Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
Invading Woman.s Domain

at the Customers Risk" Nothing has
been broken since.
Invading Woman's Domain
Ever see a white man-American at
that-washing and ironing clothes just
like our own John Chnaman does? If
not, take flying trip over to New
York. Here you may see him of many
faces and in many places. 1t appears
to be nothing out of the ordinary here
and apparently no notice is taken of
it. Contrary to the conditions existing
in Los Angeles, much of the laundry
work in New York is done by hand.
There are some large steam laundries.
of course, but for every one of these
there are a dozen of those smaller 2X4
places, where all the work is done in
full view of the patron. And in most
cases the employees are men. Hardly
any of these places boasts of more than
three or four hands," and the boss
himself is often seen bending over the
tub or pounding away, iron in hand, at
someone's collar or shirt. The charge
is reasonable and the work is more sat-
isfactory as a rule than that done by
steam laundries, and one hand-shop
proprietor with whom l talked today
said there was good money in it for
him.
Religious instruction for Children
A Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi and
representatives of six Protestant de-
nominations have united in meeting
to plead for more thorough religious
education of children. The movement
had it's inception in the interchurch
conference last fall. 1t is proposed that
the public schools shall so arrange the
schedule of studies that subjects Of
ralafiU imn0rfannn shall
Wednesday afternoons, and that such
students as desire it, or whose parents
desire it, shall be then free to go to the
churches of their choice to receive their
religious instruction without loss of
public school training.
Subway Smells
Those who have ridden in a crowded
subway train in this city are qualified
to talk on poor ventilation. The warm
weather is again approaching, and, de-
spite the promises made by the subway
officials, little or nothing has been done
to alleviate the sufferings endured last
summer owing to poor ventilation.
New Workers. (and others) will use
the underground road, however, and as
long as they do the dividends will con-
tinue to make Messrs. Belmont ct al.
happy. However, this very happy cir
cumstance does not lessen the fact that
it is really an ordeal to ride for half
an hour on a subway train. Combine
poor ventilation (Which in this case is
the worsD with the accumulation of
dirt in an underground passage like the
one in question and you will have a
germ factory. Glance at the steps as
you enter or leave the tunnel and you
will be impressed with the rapidity
with which dirt collects. Note the bolts
and the edges of the steel construction,
the ticket booths and cars for evidence
of dust accumulation. The roadbed,
once hand-washed ballast rock, is now
more than half dirt.
A Test of the Thumb Print System
A print of the thumb of Daniel Nolan.
alias Henry johnson, sent by the New
York police to London few weeks ago,
with a request for the mans record,
was returned today together with a
duplicate print taken at Scotland yard
some time ago, photograph of the man
and his criminal record on the other
side. The print was sent as a test of
the thumb proof method used by the
Paris police, and the Identification was
perfect. Nolan was sentenced to four
years for robberies In the Waldorf
Astoria.
THE GOTHAMITE.
--~Dr . 49,