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Or rather at card party where small
prizes are desired.
=, linen there are holders for table
linen. Make them of cardboard disks
OF various sizes to match the different
sizes OF doillies and center pieces YOU
nave. Cover each disk with two pieces
OF cretonne, over-handed down around
the edge-or else cover one side of each
disk, basting the cretonne over the
edges, and then overland two of the
disks together. Match two of the An
lshed pieces together, and make an
elastic garter, covered with ribbon, to
snap over them. The doillies, of course
lie fiat inside
very attractive sofa ctsNk kns NAV he
made. with cretonne. A square, with
Evening star., 1931-12-06

and while we were still proclaimino tho
importance OF the brighter bronze the ttie
vivid green, the copper colors ana and, yart C.te
Gus bright reds and blues, We wa-o
brown oA OF dark
Nothing daunted, the French dress
makers nave gone back to their or;atroI
stand, and among the very newest - tbinaa = maj
bright colors are featured. Hats for s,iiass Ias
Winter wear are made of bright tua ra5 iate te
give tne touch of color to the hi, bIscp ~
street @ costumes. And on the latest %eA eueA
a bright accent. somewhere
me latest idea seems to he rot
to combine two colors, but 70 TO , Ue m not
,la oaIA OF neutral tone with W smait vtIf
Evening star., 1931-12-06

bright flash of the more vivid hue. On
black evening dress you may wear
gtrdle of the most vivid green or the
most flaming red, or you may combine
dark blue, fuchsia or subdued purple
with green So-called light reds are
looming large as the season advances
and stand out prominently among the
blacks and whites at every important
evening event.
The college girls and the debutantes
seem to be leading this crusade for
brighter colors and it is to them we
look for courage to break away from
the safe dark, duh tones.
A few years ago girAy yof this age, in
their effort to appear sophisticated, fire.
euently begged for the privilege OF
Evening star., 1931-12-06
COlOrs Bright and Rich

- VERY season has its special prob
r lem. One year it is a question
Of skirt length, another one of
waistlines or sleeves. But now
that these matters are fairly well
settled the subject that comes up for
debate most often is one Of color.
F. To wear bright colors or to remain
loyal to the smart blacks. dark browns
and neutral tones-that is the question
every woman must decide for herself
Evening star., 1931-12-06
Cretonne Makes
Christmas Gifts

YOU can cover all manner of little
objects with eretonne. One thing
to make is a cretonne- covered bridge
score. Buy the bridge score pad, and
cover an oblong of cardboard with
cretonne. Fasten the pad securely in
place and by its side attach little pen
Gil with @ength of ribbon, also Sc
curely fastened. That is all. Such a
pad Is really charming and a very
appropriate prize at a small card party
Evening star., 1931-12-06

every time she buys new dress or hat
or accessory. ''' VI 'AA'
y X
ne season began ir a burst of color
d;s ano dreSsmakerS here and abroad
tha ao t tneH pest to persuade women that
the slnlg nao come to break away from
~ tsSOLpel, suodued tones. In a meas
as always, there are certain onsn Who
take advantage Of the oby~bn smart
ness ana safeness Of the darker tones.
Evening star., 1931-12-06

tne four points turned in and seve6
together, makes the simplest sort. And
you can get couple OF small match
ing remnants You can give q new char
acter to a bed room with plain white
curtains by making eushaona and
lampshades and bags an of the one,
eretonne to furnish the room with.
Evening star., 1931-12-06
Flour Cleans Lace

spread the soiled lace on a piece
OF clean white paper, sprinkle with
cooking flour and roll up. The time re-
CURED VIII depend on how soiled the
race Is. snake off the -four and the
lace should be perfectly clean. S''e
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BRUYERE.

wearing black gown or an all b,ooL
street costume, but the tendennu tndof, pidoK
among them is to ban black entiraIJ, Ios fo,,
daytime wear and to adopt it for eve We
nlng only in dress of the more da rino
sort. AMI uaillg
Evening star., 1931-12-06
Window Stills,

Stone window sills are too often neg
lected and allowed to become weather.
beaten and discoIored. To bleach
them, scrub them vigorously WI salt
and very little water. -.
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CRISSCROSS BINDS ARE OF P1TENT LE1THER 0
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
SCENES ADDED TO PLAYS
OF POET SHAKESPEARE
London Amateurs Depict After
maths to Romeo and Juliet"
and Other Dramas.

