French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-18
yPPAN up
HASSTARTEp.
Broom and Brush Warriors Mob
iIized to Defeat Dirt, Disease
and Death.
ARMY or 3O,OOO,OOO IN LINE
Ready for Attack to Rid Towns
and Cities of Germ-Breeding
crannies and to 8eautify
Property.

The big Clean Up and Paint Up
drive is on. Civic patriots in more
than 1000 te#n and cities found, last
year, that their efforts in local Clean
Up and Paint Up campaign work made
their communities safe for the babies,
besides protecting grown-ups from
disease.
They--Iearned hat the removal Of
rubbish from attics and cellars, sheds
and barns, back yards and vacant lots,
materially reduced fire danger, vastly
improved the looks of private proper
ty and public thoroughfares, increased
house and land values, stirred up the
pride of the property owner in his
holdings and the pride of everybody
in the looks of the town.
They learned that small repairs tc
buildings of all kinds, to fences, etc.,
saved big repair bills and much more
work and trouble later on. And they
learned that a bucket Of paint and &
tub of white wash will do more to
prevent rot, rust, verlnin and dirt ac-
emulation than anything else-net to
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pearance that paint and whiteWash
give.
Exit Old Man Dirt.
That's why they're modelling now
to hand Old Man Dirt the rusty tin
can that serves for a hat and speed
his departure with broom and brush,
rake and shovel; to make the "'old
town" shine and glow in s~potlessness
as though emerging from a bath and
rundown.
An Indianapolis newspaper esti-
mates that more than 100000 people
in America are engaged in these cam
paigns for the improvement of their
communities. That is approximately
the number of men left under arms in
the European war, counting off the
millions killed and MANNED and cap
tured. What a magnificent army, and
with what magnificent purpose it
fights: If we have begun to despair,
Of civilization, in view of overseas
events, let us just survey our own
volunteer army of 100000 engaged
in making thousands Of communities
cleaner and brighter and more health
full and happy, and take heart Of COUP
age.
i is not to be disputed that the ma
teFial environment influences for good
or evil the spiritual inner man. House
hold sanitation and personal santa
ton r twins. The ~tanthbFuSh is
nneEeiy the smaller brother ef the
'pa1ntbFuSh n this family ef spiritual
uplift. Conversely, the Serub-buNket
Ii the little sister Of the bathtub.
LAandeFed linen and xanAished wood
work p kiA-Eolks. The new spring
suit or millinery outfit doEetails with
the clipped lawn. the painted fenee
and the swept street.
solution Of Sanitary PeohIensA
AS a matter of fact. from the stand
point Of economy, It is cheaper to keep
things In repair and looking we'll than
to allow them to go to waste. Also. 1t
is cheaper to keep we'll than to sub
NIT to conditions which spell sickness.
Cleaning up and keeping clean is the
practical solution Of community sani-
tary problems. It can be done.
This is the age of the apetheosis of
order. The Clean Up and Paint Up cru
SADIE is in large measure responsible
for it in this country. Every one of
those thousands of communities which
have been refurbishfng themselves for
the past four or five years and which
are continuing the process this year
is superior in great many respect to
such communities as still inhabit the
domain of dirt. The city or town that
has not modified its forces in this
movement Iags behind in the grand
procession of progress, the certain
goal of which is prosperity. 1t be
hooves them to get busy, fall In. for.
ward-march!