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Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Making A Good
Seed Bed

A sponge's capacity to take up wa
ter is largely dependent upon the
size OF the holes in it, A coarse
sponge with holes as wide in diane
ter as the finger and many of them.
will not hold as much moisture in
suspension as will a sponge of the
same size with fine pores and smaller
orifices.
The soil acts as a sponge, holding
moisture for the plants, and the finer
the soil the more readily it holds
moisture and the more moisture will
IL contain. Finely sifted and close
packed, the tiny rootlet OF the seed
ling comes in contact with its nour-
ishment at once and starts rapid
growth. II the soil is lumpy, with
large interstices, a seed may send
its first sprout out into space until
it can reach more closely packed
earth. The fine soil draws moisture
from the bottom upward by capillary
attraction, and the finer it is the
more readily the moisture is drawn
through the surface and the soil even
ly moistened. In coarse, lumpy soil
the water is not drawn up regularly
from below.
For this reason it is necessary to
take extra care to sift the soil for
seed boxes, and for the top layer of
the hotbed or cold Frame In order
to prevent too rapid drying out, it
is necessary to pack the fine soil
firmly over the seeds.
The coarse screenings from the
soil are useful 10 spread over the
bottom OF the seed box to provide
drainage. Over this the fine soil
should he spread evenly and firmed
down. Tho finer the soil and the
more fertile 1t is the better the ger
mination and quicker the growth of
the little plants. 'st~.
A great deal OF seed is wasted, and
many attempts at sowing seeds in.
doors prove failures at the very start
because the soil is not properly pre-
pared. Next to this is the failure to
provide suitable drainage. The seed
box must be built so that the soil
will retain moisture, but will not re-
main water soaked and sour. Over
watering promotes fungous disease
known as "damping off, which causesI
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Member or
Wedding Party

Lieutenant r. S. A. GLADDEN., U. S.
NJ. c., son of Professor and Mrs
Thomas l.. GLADDEN., of st. Johns
College, spent the weekend in Fred
ericksburg, Va, where he was one
OF the ushers at the wedding OF Lieu
tenant Beverly Stuart Roberts, U. S.
VI. c., and Miss Katherine Hurcamp
Ford, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam j. Ford, which took place on
Saturday afternoon at the Presbyter-
Ian Church of Fredericksburg, and
was, followed by a reception at the
home of the brides parents. i'i
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Here For
weekend

Lieutepant Harold burst Hail, U,
). NJ, c., now stationed lat Quantico,
was the weekend guest iof Captain
and Mrs. D. NJ. Garrison. Lieuten-
ant, Hail is the author of series of
articles on life at the Naval Acad-
envy which the Saturday Evening Post
Is publishing. The first OF them call.
ed "Plebe's Progress" appeared in
last weeks issue OF the paper
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01

War veteran residing in this state.
declares her opinion that 1.-THE world
is no worse today than it was when
was girl
Mrs. Bennett, however. depiores
what she calls "a lack of neighbor-
illness" on the part of present-day
Americans.
THE world has become CONNER
cialized and there no longer is the
friendly attitude of one person toward
another that was noticeable when
was a girl" Mrs. Bennett said. But
so far as real goodness goes, | can't
see but what folks today are Just as
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Returns To
Naval Academy

Mrs. +. <. Pettygrove, who has been
a patient at the Emergency Hospital,
where she was operated on for APP
pendicitis fortnight ago. returned on
Saturday to the residence of her SON.
in-law and daughter. Commander and
Mrs. Charles SouIe.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Mrs. Vanskiver Gives
Out Facts In Her Case

appetite and anyhow l was afraid to
eat knowing the dreadful suffering
that was sure TO fellow. was so
short of breath | couldn't climb the
stairs or walk few blocks without
being completely tired out, and
could get no restful sleep.
MY first bottle of Tanlac conyinc-
ed me that / had the right medicine.
single ailment. / consider Tanlae
one of my best friends. and recon-
mend it at every opportunity"
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept no substitute. Over 81
million bottles sold.-lAdv)
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01

