Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

ly measure out the macaroni and sell it
to the woman.
y
After she had gone from the store l
asked the grocer if he let the cat steep
anywhere it desired. He told me, oh
yes. but 1 can't understand why she
chose the mscaroni today She usually
chooses that box Of spaghetti it is so
much softer His apparent unconcern
was prompted by lack of any cOmpre-
henSiOn of the first rudimentS of n.y.
giene.''
Miss Norton narrates many more in
stances of general uncleanlinesS in gro-
Gerry stores. such as boots being placed
on meat counters where joints We're laid
and cut. Complaints of customers. she
maintains, are the only thing to bring
the shopkeeper to realization of what
is necessary for response to public de-
mands, although she also admits that
the standard of the shopkeeper In some
districts is higher than that of the shop
pers.
Another burning subject among the
Boston housewives" she says. lis the
movement for wrapped bread. l am
very eager to see the bakers cooperate
with the leagues 1t Is of vital Importance
that bread be protected. for, unlike vege-
tables or fruit, it cannot be cooked or
washed to remove or kill the germs.
I'm its delivery bread is most suscepti-
BILE to infection. In most cities il is con.
yeyed from the bakeries in open
wagon, where all of the dust may blow
in il from the street 1t is handled
by the drivers who have been caring for
the horses and driving with dirty reinS
over the entire city. After it reaches the
store it is exposed on the counter to the
air in the view of buyers. Customers
pinch the bread to see how brown and
fresh ii is. and in poor sections women
ton 4 70 coz &c of Si1 nd
weight.
Il have seen women lay their shopping
bags which they have carried over the
city all the morning directly on top of
loaves of bread. have seen women with
dogs under their arms allow their pets
to sniff over these same loaves. Children
sent TO the store by their parents buy
theste ioaves and lay them on the pave
mcnt while they engage in a game Of
marbles: all the while the loose paper
wrapper is undone the loaf is exposed
again TO the serm-laden dust of the
street. So these much handled and very
dirty loaves are served on the table. and
will continue 20 be served until the ex-
posture is removed by individual wrap
pers on each loaf
Miss Norton feels that two other articles
to which the housekeeper needs to give her
especial attention are eggs ard milk. She
told how the Bostonians made a very
jealous endeavor not long ago when their
milk was sold from insanitary cans to
have il delivered bottled. Washington has
nothing to complain of in the delivery of
it's milk. She thinks the only cause for
question. If any. would come at the
source of supply in the country dairies
Miss Norton spoke of the danger of the
promiscuous purchase OF eggs. urging the
housewife to be particularly careful i'm
her choice. She feels that the chief dan
ger Turks in canned eggs, since il Is so
easy i'm the cannery TO discriminate in IA
vor of the slightly decayed egg and place
il among the good ones.
II think particularly difficult product
to handle is fish, continued Miss Norton.
1T seems very hard to prevent the fish