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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

! and Japanese; phlOX, pansieS, gladl
oil, peonies, bachelor s-buttons, chrys
anthemums, hydrangeas.
| 1t is not a formidable list, Is It!
Yet it is in keeping with the American
spirit at this veritable center Of the
national American life.
Properly here there is no attempt al
display, no aim to impress with ar
array Of exotic plants. no striving fol
effect.
Yet perfect effect is gained by the
simplicity of the planting, the neat
ness Of the hedges, the proper grow
Ing of the ordinary plants common tc
most gardens.
The flowers In the White House
| formal garden may be duplicated in
| your garden or mine, dear reader, and
perhaps are, but our gardens do not
have the benefit of the expert culture
given this one.
| Therefore our gladiOli are not 5 feet
high, nor our Hydrangea paniculata
| grandiflOra "a tremendous name for
the ordinary hydrangeD graced with
perfect blossoms of an exquisite pink
There Is one clump of gladioli placed
within several feet of q window, Sc
that the sightseer interested in flowers
may study them at leisure. In ordi
these bulbs grow about 3l2 feet tall
or perhaps feet.
BY the selection of some tall-groW
ing variety, however. and intensive
| fertilization by skilled horticulturists
the gladiOlus may be grown from 5 to
| Z feet high, with flower spike a yard
| long.
The pansies are the huge varieties
featured by the Department Of Agri
culture in the annual bed displays in
front OF the main building OF the de
partment. They range from yellow
mahogany and purple to white, the
latter being placed at strategic points
to enhance the varied colorings.
The German iris are. of course
through blooming, but the Japanese
are now in flower. their fiat white bios
SONS being effective beside the pool.
II Is interesting to note that this
garden gets the full southern sun. as
ii is called, with protection from the
north winds. We did not note any
roses.
The phloX is probably the variety
Miss Lingard, the best early white.
The bachelor sbuttons are effective
against the hedge background.
The lawn, while good. is duplicated
i'll American hack yards all over the
land 1t simply shows what any one
may do who loves the grass and is
willing to care for 1t. Where. in all
the beauty Of plant life, is there any
effect more beautiful than that Of q
million grass plants in the assemblage
which we call IA lawn?
Many persons especially fancy the
hydrangea, the one with the long
name. These will be pleased with the
grand variety grown in the White
House garden. 1t is OF "a glorious
pink. the prettiest we have ever seen
in this flower.
The lessons which this garden will
teach the sightseer are those of neat
ness. care. proper culture and simple
ity. He sees no messy" look, due
to flower beds stuck here and there
but only deity set plants. growing
al proper points. plenty of good grass
neat hedges and common and well-be
loved flowers.
II these are good enough for the
White House, they are good enough
for us.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Are brothers and sisters more
blood relation to each other than to
their mother and father?.-T p.
A. The Eugene Record Office OF
the Carnegie Institution says that
brothers and sisters are more closely
related than father and son or mother
and son. BiologicaUy. q father and
son have onc-half common blood,
while a brother and sister have all
common blood. One contains with his
half brother the same amount of
common blood that he contains with
his father.
Q. DO snakes inhabit cold coun-
tries?-M. d.
A. Snakes are extremely sensitive
to cold. Many of our common North
American snakes do not range much
farther north than the Canadian bor-
der Others stay south of the Ohio
River. The range of the garter snake
is known to extend northWard to the
region around Great Slave Lake, and
there are records of the appearance Of
this snake from the Yukon region.
This snake has an exceptionally wide
range.
Q. Are there many radios on farms
in the United States?-H. w. l..
total approximately 900, 600, accord
ing to the latest estimate of the De
partment Of Agriculture.
Q. Is Dickens read more than
Thackeray or Scott?-L. +. r.
A. The Publishers Weekly SAYS
that Dickens is more widely read than
Thackeray, Eliot and Scott put to-
gether, There are no figures as 10
totals.
@ What is 1t charter party"?-
A II.
A. a charter party is the contract
executed by the freighter and the
master or owner Of a ship, setting
forth the terms upon which the ship
is hired to freight.
Q. How old are clans when
brought 20 market?-M. b. +.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
that the average clam seen on the
market is between 4 and years old.
The age of a clam is determined ny
the heavy ridges found on the shell.
These ridges are usually one-quarter
of an inch apart.
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Q. Please tell when Jerusalem was
destroyed?-L. E.
A. The Babylonians reduced the
City of Jerusalem in the year 5sf
BE. NebuchadneZzar demolished
the walls and all principal houses,
plundered and destroyed the temple,
and carried away to Babylon all eX-
cept the poorest citizens. Jerusalem
remained in ruins for 80 years.
q. How does the speed at which i
movie camera is turned in shooting Il
9icture affect the picture on the
screen?-A F.
a. Slowing up the camera speeds
UP the action. Therefore. if the
crank of a camera is turned slowly,
rapid.
q. What is the origin Of the term
Ounce III. 4 s
A. Ounce Is Il word introduced IT,.
the disciples of Thomas Aqunas IN
ridicule of the disciples of John Duue
SCOtus. who, although man of subtle
intellect, was held by the more
ignorant or prejUdiced at the time sc
the Reformation to be IL man Of in
Vincible stupidity.
q How much money is dona ed
to higher education in a year.
+. +. $.
A. The total amount of gifts and
requests given To colleges and uni
versities. excluding grants by the
United States. by the several states
and the municipalities, reported for
the year 1884 is $S1 ,722,SS7.
4 Sk THc1c Sam about II through the
Washington inflammation Bureau ~
The ErcninO star. Al kHolrlcdgc the
Government is GGiniug through re-
search and Investigation is GUGilGb,r
to BOu Don't hesitate to make yOur
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This ScrUicC IS for al reGierS Of The
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The ErcHinC star Information Blu
redu Frederic j. HnSktn. director,
WASHINGTON. ID. G.
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Building in the Mall,