'"i'| tt tt4 iItffts ti 4fF
subscription card party given
rlay afternoon at the residence OF
Thomas r. Kurtz, IA Porter Row.
Academy, for. the benefit of the
n Child Society," was one of the
successful affairs of the kind
has tnken place this year. Both
Ile $500 and Nah Jongg were
3D. there being 32 tables in all.
isohe prizes donated by Messrs.
~, Banks and Biddle. Caldwell,
"a and number of private in
aals worel won by Mrs, r. G.
Fer who had top score i'm bridge
got a beautiful pair OF brass
silestieks. Mrs. A. Il. Shutz. of
] go, whose prize was pair of
'ieCopeland candlesticks: Mrs. z.
'anderkloot. a picture; Miss Mary
/ DAN Magruder. a large basket of
'rted fruits: Mrs. o. l.. Downes,
'.sGct Of flowers. The 800" prize.
tx Of candy, was won by Mrs. st.
'gc Barber. and two attractive
Jongg aprons were won by Mrs.
l3ms C. Wickham.
addition potted begonias we're
% as individual table prizes. Re-
l1ments were served after the
was over. The Christ Child
49, branch of which was re-
g established here under the
deacy of Miss Eliza Magruder, is
GAolic Society. which works for
ben of all creeds. color and race.
saoa-denominational in its mem
|Np. The money raised yester-
Will lie devoted 10 the purchase
a'6 and ice for poor children dur
Ae summer and giving a change
ar to some children WHO other
= could not have one.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Recovering From
Appendicitis

Eleanor Dashiell Hatcher, the little
daughter OF Major and Mrs. Julian
Hatcher. and granddaughter of Mrs.
Robert B. Dashiell, who was operated
on Saturday at the Emergency Hos
pital for an acute case OF appendicitis,
is convalescing rapidly.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Returning To
Country Home

Mrs. Edwin Pugh Bangh was among
the guests at the luncheon given to-
day by Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilmor
at the Maryland Jockey Club before
the opening OF the Pimlico races.
Mrs. Baugh will return this week to
her country house, Uchllyn-on-
Severn.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
lnrnlng Tnder Mound PeI.Kn

blue mountains wound a road
skin along green water.
.q banks al low tide widened--
single sail no wind -.
giyes way 10 a sea OF sun
.be old year melts i'm freshets--
can send my messengers.
geese homing TO Lo-yang!.
Wang Wan TRANSLATED by
Witter Bynner.)
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Is Glad To Recommend Tanlac
For Benefit OF Others. De-
clares Esteemed Baltimore
Resident.

Il was sick unto encouragement.
but the Tanlac treatment completely
restored my health" and / will al
ways praise it," declared Mrs. Mar
garet vanskiver. 101 Patapsco St.
Baltimore, Md.
For several years led a miser-
able existence with stomach trouble
and a rundown condition. / lost all
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Former Resident
Here On Visit

Mrs. Karl Lundelius, OF German
town, Pa. and her children are visit
ing the formers mother, Mrs. Elijah
Williams, oSaS, Maryland avenue. Mr..
Lundelius joined his family for the
weekend.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Social and Personal
WHAT is LOvEl

|, What ifs love. / pray thee tell
that .ountain and that well
~ pleasure and repentance
lgeil
perhaps. the sauncing bell
. ,olls an into heaven or hell;
.n.s Is Love, as ! hear tell.
Sir Walter Raleigh.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
How's THIS?

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE viii
DO what We claim for it-rid your
system of Catarrh or Deafness caused
by Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
consists of an Ointment which Quick
iy Relieves the catarrhal inflamma-
ton. and the Internal Medicine, a
Tonic, which acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces. thus assist
ing to resore normal conditions.
Sold by druggists for over a
Years.
F. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. o.
(Adv)
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01

the seedlings to rot off at the sur
face OF the soil. This fungus often
will ruin a box of seedlings before
the grower knows what is happening.
II can be obviated by providing drain
age at the start.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
WOMAN AT 50 PRAISES
PRESENT GENERATION
(Rv rho Assoclased Press.,

