The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-18
KUMFURT SHOE CO.,
UNION SQUARE.
COZ. WARING's "DoN'rs."
A Householder Would Like TO Know whe
He Keeps HIS '.Do's.o

A Householder Would Like TO Know where
He Keeps HIS '.Do's.o
II have a great amount of respect for the dig
nifed and impressive Commissioner of the De-
partment Of Street Cleaning" said a woman
householder on Forty-second street yesterday.
"but / wish Col. Warning would inform us poor
women and our maids what we are to do with
the miscellaneous refuse which Col. Warnings
freshly laundered aids decline to cart away
"Oh, yes,' said the woman, II found time to
read that long list of 'dont's.' I have tackled a
ance; there Ia another on the cellar wall for the
furnace and does odd jobs around the house. and
! keep one copy here in my desk, to which / re-
fer at least u dozen times a week."
What for !" was the reporters question.
"Why. to settle disputes. OF course was the
Slider read a few of c Warnings "Dont's."
Don't throw anything into the street. Garbage cans
and barrels are always near at hand.
YES" she said. ito my sorrow. I admit that
sometimes the garbage cans are too near at
hand"
Don't throw away banana skins. Horses like them.
Well maybe Col. Waring's own horses do.
! tried TO feed some to one Of the street cleaners
on. But, for mercy's sake, show me the way
She referred to tho classification OF refuse un-
der three heads, as follows:
Garbage-All vegetable matter. sauce bottles Conly
catsup and other sauce bottles should be put into the
garbage can. all other bottles into the paper barrcD.
tin cans fruit. vegetable, and meat cans should be put
into the garbage can. other cans into the paper barely.
Ashes - sawdust. broken bottles. broken glass,
broken ~crockery. floor and street sweepings, grass.
oyster and clam shells. tobacco stems.
~PaDer-Bottles. rays, tin cans. excelsior. straw, mat.
TIRE sses, old clothes, pasteboard boxes, old shoes.
leather and rubber scrap. carpets. refuse generally.
Now" said tho student of modern classihoa.
ton OF refuse, "pray tell me where, when, and
how I am to get rid OF such t~rifics as those men
with White Wings refuse TO take away : For
instance, / have tried religiously to rid the
house OF a lot Of excelsior. ] put II In small lots
In the ash barrel, in the paper barrel, and In the
garbage can. Each time. like the traditional
cat. II came back. Then / put II in a separate
barrel, and that stood mockingly, for days. In
front of my house. The cartmen would have
none Of 1t. As to broken crockery and tin cans ]
am at my wits end. The ashman refuses the
crockery; the paper man cayaiieriy losses tin
cans into my yard from the barrel devoted to
his department. and as for straw, that ID neither
fish, flesh. nor fowl, nor good red herring. have
away. Each driver in turn. rolegates, some of
the Contents of his especial barrel to the recep'
tacle less favored In his eye. That mode of proceed.
ure leaves me with IA bargain stock OF odd lots OF
cans, bottles, crOckery, plants. souvenirs. corks
jfor which there ID no PROVISION under either
head, and the liability OF losing my servants
each time Col. Warnings men come around,
She cOncluded: please ask the Colonel ia
either read his circular to his aids or to appoint q
time and place for a hearing OF much-worried
women who cannot fathom the mysteries of the
present complicated system OF separating the
refuse of u big city,