The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-21
For the Good of
 the Community

 premises.
 Today you will go to church and listen to a more or less interesting sermon on clean splrlt- / nal living. When you go out Of the cnurch 1t should be with the determination to apply the lesson there learned if 1t was not learned DeIOre to temporal affairs.
 The front yard and the back yard and the side walks in front of the house should be cleaned oI all trash and rubbish It would make the nome prettier and more cheerful. c A dirty, filtered yard gives the impression or dirty, neglected home. First impressions are the most lasting: they are hard to remove: Strangers passing your house judge it's interior bv it's outward appearance Even the character of the dwellers therein may be judged by the appearance of the premises. ,c
 And the same might be said Of the city ltselI. Streets Uttered with trash and ruDDlsn ana uls7 carded fruit cores and pees, scraps or paper anu the innumerable other things that find thelf way into the street, create a bad impression on the stranger. He judges the citizens by the ap- pearance of their town.
 Birmingham, in her younger days, was known as Bad Birmingham" She has outgroWn that. It is possible good cleaning up of nome pre!il- ises and streets and alleys would lead 10 naolls of permanent cleanliness, and III the days to come Birmingham might be known as the clIy beautiful.
 She could not be so described now, for we are 2 truthful people here and never resort to any, thino that smacks of camouflage. If our streets are dirty. we admit it, but we have not been Tn the habit of remedying the condition.
 The heavy rains the early part of the past week washed clay and sand and gravel Into the low places in the streets. in some places they are packed into solid mass over the sewer ln- takes. Another rain, and the water Will rusn over these and on down the street, over slde- walks and into yards.
 man and spade or a shovel could remove one ol these niles in few minutes. In many instances stlcks boards and various kinds of rubbish not emitting bones an other garbage are mixed in with the clay and sand and gravel. - 4l average yard in Birmingham Of course, tnere are some wards that could not be given thorough cleaning in such short time but they are the exception prob ahlv A good cleaning would help them and the owner or occrpant of the premises would feel better tor ms work The premises might seem strange 10 nm, put III short time he would get accustomed to the change ana really might like It so well that He Wouu heop ie 1i way all the time. ,,,. a would be good exercise. Some of your muscles that have been dormant for years would feel better for the exercise Your neighbors seeing your spck and span ward would be ashamed of theirs and immediately get busy in their own.
 Cleanup week last year was not complete success Some premises cleaned. others were not lhere were more in the latter class than in the former.
 Letsreverse the order this year. Make 1t unanimous Make Birmingham clean and beautiful that she Will be the envy of all her negnbors Let us be able 10 tell the strangers within gates that Birmingham IS noted for the beauty and cleanliness or ner DuSneS u residence districts
 Then you will be prouder of your city than you ever have been in the past prouder than ever can be u less physical cleanliness is added to the energy and en-