Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1918 — REMEMBER SPRING ‘CLEANUP’ [ARTICLE]

REMEMBER SPRING ‘CLEANUP’

Just Now Is Not at All Too Early to Make Plahs for Betterment of the Home City. With the approach of spring “city beautiful” work should have the attention of householders and others who appreciate the importance of clean streets, clean yards and well-kept lawns. Birmingham is noted for its mountain-llke scenery, its elegant homes and its fine landscape effects. Such attractions form a distinct civic asset. In the fashionable sections the grounds making up the setting for stylish houses are carefully tended, and in many of the humbler districts evidences of good sanitation and refined taste are seen; but flowers and greensward should be the rule everywhere. It costs little ihoney to keep a pretty yard; but many a grass plot’“downtown" is marred by thoughtless pedestrians. Not only is this so on the corner lots, but the spaces between the curbing and the sidewalk that should be lush and green during the greater* part of the year is soon ruined after the advent of spring by being trampled upon. The public parks are usually in excellent condition, and it should be the same way with the strips of green along the sidewalks, - The City Beautiful association did a great educational work a few years ago and it should again display its activity in the little things that contribute to the quiet adornment of Birmingham. Now is the time to plan for a new educational drive in respect of the restful and the wholesome; —Birmingham (Ala.) AgeHerald.