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Evening star., 1927-11-12
RED CROSS DRIVE
GETS UNDER WAY
200 Volunteer Workers Try
to Enroll 40, 600 in District
Chapter of Order.

A concentrated effort to enroll 10000
members in the District of Columbia
chapter of the American Red Cross
got under way today. with more than
zoo volunteer workers at booths In
banks, theaters, stores and other pub
lie places to carry to the public Of the
Capital the message of the FED Cross.
with the hope that public generosity
will rise to the occasion in a year
when the national relief organization
has undertaken some of its greatest
tasks.
Many organizations have already re-
ported a full membership for 1927, ao,
cording to Gen. John A. Johnston,
chairman OF the District roll call, and
he is hopeful that Washington will
enroll more than the 10000 quota as
signed to it.
Speaks at School.
Yesterday Gen. Johnston addressed
the teachers and pupils at MacF'ar
land Junior High School on the work
Of the Red Cross in peace and war.
He was told that the enrolment OF
the school is already beyond that OF
last year. and that the Junior Red
Cross of the institution is 100 per cent
enrolled. A table at which Red Cros:
memberships are to be taken was set
up yesterday In the rooms of the
Women's City Club. under the direc-
ton of Miss Adele Heaven, director
af relief work for the club
In recognition of the universal char
acter Of Red Cross service, leaders Of
all denominations, as their tribute to
Red Cross Sunday in all the churc hes
tomorrow, have called upon the Amer
| ican people to join the organization
during the roll call, which concludes
Thanksgiving day. Proclama tions to
the people have been issued by Rev
S. Parkes Cadman. president of the
Federal Council Of the Churches of
Christ in America, in behalf of the
Protestant churches; by Leon Harri
son, rabbi of Temple Israel, st. Louis,
for the Jewish faith, and by William
Cardinal O'Cennell, Boston. for Cath.
Oics.
Volunteers in Booths.
In Washington Red Cross volun
teers are in charge Of booths at the
following banks American Security
& Trust Co., Miss Caroline Thorn is
In charge OF group of debutantes;
Commercial National Bank. Mrs.
Richard c. Marshall. jr.; Federal
American Bank, Mrs. M. Perkins;
Merchants Bank & Trust CO., Mrs
A. A. Mayback; Metropolitan Bank
Mrs. Walter Fl. Finley; National Say,
ings & Trust Co. Miss Sophia Casey.
representing the Colonial Danes; Park
Savings Bank. Mrs. L. F. Scheckbier;
Riggs Bank, Mrs. G. V. Chappell;
Second National Bank, Church of
Our Father Auxiliary: MuHsey Trust
Co, Mrs. j. A. Wood: National Bank
of Washington. Mrs. J. s. Bennett;
Second National Bank Mrs. Alfred
Craven: Washington Loan & Trust
CO.. Mrs. Grace Chamberlain, and the
Union Trust Co, Park View Auxiliary
under the leadership of Mrs. Alfonso
Rogers.
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GRANDDAUGHTER PAYS TRIBUTE
AT TOMB OF WOODROW WILSON
Mary Faith McAdoo Places Lilies on War
Presidents Shrine Before Pilgrims
at Washington Cathedral.

