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New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
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even these are looked upon as only temponr
expedient pending the tests Of motor vehicle. q,
dustless collection. These are to be shown an.
TESTED in the course Of the week Of the exhiblt.o,
In commenting on tie exhibition Commission.
Fetherston says:
"The City OF Paris la. year installed mote,
refuse collection equipment built garages s,t
nodernized rs street cleaning appliances a, cor
Of over s1,OOO,O00. Berlin is replacing hon.
drawn street cleaning machinery with electrical,
operated motor-driven machines Some Of d,
boroughs Of the City OF London have replace:
horse.drawn equipment with motordriven reius,
collection and street cleaning trucks. The City o,
Liverpool uses automobil9 trucks very extensively
for the collection o. household refuse
Various cities at home and abroad are engaged
in the attempt 70 modernize street cleaning
equipment by the installation of power-ddvs.
trucks for street cleaning, rerlse collection sri
related work Exhibits Of these various machines
are held by many cities abroad, for the purpom
of bringing together all the latest and most mol.
ern appliances used in street cleaning work
The New York City street cleaning s1hh,
which will begin tomorrow ha. three-fOld pur.
pose:
81. To show the citizens of New York the pres
ent equipment used for street cleaning purposes
"2 To show the people all the latest and mos,
modern devices and machines which various mana
facturers in this country and abroad have devise.
and are ready to offer for service in this city.
"3 To permit the department &c make tests and
demonstrations Of the various machines and sp
piances, so that the best types may be sscertsnsl
for work in New York.
There has been a general demand for better
street sanitation in New York, which has beer
voiced in no uncertain way during the last fss
years. The equipment Of the department, to-ciT
Is practically the same as it was when Coions
Warng started the department in 1895 The opti
ash can, and the open waterfront dump are 'iA
fourishing and disseminating dust and odo''
about the streets and along the waterfront Man
attempts have been made 70 correct these eoac'
tions in the past, but consistent and persis'er'
effort has been made to achieve the desired resuli
This year the Board of Estimate and AppOrtior'
ment appropriated s25000o for the installation o.
modern equipment in the so-called model distrs
of the Borough of Manhattan, and In this eonHs''
ton the street cleaning exhibit forms really
part Of the programme for the model district !"
cause the people must be aroused TO the nesessV
for improvements and must appreciate the er'H
Of the department in attempting to meet us
demands, in order that the model district ~
may be successful.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

tion caused by fog or after heavy rains when w
weather conditions are such that the stree. W.
not readily dry twofold object is attained "
such sowing-the slipperiness Of the stree,
overcome and safety for vehicles and ped''
trians assured, and the surplus water is sb'OrS.'
by the sand, SO that il does not lie ana ro' w
surfacing.
Thus the greatest objection to ssphsl; s'Ts''
their slpperiness-is obviated. =,
AS streets are only flushed a, times Whe0 "
water will readily dry off, there is no OCCASION =
sand them after flushing.
When bodies of men are 20 pass over icy s''.'-
the sand or small gravel to be scattered US
moistened with solution OF salt, as II VIII NV
the more quickly attack the ice Of the street 1.
Sand, in being sown on the streets snoul' - !"
used as sparngly as possible to accomplish
desired result. very small quantity s w.
sufficient for a considerable area. From TWO Wv.
liters suffice for 200 square metres, when -.
cubic yard for from 100000 to 100000 square ,''
of surface or from 5000 to $4,000 feet OF 0V''''
street. ,a
When the conditions Of ice or moisture "N..
made necessary the application Of the sana 70,
passed It should all be removed, as other""'
streets will become dusty. ...,
In good weather asphalt and wood oloeA So !.
are treated with an oil emulsion Applied ~ -.
six times during the summer, all the desira0's
suits are accomplished that follow from ''''
watering. Ia
Within recent years New York City mas ~,
many miles of wooden block paving. one y,
principal objections TO this is noticed dD''ns "a
hot summer days, when surfaces are eoVef'u an,
soft tar. making walking practically mp. my. ~
Were our city engineers acquainted W." -
tried-out methods elsewhere very mucn 0''', .,r
suits could be had. European wooden ,.,sa
often are covered with thin coating '' -,
cement, over which layer Of fine granite =,
ing is spread, the whole then rolled INTO '"' -.
face OF the wood. thus preventing suesn' -,,-
the tor, and as slipperiness is reduced 10 -, 4
mum steep grades may be readily take" y
kinds of traffic. ..a
Street sweeping in winter, diiheu" ,;..e
owing TO the cold dust stirred up, is aeeonF' ~
in an effcacious manner by first sprinA'"s ss.,s
streets with chloride of calcium souu0h ~
lays the dust, and so melts the frozen o., A.
the street sweeping machines can aeeomp'1''
work. --~
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