new Commerce Department Building
IN the Mall. il is urged by the pro
r.onents of that site that it is in con
fornity with a plan advocated some
2sars ago by a commission which un'
der the auspices Of the Senate District
committee, made a survey OF the Cap
ital and proposed an elaborate scheme
which included the location of num-
her of public structures within TINS
reservation. That survey was never
approved by Congress, Nevertheless
it is constantly referred to as some
thing established, and building EN-
placements in accord with it are
spoken of as warranted by the NC
MILAN plan"
One of the chief features OF that
project was the limitation of what Is
popularity called the Mall to a rec
tangular space much smaller than the
present park area, extending from the
Capitol grounds to the Monument,
with buildings fianking the sides, and
formal design. When that plan was
devised there were standing within
the park only four structures, the
Smithsonian, the Old National Mu-
scum, the Army Medical Museum and
the Department of Agriculture. Since
then four others have been erected
not to count the temporary war build
ings-the New National Museum, the
two wings OF the enlarged Agrlcul-
ture Building and The Freer Gallery.
Now it is proposed to locate the Com
merce Department Building there. on
the north side, and in the contempla-
tion of the plan for new National
Gallery Building il has been accepted
that 1t would be placed alongside of
the New National Museum.
In the proposal to locate the Com
merce Department within the park. it
Is urged that it would not trespass
upon the Mall" inasmuch as under
the Mcmillan plan-which has never
been adopted-it would merely front
upon -haiI tlc itlt oat Al IhoN
scheme. In other words. under the
plan mentioned the Mail is to be cut
down from a large park 10 a strip of
sward with straight driveways. flank
ed by structures, a reduction by APP
proXimately sixty per cent.
The only possible justification for a
park placement of this proposed gigan-
tic building is that the site will not
cost the Government anything, as 1t
already owns the land That is a
dangerous principle upon which to
proceed II would. if followed con-
sistently, lead to the spoliation of the
greater part of the Capitals most dis
tinctive and valuable park 1t would
at the same time defer and perhaps
rerma nently prevent the redemption
of the disfigured south side Of Penn.
sylvania avenue, which is now a ma
tional disgrace.
The Department Of Commerce ur-
gently needs new quarters So do
other departments of the Government.
But the immediate meeting of that
need should not be at the cost of the
Capitals distinguishing feature, its
central park
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pended some 100000 or more. all his
own money. 1t happens in Illinois. as
in Pennsylvania. that the successful
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton had to expend practically no
money, George Il. Brennan having
been opposed in Illinois by two other
candidates of no political strength. In
Illinois. there is no law to compel
the filing of primary campaign eX-
penditures. nor is there any law to
compel the candidates and their COM
mittees to file expenses of the pri-
mary campaign in Washington. This
may make it somewhat more difficult
for the Senate investigating commit
tee to dig out the truth in Illinois
than 1t was in Pennsylvania.
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mentalists convey the comforting as
surance that our instinctively pugna'
cious representatives of scholarship
have to go far back to find something
to quarrel about.
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President Coolidge is said to EMO

President Coolidge Is said TO enjoy
walking more than any other form
of sport. This enjoyment is char
acteristic Of many people. However
President Coolidge prefers to take his
promenades through the leafy and
sequestered haunts of New England
instead Of along F street or the
Avenue, where the scenery is re
garded by many experts as mos,
exhilarating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

From the Christian Science Monitor.
Twenty-Five thousand pairs of wom-
ems shoes Of American make, recently
reported as too large for sale in
Russia, are to be shipped to Finland.
What do the Finnish ladies make Of
this?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

The Associated Press is exclusively entlfied
20 the Use for renuhliCatio1 of all ne VS. ms
patches credited 10 il or not otherwise creu
ited In this naper ard also the local news new"
published herein All rights on puhhcatlon
Of special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

