Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1920, Page 6

BY FREDERIC J HASKIN NEW YORK, March 23.—The astonishing statement is! made by an inspector of the sanitary division of the New York health department that the Bowery, with all its lack of-purity and cleanliness, is.the healthiest spot in America. late influenza epidemic, the Bowery was practically immune from the disease, and the same afflictions affecting the rest of New York, he says. People living atung the Rowery never seem to get ill. No one appears to know. It seems as if the mysterious element which kept the Bowery safe from plague in early THE. STRANGELY HEALTHY BOWERY Fh’ spd Other. Palais Fail to Strike There! ‘Why? LYRIC THEATER TODAY In’ booking “Me and Captain “Kiaa" Evelyn Greeley, the management of the Lyric Theater has secured one of the | eleverest pictures of the screen, “Me j and Captain: Kidd” tells of a young law- \¥ who is retained to secure the di- vorce of the adopted daughter of his wealthy patron and friend. When he} During the| married some ‘years before. | When still at ‘college Tom and a/ young girl he met on the beach where’ he was vacationing, were strarided on @ an island following a hunt for the treas- ure of the pirate, Captain Kidd. The girl's father insisted that she was com-, promised and so Tom married her. His angry parents sent him back ‘to col- legesand the girl is adopted by her holds true in regard to all other large. number of the younger men in offices, Where they make fairly good Salaries, Thoy stick to the Bowery it cause living there is cheap, and then, they “are afraid to move to other par! Of the city which ‘seem so unhealthy days when the near by town was| Inspector Davis knows of hundreds of stricken with smallpox, is operating) such men who are making at least tio) Wealthy uncle and so they lose, tracks still. A’ week, living on ten, and. putting ‘the Q 5 { Is it possible that there is some health producing quali sti, undiscovered which haunts the Bowery—more power ful than sanitation itself, or rather the lack of it? This is the problem that New York is pondering now, wishing that Sir Oliver Lodge were still here to help it The inspector who is responsible for this new interest In the Bowery, and who is now afraid that the street may be converted into a national health -¢ sort, is known as Jeff Davis, “King the Hoboes.”". Those acquainted with Mr. Davis’ past’ have been inclined to suspect him of undue partiality toward a street which must have seen a gooa deal of his early youth, -but there are the health records to prove the authen ticity Of his statements. ‘They show that the Bowery’s health is ninety-cnight per cent to the good. While the Bowery has struck a slight vein of prosperity recently, it still at tracts the poorest classes of the city It is the one street within miles.of New, York where - find numerous lodging hovfSes advertising shelter at 30 cents per night: where whole dinners maybe procured for 25 and 20 cents, and where clothing is peddle@ at pric ranging below 50 cents, Naturally, clothing at this price is not famous for its wear or warmth, so that the citi- zens of the Bowery are ill-elad and in- sufficiently so, the lodgings wear no glov coats, and their shoes generally But they are healthy. Cleanliess is also a possession which is held in no great respect by the citi- zens of the Bowery. So far as they are concerned, ‘they, would just as soon it didn’t exist. and especialy that it was not. 80 rigidly .enforeced” by the Health Department. Recently, Mr. Davis had to send 50 men to public baths, and one s or over- leak. of them caught a bad cold afterward.) He was extremely bitter in denouncing what he term ‘such crazy practices fin the dead o' winter.” “When it comes to buying soap,” Inspector Davis, “the citizens of says! the] os | The men who patronize! Sa i The household of Mirlam Cooper, | popular film star, is one of the most {cosmopolitan imaginable, She possesses ' cullar healthful charm, there is ¢er-/an American husband, a French maid, tainly little to recommend §. At pre#-|in Irish groom, a Japanese chauffeur, ent. weeks after the great blizzard of}, scottish housekeeper, a. Spanish the winter, the street, under the arch cook, a Chinese gardener, a negro page: of the Third Avenue Elevated. is sti'l!