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Show Suggestions for Making Our Town a Better Home Town 'Chairman of National Bureau Says Start -Now and Keep It Up the Year 'Round. SINCE Hercules dlvortod tho river to ronovnto tho Augean stables "Clean Up" has had lis placo In tho world's vernacular. With Spring iho dcslro to refurbish comes subconsciously sub-consciously Into tho hearts of men ind women, and communities. Hut ithout direction and sustained effort ho oxprcsslon of that deslro, In tho onn ot tho ordinary "Clean Up Day" r "Week," is opt to result in a Bupor-Iclal Bupor-Iclal sally against filth. Years ago Allen W. Clark, a St. Louis dttor, mado up his mind that this atural '.'Clean Up" Instinct could bo urnod to account, that 'it could bo lovolopcd into a real campaign work-.ig work-.ig toward definite (deals and acconi-illBblng acconi-illBblng pormanent rosults. And so, it May 1912, Mr. Clark founded tho Jational "Cloan Up and Pnlnt Up" Campaign Dureau, with hoadquartors u St. Louis. Ho hoped that a thorough-going movoment, national in Its scopo and practical in its principles, might tako tho placo of tho "annual bath" idea as oxpressod in tho old-tlmo 'clean up day" oj "week." A Natlonat Civic Movement. For four years tho scopo ot tho National Na-tional Uuroau's servtco has rapidly ox-tended ox-tended until this yoar it is coopcrat-Ing coopcrat-Ing with mora than 6,000 local communities com-munities in tho organization and direction di-rection of real "Clean Up and Paint Up" campaigns, not "days," or wooks." Continuous campaigns for homos and homotowns beautiful, sanitary sani-tary and safe, conducted by permanent commlttoos, and involving tho co-op-oration ot city and town officials, club womon, commercial organisations, tho children, tiro prevention Interests, all b tslnoss mon and property owners, lo tho goal aimed at by all ot tho Nationnl Bureau's propaganda. Mr. Clark declaros that tho bano ot any community is tho citizen who tacks oven a somblanco of Intorcst in ho community, and that, strnngo as :t may scorn In a democracy, absonco if this intorcst scorns to bo pretty gen-irnlly gen-irnlly provalont In tho avorago Amorl-nn Amorl-nn community. Such a citizen would havo ''Tho Town" or "Tho City," whatever what-ever thoso names may signify when tho body ot citizens Is eliminated, xcop tho ntrocts and alloys clean, pro-lorvo pro-lorvo tho public and Individual health, dllmlnato nuisances, mako everything 'n town spick and span and satisfactory satisfac-tory whllo tho citizen bits back and looks on. Tho real "Cloan Up and Paint Up" campaign, organized on tho plans of tho National Bureau, glvoa ovoryono lomothlng doflnlto to do to holp mako "holr hjraotown beautiful, sanitary ind safo. And tho campaign's edti-"ntlonol edti-"ntlonol Influonco should work stead-ly stead-ly tho year 'round and year after oar, automatically eliminating many inlsancos caused formerly by carelessness careless-ness or thoughtlessness of property owners and tonants. A Surjgestlon tor Our Town. Tho methods for accomplishing nil t this suggested by tho Nationnl nu- 'onu nro well illustrated by n brief do- crlptlon of tho local campaign or- I ganlzatlon In St. Louis. With various adaptations this St. I-ouia plan has bocn found practicable in any city, no matter how largo or smnll. Tho cntiro campaign Is under tho direction Of tho Continuous St. Louis "Clcnn Up nnd Pnlnt Up" Campaign CommlUeo, of which Charles M. Tal-bort, Tal-bort, director ot streets and sowers, is chairman. On this committee nro various civic and business leaders, including in-cluding tho leading club women ot the city. Kach member of tho general com-mlltco com-mlltco Is chairman ot a subcommittee rcsponsiblo for soma doflnlto depart-mint depart-mint ot tho campaign's nctlvlty. The Director of Streets and Sowers Is chairman of tho commlttco on "Itotuso Clean-up,"- tho chief of tho Firo l)o-partinont l)o-partinont Is chairman of tho committee commit-tee on flro prevention nnd the head of tho Hoalth Department Is chair-mnn chair-mnn ot tho commlttco on housing ro-form. ro-form. A partial list ot thoso campaign committees, with notation of somo of tho objects ot each follows: Committees for the Work. St root Department Household wasto, pormanent plan, Improvement of districts which will bo center of Interest in coming National Democrat. Demo-crat. c Convontlon, smooth paving, nlgr.3 on public bulldlugs,a rubbish boxes. i, Lr.ndscapo Gardening Ordinances, campaign among proporty owners, yard planting campaign among children. chil-dren. m Firo Provontlon Clcnn up rubbish, roofs, condemn shacks that aro lira risks. Housing Insanitary yards, privies, tenements, lodging houses, garbage ro-coplacleu. ro-coplacleu. Vacant Lots Itoiiortcd by Boy ScoutB, flower nnd vogotnblo gardens by school children and Ileal Estate Kxclinngo, weed cutting, bird box.es. Flower Boxes In congested districts, dis-tricts, downtown nnd opposito Union Stntlon. Unsightly Advertising Posters on buildings, "For Itont" signs, ordl-nanccn. ordl-nanccn. Appoaranccs of Buildings Vacant bulldlngi, painting, lighting or prominent promi-nent corners. Strco Drinking Fountains Oonernl nnd on downtown corners. Smoko Abatement. Publicity Billboards, posters, streo cars, circulars for children, buttons,-nowspapors, buttons,-nowspapors, moving pictures. Speakers On general subject, nlBO on r.pcciol I'lasos of campaign. District Organisation Uoport nuisances, nui-sances, see proporty ownors and urgo to clean up and paint up and plant trees. School Children Distribution of printed matter, school gardens. Police Roport nuisances, distribute directions for rubbish collections, ro-qtiost ro-qtiost en oporntlon ot residents. Tho chairmen of thoso various committees com-mittees should bo tho city or town ofllclals or civic leadors who aro most Intorcstod In tho work to bo dono by tho commlttco. |