The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 5, 1922, Page 18

° PAGE THE SEATTLE STAR FRIDAY, MAY 5, 19% FING WF BAL INP QLD WUD 1 VN UNF Qy CLEAN-UP AND PAINT-UP The eucesss of the Clean-Up and Paint-Up campaten, tn tte entirety, Hew tn the whote- Dearte. rin which the community iteelf one, The ap - tion of paint and varnish here and th and hos, the liberal use of rake and b than inp unkempt, unsightiy town must al ch of pre deeply impta in the human brea humiliated Indeed te the man who has to gine for t ein which he lives. While the householder, however, fe buatly engaged tm the tndividual and neighborhood Qxsault upen all that is unclean and unsightly orit operation 5 ting water rent free &K Weeds on vacant lots slion nuisance, which often overwhelms a w erty The Clean-Up and Paint-Up campaten ts @ challenge te clyto pride and « challenge that Seattle has never yet evaded. aoe LS <a> | MERICK The Cleaner that Saves the R wile 7) y AIR CLEANERS ‘CAN HELP AID TO WOMEN AND PROMOTE, (Of the BlueBird Appliance Co) | ; Man has perfected all manner of —AND EVERY devices to erve his time and energy and that of his employes, but he has} tances, | permitted, and in many tnetances, Governor Allen saw beth ett] permita, the woman he chose Tio Coviaasite 2: ation That great public probleme—the ff for « life partmer to drudge long | Solved T Big Public watte in unproductive n hours with an fnefficient broom. nn ane ee te and in the deterioration and 4 | Problems tion of real extate, of taxabi erty. | EV dust cloth and scrubbing brurh. But certain wise men finally real fred that the greatest pure wees AND STARTED THINGS | RT DAHLIAS We have the largest collection on the Coast. Prices from $1.00 to $10.00 per Dozen. GLADIOLI—14 Varieties to Choose from—$1.00 per dozen. BEDDING PLANTS—Geraniumsa, Calceolarias, Mar- igolds, Lobelia, Snapdragons, all kinds of trailing plants for window boxes, at the right prices. INVICTA LAWN GRASS, nothing finer, at 75¢ Ib. EARWIG BAIT, specially prepared, 15-Ibs. $1.50 de- livered. COLT-McLOUGHLIN 1103 First Ave.» Elliott 5156 (Near Spring St.) There economic low “Carry on” With Your Clean-up Campaign the America agent In the world ts the housewife, and that home happiness t* tnnepar | all good citizens, ably bound up with home efficiency Bing ed org chagtr oscar Racca h But tn looking at both p hierg Pv re pats making house | avien, of Kansas, Remarkable, chief. vd pred ene Oe a" agen ly for its practicainess and timeliness : In 1902 David Kenney tnatatied the |in @ situation that exists in every, ANd he tewued this preciam first so-called vacuum cleaner, Jt| state and county and community; «| GOVERNOR ALLEN’S cleaned by air suction, | situation that ts serious everywhere | PROCLAMATION Dr. Noe of Ban francisco had a/ in whatever degree of comparison| “CLEAN UP, PAINT U wider vision and in 1906 made a port.| With other communities PAIR. able suction cleaner, Altho eumber | Governor Allen 4idn't prociaim any| “ianseg probably now has wome it was the direct ancestor of | “week” to meet this aituation, He ler percentage of unemplo the presant day home vacuum clean: | didn't merely “publicly deplore” the| most other atates. Neverth ers. | unemployment situation, nor did helevery good-sized community Soon after 1905 an electrically! Ut#® the people merely to “clean | igerghie number of men are driven carpet mweeper was perfected, | UP," tho both these important sub |pioyed. There is enough wi having just suction enough to carry | ects were on his mind. work in every community the dust and dirt it ewept up Into a| He sensed the situation more deep-| work to every one of these bag attached at the haute, That) ly, and bis mind evolved an idea that! wishes a job. For four type of cleaner fs still poplar. | was far bigger and broader and far|Kansag we have done the Hut many women objected to using | 0F* practical and constructive, amount of repair work. on their fine rugs and carpets a| He faced two problems: been a dearth of Isbor and motordriven brush sweeping at the| He wanted to secure immediate, Of painting, plumbing, rate of a thousand strokes a minute. | Yitible and lasting results of some | Work and other labor nee In consequence, auction cleaners Sort that would publicly and perma. |keep private properties tn fis were perfected that cleaned by the |nently commit. every citizen and/condition has Giscouraged rush of alr alone. And for greater | ¢very town and city to the higher|Owners from Going all the improvement, to catch the lint and |standards of physical conditions and this direction that was needful, | litter that gets tangiod In the nap of |@ppearances in homes and towns| “Now that the cost of such the rug. « friction-driven brush has |that generally prevailed before the|has come down to more i been added. jlong period of neglect of these things |normal basis, I believe that > during the demoralization of warand|ple of the state should ado its aftermath, He said that “for four coming month as « general] years in Kansas we have done a month. The weather will b sur minimum amount of repair work. |able, the costs will not be The dearth of labor and the cost of this policy would put practi painting, plumbing, carpenter work of our unemployed at work, and other labor has discouraged own. | should establish the whole ers from keeping their property in! eral clean-up and pain In 1914 Ue output of pertanie home first class condition.” Prof. H. H tr month, ft would fi suction cleaners was about $1,300,000. King of the Kansas Agricultura! col-| {nto the situation a new spi In 1921 It was more than $40,000,000. iege who had been conducting paint-| operation between emplo Today & muction cleaner Is as es ing tests for the state, also had said, labor, It would strike a ni sential to the well regulated home |The annual lone thru lack of paint-|sympathy for the men who and quite as useful ax the typewriter !ing in Kansas ts greater than the of work. to the office. annual lows by fire.” |, “The stmplo method ou Without it no home can be kept Then there was the unemployment [turning over to these men ti really clean. | proviem! lenat ought to be done will + ‘The latest type of machine will not fen) itself against the rug, an@ apace is left so that at all cimes ewift cur rents of air rush into the rug thru the rug and wash It clean, sweeping hidden dirt and surface litter straight into the bag. Over and Under and Thru rugs and furnishings the super-suction of the “America” draws all the deeply-intrenched particles of grit and dirt and rushes them straight into the bag. Thru the Front Arch the swift alr currents carry captive all the back-breaking surface litter, large and small. Thru the side tunnels they pull the dirt lurking along the base- boards and in troublesome nooks and corners. Free Trial, Demonstration... Easy Terms if. Desired. BlueBird Appliance Co. The Electric Store 1007 First Ave., Near Madison. Elliott 2510. Both inside and out. There are many un- protected surfaces, are there not? You should realize that paint and varnish is cheaper than paying carpenter bills, be sides there is the satisfaction of having a beautiful home. PAINT is INSURANCE. For another week our good house paint, per J. W. 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