Picture your grandmother's kitchen.
Her freshly washed apron, grandfather's socks - darned one too
many times - fuzzy wool mittens, hats and other items hang on a pine
rack next to the hot wood stove. The worn garments dry fast and are
swiftly succeeded by a steady succession of wash rags, potholders,
and other laundry throughout the day. Hang-drying the wet clothes
adds moisture to the dry air intensified by the hot cast-iron Home
Comfort range.
The clothes drying rack, a fixture in most American homes until
the advent of the electric dryer, is back in favor and being put to
use by pennywise and energy-conscious Mainers.
Robbins Lumber Inc. in Searsmont, a …
