The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1917-07-26
FOR SPRING CLEANUP.

Some Useful Suggestions For lmprov-
ing Civic Conditions.
Bruce Barton, editor OF the Buffalo
Courier, publishes some suggestions in
his paper that have more than a local
value and are as follows:
There are two ways to keep a man
ont OF the mud, so some one has said.
One is TO punish him il Ee steps in.
The other is to black his boots.
You have read great deal about
how q man can change his eAyirOn-
mcnt. Have you ever stopped to think
how tremendously the environment can
change the man?
We think Of the Greeks IS creators of
wonderful Statuary. 1t would be equal
" ti4,c il 9 sense to say that it was
the wonderful statuary that created the
Greeks.
1t was tho influence Of those statues
of BIZ, muscular men and beautiful wo-
men forever Before their eyes that IN
spiled the Greeks to tuild Themselves
I'D toward physical perfection.
Hyrnctize a man, dirty bis face and
hands and dress him in ragged clothes
What happens?
Instinctiyely lie slouch2s; his actions
become furtivc, slovenly: his soul takes
: on the colo. of his hands
Dress lin III soldiers Uniform,
end with no other suggestion his shout
f!csrs straightcn.
;Dreas$ him like gentleman, and his
cvsry grlp.,rent betraya an. increased
self rcsprcf.
:yThat is ,tr;e ~ 9FoD is true also of
organizations.
n know Il certain church -t4lt-& was in
lfe NuInps-no enthusiasm. .I4G 9l$.l11t.
~ pride. everybody hopeless
/ And some ..pnt2ur psychologist with
a little eNt4,p- money determined to
:1nake anQ&pcrnna,lt.
, AT his own eZEe rsG he treated the
church building TO two ,a@afe Of paint.
1,hc transforming influence 1f that
,.9afra. was little short 81 miraculous
Menft.qrs Cor the first time i'll then
lives begaA 10 feel little pride III their
S,,urcil, ana, feeling pride in it, they
wanted to do sbplething for it. Ont
of the rI.ide came effort. and out Of
effort enthusiasm. and C3t Of enthu-
siasra 1lezy 1ii.e for an organization that
was almost dcad,
7 know q town sshere the board t7f
trade never met except TO attend III z
body the funeral of q na&:nber. No
new industries came to that tow; peo-
mic went elsewhere to trade. It 79aS
.roHing down hill with the clutch
thrown out and both brakes broken.
And somebody started q spring clean
u1s campaign. Men who mad never
done anything at all for the town got
out and worked together on the streets.
Y.ittle children competed for the tin
.can prize and. aWatted the fly with
crusader enthusiasm.
g.. When that clean up camg2iCn was
done it had created a mor1@ntcE7s that
simply could not be stillcd. Citizens
who had cleaned q street fer the tom
wanted TO do something else. The
whole community began TO be recrc-
,ated because it had washed its face
rand BACKED its boots.
FLOR Your own sake this spring go out
.xspe; clean up something, paint up
something anything.
,sguit SPANKING the children for tramp
ing mud into sbe house. Make the
house same and they VIII want to
take off tileir shoes .asM enter in stock
;hnG'feet.
Quit scolding about your town for its
iacI of spirit. Get it clean fer D,ice
and .aE what happens.
Paint the fence in front Of your
house
And a surprising thing viii occur.
Every time yGG 9ass it i'll the morn
Tug 81 your way TO york you will be
SO pleased with yourself f43at the whole
clay will 50 better.
would not be surprised II that EcGI-
ing Of 49,. satisfaction would actIiall|
register itself in your income.
If You want to lift yourself out of
Che mud
Now's sthe tsne--this spring. Black
your boots
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