LONDON (NANA). - Amateur ac-
tors get more and more ambitious in
their efforts. The Beckenham Players
and Shakespeare Society which, two
years ago. gave Peer Gyrt," in its
entirety, has recently performed some
additional" scenes TO Shakespeare
One Of these takes place on the
morning after the tragedy of Romeo
and Juliet. The nurse and the friar
come TO the tomb to mourn the loss
Of the young lovers. The friar, in dis
grace, has been dismissed from the
church, and the nurse persuades him
TO marry her. telling him what a good
cook she is. AS they talk the lovers
awake, the poison cup having been
only a sleeping draught, and Romeo's
dagger wound no more than a stun
ming blow, Tybalt and the other char
acters appear and all ends merrily with
a folk dance.
The Tanning of the Shrew" has a
scene five years after the end of the
play, and another episode, entitled
Faithful Desdemona," takes place on
a plane of existence outside the gates
Of heaven. Beatrice, from Much
ADO" and Hamlet appear. Desdemona
passes through the gates, but OtheIlo,
wishing to follow her, is compelled to
stay outside. whereupon Desdemona
comes back and remains with him.
(Copyright, 1881 by North American News
paper Allisnce.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
GARDEN TOOLS

The number and type of tools that
are needed for the gardening operation
depend directly on the size of the area
under culture. The very small garden
may be successfully operated with but
few tools, perhaps only spading fork,
rake, hoe and trowel The larger sub
urban garden, on the other hand, can
not be carried on with any degree Of
comfort without more complex tools,
such as wheel hoes, and possibly wheel
seeders, which open furrow and drop
seed at the one operation. For the
larger garden, a wheelbarrow is OF ma
terial assistance in moving compost,
manure or plant refuse. A garden line
for laying out straight rows is neces-
sity in every garden whose owner takes
pride in systematic arrangement and
straight rows. Straight rows are prac-
tical as well as ornamental, since the
cultivator may be drawn or pushed
along much closer to the plants without
the hazard of destroying off side indi-
viduals. Laborious handweeding is
thus reduced In large gardens where
horsepower is available for cultivation,
the rows should be placed farther apart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
UMPIRE IS URGED
IN RAIL SITUATION
Banker Offers Plan Aimed at
Solution of Vital Carriers
Problems.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 4.-Answering the
questions of What is to become OF the
railroads" F. j. Lisman declares that
many major railroad ills of the moment
could be cured by an umpire" who
could set about the elimination of the
waste of competition, without destroy
ing competition, the improvement of
railroad service and the strengthening
Of railway credit. The railroads could
select a committee of six or nine, he
suggests, who would in turn elect some
one qualified to fill the post.
THE umpire would have under him
three or more separate bureaus" says
Mr.. Lisnan. HE would serve for five
years, with the right of committee
of the presidents, something like the
Presidents Advisory Committee of IL,
to remove him on six months notice.
ANY decisions rendered by the UNI
pire would be subject to appeal by any
carrier or carriers to a small committee
of elder statesmen who, of course,
companies having q parallel or an
tagonistic interest as regards the ap-
pealing company.
THE expenses of the umpire and his
organization would be borne by carriers
pro rata to their gross earnings and to
the amount of services awaited of. That
is to say, if a group of carriers in a
given section should not wish to par
ticipate in any one of the bureaus
created under the umpires jurisdiction,
then they would not bear the pro rata
of such expenses.
1.-THE umpire would have with him
an Advisory Committee of seven with
whom he would be expected to consult
as to the various activities of his or
ganization and no action would be
taken by him If majority of such Ad-
Vsory Committee members were OPP
posed to it.
THE agreement to abide by the de-
cision of the umpire with the above
limitations must obviously be within the
letter and spirit of the law. The I.
G. C. and the Federal Trade Commits
sion should be made cognizant of all
activities of the umpire.
The various bureaus to be created
would be as follows: One for the study
Of rates. one for public relations, one
on competitive wastes and possibly one
for research"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
GARDEN ITEMS

