CLEAN-UP PAINT-UP
Written by Mrs. Robert Bruce Keating,
224 Seaton Place Northeast, Wash
ington, D. C., Winner of one of
the $5 Prizes in The Star’s
Clean-up Paint-up Es
say Contest.
Lying dormant in the breast
of each one of the great human
family is the natural desire to
transform one’s surroundings in
the springtime of the year.
A love for the beautiful is the
most ennobling feeling of the
human mind, shaping, purifying
and exalting human nature.
Wholesome and attractive en
vironment develop the best ele
ments of character in those pre
paring for the battle of life.
Early impressions educated by
the right sort of guidance will
ever cling to them.
The first thing necessary is to
create all the public enthusiasm
possible for a great “clean-up
p lint-up” campaign.
Neighborhood co-operation is
necessary; the householders
should unite efforts to look after
adjacent lots, back alleys, dump
grounds and standing pools near
their homes, as well as their ow n
back premises.
It is just as important to tne
health of the community to have
these places kept clean as it is to
have the kitchen spotless.
Scraps of paper and bits of rub
bish must never be thrown in
the streets.
In I he House ot beven (Ta
bles” Nathaniel Hawthorne says
trial each g meration is entitled
to new houses; because old houses
are tainted with old ideas and un
pleasant reminders of their past.
That seems to make it even
more necessary to “clean-up and
paint-up” outside and inside if
we are to become comfortably
settled in a new house.
Anyway, whether we are per
manently located or just moved,
we must begin with ^leaning the
cellar thoroughly. Disinfectants
must be used all over the house;
all marred surfaces and dingy
woodwork painted; all dust from
walls and ceilings brushed care
fully down; all greasy stains and
spots on floors and walls, also the
mortar and paint that has been
spattered on windows, must be
removed; floors scrubbed and
stained, and the windows washed
m the regular manner; all enam
eled surfaces cleansed with a
fresh coat of enamel applied as
needed; brass and nickel fixtures
polished. The drains from sinks
and wash basins must be cleaned
and freed from grease or solid
substances with which they mav
be clogged; the doors, windows
and drawers fixed so they cannot
stick; hinges of blinds and doors
must be anointed so that they
will no longer squeak.
Timely protection against flies,
mosquitoes and bedbugs must be
taken, especially a constant use
of fly swatters and fly paper, as
flies are considered the most
dangerous from the medical point
of view.
The entire house must be
screened.
Special care must be given to
keeping the garbage can covered
and scalded often.
The art of elimination in house
hold furnishing and decorating
need not be carried so far as the
Japanese believe.
But anything which does not
add to the attractiveness of the
home should be eliminated.
More beautiful effects in fur
nishing and decoration are gained
if the rooms are simply furnished,
to say nothing of the more real
comfort enjoyed.
The room must not be filled
with bric-a-bracs.
Simple decorative touches add
the greatest charm to any room
if there is a sense of beauty pos
sessed and careful thought used.
The use of palms and ferns con
vey a sense of repose.
The wall paper serves as a
background for our every day
lives. It is always better to se
lect a neutral tint.
J Furniture covering and window
draperies must be in harjnony
with the walls.
Appropriate use of shrubs,
trees, vines and plants beautify
the front and back yards, and
influence the feelings of the pas
ser-by, as well as the occupants
of the house. If vegetables are
grown they should be arranged
the most convenient way to work.
The perennial vegetables should
be on one side to themselves.
If everyone will actively co-op
erate, the entire city will be
cleaned up thoroughly, with
special attention given to destroy
ing and removing the breeding
places of fli«s. Intelligently di
rected efforts will accomplish
wonders, for there will then be
50 per cent less serious illness
during the summer months.—
Washington Star.
HEAT COST MAKES ICE HIGHER.
The high cost of keeping warm
has had a direct effect on the cost
of keeping 'cool, the Philadelphia
Ledger says. In other words, it was
announced by one of the largest ice
companies in the city that its price
on ice would be jumped ten cents a
hundred pounds to the consumer.
The abnormal price of coal, it is
said, has been one of the principal
factors responsible for this increase.
Fifty cents a hundred pounds in
stead of 40 cents will be charged by
this company for ice delivered to the
consumer.
It is quite likely that the price of
ice will be raised by almost every
company in the city. This is the
personal belief of an ice company
official. “\Y have been struggling
along, barely making ends meet,” he
declared. “Our profits have been
eaten up by coal prices.”
BESTOWED PRAISE ON WOMEN
Distinguished Frenchman Referred in
Complimentary Terms to Their
Work in Military Bureaus.
Some days before leaving the
French ministry of war General
Roqncs gave out a circular on the
employment of women in the mili
tary bureaus. This has created much
comment in France, but up to this
time has received no notice in Amer
ican papers, even in those that are
favorably inclined to the recognition
of women in many employments
and also favor their right of suf
frage.
The general says: "At divers times
I have called to your attention the in
terest that is attached to the replac
ing by women in all employments
where it is possible, military men ei
ther in the armed or auxiliary serv
ice. In spite of the inexperience of
the debutantes, their complete igno
rance of military terminology con
stituting the chief obstacles to their
employment in the bureaus, the re
sults, after some few months of trial,
are fully satisfactory. The good will
of these women is everywhere, or
nearly everywhere, praised. Their
application to the work, the fear of
meeting reproaches, their desire to
make good, all these are qualities
that one did not meet in the same
degree among many of the military
men whom they have replaced. In
conclusion, the trial has succeeded
beyond the predictions of the most
optimistic.”
TOO BAD!
“My poems are the children of my
brain.”
“They should be sent to a reform
school.”
Given Place on Team
Panl Taytor Has won a place on
the Arkansas Ball Team at th
Chillicothe Business College 0f
Chillicothe, Mo., and played left
field in the opening game upon
the Arkansas schedule Friday
This game was with the South
Missourians and was won by the
Arksnsas boys by a scorr of *8
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his character is above reproach.
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