in by the laundress. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z I shall never forget the first time Apolonia, the laundress, appeared to deliver up our clean linen and to receive her just recompense. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Its favourite victims are cooks, though laundresses, seamstresses, and even clerks in stores, suffer from it much more than those engaged in other occupations. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z The woman, who was a laundress, had received a bundle of linen belonging to a person recently arrived from Egypt, and the husband opened the bundle and unfolded the pieces. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The employment of feeble-minded women as domestics, factory operatives, laundresses, clerks, and nursemaids constitutes not only a nuisance to the general public, but a real source of inefficiency and danger to the community. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z This condition of the atmosphere is the plague of laundresses and hair-dressers at the great houses: the ringlets you see in Newport are natural. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z "It's both stuck up and med up she is," the Irish laundress declared. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z We have—I pray you observe the distinction, gentle reader—laundresses in abundance. The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z The blinds of the ground-floor rooms are probably drawn because the hand laundresses do not like to be criticised too closely by the neighbours, who are also their business rivals. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Mrs. Aylmer, laundress and charwoman, might own the room and pay the rent for it, but that made no difference—it was Jo's. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z If a person at a hotel asks for a laundress, he is answered: "Yes, man, I will get a lady to wash your clothes." Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z "I know what that means," the laundress answered. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z “Ah, Biddy, an English laundress would not ‘run after the soldiers!’” The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z But clients pay little attention to the attire of laundresses in chambers. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z The little princess of Tower Hill and the child of the poor laundress were both pronounced out of danger. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z Had there been schemes of escape concocted by the few friends remaining to royalty, as doubtless there were, it would be scarcely strange if the laundress had been involved in them. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z "Then why couldn't that Dutch cook have said so?" the laundress asked, indignantly. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z English laundresses indeed! they haven’t power in their elbow to wash white.” The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z The grisette is a milliner, or laundress, or dressmaker, or embroiderer, or burnisher, or stringer of pearls, or something else—but she has a trade. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z She said it was for the new laundress. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z Suddenly the woman turned, caught sight of the pair, and made a dash at Jean who ducked, slid aside and came out unharmed quite behind the enraged laundress. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z "She's the wan an' the other," said the laundress, with a laugh. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z I had had enough; I fled from the laundress; I seemed to be pursued by soapsuds. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z I to be married out of hand like a laundress of the coulisse! The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Why shouldn't a laundress have nice things done for her? and if this is a poor lonely stranger coming from a long way off, it's quite right for mother to welcome her. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z The laundress shuddered, as with bated breath she named the sum,—a fortune in her eyes. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z The Irish laundress and the French maid looked at each other for a moment, and then both laughed. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Oh, no! she may be your laundress, who knows? Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Flurry's handwriting was an unattractive blend of the laundress's bill, and the rambling zigzags of the temperature chart, but he exhibited no more of it than was strictly necessary in getting to the point. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z "The laundress' family are in good spirits," remarked Ralph, and then he gave a sharp little knock, and Maggie prepared her speech. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z Yes, we need a laundress badly, and no doubt they will be glad to have found one so soon. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z "It's not outside they get the first news, is it?" the laundress inquired. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z No laundress is more cunning in the exercise of her vocation. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z I believe the Queen’s laundress uses no other. Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing 2011-11-21T03:00:13.640Z Oh, yes, mother, we'd like to go to tea with the little laundresses. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z Therefore, carry among your baggage two clothes-bags; one to be taken away by the laundress, the other to receive your clothes in the interval. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z The Irish laundress now began to descend the spiral stairs. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z "Woman, why did you not offer it to the Ecce Homo of Mercy?" asked an old laundress of the house, in some surprise. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The admission of strangers is jealously restricted, and on no account must a woman enter the College, except a laundress, who must be of safe age. Oxford and Her Colleges 2011-11-02T02:00:09.560Z I assure you the market cries aloud for house-keepers, nurses, laundresses, sempstresses. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z "A laundress!" exclaimed Meg, looking at her pale, thin face; "then that's what makes you so tired?" Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z "Who is it they have to dinner, after all?" the laundress inquired. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The quartermaster was out a horse and equipments, and several confiding enlisted men and laundresses were defrauded of money loaned the dashing sergeant. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z Batlet, bat′let, n. a wooden mallet used by laundresses for beating clothes. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The chief use of cobalt is for making smalt; but the powder and the blue-stone used by laundresses is a preparation made by the Dutch of a coarse kind of smalt. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Another negress about 20 or 21 years old, good cook and laundress, healthy and without defects, for three hundred pesos. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z It was her cousin, the laundress's daughter, who occupied that position. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z She is a laundress, but in her former life she was, I am sure, a queen. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z He locks up my linen-cupboard ... because I wear too many chemises and send too many things to the wash and employ too expensive a laundress! The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z He called her Evadne when he was talking about the moon; when he required her pity because the laundress had faded his best shirt, he called her Sal. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Many of these French "Dominicans" established themselves as nurses, laundresses and seamstresses. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z She asked Nellie for a French laundress, and Nellie put her shawl right over her head and run up and asked me if I had time for that, too. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z It was a woman, a gabbling laundress, who first told him of the rumor, and Mrs. Charlton saw him hastening to the telegraph office just as she had finished reading the letter. Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains 2011-09-15T02:00:11.393Z He sold high functions of State, and also those belonging to low degree, even to that of laundress to the Queen. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z There were shirtwaists and blouses galore, but it was too early for many wash-skirts to be going to the laundress. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z The drudgery of laundering was lifted, the work being intrusted to several capable laundresses in the vicinity. