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The Washington times., 1917-03-23
GARDEN SUNLIGHT
VITAL TO SUCCESS
Government Expert Warns
Against Improper Location
of Planted Vegetables.

On account of the danger of i'm
proper location of vegetables In the
summer garden, The Times today
prints an article by an expert OF
the Department of Agriculture, tell
ing how properly to prepare the
garden, and how to plant each par
ticular kind of vegetable that it may
get the right amount OF sunlight.
The article follows:
Practically all truck crops do bet
ter in a sandy loan soil than on one
that is sticky and heavy. Larger sized
crops, however, such as cabbage, to-
matoes, beans, and peas, will do well
on heavy soil provided 1t contains
the necessary "humus" or vegetable
matter.
The soil in most backyard gardens
is distinctly heavy. 1t will help the
soil greatly IL the owner works into
it a good amount of finely sifted coal
ashes free from cinders. Coal ashes
are used largely for the physical ef-
feet in breaking up compact,
heavy soil. Such ashes do not take
the place OF fertilizer.
Sour Garden Soils.
Many garden soils are sour. To on
set acidity and also to improve the
physical properties 81 the soil the
garden specialists recommend the use
of lime. Burnt lime should be applied
at the rate of 1000 pounds to the acre
or slaked lime at the rate Of about
1900 pounds per acre. A garden plot
of so by 100 feet is approximately one
ninth of an acre.
To apply the lime, broadcast 1t and
mix 1t freely with the surface soil by
narrowing or raking. Lime should
be applied before the crops are set
out or planted and should not be
applied at the same time that fer
tilizer or manure is pu. on.
Manure will greatly improve land.
II well-rotted manure Is not available,
it may be advisable to use a complete
chemical fertilizer. Apply at the
rate of 500 to 1000 pounds per acre
a mixture containing 2 to 4 per cent
nitrogen, s per cent phosphoric acid,
to per cent potash. The amateur
gardener will find it. easier to use
ready-mixed fertilizer. which can be
obtained from any reliable dealer.
Sunlight Necessary.
No amount OF fertilizer, watering
and cultivation will make up for the
absence of sunlight in a garden.
Home gardeners before attempting
for the first time to use a back yard
or other space should consider care
fully how many hours a day any part
of the yard is in shadow from build
ings, fences, or trees
At least five hours of sunlight a
day is necessary for a successful
garden. The more sunlight they get,
the better it is for most vegetables. For
this reason 1t is bad practice to put
plants OF low habit between tall
growing plants which will shade them
for the greater part of the day.
AS a rule, foliage crops such as
lettuce, spinach, and kale do fairly
well in partial shade, but even these
must have sunshine two or three
hours a day. In laying out the gar
den, therefore, use shadier parts for
such plants and reserve the sunny
spaces for those which must have
plenty of sunlight to grow and fruit
properly.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
$4,000 In Gold
For the Best
Gardens

The Times for the purpose
of encouraging the growing
of vegetables in back yards
and vacant lots offers Stoo
in gold for the best gardens
in the District, as'follows:
For the best garden. $50
For the second best. SIS
For the third best. -. SIS
For the fourth best. $40
Those who wish to contest
for these prizes should write
to the Garden Editor, Wash
ington Times, giving name of
contestant and location of
prospective garden. The
board of judges will be chos-
en- from well-known agricul-
tural authorities.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

