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The Washington times., 1931-11-02
GOVERNOR ENDS
3-DAY SWING
IN NORTH
Enthusiasm GreetS Speeches;
Democratic Leaders Turn
Out in Honor at Reception

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Nov. g.
Completing a three-day swing
through three States, in the
course Of which he studied Demo
cratic Presidential sentiment, Gov.
ernor Ritchie returned to Mary
land last night.
Governor Ritchie made numer-
Gus speeches in Massachusetts, and
In Rhode Island and was received
with enthusiasm.
Governor Ritchie was the guest
at a reception yesterday after.
noon at the home of former
United States Senator Peter 9,
Gerry, who controls this States
delegation of eight to the Demo.
cratic national convention.
Here he met virtually every
Democratic politician of import.
ance in Rhode Island. In the
evening he was entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nicholas
Brown at a dinner and musicale,
Mr.. Brown is a nephew of Mrs.
Gerry and Mrs. Brown is the
former Anne Kinsolving, of 5alti-
more.
Mr.. Gerry and his followers are
staunch supporters of AL Smith
and until the latter has spoken
it will not be known to whom
the strength of Rhode Island will
be thrown.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Bus DriUer and Girl
Hurt in Auto Crash

Everett K. Van Buren, bus
driver, of 40 Randolph Pl. N. W.,
and Miss Dorothy V. Kirn, of
Laurel, were injured yesterday
when they were struck while
walking across the Washington
Baltimore highway at Hyattsville
by a machine driven by George
Edward Blair of the Naval Hos
pital.
Van Buren, was taken to Gar
field Hospital where he was
treated for cuts and bruises and
possible internal injuries. Miss
Kirn's injuries were slight and
she went to her home.
The driver is held by police on
charges of passing red light
and reckless driving.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Produce Dealer, SIS,
Assaulted iva Sleep

William Clark, SIS, produce
dealer, of Edinburg, Va, is re-
covering today at Emergency Hos
pital from lacerations of the head
and face received when he was
assaulted at Twelfth and Water
Streets Southwest, early yester"
day.
The man was asleep in his auto
when someone struck him over
the head with a bottle. Several
colored men were seen running
from the scene.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Chevy Chase Group
Makes Clothes Gifts

Last year, 961 new garments
were contributed by residents of
Chevy Chase, Mrs. Earl H. Clapp,
chairman of the Chevy Chase
Branch Of the Needlework Guild,
has announced.
This year the need is greater,
she said, and expects a CORE
spending increase. Garments
were given to the Montgomery
County Social Service League.
the Montgomery County General
Hospital, the Florence Crittenden
Home, the Home for the Aged in
Georgetown and the Baptist
Home for Children in Bethesda.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
SW|MM|N' HOLE
VISION WAY
BACK HOME
First Entrant in Times Contest
Writes Also Of Berry SoCiaIs;
Tickets to Movie As Prizes

Strawberry social, hay rides and
the Oh swimmin' hole are the
fondest recollections of the first
contestant in The Washington
Times contest on Things I Re-
member" for which tickets will
be given to the picture, WAY
Back Home" to be shown at
RK-O-Keith's Theater.
Daily, beginning Thursday, six
pairs Of guest tickets for the show.
ing Of Seth Parker's picture will
be given for the best letters on
happy memories Of the good old
days.
Chores to Do
Leonard James, lit Vermont
Ave. N. w., who sent in the first
answers in the contest, wrote:
"A few things 1 like to re-
member about Way Back Bome,'
don't seem to go back very
many years ago, when / was
left with my grandparents in
the far north, Ontario.
"My first recOllectiOns arc of
a stump field with Grandad
clearing a piece of land. Too
young to help, all 1 could do
was run around and he in
everybOdy'S way.
"SchOOI in the country meant
plenty Of fun at first. But, be-
lieve me, 1 had plenty of chores
to do every morning before
leaving home with my little red
dinner pail and had to walk
three miles to get to the little
red school house. Maybe in
time for a game of baseball be-
fore the O'Clock school bell
called us in to readin', writin'
and 'rithmetfc.
Swimming Every Day
Then that glorious vacation
time would come and that
meant swimming every day for
two whole months. During the
vacation the haying season
would be on and what fun we
would have tramping a load in
the field. Then in the hay
NOV.
Every year we would have
, strawberry social at the vii
lage church. Preceding these
grand affairs all we kids would
gather around the little old lady
playing an old reed organ to
practice singing some of the old
tunes which went to make up
a churcl. social program of
those days.
"After the pulpit had been
removed, the choir loft made a
good platform for the local kids
to get the first thrill of the
stage. / was picked to be a
duet partner with a little girl
to render a piece called 4 Got a
Big Red Apple
81 still remember shaking up
there in front of all the village
farmers of those days. For IT'S
people were a crowd then.
Mother sat in the front row and
kept time for us with her index
finger, and oh, how proud she
was of her little boy"
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
LICENSED AT marble