At one Of the meetings of the Ia
koma Horticultural Club late last Au
tumn one of the members reported that
he had brought crepe myrtles into
bloom by drastic Spring pruning Just
how universal the application of this
practice is is a question, but 1t is
suggestion worthy of trial by owners
of recalcitrant myrtles. One thing is
certain, the myrtle flowers on new, soft
growth and such pruning would slim
ulate such growth. The crepe myrtle
is about the last of the shrubs to push
out buds in the Spring and sometimes
may be thought dead.
Crocuses and snowdrops are quite
late this year, considering the mild
Winter March was unusually cold, and,
besides, 1t is quite likely that the dry
Autumn may have retarded the usual
root development at that season.
Already the earliest of the narciSsus,
Golden Spur, is making its appearance
in sheltered gardens. This means that
there will soon be plenty of bloom for
the home gardener who was foresighted
enough to plant bulbs last Fall.
Peat moss is a splendid material for
conditioning the soil. Hitherto most Of
the peat has been imported from Eu-
rope and rather costly. Prof. Alex
Laurie of the Ohio State University is
authority for the statement that United
States peats are equally good. With the
vast deposits Of peat in our Northern
States, the gardener should not lack
a ready supply in the future. Peat Is
high in nitrogen which becomes slowly
available and cannot, therefore. be
counted on to supply the plants innme-
diate needs for this substance, but
greatly improves the texture Of the soil
and increases the organic matter,
usually greatly lacking in local soils.
According to information contained
in Extension Service Bulletin No. "a
Of the University of Maryland, there
are 1876 days in this region between the
average date of the last freezing tenn
perature april 49, and the average
date of the first freezing temperature
in Autumn October 23). The frost
free date is given as about three weeks
after the date of the last freeze, hence
about May 9. Certain of the tender
vegetables cannot be safely planted until
after this last date.
There is considerable romance in the
origin and development of the rather
prosaic group of plants that make up
our edible vegetables. Many Of the
humble citizens of the garden trace
their early history back as far as that
Of civilization. Others Of more recent
appearance have also interesting life
stories. Take, for example, the variety
of spinach known as Virginia Savoy
It's name does not reveal that one of
its parents was collected in China as a
wild spinach, possessing but little out
ward value, but withal a marked re-
sistance to blight that has long at
tackled cultivated spinach. Plant breed
ers succeeded in combining the resist
ance of the wild form with the edible
qualities of the best garden varieties.
The Virginia Savoy resulted, variety
which one garden magazine states has
saved million-d industry in New
Jersey alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
TWO-YEAR FRUITING

Most owners of fruit trees have OBJ
served that certain trees have a very
definite tendency to bear only every
second year, This habit of frulting al
ternately is generally spoken of as BIZ
ennial bearing and is, indeed, an url-
fortunate characteristic, as one year is
long enough period to wait between
crops. Hence. 1t is no wonder that pro-
fessional and technical horticulturists
have tried to determine the cause and
overcome this fault in apples and pears.
For a time it was thought the prob
lem might be solved when 1t was found
that fruiting was often definitely asso-
ciated with a certain length OF spur.
However, it was soon observed that in
the poisoning year practically all
spurs bloom quite irrespective OF length.
Since individual spurs rarely blossom
and more rarely fruit two years in sue
cession, there were no material num-
bers left to bloom or fruit the succeed
ing year. Now 1t appears that IN the
annual fruiting varieties, such as
Grimes Golden, Delicious and Stayman
Winesap, some control Of size of crop
is possible by pruning and fertilizing,
but in the biennial varieties the trees
natural habit seems too strong to over
come. The substance Of the matter Is
briefly that in planting apples and
pears the home gardener might better
choose. as far as possible. those varie-
ties with an annual habit of blooming
and fruiting.
The biennial habit is not an iron
clad habit. For example, if the bios
SONS by chance are killed in Spring
by q late frost, the tree blooms again
the succeeding Spring, and the cycle
is thus completely reversed, so that 1t
may be in time some satisfactory solu-
ton may be discovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
NEW BUILDING TO BRIDGE
TWO NEW YORK STREETS
67Story Skyscraper to Span
Thoroughfares in Financial -
District. -

