Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31
WOMEN APPEAL FOR
A CLEANER OMAHA
Issue Circular in Connection
With Annual Cleanup Cam
paign Here.
DATES ARE APRIL 81 AND 20

The civics committee of the Omaha
Woman's club has issued the follow
ing appeal in circular form, in con-
nection with the cleanup campaign
to be held in Omaha April 20 and 81:
Beautiful Omaha.
The springtme is upon us. and with 1t
the desire for clean and beautiful Omaha.
Have you ever paused in your busy life
to sum up the results Of cleanup cam
paign? II not, here are few of It's accom-
plishments: Safer homes. business houses
and public buildings. How many times you
read something like this:
Sunday Blaze-The fire department was
called to the home of A. j. Thomas early
sunday afternoon by a blaze in some rags
at a basement window.--Nonpareil. Coun-
Gil Bluffs, December s. 1916"
The National Board Of Underwriters says
that one-sixth Of the fires In Nebraska arise
from strictly preventable causes, the loss
last year being $2S9,078. Fire Commissioner
Redgelrs annual report shows that forty
seven lives were lost, and over 100 persons
painfully burned, by fires in Nebraska in
1916. In 1903 cases careless use OF matches
produced fires; hot ashes thrown against
buildings. twenty-six cases; rubbish, seven
teen cases; spontaneous combustion, twenty
eight cases.
Bucket, Broom and Brush Day.
April 20, 1917, has been designated as the
day when cellars, attics, closets, etc, shall
be cleaned Of rubbish, old rags ETC., and
given an airing and renovation. Let us
clean up Omaha and prevent loss Of life
and damage to property
Healthier Omaha.
The tin can In the back yard can tell you
of most tragic scheming. The housewife
has no use for the tin can, and SO lightly
losses IT to the back yard. The tin can is
not pleased, and he turns his hideous. yawn-
ing mouth upward and vows to get even.
The small boy comes along and hits the can
crack with a Skinny club, which spurs
him to fury and desperation. So he smiles
and invites the flies to come and partake OF
the deoaying food that clings to his sides;
he catches quantity OF the gently drizzling
rain and holds her captive; the hot sun
comes out and the old tin can coaxes the
gauzy winged mosquito to suck the venom
from the putrid water. Together with the
green fly they hum away seeking whom
they may destroy by spreading malaria and
typhoid broadcast. Then the old tin can
chuckles in glee. for he has laid low some
human blossom and he has had his revenge
Health-Loving Omaha People.
Let US bury the tin can SO deeply during
this campaign that his ravages may never
reach us.
Oltuucr Ouluhus
A better looking community, clean. tidy
premises and orderly, sanitary interiors
cseate spirit Of greater self-respect. 1t
creates higher civic standards.
BY way Of comparison The housewife
who is not orderly nor systematic in her
work allows the afternoon to ap-
proach, finding her in soiled apron Sud
denly the bell rings and there are callers.
How profuse she becomes with her, apol-
ogies for her untidy appearance. Just so
with our city. Our guests come to shop, to
conventions, etc. Papers are blowing about
the streets and the dust and cinders blind
their eyes. 1t is necessary for US to offer
profuss apologies as they wipe away the
OFFENDING obstacle. We take them to drive
over our boulevards, and oh, horrors! We
pass unsightly ash heaps, tin can alleys,
scrap dumps, topped off with an offensive
dead cat, So we must apologize again.
q Friends, let us combine our efforts in this
cleanup campaign so that our bosoms will
swell with pride when our callers and guests
arrive, and have a tidy. healthful city Of
which We may be justly proud