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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
SKYSCRAPER GIVES
PROBLEM TO CITIES
setback" Form of Architecture
= Declared Distinct Credit to
- United States.

q There Is, it seems, an ever-growing
epntention over the height of build
1ngs in the large metropolitan cites,
nAys the Michigan Architect and Engi-
1teer. The question Is being discussed
1yom several angles, especially those of
architecture, economics, health and the
tFafnc problem.
sErFrom the standpoint of architec-
tpre." it holds, 1.-The modern setback
kkyScraper Is credit to present day
american architectural designing and
enc Of, If not by far, the greatest beau
tsfying and interesting contributions to
the life of this Nations big cities.
4sHWhere the setback is Skillfully and
literally employed, the modern tall
hQilding is an architectural asset to any
Guy and certainly does not menace the
Aealth of the public, because air and
sunshine is not blocked off to any APP
p4eciable extent.
"But when it comes to the questions
% economics and traffic, that Is some
thing else again and is open to argu-
Mfent In the matter Of the economic
desirability of abnormally tall build
inGs, the proposition Is one solely UP
"a the business Judgment Of owners and
dpes not concern the general public.
s~"But the effect on trafdc congestion
0S many skyscrapers located In q CEN
txAlized downtown business area Is Of
pRblic interest, and whether limit TO
the height Of buildings should or should
not be governed by ordinance is, right
rev, live topic In most big cities and
SHe long will be given greater public
ems deration."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
GARDEN CLUBS

We are grateful to Mrs. Howard l.
Knight of 1920 Buchanan street for the
following information:
THE garden section Of the Twentieth
Century Club met at the home of the
president, Mrs. George r. Bowerman,
october is. The program dealt with
Spring gardens, there being two fea-
ture talks, one on the narciSsus family
by Mrs: Eugene w. Shaw. and the other
on tulips, by Mrs. John o. Johnson
Both subjects were treated in q manner
giving historical lore as well as botan-
ical information"
The Takoma Horticultural Club Ia
about to distribute the order of tulip
hyacinth and crocus bulbs which 1t pur-
chased in Holland for members and
friends. The officers regret the delay
in delivery of the bulbs, but can assure
purchasers of satisfactory results
Tulips, especially, seem to have ample
time to establish strong root systems
AS matter of fact, most bulbs prob
ably grow throughout the Winter unless
the soil freezes and remains frozen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
COVERING PLANTS

Local gardeners are fortunate in that
It is not necessary to cover roses and
other senni-hardy plants to bring them
through the Winter. Roses Of the bush
type, hybrid teas and teas are often In
jured In the upper shoots, but rarely
killed. II mounded UP about the base
with soil, there Is but little hazard OF
loss Of plants unless they are planted
in low, wet soil, unfavorable for roses.
Grape myrtle is another plant that
should be mounded In its early life. APP
parently with age the myrtle gains In
resistance, as one sees old, well estab-
liShed Grape myrtle enduring year after
year without protection.
For the everyday gardener whose time
Is limited, tender plants are neither de-
sirable nor desired. This is one reason
why sturdy plants Of the type of the
peony and iris have such a strong hold
on the gardeners affection. Tender
plants are better adapted to the estate
that maintains q professional gardener
and has storage cellars and greenhouses
Certain economic plants, such as the
strawberry, need protection in the Win
ter season, not because of O lack OF
hardness, but because their root sys-
TENS are such that they cannot always
hold the plants in the soil. Loss Of plants
from this cause Is termed heaving in
jury. Newly planted Towering peren-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
PLAN FOR GARDEN