NEW YORK, CN.A.N.A0.-As pro-
lection to traffic, Cedar and Pine streets,
narrow thoroughfares parallel with Wall
street, are rooted over now at the point
where a shining, white building is rising
to height Of 81 stories. This building
is for the maze of Offices of Henry L.
Doherty & Co, and when it is completed
a 16th-story bridge will Join it to the
present wall street building so that
Offices will run straight through for
two blocks.
Mr. Doherty. who has more than $50
patents in connection with production of
gas, electricity and oil, owns several
acres of the financial section, the most
valuable land in Nthe world. Scores Of
old buildings have been swept away
to make room for buildings TO house.
his public utilities companies. The new
building will have a glass top, and
colored lights will shine through the
dome at night.
In the lobby of his present building
! Mr.. Doherty always has an elaborate
display Of all kinds of oils. There are
cases full Of glass jars containing amber
| and golden fluids that look like maple
| sirup, molasses and honey, but ttrr-
doubtedly would taste simply terrible.
] (Copyright, 1881, by the North America
Newspaper Alliance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
ANNUAL FLOWERS

Most of the color of the Midsum-
mer flower garden must come from the
annual flowers, such as petuniaS, zins
MAS and scabiosas. Many of the per-
ennials have a habit Of Towering In
one big display in Spring, and then
the garden is certain to be more or less
off season until the Autumn Towering
chrysanthemum and perennial asters
come into bloom. The ANIMALS make
possible a wealth of bloom in the hot
test part of Summer, especially If plants
are started in the house and trans
planted into the garden when the
weather permits.
AS a rule, the ANIMALS make fine cut
ting flowers and possess that cut-and-
come -again habit that is so desirable
to the home gardener who is striving
to provide flowers for the home. Calen-
dula, verbena, scabioSa, zinnia, mari
gold, petunia, Salvia-the list Of avail
able species is quite large. Last Sum-
mer the calendula showed wonderful
resistance to drought, surprising mari
colds and Zinnias in this respect. But
It is not likely that any flower will be
put to such test again for long
time. The Zinnia is fine hot-weather
boomer as is also the petunia. Some
of the dwarf Zinnias are very attrac-
tive as bedding plants, surprising in
beauty the giant forms.
Among the ANIMALS should be in
cluded also the gladiolus and dahlia,
both of which have to be planted out
each year and taken up again in Au-
tumn. The gladioluS is a splendid Sum-
mer Towering species, embracing Won
derful variety of forms and colors. In
fact, a collection of gladiolus might
very we'll be used as the main feature
of the Summer flower garden. By plant
ing the corms, or bulbs, at intervals
the season of bloom may be success
fully continued over long period. The
dahlia is more properly an Autumn
flower. rarely attaining its real beauty
until the cool days of early Fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
LORD BESSBOROUGH
HELPS RURAL DRAMA
New Governor General of Canada
Has Private Theater on His
English Estate.

LONDON (NAN.A.).-Stanste d
Park, the beautiful Sussex home of
Lord BeSsborough, the new governor
general of Canada, was built by the
Earl Of Scarborough in the seventeenth
century. The estate, however, dates
back much farther. In the patent rolls
of 1905 it is called Estanestede.
A Lady Newdigate, who frequently
visited Stansted, wrote:
The hours of We family are what
We polite world would not conform to,
viz, breakfast at $3.50, dine at $50,
supper at 9 and go to bed at 10, but
everybody is at liberty to order break
fast. dinner or supper into their own
rooms and no questions asked"
StanSted Park has become we'll known
during the seven years of Lord Bess-
borough's residence there through the
amateur dramatic performances that
are given In the private theater. This
is very professional building and
is a replica of the Ambassadors Thea
ter in London.
Lord Bessborough has recently been
the prime mover in organizing a rural
dramatic festival to be held from time
to time at Stansted, in connection with
which a three-day school of drama is
to be given shortly in Chichester and
Horsham.
Copyright, 1881 by North American News
paper Alliance.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
VEGETABLE GARDEN

