New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-19
MELON BABIES NEED MART
Stun Soothing Syrup" an Arau.
ment for PushCart Depot. 1
IT IMPRESSES MRS. HEATH
First Avenue Conditions Harry
Soul of Woman Who Cham.
pions Pedlers' Cause.

pions Pedlers' Cause.
Mrs Julian Heath wants every wona,
In the city to visit the pushcart market.
! Of Harlem so that they will know wha,
| she means by urging the city fathers IA
install the pedlers under the Park avenue
viaduct. She herself made tour OF thu
markets yesterday morning, and the sights
she saw stirred her soul, she said
! A stolid Italian woman had two large
round loaves of bread fitting snugly anon
| her greasy black hair. Any number OF
| similar loaves were piled upon the side.
walk waiting for customers. And that WAS
only one instance. --t-
| II looked as II the entire feminine popula.
| tion Of the neighborhood was out buying
! food. No need 20 urge these women nor
| to do their ordering by telephone. No
need to keep the little mother at home 10
| prevent the babies from falling out Of the
window or setting themselves on fire while
| their big mother. did her marketing for
| big mother had thrown a couple OF babies
over her shoulders, grabbed another by tha
| hand, and sailed forth, soothing the infant
{ protests with slices of watermelon. This
| is the universal soothing syrup.
| IL looks, indeed, as If the small negro
with his grinning face framed IN a semi
| circle Of stolen watermelon were llkely-t 10
| give place in American picture lore TO the
palhd immigrant baby, wasting perfectly
| good pink juice on his own and his moth.
ers dress. but otherwise to.erably con.
tented for the moment Watermelon slices
at one cent each were in great demand az
all the pushcarts on First avenue in spits
OF the fact that they were quite exposed
to the flies and the dust Almost every
passerby ON the crowded street was enjoy
ing the penny treat, and many women yers
carrying thin pink slices home, bundled
in newspaper, which was the only wrapping
paper In evidence anywhere
Pannier No Revival There.
Most of the buyers disdaned even thIs
Formally however simply Jumping thelr
purchases In state Of nature as II were
into their bags. where motley collection
Of potatoes, lettuce cheese and bread was
already assembled.
Mrs Heath, who insists that the grocers
|
| their goods under glass, complained 10 the
police officer who escorted her that the ex-
posture OF slices Of cheese and watermelon
was against the law. She was answered
with polite shrug OF the shoulder and a
What can we do, madame?"
step further down the avenue FISH were
being sold from an open stand: second
hand clothing, which had never been dis
infected lay I'm piles In close proximity 10
the food stands. cans OF milk stood uncov-
cred on the curbstone; dogs, children whose
beauty was mostly unadorned), horses and
fies mingled with the crowd.
Never in my life have seen such filthy
streets" cried Mrs. Heath when the tour
was ended. Il didn't suppose such places
existed in this city. / certainly am con-
WINGED now that the pushcart men must be
put under the viaduct where conditions can
be controlled. The authorities cannot cope
with them in the present unregulated state
OF affairs --.-...
THE police say It is not their business. il
| is up TO the Board Of Health. The Board
OF Health says 1t is up TO the Bureau OF
membranes. Every one blames Il on
somebody else.
The Housewives League is going to keep
on hammering, hammerihg. until the mar
ket under tho railroad is established
Think what a menace 20 the health OF the
city such a neighborhood is! The richer
people don't think the dirt on Avenue A
need worry them, but just wait until ty-
phoid breaks out over there.
Poor Must Have caretaksrs. + no
NO, I know the people along Fourth
avenue don't want the pushcart market
there, but It's got TO be there Just the
same. II the city government won't do
things OF itself the Housewives League
will demand them. These people IN the
| poorer sections can't take care Of them
selves. so we have 10 do Il for them
"Our motto is Pure food for everybody
The connection between pure food and pub
lie markets under the viaducts is perfectly
clear You can't have pure food from I'M
clean stands on unclean streets. You can't
have clean streets unless you have the
pushcarts under control, and YOU can't
control them when they are moving from
pillar to post. They can be controlled only
| II they are IN a place set apart for them.
and that place Is under the railroad IN
! Fourth avenue.
| Playground? That space isn't decent
| for children to play in. IT'S dirty and
dark. Besides. the children don't seem to
want to play there. There were none there
| to-day when INVENT by.
Some one has opposed the Park avenus
space on the ground that he will give over
a vacant lot to the pushcarts. That Is gen.
erous Of him. isn't It He "a going 10
| charge 50 week rant.
Now. IL he expects to find Il worth whils /.
| 10 rent stands to the pushcart people, WHY
shouldn't the city also find II 10 It's az
VANTAGE"