The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-28
Very interesting Meeting at Frater-
nifty House.
rRE CLUR WILL INSPECT "HE
CITY SUHO0LH0U sES.
Mrs. Palme.'s Pap -story'pf Col. Warine
The Expectoration Ordinance.

1t is hard to say if the most interested
group was inside or outside the FTaterni
ty House, Saturday afternoon when the
first meeting of the Civic club took
place. The little children Of the Deaf
School, with their faces fattened against
every available window pane in their
dormitory, watched the ladies come and
go and undoubtedly wondered what
was going on. If they could have had
peep inside they would have seen about
80 ladies, members and their friends, list
ening to reports, papers and discussions
The meeting was called to order by the
president, Mrs Eta ID. Osgood, and in
the absence of the secretary. Miss Ella
Sargent was elected secretary pro TEN.
1t was the last chance to become q
charter member of the club and several
ladies joined.
Mrs. Osgood's opening remarks were
bright and after extending cordial Wei
come sha told the story of the little glri
who stood in front of the church ana
when the gentleman asked II her father
was the minister, she said: No, my
Mrs. Osgood said she felt like an inoum-
brance taking only the place OF the one
who had given up the presidency on ac-
count of Illness.
Mrs. Osgood said that such work as
the Civic club proposes to carry on neea-
ed the guidance of some higher power,
and asked the ladies to join in a short
prayer.
Owing to the absence of the secretary
the reading of reports was omitted. Inc
programme for the first meeting as IL
had been arranged by the committee, Mrs.
Frederick E. BoothbF Mrs. Eta M. Os-
good and Miss Ella Sargent, was short
sketch of the life of Col Warning, by Mrs
j. E. Palmer; and papers by Mrs F. E.
Boothby and Mrs. E. C. Jordan on Pub
lie Baths.
MRS. PALMER'S PAPER.
Mrs. Palmer then read herspaper.
Col. Wa1ing was horn in 1923 and died
of yellow fever in New York, October 30,
1895. He studied At Poughkeesie, and
then made a speciality Of agricultural
chemistry. When he was only 2l years
OF age he lectured through Maine and
New Jersey. He served as major in the
Civil war, and later as colonel.
Col. Yaring began his service in 1894
as head of tho street department. of New
York CITY, and changed the dirty, ordi-
nary street sweepers into clean, pictur-
esaus objects, dressed all in white and
known as Col Warnings white.winged
angels
This last triumph OF his has almost
overshadowed his other good works.
In 1878 he won't to Memphis to help fight
the yellow fever in that city and he sue
cesded in changing it from one of the
dirtiest to one of the cleanest cities. His
death was a public catastrophe.
Socially Col Waring was genial and
everywhere a great fayorite. His body
was cremated the day be died.
STORIES OF COL WARING.
/. At the close of Mrs. Palmer's remarks,
the president asked if any of the ladies
had known Col. Warning personally.
Mrs. E c. Jordan spoke Of the delight
fuI correspondence Mr.. Jordan had had
with Col. Waring, and went on to say that
Col Waring at first was not scientific
engineer and had been criticised in his
vast undertakings, but they had all sue
ceeded bis sub-soil drainage at New
port was very expensive and people sar-
oastically spoke of his dollar radishes.
No obstacle was ever too large for him
to go over, having daring resources
which are unusual in that profession.
He cared nothing for political pull; a man
kept at the same rate.
Col Waring was a very handsome man,
cultivated, liked by the poor and the
rich. He cared nothing for display. Part
of his life was spent in Europe. He
died poor. He taught poor mothers how
to care for the health Of their children
showing Them what cleanliness meant.
Mrs. Osgood told an anecGote of Col.
Warning in one of his lectures at Philadel-
phia. He asked one of the street force if
he was a Tammany man, and he said yes,
but he could become Warlng man.
hut this made no difference. politics
didn't heep a good man from having a
good position.
PUBLIC BATHS.
A short paper was read by Mrs. Booth
BY on Public Baths in Boston. The Dover
street baths were opened in October, 1885,
The baths are open to rich ana poor,
men, women and children. Boston has
the finest public baths in America. 1t
is the highest way to promote cleanliness
and physical care 1t is the greatest
public need and the most welcome charl-
~ that has ever been before the pnbllc.
Mrs. E. G. Jordan then spoke of pub
lic baths in foreign countries. prefaeing
her remarks by the statement that the
only public bath room in Portland was
In the fraternity House, and in recent
health report Portland was conspicuous
as one of the cities in America that had
no public baths. Five .sixths of the peo-
pie of this city have but one faucet with
cold water pouring out, and how can
we expect the school room ventilation to
be good with the majority of scholars
practically rnwashed? Factory towns