Evening star., 1915-03-21
CLEANUP, PA|NT-UP
CAMPAIGN IS SPREADING
Nearby Suburbs of Maryland and
Virginia to Garry on Warfare
as Well as City.

Plans of the cleanup, paint-up forces
Of Washington are rapidly being whipped
into shape. and within a week or ten
days all will be in readiness for the
two weeks Of warfare against dirt, re-
fuse and untidy buildings to open April
10 and close May /. Practically every one
OF the Districts numerous citizens asso-
Citations has already taken action toward
active participation in this springs CAM
paign. and those that have not done so
will line up with the cleanup, paint up
forces at their next meetings.
A. II. McGhan, chairman of the Mas
ter House Painters and Decorators Asso-
atoms cleanup. paint-up committee.
actively cooperating with the clean city
committee. OF which DR.. Arthur L. Muir
ray is secretary. Is busy boxing up the
thousands of cleanup. paint-up buttons
that are to be distributed among the
school children of the city as soon as the
District Commissioners issue the official
proclamation for the two weeks campaign.
Getting Ready Muslin Signs.
Chairman McGhan is also putting the
muslin signs bearing the words Clean up,
Paint up" into bundles each package
being accompanied with a paper Of tacks
for attaching the signs to business We
hicles of all kinds. The signs, however,
are Hldue WIN STOUT COTlS at eaCl cor
ner. SO they may be tied to the vehicles
and thus avoid marrinE. The boxes Of
buttons and bundles of signs will fill Il
tWo-horse wagon. and all are to be dis
trtbuted at least one week before the
campaign opens. Chairman McGhan has
also mailed postcards to practically
every business house In the District of
Columbia. calling attention to cleanup
paint-up week and asking cooperation Of
the recipients.
DR.. Murray and W. H Richardson of
the clean city committee are planning
for at least a week Of educational
work among the children of the public
schools. the object of which is to en-
Tighten the boys and girls Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia as to the advantages
OF aiding In the cleanup and paint-up
work this spring. In this they have
the hearty support Of Supt. Thurston,
tunity for spreading the gospel of
cleanup. paint-up in the schools.
Has Spread Beyond District.
The cleanup, paint-up idea this
spring has spread beyond the confines
Of the District, and in several of the
nearby suburbs in Maryland and vir-
ginia aggressive campaigns have been
planned, to be held at the same time
as the one to be waged in Washington.
At the last meeting of the Newcomb
Club of Bethesda. Nd. cleanup,
pafnt-up campaign was decided upon,
to include Bethesda, Woodmont, More
land, Huntington Terrace and Alta
Vista, and to embrace. in addition to
cleanup and paintup work, road and
sidewalk improvement, removal of de-
bris and general suburban bea utifica-
ton.
The Newcomb Clup, which is com
posed of women, decided to exert every
possible effort to have ali weather
beaten buildings given 4 fresh coat CT
paint: to have ali hedges trimmed, and
q number Of new crushed stone eide
walks laid. Prof. E. NJ. Duncan dem
onstrator of agricultural dynamite, of
Alta Vista. agreed to blast huge
hole on a vacant tract of land assigned
for the purpose, and every empty tin
can, bottle or other bit of deh-i.: i.
the several subdivisions is TO be taken
to the hole and buried under several
feet of soil. AS it is known that mos
quitoes find excellent breeding places
In empty tin cans dumped where they
catch accumulations Of rain water, this
feature of the rural campaign is ey-
pected to have practical results in the
way of Riding the subdivisions of
scores of mosquito hatcheries, as well
as in removing unsightly heaps of
cans and debris
The forces in charge of Washington's
cleanup. paint-up campaign expect
that the District Commissioners will
issue the official proclamation about
March 29, SO that preliminary work
may be set well under way in the pub
lie schools before the Easter HOLIDAYS,
The matter Is to be taken up W tn the
Commissioners tomorrow, Ii Commits
sioner Newman. who has been i'll for
the last week, is well enough to be at
his Office in the municipal building.