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Show B THE FALL CLEAN-UP. H One of the humors of American life is the tremendous H stir made all through the spring time for cleaning up of home places and streets while in the fall interest lan-H lan-H guishes. Clean-up weeks have become very common in H the spring, but after the vacation season the idea is H dropped. . . As a matter of fact clean-ups are even more needed in the fall than in spring. Vegetable and flower gardens H liave become weedy with stalks and vines and refuse. H Litter accumulates fast, and when the fall comes, it is L time for another grand scrimage. H One-of the incidental benefits of the garden movement H should be that is has accustomed more people to work H ' out of doors. Formerly most men were very lazy about H doing anything around their homes. At the same time H the loafing habit was such that they would lounge around m or go off to the usual hangouts. H The garden movement has now taught a lot of people H that getting outdoors for tasks about the home does not H necessarily mean added fatigue. It should be only a pleas-H pleas-H ant change of work. After a man has taken hold and H trimmed down the edges of his grass, pulled up weeds H and removed litter, the better appearance of his place m will give him satisfaction well compensating for the effort. M Many people take much pains about the care of their B places in spring and summer, but they are indifferent 1 about them in fall and winter. But disorder shows quite H as much in the latter season, when there is a lack of natural natur-al al beauty to help out appearances. A trim and neatly m kept place looks well at all seasons, it makes a house seem m like a real home and desirable to others if one desires to H sell. Good order is contagious, and a few nicely kept H ' places tone up a whole neighborhood and make all more H valuable. |