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Evening star., 1921-03-27
Your Maple Sirup.

MAPLE sirup suggests sweet and
tender thoughts. and this is the
season when sirup is born-that is. the
maple sirup which comes from the maple
sirup tree. But. while one thinks SO
much Of maple sirup. it would not be
fair to overlook all the joys and bless
ings brought upon the world by cane
sirup and real and true sugar molasses.
The world is brighter and happier,
things.
1t is a source of regret that much of
the maple srup which one eats is not
what it should be and not what it pur-
ports to be. This is not the fault of
maple sirup. 1t is tho avarice and du-
plicity Of men which raises false flag
over maple sirup and puts a maple sirup
label on maple sirup' that never flowed
from a maple tree.
Maple sirup and its patrons have been
the victims Of numerous impostures
Many sweet things have been substituted
for maple siruD and many adulterants
have been added to maple sirup to swell
it's bulk. impair its flavor and cheaper
its price. The market and the purchaser
have known maple siruD whose only
claim to the name was that it was some
other kind of sirup favored with a de-
coction obtained by boiling the twigs of
maple trees. The sweetness came from
cane or corn sirup and. the maple flavor
came from maple wood
While the population of the nation
has been growing the supply of maple
sirup has been decreasing because of
the destruction Of the trees, whose sweet
sap is boiled down to sirup. The maple
tree has considerable value for the
making of boot mad shoe "lasts," and
mary Of the northern and eastern maple
orchards have been converted into timber
for that purpose.
With the increasing demand, the di-
minishing supply and the increasing
rigor and comprehensiveness of laws
against misbranding and adulteration,
the price of maple sirup has gone I'D to
the point where there is a good profit
in it's production. and farmers in the
maple sugar sections of the country are
now caring for their old trees and are
setting out new orchards. The indica-
tions are that maple sirup and maple
sugar may not be lost to posterity.
The flow Of sap is variable. Some
seasons are good sap seasons and others
are not. Individual trees may be good
producers or poor producers. There is
a good deal that has not been determined
in tho business of sap production. In a
good sap season q tree OF good produc-
tivity will fill q two-gallow bucket twice
q day during the period In which the sap
Is rising. l
Evening star., 1921-03-27
Celebrations of Easter

closing day, they have the love feast
and break bread together as one hap
py family. The Juvenile pleasures are
not overlooked. Late in the after
noon of Saturday the children are to
be seen busfly engaged about the
hedges and fences constructing rab-
bit nests in which they expect rab-
bits to lay eggs during the night. and
they are never disappointed: they al
ways find the nests bountifully sup
piled with various colored eggs on
Easter morning.
The church congregation Is up be-
fore the dawn of Easter day. They as
semble at the church and proceed to
the burying ground to welcome the
dead should they rise. They are led
by a brass band and church choir.
The concourse passes up the broad
graveled walk. which runs between
rows of ancient cedars, to the center
of the cemetery which is odd, quaint
and beautiful. There they pause and
sing hymns. in which all the people
join. The singing stops as the sun
light comes over the rugged eastern
hills. All is silent and solemn while
the clergyman reads out the names
of those who have been placed to rest
in the burying ground since the pre-
vious Easter.
Evening star., 1921-03-27
TWELVE VARIETIES OF JAPANESE CHERRY
TREES ARE BLOOMING IN POTOMAC PARK

