Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-25
A NEW CRUSADE BY WOMEN.
A Project That Could BE Advantageous
ly Followed In Every City.

ly Followed In Every City.
The women of New York, weary of
sweeping the filthy streets of the city
with their trailing skirts, have risen in
their majesty, organized themselves in a
great street cleaning brigade and de-
clared war on the dust scattering ash
barrel and the foot tripping banana.
Mrs. Kinnicutt, wife of DIR. Kinnicutt,
of Thirty-seventh street, and Mrs. Rich
ard Irwin are the leaders of the move
ment, and have been engaged for some
time in perfecting their plan of attack,
which was first formally announced at
the working girls reunion Monday night.
1t is the opinion of these women that the
much abused commissioner of street
cleaning and his aids are no more to
blame for the disgraceful condition Of
the streets than are the careless house
holders and pedestrians who thought
lessly add their mite of disorder to the
great aggregation of dirt for which our
fair island city has gained world wide
reputation.
These ladies, together with Mrs. Gus
tav Kissel. Miss Frelinghuysen and others
as directors, have rented an Office at 222
West Thirty eighth street, hired secre-
tary, and announced to the mayor their
intention of constituting themselves a
bureau of information, where all com
plants relating to street nuisances may
be received, ami rules and regulations
issued in accordance with the city or
dinances.
AS beginning the matter was pre-
sented by Mrs. Irwin to the great assem-
bly, of working girls, to each of which
an envelope containing twenty-five mem
bership slips to this new society was
given at the door. There will be no fees
or dues of membership, but each person
signing the slip promises to l.eep her own
outdoor premises neat ard orderly, to
put her ashbarrel out in time for the
ash man and not sooner, tc avoid throw
ing bits of paper or any refuse upon the
pavement, and above all to report any
neglect of the rules which she sees any
where in the city
In return for the signed pledge of mem
bership a card will be sent prepared for
hanging upon the wall, and giving the
rules referred to above in German or
Italian as well as English, according to
the nationality of the member.
Just at present the new society is oc-
cupied in obtaining and classifying their
members according to the districts in
which they reside. Very influential
people are already included in the mem
bership, and very soon the organized
plans of work will be published to the
public and members. Associated with
the women in this work are many OF the
most influential men in the city, and all
are determined to have New York high
ways and byways as neat, orderly and
beautiful as those of Paris or Berlin.
In Paris, if a person throws torn let
ter or anything disorderly upon the
pavement, he is obliged to pick up the
litter or be escorted by a gendarme to,
the nearest police station to pay his fine.
1t is claimed by the Women's Street
Cleaning Aid society that the ordinances
are equally binding in New York if
some one would enforce them. Now
that the eyes of this great army of wom
en- are looking out for the offender, let
him or her beware, for women are good
detectives and extremely conscientious
in performing their duty, particularly
when, as in this case, the name of the
informer is carefully guarded from the
ones they inform against. New York
Sun.