The following couples were
licensed to marry in Upper
Marlboro, Saturday: William
Abbott, 81, of Capitol Heights,
and Myrtle Moreland, l8, of
Ritchie; Harold TownShend, %,
of Brandywine, and Catherine
Claggett, 81, Of Accokeek;
Charles E. Tippett, 81, Of Forest
vile, and Ethel M. Cation, 18,
of 654 Milwaukee ST., and Mar
cellus DeLozier, 20. Of Oxon Hill,
and Myrtle Rawlings, 26, Of
Cheltenham.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Girl Reserves Hold
PARTY for Mothers

Celebration of the golden jubilee
week OF the girl reserves of the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
tion in Washington began yester-
day in Barker Hall, when 5000
girl reserves held a reception for
their mothers.
The presidents Of all senior and
Junior high school and grade
school clubs. all of whom were at
tired in the girl reserve uniform,
were in the receiving line.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Yexed With Brother,
He Smashes Car
With Sledge

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. 2.
Preston Bishop, of Hancock dis
trict, was fined $25 and costs
and ordered to pay the cost of
repairing the automobile of his
brother, Shannon Bishop, which
he is alleged to have nearly
wrecked with a sledgehammer.
Bishop was arrested and ar
raigned on a charge Of malicious
destruction of property before
Justice Palmer Tenant in
HagerStown.
The boys have not been on
good terms for some time.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
$3.50 Aid to States
Attacked as Bribery

The increasingly. popular Fed
eral policy of "5O-50" appropria-
tions for various State projects,
such as roads construction, yester-
day was attacked as lin effect
a bribe" to the States to get them
to abandon their just rights to
the Federal Government.
In a radio address over the
National Broadcasting system.
Alexander Lincoln, president Of
the Sentinels Of America, non
partisan patriotic organization,
declared through this means the
Federal Government is rapidly
usurping the prerogatives of the
States.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Grid Players Hurt
In S0nd-LOt Games

Two football players were in.
jured yesterday in Alexandria in
Sand-lot games, the most seriously
was James w. Baber, BIT Prince
St. a member of the Fire Depart.
ment team, who received Injuries
to his back.
Wilson Sinclair, of 819 Duke ST.
was cut on the head in the same
game. Both were treated at the
Alexandria hospital.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Decree of Divorce
VOided on Appeal

The divorce decree recently
awarded Mrs. Millie Rollings
against DR.. Harry w. RollingS,
Veterans Bureau physician, today
was reversed by the District Court
of Appeals.
DR.. RollingS attacked the decree
awarded in District Supreme
Court on the ground both he and
his wife were residents of West
Virginia and that the District
court was without Jurisdiction.
The Court of Appeals upheld his
contention.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
CHnOnizGtiOn Rite
EXPLAINED in Talk

Explaining the process used by
Rome in beatification and cauoni-
zation, the Rev F.. j. Hurney said
over the radio last night that the
Catholic Church carried out a
careful and deliberate process TO
test the truth of the virtue of such
persons and to probe the moral
significance of their actions.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
YOUTH DIES IN CRASH

FROSTBURG, Md, Nov. 2.
Richard Mckenzie, "a. son of
Richard Mckenzie of Finzel, Gar
rett county, injured with. three
others when their automobile ran
away on Big Savage Mountain, a
mile west of here, died at Min
ers' Hospital of a fractured skull.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
BOOTHS PLACED

Voting booths for Clarendon
precinct No. in tomorrow's elec-
ton will be located in the Spinner
building, next to the Clarendon
School.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
d14N N4N' =. n. LVUoSI4NULIIH'
ALICE DRAKE TO SPEAK

Miss Alice Hutchins Drake will
talk on Beauty in Contemporary
Verse" before the BookloverS'
Group at the Y. w. c. A. at 8
o'clock tonight.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02

Rooms, and many of them with
boarding conveniences, are listed for
Room Hunters convenience in the
Rental Columns of today's Classified
Section.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
600 at Yacht Club
For Custer Roast

