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very much, mother, sisters Elizabeth and Ann done the rinsing and put the clothes on the line. Mother always had to call Frank or me when the wash machine was ready for another turn this took 20 minutes, that is the reason we didn't like the job. Dad got an idea to work the wash machine with the old steamer, we had an open shed back of the Hotel which we called the cement, the reason we called it that, it had a cement floor. We would back the steamer in the shed, jack up the rear wheel, there was a long stick about 10 foot long fastened to the handle of the wash machine also to the steamers rear wheel with a bolt about half way between the tub and the tire, when the wheel turned, being off center worked the handle just right.