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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
THE LIMA BEAN.

One Of the finest vegetables grown
in local gardens is now maturing rapidly
wherever conditions have been at all
favorable to growth. This is the lima
bean, which appears to be thoroughly
at home in this vicinity and until the
advent of the Mexican bean beetle had
practically no pest Of any significance
There are at least three important
groups of lima beans, the bush, the pole
and the sieva, or Small-frulted type
The last-named is the surest cropper
in this vicinity. but the beans are so
small in comparison to the popular
large-podded varieties that the sievas
are not generally grown.
Between the pole and bush varieties
the only difference lies in size OF crop
produced. the pole varieties being much
more productive and much more certain
to produce. What experienced gardener
has not observed the curious behavior
of bush limas? They generally bloom
heavily, but then proceed to drop most
of the blooms without setting pods or
perhaps only three or four pods per
plant. In fact, many times bush llmas
do not return as many beans as were
planted. For some reason pole limaS
are without this fault. or, at least
usually set a satisfactory crop. This
difference is rather battling since the
bush lima is simply a variation of the
pole lima. The problem is being studied
from a scientific standpoint at the
University of Maryland and 1t is hoped
that gardeners may in time learn how
to control setting of lima beans, From
the home gardeners viewpoint, the bush
lima would be most desirable if it would
set properly, as there is no stalking or
trellising of vines.
The lima bean is q native American
vegetable. being, with the tomato sweet
potato, white potato and sweet corn,
wonderful gifts of the New World TO
the early settlers and through them
to all Of us.
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WEED SEEDS.

Perhaps some home gardeners may
feel that the dry Summer viii extermi-
nate many weeds from the garden be-
cause such have not had chance TO
grow this year. The chances OF elirni-
nation Of weeds by single Summer are
very meager in the light OF experiments
conducted at Arlington Farm, Va,
where weed seeds were buried carefully
In Jars and dug at yearly intervals for
q period Of 20-odd years and placed In
the greenhouse for termination. Some
Of the weeds persisted throughout the
entire period. and most OF our serious
weeds lived several years. Hence, we
can scarcely hope for one year TO eliml-
nate this form of garden nuisance.
Old-timers tell amusing stories OF
weeds growing in soil dug from deep
wells. but in these cases the seeds prob
ably blew in from nearby plants OF
we're carried by animals.
The observing gardener has probably
observed some of the wonderful devices
with which weed seeds are equipped 70
facilitate their movement; feathery
wings that allow the lightest gust OF
wind to pick the seed up and carry 1t
to new home; sharp hooks which en-
able the seed to fasten itself to the
clothing or to the fur of animals and
many other devices for scattering the
weed progeny. Nature is too careful IN
its plan to allow one bad season to
greatly upset the stream of life and 1t
Il to be expected that all weed enemies
viii be actively on the job next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
BARTLETT PEAR.

There seems but little romance in the
life story of pear, yet In the case OF
the Bartlett pear there is considerable
of interest. The pear itself Is so ex-
ceedingly valuable in the fruit industry
of the world, being grown commercially
In Europe America, Australia and
South Africa that 1t deserves considera-
ton The Bartlett pear is used for
canning drying and as fresh fruit and
nils a place in pear growing that is not
equaled by any other variety. The
Bartlett was originally known as VIII
liams Bon Chretien and is still 50
designated in Europe and Australia. An
enterprising Yankee renamed the
variety in honor of himself, thereby
breaking the code of ethics which OBJ
tains more or less among plant breeders,
namely, that Of respecting the origin
stor's right to name his progeny. How
ever, the name Bartlett has so
thoroughly attached itself 10 the variety
in America that II will never be REIN
vested with its correct name.
The Bartlett pear is a home garden
variety equally as much as a commercial
kind. The tree is a thrifty grower
bears heavily every other year and Ia
very long lived unless destroyed by FIRE
blight. Bartlett, Seckel and Kief1er
are probably grown in the home orchard
more than any other varieties and the
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DEEP TILLAGE.

