The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-06
SHABBINESS A MENACE

SHABBlNESS MENACE
We can't have too many pretty
towns or too many pretty homes in
town and country. Progress along
this line is being made annually and
with increasing interest among pro-
gressive town builders and home own
ers There is no use for Shabbiness.
Shabbiness denotes incidence and
Indifference. A house or town
which indicates careless occupants,
citizens concerned only for the prim-
;uive necessities, IS not one to attract
the sort of people that energetic peo-
pie want to know. Poverty is no eX-
cause for shabbiness. The humblest
dwelling does not need to be shabby.
Many a flimsy little cottage or cabin
exhibits quality that is far superior
to it's estate. 1t is the careless, I'M
tended, dilapidated apathetic look to
mans home, a mans town or
mans clothing that gives it shabbi-
ness. One needn't be shabby in over
suit. A tailor-made suit readily be-
comes shabby without brushing, with
out pressing, without buttons and with
accumulated dandruff and obvious
stains. On the other hand, suit of
overalls, if worn with care, if but
toned or buckled adequately, if kept
tidy except for the unavoidable occu-
pational smudges, may look far more
attractive than the seedy tailor suit. So
it is with a town and a home. A
town which shows no care sooner or
later will fall into decay and wreck
property values. Same with home.
Same with man. 1t is different with
a woman. She always cares.-Trib- !
une.
The city council is to be congratu- |
lated on passing the Third street |
parking ordinance, calculated to bet
ter protect the school children from
danger of being run down by automo
biles. A little tightening up on the
laws regulating the speed of motor
vehicles within the city limits, would
add still more to the safety of the
youngsters and of pedestrians gener-
ally.
A business man is often surprised to
find that an employee who comes
from one of the "best families" is as
valuable as an appendix, while one
whose family started housekeeping
in box car gives indication Of soon
owning the business.-Ex.
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THE IDEALS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
The folks who think the young peo- !
pie are going to the dogs, should read i
a recent article in The Outlook, tell q
ing of a QUESTIONABLE circulated t
New York, high school, in regard to +
the ideals and purposes of these young p
people. I
The favorite characters of these !.
young folks were not movie stars
and baseball players, as some might e
imagine. They were Lincoln, Roose- a
velt, and Florence Nightingale The !
personal achievements that most of :, -
hem valued highest, were helping e
others, thrift, school success, music tt
ind writing. When asked to say how l,
hey would spend $4,000 if given them, a. a.
+28 said they would invest it, 1872 q
would use it for college education, #
md So would take it to help their m
antilles.
Young people who cherish such am ae
itions are no menace, but under good su
leadership are capable of great things. pc
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WHO PAYS FOR THE ROADS? ue
There is always the question in the c 90
Kinds Of some people as TO whether isl
r not the motorist pays his share tw
)ward our road constr elton ~
nd road maintenance. Some are in e..
lined to think thai the man who sh
ses a motor vehicle destroys the fol
Dads, but doesn't pay anything to- M
ard keeping them up. Pretty nearly -, uu
now owns motor vehicle laf
some kind, and of course they will fol
/ admit that they pay their share COZ
ward keeping up the roads. An ~,
legislator, however, will an,
aim that they do not and will en- frs
avor to put through legislation
rowing some of the burden on the pa
an who drives a car, rot knowing
not desiring to know, perhaps, that ]
e owner of motor vehicle is dong /
) share toward highway mainter- !
ce and construction At least that
the conclusion reached in an article 19e
the current Issue of Leslie's Illus 4
ted Weekly, where it is shown in ~
ures just what the nlosorist does
attribute. 1872