Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-15

preached by every citizen on Monday,
declared Rev. James s. Montgomery, pas
tor of the Metropolitan Memorial Nd. +.
Church.
Shiloh Baptist Church. colored. preached
q sermon on the topic: "A Clean City
Crusade-Why and How.
Rev. Simon p. w. Drew. pastor of the
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, colored, de-
ciared to his congregation that "A clean
city will be healthy city.
Other ministers in churches also sound
ed the slogan of cleanliness, all of them
urging that members OF their churches
not only should actively take part in the
great civic campaign, but that all should
endeavor TO secure cooperation by their
neighbors in the communities in which
they live.
Lesson From Biblical Story.
Rev. John Van Schaick, jr., spoke d.
rectly to the topic: The Cleaning Up
of a City," and he drew lesson from
the Biblical story Of the rebuilding of the
walls of Jerusalem.
There was no appropriation then
available" he said, 'ibut the people had
q mind to work. That Is the big thing
in any community project. A way will
be found when the people have mind.
The campaign for a clean Washing
tom has been waged with this in view.
II has been a campaign of education.
The one fatal weakness in all schemes
of municipal government is failure Of the
people to feel and take responsibility. In
a way a municipal government has to be
paternal 1t has to do things for u.s.
There are too many of us, Tor each man
to clean the streets, cart on the ashes
and dispose of the sewage. In we'll gov
erned communities these and many otner
matters are under the control Of the gov
eminent. But ii is a short-Sighted,
laundering administration which does not
keep clearly before the people their snare
of the responsibility.
mo street cleaning force can keep the
streets decent If a majority of the people
feel free TO litter the streets as they
choose. No alley gang of cleaners can be
efficient II the householders Will not Co
operate We the people who use the
streets. must come to feel that they are
our streets We need to sense the boor-
tshness. uncleanness and discourtesy OF
scattering refuse on our streets just as
much as scattering it on our carpets.
We need to feel that we ought to help
clean up streets and alleys not only on
one day one week OF the year, Dut ali
days and all weeks. That does not mean
that we need to do the work OF paid
municipal employees, but 1t does mean
that we need to cooperate ana give tnem
half q chance.
Many Are Thoughtless.
Nothing illustrates better the thought
lessness of many good people than a
snowstorm They will clean the walks
the way they have to go, but the side
walk they themselves do not use goes
uncleaned. In may be selfishness with
seine. but it is pure ignorance and
thoughtIessness with others. They
don't sense the fact that they live In
a community, and that they owe some
thing to a community more than taxes.
who said 1t first l do not know, but
il is true that some people are afflicted
with a form of astigmatism, because OF
which they can see nothing closer than
5000 miles. Reform appeals to them.
but it's reform in Borneo Education
is their shibboleth. but it's education
of the Turks Social service is the
call Of the hour, but 1t is the service
of the black or the brown or the red
or the yellow men beyond the seas.
NO one who knows BLEAK House can
ever forget Mrs. Jellyby and her plans
for Boirisboola-Gha, her immense cor
respondence about Africa and the dirt
and neglect in her own home. Dickens
calls hers telescope philanthropy
NO more than other churches would