The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-15
Get in the Garpe
For Your Own Good.

For Your Own Good.
{ Pensacola, at the inception of com
prehensive park Improvement, has Z
right to raise the cry which Nelson
raised at Trafalgar, when his fiagshiI
flew the signal that England expected
every man to do his duty. Had eacf
Ssailor in the fleet gone on the theory
that one man could not really do any
thing in particular, the immorta
message. would have become a but
for countless jokes. But the sailors
responded, each man doing all be
could, and the result was one OF @
greatest of victories at arms.
What can 1 do? What difference
does it make if personally do some
thing or nothing?" one might ask.
The difference depends on how
many others there are who stop tc
ask the question, and shape their
conduct accordingly. Don't be one oil
them.
toward the fund in the hands of the
commissioners of the park in his
neighborhood, helps not only to the
extent of that dollar, but to the ex-
tent of the influence that his dona-
ton has in inducing similar or great
er contributions from others. Mr.. X
gives a dollar. Mr.. q, knowing that
he has as much property interest and
more children, is stimulated to giving
at least dollar. Mr.. @, who perhaps
and lot of personal vanity, is stung
by the two into giving twice as much.
And in various ways, according to va
rious temperaments, the fact that Mr..
X gave a dollar, causes, according to
his neighborhood reputation, various
others TO follow his example as well
as they can, or even to '-go him bet
ter"
Mr.. Y is not an unknown or an
imaginary individual, but yourself,
and Pensacola has a right to expect
You to do your duty.
Is the word duty" putting it too
strongly? Not if you stop to consider
the proposition for a moment.
If you own property In the neigh
borhood Of a public square, isn't it
your duty to do whatever will en-
nance the value OF your property?
Do you doubt that every dollar spent
on the public square adds to the value
OF your property, whether it be on or
near the square? Surely that is your
duty to yourself and your family, in
1nteIngent selfishness. Does the i'm
provement of public square improve
Your residence site in the opinion of
your family-making the location OF
their home any more desirable to
them? Isn't it your duty to do that?
DO you own, and hold as an invest
ment, any property on or near pub
lie square? If so, isn't 1t your duty
10 contribute to the improvement
of that square, even If only to en-.
nance the value of your idle proper
typ And If you don't own even a
secondhand door mat as the nucleus
of future home, isn't it your duty to
help in work that means a prettier
city, one in which you and everybody
else will take added pride and added
contentment in everyday life?
Every dollar put into the fund for
the park in your neighborhood-you
park-helps TO draw dollars from the
pockets of everybody else in the
neighborhood, for everybody likes to |
be with the winner" and everybody
has a comfortable feeling in the
nerve center of his self-respect when
he is identified with anything that is
a .'go.''
And most of all-the city has felt |
the unmistakable public desire for
park improvement and, on short no.
tice. with demands On the alimony |
increased beyond the
augmentation of revenues, has found
a way to devote a small sum to the |
initial work. and public spirited citi-
zens are doing a great deal with he
FUNDS in hand. The wise policy for
the public to adopt, the skilled game
Tor the public to play, is to so help
put the work as to show the city /
council that you really want beautiful !.