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EVANSVILLE
SOCIETY

The formation Of a horticultural
society in Hyattsville was first sug-
gested in the Fall of 1915. the object
then proposed being to bring flower
lovers into closer union and to encour-
age children to take interest in gar
dens. 1t was planned then to take
advantage of the nucleus OF an organ
iZation already existing in the Baptist
Church which for several years pre-
ceding had been holding annual Fall
fruit and flower shows. and to inaug.
urate monthly meetings modelled some.
what after those Of the old Botanical
Seminar. now the Botonical Society of
Washington.
The first organizers were chiefly
men interested professionally in plants.
4 constitution was drawn up and
signed by - charter members on No
vember 25, 1916. V. Is. Chestnut was
the first president. and DR.. J. r. S.
Norton and Prof. w. r. Ballard We're.
respectively the first vice president
and secretary The objects OF the So
ciety were Ito increase the fund OF
working knowledge Of horticulture Of
the members and TO promote an active
interest in and practice Of horticul-
ture among the citizens of the COM
munity." The membership was grad
uallv enlarged to include others in
terested in gardens, including the
women.
Meetings are held regularly the
fourth Thursday of each month eX-
cept during the summer. frequently
some member or a specialist from
the L. S. Department of Agriculture
or from the University of Maryland
presents a paper. which is freely dis
cussed Advice is given on any prob
lem presented, and brief notes are
given by members Many interesting
specimens are presented for consid-
Grafton, and the meetings are ad-
iourned after light refreshments have
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CLUB NOTES.

The National Wild Flower PreserVa'
ton Society. with headquarters AT
374O oliver street, this city has been
unusually active this Spring In pro.
noting interest in wild plants ana
their protection. Posters have been
supplied to several States to assist in
Campaigns for the preservation OF dog
wood and other Spring flowers. Mrs
r. w. Adams. a director of the So
cety, gave two illustrated lectures on
Sunday, May s. on Our Native
Flora" DR.. Z. \. Wherry, president
of the Washington chapter, lectured
before the Lions Club. May 5, in the
interest of native plants. The society
has recently issued a pamphlet en-
titled wild Flower Cultivation" by
DR.. Wherry. 1t points out the soil re-
quirements of a large number OF ma
tive plants.
The following home owners are an
nounced as winners of the home inn
provement contest conducted in Au-
rora Heights. Va. during the year
ended April Is. 1925, under the direc-
ton of the Garden Committee of the
Civic Association: T. f. Harrell, G..
O. Myers, Ashby Leith, w. n. Febrey,
F. A. Moss, C. A. Heltmueller. Wade
T. Akers, J. O'Brien, r. l.. Anderson.
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and John l.. Rees. These home owners
, made the highest percentage rates of
improvement during the year. All
homes in the community were rated
In April. 1925, and again in 1928 by a
landscape architect, and the percent
ages OF improvement were determined
from these ratings. Prof. F. l.. Null
ford, president Of the American Horti-
cultural Society, did the rating.
Homes of the following scored high
| est in the recent 1926 rating, regard
! less OF any previous rating: Addie
Weeks, e. l.. Kirkpatrick, Mr. F'reyer.
Fletcher Kemp. w. s. Benedict. My.
| ron Writer'S. r. A. Allison. Harry
, Raup. G. b. Flske. Fl. B. Angelo. A. ii.
Heinzman. "A. l.. Young, S. NJ. Angelo,
r. b. Claxton. Sam Kemp and S. M.
Kemp.
The committee In charge feel that
, this form of friendly contest has been
a very successful and effective means
of stimulating interest in home i'm
proVement
The lawn and garden committee of
the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens AS
ISOLATION is arranging for Spring
snow or flowers, fruits and vegetables
to be held June and 4 in the Sher-
wood Presbyterian Hall This will be
open 10 all residents in Woodbridge
and Langdon. Schedules and other
information will be printed in the MAY
issue OF the Neighborhood News. the
monthly publication OF the association.
or may he secured from Harold J
Gay, chairman of the committee. at
1908 Monroe street northeast. Some
40 people entered the products of their
yards and gardens in the Spring show
last year. and individual entries to.
tailed about 225. 1t Is hoped that an
even larger number will exhibit this
year
The garden activities of the Rhode
Island Avenue Citizens Association.
consisting chiefly Of lawn and garden
contests and flower, fruit and veeeta.
BILE shows. hitherto have been handled
by the lawn. garden and park commit.
tee OF the association. For savara,
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been served by the hostess. Most o!
the meetings are held in the home OF
some member. and the membership
is, therefore, closely limited. There
are now about 80 enthusiastic, PAID
up members The club purchases
seed, bulbs, and plants co-operatlVedy.
and makes photographs of the streets
and lawns about HyattsVille ana
Riverdale showing Improvements or
needed reforms. Some OF these are
posted about town, and others are
made into lantern slides and shown at
public lectures. The club endeaVofs
in every way to stimulate love OF
garden and pride in the appearance or
the town.
The officers for the current year
are 4. ID. farrell, president; Z: d.
Anderson, vice president. and mrs
Edna M. Reinohl. secretary.
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years, however. there has been some
discussion about forming q horticul
tural or garden club that should not
only take over the functions Of that
committee but in various other ways
further the garden interests Of the
community Finally. at the April
meeting of the association, a commit
tee was authorized to consider the
formation of garden club, and pre-
lininary report is to be made at the
June meeting Of the association. How
ever, 1t Is probable that If it Is de-
cidAd to orga niZe a garden club. it
will still remain within the associa.
ton. All residents of Woodbridge and
Langyion who are interested in such
an Organization are asked to get I'm
touch with the president of the asso-
citation. C. r. Smith, 1912 jackson
ytreet northeast.
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WARNED AGAINST REDS.