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z I said I was willing to try, so I'm a French laundress too, now. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z It seems, however, that he did not remain in seclusion till the end, for he is mentioned as marrying in secret a widow who had once been a laundress. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z It was a rather clever idea, as things seem now in this time of general shortage, to steal a lady, house and all, not forgetting the cook and laundress. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z With a bundle of clothes in her hand, and a muffler over her face, she went out, and passed down unsuspected to the boat which was waiting to take the laundress across the lake. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z He hastened past groups of gunners, labourers, brewers' men, laundresses, and apprentices, and finally came to Great Hop-Garden Street. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Mrs. Quinn was an excellent laundress, and managed better without him. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z Together with Lord Sandhurst, the present Under Secretary for War, he championed the cause of the laundresses. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z With this old lady there lived an old cook, an old second-maid, an old laundress and an old coachman. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Well, I thought Mrs Faucit would be so kind as to allow the laundress to get up this dress. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z It was not until I became steersman of a raft and was earning four gulden a week that I married an honest girl, a laundress, and she bore me a daughter. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z The street where the laundress lived was narrow and crowded with children playing in the middle of the road, and progress was rather slow. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z The laundress had a heart that could feel for another, and she had connections that could aid her. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The coachman nodded on his box, the laundress in her tubs, but the cook was spry despite her years. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Failing these reforms, mistresses will probably continue to find themselves obliged to put up with cooks who cannot cook, and housemaids and laundresses who are both ignorant and incompetent. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z She had found a new laundress whom she could highly recommend. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z A few small tables stood scattered here and there; and the sole accommodation for sitting consisted of one high stool, such as laundresses use when ironing. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z He can sleep on my coal-box, and, perhaps, when the laundress comes in the p. 71morning, she will be able to clean him up a bit, and I’ll see what can be done for him.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z And when the ancient laundress came by I speculated whether, after a sudden splash, she would emerge a dazzling princess. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z "They also were negotiating some sales with the laundress, of cast-off clothing." Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z The latter is conducted upon the utilitarian plan—each lady, in turn, has to perform the offices of cook, laundress, and gardener; and, I need hardly say, that it is admirably conducted. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z When the large baskets of clean linen are weekly brought from the laundress, she selects her own garments without hesitation, however widely they may be dispersed among the mass. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z The laundresses were employed partly in steam laundries and partly in private families and came home at night. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z Others had become capable of following a calling, either in the asylum as attendants, or outside as seamstresses, ironers, laundresses, domestic servants, etc. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z The fire broke out and now the old laundress has the clothes and the money, too. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z For some time there had been a cook, a waitress, a laundress, and an experienced gardener as well. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z That £5 you owe your laundress is just so much borrowed of the poor woman, and without interest, too. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z She had charged a laundress with taking away some of the family linen. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The trade of her husband was that of a porter, and she pursued, in addition to the care of a numerous family, the business of a laundress. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The place seemed chiefly given over to laundresses. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z He also resolved to avoid rough pavements as much as possible, in order to spare his shoes; and finally to give out less washing to the laundress. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z This is one of the many tips Ely is preparing to pass on to the next generation of butlers, housekeepers, chauffeurs, governesses, housemen, personal assistants, laundresses, and chefs. Butler School: In Service of Those Who Serve 2011-05-19T21:00:03Z Think what these tints will be, transposed, distorted, By English laundress, flower-girl, and sported By cook or nursemaid! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 5th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.440Z To remove her doubts, the first use which Constantia made of her recovered strength was to visit her laundress. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z A good laundress could have removed the ink if she had had the cover before any one else experimented with it. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z The old laundress answered the knock, seemed greatly surprised when he inquired for her master, and raised the corner of her apron to her eyes. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z She was of such vigorous constitution, that until recently, she carried on her regular occupation of laundress or "wash-'oman," as she calls herself. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Finally she broke out into a jolly rippling laugh and said, "I know what's the matter, Sandy has been carrying your sugar off to the laundresses." Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z At last he found her in the outskirts of the city, living in a hay-loft, and earning the barest pittance by spreading out linen for the laundresses to dry. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z There was a laundress working there that afternoon, and I remember she told me she had had a trunk sent to the trunk-room. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z A group of persons, laundresses and porters, such as may often be seen gossiping in the inns of court, was congregated at the entrance, conversing earnestly, but in low tones. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z The laundress—the last to appear—has just arrived, and Aunt Octavia is in fine humor. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z He did better afterwards but I still think the laundresses got some sugar. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z "Well, I believe I can find something to drink by a little search," said Salter, with a knowing wink at the laundress and chambermaid. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z He was very particular, too, about his linen, and often sent his shirts back to the laundress unworn because they were not done up to suit him. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z His chambers were perpetually closed, and the old woman, who acted as his laundress, knew nothing at all concerning her master's movements. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z She entreated to be employed in some school for daughters of military officers, there being a demand for such service; but the young gentleman ordered her to go as laundress to the barracks at Mohilew! The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Then I worked as laundress in the U.S. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z He picked up a flat-iron which was moderately warm, reversed the relined picture on a marble slab, and began to iron it out with the skill and precaution of an expert laundress doing frills. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Nor can it be cook's, because hers is grown up: so it must be the laundress's. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z In that crowd are men and women from every sect and every political party, ranging in color from the pink of the factory superintendent’s bald head to the ebony of the discreetly dressed negro laundress. