The Globe-republican., 1892-12-09
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
Travelling Men Organizing a Mann
rnoth Club-Purity of Mississippi

Travelling Men Organizing Mann
roth Club-Purity of Mississippi
Water-Cheap Turkey.
ST. Louis, Mo-. December 5.-There is
not anywhere in the United States club
house owned entirely by commercial trav-
elers and devoted 10 their uses but there will
be one as soon as the handsome building
now being planned by architects, for the
Travellers Protective association, is erected
in st. Louis. 1t will cost half million dol
lars and will be the swelleS5 p!ace of the sort
outside of London, both as to its exterior
appearance and its appointments inside.
One novelty in the arrangements OF the
club, which has been proposed, IS to be
cab service. The club is to own Its cabs, and
they are not only to be at trains for use of
members, but they are also to be at the beck
and call of any of them who may want to
drive about the city.
The rapidly flowing water of the Missls-
sippi river has swept away the theorists who
began when the cholera scare ran over the
country this year to exhort the people 10
drink only water that had been boiled. At
that time. of course, st. Louis took all sorts
of sanitary precautions, which, by the way.
are still in effective operation, and among
them warned those who lived In the tene
ment districts not to use we'll water. Every
body then resortei TO hydrants. About this
time arose the cry of the medical men who in
sisted that all running water must be boiled
If the drnker wonld prevent the coming OF
cholera, typhoid fever and other disagree
able visitors of that kind. Everyone knows
how difficult it is in a household to boil all
the water that is used by family, and care
full folks sighed AS they went about the new
duty thus laid on them. Fortunately, about
this time, party OF microscopes from the
Smithsonian institute visited St Louis. They
were examining the water supply OF all the
large cities. They found that the river wa
ter used In st. LOUIS was not only pure but
wholesome, and they promptly announced
that, adding that it WAS better than that of
any other large city where they had been.
The St Louis Medical society wanted to he
sure that the Eastern scientists were right,
and appointed q committee OF microscop-
lists from it's own members to examine the
water. The examination was made this week,
ana the conclusion reached was the same rs
that announced by the Smithsonian institute
mon. The housekeepels are overjOyed, and
tho troublesome water-boiling in the kitch-
ems all day long has ceased.
Here is bit of information for the house
keepers that will make them all want to live
in St. Louis. Turkey on Thanksgiving Day
sold in the markets here for Is cents
pound, and fresh venison for % cents; and
there was much more of both kinds of the
meat than could be old, judging from the
appearance of the stands late that night.
Not only on Thanksgiving Day, but all the
year round, housekeepers in other parts of
the country have good reasons to envy their
sisters here. St LOUIS is In the center of
enormous natural game and fish preserves.
The hunting and fishing clubs of the city
are numbered by hundreds. During the
eight months of the year fish is abundant
on the market stalls at Insignificant prices,
and for the other foul months, game is real
II cheaper than good beef. The mechanic
here lives as we'll as the pro .essional man of
moderate circumstances in New York, Bos-
ton or Chicago. A comparison of house
keepers figures would show that the cost of
living is % per cent. cheaper here than in
either of those cities.