resent tive Of the capital city Of japan to the
great friendly republic would be favorubiy re-
ceived.
On my return from Washington I took the
necessary steps to approach the mayor OF TO-
kio, through the proper channel. and have
no doubt that the formal notification Will come
from our embassy in due course of time. The
cherry trees will not live if they are shipped
during the warm season. SO l hope you and
your friends will understand that the trees
, cannot and will not arrive in Seattle until
some time next winter. to be planted in Wash
ington early next year.
The Japan Mail (Tokio) on Decem-
ber. 1909, said: THE Toxic munich
pality has decided to present Mrs.
Taft with two thousand young cherry
trees grown in the grounds of the
Agricultural College of the Toxic I'M
perial University. Preparations are
now being made to forward them to
Washington by the N. Y. X. liner Ava
Maru. which leaves Yokohama on the
18th december, 1909 instant"
The Japan Mail gave this news to
it's Toxic readers:
Learning that Mrs. Taft, the wife Of the
new President of the United States. and other
ladies' in America who are in sympathy with
Japan have in contemplation a scheme to i'm
port japanese cherry trees and to plant them
section of the bank of the Potomac river
in Washington city. where public park is
now being laid out the Toxic municipal au-
thorites have decided to present u number of
Evening star., 1921-03-27
utsukushiki sakura, Charming cher
ry tree" of Japan
X x x n

4 =
| ry tree" of Japan.
X x x X
THE eighty pioneer trees were in
| their places on the next Saturday
afternoon "a miracle of rapid ac-
tion following Mrs. Taft's quick de-
cision, executive ability and her tall
ent for getting things done. AS if
| grateful for this signal recognition,
after so many years of denial, those
| little treelets made good and bloomed
their little best the next spring, and
| each year since have delighted their
! admirers with the greatest profusion
| of double blossoms closely packed on
| the bare branches
! The day after Mrs. Taft's letter was
received DR.. Takamine happened to be
In Washington, in company with Mr..
Midzuno, Japanese consul general in
| that washington was about to have
a Mukojima. thanks to Mrs. Taft's in
terest and prompt undertaking"
will Mrs. Taft accept a thousand
cherry trees for her Mukojima %
asked DIR. Takamine. please find
out In fact. l had better give her
two thousand trees. She will need
them TO make any show"
oh. you cannot offer such a gift to
the American gogo sama (title by
which the Empress of Japan is des-
ignatedj- Some one might call it
reclame. Give them in the name of
; the city OF Toxic" said Mr.. Midzuno.
Very well" said the unselfish one
And once these cherry trees are es-
tablished in the Washington park
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IA ARS. TAFT Bought and Planted the
1'A First Eighty Trees in 19O9-The
Gift of Three Thousand From the City
Of Toxic Through Interest of DR.. J.
Takamine-DiAerent Varieties All
Bloom Within Month.

such things of spring beauty and
joy as cherry trees than poplars and
willows. one such grim engineer
countered on me with
Yes, And when the cherries are
ripe, we would have to keep the
park full of police day and night.
The boys would climb the trees to
get the cherries and break all the
branches,
'But these cherry trees do not
hear chcrries-only the blossoms"
Evening star., 1921-03-27

first Saturday afternoon, April 3. on
Monday morning not" was dis
patched to Mrs. TAFT, making the
time worn plea for Japanese cherry
trees in Potomac Park. and Wcdnes-
day brought this response.
The White HOUSE. Washington.
Nv Dear - ---. Thank yuu very mach
FOR your suggestion about the cherry trees.
have taken lie mater up ana am promised the
trees, hut thought perhaps II would lee best
10 make an av.np" Of them extending down IA
the turn OF thr road. the other part che
yond the railroad hridgc.-Id. is s:ill Too
rough TO do any planting. or course. they
could not reflect in the water, bur the effect
would be very lovely on the long avenue Let
me know what You think about this.
sncS"ly yours, HELEN II, TAFT.
April :. 1907
How different spirit from lAc
Evening star., 1921-03-27

rieties in the combinations and in the
places best suited to them and in .c-
cordance with age-long garden ira
ditions in Japan, but such aid was
declined OF these 1920 trees of
twelve varieties. 1900 were devoted
to an original plan Of having them
entirely encircle the Tidal Basin ip
order that these earliest gloominy
varieties might reflect. their beauty
in still water.
a few were planted in the White
House grounds and some were
given to Rock Creek Park. some
1900 trees were set in rows in a
sort of nursery garden on the land
now occupied by. the first of the
Navy Department buildings, at the
corner of 18th and b streets. The
Evening star., 1921-03-27

