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Evening star., 1918-04-14

weight" But there are variations. I've
been advised to stand on my head, to
crawl around the floor on my hands
and knees and to lie down and roll
over
Even If man is fat and supposedly
good-natured, there must be limit
somewhere on the things he Is called
upon to endure. I've more than half
a mind to go tomorrow and buy that
wheel-hoe.
But to get back to the garden. I'm
making my rows as straight as they
can be made with the use of a garden
line. but I'm not making them long.
Instead of laying them out the long
way. seventy-two feet. 1 am running
them across. making my rows seven
teen feet. This is on the advice Of
Capt. Thompson, and he advanced sew
eral reasons which sounded convincing.
The one that appealed strongest to me
Is that it solved the sweet corn prob
blem. I had figured that a single row
Of corn. seventy-two feet long. was all
l could spare space for in my small
silk on the ear and unless pollen comes
the tassel fails to connect with the
silk on the ear. and unless pollen comes
into contact with each thread of silk
the grain to which that silk is attached
doesn't develop. Experts say that not
less than four rows of corn should be
planted at time, in order to insure
proper fertilization of the ears. By
planting seventeen-foot rows of corn In
ways ! can have four rows of corn in
less space than one seventy-two-foot
row.
The short rows also have au advan-
tage for other things. Seventeen feet
of radishes and beets and such things
VIII give all we want at one time and
by planting In succession we can pro-
long the season for them. This plan
will enable me to get two. and in some
cases three. crops from the same
ground. For example. when the early
peas come of can plant radishes,
which are the quickest maturing of all
vegetables. and after the radishes are
gone can plant some root crop, like
turnips or parsnips.
Yes, said parsnips. know told
you none Of US liked parsnips, but we
all are liable to make mistakes. aren't
we?
When we made up our original plant
ing list parsnips was the one thing
Mary and both were willing to elimi-
nate. We agreed we didn't like them.
When we came to sift the thing down,
however, I couldn't remember having
eaten any since was a boy. Mary
couldn't remember when she ate them
last. The children couldn't remember
ever to have eaten them.
THE WAR GARDENER,
(To BE CoNTINuED.)
Evening star., 1918-04-14

frame houses in favor Of glossy brick
fronts. In the few years whole streets
had completely changed their appear
ance Slimmy could hardly recognize
corners that once had been az familiar
to him as his own top bureau drawer.
But he finally found Bella's number
and rang the bell
It was a shabby cottage: the beauti-
ncation had evidently not included it.
A tall, heavy-set woman in volumi-
nous morning g-g1ory-flowered kimono
opened the door. She had a heavy.
wrinkled face. Concisely she told him
yes, Mrs. Trackins had lived there, but
she had left nearly a year before; no.
she did not know where she lived, and
Trackins' brothers dumfounded face. It
was the last thing that he had expect
ed.
He turned away IN daze. Surely
Bella couldn't have done this purpose
ly Never to have written that she had
gonei He had not sent her word the
exact day that he would be out, but she
understood that his time was UP. He
recalled her suggestion that he Join his
brothers. The recollection was bitterly
enlightenfng. He had regarded 1t as
a mere suggestion. something to be
talked over with her. But 1t must have
been an intimation that she did not
care to see him. He had counted too
surely on her sense of duty. Well. she
needn't worry! His lean face set itself
in sullener lines. He wouldn't bother
her! He struck OF down the street.
The afternoon was graying into dusk
sariier than usual because Of the chilly
,s. wss S9Rsa e L: ee
wandered on, aimlsssly. though. The ab-
sence Of familiar landmarks iFrit1tsd him.
He had . shivszy sensation o9 ansnnsss.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