that desire to enter the garden con-
test for the prize offered by The
Times. I am located as follows:
Burrvile, D. c.. corner Bell and Jay
streets. Yours truly,
WILLIAM HARRIS.
r. F. D. No. 3, box 1856.
March %, 1917.
Garden Editor. Washington Times.
Sir: You can enroll me in the gar
den contest. Ny address,is 1872 Sixth
street northeast C. /. WINFIELD.
Washington, d. c., March 21, 1917.
Garden Editor, Washington Times
Sir: Kindly list me as contestant
for "best garden"
Ny garden will be located in the
rear of my residence. Very truly
yours, GEO. b. MAhEh-
1900 Madison street northwest
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
LETTERS FROM READERS
commends The Times for Its Pa
trIotlc Propaganda.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
As former soldier 1 desire TO
commend the patriotic propaganda
you have inaugurated as evidenced
in The Times. You have taken the
lead among the Washington news
papers in a field that has been too
long neglected
In my opinion patriotism Is next
to Godliness. Your columns yester-
day fairly teemed with red-blooded
American patriotism of the sort that
is needed at this time of crisis
Keep up your good work and ali
citizens who love their country ana
their flag will surely APPRECIATE 1t.
E. ". THORNTON.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
Writer Declares Time Has Come for
Every American to Stand By the
Presideut.

Writer Declares Time Has Come for
Every American to Stand By the
President.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
This Is a time when every Amer
ican, regardless OF politics or reliE-
ion. should stand by President Wilson
in the crisis which we are approach
ing.
To stand by President Wilson simp-
country, for which every patriotic
citizen should be willing to bare his
breast to hostile bullets when a for
eign foe fires upon our flag and slays
our fellow Americans.
In the event of war, which I pray
God may be averted, 1 expect to do
my fighting with a gun and not my
mouth. but l should like the privilege
OF saying where 1 stand In this fateful
hour.
am frank to say that, though a
Democrat, did not favor
Mr.. Wilson for the high office of
President when he was nominated at
Baltimore, and that as between Eng
land and Germany my sympathies
have been with Germany
But when Germany, or any other ma
tion, fires on the flag OF my country
and murders American men. women
and children on the high seas, where
they have a right to go according to
every rule OF international law, 1
fling aside everything but considera-
tion for the honor of the nation that
gave me birth and the safety OF my
fellow citizens.
President Wilson has been patient,
very patient, in his dealings with
the Teutonic government, and now
that he realizes 1t is necessary to use
the mailed fist to protect the rights
of our people, the man who refuses
to stand by and support him to the
limit is unworthy. to be taken by the
hand as brother, or eat the fruits
our soil
JAMES s. MCCARTHY.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
1000 BOY SCOUTS
TO TILL GARDENS
Ralph H. Campbell Says 118 of
Them Are Eligible for
Merit Badges.

Examiner Ralph II. Campbell. Of
the Washington Boy Scout Council,
today informed The Times that there
are about 1000 Boy Scouts in wash
ingtcn WHO are eager to take up home
gardening this summer. He said lis
boy Scouts have done enough garden
ing tc be eligible for examination fer
gardening merit badges, issued by the
Boy Scouts.
"Off the 1000 boys in Washington
under scouting influence" says Mr..
Campbell, sit Is found that only about
1.200 are able to work the gardens
OF their homes. Although the remain
ing 500 are said to occupy apart
ments, they probably will take an
ective part in contests on ground that
Is available in the city.
How to Win Medal.
'To obtain a merit badge. for scout
ing, q Boy Scout must do two OF the
following things: -
Operate a garden plot not less than
twenty feet square and show q net profit
Of net lees than IS en- the seasons Hork.
keeping an accurate crop report.
Grow one-twentieth Of an acre Of po-
tatoes. Select ten hills from which seed
potatoes are to be taken Grade pota-
toes In three divisions-market. me-
dium. and culls. Manufacture the culls
into potato starch for home use Keep
an accurate report Of work
Keep front and back yards In good
condition for the summer vacation Of
three months. which will include care
of the garden. flowers. moving Of lawns.
keeping the yard free Of waste paper.
stones, rubbish. etc. Keep an accurate
report Of vacation work.
Build a back yard trellis. and grow
a covering Of vines for II in q season
Of not more than four months.
Write an account of not less than
five hundred words stating how the
work was performed
One Scouts Experiences.
Recently q scout paid . quarter
for q head of cabbage that formerly
cost 3 cents, and which he can raise
himself for nothing. Potatoes he
found cost from 2 TO 4 cents apiece.
He bought the vegetables, and said
he would raise them hereafter.
This scout hit the nail on the
ncau. IneEc dTc OuI OHh baCAJ8EAss
our neighbors' yards and thousands
of vacant lots. Taxes are being paid
on all of them. and nobody gets any
thing out Of them So the 100 boy
scouts are going to turn them into
gardens.
Making a garden Is worth while
just for the fun there Is in IL, IL for
else. The fresh air is stimu-
lating. The digging makes you
strong. II you like to fight, there il
plenty of chance-potato bugs, bees.
worms, and other pests, viii
give you a fight that you will never
regret.
Gardening helps you understand re-
ligion, .too.- A boy cannot put q black,
dead looking seed Of corn into the
ground and watch 1t grow into q big.
wide spreading, leafy plant without
realizing that a Supreme Being made
the laws of growth
Fourteen Boys Scouts in Takoma
Park have learned the lessons Of
thrift and economics-why don't
you?"
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

