CLEANLINESS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 April 1923, Page 4

CLEANLINESS.

GREAT AMERICAN VIRTUE. WHAT ENGLISHMEN SEE. •■You have to go to America to realise that Americans in Europe are either very self-restrained or vciy much 1 impressed hy the picturcsqueness of s dirt. Eor Europe is not a clean place, 1 with the exception, perhaps, of Oer- t many and Switzerland before the "nr. t In London white linen may possibly i last a dav. The contrary is more pro- i liable. In Paris, baths are still an i extravagance, and that although the i prices oi Paris hotels, even while nl- i lowing for the exchange, can vie quite t creditably with those of Now York. In 1 tin- cheaper eating places in both, Paris t ha- good food and dirty service, Ne"' ( York has inferior loud, but it is •aT’.tpuloU'ly clean." _ . , Tltis i- the opinion of an I-.itj-clistt visitor to America, as expressed in the ••.Maiiclie'tor Guardian.'’ TWO HATH* IN A ELAT. Ton much stress may.’he continues. !,c laid upon the bath. The English tradition of cleanliness rest- chiefly upon the cold hath panacea ol the last veneration. But the American bath is so much a matter of course that no six-roomed Hat is without at least two. In la rye houses every room has its own bathroom, just as in England it would have its own jug and basin. And m no house of any size do you ever -ee tin. high-water mark which quite otten | accumulates during the week mi Enyli-li hath. I Where there is little or no service j | ~;,,■)! 11, ■ r-.in is supposed m America to | ! leave his l.ntii perfectly clean for the j j 11 exi p 1 1-ou . and this is practical!.' al- | wav- done. Hath- arc a matter of j ! (-oui'.-c in the cheaper Ihtts. just as in j the bigger ones: anil the constant sup- J |,|y of hoi water makes the "hole pro- j ! Idem, of course. very much simpler. j I'SK OK POUn:i.A!V. ; I!,it limy are not the only Idlings I which malm for cleanliness in America. | Kitchen sinks, bedroom basins, arc ! nearly always of white porcelain, titled, I each one. with hot and eold "atm . so ! also are the stationary tub- arranged ; for laundry work. 'I bey positively invite cleanliness. And this applies quite often even to remote country districts where the heating is dune entirely by wood, lit hotels •■running water i-a.-ain a matter of course ill every room, and if llmre is not a hath in the bed- | room there is no extra charge lor the , I liallt outside. _ j | Eor cooking, electric stoves are being ; | increasingly tl-ed. Gas is nisi daily j , ! being developed, and the imwc-t gas ! j -toves arc remarkably clean and coii--1 ! v<■nielli. Absence ol domestic service 1 IS, of course, part cause of these excel- ! lent arrangements, lull this does nut | apple, for instance, to the lavish di-tri-I initieit of towels and sheet- and bed- ’| >j.reads, which, in tin’ .smaller house- ' ! |.old . :■ re all washed at home.. SPOTLESS LINEN. ’ | q Id- lav;-hues- of clean linen is one I of the iir l things that strike the l<>r- | eigiicr. Everyone has several towel-. | and the-e are renewed a! least tw ire a [j . A ,•!<. Sl.eel- are changed twice a -. | ueel, or more. Napkins seem to "c i- j dean ever' dav. and this i- mu to av , ■ that washing is cheap, kive shillings _I a week hardly rovers personal linen. .. | |a many ease- all the washing is done ] ! 1,., i |,e mi-1 'V-- of 1 lie Imnse and all , ! ~ei i-ieoal maid. v. it h. of course. all j ‘! .... I I \VI mean - and nine are (null eo. , [I ■m 1 |’k I :i- and papal towel- are in I j . . in pu'dm bud him- and n: hotel-. In tin- w a h-np places u.u imv m see l|c li .riit'le. iiiihygeoie roller towel , ! t hat -Hill oiit ams in British instil u- j ; lion-. I’a pel' towels are prot ided. | •„ Ilieli are tun oil and I brown aw a\ . ! In Inn el-, t here i- t reqimnl ly a file of | lit [ln Inn kabtick towel- about a- big j : a- a -mall handkerchief ai.d threaded ! co a 11l roll. You II " I I." tow cl ; and t ben pu-li it it|i Hie rod lowai ds j tlm ,-oilcd end, leaving the test of tlm j I til.* for ! lie next routers. la v. hat are probably .among the j | cheap. —I ol all . aling-plaees in New i j Yolk, tlic.-e is alua\ - an abundance of j ! dean paper napkin-, well-cleaned knives , I and fork- ~t w bile metal, and. what m | I hm )> ever seen in a cheap Engli.-li eat- I ! iim-pla< e - fault 1. -ly dealt eda- well ] | p.,|j‘ la d, tom thm- wi'h a perpetual -up- | ! plv ol l resh, i old w :il"r. MEAT. The la a. point will appeal part ieidar- j ly , , many in this country vho .shudder i i when ike’, pa-- that mo.-t gruesome ol j r-iglii - a butcher's window . ■ Mo-t of all, lm "ill -. there i- no meat j di-play, unle-s tin,- in glass I ' case- kepi at a certain tempera'urn. j : The meat, is kept in n refrigerating | • chandler, wlol" i lie shop itself is prac- | i th ally empty. You ask fur the meat j i you want. it i- cut oil'. wrapped in j I dean white paper, and then pul in n j ; w hite bag. The refrigerating system ol j ; course, las its di-advantages, uece-- ■ I snrv though it is in a climate of ex- ] ! trrinrs. h i.- rather like shopping by post. You eauiiol poke your meat oi j ; ehe.ise it, bill, iilell. ileltl'.er call all'- ; j one td.se. j The question of choice is snmcuhn! overcome by means of a broad system 1 of grading, and each piece oi meat ha- i il- (hiv.-rnnieni -lamp. In any case. ! American meat is not very good, and I is hugely a matter of luck. Lc—s of d . : K eaten than in England, partly owing ; to it - Idgli price. I'n i hi- connection it i- not cut up according to physical j geography, as in England, but. sytn- | mm ideally, and tlm number of odds and : ends that may lm attached to a simiili tier id mutton arc quite nonplussing to j j the foreigner, especially before he duds | out t!:ni the shoulder is -there at all. ■BacrrracMßMßHr.ra «&&EsaK9r<eaea