Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-08
Chicago Grain Market.
HOW NORWICH WoMENs GUILD
 HELPED CITY BEAUTIFUL

Following was one of the Arbor Day circulars sent out in past years by the Women's Guild, as referred to Wed nesday:
 The Women's Guild to every teach CT, and every boy and every girl in evervn school in Norwich, sends this greeting. and asks each and every one of you to lend your hands in helping to, maintain .'the fair appearance Of the town" which is one purpose Of the Women's Guild. You can all help by doing .everything in your power to keep the sidewalks and streets and public places free from all kinds or rubbish, from waste papers that not only look bad but sometimes frighten horses, and from orange and banana skins on which people sometimes slip and get badly hurt
 Men who know better have been seen to open their letters in the street when coming from the post office, and careiessiy throw the envelopes down to the pavement. Some men, and boys, too, have the disgusting habit of spit ting on the sidewalk.
 Tn front of some. shops and mar kets rubbish is allowed to remain day after day, and on street corners ! groups of rude people stand in the way of passers- by and scatter peanut shells and worse things on the walk Men and beys are the greatest offend CTS. Women and girls do not do such things. But they can do much to dis courage. and prevent them. The Wom- en's Guild wants your help in this l good work.
 ] Some one asked a nice little gir' l if she was pretty. NO" she said, T l am not pretty, I am, neat !" Now we | know that Norwich is pretty-for il i was called the "Rose of New Eng i land fifty years ago, but we hay' to confess that 1t Is not always neat We want to make It So.
 You can help to maintain "the fail appearance of the town by keeping l your front yard and your back var, If you have them, in good order al the time Clear away the w1theret 1 leaves and the dead stalks, root GU the bad weeds, trim the grass. ge rid of the dry sticks, and chips an, little bits of square pieces of boards sweep the path and sidewalk Max the place neat, and then make it pret ty with some bright flowers; Stak care of them, and water them an they will pay for the trouble. For few cents you. can. buy some goo seeds or some plants that will groT in a box if you have no other place | OSubc0I 6AAAa44 nOQSGE where there is not much ground, an not much money to spend, but wher there are, bright flowers in the win
 dow all winter, and Towering plant ali summer. Last August every hous
 on both sides of one street in towl
 for half mile. had flowers in bloom
 The people who lived in those house
 did not spend much money for thei ] flowers but they had. a great deal (
 pleasure out of them and gave plea
 sure to; others.
 If a person keeps his face and hand
 clean: habituaiIy he is very uncom
 fortable If he finds them soiled exceI
 by useful work. And so with our yard
 and sidewalks. if we are in the wa
 of keeping them in order, neat an
 pretty. we are .,discontented to haN them otherwise. A--4zfts -
 In. a word, let us all, every one
 us, keep watch over. our, own prem
 ises and see If we cannot make thel
 look, a little better than our neigf
 bor,s and. So. maintain the fair a1
 pearance of our town.
 The Women's Guild, by Louise
 Greene President Katherine Shanno
 Secretary. M. H. C.. Mitchell. Ire,
 surer..