Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28
FATHER PENN ON EDGE
FOR CLEANUP WEEK
Philadelphia and Spotless
Town Will Be Synonymous
Terms in Near Future.

rather Penn's hat is In the ring. Fur
...rr,ore his sleeves are rolled up, and
...ro,s a grim determined expression on
s,s face. He's out with a big stick, too.
"a IT'S got bristles on the end-being a
s.ooro By his side there's a mop and a
nail. and, though some people scorn man
nol labor as beneath them, it's plain to
-. that he's just aching to get busy on
~ gigantic Job that soon will confront
him.
rrono all Of the street cars and from the
..vi,Ion in City Hall courtyard this pic
,ure of Papa Penn stares at the citizens
~ philadelphia, and It Is but one of the
,,svs being used to advertise the nearness
:, ,be third annual municipal houseclean-
ing week. a.. ,,- =.
,ili last six days. And such a metamor-
rbosjs is expected to take place that
ar leaving town on the I'd of May and
soming back on the 9th will think himself
me victim of a strange dream.
cnotIess town and Philadelphia will then
- ANONYMOUS. In the meantime no
.,one is being left unturned to inculcate
II every man, woman and child during
.his nreliminary week desire for spio
md span city that will be the envy of
avery other municipality In the country.
Tbousands are visiting daily the exhibit
,r The city Hall pavilion, which the
ciean-up week Committee has put on
,1sw. There comparative tables showing
,ha results of the two previous crusades
ara demonstrated so that he who runs
NAV read This year the propaganda has
been SO widely spread it is expected more
r,bbish than ever before will be gathered
up and carted away.
supplled by the Department of Public
Works to dispose of the accumulations
with which rooms, closets, Railways. cell
lars. garrets roofs and fire-escapes are
now filtered, and the more teams the de-
partment is called upon to send out, the
better It will like 1t.
NOT HoUSECLEANING ONLY.
But housecleaning isn't the only thing
the committee is interested in. The word
has gone forth that lawns, gardens, back
fences, alleys and vacant lots must also
be spruced up.
Make two gardens grow where but
one dump bloomed before" is one of tho
slogans.
"Get out the paint can," is another, and
steps, shutters, sheds, porches and sills
are expected to become immaculate as a
result
Realizing the all-round value of a clean
city from the standpoint of a good busi-
ness proposition, as we'll as from an
aesthetic and sanitary outlook, big cor
porations are doing yeoman service in
cooperating in The cleanup plans. In
addition to the Father Penn placards put
UP by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company, the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company has made plans to dis
tribute through it's agents 100000 pamph-
let's to it's industrial policy holders eX-
planning the Importance of a compre-
hensive cleanup campaign. Moreover
number OF moving-plcture houses have
been induced to insert some cleanup"
pictures in their regular films.
FOR a BETTER CITY.
Better health. fewer fires and cleaner
streets, to say nothing of a vastly i'm
proved city, are expected to be the direct
and immediate results of the strenuous
week. 1t has been estimated that al
most half the fires that occurred in Phil
adelphia last year might not have taken
place had careless housekeepers paid
more attention to the inflammable rub
bish poked here, there and everywhere in
their houses. And the advice of the Fire
Marshal is that if you would protect
youH life and your property don't culti-
vate the habit of accommodating useless
truck.
Flies, mosquitoes and rats will also
fee before the cleanup enthusiasts. Book
lets have been issued pointing out the
best methods of preventing and swatting
all three of the pests, and Herman Hor-
mig, city entomologist, is supplementing
the printed matter with daily lectures at
noon at the pavilion.
Finally the many complaints regarding
the uncovered ash-waSons of the street |
cleaning department will at last be an
gwered According to Assistant John
Neeson, of the Bureau of Highways, a
wagon cover has been designed, to be
exhibited at the street cleaners parade |
on Thursday morning. that the contract |
ors will be required to use hereafter, and |
In the future any person who sees a |
cart trailing a cloud of ash dust after it |
as long as comets tail is requested to |
make report to the bureau Immediately. |
Philadelphia is just in the right spirit |
70 be clean and to stay clean. But every
body Is asked to do his share.