Those who may have plans in mind
for gardens next Spring on soil which
has not been cultivated for some time
would do we'll to have the area plowed
or spaded, as 1t may be, this Autumn
Sloping areas where washing may oc-
EUR are excepted, because 1t is now too
late to establish a strong cover crop
growth to hold the soil. BY turning up
the soil at this season and leaving it
in the rough, rain and ice are enabled
to reach the clods and greatly improve
the texture. And what is equally i'm
portant, grubS of June beetles and other
insects will be exposed to the weather
and destroyed. Soil that is spaded in
Autumn is ready for an earlier start
in the Spring; it won't be so wet and
soggy on the surface as sod or unbroken
earth.
Autumn is a favorable time to apply
lime to the garden, especially forms
such as hydrated lime. During the Win
ter any active chemical principles that
may be in the lime will have time to
disappear. Local soils to be used for
general garden purposes may be con-
fidently expected to benefit from lime
1t is to be recalled, however, that GER
tain plants, such as rhododendrons,
heaths. blueberries and native plants,
naturally growing In acid soils, may be
injured by lining. Common vegetables
and most garden flowers are favored
by lining. One pound of hydrated lime
to 20 to 40 square feet Of soil is a lib
eral application.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26

Mrs. Matte G. Stafford has pur-
chased from M. & r. B. Warren the
brick detached Colonial dwelling at 68O6
Forty-seventh street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
Local Business
Centers Are Held
Real Convenience
Dealers Expect to Get
Trade From 8 to s
Block Area.
by CHARLES H. CHENEY,


Chairman City and Regional Planning Com
mittee, American Institute Of Architects.
The Importance of local neighbor-
hood business or convenience centers
to all the outlying residential areas of
any city is very great. The local
business centerS and similar centers in
all our cities have been established
almost invariably at important cross
roads of traffic. To succeed local
stores must be where people can most
conveniently get to them from several
directions in order to provide enough
customers for profitable service.
In questioning shopkeepers Of these
local centers in many cities during the
course of coming hearings, find that
most of them expect to get their trade
whiting six or eight blocks of their
establishments. Larger local centers
will cater to and reach much wider
circle, but one still comparatively local
to the center.
BelittIe Through Traffic.
Through trafic coming from lcng
distances seldom has as much purchas-
ing power as the local trafic. In fact
we seem to have an exaggerated idea
of both the volume and importance Of
through traff1c to local stores, except
for restaurants, garages and oil sta
lions.
In a town of 500 population the
only business center is at the railroad
station or bus station about the cross
roads ABOUT $50 feet of store frontage
actually will be in use.
In local center of 5000 persons the
$500 feet of store frontage needed can
not profitably shoestring out along just
the two main streets which ordinarily
form the crossroads that created the
center. but will tend to spill over into
side streets, with perhaps one or tive
nuclei Of local centers forming in the
outskirts
In a city Of $4,000, with $4,000 front
feet of store frontage ordinarily neces-
sary, there should be already six or eight
we'll established outlying local centers.
In a city of 100000 there will be
found from 80 to 100 of these neigh
borhood centers of variable size be-
cause they have been uncontrolled
There will also be a lot of falsely To-
Gated and scattered store units placed
at inconvenient and therefore unsuc-
ceSsful points by spectators who had
little or no knowledge of the traffic
necessary to store livelihood. These are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
Manure From Leaves.

