Evening star., 1914-04-13
CLEANUP CRUSADE
TO BETTER HEALTH
All Citizens of the District En-
listed in Work Which
Began Today.
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE
IN EACH CITY SECTION
United Effort to Beautify the Sur
roundings and Insure Improved
Sanitary Conditions.

With practically every citizens asso-
citation and other organizations interested
IN promoting civic welfare engaged ~
tho causc and thousands of citizens aid
Ing it. Washington third annual clean
up campaign. provided for by rroclaD1a-
ton of the District of Columbia Comnis-
siorers. began today.
eliminating several weeks Of prcpara
tion and following SERMONS delivered in
many churches yesterday urging residents
of the capital TO get on the firing line
for more beautiful and healthful city,
the crusade started under clear skies and
conditions forecastint, attainment Of the
results desired.
Household brooms we're IN evidence IN
eyerN section OF the city and in many in
stances school children put in the morn
ing improving the sanitary appearance
of the premises where they reside in
stead of engaging in ball games, egg
rolling contests and other forms OF
amusement incident to the Easter holi-
day
The first mail today brought cards to
the managing committee from a number
of children stating that they have cleaned
UP the premises around their homes. 1t
is expected that between 5000 and 60.
900 school children will have aided in the
work before the end of the week.
Communications were received from
several real estate firms assuring the
committee of their intention to cooper
ate in the crusade.
Special Committees in Charge.
The clcar-up work is being directed in
the various sections of the city by special
committees appointed by citizens asso-
Citations. They will report to the general
he
amount of trash removed.
With everybody taking a hand, the
city can be cleaned up effectively, the
committee leaders believe. The rules
to be followed are simple. They are:
Clean up your house.
Clean out your basement.
Clean out the back yard.
Clean the front yeard
With your neighbor's help. clean the
vacant lot next door.
Clean up the barn. II you have one.
Clean up the refuse you have left in
the alley.
Pile the rubbish where the con-
tractors wagons can get it and haul it
away.
In preparing rubbish for collection.
householders should observe the regu-
iations under which the contractor 5
wagons are operated. Refuse. remov-
able by the city, must he placed in
proper receptacles; garbage must be
pAdCCu III Ndltf-tlSHl TeCtpldCieS O1 NOT
less than three nor more than ten
gallons capacity. and ashes must be
paced III receptacles of not less than
i've nor more than twenty-four gallons
capacity and must be kept dry.
Miscellaneous Collections.
Miscellaneous refuse which the Dis
trict removes without expense en-
braces all rubbish due to the ordinary
household life. 1t includes discarded
floral decorations and small branches
from shrubs and the vines. but does
not include cut glass. wall paper or
dirt or other substances accumulated
as a result OF repairs to yards or dwell
ingS or building operations.
While the actual removal of tons of
trash from the city is expected to re-
suit in an immediate improvement Of
health conditions. the clean city COM
mittee believes that the educational
benefits following the work should be
more far reaching than those of the
last two campaigns There are many
evidences to the effect that the people
of Washington are getting the clean
up habit. and this. it is believed, augurs
well for an era of unprecedented health
in the National Capital.
The principal messmakers, it is claimed
are those who throw waste paper ba-
mana peelings and similar trash into the
streets and parks and sweep their wastes
into the streets and alleys The removal
of natural street wastes from the streets
and of household wastes from recepta-
cles in the alleys can be much more ef-
ficienuy DONE it is urged, if citizens will
become more orderly and law abiding
The work of cleaning up preventable lit
ter, asserts the committee, claims very
large part of the time of the street
cleaning force and equipment needlessly
Issuance of Literature.
w H. Richardson. chairman of the
committee, and DIR. Arthur L. Murray
secretary, were at the District building
early today supervising the issuance OF
cleanup literature to the various or
ganizations participating in The cam
paign.
No decision has been reached as to
when the first executive meeting will be
held, but it is not likely that the COM
uittee will be called together before the
end of the week. At that time 1t will
have a list of places in which refuse has
been collected which are outside the
collection zone. Special arrangements win
be made for disposing Of the trash.
DR.. Murray will speak before the Col
ored Social Settlement tomorrow night on
the work of the campaign. He said to-
day that he had received a visit from a
representative of the bureau of municipal
research of New York city, who desired
information as TO the methods by which
the crusade is being conducted. The bu-
reau is making a special study of clean
mn campaigns and may issue bulletin or
the subject.