out west. The brothers did not write
to Slimmy. But not from i'll feeling.
he knew. They were not letter writ
ers. Bella once wrote to him that he
might go out to them when he had
served his time. Bella herself had
married the grocery clerk and brought
two small daughters into existence.
She sent Slimmy their pictures; they
were solemn little creatures with their
mothers heavy cheeks. To slimmy's
sullen eyes they seemed two solemn
future condemners of himself.
He had no illusions about Bella's be-
fng riotously happy to see him. He
was sneakingly aware that she would
not be a bit glad. She would be GROSSLY
concerned with the neighbors' possible
comments. But he was also aware that
sense of duty was strong in Bella. After
the mothers death she had kept the
house for them. The four men made
plenty Of work. and she was a cross
tered tobacco ashes. cigarette butts,
shirts and socks to be ironed and
mended. meals to be cooked and dishes
to be washed. But though she soolded
loud Bella always conscientiously
darned. cooked and cleaned. And now
Slimmy knew that she would take him
in, reproach him, nag him-but help
him. to the best of her ability. to get
on his feet again.
pcild was l" Sily-SiA years Ola Ho"s
nearly twenty-seven. Somehow Slimmy
thought of her as being older than him
self. The eight years and seven months
had added no maturity to him: they
had merely laid an extra shell of time
over his immaturity of youth. Bella
seemed q big. dear-even though cross
capable shield against whatever
faced him outside. He was wIstfulfy
eager to see her. to COVER behind the pro-
tsetion Of her respectabtltty. And with
hone too STEADY fingers hA handed I
Evening star., 1918-04-14

the interurban car. He swayed, al
most fell. as it lurched forward. He was
not used to cars. But he rather en-
joyed the lurch. Back IN the prison.
OF r,ckee!" aaeer'i snapped snapped the conductor.
Slimmy handed it to him. The con-
ductor's eyes rested just a second on
Slimm. cheap black new suit. slimmy
flushed. looked away from the conduc-
tor across the aisle-and met the Gu
rious eyes of a large bovine woman.
Slimmy turned in his seat and stared
out the window. He felt very much
alone. OF course he did not wish that
Swanson had been along, but still"
But he would soon see Bella.
The day had begun with pale, thin
sunshine. Before the car had whipped on
its first fast dozen miles, this filtered
chill Of it penetrated slimmy's prison
weakened flesh. He rose to close the
window. In so doing he half turned
and again met the wide, rude eyes OF
the woman across the aisle. There was
nothing malicious in her stare; 1t was
elderly maid servant who lived in a
town near the penitentiary and so i'm
mediately knew Slimmy's status But
he prickled with irritation under 1t. And
he wished, resentfully, that Swanson
were there. He was the man to return
impudent stare for impudent stare.
Slimmy tried to. but his eyes sullenly
wavered down.
He forgot her. Thoughts she forgot
him-when the car shot into the city
station. and he pressed through the
crowded waiting room and the turn
stile and was met by tho oitys odor and
the city's low, d1scordant. magnetic
roar.
The odor caught him d1st@ehat COM
b1ned Whit ot asphalt dust, newsstAnda
smoke. fruit stands, the stale cookery
Evening star., 1918-04-14
The Observer Meets Movie Stars, Who Boost the Liberty Loan

Funny, isn't it, for a man whose fortune
generally IS believed to rest in his feet
Did you ever know that Fairbanks never
has taken drink? Well he hasn't. and
that probably is one reason why he Is SO
full of pep" Did some one say that you
can't be cornpanionable and congeniai
without having a few drinks ahead? Fair
banks daily life gives the lie to that He
surely is full OF the old tabaSco
l was right near Fairbanks when he
started down the aisle of the high school
auditorium with several other fellows. On
the way to the stage.
Right over the top now. fellows" I
heard him say. and a minute later four
pluni, BUNK PUNK. PUNK. PUNK! Wasn't tdas
quick thinking for you. though?
Did he mind opening the show? Not
a bit. He wasn't scared. He has
had too much real stage experiences
for that. 1t was a show with WASH
ington setting. you know. that gave
Fairbanks his start Remember itf-
THE Gentleman from Mississippi" Old
Tom Wise was the gentleman in
that show, and. peculiarly. Wise was
showing here last week when Fair
banks was in town.
Maybe you think the kiddies Anp't
like Doug! First off. when he entered
the high school building, little girl
ran up and kissed him. And. when
the show was over. the same little girl
came back for second helping and
got it.
It will be a shame II Doug is lost to
the speaking stage. Here is hoping that
he will make much money at the movie
game-and he is making it-and then
come back and do things on the legiti-
mate stage. OF course. he wasn't such
an awful success when he was in
speaking parts before. but he tried
Shakespeare and everything. ana you
can't blame a fellow for trying. He
should try some more now.
Just little story illustrative Of Mario
Dressler. When It became apparent
as the stars were starting for the
White House to meet the President
that Marie's motor could not reach heS
hotel in time for her to keep the en-
gagement. she was summoned by phone
and told Of the situation.
Jump into hack OF some kind and
get down here" was requested.
Sure" Marie said. And fve minutes
later. riding In . hack that must have
been built when PennsylvanfA avenuS
was . cow path, Marie. beAming good
nature. drove In to the White House
4 great quartet Come again, any
time. say. THE OBSERVER )
Evening star., 1918-04-14
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D G. ApR1I Il 1g1a-PABr
=: :: The Story of a Convict =: ::

