Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-15

common dining room. nursery. recrea-
| ton rooms, bath rooms and laundries.
| with staff of nurses to look after the
| children during the daytime while the
Of pasteurized milk. porridge and other
| simple foods are supplied to the board
ers, and the average cost OF boarding a
| child is 40 cents week in addition 10
| the room rent. which averages $l.3'
| week per room. This great benevolence
! enables a father who is left with FAMILY
Of motherless children to find a perma-
nent. comfortable home for them. where
they are surrounded by wholesome lnnu-
ences and are we'll cared for. The chill
dren who are under school age are looked
after in the day nursery: those who are
over seven are cent to school.
Old Clothes Market.
There are many public lighthouses and
laundres where for a penny or two the oc-
cupants of the tenement houses can have
the use Of tubs and drying and ironing
rooms with an abundance of soap and hot
water. There are hospitals and dispen-
saries of every sort in every part of the
city where the sick can obtain treat
ment and medicine for nothing or at
nominal price
The city government conducts an old
clothes market. which is curious ex-
ample Of humanitarianiSm. Garments are
bought and sold at nominal prices after
being thoroughly fumigated and cleaned
and nended. A widower. for example.
can take his motherless children there
and have them fitted out with secondhand
clothing, by honest. kindly hands. at a
nominal price. and he may be sure that he
gets all he pays for.
The city authorities conduct a bird, cat
and dog market on Mondays. Wednesdays
and Saturdays of each week. where any
person who has bird or a dog or a cat
he wants to dispose OF can offer 1t for
sale by paying charge Of = cents If
1t is not sold the first day it can be left
in storage for q! charge of cents a day;
which includes food. This market is we'll
patronized by people who want cats and
dogs and birds and wouldn't otherwise
know where to find them.
Food Can Be Had at Cost.
At the city meat markets eggs. butter.
cheese. poultry. game. vegetables and all
kinds of meat can be had at prices slightly
above cost. and they are well patronized.
The employment bureau Is another novel
institution which has been in operation
since 1896. and furnishes an opportunity
for persons who are out OF employment
to register their names and addresses
without paying the fees charged by pri-
vato agencies. The management while
accepting no responsibility for the honesty
and efficiency of its patrons. endeavorS, so
far as possible to ascertain their respect
ability and competency. and gives the
employers the benefit of the information
without prejudice. An applicant for
work may furnish references which will
be investigated officially. if desired. An
average of 5000 persons. mostly house
hold servants and common laborers. find
employment through the bureau every
year
have devoted so much time to these
unusual features Of municipal admins
tration that 1 will not be able to give
a detailed description OF the sewerage
and water systems. the libraries and
parks and other features OF Glasgow,
which are well worth attention.
The sewage, for example. Is conducted
into reservoirs. in which the solid and
liquid substances are separated and re-
duced to fertilizers, and these arc sold
The water supply comes from Loch
Katrine the scene Of Sir Walter SCOTS
poem. The Lady Of the Lake and is
conducted through tunnels twenty-three
and twenty-five miles long at the rate
Of 100000 600 gallons day to service res
ervoirs, where il Is filtered and distrib-
uted.
Park System and Fairgrounds.
The park system includes thirty-tive
separate plots Of ground. varying from
to 1875 acres in size, with twenty play
grounds for children scattered In differ
ent parts of the city where they are
most needed. And there are seventy-six
private golf clubs in Glasgow having
links within an hours ride of the city
hall.
The libraries are numerous. 1 believe
there are fourteen altogether. with read
ing rooms scattered in different parts OF
the city for the benefit of the public.
Mr.. Carnegie wrote the lord provost In
1901 that it would give him great pleas
ure to commemorate the fifty-second ans
niversary of the departure OF his father
and mother with their two little boys
from Glasgow for New York In the bark
Wiscasset by giving half a million dol
lars to the library fund. which. Of course
was accepted.
The Peoples Palace.
Glasgow has a splendid art gallery and
museum housed in a beautiful building.
with some of the finest examples OF the
old masters and many modern canvases
Of world wide fame. Rembrants Man in
Armour is the gem OF the collection
and hangs with several others of his
works.
Under the same administration is a
Peoples Palace. of which Mr.. Lugton.
for several years with John E. tarwell