On the basis of April lS as the aver
age date of the last freezing weather in
Spring in this region, the Maryland
University Extension Service bulletin
No 34) suggests that early cabbage
plants, peas and early potatoes may be
first planted on March 90; onions,
March Of; beets, carrots, lettuce, radish,
spinach and turnips on April /; caun-
flower plants, chard. parsley, parsnips
and satisfy, April 8, and endive and
kohlrabi on April II. Bush beans are
not safely sown until May l.; sweet
corn and squash Nay 6, and pole lima
beans not until May 8. In the very
tender group which cannot be safely
sown until after the last frost MAY 81
are cucumbers, eggplant, muskmelons,
watermelons, pepper, sweet potato,
pumpkins and tomatoes. These figures
are based on averages obtained over
several years and are not to be taken as
absolute. but do give hint as TO the
proper time to plant the various crops.
With the aic of frost protectors, the
safe date may be modified somewhat,
and again, the location of the garden
in a protected area may modify the
date of safe planting. AS a rule, there
is little to be gained by placing seed
in the ground before the dates given,
because each species has rather definite
temperature requirements below which
they will not grow The minimum point
of plant growth is often spoken of as
the zero point of growth. The zero
point for two species, such as the rad
ish and the tomato, would be obviously
quite different.
Among varieties recommended in the
aforecited Maryland bulletin may be
mentioned the Crosby Egyptian, Eclipse
and Detroit dark red beets, the Chan
tenay. Ox-Heart and Danvers half long
carrots, the Lucullus chard, the Iceberg,
Big Boston and All-Heart head lettuces;
the Grand Rapids and Black Seeded
Simpson leaf lettuces; Danvers Yellow
Globe and Prizetaker onions, the Hol-
low Crown parsnip, the Scarlet Button,
French Breakfast and White Icicle rad
ishes and Virginia Savoy spinach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
At Community Centers

Community Center Department,
Franklin Administration Building, Ma
tional 1900.
A contest of kite flying and making,
open to contestants of all ages, will be
held in Anacostia Park April 8, 100
to 3 o'clock, under the Model Aircraft
League. Awards for workmanship,
artistic decoration and performance are
offered.
John Galsworthy, English novelist
! dramatist and esSayist, will lecture I'M
, der auspices of the Community Institute
| at Constitution Hall April IL at 8:i5
pm. His subject will be six Favorite
observation-disclosures, Stevenson, Kath-
crime Mansfield, Conrad, Hudson and
Mark Twain"
The fourth session of the Play Insti-
tute, with demonstrations of games for
! the home, Virginia Schumacher chair
man, will be April 6, to 10 pm, in
Columbia Heights Center.
Two evenings remain for the Play In
stitute, April 10 for outdoor games and
| April 20 an open evening Of fun
Central Center, Thirteenth and Cliff
| ton streets:
| Monday evening-Dramatic rehear-
SAL La Fayette Lodge Fellowcraft Club;
Tall Cedars of Lebanon drill team.
! Tuesday evening-Washingt Choral
Festival rehearsal.
Wednesday evening-Dress rehearsal,
La F'ayette Lodge Fellowcraft Club
| KallipoliS Grotto drill team.
| Thursday evening-Ladies' night, en-
tertainment and dance; La Fayette
Lodge, No. 10.
Chevy Chase Center, Ben Murch
School, Thirty-siXth street and Ellicott
place:
Saturday evening-Social dancing
Columbia Heights Center, Wilson
Teachers College, Eleventh and Har-
ward streets:
Monday evening-Play Institute.
Tuesday morning Beginners rhyth-
mic dancing; evening, Georgetown A. c..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
THE GARDEN CLUBS

Mrs. Rita Fowler. publicity chairman
Of the Chevy Chase, Md, Garden Club,
reports the April meeting is to be held
at the residence of Mrs. Clarence As
pinwall Walter Wilcox will be guest
speaker, with Rocky Mountain Scenes
and Flowers" as his subject. The club
is planning a garden pilgrimage for the
benefit Of Montgomery County Social
Service League. The date will be an
nounced later when 1t is known more
exactly the time that local gardens will
be at their best.
The American Horticultural Society
maintains its headquarters in Wash
ington, D. c., and publishes here its
quarterly the National Horticultural
Magazine. A considerable portion of
the membership is made up of local
horticulturalists and amateurs. Cecil
C. Thomas Of Takorna Park is secre-
tary and Knowles Ryerson, chief of the