A professional who tends machine that adds silk-like luster to cotton cloth and increases strength and affinity of cloth for dyes. Respnsibilities include:

• Mounts roll of cloth on machine or pulls supply cloth from handtruck or overhead poteyes and sews end to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.
• Turns valve to admit caustic into vats and handwheel to adjust tenter frame clips to maintain tension on cloth and prevent shrinkage as cloth passes through soapy-water spray.
• Sets thermostat to control temperature of caustic bath.
• Starts machine and observes flow of cloth through machine units to detect holes in cloth and torn selvages.
• Cuts out defects, using scissors, and seams ends of cloth.
• Turns knobs on control panel to synchronize motor speeds of machine units.
• Adds soap to wash bath as suds are depleted.