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z My laundress at Port Royal was Rosa, a young colored woman, who escaped from Charleston in 1862, with her husband and four other persons, in a small boat. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Workmen in blouses, brewers' drays, laundresses' and butchers' carts passed along. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z He took care of my linen like a woman, washing it himself when we were at sea, and sending it to some careful laundress when in port. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z He belongs to the laundress, I think," says Lilian, "but I'm not quite sure. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Passing one day through a wretched quarter of the East Side in search of a dilatory laundress, my steps halted in front of a cheap toy-shop. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z His linen had evidently been whiter when it left the hands of the laundress. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z So I remembered how you found his door open, and went in and spoke to the laundress. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z Her mother, Frances, boarded the baby with a woman living on Mulberry Bend, on the Lower East Side, while working double shifts as a laundress at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Case Shined First Light on Abuse of Children 2009-12-15T23:43:00Z "Oh, thank you, Sir Guy; I'm sure I'm much obliged to you, Miss Chesney," says the laundress, turning the color of a full-blown peony, through excitement. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z There was not a trace in them of the stiffness and glaze which are the artistic triumphs of the professional laundress. The Undying Past But she toiled in the harvest-field—she sewed, she knitted, she span—she was the laundress of the gentry in the neighbourhood—she was beloved of all, and nothing came wrong to bonny Menie Morrison. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 He has an old laundress, who pretends to keep his rooms clean.' The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z There are just the two of us, and the servants: a cook, two housemaids, a laundress, a butler and a chauffeur. The Window at the White Cat A gentleman does not argue with a cabman, or invite his laundress to dinner. The Man Who Rose Again "Why don't you earn money enough to keep a laundress of your own?" asked his sister. The Undying Past We afterwards found she was the laundress of the establishment, and this was the costume in which she presided at the wash-tub. Glories of Spain So I just found out the old woman—the laundress—as you did, George, and I gave her money, and she told me that Mr. Gray was at his Chambers almost every Saturday afternoon. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z "From the butcher, from the grocer, from the laundress, from the baker; they all are clamoring for money." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 "The—the poor young lady's maid!" said the laundress, with a sudden snivel. In And Out The poor little rills do a dozen tasks before they reach the laundresses and the beach. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu But I know your letter was all about a young woman who has got herself into a mess and wants to come to you now as maid or laundress. Faith and Unfaith And a fourth: 'I am the laundress who does for Mr. Edmund Gray. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z La!" quoth she, with a smoothing out of her apron suggestive of her employment as laundress, "show a dog that you want his bone and you'll never get it. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The queen had succeeded in leaving the castle in the disguise of a laundress, and was already seated in the boat, to cross the lake, when she betrayed herself by raising her hand. Lives of Celebrated Women The Genoese laundress brought me diplomatic messages; to these I returned laconic and meaningless answers, without betraying the reason of my sudden coldness. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Her economic utility as a cook and as a laundress in her husband’s house tends to approach zero. The Women of Tomorrow He is described by the landlord of the rooms and by his laundress as an elderly gentleman.' The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z This morning the laundress was also homesick for New York; and she has gone back there. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance The shabby old laundress who had made my bed and served my breakfast was pottering about the rooms. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. And with much ceremonious leave-taking the laundress backed out of the office and hurried back to her tubs. Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 When you pack for the sea shore or the mountains, fill a tray of your trunk with Ivory Soap and require your laundress to use it. Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 Said the laundresses: 'He looks as if he'd seen a ghost.' The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z An experienced laundress will tell you that shirts never look as white as when washed with Ivory Soap. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 My laundress had evidently chosen this as a good time for her holiday. Man and Maid The latter, the son of a laundress, was a graceful and soldierly boy, dark-complexioned, with black eyes and hair, who bestrode his mule with easy confidence, riding like a Cossack. Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 I am mercenary because the money’s useful, and enables a man to pay his laundress; and as to being a coward, I am—a dreadful coward. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One A laundress is like the Hall Porter of a Club: you must not ask her about any of her gentlemen. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z What is the difference between an honest and dishonest laundress? The Handbook of Conundrums The young man glanced at the marmalade jar, at the crooked cloth stained with tea, which his laundress had spread for his breakfast. Man and Maid Diana was a middle-aged negro woman, who, with her husband, July, lived in a cabin near the mill, acting as laundress for the hospital. Anne The head laundress, who personally “did up” the finest pieces in “the wash,” found her pile of them deluged with blueing, so that her work had to be done all over again. Dorothy at Oak Knowe He was a real personage—a living man—not a Firm—one known to the landlord of the Chambers, and to the laundress, if to nobody else. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z My clothes have come from the laundress with the bill. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things But the laundress’s attitude to the new Mrs Wood had a sting that was almost punishment enough to the wife, had Michael only known, for all that she had done amiss. Man and Maid This information was given me apropos of that surprising interruption of one's relations with the laundress which is apparently characteristic of the period. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. She's a fine cleaner and laundress, so of course she could always get good places. The Rosie World We want somethin' younger than them old laundresses,' said the newspaper boy. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z It was not until two days afterward that I succeeded in finding Thomas Donovan, a lad about fourteen years old, whose mother Phœbe is a laundress, and does up laces and fine muslins. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The laundress had only known the old wife as “Mrs Wood.” Man and Maid Soon after I got into bed I was surprised to hear a voice in the dining-room, where the laundress was lighting a fire. Old and New London Volume I Alas! they would take her for a laundress. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. I A pore laundress has eyes and ears and hands, but she hasn't got a tongue. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z Now we have this ceaseless dunning every day: one day it’s the butcher, the next the baker, and the day after the laundress,—and they all want money. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day I've tested lots of them: the cook, the laundresses, the furnace man, the steward—and when they come to consider, they can't recall a dozen words a day. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon You know he is a married man, and his wife has been my laundress for over five years. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. "To headquarters!" shouted the captain, at the foremost laundress in the rout. The Plow-Woman You are laundress, I believe, to Mr. Edmund Gray of No. 22?' The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z Talboys, because of his slender faith in Demming; Louise, because she was thinking that if the Aiken laundresses were intrusted with her father’s lawn many more times there would be nothing left to darn. