The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-04
INSPECT FOOD
SUPPLY STORES
LADIES BELIEVE DEALERS WILL
COOPERATE AND MANI
WORk EASf.
RESULTS PLEASING
Next Time Around Mrs. Darwin WIN
score the Various Places VISIT
ed During last Week and
This Week.

Mrs. e. l.. Darwin has again visit
ed Waxahachie and this time she
visited the drug stores, cafes ane
some other food supply places when
the ladies of waxahachie propose to
investigate occasionally. Mrs. Oar
win was accompanied by number
Of the ladies of the town, and she
expects these ladies to KEEP the WORK
going on after they have been in
structed in scoring. Within few
weeks Mrs. Darwin viii return and
score the places she has visited dur
ing the two former visits. Mrs
Darwin is a pure food inspector from
the State Department and has full
authority to insist on cleaner 1000
supplies. but in connection with the
ladies' of Waxahachie she has adopt
cd the cooperation plan. and before
invoking the law will endeavor to
persuade the dealers to keep clean
premises.
Friday morning and afternoon
Mrs. Darwin and number OF the
ladies visited a number Of places
and made inspections, going prin-
cipally to cafes and drug stores. N
making the rounds the ladies could
not withstand the opportunity to
peep into some of the grocery stores
they visited last week, and it was
indeed most gratifying to note that
much work has been done towards
cleaning up. They could not re-
cognize some of the places they were
so changed. Throughout the day
they we're received very graeiously
by the dealers, and especially We're
they urged TO visit the stores where
effort had been put forth TO clean
up. The ladies appreciate very
much this show of cooperation on
the part of the dealers. They de-
clare that this purer food supply
campaign has only begun and that
the fellow who does not join in vol
unfairly will eventually find himself
forced to join in the movement if
he would keep up with the process
sion.
| Mrs. Darwin declared that the
Waxahachie drug stores were away
above the average. She was glad to
note the spirit of competition for
high score honors among the drug
gfsts and fountain men. She de-
clared that while there were one or
two cafes here that were nice, there
were also two or three very bad
ones, which show need Of work She
declared that on next inspection the
Scoring would be done and that not
only will conditions of the foun-
tains where cold drinks are served.
be taken into consideration, but the
milk supply as well viii count in
the scoring.
Mrs Darwin said there would
soon be launched campaign for
cleaner food supply stores, interest
In which would be stimulated by
means of a contest by the State Fed
Grafton OF Women's clubs, similar to
the Holland contest a few years ago.
1t was through the Holland contest,
and her effort to win the prize for
Gainesville. that Mrs. Darwin be-
came engaged in this class of work
Her place was created especially for
her and she was given full authori-
~ the same as any other pure food
inspector She is paid salary by
the state and not in any way con
nected with the women's clubs.
The committee who worked with
Mrs Darwin this week want to ex-
press their appreciation to the mer-
chants and other places of business
where they were received SO cour-
teously They understand the spir-
it in which We come and that we
have the welfare of the public at
heart They also wish to express
their appreciation Of Mrs Darwin.
also, publicly, for her tactful and
gracious way in which she handled
this very delicate manner. She
graded no one this time, but made
friendly suggestions so that all NAV
receive high scores when she comes
again in few weeks.