In the quiet. solemn depths of a
Gothic chanel beneath the slowly rlS-
ing mass of great cathedral. men
and women of all ages and stages
found the object of their pilgrimage
Yesterday afternoon. and before the
lighted tapers on a distant, nlched
altar shortened their WaXen lengths
a full inch they had come. had paid
honor and had departed imbued with
the nobility of ideals impaired to them
by their intimate reverence of the
body of Woodrow Wilson. buried
there
Those $50 reverencers of Wilson,
his admirers in life, wended their
ways from all parts of the District or
Columbia to seek his tomb in Bethle-
hem Chapel of the Washington Cathe-
dral, where each Armistice day they
go to 90 him honor. Yesterday. as on
previous years, they were summoned
at o'clock by the chapel organs
notes swelling in THE Strife Is Der.
the Rattle Done"
Inside the sacred sanctuary heads
were bowed In solemn tribute to God
for moment before honors were
heaped upon the memory of one of
His creatures, There was a muffled
rustic of movement, and men and
women lifted their heads and turned
their eyes to watch a gOlden.haired
child--a little girl, Mary Faith Nc
Ado0--leave the side of her parents
to step tiRlidly yet confidently to the
drawn iron grill to place a spray of
lilies upon the marble tomb of her
grandfather William Gibbs McAdoo,
son in law of Americas war President,
watched his child perform her duty
that seemed sacfamsntai, and Mrs.
MAdeo, the dead Wilson'S daughter,
bowed her head amid the solemnity of
the moment, which was her daugh-
ters and her fathers.
Former Pastor Says Prayer.
Another pair Of understanding eyes
were focused upon the fair child, too,
in the gaze which Gordon Grayson,
9-year.old son of Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Cary r. Grayson, and a favorite
with the War President, directed at
her. Gordon himself placed the flow.
ers In last years pilgfimage-and he
remembered.
Slowly she withdrew from the tomb
to join her parents, scant yards
from it's portals. The grill swung shut
at the touch of q yestmented church
officer and the Wilsonian pilgrims
once again bowed their heads as Rev.
DIR. James H. Taylor, the former Pres
ident's pastor and friend in the war
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Continued from First Pagel
eussing plans for the future, at least
publicly, than he was in greeting his
wife and In locating the reporter who
wrote of him as "Mr, Ruth Elder"
"All l want" he said as he went
down the hay on the city tug Macon
the man who said ! was Mr.. Ruth
Elder, ! weigh 40 pounds"
He is, in addition. feet tall, a
graduate of Iowa State College and Q
former foot ball player. He was
middleweight boxing champion Of the
college, he said.
When he came from Panama, a
newspaper captioned his picture, "Mr.
Ruth Elder arrives"
Both Miss Elder and Haldeman said
they would like to try the ocean flight
again in a plane just like the Amer
lean Girl and may do so next year.
II have no intention OF giving up
flying" Ruth said, ''and although I
have made no plans for the future, I'll
try again to fly across the ocean II no
other woman beats me 10 it.
II don't think Lyle will insist on my
giving it all up. ! do think 1t quite
natural for him to want me to go back
to Colon with him. But we shall try
to find the happiest combination of
family life and a career. like family
life.
"I think a woman can be a compe-
tent wife at the same time that she 'is
successful in her chosen career,
whether 1T be flying, writing or bank
Ing, and neither activity need inter
fere with the other"
Miss Elder and Capt. and Mrs. Hal
deman last night attended theater
party and supper. While they were
there. a reporter found Womaek alone
in the hotel suite reserved for him and
his wife.
The publicity expert acting as Miss
Elders manager said that Womack
was not a member of the theater
party because he had previous On.
gagement. But Womaek's explana'
ton was:
so did ali the others. But ! didn't
want to. I opposed her flight and !
didn't want to be hypoeflttcal about
it and strut about in public, basking
In her glory. It's Ruth's day. ana
she's entitled to all OF 1t.
"This places me In an embarrassing
position, I had no part In the flight
and feel that should not put myself
in the position Of trying to- take any
of the credit. But don't want people
to think that there Is any coolness
between my wife and myself.
II was against her making the
fight for just one reason, and 1t can
