The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28
HOMES
AND BETTER
HOME TOWNS
Tho SLOGAN For The Clean
UP And Palnt.Up Cam
paIan That Opens
May 1st.

child that does not, down deep Il
his heart, have this love OF home.
We all swallow bit hard, many o.
us even wipe away tear when we
listen to the music of that immortal
song Home Sweet Home" Especial
ly Is this true when we have wan
dered away from home.
This love OF home should be fos-
tered and encouraged In everybody
especially ia our children. as 1t Will do
much to increase their love OF coun-
try and respect for It's institutions
and those in authority.
How can we do this in any better
way than by improving our homes
and making them cleaner and more
attractive inside and outside. thus
engendering In ourselves and our
children a greater pride In our home
and a greater love for It.
The Cleanup and Paint-Up Cam
paign that opens May 1st Is designed
to make beautiful towns and cities
by starting first with the unit, the
home. It's purpose Is to educate the
careless and Indifferent ones to show
their love for their homes by making
same as attractive as possible. Beau
tiful homes make beautiful towns
but OF course all must do their part
else the effect, as a whole, Is marred
and rendered OF little avail.
No great outlay OF cash is needed;
all we need is the disposition to dc
the best we can with what we have
to do with. Soap, Scrubbing Brush
es, Rakes and other Cleanup sup
plies we most of us have on hand or
can obtain at small outlay. Some
Garden Seeds, can or two OF Paint
and a Paint Brush will cost no more
than a small percentage OF what the
average New England family pays
for amusements. While amusements
and outdoor sports are enjoyable, II
is fact that there Is whole lot
OF fun In puttering around the home
we love so well and seeing the place
improve in cleanliness, comfort and
attractiveness.
1t Is remarkable what interest the
children take in the Cleanup and
Paint-Up Campaign, and best OF ALL
It lasts throughout the entire year
One little girl who had worked with
group Of girls picking up papers
In vacant lots in her neigh
borhood during the Cleanup Week,
noticed her Father month after
the Campaign was over, carelessly
throw his newspaper into a vacant
lot. She shook her finger at him
saying, Cleanup and Paint-UI
Papa" Father laughingly took the
hint and fastened to recover the
newspaper and look for a Civic Pride
Can In which to put II.
This years Campaign Is the thirt
annual event and there are so many
good things that just naturally have
resulted from these Cleanup Cam
paigns that we want to refer to some
we have noticed.
The home interest engendered by
this Community effort draws man
and wife together, Father and the
boys seem to stay around the house
more than they used to, is often re-
marked by Mother. The reason Is
that clean, bright, cheerful surround
ings attract them and they prefer to
gather round the reading light even
.ngs at home rather than seek amuse-
ment elsewhere.
In communities In which the people
have worked together in Cleanup
and Paint-Up Campaign, n splendid
spirit OF cooperation has been en-
gendered. Neighbors have become
better acquainted and respect for
each other has taken place Of preju-
dice and criticism.
This Community spirit Is shown In
a report OF the Cleaning UP OF .
schoolhouse by citizens OF East Ten
nessee, which we reprint from the
Federation OF Women's Clubs Maga'
zine:
"a band OF teachers. school patrons
normal school students and boys and
girls Cleaned Up and Renovated the
Mcneil School house In one day OF
eight hours.
THE building, when they COM
menced at 500 a. m, was la as dis
reputable a condition az II could bs
and still be used fer school purposes
The workers were armed with
shovels, hoes, axes. carpenters' tools
paint. whitewash. and soap. The,
nailed on new boards where they
we're needed. painted the building
built chimney. cleaned up the rub
bish. scrubbed the floor. renovated
the entire interior. constructed book
case for the teacher. tinted the walls
a pearl-gray color, and hung pictures
The old desks were removed and
new desks. supplied by the school dis
trict, were placed In the building.
"The outlay aggregated. In cash
$500. II included mixed paint, lin
seed oil, 4 paint brushes. IL bushe
OF whitewash. $500 worth Of weather
boarding and lathing, pounds oi
nails, 4 window shades. material FOL
sash curtains, 4 pictures. a numbei
of books to start q school library and
ma Amertcan flag. When the worh