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Show KEEP THE CITY BEAUTIFUL Annual Clean-Ups AM Right In Their Way, but There Is a Very Much Better Method. The annual spring clean up in Kansas City has become a well known event But why should it be an event? Why not a continuous process? Recently - an excellent method of keeping the streets always In repair has been put into operation. Why can't something of this kind be made to apply to the cleaning not only of streets but of yards, lots and other places that demand attention? There is provision for street cleaning, of course. But the street-cleaning forces do not receive the encouragement and help they ought to have. Their work often is nullified or made difficult by the carelessness of individuals who throw papers and various kinds of refuse ref-use where they will be most unsightly and generally objectionable. Keeping a city beautiful and clean all the year around does not stop with the operation of any city department. It becomes a part of the civic duty of every individual ; it must be checked up to every home as well as to a health or street cleaning department. It may become a matter of habit with the people. It should be prompted by pride; a regard for the rights of neigh-bors; neigh-bors; for what visitors may think of the city ; for the best things In respect to appearance and public health. Kansas City Star. |