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 She is no more a nurse than her mother is a cook or her sister a laundress. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon "I hear such dreadful noise, and see men running down toward the laundresses' quarters." Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. She could not tolerate her brother's under-linen being put with hers when the laundress took it away or brought it home. The Grandee I knocked at the inner door, which was opened by the laundress, the old woman whom I saw yesterday. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z For Glory still lingered in the doorway and her face showed that she had no intention of following the laundress’s most sensible advice. A Sunny Little Lass So grateful was the laundress that she bade the stranger go to the castle and ask for a meal and a bed. Legends & Romances of Brittany The building is now a ruin, inhabited by the lowest orders; the first floor, when I was last in Venice, by a laundress. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Sol was the coachman, Nancy the laundress, of a gentleman residing at the capital. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 He went to the old laundress afterwards.—Then it was a little old man—I know him by sight—uses the Salutation Parlour of an evening—he wanted to know all about Mr. Gray too. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z Let the bride-elect try to picture her pretty things when they emerge from the ruthless hands of a laundress, and she will realise the value of quality. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements Just as her sisters had been, she too was taunted by the laundresses regarding her choice of a husband, but her answer to them was very different. Legends & Romances of Brittany To "Mr. Perker's chambers," in Gray's Inn,—which still endures as one of the four great Inns of Court,—went Mr. Pickwick one afternoon, to find no one at home but the laundress. Dickens' London A smell like an eating-house, and a pastry cook's next door to each other, with a laundress's next door to that! A Christmas Carol The original manuscript Also I called upon him the other day when his laundress was at work and wrote a note to him at his table. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z We hope that our citizens will accord her a generous patronage, not so much on her husband's account, but because she is a deserving woman, and a good laundress. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) Some had been servants, some saleswomen, stenographers, telephone operators, dressmakers, workers in the fields, students at the university, dancers, laundresses. The Crimson Tide A Novel Out they all rushed, mothers, cook, waiter, chambermaid, laundress, the cat, and the dog. The Big Nightcap Letters Being the Fifth Book of the Series They make everything for themselves at the school excepting hats and boots, and do all their own domestic work, the kitchen and laundry being under the superintendence of a cook and laundress. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London And the laundress, and she would say: 'I have done for the gentleman for nine years. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z By that time the celestial laundresses were emptying out their wash tubs and sloshing water all over the earth. A Mountain Boyhood At this point the door opened and a voice said: 'Miss Ross, the laundress is here about your washing.' Against Odds A Detective Story Don Ramon being a small tobacconist, and his wife, Do�a Choncha, a laundress, we have sometimes patronised the little family, and in this manner I make the acquaintance of my future model. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Another day, the servant having spread out some linen in the garden to dry, the spirit carried it all up stairs, and folded them more neatly than the cleverest laundress could have done. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. She remembered how George had found his laundress, and visited her at her lodgings—she thought she would do the same. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z But the laundress, being also of Addington, though of another stratum, recognised this as a Masterton habit, and faithfully sought their hoarded treasure for them, and delivered it over with the accuracy of an accountant. The Prisoner Many good laundresses advise soaping linen in warm water the night previous to washing, as facilitating the operation with less friction. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families She tells me you have been her laundress for three years and that she pays you a dollar and a half a week. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight If riding about in the country, choose wool fabrics that will not crease easily, or show dust, and for summer, cotton materials that will come bright and fresh from the hands of the laundress. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Why, mortals on earth, that live crowded in allies, As laundresses, porters, poor strumpets and bullies; When got o'er a gallon of belch, or a sneaker Of punch, could not wrangle more over their liquor. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies There is a cook and a laundress kept, so she won’t lose by coming down. A Modern Cinderella The wash itself and the drying and ironing all took place up there with the help of a hired laundress. Home Life in Germany She came out, wiping her wet, water-wrinkled hands upon her flour-sack apron, supposing that here was another lady looking for a laundress. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Ben wondered how they managed about ironing them; but he soon found that with these amateur laundresses ironing was not considered necessary. Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves The school of Shammai said, “they must not give skins to a tanner, nor articles to a strange laundress; except they can be sufficiently done while it is yet day.” Hebrew Literature All their meals were taken over in the next cottage, and the laundress came twice a week for the washings. A Modern Cinderella Bow working men were not so lavish in their patronage of water, whether existing in drinking glasses, morning tubs, or laundress' establishments. The Big Bow Mystery Oh, Mrs. O'Flannagan, Mrs. Rothchilds says you are a beautiful laundress and that you always return all the things when you promise. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight They include dressmakers, cooks, housekeepers, laundresses, carpenters, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, painters, etc. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements Said Rabbi Simon, the son of Gamaliel, “the house of my father used to give white articles to a strange laundress three days before the Sabbath.” Hebrew Literature His linen had come back from the laundress the previous morning. The Brothers Karamazov These details appear afterwards to have been slightly altered, since the account of the expenses mentions 37 shillings 6 pence for the keep of two damsels, one laundress, one chamberlain, one cook, and one groom. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Here, as in the Indian Seas, our laundresses are men, the cleanest and quickest washers we have encountered in the voyage. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 An ordinance shows that in Elizabethan London the Inns-of-Court men were waited upon by laundresses or bedmakers who served and took wages from several masters at the same time. A Book About Lawyers The males included fat butlers, gouty coachman, lean footmen and sturdy grooms; and among the females were buxom cooks, portly laundresses and pretty ladies' maids. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston The visitors she had just received were the grocer, the fish-woman, the butter woman and the laundress—all her debts, incarnate! Germinie Lacerteux Thus, also, J. Tucker, Four Tracts, 1774, 18, contrasts men engaged in industry with rich idlers, whose increase, possibly by immigration, would make the people a nation of “gentlemen and ladies, footmen, grooms, laundresses etc.” Principles Of Political Economy She was a friend of the laundress, and was called, among the neighbors, "Lame Martha, with the curl." Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen She certainly flourished in the days of Queen Bess; and Roger North's piquant description of his brother's laundress is applicable to many of her successors who are looking after their perquisites at the present date. A Book About Lawyers In the evening she confided to the laundress, in interminable whispers, secrets that were no doubt interesting, but which Mavra made no attempt to overhear, being by nature and taste discreet and reserved. The Little Russian Servant In the half-asphyxiated condition of laundresses who pass back and forth through the vapor of their charcoal stoves, she would rush to the window and draw a few breaths of the icy outside air. Germinie Lacerteux The laundress, a big strapping woman, said she was willing to negotiate with him. