The Brinkley argus., 1915-05-28
CGb 6Inen tlk b Cleaa D and Raint Up
 Eive HDusonl Cifieg
CIVIC cLEADERs PUT BADg Olg
 PINK TEAS.
Clean Yards, Few Shrubs and Flowers, and a Little Paint, for a Better Hometown
 Mrs. Clarence Baxter.


 Mrs. Clarence Baxter.
 THAT the club women of Amefica are not waiting for full suffrage before taking an active part tn civic betterment work is proven by the earnest efforts of thousands of women in local Clean Up and Paint Up,' campaigns in practically every state in the Union. "The men are too busy, or too chesty," said one of these women, "to see the need of or to do sinnnle beautification and sanitation work. And yet that work is vital to the health of thousands and to the progress of the community In better living conditions to keep pace with increasing population" :. There was a time," 0he continued, "when pink teas and gossip character ixed our local club meetings. But that tine is past. There are . million thinEg for the betterment of the town that we are able to do, and we are trying to do them as fast as we can Get to them. The Clean Up and Paint Up campaign. in which we are |WoFlGing shoulder to shoulder with tho men, embodies big batch of im- provements ws have had in mind. This campaign seems to be fal for tunate combination of ideals, Clean Up end Paint Up' It gives us work to do now, with definite program to start things oil, and with absolutely Inc end of possibilities In permanent |constructve effort. And the best of 1t is that this campaign simply forces the men to work with us. A success- ful campaign means an increased de- mand for many kinds of merchandise, means conservation of property, means Increased realty values-it means q better business town and . better home town. Why shouldn't the men lend . hand?"
 And this woman Is not alone in her enthusiasm. Mrs. Clarence Baxter, chairman of the Women's Committee of the National Clean Up and Paint Up" Campaign Bureau, St. Louis, has seen her home town, Kirksville, Mo. refurbished from the city hall to cor
 poration limits entirely through the earnest work of 8 group of women. As chairman of tho civic and health de partn1ent of the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs, and as vice chair man of the ciyics department of the General Federation of Women's Clubs.
 Mrs. Bexter is inspiring and advising
 thousands of club women In similar
 work. She will be glad to write to and advise others.
 Mrs. George Zimmerman, of Ere
 mont, O.. chairman of the, civics de- partment of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, heartily endorses
 the national Clean Up and Paint Up"
 movement, and is 2 member of the
 advisory committee of the National
 Bureau.
 The civics departments of several
 state federations of women's clubs
 have already arranged for statewide
 "Clean Up and Paint Up" campaigns
 this year, with a definite weeks pro
 gram to start the ball rolling.
 One man who always was harping on the old saw, "Woman,s place Is in the home," has not been heard from since year ago when his wife lod
 in a Clean Up and Paint Up" cam
 paign which practically regenerated
 the town. The good woman repaired
 and painted a piece of vacant prop
 erty belonging to her husband. prop
 erty that had been drain on his DuEne
 for ten years. She had to fix the
 place up, she said, because she was
 preaching Clean Up, Paint Up. Re
 pair" to others, and she believed In
 practicing what she preached. Aftoc
 criticising his wife for her public ac-
 tivity, and especially for spending real
 money on that old shack the ihus-
 band was sorely ychagrined one day
 to receive an o1Ier of $500 more for
 the property than his former valuar
 tion. He made the sale. and shut up.
 This year he is the heavisst contrib
 tutor to that local "Clsan Up and Paint
 Up" campaign fund.