It is quite generally recognized by
gardeners that leaves in themselves are
mighty poor material to incorporate in
the soil, and it is equally well known
chat leaf mold. the ultimate product Of
leaf decay is highly desirable. The
harmful effect of fresh leaves has been
ascribed to various causes, such as cut
ting of the water supply, too much air
space In the soil, acidity increase, etc,
but now It Is known that the great
trouble with fresh leaves is that in their
decay they utilize, or rather the organ
isms that rot the leaves use, the avail
able nitrogen in the soil to such an ex-
tent as TO rob the supply which would
20 to the garden plants. Leaves, straw
or garden rubbish is very high in car
bon and low In nitrogen. In the long
run, leaves, OF course, put the soil in
better condition, as in the forest, but In
short cropping, as In the garden, they
are positively injurious for the time
being unless previously rotted. FRESH
straw was found at the New York agri-
cultural experiment station to contain
substances actually poisonous to young
barley plants. It is altogether possible
that fresh leaves may contain some
thing of a similar nature.
During recent years there has been a
remarkable interest in the making OF
so.called artificial or synethetic manure
from straw, leaves or any plant waste
by adding certain mineral fertilizers ana
water. Fer two or three years We have
cited the successful method employed
by DR.. Griffiths of Takoma Park and
now also used by many other gardeners
Leaves are gathered at this season and
placed in a pit or low spot to keep them
from blowing about, and layer by layer,
as leaves are added, the mixture OF
chemicals is scattered over the mass
adding water to make a moist mass
The Missouri agricultural experiment
station in bulletin No. 258 suggests q
mixture of ammonium sulphate, ground
limestone and superphosphate in the
proportion. of az, and IL pounds.
respectively. This combination is used
at the rate of about pounds per 100
pounds of straw or leaves. w. r. Beat
tie of the Department of Agriculture
recommends throwing in some soil with
the leaves, and others suggest the use
of some hen manure or like material
rich in nitrogen. Both these suggestions
are along the right line, as the added
materials hasten rotting.
All said and done, the whole plan is
not so far off from the old compost
heap of the everyday gardener. 1t has
simply reduced the proposition to Q
more scientific status. In the case OF
straw, one ton yields about three tons
of artificial manure. 1t is not to be
claimed that the process is cheap or
easy, but it does offer a sensible way
to utilize the otherwise useless and, In
fact, Objectionable leaves. AS to the
length of time required, there will be
needed almost q whole year because OF
the fact that Winter slows down the
Under Midsummer con-
ditions three or more months may COM
plete the process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26

growers divide the clumps in the Fall
but the amateur might better wait until
Spring, when the buds have started. A
cool cellar such as would keep white
potatoes is ideal for dahlia roots. The
ordinary house cellar Is too hot and
dry. but conditions may be improved
by covering the roots with sand or peat
moss. Some gardeners dip dallia roots
In parafiin, but this is a new practice
and should be tried on few roots be-
fore using generally.
Gladiolus corms, or bulbs as COM
monty known. should be lifted now, and
after a few hours drying in the open
air, be separated from the old stalks
and stored in q cool. dry cellar or room
Temperature needs are not as low as
those of the dahlia, but the heated cell
lar is not favorable. The tiny bullets
may be placed in peat moss or sand and
held over for next year.
Cannas are not hardy and must be
lifted and stored in an above-freezing
environment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
Service by Daughters Of King.

The national corporate communion
Of the order of the Daughters Of the
E3ng will be observed on All-Saints'
dAy-next Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
THE HOME GARDENER
Practical Seasonal Hints for the Amateur Bauhg Surroundings of the Home
B
BY J. B. WELLINGTON.

mails occasionally suffer in this way.
Obviously O light coating of straw is
needed to keep the soil frozen. Not q
thick coat, because this in turn may
smother the plants. Leaves are desira-
BILE, but need to be held in place by q
the other hand, simply piling the leaves
on in q mass may very easily cause
rotting of the plants. which even in
Winter must have air to continue life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26

Holy Rosary Rites Announced.
Forty hours devotion viii start at
Holy Rosary Church. Third and F
streets, tomorrow morning with q SOL
emn high mass at 1880 o'clock. fol-
lowed BY procession, and will close
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26

Tuesday evening, with ! special service
ct 7:3O o'clock, including the chanting
Of ntanies Of the saints, the procession
with the blessed sacrament and bene-
diction. There will be masses ct 7:30
and Q O'Clock Monday and Tuesday
mornings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
WINTERING ROOTS

Dahlias are not Winter-hardy ex-
cept in rare instances. where heavily
covered with leaves, and then only in
mild Winters. The roots should be
carefully lifted shortly after the tops
have been frosted. IN heavy loan one
must be- careful not to break OF the
tubers, because these cannot grow when
separated from the stem, since the buds
are on the base of the old stem. Some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
Cool House in Summer.

