The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07


rocks, and twigs that were in the
yard and trimmed up the bushes and
then I raked up the old grass and
burned It. I also swept the walks and
the porches.
On Monday noon cleaned out my
desk and threw the old paper In the
basket. After had all my work done
on Tuesday went and played Jacks.
/ HELEN PFLUG.
Carey school-2-6 grade
Had Man Clean Place.
The man we had working for US
raked the alley and gutter and then
raked the lawn. He put ali the leaves
and sticks in a pile. The man did all
that last Friday.
Yesterday was clean up day As our
yard was cleaned up and had moth
ing to do dressed doll for little
girls birthday present. In the after
noon /. help mamma. In the evening
| went to Groves and took Margaret
out walking. Then l got my dcI and
played house.
EDITH KIEDAISCH.
Washington school-fifth grade.
4 ~ q
Didn't Follow Aunt's Plan.
). On April 80 the famous clean up
! day arrived.
Clean up day is needed to destroy
some of the germs. Because Of the
germs 1t Is unhealthy to have dirt
around. One fly can carry many
germs
On clean up day started to look
for work. Mother had not taken the
leaves off some Of the flower beds.
y raked the beds and dug up some
: dandelions.
!. I did not follow Aunt James plan.
u She would clean one room and dump
j. into another. The next week she
. cleaned another room and dumpes
into the next. One room was always
D made dumping ground.
u Mrs. De Witt gave very interest
u ing talk at our school.
She said that first we should rak
"a the yard, then pick up the stick
and stones. She and her sister love
ls to track mud over the kitchen floor
One day she dropped an egg and
n broke. She and her sister thought
n good Joke, but the cook was angr,
and made her wash the floor. Whe
NJ the butchers boy came, his feet wer
lg muddy and she spread newspapers fo
/. him to walk on. Then a little BIO
came. She chased him outside an
locked the gate.
think 1t would be good idea
we would work as hard to make th
bad words fly, as we did the dirt
. the yards and cutters.
be In Queen Elizabeth's time, whe
20 castles were dirty. the servants wou
on strew rushes on the floor and lea'
at the dirt. Although the dirt did n
he show. 1t was very unhealthy.
This was different from Grecis
all sculptor whom read about. He fas
g. toned the upper part of the pillars
all was adjoining with the same exquisi
ar carving that could be seen by VII
mt tors.
They said, whey do you was
ad your skill where no eye can beho
CHI it?'
he The sculptor replied, THE gods W
n see It,"
he So should we clean and adorn o
mt hearts, although God Is the only o.
nd who sees them.
no ESTHER WEY Err.
q Washington school-sixth grade.
Used Rake, Shovel and WheeIbarro,
Clean up day was a day set ash
=. by some people who thought the CT
needed cleaning up. 1t was final
-, decided to have it on April 30th. T
-. day was bright and clear.
49, I arose early and knowing the
49, was clean up day. got the raj
10 shovel and wheelbarrow. A few da
!, :, before the carpenters had fixed I
~ windows, made new walk and cell
II, door. Where they had dug for I
80 walk there was pile Of dirt.
- cleaned that up and picked up t
shavings which the wind had sc
a. tered all over the lawn. Then Gle,
~. ~. ed my flower bed but did not ha
to rake the whole lawn for
done it few days before. was tn
- done in the yard. I had to pile up
,ar baled hay which finished my work
~ the day,
W. 7 hope there is clean up day ev,
~ year for everybody tries to clean
~ that day and 1t will make the city
-, clean place. ai
49, LEWIS SODwEDEL
~ Washington school-seventh grade
pulled Weeds.
Tuesday. April 80. was clean up {
and very busy day for me. Early
the morning cleaned the gutter VIII
4 was very untidy. took all Of
rocks out of the gutter and put tn
Had into pile of dirt ready to be hau
,ny away. Later on in the morning