Most every European book on garden
ing speaks of the value Of deep tillage
such as trenching where two spades
depth of soil are turned, We know that
Europeans are excellent gardeners, and
then we begin to question whether our
own method of rather shallow tillage Is
greatly wrong AS a matter of fact.
both methods are probably correct for
conditions under which utilized. In
England, for instance, much Of the soil
is reputed to be very deep and has long
been under cultivation and 1t is likely
very good practice to work it deeply.
In this locality, II one were TO trench
the soil he would In most cases only
disturb q layer of infertile, gravelly
loan. In this locality, shallow tillage Is
the only sensible procedure. II 1t were
possible to incorporate great amounts OF
rotted manure In the soil as has been
done In the Old World. undoubtedly
deep tillage might become an accepted
practice locally, but with conditions Of
commercial fertilizers and limited fer
tility our present practices appear best.
what a pleasure 1t would be to work
with soils of apparently inexhaustible
fertility gained from years Of copious
nnanuringl Yet, on the other hand, 1t
Is . challenge to the gardeners ability
70 do the best he can with rather
neaEer resources.
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NATIVE FRUITS.

Considering the wonderful develop
naent Of native American vegetables az
the time European colonists arrived, II
is strange that no such progress had
been made with fruits, especially North
American fruits such as the plum,
grape and various berries. 1t is quite
well recorded that the Indians MADE
much use Of wild berries and fruits, but
no such progress had been made with
fruits as with vegetables. When
colonists arrived they we're delighted
with the abundance of wild fruits but
these must have proved Disappointing
in quality because very shortly great
efforts were made to introduce apples
pears. peaches and other European
fruits. Some of the introductions proved
valuable but it is notable fact that
practically all our best varieties OF
fruit have American origin, The hot,
bright Summers Of North America were
not at all favorable to the fruits OF
Northern Europe. Our modern grapes,
such as Delaware, Concord and Niagara,
are presumably blends between native
and European kinds, and the cultivated
strawberry is also supposed to be
hybrid form.
Presumably, it is safe to say that
fruit breeding in America is in its in
fancy, Most of us have witnessed the
beginning Of the development of the
native BURBERRY in. the skilled hands OF
DR.. Corville and his associates. What
a few centuries OF effort may do with
the blueberry and with other fruits net
vet touched is Of course problematical
but it does net take a vivid imagination
to forecast great progress. 1t We COM
pare the centuries of time that have
been spent in developing European
fruits with the BRIEF one or two
centuries in America, and also take into
consideration the greater knowledge Of
today. we can scarcely doubt that
wonderful progress is ahead. What kind
of fruits will be set before the consumer
Of a few centuries hence is not now
known but they are certain to be inn
provements beyond present compre-
hension.
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GARDEN LIENS.

Stimulating roses and other shrubs
into a condition Of active growth by
use of fertilizers will undoubtedly be a
serious mistake in those gardens wnlch
were subjected to the drought. Inc
new growth formed at this late season
will not have time TO ripen thoroughly
and the plants may be severely winter
injured as a result. Inc sugars any
stsrches stored in well ripened WOOD
greatly aid the plant tissues IN resisting
rent caterpillars in fruit and orna-
mental trees are sometimes destroyed oy
flaming torches. This is, however, a
crude and harmful method Of control,
since fire is certain to injure the tree
as well as the insects. spray OF aI 81,
nate of lead or of paris green Will XIII
equally as well as the flame ana 40 ho
damage whatsoever to the tree.
Seeds in most fruits, except perhaps
oranges. play role in the development
of the fruit that Is perhaps not otSen
considered, namely, that OF promoting
the fun growth of the edible portion.
Skilled pomologists have observed tnaS
UNEQUAL development of the two sloes
of an apple is usually associated with q
lack of seeds in one part OF the core,
ali of which leads back to the necessity
of planting adequate pollenizers ana the
value of bees in the OrcnaIQ. :,
The common privet stood the drougilE
wonderfully well and. although it did
not grow much during the long period,
it continued to remain green, which is
more than can be said for certain other
hedge plants, including the baroerry.
The common, everyday petunia is a
wonderfully useful plant, filling IN
equally we'll as an inhabitant OF porcn
baskets or Of garden borders or BEDS.
THE petunia certainly keeps up won
derfui show Of color over long period
and does not appear to mind the In
tense heat of Midsummer II supplied
with enough water In this way, II
shows its relation to the tomato, egg
plant and other solanums, all OF which
thrive in Midsummer.
Legumes of various kinds, locust trees,
wistarias and clovers, appeared to en-
dure droughts more easily than other
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
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BY ]. w. WELLINGTON.