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 "Dead!" cried the laundress, turning pale as death. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen It would be interesting to ascertain the exact time when the "laundress" was first introduced into the Temple. A Book About Lawyers Presently the laundress came to herself, and they led her into her poor dwelling, and put her to bed. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales The laundress left her book the last time she came. Germinie Lacerteux He wore a blue bird's-eye handkerchief round his neck, and his shirt, though coarse in texture, was as white as the sun and the best laundress in Englebourn could manage to bleach it. Tom Brown at Oxford The laundress felt a little better by this time. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The housekeeper," says Roger, "had been formerly his lordship's laundress at the Temple, and knew well her master's brother so early as when he was at the writing-school. A Book About Lawyers Towards evening she was sitting in the poor little room with the laundress. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Pulverize the Gum Arabic, and dissolve it in as much water as the laundress would use for the quality of starch indicated. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed To such an extreme is this notion carried, that they will not taste rice on days when they have to wash, and laundresses never eat it. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The laundress slipped and tottered through the lane, and round the corner, into the street where the mayor lived; and just as she reached the front of his house, she sank down upon the pavement. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen He has a laundress, one of a class on whom contemporary satire has been rather too severe. A Book About Lawyers "Died!" repeated the laundress—and she became pale as death. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales For every one was genuinely attached to the little laundress and interested in her welfare—up to the point of sacrificing social interests in the eyes of the Sykeses. Friendship Village The little girl's brown Holland frock was not only torn, but smeared with mud and some sort of green mossy stuff which produces a deep stain very difficult for laundresses to remove. The Children of Wilton Chase Oh, it is the laundress," said he; "she has had a little drop too much. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen With wristbands grubby and worn, With collars ragged and frayed, A man moaned over a shirt all rags, Cursing the laundress trade. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 7, 1893 The principal difference would appear to be that a respectable laundress does know where to draw the line. Marge Askinforit And do these same laundresses push back these self-same carts later in the week with "clean filth" aboard? Chimney-Pot Papers "Why, with us there are laundresses that keep servants! and many little places for girls—minding babies and such like." Littlebourne Lock After a while the laundress recovered herself, and they led her to her poor dwelling, and put her to bed. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Another artist in the next block expects me to pose for him, and his laundress comes at 3. The Devil A Tragedy of the Heart and Conscience It is not common, and is usually seen in washerwomen and laundresses, or those exposed to moist heat. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine On Monday mornings do colored laundresses push worn baby-carts around to gather what we were pleased to call the "dirty filth"? Chimney-Pot Papers I observe more Mingles in the laundresses' shops, and one inscription, which looks like the name of a duet or chorus in a playbill, "Here they mingle." The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 Before evening, she was sitting in the poor little room with the laundress. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen “Oh,” asked Lucy hopefully, “are you an agent for some laundress?” At Plattsburg George's plan was for Mary to go on shore in the disguise of a laundress. Rollo in Scotland Here are posts and lines for washing, and a scuttle from which once a week a laundress pops her head. Chimney-Pot Papers House employment: Cook, laundress, housemaid, children's nurse, seamstress, ladies' maid, companion, mother's help, housekeeper, household manager and organizer. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Born at Tipperusalem, Oklahoma, on the 15th of March, 1912, he has for parents a clerk in the Eagle Bakery and a Lithuanian laundress. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 A vision of his death—how he is plundered by laundress, charwoman, and undertaker; the phantom of Death; Scrooge's creditors; the grave. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature But the boatmen happened to notice her hand, which was very delicate and white, and they knew that such a hand as that could never belong to a real laundress. Rollo in Scotland But the laundress is of so unromantic and jouncing a figure that I abandon the fancy when no more than her shoulders are above the scuttle. Chimney-Pot Papers I'd buy a black shirt to work in and use a bandana—when I used anything—and take the nice extra room my laundress has in Whitmanville. Tutors' Lane The laundress at the second house down the street had said so, but, fie! it was only on a matter of business. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate It will be noted that in some cases two occupations are given under one heading such as elevator and switchboard, or cook and laundress. The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress Close to the gate, there rises an ivy-covered column of dilapidated ancient masonry, which holds a much more modern seventeenth-century shrine, still commemorating "Notre Dame des Roses," as the laundresses call her. The Story of Rouen I wish I had a cook, and laundress, and a housemaid. An Australian Lassie But the precious time which our dilatory laundress had wasted, nothing could recall. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II The Templar seems in constant sanctuary, where no one dares intrude upon him but his laundress and his clerk. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 The maid and the laundress are the only ones I remember at Christmas. The Girls at Mount Morris The wagtail is called in French lavandière, laundress, from the up and down motion of its tail suggesting the washerwoman's beetle, and bergeronnette, little shepherdess, from its habit of following the sheep. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) I don’t see at present how my playing the laundress is to do that.” Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Daringly attempt to approach the throne with this startling budget of information; impulsively seek the princess; or whisper it over his cups among the femmes de chambre, laundresses or scullery maids? Under the Rose She answered at great length that she was laundress at Sunrise Camp. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp Robert Doncaster was the husband of Mrs. Corrie; that is to say Mrs. Corrie, who was Butler’s laundress in Clifford’s Inn, “lost” her husband. The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College Cambridge It was on Tartlet, transformed into a laundress, that this task fell, and he acquitted himself of it to the general satisfaction. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery A light knock at the door recalled to her the utter lack of privacy that put her at the mercy of laundress, sophomore, and expressman. A Reversion To Type At first glance it would have seemed rather necessary to head the list with Grandmother Kunkel, but the fact that she was also the hotel laundress at the time made it a subject for debate. The Lady Doc Arrayed in the garb of a laundress, she would still look the lady. The Death Shot A Story Retold "Well, one to my laundress to tell her I shall be there to-morrow, and one to Mary Snow to say that I'll see her the day after." Orley Farm When he first arrived he had bribed a laundress of the hotel to bring to his room every day the whiskey hidden in the laundry and he drank it during the night. Psychotherapy An ordnance sergeant and five laundresses found quarters in the same structure. Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 It soon became famous for its musters and pleasant walks, its laundresses and bleachers, its cudgel-players and popular amusements, its bookstalls and ballad-sellers. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting There was in that town a poor laundress who had five children, and a husband paralytic, lame in the right arm, and yet worse distempered in mind than in body. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon O, Gertie!" cried the fluffy woman known as Bella, "and I brought it on by telling you all that stuff my laundress told me. A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day The mother, a widow woman, was a laundress, and by her own labor has given her children good advantages, though she had no such advantages herself. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Mother Ellen was laundress; she died first part of the War. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 “Yes, there are my neck-ties to come from the laundress,” said the Count, who was addicted to taking things literally; “and I must procure some new shoe-ties.” Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin The second one, wearing the cape-overcoat tragedy air, wrote "Who will be my laundress now?" Comic History of the United States She was a laundress out at Starch Green, she was, and—hff!” Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea Looks like about half-way between a flat-iron and one of them as the laundresses use with a red-hot thing in their insides. Fitz the Filibuster A laundress in Point Coupée kept the linen clean; and Hugot was not near so busy with house affairs as you might suppose. The Boy Hunters “Ah, yes, so I had,” observed the Baron, and he hurried off to the laundress for them. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin It is beautiful hair, and Mrs Gallagher the laundress was saying to me this morning there wasn’t its match in the country.’ Pixie O'Shaughnessy Having spat into the water many times, rubbed his hands, mopped his head, and cursed most things under heaven and some in it, Master Baldassare found himself watching the laundresses on the shore. Little Novels of Italy The same heat is made use of for heating the flat-irons, which are brought from the furnace to the hands of the laundresses on a miniature railway.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 "Not half good enough for Lady Jean," responded the laundress, rubbing energetically away—yet carefully,94 too, for the old linen was not so stout as it once had been. Under the Country Sky When the linen was well warmed the laundress passed it out through a little wicket in exchange for the number passed in by the nurse. The Nabob, Volume 1 Course, there were some substitute cooks—reformed laundresses, raw amateurs and back numbers that should have reached the age limit long before. Torchy and Vee "Achi!" whimpered the little laundress; but "Snakes of Purgatory!" said the other, "what's a toe more or less when Madonna is round the corner with a blessing for us in her maunch?" Little Novels of Italy Naughty children were scared with the threat that the terrible Sverre would take them, and laundresses, beating their clothes at the river's brink, devoutly wished that Sverre's head was under the stone. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. There are many who think that economy consists in saving cheese parings and candle ends, in cutting off two pence from the laundress' bill, and doing all sorts of little, mean, dirty things. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune A smell like an eating house, and a pastry cook’s next door to each other, with a laundress’s next door to that? Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 She had told her lessee about her laundress and her cleaning woman and how to handle the balky faucet that controlled the shower. Gigolo Died, Sir Charles Wetherall's laundress, honest Sue; Verdict—Ennui—so little work to do. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings "My cousin, who is laundress to the Countess de Lanois, says," and upon this immaculate authority the butcher upon his morning rounds detailed the most delightful and impossible gossip to his customers. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV "They ask us to 'hold out'," exclaims the laundress of the rue de Jouy; "as if we'd ever done anything else all our lives!" With Those Who Wait He became fastidious as to the fit of his coat and as to the work of the laundress upon his shirt-fronts. The Mermaid A Love Tale Similar cakes are also bestowed on the hangers-on of the establishment, such as laundresses, sempstresses, charwomen, etc. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide The late Duchess of York having desired her housekeeper to seek out a new laundress, a decent-looking woman was recommended to the situation. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings People almost thank him for condescending to be in their debt; still, much as I esteem the honor, I can't afford it any longer, nor can the laundress, nor can the hairdresser. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Grievous slanders were circulated concerning St. Britius; and among other offences he was accused of being the father of a child by his laundress. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales "I suppose that Russian laundress of the Ostermaiers' could teach a body to talk enough to get about with." More Tish When on the road she will have laundresses "sent away with the carriages to see all safe," and chambermaids sent before with the grooms that the chambers may be ready, sweet and clean. London and the Kingdom - Volume I They might employ "fallen women" as laundresses and teach them also expert mending of linen. One Woman's Life She was an exquisite laundress, and she throve where the Duke and Duchess would have starved. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls A soldier started on the run for Dr. Graham; another to the laundresses' homes for water. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Last Tuesday the laundress refused to wash for the family any longer; the baker at Ballinrobe is afraid to supply them with bread, and the butcher fears to send them meat. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. This was readily admitted by the housemaid with its corollary that anything intrusted in confidence to the bosom of the laundress was as good as locked in the mute confines of the tomb. The Henchman It was to be manned by a force of tidy, white-clothed laundresses, who might do their washing bare-legged in the running brook. One Woman's Life His deep-set gray eyes, under their tangled thatch of brown, gazed straight into the face of every man on the Platte, soldier, cowboy, Indian or halfbreed, but fell abashed if a laundress looked at him. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier He could not bring himself to talking of his wife to the girl of the laundresses' quarters, but he knew now that he must drop that much of the case against Wren. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Some of them, as for example a poem called Richard Coeur de Lion and Blondel, are written in penny and twopenny notebooks of the kind used by laundresses. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Blowing and sipping with the calm which is the handmaiden of true elegance, the laundress conceded both propositions, and edged forward the suggestion that tale-bearing and confidence between intimates were horses of dissimilar color. The Henchman So soon as the first canoe was made, Cary Singleton launched it, and, accompanied by two men, made the reconnoissance which so much frightened the gossipping laundresses. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 A smell like an eating-house and a pastry cook's next door to each other, with a laundress next door to that! Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse These were the halcyon days of the old army when each battery, troop, or company was entitled to four laundresses and each laundress to one ration. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Well, the man—the buttonless man—at first calmly remonstrates with his laundress. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 The laundress hurdled the ambiguous pronouns like a thoroughbred. The Henchman He saw himself dead, uncared for, unwept, unwatched, his effects plundered by the charwoman, laundress, and undertaker's man and realized the end to which he must come unless he led an altered life. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book It was to be expected then that he would have someone about him to furnish brains for his deliberations, and to make up his mind as a laundress makes up shirts. The President A novel Before another day they were echoing all over the post—were on their way to Prescott, even, and meeting, almost at the northward gateway, the very women the raging laundress meant. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier She was offered occupations as cook, maid, or laundress. The Place Beyond the Winds The laundress reasoned from past experience that the font had gone dry, and suddenly remembered that she was promised to help with the Bowers's heavy ironing. The Henchman The daughter of a humble florist,—herself a mere mender of lace, and laundress of fine ladies' linen! The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Three days later a pack-train arrived, with a laundress from the infantry company, Frank Burton, and Mary Arnold, and with stores and supplies necessary for setting up a sick-camp. Captured by the Navajos He would even then allow no one to be in his chamber with him during the might! not even his attentive and attached laundress, or his clerk! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 "St. Nicholas White-Collar" is in the ancient district of the court laundresses. Russian Rambles The only objection to the place was that it gave upon the aviation field—a place abhorred by all the women at the fort, from the Colonel's lady down to the company laundresses. Betty at Fort Blizzard I am a lace mender, and a bit of a laundress too. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Mrs. Mash, who was a laundress, recommended me to a lady for a charwoman. The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave We felt it, however, impossible to allow this; and, without his being aware of it, his clerk and laundress by turns continued to spend the night in one of the adjoining rooms. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Oh yes! and with a safeguard added, 'Inquire of the laundress.' Russian Rambles My mother being a first-class laundress, and myself an expert seamstress, it was easy to procure all the work we could do, and command our own prices. From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Others find a dependable laundress nearby or provide facilities for doing the work at home. If You're Going to Live in the Country "A Respectable woman wants situation as dairymaid, laundress, or fowl." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 30, 1917 Return to Table of Contents Aunt Edy was the principal laundress, and a great favorite she was with the little girls. Diddie, Dumps & Tot or, Plantation child-life They selected an intelligent man, of suitable bearing, and making out a detailed passport, despatched him to Falaise, armed with the Marquise's letters, to have an interview with the laundress. The House of the Combrays The mates had shifted their tent to a convenient position near the claim they were now working, and were camped within two hundred yards of the establishment of Mrs. Ben Kyley, laundress and baker. In the Roaring Fifties Of the women still at work in the older age group, over one-half are engaged in domestic and personal service as servants, laundresses, housekeepers, etc. Wage Earning and Education She was a wretched cook, and a worse laundress. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) A cab stood at the foot of the stairs, and Mr. Carr's laundress, a queer old body with an inverted black bonnet, was handing the cabman a parcel of books. Elster's Folly "What are you talking about, Mrs. Griffen?" demanded Mrs. Alexander, turning in vexed bewilderment to her laundress, "what does all this mean?" All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Such whaleboned- doublet rascals, that owe more to laundresses and seamsters for laced linen than all their race from their great grand-father to this their reign, in clothes were ever worth. The Noble Spanish Soldier Put the whole together, and you get "female who does washing, laundress." International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar "Will you have a bath this morning, sir?" cried the laundress, through the door. Mike Fletcher A Novel One of her grandfather's neighbours told his coachman to fetch a couple of pails of water for Mary, the laundress. Fifth Avenue Sally is the laundress, and every Saturday She sends our clean clothes up from the wash, and Nurse puts them away. Verses for Children and Songs for Music Asenath has sent the curtains in the north chamber to the laundress, but will go no farther until we hear for certain that Miss Worthington is to be our guest. Bad Hugh She asked if she could serve Lady Humbert in the capacity of dairy woman or laundress, and was promptly answered in the affirmative. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot "Shall I bring in your hot water, sir?" screamed the laundress. Mike Fletcher A Novel His employer then invited the laundress with her two pails to step in and bade the coachman to drive her to the pump. Fifth Avenue It is a wise plan to mark, with a black thread before putting in the wash, any stains which are apt to be overlooked by the laundress, and those on large pieces, such as bedspreads. The Complete Home Turning her hand to the nearest work, she went out by the day as house-cleaner and laundress. Letters of a Woman Homesteader The flatiron heats slowly and cools slowly, and, because of its high specific heat, not only supplies the laundress with considerable heat, but eliminates for her the frequent changing of the flatiron. General Science Fine tales their laundress told of the state of their sitting-room in the morning, the furniture thrown about, the table-cloth drenched in whiskey. Mike Fletcher A Novel Mrs. Clancy was accorded the quarters and rations of a laundress, as was then the custom, and for a time—a very short time—Clancy seemed on the road to promotion to his old grade. The Deserter Don't be overnice in your exactions; if she is even a fairly good cook, waitress, and laundress, you are indeed blessed among women. The Complete Home The laundress is just a washerwoman, so far as I know. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The laundress' cart containing the prince was driven to Passy, and there three individuals received him, and were so certain of his identity that they at once fell on their knees and did him homage. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton The laundresses' daughters pass into wealthy domesticities, but sooner or later they return to drudge again in the Temple. Mike Fletcher A Novel She spent a good while with Mrs. Clancy, whom she had never noticed hitherto, much to the laundress's indignation, and concerning whose conduct she had been known to express herself in terms of extreme disapprobation. The Deserter As to the way in which this should be done there are various opinions, most methods in use by experienced laundresses being reliable. The Complete Home Bow working men were not so lavish in their patronage of water, whether existing in drinking-glasses, morning tubs, or laundress's establishments. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes As a laundress of parts, Johnny was a jewel, but he could not mend! Diane of the Green Van The little shopkeepers and laundresses of Rue Boursault hardly suspected when they saw a coupé stop at the door of the old journalist, that a minister alighted from it. His Excellency the Minister One among a dozen little shanties and log houses, the homes of the laundresses of the garrison and collectively known as Sudsville, was a mass of flames. The Deserter Pity 'tis, 'tis true, that many housekeepers are so ignorant of how the wash-day programme should really be conducted that they are incapable of directing the incompetent laundress. The Complete Home Indeed, her sky terrier, Bingo, and her laundress, Mrs. O'Brien, to whose crippled baby grandson she was endlessly kind, knew her better than any of the people among whom she lived. The Vehement Flame On this same second of November we paid an immense sum of money to the laundress,—one whole dollar. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 His mother, a hardworking laundress,* whom his ne'er-do-well father had scandalously deserted, had afterwards married an honest artisan who was madly in love with her. His Masterpiece Kate knew her so well that she had not closed the door leading into the hall, though both she and the laundress of Company B had lowered their voices. The Deserter The dainty task of laundering centerpieces and doilies usually devolves upon their owner, unless the laundress has demonstrated her ability to cleanse and iron them properly. The Complete Home While Maurice was bearding his tutor, Eleanor had gone across town to her laundress's, to ask if Mrs. O'Brien would take Bingo as a boarder—. The Vehement Flame My laundress and my pantaloons have both deserted me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Ask your laundress who is rich in your neighborhood, and she will name all who live gently and do not have to worry about next month’s bills. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Tuesday was the day the heavy washing was done and the laundress was there to help with any work which Mrs. A. did not feel equal to doing. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Lo, then, the poor laundress, all wretched she stands, Instead of a counterpane wringing her hands! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood The butcher called for orders, and took in the meat, which was nearly always mutton-chops; the baker left his bread at the door, and the laundress was admitted inside the passage once a week. Verner's Pride In earlier times the mother of a family served as cook, housemaid, laundress, spinner, weaver, seamstress, dairymaid, nurse, and general caretaker. Vocational Guidance for Girls His laundress and his landlady had good cause to rave! A Woman Named Smith This is the way the money was spent: A laundress once a week $2.60 Home Assistant, on duty from 7.30 A.M. to 2 P.M. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers It is comparatively easy for an employer to manage her household industry with a cook, a laundress, a waitress. Democracy and Social Ethics A Soldier's Wife.—The late Duchess of York having desired her housekeeper to seek out for a new laundress, a decent-looking woman was recommended to the situation. The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection A substantial douceur to the "housekeeper" had facilitated this, for in the part of the Temple where lies Fig Tree Court the residents do not call their ministrants "laundresses," but "housekeepers." Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Another does the same; but, more than this, she often takes the cook, the laundress, or the one woman who often is cook, laundress, housemaid, all in one. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 If the laundress is sure this inspection will take place, it is a constant spur to working in the best way, and a word of praise for good points is always a stimulus. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes HUSBAND—"Why don't you give it to the laundress?" More Toasts Poppy Jenkins, the laundress's pretty daughter, came out into the street, and stared with all her eyes. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls And I would be a splendid laundress for you. The Three Black Pennys A Novel Down went the dishes with a clatter which brought a bevy of waiters and maids on the scene, while the laundress rushed in, all dripping with soapsuds. Idle Hour Stories A bit of butter is added by many excellent laundresses, the bit not to be larger than a filbert. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes A Minneapolis laundress, a negro woman, patriotic supporter of the Red Cross, was among the thousands who witnessed a recent Red Cross parade in the Mill City in which fifteen thousand white-clad women participated. More Toasts On these plantations young colored men and women were constantly being trained not only as farmers but as carpenters, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, brick masons, engineers, cooks, laundresses, sewing women and housekeepers. The Negro Problem Should the wedding take place, the bridegroom will be given away by Mr. Levy, the great toll-contractor; while the blushing bride will be attended to the altar by her mother-in-law, the well-known laundress of Tash-street. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 The laundresses have washed their hands clean of the business. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Poor Milly's wardrobe, I am afraid, was more portable than handsome; and she looked horribly affrighted, and whispered in my ear— 'My best petticoat is away at the laundress; say in a week, Maud.' Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh All this business, including the inevitable search for a good laundress, lay in the European quarter of the town, the appearance of which was not remarkable. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months At bedtime they had given me a wooden tub such as laundresses use, and filled it for my morning bath. The Princess Passes "Tell the laundress to be sure and bring her children around to-morrow, and be sure you make them have a good time," he said to James, as he rose from the table. Santa Claus's Partner In his own country he travelled with three tents, a dozen servants, as many horses, and always carried his laundress with him. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 The eldest, a girl, had quarrelled with the laundress of the family about some linen which was amissing. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft The order to go ahead again was scarcely given, before a third boat, in, if possible, hotter haste than the two previous ones, put off after us, bringing some things the laundress had forgotten. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months This made it impossible for them to keep any servant save a little girl who washed the dishes, and consequently Grisell acted as cook, housekeeper, housemaid, washerwoman, laundress, dressmaker, and tailoress. Stories of the Border Marches Suds, bubbles, and froth—one would have said a laundress had been at work there. White Shadows in the South Seas A gentleman's manners are an integral part of him and are the same whether in his dressing-room or in a ballroom, whether in talking to Mrs. Worldly or to the laundress bringing in his clothes. Etiquette On the right were the laundresses under the eaves of a wooden shed, each kneeling, as their custom is, in a three-sided box, and leaning forward over the washboard that sloped down into the water. Italian Journeys So it blew over for that time, and through her feathers she made the best laundress ever known. More English Fairy Tales This stoicism as well as the unrivaled mental suppleness was illustrated early in the war by the highly typical case of a laundress whose business was in one of the best districts of Paris. The Living Present Mary, Queen of Scots, upon one occasion had to impersonate a laundress. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. He and I went up to Sixty-seventh Street, where Mrs. Ranney was working as laundress, and after a little talk we came to the point. Dave Ranney She has been preacher and teacher, physician and druggist, provider and manager, cook and laundress. The Jericho Road The feathers did the rest, and the lady set great store by her for a better laundress she had never had. More English Fairy Tales I remarked that the laundress might reasonably feel some gratitude to me for adding weekly to her curtailed income; but my smiling directrice shook her head. The Living Present A laundress does her washing at the house, but rinses her linen at the river. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Dr. Lively, I'm housekeeper, laundress, cook, everything to your family. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 The calm gone by, once again my sea-tailor plied needle and thread; or turning laundress, hung our raiment to dry on oars peaked obliquely in the thole-pins. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Rabbi Simeon ben Gemaliel says, "it was the custom in my parental home to hand over to the non-Jewish laundress things to be washed, three days before the Sabbath." The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy This laundress had a very large business, in partnership with her husband. The Living Present When the laundress returned the linen, she explained with much sorrow the dissolution of the collar when she attempted to wash it. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life There came occasionally to the kitchen of Dr. W.'s house a foul-mouthed Irish laundress who used coarse language to me concerning urination. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy There was no one on the ground floor at this moment but the house keeper, the laundress, and three field laborers, who were resting themselves, and conversing with the women. Tales of a Traveller If the dainty ladies whose linen we lave, we laundress drudges, could look in here, Wouldn't their feet shrink back with sickness, and wouldn't their faces go pale with fear? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 20, 1891 So, although I had tipped the many girls of my unique boarding-place with pleasure I parted with the sum designated for my patronizing laundress with no grace whatever. The Living Present The chief centre of attraction is a drag occupied by a Philanthropic Young-lady Chairwoman, her chaperon, some leading laundresses, one or two male sympathisers, and a couple of reporters. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891 I once lost a servant because I commanded him to carry some clothes to my laundress. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Rosemary Beckett had been telling a group of girls of the ridiculous practices of an old negro woman employed by her mother as a laundress. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir White, well-ironed, all sheen and sweetness, that linen looks when it leaves our hands; But they little think of the sodden squalor that marks the den where the laundress stands. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 20, 1891 Necessity is the mother of the inventory.—Who is the Caretaker?—She is the great-grandmother of the superannuated laundress. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 You shall be Odysseus, and I will be Nausicaa, the interesting laundress. Jason "That helps a lot," said Hamilton, as he noted down the facts that the woman was a laundress, and that she worked on her own account, typified by the letters "O.A." in the wage column. The Boy With the U.S. Census No. I suppose it's what the laundress does to my linen. The Tracer of Lost Persons Did I want Ten leash of courtesans, it would furnish me; Nay, laundress three armies. The White Devil |
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