There's a pleasant surprise coming
to King George OF England before
long. We quote from the Royal Ga
kette of Bermuda:
Miss May Sutclirfe. eighteen years
old and Berkeley, Cal, high school
girl, has been occupying her spare
moments making a pair OF pink silk
pajamas for King George OF England.
Miss Suteliffe has been at work 'or
months on the pajamas. for whose
adornment she has knit twelve yards
OF tatting."
Poor Nicholas Romanoff! We Slid
pose you could search the world over
today and not find a single admir.r
working on a suit of red fannel un-
dergarments for him. Such is the
bitter lot OF a fallen monarch.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
LOVES OFFERING.

LON 4 - Of + EhlNS.
I have diced with death for your
pleasure;
/ have borne the battles heat;
L have poured out wealth in full meas
% And bring a gift to your feet,
Where the waves OF combat were
surging-
Firm of heart, with courage true,
There l struggled, love, at your urg-
ing
And I've bought a potato for you?
LORRAINE.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
Has Large Back. Yard.

March y, 1917.
Garden Editor, Washington Times:
Dear sir: Please conside. ne a con-
testant for your prizes for the best
garden. / have quite a large back
yard and a lot next to my house (which
will cultivate IL / can get permis-
sion.
Please send any information to the
above address and oblige.
Very truly yours,
HARVEY GERRY.
2944 Macomb street, Cleveland Park.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
Urges That Adamson Law Principles
BE Adopted at St. Ellzabeth's.

BE Adopted at St. Ellzabeth's.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The decision handed down by the
Supreme Court in behalf of the rail-
road employees. in the opinion Of every
laboring man and employer with
sound Judgment, proves the Adamson
act Is constitutional and should be
adopted throughout the United States,
not only by private concerns, but by
the Government.
II the Supreme Court and Govern
ment uphold the Adamson act for the
railroad employees, why not relieve
some of the hardships Of men and
women working at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital, in the District Of Columbia
and run by the Government by put
ting into effect the eight-hour law?
These men and women, whose re-
spective duty requires them to work
from twelve to fourteen hours per
day, with overtime, receiving no extra
compensation or time, getting only
one-half day per week and every
third Sunday. Each year DIR. White
asks Congress for an additional appro-
priation for the up-keep of the insti-
tuition, realizing the advance in prices
n
of every necessity of life, but seems
to forget what the employees have to
buy have advanced in price. too.
l earnestly ask the cooperation OF
The Times and its readers to use their
influence, In order that these men
and women at the st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital might enjoy the eight hours
which constitutes a days work with
one days rest in seven, all legal holi-
days, or a day equivalent, and an in
crease of compensation. DIR. White
acknowledged in his letter to the Sec
retary of the Interior, dated De-
cember 20, 1916, that the eight-hour
law, II put into effect at the hospital,
would increase the efficiency of the
ward service. Why not let them
have It? w,
Newcastle, Pa.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
TO STAGE 1.-THE DEVIL"

1.-The Devil" will be presented at
the New Central. High School tomor-
row and Monday night by Group A of
the Mt. Pleasant Players. directed by
George Strieby and George De Fran
cauX. Other plays in course OF prep
aration are 'Phe Man From Den
ver." "a Chance at Midnight" and
Miss Doutous' "Orchids."
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
1443 Pennsylvania avenue 5
Washington, D. c., March %. 1917.

