Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-06
HOUSEWIVES TO HELP|COMMON LAW APPLIED
Twentieth Century Club Plan STANDARD Oil Always illegal,
Getty Clean" Crusade. Says Kellogg.
SWEEPERS TO BE WATCHED HE TRIES TO HURRY CASE
Every Block Be Organized With Government Today But
Special Chairman Defense Take Its Time.
TAB KEPT ON DIRT MAKERS ARGUMENT FOR PROSECUTION
Collectors
at All Times ton Opposing Denial-Conps-
Have Their titon Now,
SWEEPERS TO BE WATCHED
Every Block to Be Organized With
Special Chairman.
TAB KEPT ON DIRT MAKERS
Collectors to Use Covers Over Carts
at All Times il Ladies
Have Their Way.


day morning at All Souls Church and to
formulate plans whereby the endeavor OF
the ladies of the Twentieth Century Club
to clear the streets and parking of rub
bish may be made successful there was
a meeting of the board Of directors of
the club in the chapel OF the church yes
terday afternoon.
The ladies' now propose to interest at
least one housewife in each block in the
city to the extent of having her call
upon her neighbors and ask their CO.
operation in two ways: First that she
will see to It herself that the pavement
and parking in front OF her own resi-
dence is kept clean and free from trash,
and. secondly, that she will not only keep
her own trashbox or barrel covered. so
that its contents may not be blown out
to litter the streets. but keep an eye
upon the street cleaning employees and
report derelietions on their part to the
chairman OF her block, who in turn will
send the reports to headquarters to be
brought to the attention OF the District
Commissioners.
To Keep All to Their Duties.
In other words. the ladies do not pro-
pose to take any chances on orders alone
from the District Commissioners to the
street cleaning department. but they in
tend to see that those orders are obeyed.
and, incidentally. SO far as their own
premises are concerned, to see that dere-
lict newspapers, lunch papers. torn let
ters and the like are promptly coralled
and Gagged in a covered box or barrel
for the street cleaning department to
cart away.
At the meeting which will be held at
les AH ~ al oIy a.
morning to which the citi3enS associa-
lions. clubs and individuals interested In
having a clean city are invited and urged
to come. 1t Is hoped to form perma-
nent organization. whose machinery for
good shall be as simple as that above
outlined.
The ladies say they have received as
surances from Commissioner West that
he will see that vacant lots and their
surroundings arc looked after by the
street cleaning force. They feel confiden,
that he will cooperate with their eff
forts as far as practicable to 'clean up
the city and keep 1t Clean
Improvement Il Noted.
They find even now some Improvement
in the service Of the men who come with
the wagons to carry away the trash. In
that when they dump a box or barrel
into the wagons and loose papers fly
want the wagon men to go a step forward
and use the nicely folded canvas which
they carry around. not after their wagons
are loaded, but during the progress OF
loading. SO that the litter put into the
wagons may not by any mischance or
ity and find fits way into the streets
again.
forts. too. to keep the absent minded from
thoughtlessly littering the streets with
waste paper thrown on the sidewalk or
into the streets.
The ladies' say there are five sources
from which the trash that litters the
streets springs-open boxes and barrels
that stand In back yards. alleys and front
areas waiting for the rubbish wagon:
open wagons belonging to the contractor.
into which such boxes and barrels are
emptied and the contents carted through
the streets, uncovered until the entire col
lection of the day Is made: tar paper.
bags that usually litter places where
buildings are in course Of erection
thoughtless people, who tear their letters
up after reading them and throw them
in the streets: luckless newspapers thrown
into open vestibules or on steps and in
front yards by newsboys.
Remedies Proposed.
The obvious remedies for these trou-
bles. the ladies feel. are: A regulation
that no rubbish will be collected from
open receptacles or those that have no
lids; a requirement that the contractor
be required to collect rubbish without lit
tering the streets. using q gunny sack in
making collections or some other equally
effective means, and the unremitting pros
ecution Of those Of his men who do not
comply with the requirement or whose
carelessness causes the trash to get away:
the erection Of suitable trash boxes In all
parts of the city. and the enforcement Of
the law forbidding the littering OF streets.
parks and alleys.
The ladies engaged in this street clean
ing movement appear to be very much In
earnest. It is likely to go hard with the
street cleaning employe who is found
Sinking his duty or performing it In a
perfunctory manner hereafter. especially
after next Thursday. when the ladies of
the entire city will by a systematic
movement be enlisted in the good cause.