The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-05-09

and working FOR clean city We
have no choice In the matter
Then too, the progressive citizen |
NJ least is strong advocate OF a |
clean city because he knows the |
appeal of such city 10 prospective !
citizens. No man Of means would /
be- attracted 10 invest his wealth ~ !
the property ~ city whose citizen
shin was not anxious about the np- !
pearance Of that city A beautified /
community makes is silent aud yet |
powerful appeal to the outside !
world Cleanliness il the city's mag /
net which draws 70 itself citizens
of other communities II we would
increase our population as Il should
naturally be increased then the eyes
Of those who visit our city must be
permitted 10 rest upon picture OF
beauty and cleanliness.
And thus we hear the demand TO
"clean up" from many sources They
speak 20 us in no uncertain terms.
But perhaps the most powerful IN
centive for cleaning up should be
this reflex action il has upon the
citizens themselves. A clean city
has a striking moral value TO those
dwelling in It's borders. Everyone,
whether he is conscious Of il or not,
feels the impetus Of the spirit OF
cleanliness which pervades his town.
But there are several different
phases OF cleanliness which should
properly be applied to the city, and
no city is clean until II has at
tempted honestly TO NEE; the re-
uuirements Of each phase.
The first form Of cleanliness u
that which has been demanding our
attention heretofore, namely, phys
zeal cleanliness Every city should
be just as clean physically or mem
terialy as il Is possible for its cit
izenship 10 make il. No stone
should be left unturned, no task
should be left undone. no available
money should be left unspent, and
no effort should be spared which
would make our city cleaner and
more beautiful. Nothing great has
ever been accomplished without sac
rifice and sacrifice is demanded Of
city's population II that city Is to
present beautiful appearance TO
the world. In order % clean up any
city Il becomes necessary for the
citizens 20 make a sacrificial eX-
penditure Of effort time and money.
n Ia needless 90 enumcrate the
many things which each one Of US
can DO 10 this end i is only nee
esgary 90 look about us and do
with our might what our hands
find 20 DO. Cleaning up and beauti-
80 81 flUF
premiees should demand our first
attention A. each one sweeps ~
front 81 his own door the whole
city receives the benefit.
The physical cleanliness ~ The
city begins 90 show itself IN the
appearance and actions Of lis citi-
zens. No one who lives in clean
city cares 20 appear otherwise than
clean himself a clean city in
spires IN the hearts Of Us people
love for the clean and beautiful,
and he who lives IN such city
hecommes a strong advocate Of those
things which make for beauty. A
I clean city scnds out clean citizens
into the world On the other hand.
[ "A sloveuly kept city viii affect very
materially those dwelling within her
I borders. How eminently important
| Il b that we do all IN our power
for the physical cleanliness " our
| town.
Then there Is another form or
/ cleanliness which Is even more i'm
portant than the first and which
/ should be characteristic 81 every
city That il moral cleanliness. Too
much cannot be said in support Of
the physical cleanliness Of our city.
But when the physical or material
appearance is thoroughly dealt With
I then the problem Of cleaning W is
only just begun. II makes very lit
I tie difference how spotlessly clean
a city might appear II she harbors
| the cesspools Of immortality she IS
I still the embodiment Of filth On
the outside she might give the APP
pearance Of white sepulchres, but
on the inside she IS full of dead
mems bones.
We read in sacred history Of a
renowned city builder. We are in
formed that the first task which oc-
cupied the attention Of this man was
that Of viewing the city in its pitt
able condition. With pangs Of sor-
row in his heart he gazed upon the
once magnificent structures which
mad been razed 10 the ground, the
sturdy wall that had crumbled be-