The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-23
The Cleanup Campaign

The weather has been so unlayor'
able last week that the customary
three days of grace will be allowed
to get your place in perfect condi'
ton.
We have gotten the impression
somehow that there is a city ordl-
nance about eXpectorating on the
sidewalk. Is there such an ordinance
Our time Is limited so in the fol-
lowing lines we. have discarded the
more lengthy and elegant word eX-
pectorate, for the brie'fer and more
homely little word, spit, and hope tnat
no one will be offended by its use.
Spit, spit, spit,
On thy cold gray stones, o steret!
And the things | almost utter
I'd rather not repeat.
Oh well, for the passing child
That he hasn't been deluged yet
On well, for the lady fair
That she wears her cravenette.
And the careless men spit on,
On curbng, and paving and wall,
And OH for the touch of a coppers
To arrest and fine them all!
Spit, spit spit.
On thy cold gray stones, o street!
And the dark brown stain of the
filthy weed
Iii there! Look out for your feet!
Nh observe that on one of our
street cars is sign, 'Do Not Spit on
the Floor" The word floor has
been crossed out and the word cell
ing substituted, and we hope that
no one will feel hurt about this, as
the street car company has been
quite liberal to the public in allot-
ment of floor space and we feel that
they have a perfect right to make
this slight reservation.
We would suggest that for the
protection cf the street car employ
es that they also change the sign,
Don't Talk to the Motorman," judg-
ing from the appearance of both the
front and rear platforms of our car,
the sign should read please Do Not
Spit on the Motorman."
What is This Curious Objects
it a Sun Spot?" mo, Dear. That
is What Hit Sisters Shoe as She
Passed the Corner of Main and Wash.
ington.' Can She Get the Tobacco
Off Her Shoe?' "She Might Try the
City Ordinance, But That Has Not
Been bic to Get it Off the Sidewalk
YETI
All of the warl dumping grounds |
have had generous contributions to- |
day. Whenever the children are en-
listed in any cause its popularity is
assured. What a splendid place we |
would have if the older citizens of /
our town were only so willing to en-
ter into good movements.
The opportunity to commend an
unusually neat, clean grocery store
in Ardmore should not he missed Mr..
VIII Scrivner has had for some time
quite a neat up-to-date grocery, and
he has entered into the Cleanup
campaign in real earnest, and rear
ranged, and carefully cleaned both
hack and front as we'll as inside his
store. His efforts are certainly ap.
preciated.
Ardmore's cleanup is something
like the answer the old colored man
made when asked the progress his
race was making-"We amt what
we might be, we amt what we's goin'
to be, but We amt what we wuz."
Only a housekeeper can fully mn-
derstand and appreciate the sense of
peace and satisfaction, that follows
the spring house cleaning. What
Joy to see everything in order and
shining, from the application of soap
and water! But anyone who takes
adrive around Ardmore today can
have something of the same feeling.
for we have had a spring cleaning. |
There is scarcely a home that does !