More than 600 guests and mem
bers attended the annual oyster
roast of the Washington Yacht
Club yesterday at the clubhouse
on the Eastern Branch of the
Potomac River.
Commodore L. J. Johnson and
Mrs. johnson headed the recep-
ton line with other officers Of
the club including Vice Commo.
.dore and Mrs. LiSle w. Pursel,
Rear Commodore E. P. Martin,
H. A. LeuSenkamp, secretary;
Fleet Captain and Mrs. John
Kidd, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Taylor,
r. L. Shanafelt, w. w. Dudley
and Mrs. H. A. Leusenkamp.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
WARNER BROS. THEATERS
EARLE
Thirteenth Street
Below + Street

On the screen-Kay Francis, Joel Nc
Crea and Lilyan Tashman in Girls
About Town" On the Stage-James
Hall, screen star, in person and other
acts.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02

IRENE DUNN In Consolation Mar
riage." with Pat O'Brien and MyrnaI
10y. Clark & Mccullough in Scratch
as Scratch Cam KraEy Kat kartOOn|
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A Dance FrOC
for misses

An enchanting frock Of
white mousseline de sole
whose wide swirling skirt,
brief bolero and peplum are
edged with minute pleats.
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THE CHERRIES

This has been a fine crop year for
cherries, both sweet and sour varieties,
and goes to show that more cherries
might very well be grown by local home
gardeners. A considerable portion of
the sweet cherries grown in the coun-
try appears to consist of seedlings which
have probably been distributed by birds.
It IS unfortunate that some of the finer
varieties should not replace these small
fruited and rather mediocre seedlings.
Take for example the solid meated var
ieties, such as Bing and Lambert, that
come in great quantities from Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. These large
fruited cherries deserve a thorough trial
in our home orchards. These two should
not be planted singly or paired by
themselves because their pollen Is nei-
ther self-fertle nor cross-fertile. Here
is where the many seedlings now pres
ent will likely be of material help in
supplying pollen for these better varie-
ties. Windsor and Schmidt are two
dark red cherries that have been tried
in the East and found very desirable.
Napoleon is a fine yellowish red cherry,
but like Bing and Lambert requires
-pollination. Gov. Wood Is an
other good yellowish red cherry and
Coe and Florence are good early varie-
ties Of the same type, but are rather
soft f1eShed.
Among sour cherries, Montmorency
ranks supreme both commercially and
for home gardens, but may be paired
with early Richmond for an earlier
ripening variety. Pollination presents
no problem with sour cherries, which
Is certainly help. Sour cherries are
less susceptible to brown rot and not
so desired by birds as are the sweet
cherries, so it is small wonder that
they are planted in preference to the
sweet varieties, although the difference
in eating quality rests entirely with the
sweets.
One factor that has been unfavorable
to sweet cherry planting Is the diff
Guilty in getting trees to live. The large
sized trees generally supplied by nur-
serymen do not seem easily transplanted,
but it Is believed that with younger
trees and better methods of handling
the trees in the storage cellars success
will soon be more certain.
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for tomatoes and sweet corn and at
the same time not too warm for peas,
lettuce and cabbages. If moisture con-
ditions continue as favorable as they
have been all Spring, this will be a
splendid season for vegetables. How
many gardeners grow Swiss chard? 1t
is very satisfactory crop for those who
like spinach and beet leaves. The
plants may be kept producing all Sum-
mer II only a few of the outer leaves
are taken off at a time. Those garden
ers in the outer suburbs who also keep
poultry, will find that chard is highly
relished by the birds and helps greatly
10 keep them producing during the
Sumner.
To date bean beetles do not seem to
have put in their appearance, but there
Is not the least reason to think that
they will not arrive. One can poison
Mexican lean beetles with magnesium
arsenate or kill them with pyrethrum
preparations, several of which are now
sold under trade names. For the home
garden there Is much to be said for
the pyrethrum materials, chiefly that
such are non-poisonous to humans. Not
that there is much danger from mag
nesium arsenate, as very little material
will be found on the beans proper; but
nevertheless the use of so-called plant
poisons such as pyrethrum removes all
hazard. Another troublesome insect,
the asparagus beetle, can do lot of
injury to the young foliage in day or
so. This pest strips all the green layer
from the leaves and stems and thereby
kills the plant. busting with arsenate
of lead powder alone or mixed half and
half with hydrated lime will save the
asparagus from this pest.
Advocates of mulches and Scraping
have much to say for these systems Of
culture but nothing will start young
plants into growth any more rapidly
than tillage, not deep tlllage but keep
ing the surface broken, especially near
the plants. Tillage hastens the de-
composition of -ranures in the soil and
in a way tends to decrease soil fertility
rapidly, but after all the intensive
garden is supposed to be literally fertil-
lied and kept in a high state of action
and the loss of fertility must be ex-
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PLANT MARKERS

