Bank-Note
Washing And Ironing Done Here!
A Possibility of the Future.
The Americans are washing their
dollar notes. Why should we not launder our bank-notes?
The "Telegraph" made
the following epoch-making announcement the other day:
"Experiments in washing and ironing dollar notes by means of
machinery have been
successfully made by the Treasury [of the United States], with
the result that a laundry for that purpose has been established
in Washington. Not alone will germs
be destroyed by the laundry, but the life of the bills will be
doubled. This reform was greatly needed, because many of
the dollar notes circulating in the United States
are repulsive to the sight, and dangerous to handle." Our
Artist asks why some similar system should not be adopted in
this country, and anticipates the event.