Evening star., 1924-06-08

ized the funding OF the war debt
owing this country, and the minister
Is to work out details with Mr.
Hughes and Mr.. Mellon.
Washington's azaleas and rhodo.
| dendrons have been possibly the
greatest beneficiaries OF the. diAtresH-
ing weather which has stubborniy
I held on for the past six weeks. and
F! they never blopmed more brilliantly
Or profusely Mrs. I4arz Andersons =
mammoth specimens which are clus-
| tered about the outer court of her
residence. on Massac husctts avenue,
| have caused motorists To pause and
| admire even In the rush hours of The
| morning and evening, Across the
| street is the long, narrow garden
which Mrs. Townsend has planted In
| fine rhododendrons with an ocoa-
| Sional wild azalea and they. too. are
| blooming more Hlorioualy than for
many seasons past. ON Potomac Park
the splendid paintings OF Dutch
| azaleas suffered from tho floods. and
the flowers lack the radiance uf past
years But they nre dream In the
Semiclrcle about the entrance or the
Pan American building. These szalraa
| are the varieties known as the Ghent.
and as to color and general growing
habit were carefully selected BY Mr.
John Barrett when he was director Of
the Pan-American Union. They are
year after year they increase their
| bloom. until now they look like great
patches of color. with only an edging
| of green showing between the clus-
| terS. Washington In spring and
opening summer is generally hot and
dry, and this is prejudicial to azaIeas
| and rhododendrons. so that there are
fewer great paintings of them than are
| found about New York and other
cities with more moisture. But this
L.,
fully displayed.
There are few gardens on Long
| Island without their patch of laven-
dar and the fragrance in blooming
time is one of the delights about the
| Shinnecock Hills. Southampton and
other centers of population. Iaven-
dar booths are an accepted feature
| in all charity fetes or street bazaars
Mrs. Fl. H. Rogers whose lavendar
| bed is one of the glories OF her
Southampton place provided nearly
| all that was sold at the recent street
! fair in New York city, the little bags
| being filled with last autumn's crop
| which had been carefully stored in
| tin all winter Theodore Roosevelt
| has lavendar bed at Sycamore
| Hills and one of the activities of the
Oyster Bay sewing circles is to make
the tiny silk bags which hold the
| fragrant herbs. The material for
| the bags is invariably scraps of
gowns or wraps with trimmings or
| lace or gold braid from discarded
| hats. The oyster Bay sewing circle
| is to make the tiny silk bags which
| hold the fragrant herbs. The mate
! rial for the bags is invariably scraps
! of gowns or wraps with trimmings of
lace or gold braid from disca rded
| hats The Oyster Bay Sewing Circle
! realizes a tidy sum every Christina $
| selling lavender bags, every cent of
which is clear profit. They also keep
| d number of bags in reserve for the
| baZaars and exhibits held several
times a year. Herb gardens are also
| having vogue on Long Island, and
these are utilized for the charity
| fetes. Mrs. Charles ID. Sabin (Polly
Morton that was), who is so earnest
Il worker for women in politics and
who is strenuouSly trying to clear the
| debt of the new Republican women
clubhouse in New York, finds that
good. fresh kitchen herbs, properly
dried and prepared for the winter
command excellent prices, and on
bazaar table go like the proverbia'
| hot cakes.
1t is vain 10 suppose that the pres
ent Congress, harrassed as IL is with
| momentous problems. will take tn.
time to study all the reasons why "The
Star Spanged Banner should not
be the national emblem and why
America" should and vice versa,