Competition is mentioned by coal
merchants. No ultimate consumer
has vet received a bill to indicate that
there was a cut-throat war on hand
to reduce prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

An investigation Of affairs in the
District of Columbia looks like small
stuff when the figures involved in
various State elections are turned in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

Farm relief requires some adroit
management to avoid the possibility
of landing the farmer still deeper in
debt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

Political forecaSters continue to
range the country with a view to ex-
planning how a certain region is
going to vote and, usually, to sub
sequently explaining how it voted
several other ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
State normal schools have gradu.
ated 300 teachers this year. AS this
Is the largest list on record, their
efforts may be described as above
normal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

Eagerness to borrow money sug
gests that a number of nations have
adopted the famous Mr.. Micawber as
their patron saint in financial manage
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

Syria Is at this time regretting that
so many rumorS of universal peace
are proving unfounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30

Money talksn' In a political cam,
paign its expression is not always
logically convincing.
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SHOOTING STARS.
by pHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Printed Page.
I've read the words of wisdom spread
Upon the Printed page.
I marvel at the wisdom shed
To glorify the age.
1t brings the lamp which reason lights
TO guide us safe and free,
And yet we still have strikes and
fights,
Oh how can such things be?
These printed lines, from day to day
If measured end to end,
Would reach through space too fal
away
For us to comprehend.
Yet, even when we've been to school
We heather love to rage.
We let the fighting impulse rule
And scorn the printed page.
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Farm relief brings up the old con-
tention that ready money in hand is
better than ready wit in argument.
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Rate by Mail-Payabie in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
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Real Work.

Are you going to take vacation
this Summer
No" answered SENATOR Sorghum.
after engaging in comparatively
ton I'm now obliged to get out among
the home folks and do some real
work"
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Lightweight Apparel.


Mary had bathing suit,
She thought it large and crude
She had an inspiration cute,
And got herself tattooed.
Jud Tunkins says the Fourth of
July is gradually coming to look
mostly like a selling point for the
fireworks manufacturers.
The AutOcrat of Form.
For whom is that girl at the edge
of the pool waiting? The swimming
teacher?"
mo. The camera man."
Books.
The coal mans books he will not
show.
AS literature they would be slow.
We'd really rather read about
The fiapper and the race track tout.
sympathy" said Uncle Eben, lis
sometimes only de satisfaction some
one feels in lettin' you go ahead an
tell how much trouble you has got
| yohself into"
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The Evening Star. with the sunday Morn
inS edition. is delivered hy carriers within
the city at co cents per month daiiS ON.
as cents per month: sunday only. 20 cents
per month. Orders may NE sent by mai or
telephone Main 5000. Collection is MADE oy
carrier at the end OF each month
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nomination for the Senate has finally
narrowed down to former Senator
Atlee Pomerene and Judge Florence
f. Allen of the Ohio Supreme Court
Miss Allen and her friends are seeking
to rally the Democratic women. and
Republican, too, partly because she is
woman and partly because she is a
dry while Senator Pomerene is reck-
oned wet. 1t is on the cards, how
ever, that Pomerene will win the
nomination. Should Miss Allen then
elect to make the race for the Senate
as an independent candidate against
I'omerene the Democrat and Senator
Willis the Republican. it would re-
main to be seen whether she would
injure Pomerene or Willis. Senator
Willis. is dry and Miss Allen might
draw many woman votes from him. On
the other hand. she might draw dry
Democratic votes from Pomerene
Senator Willis friends insist that her
candidacy as an Independent would be
of assistance to Senator Willis.
4 y X
Having drawn a great deal of politi-
cal poison from it's investigation of
the Republican senatorial primaries
in Pennsylvania, the Senate Investigate
ing committee. headed by Senator
Jim Reed of Missouri. Democrat. is
soon to transfer it's activities to I'LL
| nois. Stories of huge expenditures for
the nomination of Col. Frank L.
Smith, chairman of the Illinois Com
merce Commission. have been given
| wide circulation. The charge is made
that number of the traction COM
panies in the State, or their officers,
contributed largely to the Smith cam
paign fund. which has been estimated
i anywhere from 100000 to $4,000, 900
or So, 000, 900. Senator William B. Nc
Kinley. who was defeated for the
] nomination, % believed to have ex-
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itself in the attitudes they assumed
toward others. Hands were to respect
the property of others whether it be
life, chastity or wealth; tongues were
to respect the reputation of others,
and hearts were to respect the rights
of others. 1t was a marvellous code
that has found no successor save in
the words of our Lord.
Having brought the people so far
upon their toilsome character jour
ney, Moses set them to perfecting a
ritual and a symbolism that would aid
the growing life. Life first always;
then its shrining in institution and
form. They had their tent of meet
ing, their Ark of the Covenant, their
holy ground. Then the tabernacle was
to become the heart of the life of the
marching Israel, and gifts of money
were necessary, gifts of work were
solicited and gifts of the Spirit of
God in its activities were all part of
their lesson leading to perfection of
life. Then came the school of law
making and law-observance cementing
the community into the nucleus of the
nation yet to be set in place.
The review will vary with the class
having it. The adult group can very
we'll study its own activities and or
ganization and program in the light
of what this largest bible class in the
world did. 1t may be made to follow
the developing Christian life from its
release from bondage to its liberty in
the law of Gods life. Younger classes
will gather up incidents of the jour
ney and may well spend time upon
the geography of the situation and
drill upon the events and persons of
the quarter. Pictures like Perry's or
Wildes', to be had for a penny or two
will best serve the younger ones in
forming the basis for a recall of the
events and stories. Whatever the
group, let there be sought to bring
into it the vivid sense of Gods care
and interested presence that is mani
fest in this old record of Israel's child
hood.
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employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Grove and lit
tie daughter were visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Lott Vansickle and family last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Frazee were Wis
iting Mr.. Frazee's mother, who is SER
iously i'll, last Sunday.
Mrs. Catherine Riley, of this place,
went to Albright, West Va, last Sun
day where she expects to remain in
definitely.
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EVANSVILLE