be summed up In four.!atteF word
spelled howe. I'm very much In love
with Ruth.
~ know that Ruth loves me. but !
haven't had five minutes alone with
her. and all that we discussed were
trivial things"
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by Internal machines. Bombs were
thrown, Armed bands, sometimes OF
az many as 40 men, fought Serbian
gendarmes near the frontier.
Jugoslavia sent something almost
like an ultimatum to Bulgaria, whose
sympathies with the Maeedonians and
the Macedonian revolutionary organi'
zation were we'll known. Bulgaria, In
the interest Of peace, declared mars
tial law In the frontier regions. Many
arrests and reprisals were reported In
Serbia and Macedonia. But while
Bulgaria was Immediately blamed, the
Jugoslavs, rightly or wrongly, see In
these events the hand OF Italy, which
Is believed to be trying to prevent a
rappr0chement among Jugoslavia,
Bulgaria and Greece.
France, which after the Lacarno
treaty and during the fall Of the franc
tended to contract upon herself, now
seems to be inclining toward some.
what firmer foreign policy than a year
ago. She desires both to conciliate
Italy ana to consolidate the Balkans,
and sincerely believes that her treaty
with JugoslaVia should facilitate both
Of these ends. But Fascist opinion in'
terprets the treaty almost as an un'
~ Ai'cHu1 aptt anu otHer uipiouAatis
moves probably will follow soon.
Great Britain is earnestly trying to
hold the balance between France and
Italy, as she has between France and
Germany. Englands aims are con,
ciliatory, but at the same time are
somewhat sympathetic with Italian
ambitions. AS for the United States,
barring details like the raising
activities of Macedonians in America,
few missionary schools in Bulgaria,
a share in the Greek refugee loan,
and the presence Of the American
refugees commissioners, Charles B,
Eddy, in Greek Macedonia, we are not
involved in any way in the Balkans,
excepting so far as we are morally
and economically bound to interest
ourselves in all major questions affect
ing world peace.
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administration. intened a prayer. 1t
was lengthy prayer, but one which
carried the fervof of every Worshipef
in the little chapel. expressing, as it
did, gratitude to God for the man VIII
son. the President Wilson, and for the
ideals of Wilson.
When another hymn had been sung,
Bishop James Il. Freeman stepped be-
fore the tomb to deliver his verbal
honor to Wilson, yet not so much to
Woodrow Wilson. he explained. but to
the virtues Of the man and to the
ideals for which he lived. labored and
died. Those in the crypt turned their
faces toward the bishop when he be.
gan talking and became visibly
thoughtful when that cleric charged
that one Of the tragedies of America is
its genius to forget. The Great War
and the deaths of 1900 American men
occurred "a short space of time ago
and the life of it all Fingers in our
memory-let us hope" the bishop in,
terjected. for long while" And his
plea which followed seemed unneees.
sary in its direction toward those rev.
erencers gathered with him in the
presence of the dead Wilson;
Let US who are here resolve that
what he stood for. lived for--yes, died
for-shall never perish from the
EARTH"
Remain for EveAsOng.
When he had concluded his eulogy
to Woodrow Wilson, Bishop Freeman
explained that the cathedral's regular
eVensong would follow Immediately
and he suggested that those who had
not time to remain for the rest of the
services could leave quietly at that
time, A few of those who had come
distances eased from the crowded
church, but SO few were these that
their absence was hardly noticeable.
Prayer and benediction by the bishop
followed, and when the clergymen
apd their vested assistants flied from
the chapel another pilgrimage was
endad as departing admirers crowded
about the griiled Wilson tomb for a
last, an intimate, honor,
These annual pilgrimages to Beth
iehem Chapel are planned by group
of women who. before Mr.. Wilson's s
death. met each year at his home to
arrange Armistiee day celebration.
The honoring programs always are
laid before Mrs. Wilson and she ap.
proves them.
This years committee included Mrs.
Kate Trenholm Abrams, Mrs. Huston
Thompson. Mrs. Blair Bannister, Mrs.
II. E. Z. Bryant and former District
Commissioner Oliver p. Newman
Evening star., 1927-11-12
Big TEN UNIVERSITY
GROUP PLANS DANCE
Program Arranged for Seventh An
nual Affair at Washing
ton Hotel.