The general executive board Of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America has sent out a
warming to it's membership not to join
any movements affiliated with the
Communist International. the Work
ers' CommunisD Party OF America
and the Trade Union Educational
League or similar organizations, I'M
der penalty of forfeiture of member
ship In the Carpenters Union.
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bridges and LAO viaducts and cul-
verts, required in the construction Of
a large principal highway 287 miles
long, extending from Keelung in the
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in the south, thence eastward 20 miles
TO Heito, according to Consul Charles
L. Default. Taihoku, Taiwan, Japan.
The appropriation covers 10year
periOd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-15

The 1926 budget of the Taiwan gov
eminent Uapam provides for an ex-
penditure OF $6.OO0,O00 for the build
ing Of 81 large bridges, $40 small
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has been sported by certain we'll
dressed women of Importance at Palm
Beach, in southern California, at Nice,
or at Cannes.
Tiny parasols appeared at some of
these resorts late this Winter. They
were accessories of fuh-skirted taf-
feta frocks of picturesque appearance,
and those who saw them felt that the
paraSols vert carried for the effect
rather than as sunshades.
Most of us shall not trouble our
heads about parasols for many Il
week. yet the shops are already show
ing them. And wherever they are
shown there are women who stop to
behold. While we are yet treasuring
every ray of Spring sunshine it is
rather pleasant to think of a time
when we shall have TO carry sun
shades to protect ourselves from too
much Of it, SO may famished man
dream of a 12-course dinner.
Every sort of trimming device
known to dressmakers or milliners has
found it's way to parasols. The
ostrich feather parasol has been re-
vived. The plumes are long. un-
curled and cover almost the entire
parasol. Cretonne, glazed chintz and
blocked linen parasols are no less
popular. These are usually of the
seamless, one-piece variety. SO that the
design of the material need not be
broken.
Newer than these are straw para
soils. Some of them are knitted like
the knitted straw hats the milliners
have been showing. The straw is
usually of a neutral tint with a color
full design painted upon il.
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A Cold in the Head.

Spring and warm weather colds are
often the very hardest to shake off.
The longer they last. too, the worse
you look; they spoil the complexion,
both as to color and quality, they
make the nose swollen and red and
the eyes puffy. They bring on cold
sores around the mouth, and COM
pletely ruin your voice.
OF course, you'll do everything you
can to get rid of the cold. Take qul-
nine and a laxative Ito help clear the
skin as we'll as to rid your system OF
the poiSons from the cold get into
a large, hot. strong mustard bath ana
soak in it until you feel the heat all
through you. Wrap up in plenty OF
blankets and go to bed at once with
a hot-water bottle or two, and
lemon drink as hot as you can take
it, Have an extra cover or so on
you, and perspire the cold out. If
you do this properly, you'll have
broken up the worst cold by morning.
Use plenty of cream on your face.
neck and hands. for the cold dries the
skin. There are any number of oils
and ointmentS to rub on the nose,
or to sniff or to use as a nasal pack
ing that will clear out these congested
breath paSsaGes. Antiseptic gargles,
of course, must he used and shifting
them down the nose into the throat
will do wonders toward restoring nor
NAL breathing.
Vanishing cream is helpful when
the skin is dry; use it before you
powder. Use n hair tonic, too, for a
cold takes all the life and luster from
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BY WILLIAM BRADY, Nj. ID.

