Judge — January 22, 1910 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE A SCHOOL FOR T IS a joyous thing to know that school authorities have a at last waked up to the necessity of a school for A janitors. We have law schools for lawyers, __,¢ p80 medical schools for doctors, and theolog- ical seminaries for the clergy ; but our janitors have hitherto been compelled to acquire the principles of the art of janitry unaided and alone, with indifferent results. There is no class of men with whom we daily (. come into contact who have a greater influence upon the lives and happiness of a great mass of our people than these, Flat-dwell- ers everywhere are the subjects of janitors. So it is well that something should be done to per- fe>t the personnel of important a profession. Among other things, it is desirable that the janitor of the future should realize that it is unprofessional of him to take more than thirty-five per cent. of the cream left at our doors by the milkman in the morning; and that when he takes even this, as ap- pears to be his recognized right to do, he ought not to substitute unfiltered water for it, not only because there may be germs in the unfiltered water, but because water, unfiltered or otherwise, so thins the cream that it comes to reserble milk, which is not exactly in strict accord with the rights of the leaseholder. The proper substitute for his commission in cream is powdered chalk, which not only fills up the hiatus made by his collec- tions, but makes the cream even thicker than it was before, and to that extent seemingly the richer. The same is true as to his com- missions in coal. Freestone gravel is a poor substitute for this, and but adds later to his own labors in the removal of clinkers from our grates. It is earnestly hoped that the professors of janitry will make a note of these two points. In the matter of steam heat, it is a recognized fact that the furnace of an apartment house must not be overworked, and is therefore entitled to some time out; but so far as we have been able to observe, there has been no systematic ar- ~-| rangement of its periods of relaxation. We therefore respect- —¥! fully urge that, in educating our young men in this most im- portant science, care be taken to inform them that the fires should be allowed to go out at stated hours, so that we who dwell in apartments y know not so much what to expect, as when to expect it, and thus be prepared to meet the situation by turning on the gas, lighting the kitchen stove, or keeping the hot-water bag in commission, There should also be a definitely arranged schedule of tips for janitors, so that grasping members of the profession may be detected and haled be- fore the grievance committee of the Janitor’s Association for unprofessional conduct. It matters little what the scale may be, so long as it is understood, just as the fees of an architect are understood in advance by the builder of a for turning on a little more heat, $1; for arranging to have hot ring mat- DH COMMERCIAY, Ya Sone UP TO THE STANDARD. house water in the bathroom before eleven a.m., $1.50; fur so man. ters that the elevator is kept in running order two days of each week, $2; for keeping sober over Sunday, $1.50; for getting the snow off the front steps after a storm in winter before two p. m., $1.50; for remov- ing the ashes from the kitchen once ry third month, $2; and soon for all the little extras of which the janitor’s work consists, As it is now, these matters are not clearly understood by all parties to the con- tract, and as a result there is much mutual misunderstanding between them. There are many people who fancy that, by handing a janitor a certified check for $10,000 at the beginning of their occupancy of a flat, they thereby assure themse! of permanent protection in all matters, which is preposterous. Janitors are human, like the rest of us, and the memories of all men are so short as to need periodical jogging; so that a prearranged weekly schedule, such as that suggested above, of the petty ve cash JANITORS. disbursements necessary to the com- fortable life, cannot fail to work beneficially for all concerned. The board of education, in trying to re- duce the principles of this honorable profes- sion to the basis of an exact science, is doing a good work and doubtless will welcome sug- gi with jai ‘ions from those who have had experience nitors in the paston the subject of mat- ters that ought to be covered by the faculty of janit selves, n the courses of study. For our- we shall be content for the moment with the suggestion of two sets of lectures- the first bas ters to d upon Lord Chesterfield’s let- his son on the amenities of life, and the second on the principles enunciated by the late John B, Gough, one of the most ardent and successful lecturers the world has ever known on the sub- ject of intemperance. With good manners and temperance taught to the freshman class in this college of janitry, we may be sure of a good foundation for the polishing process in the higher branches of the art. A BARGAIN is something you get for less than you are accustomed to pay and more than your friends usually give. UMMER—moun Walkii THE SEASONS. John—Jan ‘ason—Maine. , ng—driving— Trembling—sighing—vows—kiss— Love—engagement—heaven—bliss. Springtime All the n John goes cruisin, Will the; “em Autumn—city—chureh—crush— Flowers—music—hush—blush— Perfect union—rice—shoes— Off to Europe—-social ne: Winter—New York—love's drouth— John here—Jane South Gossips busy—scandal rife— Town topics—man—wife. lawyers—quick divorce— s that’s fit,’ of course. Jane to Maine. ever meet again? => as in THE FARMER'S VIEW. not a trust, but I need the money."” comicbooks.com