" BURY OR BURN."
[To nue EDITOR or ass " Srseriros.."1 reference to your article on " Bury or Burn " in last Saturday's Spectator, the great difficulty seems to be in getting people to see for themselves the disfigurement they cause in leaving paper and &brim about anywhere, and especially in country places, and it is surprising, when once one appreciates this, how easy it is to olear up all ref uso, and even, going a little farther than you suggest, to take it home. If one is having a pionio, there are usually baskets, and all paper, &c., can be collected and stowed away. The (thief trouble, I think, is from the usual daily paper, which every one now buys and wants to get rid of, and the throwing down carelessly of oh000late coverings, matches, and the innumerable small items, including banana-skins, orange-pool, and so on. Being very much interested in your article, on Sunday evening last I set myself to clear the refuse in front of a seat which was very untidy, and in the course of a few minutes, with the aid of my walking- stick, I had cleared the few square yards, buried the refuse, and made the place presentable. It is a very difficult task to take on to educate people to see things in the right way, but I agree with you that it is quite worth attempting, and the good influence in public opinion would soon settle the matter. The question is quite a serious one, as there are several men employed on Saturday and Sunday nights in this borough enly picking up paper and carrying it away in bags.—Wishing you
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