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Show BAD INFLUENCE OF DIRT. Undoubtedly Exercises a Deleterious Moral Effect. Dirt Is contagious. If anybod doubts It let hlni observe tho streets Uttered with all sorts of rubbish, the. offer a positive Invitation to oveo body to toss or sweep his surplus ma tcr Into them. If tho streets wer kept In a proper state of cleanllnes no decent person at least would thin of throwing anything upon the roaf way or In tho gutters. There Is alp a moral effect. Cleanly surrounding teget clean habits. Children going i and from school aro unconsciously 1: Ouenced by what thoy see, and dirt streets being a standing example untidiness In those to whom thoy ua urally look for leading, they grow l different and careless. Thus the tolc atlon of dirt on tho streets bcconn not only a menace to health, but a influence for evil. Considerations this sort may have no placo in tin average alderman's mind, which seen, to take Its Inspirations from medlew times when the public thoroughfar were the common sewers. Chlcat. Journal. |