The Washington herald., 1912-11-08
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worth vhjIez :.
Il was four .yeafs $50 thar . vemsn1
ahunicdpal 1sagus w9s startsd IN Dostpn
by I uttie gEoup oe women No Woro
Wise enough 70 bar>1 al soeial ue othsr
dividing Ines : For there weFo III Wnuheu
nom Booton's exclusive 0lrcleA then tie
IittIe fosSlgn-Oosns WomGny from Qu1eo
another district. with = goodly ssprinkling
al the val between. Ard lnow. The usem-
be.ship Of th0l league = neaffy 1ooo
Il has organised departunsnts In line
with every branch OF city government
that concerns itsslf with matters affect
.ing tia home. Its Officers work In CO.
operation With city oaiciais. and when
they look about the city and md loose
ends, here and there. neglected and over.
booked by the busy 'fathsrA they 20
with their complaints and suggestions 10
the big hall whsrs things are set In
motion.
Toe1R EIEU3 W06As
Almost the nrst thing they did was to
make an energetic campaign for cleaner
Boston, and a. the league numbered re-
cr,rits from away up and away down.
the city soon began to take on . neW
aspect, front yards. back yards, streets.
and all Even the alleys viHbly bright
-ened under the process.
And then they realized that . clean
city face just once In q while was not
very impressive or lastingr % these
city mothers employed . young wom-
an, Wellesley graduate. to 20 about
the city to influence householdefp and
shopkeepers to maintain the standard.
When she finds, a. she often does. an
unwholesome spot, al Uttered with
refuse, she has Q nice little badge to dis
play. and that and . persuasive man
ner complete the sermon on cleanliness.
And Boston 10 the cleaner for her
scrutiny. Her badge 10 loaned by the
Fathers" but she Is paid by the city
mothers.
Then they have an inspector-an-
other college graduate-7who pokes about
the markets and the shops. insisting
that food stufs be kept beyond the
reach of dogs. away. from the visitations
and clean. At first the fathers" did
not cooperate 20 very well with this
plan, but the workers started out on q
convincing crusade. and when they came
back with their list Of places clean and
places dirty. the showing was % con-
vincing that q law was passed calling
for the protection Of food displayed on
counters and in markets.
Refused to DUy.
You see. the women simply refused
to buy of dealers who would not raise
and cover" II one shop was not up to-
the standard they went across the way
where the dealer was ready to cater tol
fastidious hygienic tastes. And since
all grades of womankind were enlisted,
the dealers had to fall In line. though
they sometimes protested . bit against
the woman inspector and her interfering
ways.
Now the Law says raise and cover
but they still have their inspector whoI
finds plenty Of work ito do standing
guard over foodstuffs. looking after the
sanitary conditions of the stores where
women do their buying. and incidentally
the health Of all con-
cerned.
There is the inspector. too. who visits
the tenements, preaching the doctrine Of
cleanliness. instructing Indifferent or ig-
norant housekeepers, urging equally IN
dfheros,f landlords a0mAtfrnAa working