Sunlight and air are vital factors in
selecting the site of your house. Study
the prevailing breezeS in Summer and
orient your house so that you will get
the full value of them. In this way
you will have a cool house during the
hot season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26

the non conforming uses Of the belateq
coming now being done In most OF our
cities.
Character Of Stores Vary.
OF course the number and character
of local store centers will vary with the
local characteristics of cities.
Zoning is the most important founda-
ton for the proper layout Of local bust
ness centers. Concentrated centers are
more successful than long drawn out
ones scattered over a wide area.
Real estate developers who can con-
troll by protective restrictions several
hundred or better several thousand
acres Of suburban development have a
great opportunity to limit the total
number of stores to something less thar
S per cent of the number of buildings
anticipated in their district, thereby
insuring the reasonable success OF the
businesses which come into. the district
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
STARTS SERMON SERIES.
?. A. n. Elmes Will Preach on
GanAra1 Toyaie NJ PoWAr

Rev. A. II. Zines Will Preach on
General Topic of Power.
1.-THE Gospel, the Power Of God" will
b the theme Of Rev. A. r. Zines. pas
tor Of the Peoples Congregational
Church, NJ street between Sixth and
Seventh streets, tomorrow at ii o'clock
This will be the first Of four sermons
on the general topic Of Power" The
three themes following are: Receiving
Fewer ut Work." Power ut Work" and
asHindrances to Power"
.ssAt 8 o'clock the pastor breaches Q
special sermon under the auspices OF
team No. 8, the theme being Judas
hut Not Iscariot." The. Young Peoples
service begins at $50. with theme for
discussion What Is Worship" and
George Brooks will preside. Midweek
prayer service every Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
Imported and Domestic
Bingham
29C Yard

32-inch ginghams in great variety
of designs-small, medium and large
checks-plaids- stripes-and abso-
lutely color-fast plain shades. The
imported quality is especially fine!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
s15D,ODO STOLEN
IN GEMS AND FURS
Home of Kansas City Demo-
cratic Leader Ransacked
by Thief at Night.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, September A.
Jewels and clothing valued at between
Sl5o.o00 and 100000 were stolen from
the home of T. j. Pendergast, Demo-
cratic leader, here last night.
The thief entered the house through
a second-story window and ransacked
seven rooms, working so quietly he
was not heard by four children play
ing In the basement and a maid asleep
on the third floor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pendergast discovered
the theft when they returned home
shortly before midnight from the home
of Mr.. Pendergast's brother, M. j. Pen
dergast, who died Monday.
Much of the loot was rare jewels
and fur pieces, including the $3.50 en-
gagement ring of Miss Marceline Pen
dergast, who is to marry William E.
Burnett, jr., october is. Part OF Miss
PendergaSt's trousseau also was taken.
The thief found the bag containing
the Jewels behind dressing table where
Mrs. Pendergast had hidden them when
she and other members of the family
arrived home yesterday morning from
New York. A roll of $4,000 In currency,
which Mr.. Pendergast had placed under
the mattress of his bed, was untouched.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
EDISON MUCH IMPROVED.
Receivers Sufficiently to Sit Up and
Smoke Cigar.

WEST ORANGE, N. j., September 4
R. Thomas A. Edison, convalesctng
from a recent attack of pneumonia, has
recovered sufficiently to sit up IN bed,
smoke his customary cigar and read
the newspapers.
At dinner last night he drank more
than his usual quantity of milk, which
forms his principal diet. He insisted it
be served from the thermos bottles he
is accustomed to use when at work IN
his laboratory.
His son, Charles Edison, in state
ment said the aged inventor was not
completely out of danger and that the
main difficulty was to keep him from
leaving his bed to continue his rubber
experiments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
Street Singers Reappear.

With the dying of perambulating jazz
bands and disappearing hand organs,
street cl1oirs are again appearing IN
London after a long absence. Many OF
them are former jazz players. A male
quartet has been attracting crowds and
garnering many coins in the vicinity
of Westminster Abbey recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04

For returning to the assessors of
Dudsby, England, a bracelet valued at
$4,000 which he found in gutter an
unemployed man was recently given
5000 reward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
And These Unusual Value

Blankets, in solid col
or, pink and blue Dor
ders !; sateen
: . y n d. $1.19
Flannel Gertrudes,
with button shoulders;
long, | and d. or
2 year sizes pA.10
Carriers Shirts. me-
dunn weight, single or
double breasted; six
months to three d.
years ........ PA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
Thursday Values for Those Who Like to Sew
Percale Prints Are Smart
For Girls School FrOckS
28C Yard

pays grade prints for school ok for they
And the small dainty color
be found this 80 inches wide; easily make
a dress for less than dollar!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
Printed Rayon
Flat Crepe
79cYara