the passing throng does not weary Of looking at
so many white wings" horses and street cleaning
devices of ancient and modern design. Il is with
this street display Of some of the wonders that,
following the fashion Of great shows, the exhibit
Of the Street Cleaning Department is to be opened.
After tho bands and the men and the horses and
the new tangled machinery that will do all and
more than the Academy Of Medicine has asked
have marched down from Av and nth st. to the
Municipal Building, and up Broadway to 4th St, to
Fifth av &c 42d St, to Broadway to the armory
Of .hc lst Regiment Field Artillery, the show will
be open 20 every who is interested enough
10 enter
Since the introduction Of the sweeping machine,
says the hard working Commissioner, who is the
present butt of the generation-od criticism, there
have been radical advances in that method of
cleaning streets. Ten years ago this city was
fortunate enough to possess thirty-fve of them.
Their capacity is $4,000 square yards in eight
hours their day, Of course, being the length Of
that Of the men who operate them. The city has
at the present time more than a hundred. The
latest development is called the pickup"
chine. In this the sweeper not only brushes up
the dirt. but elevates il to a receptacle which,
when flled is emptied in bulk in such way that
the refuse can easily be gathered up by the carts
THE STREETS HERE ARE BEING FLUSHEI
BY $50 GANGS.
Cleaning streets by flushing them is a compare.
lively new method here. Ten years ago the City
Of New York employed thirty gangs at what was
and is termed "hand flushing" To-day there
$50 such gangs occupied in guiding streams from
the city hydrants over the street surfaces.
Since flushing first introduced machine
which will aid IN the process has been invented
and introduced BY the hand method gang of
three men can flush 26,OO0 square yards in a day
Of eight hours. The machine, requiring the SER
vices Of only two men, will cleanse $4,000 square
yards In the same period When first introduced
these machines discharged the water at the press
ure Of the hydrant, but only three-quarters Of the
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

Is adapted for purposes Of snow removal, which IS
preferably carried at night, when the ordinary
flow OF the sewer is at its minimum
New York City is fortunately placed in having
large volumes Of water at its disposal, which may
be utilized in flushing and slush directly
into the sewer a process which has many ad-
vantages, especially when salt water Is available
for the purpose.
Street cleaning machinery consists principally
Of three clssses-sprinkling, sweeping and re-
moving apparatus-though there are many forms
Of combinations of one more classes in single
piece of apparatus.
The sprinkling apparatus is designed especially
for economical use of water, from three-quarters
to one gallon often suficing to cover 1000 square
feet Of surface in the best forms of apparatus.
Cleaning apparatus consists Of rotary brooms
and rotary scrubber and squeegee devices, while
vacuum sweepers are also coming into use.
The removing apparatus is usually in combina-
tion with sweeper or scrubber the dirt being
elevated to the cart by mechanical conveyors or
suction.
A form of machine much used in German
cities is gasoene electrically driven auto
mobile, with a water tank and sprinkler scrubber
and squeegee apparatus and mechanical con-
veyor suction device for carrying refuse to
the collecting box Such machine is complete
drawn vehicle.
AS apparatus of this kind is expensive, some
German cities, like Dusseldorf, utilize a form of
electrically driven machinery in which the motive
part, the motor, storage battery and controls,
with chauffeur's seat mounted the front axle,
is a detachable unit, which may be employed in
connection successively with various forms of
cleaning apparatus-some for and
others for winter use
Electrically driven machinery has proven more
economical than horses, and it is being subst-
tuted as rapidly as the old equipment can be
disposed Of.
The Street Cleaning Department Of Berlin
gives the following figures bearing on the rela-
tive efficiency Of motor and horse washing ma
chimes. The figures given represent the cost Of
operation for eight-hour workday:
Electric driven machine:
Drivers wage. ......... III .
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

