Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
CRUSADE A SUCCESS
Many Citizens of Capital to
Continue Cleanup.
ENTHUSIASM Is MANIFEST
Activity Is Particularly Marked in
the Southwest Section.
COMMITTEE MEETS FRIDAY
Impossible to Wind Up Work by
Wednesday-Children Make
Novel Reports.
ENTHUSIASM IS MANIFEST
COMMITTEE MEETS FRIDAY

The meeting of the central committee
OF city cleaning week, which was sched-
uled for Wednesday afternoon, will not
be held until Friday. according to an
nouncement late yesterday. The decision
to postpone the meeting two days fol-
lowed the giving of definite assurances
by the campaign leaders that it would be
impossible to wind up the work connected
with the crusade in time to prepare a re-
port for the committee by Wednesday,
Dr. Arthur L. Murray, secretary of the
campaign, spent the greater part OF yes
terday in the southwest section of sthe
city. directing the removal of refuse,
which had been reported by volunteer
workers The campaign for cleanliness in
that section was not concluded by last
night, nor is it. likely that it will be fin
ished before the middle Of next week.
Great Interest Taken.
According to DR.. Murray. more than
twenty wasonloads of trash were hauled
out Of the southwest section yester-
day. in addition to the waste material
collected by the District contractor, and
that disposed of by private citizens. The
executive committee had seven teams at
work during the afternoon.
THE campaign has been a big success.
but 1t is not over by any means" said DIR.
Murray last night. 1T was revelation
dents of the southwest section generally
are taking in the work. You couldn't
stop the campaign there now IL you want
ed to. Volunteer workers, social settle
great work in the southwest section, but
the citizens themselves are making 1t pos
sible for that portion of the city to be
cleaner than 1t has ever been. They have
given the campaign every cooperation.
and they are so imbued with the impor-
lance Of sanitation that they are apt to
keep the campaign. going as long as
there is anything left to clean up"
Collections Elsewhere.
To wind up its work in the. southwest
section is not the only task confronting
the campaign committee. There are col
lections Of trash in the other three Sec
tons of the District, which have been
reported to the committee. and wagons
will be sent out the first of the week to
gather up this material and dispose of it
at one Of the public or private dumps.
1t Is estimated that the executive COM
nlittee will be able to finish its work
by Thursday, so that full report on the
results achieved may be made to the
central committee at its meetipg Fri
day.
1t was announced last night that the
delegates to the central committee will
be asked to bring in reports showing the
results of the campaign in the sections
covered by the associations which they
represent. These reports will serve as the
basis of an extended report to be made
to the District Commissioners, setting
forth the crusade's accomplishments for
the District as whole.
Stories Of Children.
That school children have taken a
great interest in the cleanup crusade is
indicated by accounts which a number of
them have written concerning their eff
forts during the Easter holiday to i'm
prove the appearance of the premises
where they reside Many of the accounts
are decidedly original.
MY back yard did not need cleaning,
but I keep my face and hands clean in
stead, wrote a pupil of Third A. Hyde
Another pupil wrote: During the Eas-
ter holiday my three brothers and I
cleaned UP the whole cellar so that when
the health inspector came around he
would not be disgusted.''
During my Easter vacation runs the
account of a student in one of the George
town public schools. II was at home
cleaning up my back yard and woodshed,
and ] gathered all the tin cans around
the back yard. After that l washed my
dogs. hope my work was satisfactory"
Will Receive Cards.
Teachers of the public schools yester-
day were instructed to direct the pupils
to bring in the cleanup at-home cards
which they were furnished before the
Easter vacation. Each card returned will
bear the name of pupil. with the state
ment that he has cleaned up his own
premises. Originally. it vas planned to
have the cards checked Up by the CAM
paign committee, but it was announced
yesterday that school officials will ar
range to have the information contained
on, the cards prepared in the form of a
report, so that 1t can be transmitted to
the central committee at its meeting Fri
day.