Washington, D. c., March %, 1917.
Garden Editor, Washington Times
Dear Sir: Seeing your 800 cash
prize offer in The Times for the best
vegetable garden on vacant lots, and
wishing to enter your contest, 1 write
you. 1 have a very large lot at 2226
Minnesota avenue southeast, which
had in a fine garden last year, and am
getting ready to make another.
would like my name and address on
the list. DANIEL CLARK
2226 Minnesota avenue southeast.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
FOURTEEN ENTER
GARDEN CONTEST
Most. of These Will Make Their
First Attempts to Raise
Vegetables.

Fourteen amateur gardeners yes
terday and today notified The Times
of their intentions OF entering the
Times gardening contest this summer.
Some of these contestants have had
gardens in previous summers, but
most OF them are about to make
their first attempt at fighting the
potato bug, the drought, and the de-
sire to eat too-green vegetables.
1t is desired that all would-be con-
testants file their applications with
The Times as soon as possible.
Following are the letters from the
fourteen contestants:
Washington, d. C..
March 81, 1917.
Garden Editor, Washington Times.
Dear Sir: wish to contest for q.
prize in gold for the best garden, as
per your offer in The Times of this
date. Ny garden will be located on
lot in rear of 333 @ street, south
east. I Wish to say that 1t Is my
determination to make every effort
to win one OF the prizes so gener-
ously offered by you.
Yours. respectfully.
w. w. st. CLAIR.
1913 G street southeast
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

The price OF flags has gone. up %
per cent; but in spite of their frantic
efforts the pacifists have been unable
to effect a counterbalancing cheapen-
ing of patriotism.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

The plan of many good women to
fight extravaganza in dress at this
time as a national measure of patriot
ism has other merits besides that Of
economy. q,
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
WHO THEY ARE.

Sir: l am the hurried Individual
who always takes a chance In front
of an auto or a team of horses. hrlor
the quick use of brakes or OF pulling
UP the team has saved my life, I look
up at the driver with an injured air
as though he we're to blame.
Half way up the block I have time
to spare to stop and look at a faker
selling knife sharpening stones.
RED WHISKERS.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
Don Marquis
Column
Judgment.

Judgment.
Cloud after cloud on cloud, no light
at all,
A dim, gray. sad, illimitable space
They had not told me such would be
the place.
Bewilder'd and alone in this vast hall,
Whose roof or sky is like an ashen
pail.
Airless and chill, dare not move a
pace
Nor look to find some once familiar
face,
Some kindly guide on whom to lean or
call.
I will not weep, lest worse should
come, or-youi
When did you die? What horror
drove you here?
Speak! in that voice of thine that once
was dear
As love is false and false as love is
true.
Nay, your eyes speak, oh! more than
words could tell:
We two damn'd souls are here-and
here is hell.
-PERLEY A. CHILD.
Publishers CH. z. NJ. affirms) are
traditionally modest beings. He bids
us note the copyright notice which
appears in the front of 1.-The Wonder
full Adventures of Nils" by Selma
Lagerlof, the great Swedish writer
and only woman winner of the Nobel
Prize:
Copyright, 1901, 1919 by Doubleday.
Page & Co. All rights reserved. includ
ing that Of translation into foreign Ian
guages. including the ScdndinavioT.'
The tickets to the Greenwich Village
Carnival are. according to an excellent
poster advertising 1t, 81 for one in
g without costume" The date
is Friday evening. April 6, and We fire.
quently have warm weather at the be-
ginning Of April.
Ham and Chauny Taken" says a
headline. Which inspires c. c. Yendis
to sing:
aI'ue often eaten ham and beans,
And ham and cabbage not torsGkeH;;
But stH the French have one or me
Pue never Ham and Chduny TAKEN"
Blaine Bowling. editor OF Thousand
sticks, Hyden. KY. rises to remark:
Since we have been in here we haven't
mentioned Good Roads for the simple
reason that we like to talk about things
that exists in this community, and this
Is a local paper and the desire Of its
editor to serve the people Of this coun-
ty in the best way possible-but what
we want. Is some one to tell us why
we haven't any roads in this county.
We don't know whose fault II Is nor
neither do we lay the blame TO any one
man.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