BATTLE CREEK, MICH, May L.
Mrs. Charlotte Bennett, SO years old.
Michigan pioneer and believed to be
the only surviving mother OF Civil
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01

filled with virtue as they ever we're.
Every generation has its faults and
its redeeeming features"
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Afternoon Bridge
In The County

Mrs. ]. S. Bowdoin, of Norman
royd." will entertain at two tables of
bridge on Friday afternoon in compIi-
ment to Miss De Courcy. who is stop
ping with Mrs. Howard Atterbury at
Maidstone Farm"
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01

when you are tempted to drink,
my man, you should think of your
wife"
MY wife doesn't drink New
Work. Eun
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
To Give Afternoon
Ten Saturday

Miss Elizabeth Persons has sent
out cards for a tea on Saturday aft
ernoon, May 5, in honor of the party
she will take on tour of Europe
this summer.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
From Visit
amp Meade

Alya Frank. daughter of Mr..
4 Mrs =. A. Frank. has been
bus a few days with Mrs. Fred
4 - Rosenbaum, whose husband,
4 Rosenbaum. Is stationed at
4 Meade.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
~ From
ladelnhin

''s. Thomas Leigh Catch. who
to Philadelphia to meet Lieut.
Imander Catch on his return from
E4ma, has returned with him to the
lence of her mother. Mrs. Robert
Dashiel
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Mind Visitor
y Baltimore

IS Fern Morrison. of Forest
Baltimore, spent the week end
Mr. and Mrs. III. NJ. Tongue. Jr..
attended the Midshipmen's Hop
auyday night at the Naval Acad-
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
StS At
ildSt0ne Farm"

.iss Marie DeCourcy, of Cam
-se. Mass. is visiting Mrs. How
Atterbury, of Maidstone Farm"
At,erbury's mother. Mrs. George
ey has come from New York and
'ith her for the summer.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
lad Mrs.
h Here

and Mrs. Robert Garrett came
baltimore yesterday and were
ght guests at Carvel Hall.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01

The man looking for trouble doesn't
have TO take out a search warrant
Greenville Piedmont.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
age Party For
Rngpr Spf

ass Betty Lee Snyder, daughter OF
= Philip Snyder. of Prince George
seI Will entertain at afternoon
.Nse on Friday. May 4.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
1 ns To

Cornelius Tompkins, Jr., has
lled her visit To Mrs. Prentiss p
70 and returned to her home In
.oas.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
! INK it
h Hall

a. e. Shut. OF Chicago, is
hos at Carvel Hall TO be with
r0ther and sister-in-law. Lieu
and Mrs. f. l.. Vanderkloot.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
/ tive Card
''1y Tomorrow

AF and Mrs. Ridgely P. Melvin will
a card party tomorrow evening at
'erdeen,' their home on South
Dr..
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-01
Concrete Around the Home

The average home owner can use everlasting.
sanitary Concrete in many ways to improve
and beautify his property Concrete steps.
walks, and driveways increase property values.
and when properly laid will never deteriorate:
Concrete benches, flower beds and boxes, and
clothesine posts are useful convenience which
please the housewife. A Concrete garage, eel
lar floor. cistern, or house foundation will pay
for itself in satisfaction and service. In fact.
practically any need or desire. from an entire
building to single step. canbe satisfied with
Concrete-the all-purpose building material.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
SPECIAL TALK SUNDAY
At UNITY AUDITORIUM

A special prosperity lecture by
Viva M. January will be given in
the Unity Auditorium, 1925 Eye
street northwest. at o'clock Sun.
day evening.
Thursday afternoon at s o'clock
Arthur P. Buck will give the fourth
of a series Of lectures on the
Keys OF the Golden Threads. the
subject for this week being, THE
Key to the Kingdom"
Miss January will lecture at 8
o'clock Thursday evening on the
subject: Vacation and Vision"
Special healing meeting will be
held at o'clock Friday afternoon,
conducted by Garnett January.
This meeting is one Of inspiration
and spiritual uplift which will
prosper our affairs and give US
q new outlook upon life.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
A|RMEN To VIEW
MYSTER|ESOF
kAULA ROCK
Army Expedition Expects to
Find Meaning Of Honolulu
Phenomenon.
BIZ International Nevs servtce.

