Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16

The air is filled with dust Likewise
the atmosphere is permeated with large
and small chunks of food. Washington
is having a cleaning-up day and its noise
and effect are expected to stand as monu-
ments of warning for years to come to
those who sell bread and meat to the
populace.
In, other words. the crusade for cleap
lunchrooms. dining rooms. eating houses.
restaurants and soda fountains in the
District of Columbia is bearing fruit. In
spectors Stoy and Norris, designated
specially to examine into the sanitary
conditions of such places, made their first
reports yesterday afternoon. and the
warnings they gave and the promises OF
prosecutions they made in especially
fragrant violations Of the law sped from
lunchroom to lunchroom throughout the
city as though carried on duplicate OF
the swift but sure underground railroad
of a half century ago.
Proprietors Are Busy.
Consequently the proprietors and man.
ayers of eating houses which have not yet
been visited by the two health office in
spectors are getting busy today In the
effort not only to avoid warnings from
the examiners. but also to avoid the un-
pleasant notoriety incident to publication
Of the fact that they have been tried ana
found wanting.
The crusade for cleanliness in the public
eating places in the District Of Column
bia is now at it's height. The TWO IN
spectors specially designated for the pur-
pose, as we'll as the regular corps OF sani-
tary inspectors attached to the force un-
der direction of Health Officer Woodward,
have been devoting most Of their time since
Monday visiting lunchrooms and exam
lining everything from the actual methoos
of serving meals to the kitchens ana
utensils used for cooking and the pre-
cautions observed to protect uncookeo
food from contamination.
Only Seven Given Clean Bills.
Altogether in the first three days Of the
present week Inspectors Norris and Stoy
visited 1O2 restaurants, and the result OF
their 1abors. made public yesterday aft
ernoon. was that only seven places were
given clean bills of health and described
in the reports as being in excellent con-
dition. Thirteen were found to be con-
Quoted With such absolute disregard for
the laws of health and the regulations OF
the District that prosecutions were recon-
mended. and the cases Will be called IN
the Police Court for trial later this
week.
In the other eighty-two cases warnings
were given to the lunchroom keepers to
properly screen their windows against
flies and mosquitoes; to remove cesspools
and toilet rooms from the immediate yi-
cfnity of their Kitchens; to wash and to
keep clean their cooking utensils; to pro-
vide correctly drained and sanitary ice
chests where food is stored; to keep gar
bage cans covered sand to purify the
floors, counters. tables and walls of their
establishments. And 1t is these warnings
and the fear of being called before the
bar of Justice for violations of the lunch
room regulations that have inspired
scores on scores Of restaurant keepers to
start in a verltable frenzy OF sweeping,
scrubbing and securing against the ex-
pected visits of the health office officials.
Requests for Warrants.
Requests addressed to Assistant Cor.
poration Counsel James Pugh for the is
suance Of the warrants for the arrest OF
the thirteen lunchroom proprietors or
managers deemed to be guilty by the In.
spectors of disregard for the law will go
forward from the Office of Health Omcer
Woodward tomorrow morning. so that the
men will not be taken into CUSTODY until
late tomorrow or Saturday. At that time
the names of the alleged offenders and
the addresses OF the lunchrooms found %