Of lunchrooms. He inhaled It. 1t s1-
hilarated him. Then his ears thrilled to
the low roar-the rattle Of wheels, the
the hum. above All the step-step-step.
the steps-lapping-steps, Of countless
pedestrians. He swung eagerly into the
crowd, frantic to become one OF its un-
hurrying one seemed to have his place.
his niche; mechanics. clerks, shoppers,
tiny newsboys. q crippled gum vender
dragging himself along by two stumps
Of legs. Slimmy dropped him Q quarter
and forgot the increased cold drixxle.
He got on q car and rode out to the
neighborhood where homo had former
ly been. Bella lived near it. He had
some difficulty finding the small house.
It happened that he had been sentenced
at time when the city was bent on
improving itself Street Identification
having become q fad. landlords had
We'd with one another In tearing down
Evening star., 1918-04-14

barren ground. and, besides, the second
spading left the soil much finer and in
better condition to work. / found and
broke up a lot of clods which had es-
capped me when ! spaded the first time,
and with that manure worked into it
the soil now really is mellow.
In our garden at home. when I was a
boy, we made "beds"-onion beds and
beet beds and radish beds, and for other
things which ! don't remember That's
all out of date now, as old fashioned
as hoop skirts and beaver hats The
modern gardener plants his vegetables
in long, straight rows, to economiIe
space and make cultivation easier. The
long, straight rows are specially REQ
commended when the garden is to be cul-
tiyated with n wheel hoe. I haven't a
wheel hoe. but may get one yet some
day when Mary isn't looking. She In
sists on my sticking to the hand hoe,
for the sake of the exercise.
Did you ever notice how ready most
persons are to prescribe exercise-for
other folks? No doubt you have es-
pecially IL you happen to be fat man.
Mary isn't the only offender. I've been
having 1t handed to me for twenty
years. The two most familiar forms
are:- you ought to play golf, old
maa." and walking is the greatest
thing in the world to keep doVn
Evening star., 1918-04-14

bit nice of her to make them wait,
the Observer thought.
But wren Mary appeared no one could
be angry with her. Sweet as could he!
And had stage fright-yes, sir real
stage fright! No bluff. real stuff!
wouldn't think 1t. would you? But she
was scared. And 1t worried her After
ward she declared it really was only
the second time in her whole life that
she had been parslyxed with fear at the
slight Of an audience. She was SO
The Observer was near her when she
fought her way out of the crowd, The
way tho women folks and the girls
made over her was a shame and q sin.
Expressions like isn't she the dearest
thingT" and "oE, the dear. prstty Aove." "
Wasn't that quite feat for Just II pit
tie Girl Of some five feet and twenty
four summers? think so.
Chaplin was scared. too. for he ,wasn't t
quite sure about that Press Club crowd.
IT'S one thing to face a camera and It
u something else to face q crowd Of
newspaper men and their wives--end
children. Yes. yes, their children, of
course! They are Charles saysrest
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Adventures of War Gardener I'm Washington
.HE war garden is under way.

