The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-17

CLEANS CITIES AS
SIZE WOULD \ HOME
The Rev. Carolina Crane Successful as
the Worlds First Public House
keeper.
The Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane,
Of kalamazoo. Mich, has the distinc-
ton of being the first public house
keeper in the world. 1t is her theory,
put effectively into practice. says a
writer in the January Hampton's
Magazine, that q large gart or city
government is merely housekeeping on
a big scale. very badly done, because
men do not know how to keep house
I'VE have waited q long time says
Mrs. Crane, hoping tina the men
would learn. but now we are tired OF
waiting. Women are tired OF being
told to open their mouths and shut
tn cir eyes and everything will be done
for them. If the home is Wonen's
sphere, surely the filthy streets
through which they must walk in or
der to reach their homes are q part
OF tina sphere also
She told the recent Conservation
Congress in st. Paul Of the simple.
plain, but time-tested Housekeeping
methods that under her direction have
been applied in a number OF cltles,
ana OF Inc cXceiicIL ItrultS NHiSik A"A
followed. SO practical were all these
sanitary suggestions hat Immediately
after her speech the state Board OF
Health Of Minnesota voted an appro-
priltion to engage five weeks OF her
time. The board asked her to visit
the twelve largest towns OF the state,
view them with the eye OF "a house
keeper. and report. Now those cities
are getting the housekeeping Of their
lives.
Some time ago the ideal of public
service grew SO strong in her heart
that Mrs. Crane resigned her pastorate
and devoted her entire time to civio
work. She organized the Women's
Civic Improvement League and start
ed out to clean up Kalamazoo, which,
sadly needed cleaning at that time.
Mrs. Crane offered to take charge OF
the STRENGTHENING department. AZ
ter much persuasion the city cOuncis
gave her charge OF six blocks ON
Main street for three months. Mrs.
Crane Instituted the plan Of white
wings hand ork and soon had
.ler section Of the town entirely clean.
Moreover. III was saving money on
the job. For a certain. allotted space
Of street Kalamazoo had been expend-
ing $3.50. Mrs. Crane cleaned the
same space for SIS and anded the
extra 1888 back to the department.
Before her three months had elapsed.
- lily udO du0pAeO nSr plan
This was only the beginning. Mrs.
Crane and her Civic Improvement
League next went after Kalamazoo's
1000 p They visited the slaugh-
t~er-hOuses, the dairies, the
and the reports they turned in to the
clubs, the churches, and the news
papers We're SO startling that the town
almost lost It's appetite. The result Of
the leagues exposures was a. law nro-
Vid1ng for municipal inspection OF
meat, milk, and all market products
All the public institutions in the yincin-
ity of Kalamazoo were next broupht
under the inspection Of the leag,a-
Inc INC was found to be in n
shocking condition of neglect. The
women cleaned it up. Other institu-
tiohS were examined and found lack
ing. The women supplied their uante-
or rather they made the proner an
thorlues supply them.
I1aelhg made Kalamazoo into the
Spotless Town" of the
Mrs. crane continued, by means of
miirilis ana featuring, to preach the
sospel OF civic cleanliness ana order.
soon distant cities bean to send for
tn1s public housekeeper to tell thor,
'helr own shortcomings
! ne most a1uable part of Mrs
ofanes work is that it has proved in
Tisit esery case permanent. Her
Nlsit ana inspection is followed nv or
Of effort to bring about
ne ne changes suggested by her. After
siSiI 20 kentucky the Legislatura
passed State health laws that were n
generation in advance of those Mrs
Srahe criticised. A few months afte-
nei Inspection of Nashville, they had
sleaned the public market and laid
HeT throughout of the town.
coiuhlel, Ill, was changed In a wear
from q mining camp into a moderr,
town with parks. good streets and an
organized system of public relief.
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