The Miller family reunion descend
ants of the late Jeol B. Miller), which
was postponed several weeks ago on
account of wet weather, is to be held
Saturday, September 25th, beginning
at ten o'clock in the Brenneman Grove
| located mile and one-half north of
Grantsville. Those coming should
bring baskets prepared for the occa-
sion, as lunch will be served on large
tables. At two o'clock an open pro-
gram will be given consisting of adj
dresses and music. The committee in
charge is composed of Rev. Milton B.
Miller, chairman; DIN R. Miller, sec
rotary, and Simon S. Miller, treasurer.
Oscar Mckenzie, owner of Buckeye
Lodge and the camp grounds a.
round it located miles west of the
town on the National Highway, re-
Gently sold the property to Reginald
F. Livengood, of Meyersdale, Pa. Mr..
Livengood took possession on the 18th
inst. Mr. Mckenzie, formerly of
Frostburg, has been quite successful
since he opened for business at the
location sold and which he recently
remodeled and greatly improved the
camp ground. Mr. Mckenzie, since
the sale of his property, has purchased
the home, garage and two lots of Mr..
U. NJ. Stanton at Little Crossings"
and will move there shortly.
Mr. w. H. Johnson, Of Greensburg,
Pa, has bought the summer home and
IA acres of land two miles east of
Grantsville of Charles G. Holzshu, of
Cumberland, and is now making some
improvements before moving from
Greensburg.
Rev L. G. Robinson, who has been
the pastor of the Grantsville Metho-
dist charge the past five years, will
hold his last preaching service Sun
day morning, September 18th, at 1000
o'clock He will administer the Holy
Communion after the regular service.
Rev. Robinson will not return another
year as he expects to be moved to an
other field after the annual conference
which will be in session on the 28th
inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter Walker, Lester
and John Warwick and Miss Dorothy.
Warwick, of Cumberland, were guests
of DR.. and Mrs. T. O. Broadwater re-
Gently.
Miss Elizabeth Steichen, of New
York City, who has been visiting
Miss Ruth Stanton for several weeks,
returned to her home on Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Bamford, of Patterson,
N. j., and daughter, Mrs. George P.
Barbarow, son and daughter, of Nor
ristown, N. j., motored here Tuesday
and will be guests this week of Miss
Christina Winterberg.
Miss Florence Bugler and mother.
of Brownsville, Pa, are guests at the
Casselman Hotel this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Ringler, of
Wadsworth, Ohio; Mrs. Samuel Mil
Ter and Norman Ringler, of Fredonia,
Pa, attended the funeral of the late
Frederick Hachman at the Cove last
week and while in the east visited at
the homes of H. P. Miller and William
Wright in this community.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Smouse, of
Cumberland, and son Murray c., of
New York City, were recent guests of
Mrs. Marian Broadwater.
Miss Dorothy Younkin and Mr.. AL
len Jones, of Frostburg, visited Miss
Younkin's brother Frank at Perry
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BLOOMING ROSE

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Conneway
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Frazee and family last Sunday.
Mr.. Paul Hook went to Cumberland
one day last week, where he is now
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BABY CHICKS
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Let us run with patience the race that
is set before us, looking unto Jesus
the author and perfecter of our
faifh-HebreWS 12:1 g
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HIGH GRADE POTASH f!

| am importing several car
loads of High Grade Potash from
Germany, to be delivered during
December and January at whole
sale price.
Orders accepted until Septem-
Der 18th.
FRED RICHTER,
Accident, Md.