perhaps I can get them planted in
New York. L have offered to give
them TO park commissioner after park
commissioner, but they would never
accept"
Very naturally. Mrs. Taft did accept
Or. Takaminc'S offer of two thousand
trees 10 carry out her plan of an ave
nue. OF blossoms by the river bank
and her note was passed on to the
donor. who at once calkSd instruc-
lions to Toxic.
ON April rs Consul GeneFMl Midzuno
wrote:
In reply to your kind note beg to say that
hope you will understand that the converse
ti0n DR.. Takamine and ] had with You at
Washington on this subject 10 just a preim-
mary step. We arc very glad to learn that
LAG cherry trees TO be presented by the rep
Evening star., 1921-03-27

engineers. vainly appealed to for
more than a score of years.
Il have planted elm trees along
that river road" said the 5. p. Z. q.
of that day, when he heard of the
plans for the beginning of a cherry
tree avenue.
Take them up" And the strip
ling elms made way for the spindling
little ''prunus pseudo cerasus. with
prOfuse flowers and deciduous leaves"
as the botany books call the loved
Evening star., 1921-03-27
, BT ELIZA RUHAMAH sC1DMORE.

A FEATURE of unique beauty
~ which distinguishes Washington
Il and Potomac Park over all cities
and parks in this country is the
show OF Japanese cherry blossoms No
other city or park has anything COM
parable TO or approaching the great
masses. the clouds and pillows of pale
pink flowers that surround the Tidal
Basin and border all the river front,
when the 1920 gift trees and the eighty
trees of Mrs. Taft's original purchase
suddenly clothe their bare branches with
rosy foliage
On April 4. 1909. exactly Il month
after coming to the White House to live.
Mrs. Taft had the first eighty trees
bought and planted between Polo Field
and the river bank. and every season
since they have rewarded her by the
most profuse blooming Hearing of her
interest in his country's cherished bloom.
DIR. Jokich Takaminc, a Japanese resi-
dent of New York, offered Mrs Taft
1000 cherry trees to plant in the plea sure
ground. and the offer was accepted. The
trees arrived from Japan in January,
Evening star., 1921-03-27
The Scrap.
CONGRESSMAN interrupted the

n reading Of a report to say:
"Oficial language is always rather
ludicrous Once two scrubwomen in
government employ had an argument.
as a result OF which the weaker ves-
sci was laid up for some days.
IAN official inquiry was duly held.
and the victorious scrubwoman re-
ceived a letter. which said. among
other things:
els it true. as reported, that said
Mrs. Hagan received certain ocular
and nasal contusions at your hands%
Tho sTubwoman in oficial Lam
guage wrote back:
.T regret to say that the answer
A. &-4nfhas1n04nAEK
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BY STERLING HEILIG.
PARIS. March 90. 1921.

PARIS. March IT, 1y21.
n RESIDENT Millerand has glori-
r fed the frock coat. or Prince
Albert. President Millerand
Sfr,,l, ,potbar l1aw
Evening star., 1921-03-27

AS long ago as the winter of 1885,
- 1856 It was urged upon the su-
.pecfntendent of public buildings and
Erounds that. since they had to plant
someehing on the dreary stretches
Of reclaimed ground at the foot of
2zth,6treet. they might better plant
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
PAY SIS "A MONTH

Five de1ars month Is another way Of saying
that any one can afford to take advantage of this sale.
Youn nevev regret this small expenditure.
Our cask pIan Of selling
3emits you to buy at this low price with no extra
charge for credit machine Is paid for within ninety
day1
payments sxtend beyond that period we
cjMnse64.
~
Beiosr b detdiied letter from the Sal
Of the Poole Manufacturing Co., telling tn
and circumstances of this transaction.
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
DEATHS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A.. IS yrs, 1895
Rhode Island ave. NV. ~
ARMEs--Mary B.. es yrs, 3iiS 18th st
W.
BLuE--chsries II. 50 yrs. Home for Aged
'CoSNELL--John A.. II yrs. lA3 North
tcr~niins ave. se.
suLLIvAN-John j., jr.. yrs. ssis sth
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. mos. children's
t1%sps 100
,rcKETT--cieo r.. ss yra, scv 3 1t. NV
GHILDs--Andsrson. 73 yrs. 3sth and Ben.
ming rd ne.
BRowN--Martha. as yra. Frssdmen's
Hosp.
fsARRIs-oins ". . yrs.. 1911 y 1t. NV.
REEDS --sincistr, 1 yry ChiIdrsn'e Hoop.
oMPsoN--Margusrits, mos. 81 Q Of
fw
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
DEATHS,

