The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-04
WOMEN sJRhEr CLEANERS.
Why Not. Asks Ka,e Field the Clever end
Practical.

Very strange things were salI al
banquet IN New York last Ntfh WIN
ne Chamber OF Commerce celepi dtsu lls
one hunuTed and twenty-sXtn plrtndaE.
Decidedly that august body OF metcha CIV.
Is gaining wisdom with age: ior tne hrst
tImc women We're recognize az ldctplS
in municipal government. ne heN, ~
Storrs, OF Brooklyn, actually Went 80
far as TO declare that the mana 9nds
governs the ballot will be the manu- Oh
woman. Read: TIL.
Women sometimes criticise that ,Wilth
they recognize as already accoihplehtv'
and their criticisms are just almost al
ways. for woman is the cohsSIehCe ~
the world. and the heart OF lht Woi 1917
besides; but now that the HtSPlIati 80.
force OF woman has got 10 COule a.
civic contests / don't care whether IL II
with the ballot or without. ne hd''t 5'a az
governs that ballot Is TO pc lhS mn %
woman. whether it Is cast ny netGVH nil
cast by her husband. tler ,"en Ncaiiej
be the nCblest she ever has uSen 49,
to in the world when she gives per pa1f.I
to sthe education. moral, social Htir''iiii,,,
and political Of great luu"'O ,in,,lo
like TINS. a city with mll'JH9 VI
This revolutionary language vas W, warn m
II applauded, but its fires paIeI a. ~ ~,
light that MayOr-e4cct SttD"7 t,fJ
upon the assembled b'g"lGS' re ~ IL
them what stories were pouISp ~ bn,,.
ears of official corruption anu - ~ ~
the very men who demanded Itlol u" -
cused themselves IRON SCI hh''I9 ,cf,irs
Office was proifeIed. 1heS Ia Zine,
OF their own 10 attend 10 OF ,"c-a,,,,nusd
TO Europe, Now, gentlemen 80, to ali
Colonel Strong, Il want 10 gay liz
OF you and All Of your J. 80 harely
Of New York that II - yl'SS 49,, 80,
possible the corruption that We NJ have
for the last five or six yodI9 III i,1roesI
arisen from the fact that III va Ii.f,rs
Bile to get just SUCH men a. NJ mo
me now 10 take the places &c ,"', con-
r.rr.
tIemcn and your peers m the tilS va
New understand ! 90 hoI Hi ~ All
say the Chamber of CoHllhCt!t ttnless
the talent I'm the city OF Ne" Va -, ,o,Ir
YOU gentlemen and gehueHI,ut va ,rna
kind will accept places an" - of New
Of the dpnartments i'm the ftt9 VI 49,
Work for me mayor whom you nj,
elected and help him TO Ir1ed "
city this city cannot De - waiting for
True enough. Tammdhy is 70 a. seize
~. srosn of virtue TO SubSIde W -
mon its beloved ticsh-pots, anu anu ,nd
snasm will subside II Dr. IdiN"N'
women do not keep WateH ,ht,t the street
Colonel Strong unds thd' ,,."rite sink
,.teaujup d.parttneuL Is tnr IA ~ .,trnt
az inigulty. II have had, salu nT, t,at.
or ten persons call TO see Iuc ,'GC talked
Each one of these gentlemen ''po,,id he
80 M told me how the streets SuDiI b..
NGagned could be cleaned anu -, ~
cieamed If | would only appoint mn mn ~
40 il at once. Last week ! I,,6jact Of
letter rom and would like the
s'I 500 ma Inc tone Of her letter JUS I' ~,
way il sounded - me, 10 DT hat (
you l replied at once, All Ind see me.
tnt would DO myself the num- All
,.isitng her in her own mouse; d ,u ,,ore
80 found that That ldGy MIA ,,ore
about STRENGTHENING anu '1eisaItua in
about the subject OF stIett-o,, over
eeyen or eight minutes tndh -,
i,rc,, before. She told me she kheM -
.rtlv about the prdcttcat WI h,''7 bour.
cleaning the streets. Spen ,.o,i ,entIe-
,rith her. | want TO say 10 you' w,
- that / believe the streets % -
torl sould be cleaned by a NoI Iie,,a,. :, =
mo head of the Street-C!eahlhs ~ !,
ment of this city, J. d dJ1nolr HiiVI do
nov one thing. that all OF US are lnue ~
Cd In our wives and our Ihollet 80
Ciean homes. And | don't know any 49,
of people who would De a. m - mon
cV man "A woman at the heao OF IN
Sireet-Cl Gaming Department. rms Wo"t ~
is member Of the 100; sht ~ - 80 81,
inside circle. and / think | would re pach I.
ed UP hy the entire ~ anu
know but by the IJp. ~, ,o,,ob.or and
This confession created laughter anu
aunlause. VIII anyone OF common 9 gnSe
IN mo why a clever, educated HouSe-
i.nentr would not make good stree
c'eaher2 Looking back on tue 9lIl' 80
Ciesrfng Department Of New YORK, cQulu
any woman make a worse mund dt ohnnt
&C., have made so far Is 1t not apoul
~ 10 pive women a chance 10 WIN
t tii'g spurs 50 in their own baiwiek? why
should the accident. Of sex make an lhot THI
pert incompetent? Colonel strong o SIo tbe
a,nofnt IN this important department lhe
"atleet and honestest brains AT his com
mana np,ES. II a woman. is, in his opinion,
the best man, let him be assured tmat
he will have every woman IN me t ,,oI..
trv behind her armed with DrootnStlt NJ,
VI! Mn ber sweep the streets or TO nay
her 1S " alive if she fails to shed ustre on
ber once and her seX.-kate Fle!d 5