The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-20
WOMEN SCRUB TIE STREETS.

WOMEN SChDB TX = hEE .
An Old PhiiadsiPhia Cesfom which L as
Unique as IL L. Contagious
Everyone has heard Of the abnormal
cleanliness OF the front steps Of Phila-
deiphia houses. hut there IS a section
IN which the streets are scrubbed every
morning. six days in the week. with
ssapsuds- And this scrubbing IS done
rot by the hired girl, but By the lady
O. the house herself
The extraordinary practice prevails
In the section OF the city bounded by
Diamond. Broad, Eighteenth and
Huntingdon streets Every morning
al the week, unless bad weather pre-
vents. q double line Of women may BE-
seen sc-uhbing away and dashiny
buckets Of water upon the pavements
to rinse of the sOapsuds These streets
are only about fifteen feet wide from
curb Ia curb, and the narrowness %
them seems 10 engenGer a feeling Of
responsibility for their cleanliness
These ladies are possessed by this
queer mania 20 such an extent that
they hire women 10 DO their scr2bbing
about their houses, but reserve the
street cleaning for their own special
recreation
Some Of the women We're asked why
they did such unpleasant work One
woman, who did not seem to particu-
larly like the employment, smiled quiz
zclilv and said:
That's Just the question every one
of rs asked when ysc moved into this
locality. &c called the other women
IDIOTS for doing il for about q week,
and then vrc got ashamed OF seeing the
pavement IN front Of our own particular
house 20 much dirtier than oar neigh
Tor = and 80 sve got 10 yEoris a nd did as the
other women do. scrub or part Of the
street every morning. Il isn't q bit
nice and ! don't like 10 do il. but It has
become thc custom and I can't stand
against Il The house may wait Tor
scru5bing and the children may ran
wild, LEt we cant neglect the street 20
How diJ such ridiculous custom
become established" was asked
NOBODY knows il just broke out
like an epidemic OF measles, ! suppose.
ana when IL one got started nothing
could stop Il
"Nh4t do yong husbands think ABOUT
this street scrubbing9"
Our husbands? Oh. they rr3wi
little. bat that doesn't mltter."
Otac- women were asked IL theg
scru5bei ! the piv.msnts b.caase they
liked the wo-z. Thev all s.e:nel -
think tae question preP7,.er3lz -
cortz Els- doat xix. H. What ia the
name % eooIae-s = the-. % lil-e aJJl.
it, Thlt Is the answer one mode. an J
without exception all those who yre-s
questioned 4fiirmc.i there was Eo:hiae
they Cete>tei more than to get cat j.
the s;ree- and scrlb.
Iaen L. Tie cues ton ~ To why the
did il II tLcy didn't like 4. some 81 &
tbcv Gid il Ice. use the Erighbcrs did
and sfEe few ,aia they couldn't bcs,
80 sec Il e sirs CT iE front of their door
dirt u l'.i. is'rlir irpee
Inc advaace 81 surgery can rurnlsa
few more singular Illustrations than Is
supplied ly az opcra,ion in one Of the
London hospitals = hereby the breast
OF 4 blaclbird was fastened - a WON
ans face as a substitute Tor her nose.
which had been so damaged that il
had to be removed. The woman. who
lad been a h0usenaid in 4 hotel. had
been struck ia the face by q descend
ing lift, which caused the injury that
led to the operation The operation
has proved perfectly successful, with
every appearance Of the woman being
provided with q nseful nasal appen-
dage, though how it viii perform its
functions when the cure IS complete
remains to be seer.
There is canal in England which
cost eighty thousand pounds to con-
struct, and was recently sold for one
hundred pounds. Il IS known as the
Stort Navigation, and dates from the
reign Of George III. In 1873 a firm Of
brewers obtained il for fifteen thou
sand pounds, as they found that when
their malt was carried quietly by canal
4 saving in value was effected, as
against the transit in trains. the diff
ference being considered about equal
10 the rent OF a malt-hOuse. The pres
snt proprietor had been for long time
in the service of the firm. and the nav
igatiOn OF the canal was handed over
10 him for one hundred pounds, as
token of esteem by his employers