The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-20


other, hut some time differing by
petty iealousies AMI too high opln,
ions of self Importance.
Don't for one instant think that |
am deprecating our people, for l do
not mean such and, too. l am one and
have my part to act. Let me give
you my ideas.
Keep your house clean: clean your
yards; start lawn; don't let trash
accumulate, have a place for it; the
city keeps a man employed to haul
| it away: find out about your water
supply: insist on good sewerage. II
YOU don't understand. ask your sewer
inspector or your plumber: get rid
OF all nulsances that attract flies:
screen your doors and windows, II
i, only one at a time, and everlasting
fight flies; be careful in the prepar-
! alton and care of food stuffs
! You may say: oh. we rent, We
/ don't own home and We are not
! going to spend money on somebody
I else's property Perhaps that Is one
of the reasons you don't own a home
never had An incentive. Another ex-
/ cuse IS that my neighbor don't keen
/ his place clean and what is the use
OF RE doing so?"
I Did il ever occur to you that poo
/ PIE are like sheep. that they will
! follow a leader? You 40 your part
and these things that will improve
. your own household and you will be
! surprised how quickly your neighbor
| will drop into line because good
, things appeal always to our bette,
man and none are so careless but
who have a lot of pride which has
| been inert, only waiting for develop
| meEt or some one to show or teach
No one will spoil the harmony Of
a neighbor's improvements by neg
| lectfng his own. He. too. will want
! things just as good and will not
stand for the criticism that lis neigh
Dor is q better man than he is. Let
each man attend to only his own
| household and not others. A prop
erty owner will become more proud
Of his home and a rivalry for beau
| tffying will be created. The renter
will arouse his landlord to the fact
| that he has a tenant who is making
| his property more valuable and he
will help him to make the place more
comfortable and home-lihe instead OF
It reing merely a money-making ma
chine.
AS these little humble homes grow
beautiful by doing those things that
are in reach Of any one. with their
lawns. flowers and every thing neat
and nice, so will prosperity begin to
dawn and those things we have been
talking about so long will become
an accomplished fact.
Again, in the training of a child
for healthy citizen with mind and
| body so developed, will bring out
| those finer qualities that fits US to
fight the battle Of life and vie with
| our fellow man. 1t elevates him, re-
fines him and makes him look upon
the blessings of God with deeper rev.
| erence and respect Did you ever
| stop to think that bad environments
make bad boys, bad citizens, full
| jaiI5, etc?
| With our climate and natural vege
! tation so much is given that really
We should feel ashamed that We do
not have better living places. What
fine lawns the Bermuda grass makes.
! and what a lot of beautiful native
! trees we have. This subject is dear
| 10 me and as park commissioner ]
| look upon the squares and parkways
| as creatures of development and any
Dissertation or unjust criticism take
to heart as if it were a being of ami
nation. These places are your prop
erty and you pay to have them kept
up. 1t is to your advantage to not
throw trash on the lawns, walk across
and make paths or drive your horses
over them. You want them nice and
you are proud OF it pll.
| am only the keeper of such tenn
porarily and [ am going to do all I
can to make these afr spaces as pref
| ty as | can, and more especially for
your children, who take our places
| " hon W. tor MD FOR Unrt,
During the past year the fences
| which are now considered in modern
| cities, obsolete, around Lee Square.
! were torn down: side walks on the
| North and South side were built:
| steps constructed to make easy ap-
prOacheS: many loads of dirt hauled
Ill to make even lawns and complete
terrace; two walls on the East side
erected, the one on the outside OF
street car track was built at q con-
| siderable cost by the electric COM
pany. and which makes a very pretty
and attractive bit Of road-bed.
On Wright and Garden streets the
pariways, which previously had been
streets, had to be dug up with picks
as it was a mass of clay, oyster shells
and rocks, and sodded to enable the
grass to grow. Sixty-eight palm
trees were given Garden street by
the Civic League. About 500 loads
Of earth were hauled in Seville
Square and it leveled and sodded;
the benches repaired and anchored
to prevent breaking them up. The
other squares were kept up by spe-
ciaI commissioners appointed for
each square. Many contemplated i'm
provements are planned for the next
year and with the help Of each clt'-
zen the year should bring many
great improvements to beaut1fy our
city.
LOUIS de NJ BLOCKER.