Kieffer should be excluded whenever it
is possible to grow the other two. Like
picked before tree ripe, that is, about
the time the first few fruits begin to
ripen. Ths pears should be then laid
away in the cellar on clean shelves and
upon following will be found to be in
most luscious condition. The Bartlett
may not be the very best pear but it is
not far removed from this exalted
position
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The Washington times., 1930-05-16
Quimby Held Guilty
In Wrecking Bank

NEW YORK. May 16 U.N.S }.
Milton C. Quimby, facing a pos
sible 55-year prison term for par.
ticipation in the wrecking of the
Clarke Brothers Bank, today
sought to set aside the verdict.
A co-defendant. John w. Cut
Ter, was acquitted of using the
mails to defraud and conspiracy.
Quimby was found guilty on IL
counts of conspiracy and using
the mails to defraud.
The Washington times., 1930-05-16
La Plata Firenten
Hold Carnival Soon

LA PLATA, May 16.-A special
meeting Of the La Plata Volun-
teer Fire Department was held
in the Court House here to re-
ceive the report of a committee
as to proposed entertainments to
raise funds for the recently pur-
chased fire engine.
After much discussion the
meeting decided on carnival
to be held the first week in July.
The Washington times., 1930-05-16
StGuntOn Hospital
Graduates 8 Nurses

STAUNTON, Va, May 49,
Eight young women received dip
Tomas as graduates Of the Train
ing School for Nurses Of the
Kings Daughters Hospital.
The graduates ere Misses Beula
Lee Lofts, Mary Gladys Troxell
Anna Katherine Koiner, Hattie
Gertrude Siron, Clara Elizabeth
Cromer, Mary Carper Oyler, Mil
dred e. Robertson and Claudia
Bell Wheeler.
The Washington times., 1930-05-16
Alexander Chamber
DriUe Is Successful

ALEXANDRIA. Va, May l6.-
The drive for $4,000 for use of
the Chamber of Commerce dur.
ing the coming year has been
successful and the membership
of the chamber has been in.
creased from 200 to nearly 900,
according to the unfinished re-
port of the committee in charge
Of the drive.
With the money assured, the
chamber will hire an industrial
new industries.
The Washington times., 1930-05-16
Winchester Census
ShOLOS IO,944 People

WINCHESTER, Va, May 10
Winchester is the second largest
city in the Shenandoah Valley
with a population of 1924, &C
cording to first Virginia census
district headquarters today by H
Russell Potts, assistant district
census supervior.
The 1920 census showed a pop
ulaion of $3.50. The increase In
10 years being 4,061, or SO pei
cent.
The Washington times., 1930-05-16
Man Shot to Death
On His Wedding Day

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May Is
uN.S) Andrew Andino, 80.
Lowellville, Ohio. cobbler, was
brutally murdered here today-his
wedding day-by an assailant who
fired seven shots into his victims
head and body with a 32-caliber
revolver.
Joe Polito, father of the 49,
year-old girl whom Andino was
10 nave been married today, was
arrested shortly after The shoot
ing.
The Washington times., 1930-05-16

Absolute disregard of costthrong all profits overheard
offering that ridiculous for such high quality Of
Notwithstanding CASH for single article of mems
"A under our
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Profession of Housekeeping
BIZ LYDIA LIZ BARON WALKER.