II toothbrushing is good hygiene
and l repeat / see no harm in it If
one likes to brush his teeth-then we
ought to have another brush with an
elongated handle to brush our tonsils
with. for they seem to decay early
when neglected. And to carry the
idea on to its logical end. one should
have a soft brush on a very long fiex-
ible handle. sort of probang. in one s
toilet equipment. for think Of all the
starches, lime salts, mucin and stuff
in ones stomach after a hearty meal.
Then some manufacturing genius
might perfect the probang by ap-
plying little jointed attachment for
giving ones gall sac a thorough clean
ing every morning before breakfast.
Copyright. 1926)
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Ny Neighbor Says:

When making biscuits, dough
nuts. cookies and jumbles, the
softer you can handle your
dough after turning il on to the
board. and the less you handle
it. the better results you will
get.
Wash your stove with ammo
mia water before polishing. Then
add some turpentine to the pol
ish, which should be very thin.
Rub first with a cloth. then
brush, then rub hard with
cloth again and you can see
your face on the stove. Best
results are obtained when the
stove is only slightly warm.
To clean brass. use plain am
nlonia, being careful not ito
have the cloth wet enough TO
dampen the surrounding wood.
Lisle thread and silk stock
ingS will wear much longer if
they are washed in cold water
before being worn.
Tumblers that have been used
for milk should always be
washed III cold water before
they are washed in hot. When
this is done, the milk does not
stick to the glass and they will
not have a cloudy appearance.
Always wrap table or bed linen
which is TO be stored away in
dark blue paper to keep it from
turning yellow.
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Don't Forget to Brush Tonsils.

Contrary to the belief of some peo-
pie who fail to find the symptoms or
q prescription here, it is not my aim
to be funny, flippant, sarca site, SEN
sational, peculiar, unorthodoX or un-
conventional, though 1 should try to be
all of these things If 1 thought that
would help along the idea. My object
Is TO teach certain principles of
hygiene to well folk, not so much to
sick people, and in the pursuit of that
object l do not hesitate to tip over
any apple carts that impede the way.
| am prepared to uphold everything
| say here, or to retract It and make
the amende honorable If it is not
right. At the same time I invite and
never fail to give courteous conSidera-
ton to sincere criticism offered by re-
sponsible persons.
When a dentist tipped over my
apple cart the other day / took the
verbal spanking he gave me in the
same good spirit with which he ap-
piled it. He said my teachings about
tooth brushing are dangerous, that l
have peculiar and lonely ideas" about
that practice and its relation to oral
hygiene, and that $50 called dirt on
the teeth consists of starches from
clean food, lime salts and mucin from
The saliva" and that any dirt on the
toothbrush Comes there because it has
been brushed off the teeth and it
might better be on the brush than on
the teeth. Finally my dentist friend
asserted in cruel newspaper type
where everybody could read it that
far from being an unclean object to
put in ones S mouth. the old toothbrush
may be made perfectly clean, bac-
terially negative. by rinsing it with
a strong stream of water and then
shaking some salt on the bristles and
hanging the brush up to dry until
next using.
If that is all dirt is. why brush it off
from the teeth? The mucin is a pro-
1ective covering or film. which tends
20 entangle bacteria and render them
Incapable OF doing any harm. Rather
bad policy, brushing that away, /
believe. StarcheS are not unwhole-
some. Dentists who have conducted
careful studies and animal expert
ments conclude that the old theory,
that Tactic or other acids formed. by
The bacterial fermentation of starcheS
or sugars on the teeth and between the
teeth, eat away the enamel or start
a cavity, is untenable. It never did
seem q reasonable notion. AS for lime
salts, it is news that they are inju-
rious to the teeth. A deficiency of lime
salts in the diet of the town dweller
is assigned by nutrition experts as one
of the causes of defective teeth.
In the article which aroused my
dentist friends reioinder said
didn't believe brushing saved any
teeth: that anybody who wished to
keep his teeth should visit the dentist
regularly twice a year to have his
teeth inspected, cleaned and, il nec-
essary, repaired.
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LITTLE BENNY


