New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-11
FILMS TO FLASH
CLEANUP WARNING!
Motion Picture Theatres to
Aid In Campaign for
"Spotless Town"
TRASH TO GO BEFORE
MEMORIAL DAY
Health Officials Ready to Start
Crusade on Dirt
May IS.

With the big cleanup campaign sched-
uled TO begin in this city week from
to-day DR.. Haven Emerson. Deputy Com
missioner of the Department OF Health.
said yesterday that the plans were prac-
tically completed. The Borough OF Rich
mond is not included. as II has already
had its cleanup" week.
Although only $4,000 is available for the
work, as compared with $4,000 year
ago. cooperation OF city departments.
outside bodies and motion picture thea
tres will insure more success than year
ago.
Educating the people has been consid-
cred the most important preliminary step.
To that end 10000 circulars, showing
the necessity for the campaign. will be
distributed. In fact. mp to yesterday
$500 Of these circulars had gone out.
"Of that number" said Or. Emerson.
10000 were circulated through agents Of
the Metropolitan and Of the Prudential
Insurance companies and 10000 through
the public and parochial schools In the
city departments were lent to the health
authorities. The distribution OF the
10000 official notices. stating on which
day the department will reach the re-
spective districts, will be distributed by
the police"
Last year these Official notices were
distributed through the Street Cleaning
Department II Is expected that better
results will be obtained by having the po-
lice hand them out. In fact, police CO.
operation is expected to he one Of the
greatest assets in the "spotless 'town"
campaign.
An advertising company has agreed 10
provide posters. TO be pasted on the side
boards of thirteen hundred carts Of the
Street Cleaning Department. giving no
tice Of the coming cleanup" week.
Another important aid in the work will
be furnished by the motion picture thea
tres. Fully eight hundred OF these will
display slides this week in three Ian
guages. In part. they read as follows:
Don't Breed Flies" "Flies Carry Dis
ease" Disease Means Doctors Bills"
Prevent Disease and Doctors Bills by
Cleaning Up"
Scow trimmers arc looking forward to
big time when the mountains Of rub
Dish are hauled out OF the city
There is danger in sorting out the rub
hlsh." said Or. Emerson. THE time will
come when there will he no opportunity
for such work 10 be carried on in this
city, but ut the present time 1t is pos
slble only 10 warn those who handle the
stuff that they are taking long chances"
Some of the organizations helping in
the distribution of circulars and aiding
the campaign in other ways include the
following:
Clinton Neighborhood Association. Chel-
sea Neighborhood Associa ton, Greenwich
Improvement Society Syrian District,
Gramercy Neighborhood Association.
Yorkvillc Neighborhood Association,
Fifth Avenue Association. Brooklyn Chill
dren's Aid Society. Henry Street Settle
ment, Kip's Bay Neighborhood Associa-
ton, University Settlement. New York
Milk Committee. Consumers League. COL
lege Settlement, Association for the Inn
provement of the Condition OF the Poor,
Children's Aid Society, New York Diet
Kitchen Association. South Harlem So
ciety Union Settlement and the Women's
Municipal League.
Nothing must be placed on the street
until notice has been given to do so.
Trade waste must be removed at cost Of
manufacturers II is hoped to have all
the extra material cleared up before Me-
mortal Day. The actual campaign begins
on May IS and ends on May o.