ing that she could not do all the tend
ing herself kind friends and neighbors
would come in and help her with the
nursing. In this generation such con-
ditions are extraordinary. A profess
sional nurse Is called in to take charge
Of the case. The care Of the sick has
entered into the ranks Of profession.
In this generation housekeeping is
gradually being accorded rank among
the professions. It is one Of so many
branches that it deserves recognition.
For example, housekeeper has to know
how to keep rooms in order, training
the children to become orderly as part
of the Job. She has to know how to
buy wisely, so that money Is not spent
lavishly, for instance, in storing the
larder with perishable foods, or too
scrimpingly, so that an essential, such
as bread, sugar, etc., is lacking at q
time when it Is impossible to get more
conveniently.
The buying and care of clothing and
household textiles is another branch
of which an expert housekeeper Is sup
posed to have knowledge. In fact, the
competent care of house requires skill
and a knowledge of various techniques.
ALI these things can be learned. Much
of the work is very agreeable. some OF
1t is difficult, but none OF 1t Is beyond
who hopes to become competent. When
this knowledge has been acquired, and
competency gained, the woman Is q
trained housewife or housekeeper,
although generally her training has
been that of experience plus study. In
this it again is reminiscent Of nurses
training, which is in part theory and
in part practice. The housewife may
not have q diploma, but she is pro-
feSsional.
In the realm of homemaking the ele-
nents are partly psychological. II Is
such a diversified knowledge that Is
required. for coupled with the skill OF
a housekeeper there must be that OF
the understanding Of personalities, SO
that family dwellS together In unity
social graces are expected and COM
urehension Of the beauties Of home lie.
TO be a successful homemaker is a pro-
fession plus an art. It is something
a woman deserves high rank Tor ac-
quiring. ,o..,
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Today in
Washington History
By DONALD A. CRAIG.

October Is, 1824.-After his en-
thusiastic reception in the City Of
Washington-named after the man by
whose side he fought in the Revolu-
tionary War and whom he regarded as
father-Gen. Lafayette went today
to the City of Georgetown to spend
three days in resting and visiting that
place.
GEORGETOWN and Alexandria are the
only two important towns that were in
existence in what is now the District
of Columbia at the time Gen. Lafayette
fought along with Gen. Washington for
the independence of the United States
Of America. Both were then thriving
ports. Georgetown, being farther up
the Potomac River and practically at
the head of tidewater, had hopes of
becoming a commercial center and a
port serving all of Northern and West
ern Maryland and Virginia, even sur
passing Baltimore.
Gen. Lafayette was given a brilliant
reception in Georgetown. His hotel was
literally beseiged by persons who de-
sired merely to shake his hand. Gen.
Lafayette was very genial about it all.
He seemed to enter into the spirit of
the occasion, although the degree of
enthusiasm-displayed wherever he
showed himself-seemed to surprise him.
He expects to remain in Georgetown
for three days and then to proceed
southwark, first into Virginia and then
making a tour of the new country, per-
haps as far South as the Gulf of
Mexico and as far West as the
Mississippi River, returning eastward
probably by steamboat on the Ohio
River.
From everywhere the news comes
that preparations are being made to
entertain the veteran general, who left
his own country to aid In winning the
Revolutionary War, as no hero has ever
before been entertained in this country,
unless it be Washington himself, long
since dead, and so close a friend for
many years of the aging Lafayette.
After he has visited other parts of
the Republic, Gen. Lafayette expects to
return to Washington, reaching here
probably in August of next year, where
he will very likely be the guest of the
President for several weeks and then
say his last farewell to America.
The plan is to take him down the
Potomac River on a steamer and
transfer him and his party to an Amer
lean frigate-possibly the new frigate
Brandywine-which will bear him east
ward over the Atlantic to his beloved
France.
Lafayette's sixty-eighth birthday will
occur September of next year. He will
probably still be in this country and the
occasion will be one to pay him special
honor and respect.
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BIZ J. r. GLASS.

