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to have clean surroundings as shown by picking up rubbish. 

 The other two-fifths have seen nothing to pick up. 



Only one-third has planted nasturtiums, our city flower. Are 

 you going to help make it more popular? 



vSigned by the chainnan of the committee, 



Robert Fastnaught 



Their success in the grades caused them to look for greater 

 opportunities. They asked the privilege of addressing the high 

 school students at their assemblies. Fifteen hundred high school 

 boys and girls listened to Katherine Simons, sixth grade, Wallach 

 School, deliver the following advice, applauded her enthusiastically 

 and later sent a report of their efforts; 



Have you a backyard? Have you a front lawn? How do they 

 look? Are you proud of them? Well, you ought to be. 

 A Capital More Beautiful. 

 Your job and mine. 

 It is a great thing to have a vision but it is much greater to make 

 that vision a reality. That is what we must do. Washington 

 more beautiful will be a fact when your yard and mine are gardens. 

 You can be the Aladdin to rub the lamp and transform Washington 

 into a city of lawns. There is really no magic about it, an iron 

 tooth rake, a bag of lime, a package of grass seed and a little work. 

 You will be rewarded by a beautiful lawn. 



Take your bag of lime; bend low and scatter until your 

 yard is covered with a slight snowstorm. Take care that no wind 

 is blowing, as this will carry it to your neighbors' lawn and while 

 you want your neighbors' lawn to grow, you sprinkle lime on 

 your own. Then rake! Perhaps you will think this a hard task 

 but you will soon find it more fun then work. The lawn is now 

 ready for seeding. Take a handful at a time and scatter from 

 one end to the other. Walk back and do it all over again. You 

 will then be sure your entire lawn is covered. It is now time 

 for the birds to eat your seed if you give them a chance. There- 

 fore roll your seed in. There are some people that do not seem to 

 be able to read the sign, ''Keep off the Grass." Our slogan is "Give 

 your neighbors' grass a chance." 



If you are thinking of having flowers, plant them in a border. 

 This not only makes your yard attractive but helps to show off 



