Evening journal., 1912-03-23
WELL wORTHY OF BOOSTING.

HAVE you said good word for your home
Il 4 town today? No? Then you have been remiss
in your duty If every Wilmngtonan would
make a pledge to say something good about his
home town to some other person each da", in a
few months Wilmington would be one OF the best
and most favorablY known cities of its size in the
United States There are between 10000 and
100000 persons who live in Wilmington and enjoy
its many benefits 1t lies within the power of fully
ihree-fOu of those persons TO say something
GOOD each dav i'm relation TO the city in which
they live If you be travelling in the South and
chance to meet a man on the train who lives IN
Birmingham Ala. for instance he will sing the
praises of Birmingham until you hang your
head from very shame that you we're not bern
there The same also is true of many other pro-
gressive communities. The local pride of the men,
women and children who live in them has been
stimulated to such degre that the words OF praise
bubble out. They come in such an earnest and en-
tertaining way that the stranger is constrained
TO halt, to listen and to be impressed. That is the
spirit Wilmingtonians should have. Most OF them
have it, but it is permitted to lie dormant when
il should be awake and doing
There is in this country a society which has for
its purpose the spreading of sunshine. That is each
member is pledged to do something or say some
thing that will bring sunshine into the life OF
some other person each day IL is line idea. Its
rood influence goes on and on and there is no
telling where it ends. So II will be II each Will
mingtonian who is old enough to express an in-
telligent opinion will pledge himself to say each
day to someone something good about his home
town Suppose you are in New York and New
Yorker asks you what you think OF that city. Tell
him it is all right in its way but that If he wants
TO see what a fine town really is, he should come
10 Wilmington If he laudS Central Park, come
back at him with the Brandywine. 1.-The discusses
the Branx Zoo inform him glibly that we have a
Zoo of our own. If he seeks comparisons tell him
quickly that comparisons are odious, and do it in
way that will lead him to think that the Branx
Zoo is a mere sideshow to the one we have out in
Brandywine Park. 1t is his business to boost New
York; it is your business to boost Wilmington.
Don't forget that Wilmington has many Splen
did features that are we'll worthy of praise. It's
railroad facilities are good. 1t has splendid water
transportation. There is a greater diversity OF
manufacturing interest here than in any other city
of its size in the East if not in the entire country
Il has splendid parks that easily accessible
Few cities are blessed with as good water sys-
tenn The general healthfulness OF the city is fine
and mortality is low. 1t is the home OF the great
est explosives manufacturing company IN the
world. Its textile mills and morocco factories are
known the world over. There are financial nstitu-
tions here that for soundness compare favoraby
with those of any community Wilmington mer-
chants are keeping abreast of the times Its places
Of entertainment are bright and cheerful and run
along decent lines. Those are only few of the
subjects for sermons by those who desire TO assist
in the movement to boost Wilmington when they
abroad when they are talking TO the
stranger within our gates. Never let man from
another city talk you down. BE a booster of boost.
and have the last word in favor of your home
town II you have 70 miss your train 10 do H.