The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1914-03-13
City House Keeping.
The following paper was read

home OF Mrs. Alex NanBuskirk, on
the evening OF Monday, March 2, by
Mrs. George r. Murray, OF this city,
the subject being Housekeeping as
Applied to the City" IL Is so full Of
excellent suggestions that we hope
our readers will read II and take up
some OF the suggestions offered by
Mrs. Murray and carry them to a
successful conclusion. We appre.
ciate Mrs. Murray's kindness 10 per.
hitting us TO reproduce her most in
teresting paper:
with the beginning Of the 10th
century q great wave Of public i'm.
provement swept ever the country.
Women began to organize and get
in touch with social and economic
movements which vitality affected the
home. They asked that the question
OF child.labor be investigated, they
wanted better protection for their
school children In the way Of more
up-to.date buildings with ire-escapes
and better sanitation. They were de.
termined to know whether our food
is pure. They suggested that we
might have more Of the beautiful
everywhere.
Now the spirit behind all these
movements-the universal house.
keeper, II you please, we give the
name "Civic Righteousness.
In taking up the subject, blouse.
keeping, Applied to the CITY," let us
first consider some Of the essentials
OF good housekeeping, such as cleanli-
ness, sanitation, order and system,
which bring about health and com.
fort to the inmates.
To keep q city clean is a big prob
lem. New York is still sweeping the
streets OF the city and letting the
dust fly where II will: however, they
sent an expert abroad TO get ideas.
lie found that In Munich the streets
are swept as In New York, only the
work Is done by women: that In Der.
lin they use sprinkling carts, then
the dirt Is scraped into the gutter
and thence removed; (some Of our
American cities use this method but
the thing which this expert found
the "most interesting" was the use
OF water on the streets OF London,
which washed the dirt into the sewer.
Now, any housekeeper could have
told him that long ago.
Perhaps some day some one will In.
vent an electric street cleaner, but In
the meantime plenty OF water used
In the early morning hours will sure.
iy do the work.
The question Of the "City Beauti.
ful" Is being agitated, and much has
been done along this line,
Bin boards have been removed and
vacant lots cleaned up and garbage
cans placed so thst every housekeeper
has the use Of one.
Miles Of parking and many beauti.
ful flowers help TO make the city
beautiful.
Food experts are analysing food
products and many exposures have
been made.
Too much praise cannot be given
the "the press" for keeping these
movements before the public.
Educators, philanthropists and civ.
&c Organizations and women's clubs
have supplemented the work done by
the city officials. And today we have
all kinds OF relief to help along this
great housekeeping movement.
Some organizations send out o dis
trict nurse TO families, who cannot
afford nurse, who take care OF the
sick and teach the ignorant mother
how TO care for and feed her child.
We have settlement work and night
schools for foreigners. We have pub.
lie Fairgrounds, natatoriums and
parks. We have q National Board OF
moving picture censorship. And we
have inspectors OF ell kinds who In
spect packing houses, dairies, mar
kets, grocers' Easements, ETC., and
see that the pure food laws are COM
piled with. We have abolished the
public drinking cup. We have awaken
ed to the dangers OF contagion from
tuberculosis. And now there seems Il
be . crusade against moral leprosy IL
our cities, and much good house
cleaning has been done along this
line.
Some one has said; 1.-THE CITY
beautiful Is the city clean and pure
Beauty Is q spiritual as we'll as
material virtue. Saloons and dens Of
Vice, and nasty shows make dirt-al
kinds OF dirt"
In our country towns we do moi
have all the problems they have II