-HE war garden Is under way.
have planted a quart OF onion
sets, . row of radishes and three
x rows of early Alaska peas. and
nm ready to make other paintings Just
as rapidly as the spring advances and
the putting in of seeds becomes advis-
able.
Capt. Thompson. who has the desk
next mine at the office, Is veteran
gardener and is acting as adviser to my
Agricultural adventure. AS a result.
am going to avoid some Of the mistakes
which are being made by other fellows
who are gardening for the first time.
Keep your shirt on and don't be in
too big a hurry to get seeds in the
ground" Is Capt Thompson's warning.
That's e mistake an amateur gar
dsner almost invariably makes. It
DOESN'T pay. Even If the seed doesn't
rot. vegetables will not make any
worth while growth until the ground
gets good and warm. If you planted
beans now and again in two weeks III
wager the later-planted ones would be
farther along by Juno 1. The same is
true Of corn and almost everything
else which grows in a garden. There
are q few exceptions. such as early peas
and onions but the rule holds good gen.
orally. Most seed catalogues contain
directions as to time of planting and
1t will pay to follow them.
II know II is hard. when fellow gets
the garden fever for the first time, for
him to restrain himself: but it's a long
time until the end Of the summer and
holding back q week or two now will
not lose you anything. Seeds are scarce
end high this year and should not be
wasted. It's waste to put them in the
ground until the ground is ready to re-
ceive them"
I'm not finding 1t nearly SO hard to
restrain myself as Capt Thompson
CAned to think 7 would. I'm going
to like gardening, think. but just now
q little Of it goes quite a long ways.
Those kinks got in my back when
spaded my ground for the frst time are
with me still; am lame in my hips and
knees. and my hands are so bunged up
und sore I hardly can close them. I
Agroan when sit down, and groan twice
Hhsn I get up. But groan as / may,
A1ery refuses to be the least bit SYM
p<khettc.
$.sJust be thankful you're not over
4here in France, digging trenches and
sahenGp or marching all day with seven
H<6Ee or a hundred pounds on your
the consolation she offers. And
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face was b1otched and unprepossessing.
and her coarse. light brown hair strag..
gled untidily down over her red-lfdded
eyes disfiguring her more. Slimmy had
all the egotism OF one in heavy trouble
by his own fault. He resented her
noisy weeping and her noisier re-
proaches In upbraiding him for the
disgrace that he had brought she was
the bitterest of the family, At eight
cen one is most sensitive to disgrace:
Besides, Bella was just on the point OF
being engaged to respectable and
comely young grocery clerk. and nat
urally She feared that her romance
might dissolve into the melancholy
mist of might-have-beens.
But after her brothers conviction she
wrote to him aftectionately and regu-
larly. Not so often as she might have.
But often enough to keep him in touch
father died. His two brothers man
aged to save enough to take themselves
and their families to government land
Evening star., 1918-04-14
EH SLIMMY'S CHANCE SEa s

bill to tho agent of. the fnterurban
station for the ticket which would take
him to her.
The agent looked at the BILL. N vas
new. Ordinartly q new hve-dollar bill
Is nothing to be ashamed Of. But when
It 10 q token of the states generosity
to one leaving Its hospital for diseased
From the bill the assnts eyes
swerved to Slimmy's suit Of clothes.
That, too, was new. And black. Ordi-
narily a new black suit. even though
ready-made and cheap, Is nothing to
flush sullenly over. But when 1t also
is q token Of civic solicitude-
With a vicious hand-sweep slimmy
pocketed his change. But he recognized
his own supersensitiveness. It would
have been decidedly strange II the
agent had not recognized a "5ust out"
with the gray tiles of the prison roof
showing not half q mile away through
the elms.
with none too steady fest he got on
Evening star., 1918-04-14
~ HIS, then, 10 the Observers opin-
ion Of the quartet. reached
after long and careful and
= somewhat intimate observation

of It:
Mary Pickford-A nice little girl.
quite as cute as she appears on the
screen; not wholly devoid OF etagei-
ness. but above the average
Charlie Chaplin-Capable chap who is
developing himself as fast as he can
probably. would like to live down his
reputation for kicking fellow members
of his company to death in fun, but not
unmindful of what the public wants
from him.
Douglas Fairbanks-Real red-blooded
American. just like the press agents
have made him appear. Those birds
have an easy Job. All they have to do
is tell the truth about him.
Marie Dressler@The kind OF q follow
that one could borrow money from on
short acquaintance; would even have
loaned a neighbor sugar last winter
The Observer saw all OF them last
week at the National Press Club show
several times thereafter. First impress
sions, which are noted above remain
good to this day, now that they are
gone
by shaking hands with her. It's a great
test She shook and he decided at once
that she would do. Try shaking hands
with the next woman you meet that
you think is a snob> If you arc right
she probably will draw back her hand
and give you q frozen stars, as II to
say:
"why, you poor nsh. what do you
think you're doing. attacking the old
town pump againr'
That wasn't the way Mary acted. She
shook a good, friendly, home-folks
shake, and I liked her for It.
Only for moment did the Observer
doubt Il he was right about Mary. That nat
club AFFAIR until way late. Remember
low folks waited? Thought Mary was
sick. don't you know. or that some ae-
cident had happened to her. But It
wasn't that. She was just resting" at
her hotel. But the folks that waited
long for her weren't resting-not bit
they were quite unrestipg. It wasn't
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WITNESSES SH|VER
ASBANSHEE STALKS
MARYLAND FIELDS