A very soft Fall dress fabric that
looks very much like silk crepe; it has
the same lovely designs and colors of
silk prints-Aoral. modernistic and
the new tweed designs. SO inches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04

Not machine made-but hand
made dresses. beautifully en-
broidered with sprays and seal
lops; made of fine white nainsook.
Three styles sketched:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

Zionists from the end of the plain
OF Esdraelon to the other. The
British High Commissioner was ap-
pealed to by the discouraged nota-
bles to make some effort to restore
the trade of the town one of the
hottest in Christendom.
The greatest part of the popula-
ton lives on Christian benevolence.
All confessions have their separate
quaters in the town, except the.
Jews, and who under the British
Zionist regime are only slowly be-
ginning to take up their residence
there. The Orthodox Greek have
bishop there. the Russian PaleS-
tine Society a boys and girls school,
teachers college and a hospital:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

islature presents the site to the state
for use as state historical park.
In addition to the fame the fort
has won. in the migration over the
Oregon trail and and in the Indian
wars. it became historical under the
leadership of Moses H. Sydenham.
as the proposed site OF the capitol
OF the United States when the re-
moval Of the capitol from Washics-
ton to the Mississippi valley was the
subject OF agitation throu ,5hout ..lt
country.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

probably will dare death a second
time on July 4.
Lussier went over the Falls in a
specially constructed bah in daylight
with more than 5000 persons wit
Messing the feat. He was fished
from the river two hours after start
ing his trip by William Red" Hill.
veteran riyerman.
Lussier is planning to make the
second trip in a vehicle which he
calls a 'parlor ball" The ball will
be six feet in diameter, electrically
lighted and SO constructed that the
occupants will be able to remain
upright during the entire journey.
1t will be heavily padded inside to
insure escape from any serious in
jury.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

As in former attempts, Lussier
will be started on his journey from
the rapids shortly above the Falls.
Here the ball will be subjected to q
heavy pounding. the treacherous
currents whirling against pointed
rocks. After passing through the
rapids the ball will be carried over
the brink of the precipice and
plunged down to thousands of jag
ged rocks below the Falls. 1t is
estimated that the ball will be
travelling at speed OF IS miles an
hour while dropping from the brink
to the lower whirlpool.
1t will be impossible to release
Lussier from the ball until it has
reached a point at least 1000 yards
from the base of the Falls.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22
SUPERSTITION FATAL

Leicester, Eng, Mar. 80 (UP)-
The superstition about anything
being done on Friday led TO a wom-
ans death here, recently. She was
taken i'll on Friday. but refused
because Of the superstition, to see
a doctor until saturday. 1t was then
100 late. She died on Monday from
heart-tailure following influenza.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

the United Greeks a new church,
while the Latins maintain a Fran
ciscan monastery with church,
hospice and other institutions.
Maronites have a church there. and
the Prostestants hospital, a
church and five schools.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22
SOME SHOT.

Wlrhee. Mis-, March 80 Up
Willard Spaulding was hunting near
Withee when h. stumbled over a
brush heap A rabbit jumped out
OF the brush. As Spauliing fell, h2
dropped his gun. which was acct
drntally discharged. Thu shot killed
this rabbit
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22
TO DEFY NIAGARA
FOR Second time
Lussier Plans Dangerous Trip
Again in July

Niagara Falls N. Y, March %.
(tP)-Jean Lussier. French-Can-
adam who successfully made the
perilous trip over the falls last
summer encased in a rubber ball,
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-26
AID GIVES THANKS

To personally thank all those who helped to make the recent Ladies Aid bake sale a success would be almost impossible, and the ladies want to take this oppor- tunity to say how much they ap- preciate the generous contributions which filled the shelves and coun- ters during the sale, as well as the continuous patronage of the many customers who cleaned house" on them.