The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-25

thus afflicted cannot hope to keep pace
with other places where civic pride Ell
couragcs civic improvement, II is with
community as with an individual
nature may have favored man with Il
fine physique, but lack Of ambition or
pride causes him to be careless slov
euly and uncleau, and AS consequence,
he degencratrs and ultimately becomes
wreck and the world loses interest in
him while his neighbor though less
favored, is careful, takes pride in his
person and in his conduct, with the re.
suit that he attracts where the other
repels. We. as citizens Of Astoria may
either 90 ahead or sit stills take ad'
vantage OF natures Kindness, or become
careless Of our destiny. What shall our
answer bes Let us answer; | for one
shah try as hard as | can to stay the
fate which heiallS the slovenly city. |
shall labor as strNnuously as possible
to improve my city, so that II may be
come. what fate and nature intended
it should be.~-the cleanest, heathiest
and most attractive city i'll all Oregon.
After giving matters some thought and
in my humble way. ii occurred to me
that perhaps the establishment OF I'M
provement clubs in the various parts OF
the city might be the best agencies to-
ward accomplishing the necessary re
suits. No one individual can hope to
do much. but the combined efforts OF
members will surely accomplish what
the individual is unable to attain The
architects can plan, but no matter
how beautiful the design, he could
never finish the structure without
the assistance ot the carpenter, the
mason and the painter, hence it be.
comes imperative that men of all pro
fessions and men in all avocations of
life. Join in and build up the city;
now supposing that the house is built
it would after all be a cheerless place
unless good housekeeper put on the
finishing touches and in her dainty way,
see to it that the carpets are laid and
the curtains hung just SO; that the
table stands in the center and the clock
hang on the wall, instead of being
thrown in q kitchen corner, and this
is where you ladies OF the Woman's
Club come in. We men, that is the few
in Astoria upon whose backs the moss
has not yet settled too thickly, We may
plan and build, but you must encour'
age us in these matters; the mind OF
the masculine individual is too obtuse
to comprehend these things. The very |
first thing we must all learn, is the old
maxim, that cleanliness is next to god
liness.' That tin cans, worn out rub
bers and delapitated corsets will never
raise rose bushes in the back yard and
that the soup bone and potato peal
ings from last Sundays dinner will not
cause fragrance to permeate the air, 1t
is also a we'll known fact, that beaux
are not attracted to squalid quarters,
neither can investors be induced to visit |
or visiting, long remain, in a delapidated
town
Therefore. it is not only safest from
a sanitary standpoint, but it is wisest
from a commercial standpoint, that we
clean house, so that Markham's Man
With the Hoe as web a. j. Pierpont
Morgan's men with the dough, may be
attracted to this, 'Oregon's Best Health
Resort One Of the things most essen
tial in this campaign for cleaner As
toria, is harmony, and harmony will
never grow on slander bushes, hence it
is necessary also that we bride our
tongues, control our tempers, and speak
kindly Of our neighbors "a little har'
mony now and then, is relished by the
crossest of men'). If l were permitted |