Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-30
Real Campaign Is
Taking Place Of
Old Time "CIeaR D
ALBATH- -FoRTOVHM
TABOOED.

AVA will this year particiuafss IT.
opening weeks" in the National CssRESe
Up and Paint Up" campaign, aeEsEs7
ing to Allen w. Clark. chairman OF sE& Il
National Clean Up and Paint gTgfs,
Campaign Bureau, st. Louis. MmusF lss@.
these committees. Clark Declares. xzaE
thus breaking away from the. oaf@R
established clean up'' or ~annEsxsM
bath" idea and are striving tn numkaG
their improvement programs c0na7nxE4
GUS performance
Files In the bureaus offices. whEss
indicate that the organization haz Eist
reality become a national cfa&ExEEat
house for the dissemination OF c3xHss,
munity betterment ideas, shaw ehzGsss
last year more than 2.000 eitEam anial.
towns made an effort to ''clesn. WE ANAL
paint up" This year." c0ramauzSzGa
Chairman Clark. ut looks as tlsaEzszz
we would cooperate with Hnr@ eansxs
5000 communities, in each OF wisEezaa
some live civic leader ID trying ca 1nRs
prove living conditions. Th0UEsM Hs
majority of these campaigns will a4MzsS
with an opening week. a deG2NIfzs
program of activity. we know thn& fl1szs
bureaus success has bean chiefly dxmMR
to the fact that we try to get aw8sw
from the old-fashioned annual cEszM
up idea that has become odfnmM sp
many civic leaders and an annual In5E@N
in many cities. The plans OF 6&sEs
bureau call for continuous eamuxaENssa
that bring permanent results and AEGDp
form worth while civic habits"
The Work to Be Done.
The work of the bureau this yeac, tszs,
more comprehensive than ever EeasaR@
Everything that will beautifSs RxEsr
serve, improve sanitation. reds6ee 1asas.
risks, and better health conditions kzaa. :.
been carefully provided. for A1nlsEsR
the things which local ''Czlszn Up and
Paint Up campalgnegs are doing this
year are: Cleaning the strssS& and
alleys. front yards. back yartiHs eaaSzRsx
stables, atticks; the removal OF szshasr
| and rubbish; cleaning uD vacant Fa1ss
| Of rubbish and weeds: eain0anzkiH4
breeding places Of flies and rnmzsaz6-
toes; planting and care OF frHNszs.
hedges and flowers; and the. ITnsgaRa
use Of paint on everything GazE
needs 1t. veessgsE =
1t Is this constructive. psrInaszgns
nature of the improvements effse1zass
that has won the endorsarnN-T Esg
national leaders in every hexnQSR. ss1
ing this year ON the National ErE= 1ees
advisory committee are:
Mrs. Clarence Baxter, KirhsyI7aes,
Mo-, chairman Of the Women'a Gam-
mittee of the National Bmexm. 5zx
also vice chairman OF the. clEsE=s
department of the General Essds--
Grafton of Women's Clubs. and s.EsaEsEs-
man of the civic and health dewmzs-
ment of the Missouri Federation a.
Women's Clubs. DR.. s. J. CruKzbinRa
Topeka, Kan, president OF the Asxme-
citation of State and ProvinGR ERmaxaE
Officers of North America r. S. HzSs-
tenheim, New York, editor OF ~sT1Ss
American City" Clinton r. WEB0a-
ruff, Philadelphia, secretary SafpzEa3
Municipal League and editor OF tAnr
National Municipal Review" 1KxM
Philip North Moore, ST. Louis. ex-ax@xa=-
dent National Federation OF WSsEa@msm
Clubs. William Woodhead, SzM Rfzz-
cisco, president of the AaGwEsmksgM
Advertising Clubs Of the Wog5H 2 H.
Ridsdale, Washington. d. c.. exe1Ea<vMs
secretary American Forestry AxssEaav
ton. Richard B. Watrous, Vgazaan-
ton, ID. c., secretary American G.Snzr
Association. Mrs. Geo. ZtmSmHExnRzr,
Fremont, o., chairman or the eEvSxx
department, General Federation aGc
Womens Clubs.
Paint and Self Respect.
The one most important eaC4nx INK
spreading the gospel Of cIRanRKuezG.
thrift and civic priGie. whi@iA Gaasss
Bureau is trying to do. is ehs wuEsE
of newspaper editors throRxiaGm1 slGss
country, asserts Chairman Clark Iszx
instance, here is what Paul Bz0wxo
editor of The st. Louis RepahljE, hzss
to say of the movement:
Thousands OF American citfax xGsG
towns have taken up tina Nnz@xm8&
Clean Up and Paint Up eaEaERslspR
that originated in St Louis tizEae szass-
sNfAAs
thousands of civic, commercial aaq1x7
women's organizations all oVsE~ tskRzs
nation The cities that have zFM4sa
themselves a part of the TtEgRsE.aTxs
are cleaner and better cities hRgnnssc.
of it. The Republic aided In 1aSara:n-
ing the initial campaign and xs 1kaRf
to know that the FeGaxMKRR ess.
Women's Clubs is planning a. sp1xsErgte
st. Louis campaign for tain SNSxzy
This will aid in making tS1. Eoaw tifna,
Healthiest City, for paint is the E1@asz
preservative and a powsrFnE aSE fSe
sanitation. Add to beauty and scAzREmcs
the fact that paint has n SaazShanHr
value, and the arguments aypRx Oe'tESz
added force to the big eitrez- Nssas
urally the paint dealer profifs bxF sszes9l
campaigns. None but the pezzanrixse
will Ohiact fo this Ha R7ypzz yr1afasra