White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-25
was not so rigidly enforced by the
health department.

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not polished up. or their bodies
scrubbed as thoroughly as one might
wish, still the dirtiest ones l have
come across are the healthiest."
In spite Of this discovery. the health
department refuses to argue. as
might be expected, that filth Is con-
ducive to health. Instead, 1t Is put
ting forth laborious efforts to make
the Bowery clean up. Inspector Da-
Wis, when not inspecting lodging
houses for signs Of dirt. spends HIS
time addressing large audiences Of the
men who ~patronize them, explaining
the necessity of sanitary precautions
and asking for their cooperation.
The men are usually willing enough
to help. but the lodging house keep
ers are not quite so gracious.
sit was a Chinese Joint that gave
the first heed to u campaign for
sanitation" says Inspector Davis.
Gee, what a dump 1t was! But the
proprietor took my advice, and In a
weeks time all the old beds, sheets
and dirty blankets were thrown out,
and In their stead new hunks. new
bedding and clean everything put In.
The floors that were dirty now look
white, and the s~piderwebs 1.-THE Chi
nese proprietor called them 'whiskers')
are gone.
Corner on Insect Market
uAA Ioa.suu ha,eo tha uropria-
tor appears to have cornered the In
sect market. He has been given or
ders to get rid of his surplus stock.
His point was. IF the men don't kick,
why should the health Department.
But. a v I, these men go to all parts
of the city, and we do not want them
to take with them excess baggage
Not all of the citizens of the Bow
cry are very poor, according TO Inspec-
ter Davis. Many are employed in fac
tories. warehouses. s~hipyards, and q
large number of the younger men In
Offices, where they make fairly good
salaries. They stick to the Bowery
because living there is cheap. and
then, they say, t1ey are afraid to
move to other parts Of the city which
.seem so unhealthy" Inspector Da-
vis knows of hundreds Of such men
who are making at least $40 a week,
living on $40, and putting $50 a week
away in the bank.
But to the casual explorer, walk
Ing down the B0wery In search of its
peculiar healthfnl charm, there Is GER
tainly little to recommend It. At pres
ent. weeks after the great blizzard Of
the winter. the street, under the arch
Of the Third avenue elevated, IS still
covered with a thick, irregular carpet
of grimy ice. broken in places by large
ponds of bh4ek water, so that cross
ing the Bowery on foot is almost as
impossible as crossing the Hudson or
any other great river.
Stores Shabby, Dirty.
The numerous small stores which
huddle against n another on each
side of the street. are all In need Of
ter. Above them are the dusty. silent
windows of the lodgings of the
poor, with fire escapes at frequent
intervals, apparently not SO much for
use In ease of fire as for supporting
lines Of wildly tapping, drying clothes.
Much of the business on the Bow
cry is transacted out Of doors, hard
ware, secondhand furniture. second
hand clothes, nondescript wares and
occasionally books In the last stages
of dilapidation being exhibited on
stalls outside the stores as a lure to
the constant stream Of poorly clothed
humanity snrging past their doors.
Most of the women customers are be-
shawled. sometimes the shawl being
the bright vermilion worn by gypsy
women, but the mems garb. such as
II is, is secondhand American.
The other day a middle-aged mar.
ried couple stopped before a hardware
stall In search of a screw driver. The
woman. who looked italian. wore Q
black wooden skirt. and a red shawl
closely wrapped about her head. The
man wore a jaunty felt hat and dusty
luI-ttitultu otfttouAf hAN 0aS w.
IL in days rome by II might have be-
longed to n popular matinee idol.
Have Rudy Compilations.
II is noticeable that the complexion
of the men and women who tend the
stalls Is exceptionally rudy. q condi.
ton one would be apt to attribute to
the outdoor air were It not for m
spector Davis and his statistics. For.
according to him, neither fresh air nor
complexion have anything to do with
1t. Even the pale dope victims who
dwell along the Bowery, of whom there
are hundreds between the ages of four
teen and forty. have good health. he
says.
While dingy and in places apparent
ly falling to pieces. the Bowery re-
fleets the general prosperity OF the
nation. 1t is not quite SO hungry and
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