Soft Water for the Housewife

Thank goodness for these April showers. I don't believe we ever had a winter when I needed soft water as I did last winter, and then to have that cistern go dry in January after we have been so saving." Mother cheerfully exclaimed as the heavens opened up with a real spring cleanup rain. She turned to father and said, '"What will we do about a cistern? Another winter will come and much too soon."