The Duke of wellington objected
greatly to any leSsening of his dignity.
He hated familiarities from others. He
once told Col Gurwood:
Because the Duke of Marlborough
was an old man they treated him like
an old woman at court. viii not be
treated like that. The reason why I
have q right never to have . liberty
taken with me Is because never take
liberty with any man."
The formality with which the duke
acted was evidenced IN the case Of Lord
Fitwoy Somerset. He had known him
from 'Somerset's boyhood, but he always
addressed him as Lord Fittzroy.
Wellington was apt to be supercilious
toward people not born in his class. His
consciousness of the dignity Of his posi-
ton could make him rude
Once, ct an art exhibition, he was
approached by the aging Samuel Rogers,
poet friend Of Byron and for long
time the literary dictator Of London.
wealthy by inheritance, but he was OF
naiddle-class origin.
How dye do?" said the duke with
out warmth. A man Of the nobility
then coming up, although he was not
much more than a dunderhead, We'll
lington turned all his conversation to
him and completely ignored Rogers,
who walked away, forgotten.
There was one group. however, which
4 could take extreme liberties with the
old soldier and statesman. He loved
children and was apt to indulge them.
Breakfast at WalIner Castle, the
dukes residence, was served at 10
O'Clock. Hayden, the historical painter,
has preserved q very pretty scene he
witnessed there, while he. Sir Ashley
Cooper and the duke were breakfasting.
Half a dozen noisy children, brim-
ming with health and exuberance, came
indoors from their play.
Let them into the breakfast room, i"
the duke told a servant, and in they
rushed, shouting, How dye do, duke?
How dye do, duke?"
at want some tea, dukel" roared one
Of the youngsters.
"You shall have It," was the reply,
eff you promise not to slop 1t over me
as you did yesterday"
Toast and tea were ordered. Three
youngsters got on one side Of the duke
and three on the other. He Rugged
them all in turn. The tea was served
The boy who had been warned tried
deliberately TO spin tea over the dukes
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LITTLE BENNY


This morning the Sparrow salesman
came to give ma another driving lesson
and after supper she sed to pop, RELY
Termed something about car today
Willyum, I had . very instructive
morning.
Don't tell me you Termed how TO
change a tire, pop sed, and ma sed. No
and never expect to lern how, That's
mans werk and you're the man, she
sed.
But Suppose I don't happen to be with
you, Suppose you're alone, what then?
pop sed, and ma Sed, Then Ill simply
n1eerly stand by the side OF the road
with helpless expression until some
body with gentlemanly instincts stops
and changes it for me.
That's a swell ideer, but from what I
understand, gentlemanly instincts are
fast dying out amung car drivers, pop
sed. Anyway, what valuble nollege did
you pick up today? he sed.
I had lesson in stalling, ma Sed. ]
was driving along in perfeck confidence
and suddenly out of blue sky stalled
and the car naturally stopped ded in
its tracks. The Sparrow salesman
pointed out that had slowed down too
much without letting out the clutch. !
asked him II that would always make
1t stall, and he assured me 1t would,
but 1 always bleeve that personnel ex-
perience is 9 tents of the law, so de-
cided to try it again and see for my
SELF So 1 did, and sure enough I
stalled again. In fact made 2 more
perfeck stalls just to satisfy myself.
The ferst one happened to take place
rite in frunt of a traffic officer just
when he happened to be quite bizzy
giving instructions in a loud voice to
about 20 machines at the same time.
Rely, he was almost rude about it.
And the End time 1t happened to take
place In the middle of a narrow street
wich would of been very quiet and an
ideal place to stall in If there hadent
been a fire somewhere in the nayber-
hood and duzzen fire engines all
seemed to wunt to get passed at tie
same time. OF corse there was nuthing
for them to do but wait and be patient
about it, but by that time the Sparrow
salesman seemed to of had enough for
one day, so he finished the lesson. ma
sed. He seems to be of rather an i'm
patient disposition, she sed.
Yee gods, pop sed, and went around
to the bowling alley.