sprinkng cart in advance Of the squeegee. This
system employs units consisting of one sprinkler,
two squcegees, three and six horses. Each
can clean up G5,OOO square yards of pavement in
the eight hour period within which the city labor
ers must do all their work.
One of the criticisms Of the committee OF the
Academy of Medicine was that the methods Of
carting garbage ashes and other refuse from the
point Of collection 10 the dumps we're out Of
date. They are relics Of the days of Commissioner
Waring and even earlier. This problem, Commits
sioner Fetherston says, near to solution.
The history Of this detail Of street cleaning begins
with the one-horse open cart. II has passed
through various changes in styles Of covered We
hcles, makeshifts some Of them, falling far short
Of the attainment Of their object.
At last however and it will be an interesting
part of the exhibition. practicable, workable
covered cart, which will reduce to a minimum the
menace in the removal Of garbage and ashes" has
been invented Contracts have been let for 400 Of
these carts, and provision has been made In the
1915 bulge. for the purchase of 500 more. But
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

contents could be forced out in that way. They
had to be refled while still containing quarter
Of their former load. The more recent machines
operate with added pressure and can be entirely
empted in the performance Of their work The
improvements which have been made in this de-
vice have been 50 great that they will throw the
water over an area twice that covered by the
earlier machines.
The so-called squeegee is another type Of flush
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

ing machine not unknown to New York streets
II sprays the street, and a rubber roller imme-
dietey wipes up the surface, it were, pushing
the refuse to side. That the New York Street
Cleaning Department is not absolutely devoid Of
ingenuity was demonstrated when it found
that this kind of a machine did not work perfect
ly. The sprayer did not thoroughly soften the
matter to be removed. The wise men of the de-
partment overcame the difficulty By sending a
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

T HAS been realized for many years that the
4 street cleaning methods Of New York City
are far behind European street cleaning
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
Producing Great Voices

In the June Woman's Home Com
panion a contributor, who has mad
experience both as a pupil and as
an opera singer in Europe, writes an
article entitled ITO the Girl Who
Wants to Sing in which he tells
why so many girls fail, who is TO
blame. what kind of talent is really
needed, and where to study TO win
success. Toward the conclusion of
his article he says that America is
the land OF greatest possibilities. Fol
lowing is an extract:
America is the land of greatest
possibilities. The mixture of foreign
blood with native stock, the produc-
tive soil and climatic influences, are
producing the greatest voices in the
world. Expression of our talent IS
greatest through Yankee practically.
the artistic temperament which is
replaced, instead by art governed by
common sense.
America can produce the greatest
teachers in the world, because the
keen. practical type of the national
mind, being free from hidebound con-
servatism and age-worn tradition, is
quick to grasp and apply all that is
good and vital in teaching.
II believe that it is possible for
the girl who wants to sing to begin
here and bring her art as near to
perfection as it can go. Moreover,
there are not the distractions from
the habit of study presented in other
countries. An additional advantage,
speaking this time of New York in
dividually, is that more great vocal
artists may be heard there than any
where else in the world"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
SIMPLE EXERCISES THAT WILL KEEP
YOUR FEET IN GOOD CONDITION