WATERS. on Thursday. June Dad. ELLA
r.. beloved wife OF the late DIR. Charles
Island ave. ~. W. fnfsrment private
Maryland papers please copy.
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
MARRIAGES.

FENSER-LAERoID-- Hans. 2s; MadsliaA
* The Rev. Jsmss Buhrsr.
GARDENER -MacNALI4Y - Levi o., 80;
Msrsarst o.. -. The Rev. John Z.
Scr l-MiDT-wEsT--Adsm NJ. "a: Louise
e. The Rev. David r. ccveii;
BLAkF-HEFNER--Cha ries A.. 81. Bertha
70. Tho Rev Leo Rippy.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. = Frederick H..
81, Boston. Mas Edna g., 80. The
Rev George =, Dudley.
LiNToN-wILLaAMsOE L., 80,
1rookiyn; y. y; Mary u. The Rev.
vENT-coTTER--Roy H.. II, Louis-
vilIe,. KY. Elizabeth D.. a. Hartford.
Conn The Rev. John NJ Mcnamara.
sIssON- p. ~: Msry
r.. 81. both Of Emmerton. Va The
Rev H. J. Stewart
BEAx-cHAPAAN--Lu Il. e.; Tracy
O.. "a. both OF York. Pa. The Rev. John
r.. Huddie Eg
DAWSON ~; Gertrude, II.
both OF coichestsr. Va. The R.v. H,~-
ard r. Downs
sssossr,. s rIor.ne. b. 81 s.ls
more. Md. The Rev. John z, Hrigss.
The Washington times., 1921-06-02

cox Raymond D. and Luia. tey.
NOONE~-John r. and Mamie y boy,
porEN--yrssk 2 an1 Bessie q: -.
wALLAcEJsmss 3 and Aenss =. wei
slA1sb sHFSsb Rs;ss, ~ = ana E.s!ys T. ~;
ATkJESoN--Jsmes and Euth ~ e!Ya'
LAwrrR-Bmmit 4. ana Catesrins K'.
MiIBt toxNs--char,ss \. ana Disssssts
MAxw fLI~-Harry y. ana yrspss N.
wEITINo--rseyd ,. ana osrfrsAs. firI.
DOkAN--Wilbsr 4, and MarRhret. rL
FlNCH-rrvd r. and France ". girl
REEp--Weiford and Naomi e. boy
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
oUsTAv oPPUMMnIHGHn.

The body Of Gustav oppsnheinnsr.
Washington business man. who disd
ysstArday At his home In beverley
cesrta viii - inferred ip washing
ton Hebrew csmsteryl Services will
b held ffen his apartment this after
s:en st o'clook. ths Rev Dr., Abran
simon elI1e1Ating.
NJ. oppsnhsirssr was ssnior man.
bsr of tie arm Of Oppsnheimer's
&hop Unique. Eighth and = streets
northwest which Will be closed untii
toOerrOv negning on account Of his
death Hs wss Z member OF the As
sociatisa o. The Oldest Inhabitants Of
the District Of Columbia
Oppenhetnsr: three dAughtsrs. DR..
Ella Oppenhe1mer and the Hisses
caroIi1e an1 Gala Oppenhsimsr. and
. son, sylvan Oppsnhsimsr
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
DdATMAs 4. LINTmICUM

Funeral services for Matthias A.
Linthieum, for many years connected
with the National Electric supply
COMPANY, and more recently manager
Of the automobile department of the
concern, viii be held tomorrow after
noon at $3.50 o'clock at the chapel OF
w. r. SPARE Company, 1905 n street
northwest Intsrment will be In
Western Csmetery, Baltimore. Md.
Mr.. Linthicum died Monday at his
residence, 1902 Rhode Island avenue
northwest He was unmarried and Is
survived by q sister.
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
cHAxxoTrE G. o.DAY.

