Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-18
woman's Club Receives
Lesson in Sanitation

The members oE-the Woman's club
OF Rock fslind at the January meeting
held Saturday afternoon in Masonic
temple received lesson n sarifatiou.
the proper reading % food labels and
the purchase Of foods. w. Scott sfat-
rhews. state food COMMISSIONER. had
been Invited b. the club 70 address the
meeting and after a short talk 90 which
he congratulated the women upon
What had been accomplished through
the club he introduced DR.. Harrison.
his assistant. who gave the lecture Of
the afternoon. illustrating % with Ian
tern slides DT. Harrison began b. exc
planning the importance % properly
reading the labels on all foofstufs. I'm
sfsttnsf that the houaewirs 60 order 90
procure the best fooestgffE must read
the label and an % l- thai she b. not
deceiyed b. the contents The depart
rneut tnat ~ represents has been work
ing for years % eliminate fraud iu the
production o. the foodstuns and has
found after many experiments that
the best way o. eliminate fraud is not
alone b. legislation but b. vigilance
or the part % Che consumer and eape-
clafiy the housewife. Illinois. De- said.
is thc largest food nanufa cturine state
IN the union and abe second largest
food consuming state and 90 o. there.
fore dogbiy important that the women
os the state pay particular attention 20
what comes 20 their Eomes DT. Har-
rlson showed various slides % explain
the manner fu which ufacturcra
try 90 elude she law and force up11
the purchaser inferior articles o. food
Labels bearing she wori compound
are NOT pure and have the earmarils
~ aduiteration. Food sanitation and
the proper and improper manner %
preparing food for the consumer were
told 90 al some length and many pie
lures were shown % better illustrate
the methods employed lie swatted
the ny a. the greatest spreader Of dis
ease and urged tho women 60 assist In
the eNfcrmiratiou o. thia pest. He
Insisted they refuge 90 give patronage
20 grocery stores and meat markets
where fics are tolerated. that they tell
their dealer that they VIII .ror toier-
ate flies ln their food and che mer-
chant viii soon learn that good saui-
tary conditions must surround their
places % business n they expect 90
draw trade that ia desirable.
DF Harrison visited this city last
July and made a canvass of the gro
Gerry stores. meat markets. bakeries. .
restaurants and an places where food .
IS handled and took a number Of pic
lures In this connection Several o. .
these pictures were thrown on the .
screen ard showed very baG coudi-
tious. which conditions. however. the Z
members OF the strees visiigEce com /
mittec OF the civic department OF the .
club fastened 20 explain were greatly
remedied after they had begun their
work a few weeks later. with the result /
that few n any really unsa.1itary places
are 20 be found en- the city.
~ the business session preceding I
the lecture one new member. Mrs I'd j
Hoffman. was received and minor II
changes In the constitution were adOp-- I
I'd 1Irs. \. r. Williams announced /
that Dr. Barker. fOEmer medical ad-
visor 20 ex-Prcsideut TAFT and rOw ia l.,
secretary OF the y. ". C. :
A.. would lecture az the Y. ~ g.. a 4
ian. - on ~ Mothers Responsibility s
10 ffcr Dausisfer and How 90 Meet ]"