The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-27
individuals and Cleanup.

cred as a fad. AS something that lot
of women took charge of and made
lot of newspaper publicity for the local
Woman's Club or the organization
which was made up of the first wo-
men, of the town. It WASH t consid-
cred a matter which in any way inter
ested red blooded business men or APP
pealed particularly to the male popula-
ton Of the city in question. The men
took the attitude that SO long as the
women liked to do it it was good
thing to humor them and that so long as
they were cleaning up the town" they
were not busy doing something else
which would not be entirely uncompro-
missing to the men. But the world do
move and people every year are begin
ming to learn that not only is cleanliness
next to goodness but that cleanliness
is big feature in making good town.
Cleanliness in town is just as essen
tial as cleanliness in an individual.
Filth in an individual brings diseased
conditions and filth in a town brings
diseased condition. The best way to
have town sanitary and bring good
health fer its people is to keep the town
clean. In the days of the old time pea
cock feather brush the flies were con-
sidered amusing little devils and some
times they were annoying but the aver
age person failed to think for minute
that a fly was a menace to a commun-
ity. Then people began to study what
a fly could do. They found out that
the flies had certain little stickers on
their legs that stuck into pretty nearly
every thing they came into contact with
except The averaged sticky fly paper
and that the legs of the flies were able
to carry lot of germs. They found
out that about the finest germ producer
and germ dissemination in the world was
a common house fly. Then some fellow
who had studied flies began to see how
fast the fly family multiplied and when
he told how many times a mother fly
could entertain the stork in year and
how many times her daughters and sons
could produce their like the matter be-
gan to take more serious aspect. That
is one of the big reasons why men be-
gan to think that the cleanup was
no longer, matter for the woman s
clubs alone but matter of real serious
Importance.
Mayor Pfennig has proclaimed
g Clean Up" week for next week in Ke-
nosha. He has asked that every man
and woman in the city understand that
this is call of personal nature. He
wants it to read "This Means You" 1t
does not mean simply to tidy up The
front yard and possibly sweep the side
walk but it means to get over into the
back yard and clean that out. Get rid OF
the manure pile, the garbage pile End
clean up every place which is going to
serve as D breeding place for flies when
the weather gets up about the ninety
mark. 1t is not only call to personal
cleanliness but it is call for civic pa
triotism. Cleaning up town is thing
that demands cooperation. No part OF
the town is going to be any cleaner than
its dirtiest back yard and alley for this
dirty back yard is going to be the breed
ing place for flies which are going to
poster the entire neighborhood and the
offspring of those same flies are going
to poster the entire city. The call of
the mayer is call to every one of the
men and women of the city. It's call
to the children as we'll. When it comes
to cleaning up everybody can have
hand in it.
A half cleaning up of the city is of
little value. 1t may delay the coming
of the army Of flies for few days but
if real results are to be attained they
must be through thoroughness.
The city health department, the street
department and the public grounds de-
partment can be depended on to do its
share but if the city is to really be
cleaned up it must be cleaned through
the efforts of the individual citizen. A
week offers a lot of time to do this
work. If man works during the day
he can give half an hour day to it
after work is over and with this half
hour he could clean out even the Augean
Stables before the end of the week.
The question is are you going to do
your share? Don It be municipal shirk
but get the rake and the hoe and the
paint brush and contribute something
toward making Kenosha clean. When
you make Kenosha clean you are going
to make Kenosha more sanitary and
in this way better place to live and
raise your children in. But above every
thing else remember that the call is
to you as well as to your neighbor.
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