The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-09
Woman Tells of Having Clothes
Drenched i'm Tobacco Juice
Shower.
ANTI-EXPECT0RATING
CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED
Tobacco Users viii Have TO
Spit in Their Pockets or
Get Spit Boxes.

Zion is eNpeCtorating little too freely
on the sidewalks these days, the female
portion of the population thinks, and the
gentlcr sex purposes that the male In
habitants shall right about in this dis
gusting practice. To this end there is
considerable talk Of the Organization
among the women OF an anti-expectorat =
ing club The movement is expected 10
take more definite form soon. AS yet IT
Is in its infancy.
II Is not an edifyiug spectacle TO wit
ness pools OF saliva upon the street
corners, especially when the principal
other ingredient Of these pools Is tobac-
co juice. With the women tobacco usu-
OF course. and they purpose to wage a
fight against the users of tbe-to them
vile weed in Salt Lake who make a
practice OF eXpectorating upon the side
walks.
Here is the personal experience Of one
Salt Lake woman who will be a charter
member OF the anti -eXpectorating CLUB
that is in It's incipiency now, The other
day | was passing from one Of the main
buildings OF the city. situated In one OF
the most prominent parts OF town; Near
cheeks bulstng with chews OF tobacco
near the size of an old COWS 'cud. The
sidewalk over which 1t was neces-
sary for me 10 pass. was delayed with
nasty tobacco juice. [ was compelled TO
wade through the mess. After the de,
lnge, | examined my skirt ana touId
that ~ was nearly ruined, lOr lOphCCo
stains are hard to remove,
Another's Experience.
Another woman told OF her decidedly
unpleasant and disgusting experience
She was on street car on her way to
a pleasure resort for days outing. JUST
in front Of her sat man with his moash
full OF tobsc The male person eX-
perforated, and. as the wind was blow
Ing from the man to the woman, IL car
rled part Of his eXpectoration back upon
~, t.. I1, e-l..1 II tod n
veritable shower bath Of tobacco juice
her natty white shrtwalst being spriulled
quite literally with condemnation OF
spit and tobacco juice, The stains loom ed
phant TO the woman and In this condi
tlon she was compelled 10 spend the
day, subjected to the many curious and
inquiring glances OF passersoy. The
woman didn't get much pleasure from
the days outing. And she will be q
charter member OF the proposed anti-eN-
ship rush promises TO rival that at q
bargain counter sale,
on account OF the activity Of the po-
lice department the conditions here arc
the spitters appear 10 be undergoing
a relapse, the women say. from theil
past good behavior. Twelve months age
there was crusade against the splitter
and arrests were made by the whole
sale, one policeman bringing In thirtoer
men for splitting upon the sidewalks
CONVICTIONS were SeCuTeO III all tulleeI
cases. but the guilty We're allowed TO sc
with a reprimand from the court. Since
the crusade the police have been vigil
lant, but IL would take a police force OF
5000 men I'm salt Lake TO enforce the
anti splitting ordinance strictly, Under
the ordinance fine and jail sentence may
be imposed for a violation.
The moral 10 the tobacco user In Zior
from the present agitation of the form
Ing OF a womans antl-expectorating clut
is: Step outside the city limits wher
you have to spit, or else provide yourself
with a spitbox or eNpectorate in your
pocket.