An elaborate program Of entertain
nent has been planned for the sew.
enth annual dance and roundup of
the Big Ten University Association
to be held Saturday night, November
10, at the Washington Hotel. The
program, which will be supported by
a novelty Meyer Davis dance orehes,
ira. includes several musical features
and two solo numbers hy Mrs, Lottie
J.. Volkmer, soprano. who will be ac.
companied at the piano by Miss Pau,
line Knoeller.
Prizes will be awarded to the uni.
tersity group having the largest gross
attendance and other prizes will be
awarded colleges having the largest
increase in attendance over the pre-.
&c year, and the largest repre-
SC m in proportion to resident
'Ge songs and yells will fea,
lure dancing intermissions.
Evening star., 1927-11-12
BRITISH TODAY MARCH
ON WHITE HOUSE FOR
FIRST TIME SINCE 1914

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RUTH ELDER PREFERS
CAREER TO WASHING
DISHES FOR HUSBAND

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a member of the House was heard to
ask: How is it that the Federal Gov
ernment has to pay all the expenses
Of the District"
Praises Citizens Work.
Mr.. Edison praised the work of the
Citizens Joint Committee on National
Representation, which is at the head
of the movement for an amendment
to the Constitution of the United
States which would make possible
representation in Congress for the
District.
Mr.. Edison also Joined with others
in commencing the movement for co.
operative action by the major trade
bodies Of Washington on matters OF
Importance to the city as whole.
Francis r. Weller, chairman of the
water supply committee, denounced
the practice of the Federal Govern.
ment IN making residents of the Dis.
trict provide free Of charge the water
which is consumed by the Federal
departments and agencies in the Dis.
trict Of Columbia. Not only this, but
the District has been forced TO pay
for extensions Of water mains into
Walter Reed Hospital and other Gov.
ernment institutions.
Building Program.
Stephen E. Kramer, chairman of the
libraries committee, reported on the
five-year library building program.
which has been approved by his com.
mittee. This program would provide
additional branch libraries in various
sections of the District and other
branches to be located in the public
schools, such as the one now at East
ern High School.
Samuel j. Prescott. past president of
the board. opposed any new District
development projects which would
cause an increase in the tax rate. Re.
ferring to the old Chain Bridge, which
has been closed because of it's danger
out condition, Mr.. Prescott declared
that il 1t could not be replaced with.
out resulting in boost in the tax
burden on the District, it should re-
main closed. He also questioned the
right Of the Federal Government to
require District taxpayers to pay for
the operation of st. Elizabeth's In.
sane Asylum. which he declared IL
purely Federal proposition.
Mr.. Graham outlined legislative pro.
posals being studied by committees OF
the board --hich include. the Under
hill bill for workmens compensation
as a substitute for the Fitzgerald bill
the proposed community chest plan for
charities; a new land condemnation
law; regulation of the character OF
private buildings erected within zoo
feet of public buildings and parks; a
mental hygienie clinic; street car mer'
ger; a law to wipe out diploma milf
schools and colleges; and extension of
q number Of highways from the city to
the District lines. :asesk,s.A...S
Evening star., 1927-11-12
Col. Hixson Reassigned.

Lieut.. Col. Arthur G. Hixson. Sth
Cavalry, at Fort Bliss. Tex. has been
transferred to the 14th Cavalry, at
Fort Des Moines. Iowa.
Evening star., 1927-11-12
BALKANS SEETHING,
WITH ALL EUROPE
FEELING DANGERS

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sects has revealed one or two vulner-
able points for attack. The eggs, laid
upon the young leaves and tiny apples,
hatch quickly and the worms in
stinctively crawl to the blossom end
of the young fruits with a view TO
entering Some of the arsenate of
lead or paris green sprayed upon the
trees just after the petals fall will
enter the open blossom end or caiyx
cup. and there poison the young eat
ing worms. This spray, well known
as the calyx spray, Is the one best
weapon of the fruit grower in fighting
the codling moth. Within to 10
days after the petals fall the calyx
cup closes and sprays can no longer
enter.
Fruit growers have learned that
much good can be done by clear
ing up the rubbish around the orchard
and fumigating in early Spring the
boxes and baskets and buildings in
which apples have been stored. Many
of the worms which survive spraying
may be later trapped beneath loose
bands Of burlap tied about the tree
trunk previously scraped clean of
rough loose bark Subsequent sprays
Of poison applied about the time the
second brood is Matching completes
the protective schedule.
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ROSE STOCKS

Practically all the cheaper priced
roses which food the markets at this
season are grown from cuttings and
are known as own rooted stock.
Grated and hudded roses are gen.
orally considerably higher in price and
the question naturally arises as to
whether one is justified in paying the
difference. The question is frequently
discussed in floral magazines and in
the ANIMALS of the American Rose
Society without reaching any very
positive conclusions. Apparently the
results are dependent on the variety
itself. Strong, vigorous kinds such
as the Radiances do quite as we'll on
their own as on foreign roots. Less
thrifty varieties undoubtedly do bet
ter when worked on sturdy roots such
as multidora, whose more vigorous
root system is naturally better able
10 supply the top with moisture and
nourishmeut.
Own rooted roses are not without
advantages other than lower cost. The
top may be frozen back to the ground
without necessarily losing the va
giety as would be the case with
hudded plants. New shoots springing
4om the root crown viii in the own
rooted plant be necessarily of the
same variety, while in the budded
plant they win be of the wild type
auch as the root. Budded plants have
o tendency to send up these wild
shoots at various times during the
growing season. Such shoots gen.
orally are characterized by excessive
thorniness and by five small leaflets
instead of the usual three found in
the leaves of garden varieties. 1t goes
without saying that these root suck
erB should be removed as soon as
noticed. Practically all the climbing
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THE SOIL