HONOLULU, Aug. 10. United
States birdmen attached to army
flying headquarters at Luke Field
here are about to launch an aerial
expedition which is expected to
solve the mysteries Of Kaula, the
mighty rock which rears its head
hundreds Of feet above the Pacific
some fifty miles south and west Of
Kaula and Niihau, of the Hawaiian
group.
Plans for the cxperiment-which
will be in the nature of a photo.
graphic mission carried out by
Looming air yachts, with their base
on Kauai, the Garden Island"-
were announced by army authorities
recently.
Kaula, a rock Of tremendous
bulk, lifts a sheer series Of cliffs on
one side, while on the other an ex.
trenely heavy surf rolls in. It IL
said that but one living being has
ever been able to effect a landing
on the rock. A Hawaiian fisher
man. according to the story, pad.
died with friends in an outrigger
canoe to near the rock, leaped into
a. huge breaker and body-surfed
ashore. How he left the tiny island
IL not told.
The object Of the Air Service ex.
petition will be to photograph the
island from all angles in an en.
deavor to find, from the resulting
pictures, a landing spot.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
The Star-Spangled Banne

rebuild. They have already had
offers for the sites where their
buildings stood and will, it is
thought, sell. The devastated section
however, will promptly, be rebuilt.
The annual carnival for the bene-
fit of the Bethesda Cornet Band was
held on the grounds adjoining the
Bethesda public school building
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings and attracted large crowds
from this county and the District OF
Columbia. w. B. Smoot, leader of
the band, was at the head Of the
of arrangements. The band
gave a concert each evening.
The Supervisors of Elections are
arranging to use public school
buildings for registration and cleo.
ton purposes. But one such build
ing. Bethesda, will be used for the
registration on September 4, and the
primary election on September 10,
but the fall registration and Novem-
Der election will be held in as
many of the school buildings as are
available and conveniently located.
The plan will not only save the
county much money annually but
will provide more comfortable quar-.
ters for the purposes indicated.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
SEX NOVEL WILL
DIE OUT, SAYS
NJ CRATH
Vogue Has Reached Peak and
Ten Years Will See Them
Forgotten, He Predicts.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. lS.-1s
the sex novel passe?
Is the public clamoring for prob.
lem stories or has the vogue died
out?
"The sex novel will decline" says
Harold MacGrath, noted American
novelist of this city, ''as thas al
ways declined since the days Of
Reynolds. The wheel of fiction
turns; today the sex novel Is on top
Of the wheel, tomorrow at the bot
tom. For a purely sex novel has no
life and never had.
IF you will recall all the mas
ters," he adds, sex was a means of
exploiting some beautiful character;
it is abnormally vulgar. It is with
out any excuse save of pulling In a
few shekels.
ache is life, but a yarn around an
aching tooch wouldn't give 1t per-
.manency. I'll wager that not one
Of the sex novels OF today will be
remembered ten years hence"
DR.. Paul M. Paine, Syracuse H.
brorian, finds, however. that it is
the supply which is creating the de.
mand, rather than the demand
creating the supply.
Sex is never passe" he declares.
Readers generally take what is
new and what is offered. If it hap.
pens that sex books are being pro-
duced in greater quantities they'll
be called for. People during the
last few years have been bowling
for realism, so-called frankness with
regard to matters of sex. Some
books are so frank they are not fit
to be put on the shelves Of the pub.
lie library"
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
St Stephens
To HAVE OPEN
AIR SERVICES
Or. GIazebrook to Talk o.
Position OF Laynnan IN
Church.

