There are men as well as garments whom it would be difficult to
identify if they were to be (morally) cleansed.
In foreign countries some strange methods are adopted for
identifying the contents of the wash-tub. In some parts of
France linen is defaced with the whole name and address of the
laundry stamped upon it, and an additional geometrical design
to indicate the owner of the property. In Bavaria every patron
of the wash-tub has a number stamped in large characters on his
linen. In Bulgaria every laundry has a large number of stamps
engraved with designs, and in Russia the laundries mark linen
with threads worked in arrow shapes. In some Russian towns
the police periodically issue regulations for laundries. In
Odessa books of marks are furnished annually to the laundry
proprietors, and these marks and no others can be used to
identify them.--Albany _Journal_.
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