Slip out of your clothes and into
your nightgoWn and kimono, and,
picking ont a nice easy chair, settle
back in it in the most comfortable
position Imaginable. Now, raise one
stoekingless foot and point the toe
down, contracting every muscle OF
the foot as much as possible. Relax
the foot; contract and point down;
relax, contract. Do this ten times,
then change to the left foot and re-
peat This is merely reversing the
actions of the day, in an attempt to
minimize the spreading and conse-
quent weakening of the arches which
the days work has entailed.
Next exercise the toes. Resting,
says Mothers Magazine, the right
heel on the ground, lift the rest of
the foot, and work the toes mp and
down vigorously and quickly, until
YOU are conscious of a sensation OF
fatigue in the sole of your foot. DO
the same with the left foot. Rest a
few minutes and then take this spe-
cial exercise for strengthening the
arches of the feet
Standing erect, head up, chest out,
arms hanging loosely at side, heels
together and toes slightly turned out,
rise slowly on the toes until the heels
are as far from the floor as you can
lift them. Sink slowly to the moor
again. Rise on toes again, sink to
floor. and continue for five minutes,
or until you feel an active sense OF
fatigue. Be sure to inhale While ris-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
BY ADELINE CARRIoK WELLS

reply, I'D just have a good time"
Boys like to be dirty" Dorothy
elevated her eyebrows and nose, too,
feeling herself vastly superior TO
her sturdy little brother, who saw
no sense in daily baths.
What good do baths do?" Davie
demanded, they don't do a bit of
good. You just get dirty again,
and first thing you know your
mothers looking for you to come
and get washed. Ears! They poke
their fingers in and joggle your
head 'thout thinking how you feel"
1T isn't respectable to be dirty"
said Dorothy, coldly, mother said
"We-ell." declared Davie, after
thinking this over, maybe I'll take
a bath sometimes, when I'm grown
up, but 1 won't let anybody poke
soapy rags in my ears, so there!"
And | won't wear patent leather
slippers, either" he added, looking
down at his sandaled feet.
'What'll you do when you want
to go to parties?" asked Dorothy.
Davie thought a moment.
Ill go in my old clothes, and
just stay for the 'freshments, and
not play games with girls" he cried,
fascinated with his idea of the in
dependence that grownups enjoy.
TO be continued)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
IN SOCIETY CIRCLES

Miss Jane E. Ball, of IS Harrison
place, will leave Sunday for a
months stay at Thorpe, Wis. While
there she will visit Oshkosh and Min
neapolis, Mimi, and on her way home
the last of July will stop at Niagara
Falls for a short stay.
A social evening will be given the
young folks of the Theosophical So
ciety Friday evening at o'clock at
the headquarters, 81 Halsey street,
fo~ the benefit of the library fund. A
iardinere collection will be taken and
refreshments served. An interesting
program will be given during the
evening.
Mrs. Maud Lambart- Taylor, of New
York, will talk on the Symbolism
of Shakespeare's Tempest An ap-
propriate musical program will be
given, consisting of vocal solos by
Miss Youskevitch, lately of st. Peters
burg. Russia, who will render
"ArieTs Song" Two selections from
Beethoven's sonatas, which were
composed to interpret the theme of
tho Tempest will be rendered by
Don Alfonso Zelaya, son of the ex-
president of Nicaragua. Don Zelaya
Is a royal concert pianist
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
As to Cholera Infantum
BIT MAReERY doom

The babe cannot contract cholera
infantum from the mothers milk UNI
less the mothers system itself is
wholly disorganized. 1t is necessary,
therefore, for the mother TO eat care
fully, to have strong control of her
nerves and mind, and to observe
about herself those little habits of
cleanliness that must, directly or in
directly, contribute so much to the
good temper and health of the child.
Frequent bathing, massage, frequent
changes of linen simple foods, are all
health preservers. They are far less
expensive than doctors bills and the
expense attendant on death.
Should the child be given the bottle,
everything that comes in contact with
the milk should be kept scrupulously
clean.
The process of sterilization to which
have referred as a protection for
the babe is being urged by every
prominent sanitary agency in the
country, says The Mothers Maya
zine. Sterilized food is that which has
been subjected to an agent CASUALLY
heat capable of destroying the germs
of fermentation or disease which may
be present. The most common articles
of food capable of carrying disease
are fresh fruits, water and milk.
Water may be rendered sterile by
boiling or distillation. 1t is then best
kept for use in sealed bottles laid on
ice or placed in a cool spot. Ice
should never be put into drinking
water, but should be packed around
any receptacle containing it. Milk
is usually sterilized by boiling or by
exposure to superheated steam. All
germs in milk can be destroyed by
heating it to PIP degrees.
The ordinary method of sterilizing
milk Is to place it in sealed jars or
bottles, each containing an amount
sufficient for one feeding, which are
then subjected to the action of steam.
1t is then cooled rapidly, kept sealed
from the air, and placed on ice until
needed. Both the Chicago and New
York City Health Departments glad
ly furnish data on the proper care of
milk.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
Copyright, Newark Daily
Continued From Yesterday

