El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27
CAT SLEEPS ON
WARM POTATOES
Flies on Meat in Restaurants
Says Inspector; Markets
Better Than Bakeries.

Finding a lavatory without a top
in the midst of fish and Vegetables
was the experience Of Mrs Elizabeth
Darwin. state inspector for the depart
meut OF pure food and drugs during
her inspection of the Ell Paso mar
kets -Four markets were inspected
and more viii be taken up later. The
markets inspected. had from Mrs Oar
wins viewpoint a common lault- the
meat was all exposed TO dust and
flies
Markets Better Than Bakeries.
AS a rule the markets were far bet
ter than the bakeries the advocate OF
In none did find any provision
for bodily cleanliness, nor any com
uartrneut or room i'm which the men
at work in the markets might hang
their clothing Shirts and trousers and
shoes are scattered about as though
these articles Of apparel did not col
leCt the human sweat and ettluFla and
give them off I'm turn
Few If any OF the men, had nails
that were clean One or two wore
ally run their hands through their
hair, pick at noses. vex away at a
sore or pimple on the face-and then
cut a steak OF the family stew meat
This is a wretched state Of affairs
Every market should have lavatory
thoroughly equipped with soap. disln-
fectants and hot water and then men
should keep their hands clean
Meat Catches Flies.
when the meat har-gs up and is
draped over the counters in the form
OF hearts and flowers and fraternal
emblems IL catches flies and hun
dreds of thousands OF germs II il
must be shown let IL be shown under
cover OF a glass screen
"Of the four markets inspected only
one had a bad ice box II smelt like
beans being COOked-Or cabbage Just
before il grows tender. I said TO tho
proprietor-this is a bad box Either
clean il or get another. And he said
he would clean it
Restaurants Inspected.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Darwin IN
spected the first Of the Fl Paso res
taUrants. The proprietor was UMPIRE
pared She entered the kitchen with
group Of women from the WOmen's
club and began examining things
That's q dirty ceiling, she said.
IT'S going to be-" said the proprie-
And that's a aoiled looking stove
@it's not going to be-" said the pro-
- WHAT'S this in this box" asked the
Those are potatoes. nam"
Black Cat On Potatoes
upon the potatoes, stretched itself and
TPon enc side OF the box were
boiled potatoes: on the other side were
cold baked potatoes
Flies On Meat
Upon a meat block that had been
maltreated during the course OF years
of service lodged the haunch OF
one time steer. small steaks peeped
out from between butcher knives and
q few flies that still dared an FL Paso
winter trailed up and down the creamy
bits Of suet-
The inspector touched the meat block
"A heroic gesture
do you know" said she. that this
thing ought TO be scrubbed
IT'S going 10 be man. said the
Tin Cans Used.
What especially got the Inspectors
goat was the use Of tin cans IN
stead OF stone crooks
Pm going TO lay down a law she
said, emptying a pint OF apple sauce
into 4 slop pail, don't keep Things
that are acid or generate acid in a
A Mexican second cook not hearing
the advice suavely continued in the
making Of a combination salad and
when some tomato or green pepper or
sheaf Of cabbage had been cut up,
dropped the fragments into big tin
can.
Vow here's the same trouble again.
said the inspector, Don't make your
salads in tin can It's trampish and
it's unhealthy. Those same acids make
for more stomach aches and cramps
md ptOmaine poisoning lou Just in
vest in a few crooks now and get that
salad into a sanitary dish before
leave or I'll have a guilty conscience
and feel that I have helped 10 kill
some perfectly innocent and hungry
man"
'Tu get the crooks. man." said the
proprietor.
As Mrs. Darwin made her exit she
took a shot at the lump sugar ex-
posed in big box near the walters
entrance.
Cover it up-cover IL up she ad-
mouished.
Worse Places.
And now my friend" said she. I've I
seen worse places than this I've seen I
il so dirty on the floor that you'd slide,
and SO smelly that you can scarcely 4
stay You Just whitewash your walls, ?
put your clothing for the men into q o
special compartment. cover up your I
goods, keep your preserves and Ii I
luid products in stone Jars. use clean Z
water in washing your dishes, scald /
your tables with I've. and make your I
help battle often and keep their hands /
clean, and I'll come back and give you /