El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-07

would Mexicans use public
\ baths were they provided
said Miss Myra Prater. principal of
Bean school Il should say yes
judging fro mthe experience with our
two showers at Beall school. which
are kept busy all the time. and the
demands are not half way supplied"
she continued. We give about 500
baths per week-that is. all the boys
clamor for more There is a regular
bathing schedule and the remember
ing OF the time is no effort fer the
class room teachers. The boys remind
her OF it many times before tho period
arrives Many of them come dancing
into school in the morning saying,
This is our bath day. This is our
bath dayH
Mr.. Jackson ran = playground at
Beall school one summer. and in con-
nection with il. the baths, without
towels The children met him at the
car line 70 claim their place in line
/ to get a bath he gave about 7000
( baths az this summer playground, and
could have extended the privilege
far beyond these proportions had he
had the necessary facilities. He had
many applications from workmen in
the community. We are still having
outside applications for bath privi-
leges.
The necessity for baths is not JUS
confined to the boys. the girls need
them and want them, but we have no
accommodations for the girls.
The Mexican people in the home
absorb the habits OF cleanliness from
the children In September. when the
children's heads were inspected. they
were found so percent in need of
cleaning up but now an inspection
shows less than one percent in a
school OF 1400 pupils This means
education in the home 1t Is the re-
suit Of persistent effort They have
been inspected every three weeks, and
reform demanded The health de-
partment, represented by Drs. Hig-
gins and Hardy, stand back of our
demands, Now If a new pupil en-
rolls with Vernlin on his head. some
other pupil reports his condition to
the office The new pupil is inspect
ed and sent home to clean UP.
Nothing escapes Mr.. Jackson. as
he carries magnifying glass on
There has been practically no Oppo-
sition- The people want to be clean
when they once experience it.
The entire school is much cleaner
than il was in September. We ex-
pect these seeds Of cleanliness to
community. The school board has
been liberal in its supply Of towels
and promises more liberality in the
future. It viii never be possible for
the school to meet the needs of the
community. It is our business to ed
ucate: this we are trying to do, and
we hope to see the public baths come
to meet our effort at education for
their needs
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through an open subway through
the heart Of the city. with the usual
coal burning and oil burning locomo-
tives, is not agreeable to me and
many other citizens and property
owners" said Mrs. Chas. de Croft.
Many FL PasOans are familiar with
the nuisance of trains on the lake
front in Chicago, where they run
through an open subway. At times
the smoke and fumes and the noise
are intOlerable to guests in the hotels
facing Michigan avenue at consider
cago IL been trying for years to get
rid 1.-THE nuisance. but so IA with
out success Let us be sure we have
the correct solution here before we
make it permanent. I hope it viii be
found possible to send all railway
tre>tic around by the river"
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The construction of public baths
in FL Paso by the city will meet a
real and pressing need. especially If
they follow out the plan as outlined
by DIS 7. W. Tappan and T. c. Gallo
way said J. 5. Gwin, secretary Of
the Associated Charities. The ad-
ditiOn of the laundry so that clothing
can be put through hot water should
be an important factor in the i'm
proveEent and protection Of public
health Our workers in their visits
among the extreme poor are daily i'm
pressed with the urgent need for bet
ter bathing facilities among the Mex
leans It would be better to have
baths in each home. but there is not
much probability that a bath tub in
the small and somewhat crowded
buildings OF the Mexicans would be
used for bathing. 1t is more probable
that tx would be used TO hold clothing
or coal eW feel convinced from our
knowledge OF the Mexicans that a
larger number would make frequent
use OF public baths"
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"a person is hardly able to board a
single train upon which there are not
from one 10 a carload of army re-
cruits going TO join some organiza- |
tion stationed along the border" said
Garrett King. a year or so ago the
movement OF a regiment was Of some
consideration ana occa STONED 10 small