Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-25
Secretary to Be Named.

Secretary to Be Named.
An important matter to be disposed OF
by the central committee at its first
meeting. April L., in addition TO naming
an executive committee. will be the ap-
p6intment Of a secretary for the cam
paign. DIR. Arthur l.. Murray OF the
health department. who supervised The
Stars ''swat-the-f1y'' crusade last sum
nIer. has been mentioned for the office
In the war on the fly DIR. Murray proved
a tireless worker, and it is certain that
he would make "a capable secretary Tor
the city cleaning week campaign.
NO refuse. no flies, no disease This
Is a slogan for the campaign suggested by
DR.. Murray. Greater Washington he
! SAYS. lis an ambition of every true citi-
zen of the city, but while We exploit our
fine streets. beautiful parks magnificent
buildings. excellent sewer systems and
adequate water supply every citizen
should contribute in every way possible
to the salubrity of Washington.
Warm Weather Diseases.
I'm the near future warm weather win
be with us. Flies will make their APP
pearance, so also will typhoid fever and
summer complaint among infants. The
warm months always have been the season
of typhoid and summer complaint-two
maladies which cause more suffering and
death than any other two seasonal dis
eases.
ITO every serious-minded person the
thought must occur cannot something be
done to mitigate the ravages of these
diseases? Most assuredly there can.
Zach and every person can contribute to
bringing about in this city conditions
which will TO considerable extent pre-
vent much of the unnecessary sickness.
The health department, whose province
1t is to safeguard the health OF this COM
for the various conditions predisposing
toward disease and death but when
these conditions prevail in the individual
households II is not possible 20 view and
remedy each and every one of them with
the limited force at it's command. The
department will therefore, be only 100
glad for the cooperation of every person
In this city in making conditions such
that summer maladies cannot find suit
able places for development within the
confines of the District of Columbia"
New York Interested.
The Stars plan for a week of city clean
ing Is attracting attention in New York
and elsewhere, according to Edward
Hatch. jr.. of New York, chairman of
the fly-dghting committee of the Ameri-
can Civic Association. Mr.. Hatch spent
Saturday in Washington in conference
with Secretary Natrous of the Washing
ton branch of the association, mapp:ne
out plans for this seasons crusade
against the fly.
The Star il doing great work" sad
Mr.. Hatch Its fly campaign of a year
ago attracted national attention and we
cited it TO scores Of Other cities as one
10 he initiated L only hope that the pa
pers OF my own city New York, and of
scores of other cities viii take up the
good work announced by The Star for
d, Washington. There is a distinct advan-
tage N being able To point 10 Washington
as model for these forward movements
Washington is known as clean and
beautiful city but the very fact that you
are taking up a campaign for more clean
Illness makes the example just that much
more effective. We shall watch the COM
ing anti-fiy campaign. and clean up week
in particular. with great interest. Don't
= leave single stone unturned. Make il a
thorough clean UP. Go for the alleys. the
6 dirty back lots, the dirty markets and
small stores. the dump heaps and every
place that reflects neglect and careless
ness. We want Wash ngton TO be d real
model and to be able 10 tell the people OF
I the nation that Washington. their city,
is just what ii should be.
Keen Interest Manifest.
IF YOU could see the thousands of let
tiers that come to our New York and
Washington Offices you would be sur
prised at the keen interest being taken
In the fly campaign. For two years we
have been educating the people to the
dangers of the fly They are getting
fully awakened to the subject and want
10 know just what to do and how to
start fly campaigns and cleanup days
and weeks. We look for sreat advance
this year.
The newspapers and the MAGAZINES
are taking up the fight cary in the sea
son. and before many weeks so BY miles
of columns of information about the lit
tie pesr will have been printed in the
leading daily, weekly and monthly jour
mails of this country and Canada. We
can't keep up with the demand for --latest
news that comes to us from day to day
all of which goes 10 show that We arr
enlisted in Il campaign that is Yer!
I've one
Comment of Hartford Times.
The Hartford Times. in an editoria
concerning The stars clean-city plan
says:
Last year the boys and girls of Wash
inSton. stimulated by the Evening Star
made war on the fly. The principal feat
ure of their campaisn was the cleanin,
of the city. job which they did will
considerable tAorouSbneSS. They mad,
things so uncomfortable for the fly tina
tie membership of his tribe was niue.
reduced. This year Washington proposes
TO 80 at ii again. starting earlier in orde
10 attain even more satisfactory results
April l.. is set TO- the cleaning-up date
1T is generally admitted that the fl,
is a peStiferOus insect. devoted almos
exclusively TO the annoyance of bald
headed men and the spreading of deadI,
disease. If Providence created the flv 10
the performance OF any benefcent func
ton il Las neglected to make that func
lion plain to humanity else the fy ha
abandoned the job. AS far as human in
tellgence is able to determine the fly i
no good.
Where there is no filth there are n,
nes- The fy's presence is an indica
ton of the presence OF filth. Few of III
would tolerate reputation for persona
oncleanliness. Why should we not OBJ
Jet to the winged evidence of communit,
E5sAEIGess? This would be brighter