New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
MARKET GETS SCRUBB|NG
Management Makes Preparation
for Ladies' Day."

Any tardy commuter who receives a hap
tism Of soap suds as he treads the grimy
way inland from the Jersey ferries to-day
will be merely the recipient of an objec
| lesson In woman's effect on public life
| Well, did they ever scrub Washington
| Market before and aren't they polishing II
| night and day now to make things nice
and clean for ladies day" tomorrow
! How many hundred women OF the House
wives League will manage TO find thell
way into the maze of antique building:
which shelters the century old market re-
mains TO be seen. However, Carl Koelsch
president Of the Washington Market Asso-
citation, has laid up a store OF n thousand
nice new market baskets with an Easter
| chick tied on each to present to his
| guests. All previous versions OF the tale
to the effect that every matron will come
armed with her own staiwart basket are
| subject TO amendment
The baskets are on u.s." Mr.. Koelsch
! informed The Tribune reporter yesterday
afternoon. TIE baskets arr not all, either.
| There will be miles Of bunting and flags
and clean white paper with marvellous
"cut work borders on the shelves. Every
m1rketman will don an immaculate white
apron and sport pink rose in his button
| hc'e and an irresistible smile on his rubi-
cumd countenance band will dispense
music.
DO YOU wonder that with all these elab-
oratc preparations Washington Market was
somewhat unset this morning when The
Tribune quoted Mrs. Martha Bensley
Biuere to the effect that public markes $
were obsolete?
you ought to have consulted us before
you published that" said Mr.. Koelsch re-
provinSly
"Aw. 'Twant The Tribune was 10
blame"-this from a genial white apron
lowering near Twas I'm The outlook
fust-Teddy Roosavelts paper, ye know"
wall. anyway" said Mr. Koelsch only a
little mollihed. this market isn't obsolete.
You can see by the business We do. Fif-
teen thousand people a day here sometimes.
Why? Because they can save money here.
There's a saving of 10 per cent sure on
foodstuffs that Is S3,97S,000 a year to the
people OF this city It's the competition
that does it. Uptown your little corner
grocer can charge you two or three cents
extra, and ten TO one you never know IT,
because you don't have other grocers near
by to compare prices with. But down hel
one fellow can't charge three cents more
than the fellow across the aisle Rather.
he charges less than his rival does If he
can. That's why It's cheaper 10 buy here.
We're honest, too You can be sure
the weights and measures are all right
and that you're getting good unspoiled
stuff. That's what we have the association
,I,,, NJ hA y al
unfair dealings here. and II any customer
has a grievance all he or she has TO do
IS TO come to me. I'm the unhappy presi-
dent.
Sure, the people come here from all
parts OF the town. There's Weston
now-with the silk hat-hes the fellow
that walks. YOU know: he comes way
down from 18th street every week TO
do his marketing here OF course, IT takes
time 10 come down. but once here. you
save time. because everything is together
under one roof You can buy your whole
dinner. from soup 10 nuts Another point
is that the market is just as near the
people to-day as II was fifty years ago.
1t doesn't take any longer 10 come down
in the elevated now than 1t used to TO
walk mile or moro, and it's sight
easier TO carry a basket back in the cars!
don't think II wastes either time or
strength 10 come here, and II saves money.
That's what counts"
In the midst OF all the furry az prepara-
ton the least excited OF all the dealers was
the sausage queen on the north side OF the
market Little she knew. in her secluded
corner, that, Ike as not, she would be the
lra Of at Ia ~
the species is let loose among the stalls
| tomorrow.
"A woman in business down here. How
| intercstlng!'
Miss II. Wyatt, the presiding genius OF
the sausage stall, guardian OF pigs feet
and dispenser OF head cheeses. was whole
some and happy looking as one OF the red
checked apples she doesn't sell-her own
wares don't adapt themselves TO SMILES
Ever since she was little girl, helping
her father and mother count sausages lr
this very same STALL she has been on hand
here. from 3 o'clock In the morning until
the last commuter has wended his way
Jerseyward at night. on her feet all that
time. Yes, indeed. IT tires her to sit down,
she said
you certainly have proved that woman
can be & match for man at his own work,
II was suggested to her. 80. of course.
you're a sufTragist?'
Lord. | hope not!"
When the visitor recovered II was only
to press a feeble why"
We'll" said Miss Wyatt, beginning to
pack up her sausages for the night Il
think suffrage would rob woman OF her
dignity"