The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-22
oWOMAN'S PAGE

ments, or use the fire escapes for any pur-
pose. They look upon inspectors and Of
ficers Of The board of health as tyrants to
he feared and despised much more than
policemen, because they understand be-
ing carried TO Jail when they commit a
violence. but why they should be punished
for keeping a filthy house or sent to a hos
pital with a contagious disease, passes
their powea of comprehension.
One VIII readily see, 1 am sure, how i'm
possible it is to reach the grown-up mem
beers of such families, so our only hope is
in the children. Through them we, in a
measure, reach their ignorant parents, and
mold the future citizen
Our method in the public schools is by
forming classes which, in the opinion of
the board of education. are the best fields
for the work. These classes meet once a
week, in the school buildings, and listen
10 a talk or lecture on the necessity and
ways of keeping the streets and homes
clean.
Each child is made to understand that
10 member of the Street Cleaning Lea
que, they must be clean themselves. You
would be surprised to see how neat some
of these children have become, children
whose mothers look as though they had
never taken bath in their lives.
Then we go from their persons to their
homes, then to the streets. impressing the
necessity of cleanliness for health and
prosperity That is our strong point pros
perity, though of course we don't use that
particular word The majority of East
Siders are Jews and consequently never
too young to understand what saving
money means.
we teach somewhat after the manner
of the house that Jack built If you
throw dirt in the street, then the city has
to clean it up. Ii costs money to clean
the streets SO the city has to tax your
landlord. If your landlord-they all know
what that word means-has to pay high
taxes. then he has to charge high rents.
If your father has to pay high rent. then
he has less money to buy your clothes,
or shoes, or candy. You must help the
city keep the water works in order and
report when there is sickness in your ten
ement.
Each child Is furnished with blanks
such as these" said Miss Gallagher, eX-
hibitng a sheet of legal cap paper with
printed questions and spaces for an
swers. "At the end of each week they
are required to have them filed out, tell
ing what they have done during that time
toward keeping the streets clean.
This is the report of a little girl ter
years old Yes of course the report
will read you what she says: ON Mon
day I saw banana peel on the street and
1 put it in the ash barrel. On Tuesday
saw a lady emptying ashes in the street
and I said. Lady, don't empty them on the
street, put them in the ash barrel She
said, What have you got to do with it?
and told her that belonged to the Street
Cleaning League of the city of New York
and she put the ashes in the ash barrel
On Wednesday I swept the sidewalk 1T
front of our tenement with my mother!
broom. on Thursday l picked up somC
broken glass on Avenue C and put it il
the ash barrel. On Friday 1 told some lit
tie boys that they must not build a bon
fire on the asphalt, and they said MinC
your own business and told them it wa
my business, for l belonged to the Stree
/ Cleaning League, and would report them
I showed them by badge and they stop
ped. On Saturday l reported the waite
| closet in our tenement, and it was fixed.
! This is a fair sample of the reports
| The children who do something each day
in the week are allowed to wear buttor
| the next week Those who do something
| each day for a month are given prizes, be
sides being allowed to wear button. s.
YOU see it gives them something tangible
| 20 work for" Lafayette McLaWs.