Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-18
WHAT EUROPE'S CITIES
COULD TEACH US

fearless personitication of the law of
the Independently c%onsults him as
to what he thinks should be lone With
the defendant in minor cases. y y y
Here the policeman is the man on trial."
The words are those of William Nc
Adoo. former New York police COM
missioner, now head of the board of
city magistrates.
London largely separates the detec-
tives from the uniformed force. AS Mr..
McAdoo says: "They are not yer
known by name and cannot be located
by the uniformed policeman. and their
names are certainly not banded about
by crooks as common property"
The honesty and good character Of
an ordinary London constable" says
Mr.. McAdoo. lis taken to be as sure as
that OF the prime minister"
Berlin and other German cities have
bureaus Of statistics which enable citi-
zens to. obtain an up to date view of
local affairs.
The floating population of all British
citiesE"the lodging house vote"-is
practically disfranchised for municipal
purposes by the slight property qualifi-
cations required.
Glasgow has made street sweeping,
street sprinkling and garbage disposal
part OF It's sanitary government and
put them under one jurisdiction.
Paris has placed under one depart
ment the care OF the parks and of the
tree shaded streets, the lighting Of Thor
oughfares and the erection and super
vision of booths inc kiosks.
Citizens for Poor Relief.
Berlin has drafted nearly 1000 citi-
zens for poor relief. These are divided
into upward of $50 local committees
and every member is sponsor for speci-
fled families, with authority to attend
to their wants. No compensation is
given to these committees. Refusal to
serve may be punished by tax Increases
or the suspension of civil and political
privileges.
Glasgow has women as domiciliary
visitors. known as lady inspectors"
who make suggestions as to cleanliness
and household reform to poor families.
After childbirth, Swiss cities require
a SIX weeks cessation from work by
wOmen Wage
cologne has official visitors of the
POOR. n of whom calls on every wage
earning woman who has given birth to
a child. If the mother needs to go out
TO work, the fact is reported and a
that she stay at home and nurse her
infant.
Paris has nearly 100 classes de garde
for small children whose parents are
employed away from home. The chill
dren are kept until their parents have
ASNuI IIcu lIOul WORK.
Cha~rlottenburg has established a hos
pital school in a pine forest near the
city for physically weak children under
medical treatment. Tables and benches
are set out under the fir trees and
meals are served as we'll as lessons
taught. II m~arvelled,' said Sir John
Gorst. "at the administrative ability
which had at so small a cost provided
such a great portion of health and
happiness"
Glasgow maintains municipal wash
houses, where for 4 cents an hour a
woman may use a stall with fixed tubs
for hot and old water and appliances
for steam boiling and drying.
Paris Has Municipal Pawn Shops.
municipal pawnshops-the None de
Piete-with three large a%uxiliaries and
above q score of branches. These loan
on an average IS a year to every man.
woman and child.
Paris has a belt railroad following
meets the various railroad stations, and
both freight and passenger traffic are
facilitated.
The railway stations in German cities
give upon plazas Of grass and flowers
surrounded by hotels and municipal
buildings SO designed as to produce a
single architectural effect.
Berlin, Dresden and other German
cities study the winds n refuse to let
factories locate in outlying districts
whence their smoke or odors might be
blown into the city.
Dusseldorf has provided or regulated
the designs for factories, Office build
ings and department stores. and these
are ornamented with statues, ~frescoes
and mOSaics.
Paris and Brussels have improved
advertising signs by offering prizes for
the most artistic.
Taste in Public Buildings.
Germany has developed a school of
commercial architecture headed by AL
fred Messed Wertheim's department.
store and the Rheingold restaurant in
Berlin and the offices OF the Aligemeine
Zeitung In Munich are accounted in
as good taste as the best public build
ings.
Instead of using their rivers to carry
off sewage, instead of permitting un-
slightly commercial structures to oc-
cupy their shores, European cities
nave treated the rivers as assets Of
beauty and enjoyment. London has
the Victoria embankment upon the
Thames-a downtown riverside park.
Paris has lined the Seine with stone
quays n faced it with public build
ings and palaces. Cologne has oc-
cupied nearly all the Rhine river front
with stone entertainments tree
bordered Budapest has it's
river front streets higher than the
quays of the Danube. and these are
lined with fine public and private
buildings: In the Bruhl terrace over
Hooking h Elbe. Dresden has 1.-THE bal
cony of Europe" Berlin has built
stone quays along the Spree and plant
ed the banks with trees. It has made
stone and cement walls for its canals.