Charlotte I Catherine 0'DAy. two
ysar-oid dauo4ter OF Policeman Ger
aid J. o'Day. Of the Ninth precinct.
died Tuesday night IT children's Hos
pital altar Z weeks iiiness. The
child sunerAd from acid In the blood.
the same naiaAy that caused the
death OF former Vice Prssidsnt Mar
shalps Adopted son. Five childrsn's
spSciAIiste were called In.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning At the parentf residence.
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
Births, marriages, Deaths
$500 Pm Obituary. Desk

i22s Twentieth street northwest. IT,
termsnt win be in Mt. Olivet Gene
terry.
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
BIRTHS.

BARKER-Asa r. ana Minnie ttwins)
LADDBUsH-Frank u. ana H.l.n T.. sirl
ROerNBuecH-cari W. NJ and Elsie c.
MkLLOY--John " and Joanna c., girl.
HAdEN--Otto and ,EstelIa. girl.
NBYER--Cari and Sarah C., girl
BoeHER-Raym L. and Madeline L.
The Washington times., 1921-06-02
ldhs. NJ. Z. xIMMERMAN.

ALEXANDRIA. va, June 2.--Mrs.
Mary Ellen Zimmerman died at her
home. liS North Alfred street. yester.
day. She Is survived by her husband
and two children. Miss Laura J. zim-
norman and j. r.. Zimmerman, jr.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-08

Yet probably such fear, II it Is
fclt is due not so much to disquiet-
ing conditions in the present age, as to
imaginative cxaggcratiou Of the har-
mCny of the past. From tho day of
the Revelation until now we have had
lukewarm churches and wealthy
churches-not always the same. We
have had vigorous churches and poor
churches-not always the same.
The fact that an age so eager for
practical results, so watchful Of invest
ment, should entrust such funds to one
denomination, is an indication that
these voluntary contributors have seen
the moral and spiritual fruits Of their
sowing. All things American must
move with magnitude and the gigantic
activities of ,Methodism among us arc
merely the little Wesleyan work OF
1889 enlarged to Yankee scale. This
vast financing, and the heavy fiscal
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e Miahty .Methodists.-Se,

The Mighty .Methodists.-Seventy
million dollars were disbursed during
1920 by the Methodist Episcopal
church. The salaries Of pastors re-
CURED nearly s25.OOO,OOO. About $11,-
100000 was spent for church build
ings and improvements.
For a church whose Independent life
dates from meetings in the old "Foun-
derry" in London. church whose early
evangelism included so much street
and field preaching, these figures are
fabulous. Yet this shows only the
work of the American branch OF the
strongest of Protestant denominations,
When such millions are mentioned,
the lingering order Of circuit riders
may feel an old and natural fea :.
This is the dread of all religionists,
that their household of faith may be-
come like the church Of the Laodiceans
in the Revolution, "rich and increased
with goods" and "lukewarm, and nei-
ther cold nor hot"
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J.C. WLBORN RE4E EE41rr.
OFFER FOR SALE

80 Acres-One 5-room house, l good
tenant house,. 80 acres under cultiva-
ssS ton; ;o half mile of Union school, Price,
$50 Aeres-7 niles from York, on
Turkey creek. about 5ahorse farm open,
90 acres of fine bottom. No dwellings,
but great bargain. Priee, S4,000.0o.
406-Acres-On Turkey; creek, near
Chester county line; one Groom resi-
dence; rs acres under cultivation; 900
acres i'm woods; 21-2 miles OF church
and school. Price, $500 per acre.
1872 1-2 Acrcs-Two miles OF York
courthouse; / house 4 rooms; acres
Of bottom lands; mile Of good school;
good new barn. Price, S3,0OOOO. Ad-
joining this farm is 4S IL acres, 8.
room house, and barn. Price, $4,000
per acre.
.J.C. WLBORN fsAa EgAArr
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MIGHT HAVE BEEN ADMIRAL
General Pershing's Original Choice
Was the Navy.

