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Show Editorial . . . The great national give-away program Is litterbugging. There's only one trouble. That which is given away is usually THROWN away and nobody -;but nobody-wants nobody-wants it. Litterbugging is something that everyone gets in on and everybody deplores. Sentiment has become so strong that there have been laws passed to govern the careless habit -laws with teeth in them. Enforcement now would help. But, there is still another kind of litterbugging. Litterbugging on a grandoise scale. And what is worse about this kind of litterbugging litter-bugging is, that it's so darned hypocritical. Do you know what we mean? Well, let's describe it. You walk down the main thoroughfares. thor-oughfares. What do you see? Polished windows, gorgeous displays, dis-plays, shiny door knobs, spotless spot-less welcome mats, and you feel a real cleanliness - is -next -to-godliness air all about. And we'll be the first to admit, that's wonderful. But - Did you ever take a walk out into the back yards of some of these oh-so-fine stores? Out back you'd see such a fly breeding, breed-ing, rat enticing, eye and nose offending, fire inviting mess that you'd hardly believe that the front and the back of the store belonged belong-ed to the same person. Cleanliness is next to godliness-and godliness-and like charity, cleanliness begins at home. Of course we all know the answer, That good front means "profit." and it might be pointed out that everyone's in business to make a profit. And everyone keeps a good front. And again, we'll be the first to admit that's wonderful. But NOT everyone that keeps a good front keeps an offensive backyard. So it's easy to see that those who are thoroughly clean, front and back, can be really irked by a hypocritical litterbugger. In addition to it's being offensive in all the ways we've mentioned, when Mother Nature plays her theme song "Gone With the Wind" things really get scattered around. How about it? Let's clean up in back. |