The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-15
Mothers and Children Make
Washington Shine Like
New Pin.
MAKE WHITE WINGS
WORK LIKE TROJANS
Committee in Charge Will See
That the Law Is En-
forced.

In the minds Of all those Washington
ians who. rising early and going to their
daily labor. saw the streets, byways and
alleys bestrewn with waste paper and
rubbish, then, returning homeward,
realized that this dirt and debris of the
morning had disappeared as Il some
magician's wand had waved its spell
| over the face of the town, April Is will
| carry a lingering mem ory.
This very thing happened today.
The city resembled the President s
| back yard the day after the recent egg
| rolling. PrestOt BY IL O'Clock q revela-
ton in cleanliness had been wrought;
and this revelation not by the official
white wings of the Street Cleaning
/ Department-no, not at all-but by our
wives. sisters, mothers, sweethearts.
i and not few of our little brothers.
Crusade Is Successful.
In short, the move inaugurated a few
weeks ago by the women OF the
Twentieth Century ChS to make Wash
ington in the strictest sense a "spotless
town" has borne fruit IS the case in
any event where the iair and the brave
are guided by their ideal Of municipal
beauty.
'
some Of the howls-of delight. of
course-were emitted by the members of
the street cleaning department, who,
because OF this feminine activity, were
| relieved Of the burdensome task or
STOPPING over and picking up bits OF
waste paper, tin cans, broken bottles,
and thousand and one other things
that come under the head OF the city s
household refuse.
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art Of knowing how to put our careless
1 fellow townspeople and the street clean
ing forces on their uride-just realizing
that a gentle jab here and a prod there
would do the business
VIII Burn Debris.
Mrs. r. V. Coville, president of the
| Twentieth Century Club, IS one Of those
Of the Capitals clubwomen who de-
scribe the results OF the cleaning cru
| sade as Immense"
Yes" she declared this morning after
! the last band Of cleaners had reported
all through, "the results were just as
we expected-splendid. Everybody who
was asked to take Part in the move
ment responded beautifully. leaving
nothing to be desired SVe shall keep up
the good work and Try to instill in the
minds OF hOuSehOlders the Importance
of keeping their premises clean Of all
waste paper and debris"
The results Of today's crusade viii be
told formally at the next meeting of
the Twentieth Century Club. No at
tempt Wls made at calculating the
amount by R-ctual weight of debris col
| lected, but there IS no doubt that were
this waste piled Up on the White House
Ellipse and then a torch applied the
result would be a bonfire that would put
/ IN the dim, dim shade anything in the
way of pyrotechnics the Capital has
witnessed in years.
Watching the Wagons.
In the vicinity Of Columbia road,
California street south to Q street the
thoroughfares bore the appearance Of a
holiday festival from $50 to 10 o'clock
All our best people were there. The
shopping district was practically ue-
serted Those people who did not
themselves CLEAN waste paper and rub
bish from the highways were esccnced
on the tops Of steps directing younger
members Of the family and servants.
Little children were the real REFORM
ers. With large size market baskets
and with meal bags they sailed forth.
The rubbish wagons were there. Their
appearance was the signal for action.
Behind each followed a coterie OF critl-
cal youngsters who kept a watchful eye
on anything the collectors overlooked
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