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hesitancy in soliciting free publicity. We approached the managers 

 of all of our leading moving-picture houses and requested that they 

 run slides advertising our contest. They gave their consent with a 

 smile. 



The following are a few of our most effective slides: 



"Flowers are the Sweetest Things God Ever Made and Forgot 

 to Put a Soul Into." 



"How Many Have You in Your Yard?" 



"Join the City Beautiful Contest." 



"We Believe the Boys and Girls of Davenport Should Raise 

 Vegetables and Flowers Rather Than 'Cain'. Do YOU? If So, Join 

 the City Beautiful Contest." 



"A Yard is an Expression of the Character of its Occupants. 

 What is Your Yard?" 



"Tin Cans or Flowers? Help Make Davenport the City Beau- 

 tiful. Join the Contest." 



"Your Yard. Be it Ever So Humble, But Make it Attractive. 

 Join the City Beautiful Contest. It Costs You Nothing." 



"Have You a House or Have You a Home? Is it Four Bleak 

 Walls or Has it an Attractive Setting of Flowers and Shrubs? Help 

 Make Davenport 'The City Beautiful'." 



We changed our slides in each moving-picture house twice each 

 week during the month we accepted entries. 



INTERVIEWS. 



We obtained interviews with a number of the prominent people of 

 Davenport. We made a special effort to obtain an expression from 

 the more prominent workingmen, among them the officials of the lead- 

 ing labor unions. We also included, however, leaders in all lines 

 lawyers, doctors, dentists, and certain of our prominent club women. 



We obtained letters of indorsement from ex-President William H. 

 Taft, Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, Governor Clarke and other 

 men prominent in public life. 



Not one, but all commended our plan. 



ARTICLES IN THE PAPERS. 



We had articles printed in the daily papers on matters pertaining 

 to yard improvement and vegetable gardens. 



These articles gave ideas and suggestions as to how to lay out a 

 yard, and what shrubs, vines and flowers to plant. The articles on 

 vegetable gardens were aimed to assist the owner of property in his 

 vegetable-garden problems. 