II we can get enough nations to
send young men here to study our
naval methods, as Argentina is doing,
maybe in time well get our warships
all manned.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
WHATS ON PROGRAM
Interesting Events Of Importance
Scheduled Today.

Drill. Plattsburg men Of Washington. with
lecture by Capt. d. +. Craig, Riding and
Hunt Club, Twenty-second and p streets
northwest. $50 y. m.
Lecture, Shakespeare a lawyer" Frank
L. Murphy, before Shakespeare Society of
Sermon. Prophet Andrew Jones, of PhiIa-
delphia. at Shiloh Baptist Church, s p. m.
Meeting, Glee Club of Rallipolis Grotto, III
Twelfth street northwest, p m
Annual banquet OF Pennsylvania State College
Alumni, University Club, p. m.
Illustrated lecture. Birds About Washing
tOn." by Dr.. Harry c. oberholder. ornithoi-
ogist OF Department OF Agriculture, 'Ameri.
can University, $40 p. m.
Eight-act vaudeville show. under auspices Of
University Hatchet. assembly hall, George
Washington University. p. m.
Comedy. Lost. Chaperone." by Phi Mu
Sigma Fraternity. Waugh Methodist Episco-
pal Church. Third and A streets northeast,
Concert bs~ Congress OF Mothers and Parent
Teacher Association, Wilson Normal School,
y. m.
Lecture. Abdominal Surgery" By DIR. A.
Barnes Hooe, before National Society of
Keep Wells. St Johns parish hall. s p. m.
Convocation OF Capitol Chapter, No. IL, Royal
Arch MAsons, Masonic Temple, y. m.
''Get-together" meeting Of membership COM
mIttee, Washington Board Of Trade, I'll
Thirteenth street northwest. 5 .. m.
Talk '"Tagore and His Works." by Miss Alice
Drake, Teachers Club. p. m.
Entertainment and card party, Naomi Chap
ter No. 30. Order OF the Eastern Star, the
Concert by United States Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley HalE $50 p. m.
Lecture 1.-THE Romance OF Human Progress"
by B A. Baumgardt. before National Geo
graphic sOsiety, New Masonic Temple. 4:5O
and s:l5 p. IN.
Address by George Bailey. Colored Boys Con-
ference Twelfth Street Y. NJ. c. A, s D. m
Ma sonic-St Johns Lodge, No. Ii: Hope, No.
20. and Stansbury. No. %: Capitol Chaptov
No II Royal Arch: Takoma Chapter No
~; Cathedral. No. Il. and st. Johns, No.
Is order of the Eastern Star.
Knights OF Pythias-Syracusians Lodge. No.
no and RathbOne- Superior. No. 20; Rath-
hone Temple, No. s. Pythian Sisters
odd FeIIoWs-Central Lodge, No. /.
Lodge, No. ., and Dorcas,
No. 4.
Amusements.
In "'Ception ShoaIs,-
$40 p. M
New NatiohaI-Ziegfeld Follies, $40 D. m
PoIi's-New Poll Players In Poor Man. Rich
Man " 2:l5 and S:i5 p. M
b. F. Keith's-vaudeville, 2:l5 and s:l5 p. m.
Ga Gayety-Burlesque, 2:l5 and S:l5 p. m.
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays. 1880 a. m. 10
II p. IN.
strand-Photoplays, II L. m. to II p. IN.
Garden-Photoplays. II q. m. to II p. m.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
To CuItivate Back Yard.