General John ]. Pershing might
hcve been an admiral had not the lure
of land operations been more impell-
ing than aquatic warfare, for in his
youth he received an appointment to
Annapolis, says a Kansas City, Mo-,
dispatch. When Governor Arthur B.
Hyde started to introduce his father,
Ira B. Hyde, to General Pershing yes
terday the general smiling interrupted
him saying:.
Governor you don't need to intro
ducc your father to me. because have
known him good many years. He
once appointed me to Annapolis"
General Pershing then spoke of the
time when his father took him from
their home in I.aclede, Mo-, to Prince
ton, to meet the elder Hyde, who was
then a member Of congress from that
district, and how Mr.. Hyde had ap-
pointed him to the Naval Academy.
On returning home, however, young
Pershirg and his father reconsidered
the matter and the appointment was
declined because the future general Of
the American Expaditionary Forces in
France thought he would prefer the
army. Later he was appointed to
West Point by CONGRESSMAN Burrows.
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them all that nothing SlOGid Ds
changed, and that nobody but thcLA-
selves should share the secret, soma
how life seemed different. Two 81
three days after the momeEtous cay
of the raising of the rose tree, Martin
Lloyd went to his mine at +! Nido,
and the interrupted current of life IN
the brown bungalow supposedly found
its old groove. ..-
But nothing was the same. The doc
tor, in the first place, was more silent
and thoughtful than the girls had ever
seen him before. Anne ard Alix knew
that he was not happy about 'Cherry's
plans, If the younger girl did not. With
Alix only he talked of the engage
ment, and she knew from his COM
ments, his doubtful manner, that he
felt il to be q mistake. The ten years
difference between Cherry and Martin
distressed him; he spoke of 1t again
and again.
Cherry was changed, too, and not
only in the expected and natural ways,
Alix thought. Her daily letter from
Martin, her new prospects, not only
increased her Importance in the other
girls eyes, but innocently inflated her
own self-confidence. She had prom
ised TO keep the engagement "or un-
derStanding, or preference" a pro-
found secret, but this was impossible.
First one intimate friend and then an
other was allowed to gasp and ex-
claim over the news. The time came
when Anne decided that it vas not
decent" not to let Martins aunt know
Of It. when all these other people
knew. Finally came dinner TO the
Norths', when Cherry's health was
drunk, and then the engagement pres
ents began to come in.
Her father only looked tenderly in
to the >blue eyes and tightened his
big arm protectingly about the slender
young shoulders. But he was deeply
depressed. There was nothing to be
said against young Lloyd. 1t was only
unused the doctor, aghast-only
what was being done in the world
every day. But he was staggered by
the bright readiness with which ali
of them-Chcrry, Martin, the other
girls-accepted the stupendOus fact
that Cherry wns to be married.
She was quite frankly and delight
edly discussing trousseau now, too en-
tlrciy absorbed in her own happiness
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10 sec that the other girls had lives 10
live rs well as she.
81 got my cards yesterday, she
said one day. i was passing lle Sll"p
aud ] thought | might as well. Inc
woman looked at me so QueerIy; she
said: Mrs. John Martin Lloyd. Are
these for your motherE NO., | said.
They're for me" | wish YOU could
have seen her look. Martin says in
today's letter that he thinks people
VIII S'E III N'' "''Ur'',''' "llu
hc says that YOU are to come up 10
visit us, ana were gong 10 hhu 20"
q fine husband. Wont II ne luilhE 10
think of your visiting me! Oh, ana