Show NO EXCUSE two men were riding past a larm karl house in this valley some som e time ago which abounded tu evidences that the family occupying it were not too prosperous one ot of the passers a local man was explaining to the other who was not so eo fa camillar millar with that particular family w which aich by the way live here now that they were in rather dire circumstances he had created almost an attitude of sympathy in his friends mind tor for the unfortunate occupants of the farm when a hulk ot of a boy slouched out ot of the house lie he was unkempt and dirty his hair was long and gave no evidence ot of having been combed in a i fortnight one glance at him and the element ot of sympathy vanished vanish ed from the un acquainted passer passer who remarked they may be poor but poverty is no excuse for filth and untidiness untidy ness As a community we might draw a lesson from that incident just now there is considerable complaint about lack ot of employment many ot of its HE a lot to do which will bring in ready money but that an ex cuse tor for neglecting our city and our individual premises and allowing them to become unsightly and even I 1 unsanitary r As a matter ot of fact when we anything else pressing Is the v best time in the world to do repairing and cleaning up around yards yard and premises and in our city we can haul in gravel to till fill up the mud holes faour tn our streets rake up and haul off the rubbish and rocks and a hundred and one other things which will help out i i i and a good place for us to start la Is in the movement which is just juet being launched for or beautifying our school grounds we can nearly all of 0 us give two or three days to a movement of 0 that sort without ut being any worse off financially and it if well gif gc the habit of doing those things both in a public and a private ft a i its going to mean money and more that than money to us in the long run to get back to the original story it quite probable that the poverty ot of the family I 1 was the result of indifference and untidiness untidy ness rather than the cause of it lets get in and do wine some community improving while we are waiting fa tor r better times maybe our actions will help to bring those better times |