One problem that gardeners have
never solved is that OF the best marker
for labelling plants, especially herbaceous
plants that die back to the ground each
Autumn. Tree marking has been quite
we'll solved starped aluminium labels
attached with copper wire or brass nails
having proved very satisfactory. These
labels may be fastened to wooden stakes
and thus used for marking small plants,
but the trouble comes wn:n the stake
rots OF at the base and is knocked over
and perhaps moved out of place. Some
of the members of the Takoma Hortl-
cultural Club use a ''1"' shape gal
vanized label, the upright arm of which
is thrust into the soil and the cross
arm for writing upon. Such label
has much in its favor; 1t does not decay
nor readily rust, 1t Is relatively inccn-
SpicuouS and when not in use takes up
relatively little space for storage.
Labelling plants does not especially
interest the home owner with few
species or varieties of plants, but for the
gardener to whom variety testing is
rather hobby, correct and permanent
labelling is of great concern. It is very
easy, indeed, to let name slip out of
the mind and is altogether eXasperating.
Hence many gardeners are willing 10
go to considerable trouble and expense
to mark their plants clearly and
durably.
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THE GARDEN CLUBS

The Takoma Horticultural Club, un-
der the leadership of VIM T. Sim
mons, 51S Aspen street, is now making
ID its Spring bulb order. This CO.
operative purchase actually saves the
membership several hundreds of dollars
each year and, what is perhaps even
more important, stimulates the plant
ing of bulbs throughout the suburb.
This year hyacinths have been greatly
reduced In price and it Is to be hoped
will be planted in greater quantity.
The bulbs are purchased from Hol-
land firm, which packs each individual
order separately, thus reducing the
chances of mixtures to a minimum and
at the same time giving each member
first class bulbs. Other local clubs, in
GLIDING the Montgomery Suburban
Garden Club and the Woodbridge Gar
den Club, carry on similar service
for the members, thus offering strong
1nducement to home owners to affiliate
With their lectures, shows and Coop
erative buying, the garden clubs are
rendering very useful service, q fact
that Is best evidenced In the rapidly
increasing membership In those clubs
which are not restricted. At the last
nesting OF the Takona Horticultural
Club, total of II new members were
voted in. This is not mushroom growth
since this club is over 10 years old. 1t
would almost seem that each suburban
community about the city could very
advantageously support a garden club.
The Hyattsville Horticultural Society
won the second leg of The Evening Star
trophy this Spring in the face of rather
stiff competition from clubs with much
larger membership, but it Is safe to
say that the fight for possession will
be renewed even more earnestly than
ever next Spring. since one more win
would give Hyattsville permanent pos
session. This trophy seems to have
well fulfilled its purpose in stimulating
competition and incidentally finer
shows. And as for the trophy itself, it
Is well worthy of the effort.
The Community Garden Club Of
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GARDEN ITEMS