} oy ‘and an English butler. covered with a thick, irregular carpvt} of grimmy ice, broken in places by large| ponds of black water, so that crossing the Bowerv on font is almost,as im possible as crossing the Hudson or any other great river. The numerous, small stores which huddle against each other on each side] / CAE Tail of the street, are all in need of-paint,|~ Notice is hereby given that the an-} say nothing of soap and water, Above|nual meeting of the stockholders of the them are the dusty; silent windows of|New York Oil Company wijl be held at the lodgings of the healthy, with fire-|the principal office of the Company, at escapes at frequent intervals, appar-|Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, on ently not so much for use in case of|the 10th day of April, 1920, at 10:00 fire as for supporting lines of wildi,/o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose Mapping, arying clothes. jof electing directors for the ensuing Much of the business on the Bowery year, for the amendment of the by-laws is transacted out of doors, hardware, the said corporation and for the second-hand _ furniture, second-hand | transaction of any and all business thut clothes, nondescript wares and occa-|may properly come before the meeting. sionally books in the last stages of di-; Stock transfer books will be closed from jlapidation being exhibited on stalls out-|the evening of March 23, 1920, to re>, side the stores as a lure to the constant] open on the morning of April’ 10,/1920. ‘ stream of poorly clothed humanity surg-; Casper, Wyoming, March 23, 1920. ling past their doors. Most of the w M. ELFOUNG, Secretary. men customers ure beshawled, ‘some-| times the shawl being the bright ver-| million worn by gypsy women, but the men’s garb, such.as it is, is second-hand} American, The other day a middle-aged! married couple stopped before a hard- | ware stall in search of a screw-driver. | The woman, who looked Italian, wore ja black woolen skirt, and a red shawl! closely wrapped about her head. The man wore n jaunty felt hat and dusty fur-collared overcoat, which looked if in days gone by it might have b.- longed to a popular matinee idol, It is noticeable that the complexion| jof the men and women who tend tne stalls ‘> exeentionaal ruddy, a canties one would be ant to attribute to the out | door air were it not for Inspector Davis and his satisties. For, according to hire. | other $30 a week away in the bank. But to. the casual explorer, walling down the Bowery is search of its pe- i a a ANE James .H. Cody returned this morn- ing from a trip to Cheyenne, 2k ome M 0: eta |NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ AN-| NUAL MEETING LATEST STYLES IN SPRING HATS AND CAPS as} Bowery much prefer eats—coffee and} stef or bean’ so that sometimes soap} is Sidetracifed. Perhaps all their necks} are not clean” (but for that matter,| whose is in New York?)” and their faces| not polished up. or their hodies scrubbed as thoroly as one might wish, still the] dirtiest ones I have came across are the healthiest In spite of this dis,overy. the Health} Department refuses to argue, ‘as might he expected, that filtn is conductive of, health. Instead; it is putting forth la- borious efforts to make the Bowery clean up. Inspector Davis, when not in-| specting lodging houses for signs of dirt. spends his time addressing large audiences of the men who patronize them, explaining the necessity of sani- tary precautions ante asking for their co-operation. The men are usually will- ing enough to help, but the lodging- house keepers are not auite so gracious, “It was a Chinese qwint that gave the first heed to our campaign for sanita- tion,” says Inspector Davis. “Gee, wnat! a dump it was! But the proprietor took! my advice, and in a week's time all the} old beds, sheets and dirty blankets | were thrown out, and in their stead new bunks, new bedding and clean every- thing put in. The floors that were dirty now look white, and the spidcer- bs (the Chinese proprietor called them iskers') are gone. t one lodging house the proprietor appears to have cornered the insect mark He has been given orders t> get rid of his Surplus stock. His point wa “If the men don't kick’ why should the Health Department?’ But, says T, ‘These men go to all narts of ne city and we do not want them to take with! them excess baggage. Not all of the citizens of the Bowery mre very poor, according to Inspector) SPE arate Davis. Many of them are employed in) Y factories, warehouses, shipyards, and a2 A Prominent Drugzist Testifies Redondo Beach, Calif.—‘I wish to call attention to my experience in the sale of Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets. I have never sold an article that has given such universal mitisfaction. It seems that every bottle sold sells another. I am very much inclined, like most di ts of today, to sell the ‘long shot’ stuff at a greater profit, or something not ier created business Aas that line but have gained the confidence of the public which more than repays me for my interest and suggestion, together with the satisfac- tion I get from having an article that I can place with perfect contidence. Nothing would please me more tian to be able te introduce Anuric to the world for the bene- fit of ull mankind. ~ However, I have to content myself by simply calling attention to the satisfactory results that follow as re- ported to me by the individuals, extending their thunks.”’ D. KNOX. , Many of Your Neighbors Can Say the Same Tuolumne, Calif.:—My back gave me considerable trouble, which I thought was due to kidney dis- ease. After taking four packages of Dr. Pierce's Anuric (anti-uric-atid) Tablets I was fully recovered. I con- sider it a wonderful medicine, use Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets whenever I am bilious, and they give immediate re- liof. I consider them a great medicine.” —WM. H. BOSCH. have good health, he says. | s “While dingy and in places apparently, falling to pieces, the Bowery ref.ccts Men and Boys |the general prosperity of the natt®.! neither fresh air not complexion have anything to do with it. Even the pale “iope victims who dwv!l along the Bow-' ery, of whom there ure hundreds ne-! tween the ages of fourteen and forty, | FOR It is not quite so hungry and miseratie! as it used to be, and hence not quite so desperate. Criminal points have given ;fay to employment offices: saloons to movie theaters; and. dance- halls to banks, so that the street seems to be headed fora future a® healthy, respec- table and thrifty as its birth in the days, of the early; Dutch settlers. Then it was & refuge for fugitives from the smallpox scourges that were constantly breaking out in New York; later it was a refuge for criminals, and now it is a sort of giant dustpan receiving all the human ‘sweepings from the surrounding me- |tropolis. But thru all these stages of decline, ‘the Bowery has retained iis jyncanny original inheritance of health, | | flouting all scientific asstimptions that pestilence and disease follow in the \ipath of dirt. GET THEM AT * JESSEN’S. 114 East Second) St. They Sell Shoes TYPEWRITERS Bought, sold, rented, repaired. Dealer Sta oh 7 ad Mrs Fred Ferguson of Alliance, CORONA—L. Cc SMITH ebr., arrived in Casper last Sunday Casper Typewriter \night. She will remain here for’ the | present to care for her sistér, Mrs. Will- iam Plentz, who is ill at her. home in North Casper. Exchange 101 Wyatt Bldg. } t | | j tr Denver. Frank! re gamete as hears the details of the case he sudden- | ALE ly recognizes the girl’as the woman he | see our ad this issue, Mr. and ay ou vt SS BSI SDSS urned. this, ie ror i trip Tot eel ego Harry McNamara of Douglas,’ jis here fgr a few days visiting me | friends. AUTOMOBILE. OWNERS shoula | for today, the new World Film starring | 218 Panch in the ne Hates Hole \c Hole ‘country, H. Stark ai arrived rived this mor morning Denver.” from | Wsos Mihi ys | CHEMICAL, CO. Trail of the Red Anéw TO THE IRIS — _ TODAY AND TOMORROW. Some Trail! .- Ladies Be Sure to Attend FOR SALE Lots 3 and 4 in block 189, west front, Carey addition. See Connor at Tribune. - - B1B-20 . Skin purity, - comfort health often when all else fails. The ‘The story of =. snd hcg pean lic Honor—in which, against reat : ere wins her way tek ees “THE RED ARROW” TOMORROW * WILL ROGERS—-—“JUBILO’ __LARRYSEMON LYRIC THEATER “ME AND CAPTAIN KIDD” Married eight years, ean, of it, yet he didn’t recognize BIG CHRISTIE COMEDY , —THEN— AL JENNINGS "THE UNEXPECTED +—-THEN— A PRIZMA Figure out how you can beat. this program. * “ . believe you can COMING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY “EYES OF YOUTH” STARRING CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG BANG! Just like that. Packed to the doors last night—There must be-a reason CONTINUOUS 1 P. M. TO 11 P.M. '. FODAY EVELYN GREELEY —IN— his wife. \ __THEN— Money Talks Every dollar you receive cries in accents loud: Spend Me! | And in a whisper soft and low says: Save Me! This Bank makes it easy to save and wants to help you succeed. IN THIS HOME SAY- INGS BANK you.can deposit any size coin or bill where it is safe from spending until you can bring it tous. We pay 4 per cent interest, com- pounded twice a year. @ * If you are not getting ahead as fast as you should, come in and /et’s talk it over. x National Bank of Commerce: Bank of Strength and Service CASPER WYOMING ee Frenzel’s Jewelry. and Optical Co. | lam now located in my new store, 166 South Center (next door to J. L. Learner), where I will be pleased: to 166 South Center Street “THE GROCERY CLERK” $1 00 REWARD Will be paid to person or persons furnishing information leading to recovery of diamonds taken from the women’s rest-room in the Iris Theater last Saturday night. JUST RECEIVED JUST RECEIVED A CARLOAD OF “New and Second Hand Don’t Z en ANS Including Duofolds, Dressers, Chiffoniers, Beds, Bedding, Ranges, Cook Stoves, etc. Prices Reasonable _HARNED & SON 121 West First St. j “Ppone 249 CASPER BATTERY C0. Phone 907 Distributors for j VESTA Doubdle-lite Batteries “Giiaranteed serv’ fea on all makes of; Batteries. and Starting i ‘Lighting troubles adjusted. 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