Dorothy possessed a secret, Sc
cret which tantalized Davie to the
point of distraction, for it was about
his beloved Uncle Dick, who was
Davies boon companion whenever
he visited the dear Dear family.
Tell it to me-" said Davie fidget-
ing.
Cant" declared Dorothy, her
eyes sparkling, cause I'm not
sure. Anyway, it wouldn't be
secret if l told it"
ut would. I'd keep it. I've got
one now that I'm keeping. It's
about"
Davie clapped his hand over his
mouth. as if to keep back the words
that rushed to the end of his tongue
while a scared expression crept into
his eyes.
Dorothy laughed.
you're a fine one to keep Sc
cret," she cried, tossing her golden
curls; you nearly told it this very
minute"
Il didn't, though crowed Davie:
81 'membered in time, and
wouldn't tell your secret either.
What is it, Dorothy?' His wheed-
ling tone would have made anyone
weaken-anyone but Dorothy.
Cant do it," said Dorothy.
Then she giggled.
wait till Uncle Dick comes anu
ask him." she cried.
He won't" pouted Davie, kicking
the gravel with the toe OF his
brown sandal, cause I don't be
lieve you know one. If you did,
you'd tell"
Dorothy saw through him. you
needn't fry to make me angry
enough to tell she announced,
twirling her hat on her finger, ny
don't YOU tell me your secret II
you think secrets ought to be told!
Davie looked alarmed.
"D-don't begin to ask me- he
begged, "cause Frankd never
speak to me if I told. | promised
him honest and truly, black ana
bluely, so you mustn't ask me-.
You'll know about 1t some Gay,
and you'll be glad DAVE aaeeq
with great earnestness,, and II
tell Won know. then you won't know
about it some day. | mean you Il
know about it, but we won't have
it. $3.50 you'll be sorry. he
ended his complicated explanation
with a deep sigh.
Dorothy relented.
"All right, l won't coax she sald,
but Won mustn't coax me, either
I'm going to stop thinking about
mine" declared Davie, his face
wreathed with smiles, cause if l
don't think about it, l surely won't
tell. lists partly about how
Frank and l are going to make a
lot of money for the Fourth o
July"
SELLING papers?" hazarded Dor
othy.
mo, sir!' cried Davie, triumph
antly, "better'n that. Mother
wouldn't let me sell papers, any
way. She said So I'm going to,
though, when Pm a man. And I'll
wear s'spenders with writing on the
back and a blue shirt and never
have my shoes shined.
''Pn buy bananas from the men
on the corners and stand right there
and eat em, stead O. taking them
home in a bag; and peanuts, too.
Jeeminy! I wish I was grown up
right now"
II s'pose you'd never, never have
your hair washed" said Dorothy,
her voice full of scorn.
NO sir" came Davies prompt
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
Imitation Pearls

Those who cannot afford real pearls
are content with the limitations that
are nowadays made up to look so
very like the real thing.
The present vogue of pearls has
made them more expensive than ever.
A pearl merchant says that the
French are the best manufacturers
of imitation pearls, and that they are
SO well made that society women
have been known to wear the imita-
ton given them as presents without
suspecting that they were not wear
ing the real article. Some of the best
imitation pearls are made of glass,
wax and scales of fish, says an ex-
change. The latter are taken off the
fish as soon as it comes out of the
water.
1t is the iridescent coloring of the
scales that gives the misunderstanding
CLEAN to the imitation pearls.
Hundreds of dollars can nowadays
be paid for imitation pearl necklaces.