In skool today we was having jog
gritty and me and Leroy Shooster
started to roll a marble to each other
up and down the aile, being pritty
big size marble and making a pritty
loud noise rolling, but Miss Kitty
dident say enything and we kepp on
rolling it. me thinking, G. it's won
der she don't heer 1t, she can usually
heer less than this.
WITCH she can, and ! rolled the mar
BILE to Leroy SO it would make a lit
tie bumping noise wen it rolled, and
Leroy took the hint and rolled 1t back
the same way, and Miss Kitty sed,
Now, this is too mutch, this exceeds
my patience. I dident say enthing for
a vile because i wunted to see if a
certain boys would have intelligents
enuff to come to their sentses with
out my assistants, but inasmutch as
it seems not, Benny Potts and Leroy
Shooster will remain one half hour
after the class is dismissed.
Being bad news, and after vile
the principle sent some kid up to tell
Miss Kitty he wunted to see her down
in his office. and after she had went
out | had a ideer and I went up to
Leroy Shoosters sect. saying, Hay lie
roy, sipposing we take her waist pa
per baskit and run down and empty
it for her before she comes back and
maybe she'll be so glad maybe she
wont make us stay after skool.
G.. all rite, Leroy sed. And we each
grabbed one side of Miss Kittys waist
paper baskit and started to run out
with it and heer who was down at
the other end of the hall WaWking
back but Miss Kitty. and me and Le-
roy quick jumped back so suddin we
dropped the waist paper baskit and
everything went al over the floor. be
ing pritty good deel in it, and me
and Leroy jumped back In our seets
and after Miss Kitty asked who did
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SUB ROSA
By MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Isn't q Mind-reader.

One of the surest ways of getting
rid of a man forever is to get nice
and mad, and refuse any explanation
| whatsoever.
Bill told me the other day that
he could have forgiven Janet's cut
| ting him off in the middle of a tele.
| phone conVerSation--he could have
forgiven her breaking three dates in
| succession--if she'd had the grace
| to give him the slightest hint as to
| why she was acting that way.
But she can't take this high and
mighty attitude with me-" he told
me. eff she isn't fair enough to
| come out in the open and tell what's
on her mind, I'm off her books for
| life" And he meant it.
But listen to Janet, on the other
hand.
bill knows perfectly we'll why I'm
treating him this way" she informed
the world at large. He behaved
scandalously the other night at ks
dance--paid attention to everybody
but me--danced at least eight dances
with Jane and had no time for me
at all.
Naturally 1 was sore all the way
home, and the next night, when he
called up, I got so mad l just hung
up on him.
"If he'd make any sort OF an apol.
ogy I wouldn't have broken the dates
with him, but he's just too stubborn.
Insists on acting as if ] were out
of my mind"
So Janet will do nothing until Bill
has made an apology. And poor Bill
doesn't realize that he has anything
to apologize for.
When you girls fall in love. you
invaribly fall into a LOT of delusions.
One of them is that the man you're
in love with understands your every
thought perfectly.
IF YOU become suddenly cross at
him, you figure that he understands
the cause and is neither too stubborn
nor TOO proud to clear the matter up.
You never seem to realize that he
may be hurt and beWildered by your
sudden moods of ill-temper--that he
may not have the faintest idea what
it's all about--that he is innocent of
any intention to anger you.
BOYS don't understand girls as well
as all that. They may have guilty
feeling occasionally that they've done
something for which they ought to be
punished, but in that case, they're
usually the first to speak of the mat
ter, and get it off their minds.
If you snub a boy three or four
times, and he's really fond of you.
don't YOU suppose he'd be anxious
to clear up the trouble, once he knows
What caused it?
It isn't likely that he'd just ignore
the whole thing, and go on taking
snubs.
Only the chances are, when your
man appears to ignore your peevish-
ness. that he's just waiting for some
sign from you as to what's wrong.
If you stonily refuse to tell him
the reason for your unpleasant mood.
he can't be blamed if he leaves you
fiat.
] Now, if you're sulking because the
best boy friend won't apologize for
a great sin. stop sulking and find
out whether he knows he has some
thing to apologize for.
Mimi will be glad to answer any inquiries
directed to this~paper. provided a stamped.
addressed envelope is inclosed Also she will
be glad to send Food for Conversation and
How TO Overcome Self-Consciousness
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BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