A certain amount of knowledge OF
The soil and how II functions should
be of interest and value to the
gardener. Too often the soil is &C.
cepted purely as matter of course
and all thought centered on the plants.
DIR. Milton Whitney Of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
writing some years ago in the Cyclic
1bedla of Horticulture, described soil
suitable for plant growth as consist
ing of fragments of rock or minerals,
organic matter. soil solutions and a
soil atmosphere, the mineral frag
ments resulting from the breaking
down of rock ranges in size from the
finest clay to coarse gravel. The or
ganio matter In soil is that part de-
rived from decaying vegetation and
wastes from animals The soil solu-
tion. the source Of the mineral needs
of the plant. consists of water carrying
with it dissolved substances derived
from the soil particles and decaying
organic matter. The soil atmosphere
differs from the ordinary air in a
higher carbon dioXide, nitrogen and
moisture content and a lower oxygen
content. There is a direct connection
with the above ground atmosphere
and this is one of the principal rea-
BDitS Abi VI G3hliE up tlAS AttNi u ~ AsN9
formed after heavy rains.
When the gardener adds fertilizers
TO the soils he usually is accomplish
ing two purposes, adding availagle
food and rendering some of the food
already present in unavailable forms
useful. Certain materials, such as
lime. largely fulfill the second purpose.
Lime, for example, adds but little d.
rect food to the soil. but does render
highly beneficial service to all eX.
cept the few acid-loving plants such
as burberry, rhododendrons, aZaleas,
erica, laurel and a few Of the lilies.
Lime neutralizes the acidity of the
soil, improves the physical condition
and renders available some of the
otherwise unavailable compounds.
Absorbed in the living cells, lime en-.
Rbles the plant to retain certain use.
ful compounds which otherwise could
not be held.
The gardener should not look upon
che soil as an inert mass, designed
simply to hold the roots of the plant,
but should realize that it is the foun-
dalton of the welfare of the entire
plant above as well as below ground.
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species which tend to sucker very
freely need this treatment annually
in order to keep them growing vigor-
ously. A. G. Hotties in his book.
Practical Plant Propagation" cites
Michaelmas daisy. Achillea ptarmica
and millefolium roseum. helianthus,
sedum, chrysanthemum and oenothera
as examples of plants which benefit by
yearly division. About the base of the
old chrysanthemum stem one will find
at this season a great number of
young shoots. each with roots at
tached. These are readily separated
from one another. and If set in fertile
soil the young plants will show no Ill
effect whatsoever from moving. These
little plants will grow rapidly and
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COOLING MOTH

OF the various insect pests which
beset the amateur fruit grower. none
is more difficult to control than the
codling moth or apple worm as it is
often called. This is the worm that
one often finds upon cutting open an
apple or pear and which is rather
easily distinguished by its pinkish hue
So widespread and so abundant is this
insect in this country that scarcely
an apple or pear escapes attack with
out protective spraying. Because of
the fact that there are at least two
broods of worms in his location, full
control by spraying is very difficult
and even with the very best ofw
knowledge and equipment rather a
gamble.
A study Of the life habits of the in
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reach a full Towering size this same
season.
Other herbaceous perennials, such
as peonies and phlox, do not benefit
from so frequent moving and need
more time to become thoroughly
established Hotties remarks that
peonies should be divided every six
or seven years, phlox every four and
iris about every three years. In NOV
ing perennials, one should prepare the
soil for their reception by working
it over with the spading fork or other
tool and Incorporating at this time
some fertility in the form of manure,
bone meal or good grade mixed fertil-
izer. AS q general thing perennials
are grown in border by themselves
or supplemented with bright colored
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ANIMALS. There is a nearly continu.
Gus use of the soil food in the peren-
NAL border and one must be prepared
to replenish the soil If hoping for sus-
tanned beauty.
Among the better known herbaceous
plants which may be divided at this
season are the chrysanthemum, hardy
primula, pyrethrum. gaillardia, core
opsis. scarlet poppy and campanula.
Iris may also be increased by the
same procedure, although it is gen.
orally conceded better to wait until
a few weeks after bloom.
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GARDEN BEANS

Generally conceded the easiest vege.
table Of all to grow. the garden bean
is at the same time just about as
satisfactory as any for the home gar.
den. AS pointed out by w. II. Beattie
in Farmers Bulletin No. 1044. The
city Home Garden" no plant equals
the bean in the capacity Of producing
a large quantity of food from a
limited space.
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The bean is a warm weather plant
and does not thrive until the soil has
really begun to warm up. which means
May in this locality Seed may be
sown either in drills or in hills as best
suits the fancy of the grower and
should be covered with about two
inches of soil.
There are two groups OF garden
oeans, the green podded and the yell
low or wax podded groups. The
green podded sorts generally are
considered little higher in quality