The sun., 1893-06-23
NOT REFORMING THE WORLD.
1fRA HOLMES MERELY TRYING TO
MAKE BROoELyN STREETS NEATER-

She Asks Friends and Neiehbors 20 Keep
Ashb.rreIs Tidy, TO Burr waste Paper,
and Not to Throw Fruit skins Around.
Rood-natured smile overspread the prepos-
| sessinR face OF Mrs. Fanny Holmes OF Brooklyn
whom she was asked about how she was going
to do her part in reforming the world" Mrs
Holmes had caused on Monday the arrest OF
man on q charge OF stealing eome money In
trusted to him. and in court she was reported
as having said that she was more interested In
the work Of the women of Brooklyn in REFORM
ng things than in the case Of tho theft. She
told the writer that she did not mean to say
exactly that but nevertheless she was inter-
ested in reform.
The work I am Interested In" she said. is
good thing for Brooklyn. 1t Is an effort to
keep the streets clean. We have an associa-
tion. and the ladies who belong to 1t try TO
keep tho streets neat and the ash barrels tidy.
They 60 around and ask their neghbors to be
particularly careful about the ash barrels.
Although the law prohibits carelessness in
this matter. some folks are really very untidy.
and we are trying to persuade them to be tidy.
There is q good deal Of bother about It. Some
ncighbors resent our well m Gaming Intentions
They tell us that they will put anything they
choose Into their ash barrel. and that they
wish other folks would attend to their own
Affairs. But we are going ahead. in spite Of
such set-backs. The ladies OF the association
also observe the condition in which the streets
they live in are kept and make complaints to
the authorities where there is gross careless
ness or untidiness.
Some OF the ash barrels We found" con-
tinued Mrs Holmes. "are really disgraceful.
Ihe bottoms arc out OF some and others are
stuffed full OF paper and rubbish ana make
most unsightly spectacle. Some times when
the wind blows their contents help to litter
the streets. 1t would be nice II neighbors
would only train their servants to be tidier. l
remember funny incident in my own case. !
came home one afternoon and found an old
umbrella sticking up out of my own ash bar,
rel. 1t wasn't nice thing to look at learned
the street and had picked it up and put II into
fhs fRsFs hs sr Ana hnd tss sa either
There arc other things. too, that we, are
trying to 9menh One is the thr9Img Of fruit
Well as as an an untdy practice fell once on a
banana peel and bruised my face very badly
There are number OF other things we can
1.-The association. ass by the way, is the W9men's
Health rr9tective Association: Mrs HoimeS 10 mes
2 big opcn-air meeting, a few weeks ago. IT was
held on Mr.. Johnson's lawn in Hancock street.
were there. There Ire were iow t gentlemen sup.
pose that gentlemen fancy that the work is too
G % M We hh h wo SsnsG WITH se hg
curious sight 1t was stuffed with old umbrellas
old hats. papers. cans. and everything imng
Unable. 1t was shown as lyrical BROOKLYN
hard wood ,varnished, Of handsome appear
ancc. properly filled with ashes. On the side
were the initials OF our association. W. II. T.
Al in larGe black letters Barrels such as
socintion buys and uses one: and also pays a
fee OF 81 n year. to be used to furnish such
barrels to those who cannot afford to buy
them. Thi summer we are going to distribute
streets now are anything but pleasant to look
at. At our ,open-air meeting we also had
speeches by Mr. George Elliott and MIR. W. J.
Gaynor. tho r-former. Mr.. Gaynor
that he. told us to find out our rights and do
mand them. Ho told us not to let the city
authorities put us of with sweet smiles and
soft words. because. he said: that was the way
the city authorities had in dealing with COM
plainants who were ladi as"
IN Mrs. Holmes then sp.2ke about waste-paper
Join the association" she said. to burn up
and neighbors to do the same. That is the
way to keep such litter Off the streets. IL you |
put It in tho ash barrel it will blow away. II |
you tie 1t up 10 bundle. 1t wont look nice in
tho barrel either.
This summer the association proposes to
hire men. believe. to act as inspectors in tho |
different streets. and SEQ that the ordinances |
relating to clean streets are observed"
neatly printed circular. that wound up with
this request to which every man in Brooklyn.
as we'll as eyery woman might expect to an
swcr: viii you not cooperate IN the efforts
OF this association to make Brooklyn a moro
attractive city in point of cleanliness
You see" Mrs. Holmes said. "there isn't
anything about reforming tho world about
our work. 1t is simply an effort to help the |
authorities to make and to keep Brooklyn a
nice place to live in"