The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
WOMANFOODIN INSPECTOR.
FOR Hotel IS LATEST.
McAlpin. in New York City. Creates
New Position and Wins
white Card"

Here is a new woman in a new field
sanitary and food inspector of New
York's largest hotel, the first person
to take up this kind of work. Mrs. NJ
J. Simmons, sanitarian of the Nc
Alpin Hotel, Is the advance guard in
what should prove a fertile field for
other women, providing these other
women measure UP to the standard set
by her and succeed in convincing the
directors of large hotels, restaurants
and other plants which handle the na-
tion's food supplies that they need
such services.
Mrs. Simmons, before going to the
McAlpin Hotel, was graduated as q
chemist, specializing especially in ar
ticles of food, and for several years
worked in testing laboratories OF one
Of the large packing companies. firing
of this-or was IL the restlessness of
the pioneer?-she planned a future
which would be valuable to mankind
and at the same time extremely in
teresting.
why should we go to such lengths
to secure pure articles of food If in
the preparation of the dishes in the
kitchen and the handling of them
should be unsanitary and finally land
them on the table contaminated by
every pOSSlDlc SOTI Oh was inc
question she asked herself
Then Mrs. Simmons approached Mr..
Lucius NJ. Boomer. managing director
Of the McAlpin and Claridge hotels
and the Cafe Savarin, surely a field
large enough for her best efforts, she
thought Mr.. Boomer was interested
at once. The largeness of his busi-
ness allows him to do things on a
big scale and already he had estab-
lished many features for the handling
of food which were slightly in ad-
world. features which have been
written of in newspapers and maga-
xines.
Quietly Installed in Work.
Behold, now, Mrs. Simmons, sanitary
and food inspector, quietly installed
in her new work. In regulation do
mestic science uniform of snowy white.
pocket searchlight. and dittle report
book. she set out to conquer dust,
dirt, microbes. or any other foe to
cleanliness and health which crossed
her path. Not only does she watch the
hotels, but the health and cleanliness
of the employees in the kitchen depart
ments-the physical side of food
handling. especially the women, to see
that they wear sensible shoes for
"OThlnS, uTeSS COHIOTIdDly TO give
their bodies plenty of freedom. care
for their teeth. and bathe frequently.
Occasionally she lectures and gives
demonstrations on the care Of the
hair. the right kind of a bath, the care
Of throats and air passages, for her
subjects often are young girls and
women from the peasant classes Of
Europe, who. while excellent workers
and willing. are at first woefully ig-
norant of the most common matters.
To the kitchens. storerooms, ice
boxes-strange name for those big
white tiled rooms-and all places
wherein food is kept and prepared
she goes. not as the housewife who
runs in before everything is ready for
her party to give her kitchen q final
look out of the corner Of her eye, but
with the thoroughness of the trained
expert Sanitary and Food Inspector
Simmons goes forth with eagle eye;
into every corner and every closet goes
that searchlight. No microbe, be 1t
ever SO willy, has a chance. No scrap
Of fat, no bit Of vegetable can hide
in the corner to decay. The light is
bound to discover 1t the first day. and