FREDERICKSBURG. Md. March
1A-Two mysterious lights. declared
to have been seen by Perry w. Cor
nish and family near Bethel. have
caused 4 sensation
Mr.. Cornish says that a few nights
ago he saw a light in a neighbor's
neld moving in q circle. Presently.
he says. another light appeared At
times they looked like stars. then
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time, according to Mr.. Cornish. they
took dazzling courses through the
air. shooting to the ground. then
back.
Cries OF wild agony are said to
have been followed by low wailing
screams. After a half an hour Of
such cavortings, Mr.. Cornish says
one Of the lights took a course down
the road and stopped at a nearby
farmhouse. the occupants Of which
had retired
The Washington times., 1918-03-18
.$2,5OO,OOO WAR FUND
STARTED BY CATHOLICS

NEW YORK, March 1s.-Five thou
sand teams today began their drive in
New York for S2.500,O 900 for a Catho-
lie war fund to be expended under
direction OF the Knights OF Columbus
Most OF the fund will be used in
France, where Everybody Welcome"
houses will be erected at stations lead
ing from the debarkation ports to
the trenches.
Final plans for the campaign were
made at q meeting last night at the
Hippodrome, where addresses were
made by Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels, Cardinal Farley, and ministers OF
various denominations.
From $16,O00,O to 1000 900 will
be needed this year. it is stated, for
war work In France.
A telegram has been received by
the New York workers in the cam
paiEn from President Wilson, in
which he commends 1t and urges that
all denominations give It their sup
port
The Washington times., 1918-03-18
FRENCH GIRLS COMING
TO AMERICA TO STUDY

NEW YORK, March 1s.-President
Lyman H. Powell, Of Hobart College,
chairman Of the committee on war
problems OF the Association OF Amer
lean Colleges, announces that fifty
American colleges have offered to
furnish scholarships, board. and in
some cases all other expenses to
girls sent to America by French col
leges and schools to be educated in
the United States.
Since the American colleges recent
ly Endorsed this plan OF educational
reciprocity" ten French girls have
come to America 10 pursue their
studies, and others are on their way
The Washington times., 1918-03-18
M 'ADOO TO TOUR
SOUTH BOOSTING
3DLIBERTY LOAN

Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo, the
man-behind- nd-the-Ldberty-loans, was in
lighting trim today for a series Of ad-
dresses which Will carry him from
Philadelphia through the South into
Texas and Arizona
He will open up at Philadelphia on
April 6. the Inauguration OF the big
Third Liberty campaign; drop down to
Richmond for a speech the Sth. and then
In rapid succession speak as follows:
Raleigh, N. c., April 8; Columbia, s.
c., April 10; Savannah, April 10; Jack
sonville, April IL; Pensacola, April II;
Mobile, April II; New Orleans, April
13. Jackson, Miss, April IA; Houston,
April is; San Antonio, April 16, Ell
Paso. April Il, and Phoenix, Ariz.,
April Is.
After that he will blaze paths
through other sections.
The Washington times., 1918-03-18
DIR. DERNBURG MAY GET
MAJOR EMERY RELEASED

The State Department today ventures
ne hope that Major Henry Crosby
Emery. now a prisoner OF the Germans
in Finland, may secure his release
through the good Offices Of Dr. Bernard
Dsrnburg. one time German propagan-
dist in this country. Major Emery and
DR.. Dernburg were close friends when
the latter was in America Major
Emery was taken by the Germans when
he attempted TO leave Russia with the
American military mission
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