even the healthiest hair. Rub cream
into the finger nails at night. as even
these suffer from a cold. Rest and
keep warm.
Mrs r. B. C.-FabrIc gloves cannot
take the place of kid gloves, but you
can wear them at times if you pur-
chase a good quality. j do not see
any economy in wearing fabric gloves.
as they soil quickly and require con-
stant washing and renewing. II it Is
a case of having more comfort in fab
ric rather than kid gloves it is COM
mendable. AS soon as they become
stretched or otherwise out of shape
they should not be used--at least, not
used when kid ones are necessary.
Evening star., 1926-04-14

An airman from i.
Who had swallowed a glass of ,
Said: Something is >
With my A
Or my planes got terrible 5
1. Manufacturing city in southwest
ern Michigan.
?. An alcoholic beverage made by
amateurs.
3. Out of the ordinary.
4. Apparatus for directing motion
two words)
5. Colloquial expression for lin
toXication."
Note-Those who have sampled
beverages such as the one partaken
of by the young man from Michigan
will admit that trying to fly imme-
diately afterward is good way TO
keep from getting old-as you'n see
when you complete the limerick. The
answer and another 'Puzzlick" will
appear tomorrow
Yesterdays "Puzzlick."
There was a young lady named Rose
Who always wrote verses as prose-
Had they scanned we might spot
What was meant to be what
But they didn't, and nobody knows
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Lessons in English
BY W. J.. GORDON.

Words often misused-Don't say
acoustics are a science of sound.
Say 'is.' The word is plural in
form but singular in construction.
Often mispronouHced - Debonair.
Pronounce the as in bet" IA as in
fare" accent last syllable.
Often misspeled--Coyote.
Synonyms-Sign, portent. presage
token, emblem, auGury, manifesto
tion.
Word study-"Cse word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease oup vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word;
Menace; tnoun) threat. Such pro
paganda is a menace TO the peace of
the world"
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IN THE CENTER IS 4 STRAW
SLIPPER WITH HAND-PAINT-
ED DECORATION AND TRIM
MING OF GREEN KID, AND
ABOVE 1T A PARASOL TO
MATCH MADE OF STRAW
WITH THE SAME HAND-PAINT-
ED DECORATIONS. BELOW
THE SLIPPER Is ONE OF THE
OLD-FASHIONED c CARRIAGE
PARASOLS THAT HAVE BEEN
REVIVED AS A NOVELTY FOR
SPRING.
Southern resorts here and abroad
parasols have been seen and observed.
1t Is, in fact, at these places that new
parasol fashions are tried out, The
more conservative folk who take va
cations only in the Summer do not
hesitate in carrying new and
stra nge parasol if they know that it
Evening star., 1926-04-14

Mimi will be glad to answer any inquiries
directed to thjs~paper. provided STAMPED;
be glad to send "Food for Conversation and
'How TO Overcome Self-Consciousness.'
Evening star., 1926-04-14

your plainest household things. They
cost too much! You can't entrvst them
any more to the ravages Of ordinary
laundry soap!
For just ~ more than you pay for ordinary
soap you use Lux-launder your clothes the
saving, protecting, fne-fabric way! Lux
lengthens the life of every piece-stops the old
wash-day wear and tear-saves dollars!
Every trace of dust and dirt vanishes in
the rich, creamy Lux suds. White pieces
come out sparkling clean, colored ones bright.
unfadedl And-so important-Lux saves your
hands, too!
For your protection Lux is sold only in the
familiar blue packages plainly marked LUX.
Two sizes-enough in the big new one for two
average Washings.
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it about 4 times and nobody elts took
the credit me and Leroy raised our
hands and had to pick everything up
agen and stay hour insted of a half
hour beSideS
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"puzzEcks"
-PuzzLe.Limertcks.

An airman from i.
Who had swallowed a glass of ,
Said: Something is )
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Parasols as Harbingers Of Summer
BY MARY MARSHALL.

So long as sun shines In Summer
parasol makers will find profitable
Winter sunshine is not
without it's source of profit, too, for at
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