Washington, d. E., March 2r, 1917.
Garden Editor, Washington Times.
Sir: Being a reader Of your paper
and having read of your garden con-
test, / would like TO enter into IL, as
l am going to turn my back yard
into a small garden. Respectfully,
GEORGE NJ. JACK,
q0o L CT G w
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
SPRING POEM.

/ roam around and feel half gone
And have an awful cough:
But I'd rather be a-roamin' on
Than be a Romanoff.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

Biological Society Of Washington, Cosmos
Club. p. m.
Institute Of Banking. tho New Ebbitt, s
Dance by Home Club, Il jackson place, s D.
m.
Fete for commissioned and non-commissioned
officers Of Company X, Third Regiment. ID.
C. n. by X Company Association, 1908
Clifton street northwest, p. m.
Mt Pleasant Players I'm THE Devil" Central
High School, s:l5 y. IN.
Level club Perpetual Building Hall, 8 D. M
Reception, College Equal Suffrage League
Rt headquarters 1926 Rhode Island avenue
northwest, { p. m.
Address before Shakespeare Society Of
America, DR.. Charles William Wallace, New
National Museum, p. m.
Entertainment. Ashlar Club. old Masonic
Temple, Ninth and + streets northwest, s
y. m.
Masonic-LaFayette Lodge, No. 10.
Odd Fellows-Canton Washington, Patriarchs
Militant,
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

Washington, ID. C., March 20. 1917.
Garden Editor, Washington Times.
Dear Sir: Want to enter contest for
garden. VIII make garden on vacant
lot near Kansas avenue and Shepherd
street. r. c. GATES,
4I17 Kansas Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
Washington, d. c.,
March %, 1917.

Garden Editor, Washington Times:
Dear sir: Please enter my garden In
your 800. gold prize contest for the
best garden. My garden will be To-
Gated at III Sixth street southeast.
Yours very truly,
WILLIAM DAY, Jr.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

From the Omaha (Neb.) World-Her-
aid we CLEAN that one OF the most eff
cient and strict of dairy inspectors is
Mr.. Bessie.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
Has Started Planting.

Has Started Planting.
Washington, c.,
March 81, 1917.
Garden Editor, Washington Times:
Dear Sir: Please enter my name as
a contestant for money awarded for
best garden. Ny garden is located at
the above address. have started my
garden by planting cabbage and
spring onions.
Yours, truly,
MARTIN F. RIES.
1912 jackson street N. z.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
Washington, d. c.,
March 81, 1917.

"dsHIHBI TON, d. c,
March 81, 1917.
Garden Editor,
Washington Times.
Sir: respectfully request thas
you place the name of Mrs. William
]. Spencer on your list of contestants
for the prizes offered by The Wash
ington Times for the best gardens in
the District. Mrs. Spencer's garden
will be located at the below address.
Very respectfully,
II. B. SPENCER,
$50 Aspen st. N. w,
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
Washington, d. c.,

Washington, d. c.,
March %, 1917.
Garden Editor,
Washington Times.
Dear Sir: Kindly enter my name
as a contestant in the offer presented
by The Washington Times last week.
1 expect to cultivate a plot of
ground in the vicinity of Twenty
sixth and Hamlin streets northeast.
Yours very truly,
HENRY c. BRIDEKAMP,
2e10 Twenty-sixth st. N. E.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

The ballad "A Tear. A Kiss, a
Smile" advertises a certain music
company, is "forceful and fulsome
with sweet melodies. 1t reads as IL
IL might be honest advertising.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23

Germany" says a wireless dis
patch from Berlin, "'is retreating u n
victory" How far back do they sx-
pect to find 1t?
-pDN MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1917-03-23
Washington, d. c.,

Washington, d. c.,
March 81, 1917.
Garden Editor, Washington Times:
Sir: I am desirous of becoming a
contestant in your coming back
yard gardening contest"
/ will devote most of my time to
However, will also have
a small variety of fruit and flowers.
In earnest, yours
A. ]. LIPSKE,
14A3 Pennsylyanfa avenue s. E.