Open-air services will be neld on
the new, site of st. Stephens p. =.
Church, Newton street, off Sixteenth
street, at o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
st. Stephens parish was begun rs
q mission in 1880. It became self.
supporting in 1892 with seventy CON-
municants and twenty Sunday school
scholars. The present church was
built in two sections, the first III
1895 and the completed structure liz
1911.
DR.. w. L. Glazebrook Is to speak
at the open-air services. His sub
ject will be, 1.-THE Position Of the
Laynan In the Church"
DIR. George r. Dudley, pastor, has
just returned from months vaca.
ton In Europe. He has Joined his
wife in Atlantic City and win spend
the rest of this month there. when
he will return to Washington. The
Rev. Clyde Brown Is the assistant
rector.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
'SW|F TSTAR' HIT
BY.L|GHTN|NG
At SEA
Mystery of Oil Tanker's Disap-
pearance Solved by Captain
Of Schooner.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-The title
"Swiftstar" was written today on
another mysterious disaster of the
sea.
The last chapter in the history
Of the Swiftstar, oil tanker, miss
ing several weeks, was written by
F. J. Follett, Of the schooner Albert
H. Wills. who sighted bits Of wreck.
age and lifeboats Of the Inflated
vessel July %, about 200 miles
north Of Crystobal, Panama.
The actual fate Of the Swiftstar
will never be Accommodating it,
place in maritime history with the
Cyclops, which was swallowed up
by the sea without leaving trace
behind, during the world war.
Captain Follett said he sighted
the wreckage just after a severe
electrical storm. He believes the
Swiftstar was struck by lightning
and demolished. The charred body
Of a sailor and a film of oil for
miles over the sea confirm this
theory.
The Swiftstar cleared Los An
geles last month for Fall River,
Mass, and was reported last at the
eastern end of the Panama canal,
July 13.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
B. Y. P. U. WILL HOLD
PICNIC NEXT SUNDAY

The third annual picnic and field
day Of the Columbia federation
B. Y. P. u, will be held on the
reservoir grounds. Rock Creek Park,
next Saturday from p. m. on.
Games, races and a good old-fash-
Toned get together will be enjoyed.
Brookland Union will entertain
the federation at the opening meet.
ing in September. Delegates TO
Virginia Beach and Braddock
Heights Assemblies will make their
reports at this meeting.
1t Is hoped some word will be
received from the Baptist Worlds
Alliance that met in Stockholm,
Sweden. regarding the organization
of a worldwide B. Y. P. U. Ger
eral Secretary James Asa White
attended the alliance meeting and
n now visiting European countries
with this object In view.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
Church announcements
Church Services JOunOrrol)

will preach tomorrow morning and
evening at the Vermont Ave. Chris.
tian Church. 1.-THE Universally ana
Necessity OF Incarnation. win be
the subject OF his morning sermon
while in the evening he will preach
on THE Incompleteness Of Nature
Without Jesus
Rev. DR.. Earle Whitley. pastor
Of the Vermont Ave. Christian
Church, motored with his family
this week from Windsor Lodge.
Va, to Bethany Beach, Delaware,
where he is spending some time be.
fore starting to the International
Convention Of the Disciples Of Christ
to be held at Colorado Springs,
Colo, beginning September 8.
Miss Louise Moddelmog, retiring
president OF the Senior society OF
Christian Endeavor Of the Vermont
Ave. Christian Church, has arranged
an outing for the members OF the
society this afternoon when q num-
Der Of automobiles viii convey tho
party to Chapel Point where q
picnic lunch will be served.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18

The Rev. Beecher L. Rhodes OF
Norfolk. Va. viii preach at Fifth
Baptist Church tomorrow Mt II
a. m. and at 7:45 p. m. On Sunday
August 26, the Rev. o. b. Falls
Of Bamberg, s. c., will preach at
both services.
DR.. J. w. Lee, Of Batesville, Miss,
who preached at the First Baptist
Church, Sixteen and o streets north.
west, will again preach at IL a.
m. and at p. m. tomorrow. The
morning subject will be Christ, the
Light of the World and the even.
ing subject win be Christ, our
Passover" Organ recital at TAO
to 500 p. m. by Professor Ferry.
Sunday School at $3.50 a. M, b. 7.
p. U. 500 to 1870 p. M A social
period will precede the devotional
meeting at o'clock.
Rev. w. H. Pinkerton, pastor Of
the Kings Highway Boulevard
Christian Church Of st. Louis, Mo-,