Gunnison news-champion., 1915-04-30
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Fiye hsusanl Cites
CIVIC LEADERS PUT BAN on
PINK TEAS.
Clean Yards, q Few Shrubs and
Flowers, and q Little Paank,
for q Better Hometown"-
Mrs. Clarence baxter.

rHAT the club women OF AmaUeee
are not waiting for full suRraGe
before taking an active part In
civic betterment work is proven by
the earnest efforts OF thousands oi
women in local 'Clean Up and Paint
Up" campaigns in practically every
state in the Union. The men are too
busy, OF too ehesty." said one OF these
women, Ito see the need of OF to do
simple beautiieation and sanitation
work. And yet that work is vital to
the health of thousands and To the
progress of the community in bette
living conditions TO keep pace with
increasing populat on"
There was a time" she continued.
when pink teas and gossip character
ICED our local club meetings. But that
time is past. There are a million
things for the betterment OF the town
hat we are able to do. and we are
trying to do them as fast as we Can
get TO them. The Clean Up aui
Paint Up campaign, In which we are
working shoulder TO shoulder with the
men. embodies q big batch OF i'm
provements we have had in mind
This campaign seems to be for
tunate combination Of ideals, Glen
Up and Paint Up 1t gives us work
10 do now with . definite program 10
start things OF, and with absolute
no end of possibilities in permanert
constructive effort. And the best OF
i Is that this campaign simply forces
the men to work with us. A success
tul campaign means an increased de
mand for many kinds of merchandise,
means conservation Of property. means
Increased realty values-it means a
better business town and q better
home town. Why shouldn't the men
lend q hand?"
And this woman is not alone in her
enthusiasm. Mrs. Clarence Baxter.
chairman of the Women's COMMITTEE
4 the National 'Clean Up and Pan
Up" Campaign Bureau. St Louis, h
seen her home town, kirksville. Nj
refurbished from the city hall to CO
poration limits entirely through IL
earnest work of q group of women. A.
chairman of the civic and health O.
partment of the Missouri Federation
Of Womens Clubs. and as vice chair
man OF the civics department of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mrs. Baxter is inspiring and advisi~c
thousands of club women in simila-
work. She will be glad to write 10
and advise others
Mrs. George Zimmerman, of Ere
mont. o.. chairman of the civics d.
partment of the General Federatio
of Women's Clubs, heartily endorse
the national Clean Up and Paint Up"
movement, and is q member of thc
advisory committee of the Nationa
Bureau
The civics departments Of several
state federatioHs of women's clubs
have already arranged for statewide
Clean Up and Paint Up" campaigns
This year. with a definite weeks pro-
sram TO start the BAN rolling
One man who always was harpi0e
on the old saw. "Woman's place is IT,
the home" has not been heard from
nee a yesr ago when his wife lei
IN a ''Clean Up ard Paint IN" can
raign which practically regeneratea
the town. The good woman repaire-
ard painted a piece of vacant pr1r-
orty belonging 10 her husband. p-0U-
erty that had been a drain on his purse
for ten years. She had 10 fix the
place up, she said. because She va
preaching "Clean Up. Paint Up, Re-
pair to oilers, and she believed In
practicing what she preached After
crit cising his wife for her public ac.
tivity. and especially for spending real
money on that old shack the hus-
band was sorelv chagrined one day
! 10 receive an offer of $500 more for
the property than his former valua
ton. He made the sale. and shut up
This year he is the heaviest contrib.
utor to that local Clean Up and Paint
/ Up" campaign fund.