The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

and filthy bedding, a table, a stool, ond
chair or two constitute their chief fur
nilure. The water supply in most Of the
houses would appear to come from taps
laid into the tiny back yards which the
majority of them have, and these also
are numbered with dust heaps and rub
Dish of various kinds AS TO the crudely
painted barrows which are 50 familiar
in the streets, they are generally mucn
too large 10 bring through the front doors
and narrow passages of these tenement
houses, and are, therefore, stacked at
night in the courts to which reference has
already been made. 1t is exceptional for
a vendor to bring home any ice unsold,
as he waits out in ordinary weather, IN
til he has disposed of all his stock
The ingredients employed are eggs, milk,
sugar, and the doubtful havorlng sub
stances and colorings. In themselves they
would be innocuous enough If freshly used
but it must be remembered that in all
cases they have been bought in the cheap
est possible market, and even before they
come into the ice manufacturer hands
may be contaminated. Leather Lane sup
plies the greater proportion of the eggs,
and, If not to be classified as suitable for
elecuoneering purposes, would probably
be of that order CURLY set forth as eggs
without any subtle grading as fresh laid"
breakfast" or cooking" There is a cur
rent belief that they are usually blown
and not broken, as the shells are said to
have a commercial value at shooting gal
erles. This, however, appears to be an
exceptional proceeding, and 1t is much
more usual to purchase the cracked and
broken eggs of which there is always a
considerable percentage, in the "long hun
dreds,' as they are imported. Separated or
skim milk is generally used, and Is kept
ia the crowded dwelling room till 1t is
wanted, gathering to itself any noXious
particles in the air, even IL it were free of
impurities before. The mixture IS put into
the freezers and stirred and beaten to-
gether, and a medical man of great eX
perienCe points out a danger where the
flavor employed is an acid of any kind
as, for example, cltric acid. If the freez-
ing vessels be of unliued metal as they
usually are, these substances may easily
set up chemical action, resulting in lead,
tin, or copper poisoning. This authority is
of opinion that many cases which have
been attributed to metallic poisoning could
be directly traced to cheap ice creams.
Then, again, there is the danger from
the use of contaminated water. A glance
al the loathsome liquid into which the
glass is dipped when the child has con-
sumed it's dubious luxury, and the dis
gustingly dirty rag, serving its owner
equally as pocket handkerchief and
clothes brush with which it is wiped would
deter the least fastidious of adults from
swallowing anything from such recepta-
Giles. But the Italian has no scruples as
to where he replenishes his water supply
when absolutely necessary, and he is as
likely to resort to the nearest cattle trough
as anywhere else The great bacterolo-
gist, DR.. Klein, who lately examined sew
eral specimens of these ices submitted to
him, pronounced some of them to be no
better than sewage in the number and
character of the bacilli they contained
while in others he found in appalling guam
titles the microbe of putried decomposition.
The profits made from the expenditure of
the few shillings initial outlay are enor-
nous. and on a warm summers day, on
a good pitch" a sovereign is by no means
an unusual net gain. 1t is clear. there
fore. that the vendors could well afford
better materials and still gather handsome
rewards. The machinery of the food and
drugs act could surely be applied with lit
tie adaptation to meet an immediate and
pressing necessity for the protection of
child life