Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-21
TALKS ON CIVIC BETTERMENT.
Miss Van Buren, Delivers Addresses
Wednesday Afternoon and Evening.

| Miss Van Buren, Delivers Addresses
| Wednesday Afternoon and Evening.
| Miss Maud Van Buren, of the AM
erican Civic Association. addressed a
! large audience of women on practical
!; Civics For Practical Women" Wednes-
! day afternoon az Cronleltons hall In
the evening Miss Van Buren, gave an
illustrated address at the MARSHALL
town Club, and today talked before
the nigh school students and pupils
/ of the grades and before the teachers
of the schools The meetings were I'M
der the joint auspices of the City
/. Fedora ton of Women's Clubs ana the
Rotary Club.
In the afternoon Miss Van Buren,
/ talked on the different ways that
women can improve and heautify the
city She advocated the free use cf
good literature among the poorer class
/ and families, suggesting that the
women interested in civic impr we
ment have appropriate literature dis
; tributed literally among these fam
lilies Her idea was to educate the
+, people to a point where the improve
ment of their yards and homes would
become matter of pride saving tnat
if one family in a ne.ghborhood kept
y
low the example Miss Van Buren also
said that a great ieal of good could
be done by printing tire laws and rules
from the city ordinance pertaining 10
civic Improvement AMI distributing
these among the women of the city. In
this way much interest has been Gre
ated in the work of beautifying city.
as there are many laws especially
made for such work Miss Van Buren,
smoke of several MAGAZINES from which
women could acquire knowledge and
help along THESE lines.
In her talk to the women Miss Van
Euren expressed her desire 10 esta nlish
a Junior lea gue among the children Of
the city In getting children interested
III the work much good is accomplished
for both the child ard the city. as it
helps to educate the child ins Ways
OF good citizenship aside from inn
proving the city Miss Van Buren's
talk was interesting and instructive.
and she carefully explained how her
IDEAS could be accomplished in this
city
III the evening there was ? large at
tendance OF both men and women al
the meeting held at the Marshalltown
Club. Miss Van Buren's talk on Your
Town and Its improvements with
stereoptican views. was extremely in
teresting She spoke OF the necessity
Of sanitation for the beautifving Of a
city, and called special attention to the.
MANY breeding places for flies and
mosquitoes about the city, speaking
chiefly Of the dumping places Miss
Van Buren, advised d;sinfection of
these unsightly places If we would
have fyless city She also referred
t. the unspeakable refuge heap beyond
the city park She told Of the pollution
Of the river by being used as the
sewage channel saving that the only
way to get rid of refuge was by a city
sewage disposal plant.
Miss Van Buren, also deplored the
use of public highways. buildings and
vacant lots for the use of advertise
nents and billboards. and showed the
results of a vigorous campaign against
the custom She presented many good
ideas and showed contrasting pictures
of back yards and vacant lots before
and after they had been cleaned up
and then planted with flowers and
shrubbery She said If vacant lots in
the city could be divided into plats for
children to plant gardens. it would de-
velop in the child an interest to i'm
prove his own yard and in this way
help in the Improvement of the city.
Today Miss Van 1n-en spoke at the
| high school on, THE Teaching Of
| Civics" and before the children of the
grades on "A Boy Knew and His
! Town Both addresses were interest
(! ing and contained valuable informa
ton for the students and pupils.