The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-25
FIND CONDITION OF GROCERY
STORES MORE DEPIOii4I;LE
THAN THAT MARKETS.
CLEAN UP IS URGED
Tell the Dealers That NaNahatiir
People Are Going 20 Insist on
Clean stores and Offer
To Help Them.

| win 90 TO the members of the Bay
view and Shakespeare clubs. 1or
these women are the most active In
the campaign that promises to work
wonders from a sanitary standpoint.
That the condition of these shops
and stores is something frightful is
not disputed, in fact the people did
NOT know how bad conditions were
until the club women prevailed upon
| Mrs Darwin, inspector from the
pure food department. to come here
end cooperate with them in the
| work. The plan under which they
are now working is to make most
thorough inspection at the present
| time under the direction and CO.
| operation of Mrs. Darwin, and then
provide for weekly or monthly in
| spections by local committee, which
| will score the various supply shops
and possibly publish the score in the
city paper 1t is also possible that
/ the ladies will have some one OF
/ their number commissioned as an
! inspector to give full authority for
the work, which they are undertak-
] ing with view of lettering sanitary
| conditions throughout the city.
/ Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Darwin
and a number of the ladies from
| these two clubs made a visit TO
large number of the grocery stores,
meat markets, cts. In a brief inter
view this morning Mrs. Darwin said
they found many very filthy groce-
ry stores, but was glad to report a
| Willingness on the part of practically
all the dealers to cooperate with the
ladies in getting better sanitary con-
ditions in the stores. She said there
was no use mincing words that Wax
ahachie had some grocery stores alb
solutely too dirty to deserve pat
ronage, and yet some of them are
being patronized most literally
She declared that a dealer that would
not handle supplies in sanitary
manner did not deserve patronage.
She said it was rather an unusual
case to find the grocery stores in
worse condition than the meat mar
kets, but that was the case in Wax
ahachie. Barring a few inrregulari-
ties. already remedied, the meat
markets here, according to Mrs. Oar
win. are away above the average
with the exception. of course, of the
slaughter pens, She said it was very
| essential for the patrons of the
meat markets to find out where the
markets get their meats, also where
the cold drink stands get their milk.
Il market does not patronize a
sanitary slaughter house then the
people ought TO refuse 10 Jay the
meats The same is true with re-
ference TO ice cream and milk drinks.
II the dealers don't patronize clean
dairy then the people ought TO know
it. The ladies will make investiga-
tions into these matters in scoring
the various places.
Mrs Darwin said she had received
q phone message today from a pat
ron of the public schools thanking
her for her words regarding the con-
dition of the school building. The
lady who telephoned her said she
had maintained all along that the
school house was not properly kept
and that she hoped that the ladies
undertaking this work would bring
about better sanitary conditions
there. She said there was no wonder
that children were often i'll if they
lad TO breathe off this filth,
This afternoon Mrs. Darwin and
the ladies win pay visit to the
dairies that furnish milk TO Waxa-
hachie patrons. They have deferred
their visit TO the dairies until the
Ipresent time because it Is usually the
case that poor scores are had on
dairies even after several days
notice However. il was not Mrs.
Darwin's purpose to put them on
notice. When she was invited to
visit one of the dairies this morn
ing she accepted the invitation,
whereupon the gentleman asked
when he might expect her. She re-
pled: Never you mind when We are
coming. il is enough for YOU 10 know
that We are coming"
Although the ladies expect 10 CONF
plete their work this week. it is their
purpose 10 follow up the Inspection
within few days to Sc how muuch
the dealers proited By the timely
suggestions made by Mrs. Darwin
and The ladies While ,hev ara en-
III. AZ.