Coreopsis, pyrethrum, hardy pinks
and other herhaceous perennials are
mighty efficient Towering plants, but
need a certain amount Of care to be
really worth while. All these plants
will practically destroy themselves by
crowding If not separated every two
or three years. The golden lowered
coreopsis is a conspicuous feature in
many gardens at the present time and
helps very nicelv to fill In between the
really Spring flowers and the Sum-
naer ANIMALS.
Brown rot Is taking heavy toll of
the sweet cherry crop where any fruit
has been left by the rapacious robins
and catbirds. The rather moist
weather has been very favorable to the
development of brown rot and mildews
Brown rot Is comfortable by spraying
cherries Immediately after the shucks
fall and perhaps again 10 days later If
weather is moist with mixture made
uD of one quart Of commercial liquid
lime sulphur and three ounces of
powdered lead arsenate to so quarts of
water. OF course, it Is rather late to
be discussing the control Of brown rot
On cherries. but it is we'll to know that
there is remedy. Lead arsenate
should always be made into a thin
taste before it is added to the mixture.
If lead arsenate is not used in combi-
nations with lime sulphur or Bordeaux
mixture, small amount of hydrated
lime should be added to neutralize
any soluable arsenic that may be pres
ent and which may injure the foliage
Newly set plants which tend to turn
yellow and make but little growth
should be fertilized with a little nj
trate OF soda or ammonium sulphate or
even a high-grade mixed material.
However, none Of these substances
should be brought in touch with leaves
or stems.
The Madonna lily is now in full
bloom or completing bloom In local
gardens. The flowers are pure snow
white, very fragrant and borne on long
stems, and it Is no wonder that this
species ranks very high as q garden
lily.
This is the best time of the whole
year to move and plant iris, and never
before have superb varieties been as
reasonably priced as at present.
The old foliage of the tulips, narcis-
sus and hyacinths should be gathered
up and destroyed or else added to the
compost heap, where it may thoroughly
decay. 1t is rather inviting disease to
let the leaves lie and rot where they
fall and furthermore altogether I'M
slightly.
One garden writer ridicules the pres
ent-day tendency toward rock gardens
speaking of them as piles of rock with
a few Alpine weeds scattered thereon, or
something to that effect, and suggests
that the fad will soon pass. This may
be true in many cases where the effort
has been rather feeble, but there are
many wonderful rock gardens about
the city that will endure as long as
the rest of the garden.
Washington, midway between the
North and South as concerns garden
ing, boasts many semi-tropical or at
least essentially non-hardy plants, for
example, figs, the Grape myrtle, the
deodar cedar and trifoliate orange.
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WILD HONEYSUCKLE

Nothing attracts greater attention
along the country roads at this season
than the fragrance of the wild honey
suckle. The whole countryside seems
permeated with the delightful odor. 1t
is a strange fact, but nevertheless true,
that this plant is not native to North
America, but was introduced from East
ern Asia for ornamental uses. Now it
is so much at home here that no one
would ever guess that it is visitor or
perhaps better, an immigrant because
it Is certainly here to stay. This honey
suckle is generally seen in the common
white and yellow Powered form, but
now and then a pink flowered plant
may be observed along the roadsides.
The pink probably arises now and then
as mutant or sport from the common
white.
From the home gardeners standpoint,
this trailing honeysuckle had far better
be left along the counstryside. Intro
duced into the garden, it becomes a
most persistent citizen. Every stem that
lies on the ground roots readily at the
nodes, and before long one has fight
on his hands to eradicate the plant.
This trailing honeysuckle is one of thoee
beautiful plants that had better be adj
mired at a distance. In Virginia, the
honeysuckle became such pest in the
sod-managed orchards that the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station ran a
series of experiments on its control and
some years ago published bulletin on
the results of the study. Certain sprays
we're found that gave fairly good con-
troll of this plant pest. After all, the
botanist who described a weed as a
plant out of place was not far from the
truth. And one place that the wild
honeysuckle should not be is in the
home garden or along its fences.
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Rockville was entertained by Mrs. B.
T. Elmore Of Alta Vista and Mrs. Frank
Karn Of Rockville at the home Of the
former, Friday, June IL. In the abb
sence Of the president, Mrs. George
Hane, the vice president, Mrs. Elmore,
conducted the bushes meeting, at
which time the resignation of the presi-
dent was accepted with many regrets
and high hopes for her speedy recov-
cry. As was the meeting, the flower
display was held on Mrs. Elmore's spa
cious lawns and visiting horticultural
friends acted as impromptu judges, aft
er which each conducted tour of the
grounds, garden and pool as follows:
Miss Margaret Lancaster, president Ma
tional Capital Federation Of Garden
Clubs, discussed rock plants and gar
dening with those who elected to join
this particular group; Prof. David Lurns-
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A Jacket FrOck
for little tUOmen

For town wear, this crepe
shantung yellow with a
stunning twig print In black
with a hip length jacket
to match.
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pected, and Offset by supplying suficient
nutrients.
PANSIEs FROM SEED

It Is time that seed was being pur-
chased for next Springs pansy crop.
high, but If one wan.5 large flowers
with fine colors 1t pays well to buy
good stock. The cold frame Is good
place to SOW pansy seed, in fact to
SOW any kind Of perennial flower seed
because here the plants can be pro-
tected from the intense sun and can
be more easily watered without suffer-
ing injury from heavy downpours.
Pansy seed terminates rather slowly
and the little plants grow slowly at
first so that very shortly now seed may
be Sown to advantage.