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Breeder. chief Of star, gave addresses

Follow Me Post, No. 1880, met at the
Concord Club, with Comdr. Milbrandt
officiating. Comrade Campbell re-
ported the postponement Of the posts
annual dance and card party until
after the election of officers. The fol-
lowing were nominated for post officers:
Commander, Joseph r. Campbell and
Philip r. Belt; senior vice commander,
Robert w. Boteler; junior vice COM
mander, John w. Thompson and NAL
colin G. Kee; quartermaSter, Eli Buseda
and Wilfred DUDE; advocate, Thomas
E. Fawcett; officer Of the day, William
A. Downs surgeon, Thomas z. Pollard;
chaplain, Ira T. Byram and Malcolm
G. Kee. The Concord Club will shortly
be RACED to clear the ground for new
construction work under the Govern
ment's building project and the post
will hereafter hold its meetings at
Pythian Temple on every second and
fourth Tuesday. The open initiation
meeting planned for october 3 in the
large hall of the Concord Club has been
indefinitely postponed.
Follow Me Ladies' Auxiliary held its
regular meeting at the Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club, with President Mrs
Blanche NJ. Melton offlciating. Mrs.
Roberta E. Fawcett, who recently re-
turned as a delegate at the national
convention in Kansas City. Mo, gave a
talk Of the various activities of the
organization and concerning the gen.
eral proceedings Of the encampment.
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many Of the homes are OF recent con-
struction and scarcely sufficient time
had elapsed to bring them &c their full
beauty.
At the first Autumn meeting of the
Takoma Horticultural Club, held Sep
TENDER %, B. Y. Morrison of the De-
partment OF Agriculture was the prin-
ctpal speaker. Mr.. Morrison spent sew
eral months in Europe this past Sum-
mer and brought to the members a
first-hand picture of the conditions OBJ
tanning in European, especially British.
gardens. He pointed out the widely
different environment as compared
with hrs, under which British garden
ers work, namely, a damp, cool climate
with no hot Summer months. Hence
the plants that thrive in Britain cannot
necessarily be expected to be best suit
ed here, and Mr.. Morrison entered a
plea that We utilize our native flora TO
a greater extent. He stated that lilacs,
weigelas. mock oranges and spiraeas
that do so well here barely exist in
English gardens. The English garden
ers have great proclivity for testing
new plants collected from all over the
world and are constantly changing the
plant population of their gardens. This
Is conceded desirable feature that
might be emulated by Americans, only
that we should go to climates COMPARE
BILE to our own for new plant material
Mr.. Morrison pointed out the fact that
English gardeners have taken certain
American plants, such as phlox, and
developed wonderful varieties Ameri-
can gardeners should observe their
plants more keenly, selecting improved
forms and propagating them. In so do
inc the Gardener would haUa tn ~
each plant in detail and become thor
oughly acquainted with its desirable fea-
lures. One gathered from Mr.. Morrison
that tie everyday English home gar
dener as rule is not as progressive as
our local gardeners, but that the great
endeavOr is in the private gardens of
the wealthy people. For instance small
flower shows made up largely of con-
tributionS from little gardens are not
characteristic of England. One would
judge from Mr.. Morrison'S talk that our
local home gardeners are progressive
lot as a whole and compare very favor
ably with those of the Old World.
On Friday the Montgomery Suburban
Garden Club had as guest speaker DR.
R. Kent Beattie of the Department OF
Agriculture. DR.. Beattie recently re-
turned from long trip to the Orient.
where he collected, incidental to his
major activity of seeking blight-resist-
ant chestnuts, some wonderful views of
Japanese gardens. DR.. H. r. Watkins,
chairman Of the Purchasing Committee,
announced that he could supply King
Alfred narcissus bulbs and Madonna
lilies to the members at very reasonable
prices. James c. Dulin, jr., is president
of the club and Miss Lulu c. Richard
son Of Q Drummond avenue, Chevy
Chase. Md, is secretary.
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Department Junior Vice Comdr Ma
than D. Golden and Comrade James A.
Barr of Potomac Post. addressed the
Federal and Front Line Posts Monday
night and Equality Walter Reed Post
on Thursday night, concerning the
ArmiStice day jubilee, to be held at the
Washington Auditorium on the night
of November II. and they will make
like talks to the other unit posts Of
the District of Columbia Department
at their next scheduled meetings.
Emphasis was made respecting the at
fractions to be offered.
Through the direction Of the Pub
licity Committees functions. under the
superintendent of Maj James w.
Boyer, jr. there will be published from
now until Armistice day news on the
prominent features of the jubilee.
Comrade Golden made an airplane
flight to New York in order to secure,
through the agency Of the Paramount
Publix Film Corporation, the attendance
Of Maurice Chevalier at the Auditorium
on Armistice night and to secure other
theatrical celebrities who contributed
immensely toward the morale Of the
American soldier during the war as
entertainers up at the rest environments
Vi LIE 1TOIlC lines.
The Publicity Committee of the jubilee,
under the direction of Maj. James W..
Boyer, jr., announces the following sub
committees: Advisory Committee-Rob-
ert Cottrell. Isaac Cans, Lee Hart, Miss
Margaret Hart, COL Leroy w. Heron.
Miss Ruth Howell, Miss Ruth Jones,
Arnold Kruckman, Mrs. Stella McCord.
Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Mrs. Sallie v.
H. Pickett and Edward B. Shaw. Con-
tact With Civic Groups Committee
James c. Barr, Daniel z. Campbell and
Gen. Anton Stephan. Committee on
Newspaper Publicity. w. Balm, Rich
ard Baker, George Rothwell Brown. Al
Reck, Gen. Henry j. Reilly, Aubrey Tay-
lor and Roy Whitman. Committee on
Special Publicity Features-Dr. A. Vic
tor Cercell, Joseph Gardella and Hardie
Meakin. Committee on Radio Pub
licity-Joseph F. Beattie, K. H. Berkeley
and M. A. Leese. Committee on Pub
licity in Veterans News--Arthur G.
Fowle. Committee on Photographs
Edward f. Clark and Hyman Greenberg.
Liaison Committee at, Military and
Naval Stations-Gen. Randolph C.
Berkeley, Capt. Dudley 8. Brown, Maj.
Charles Denionet, Capt L. A. Dessez
and Comdr. l.. 3. Green, I'd. Committee
on Special Periodicals-Miss Marion
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CUTTINGS HEATED

Casually thinking about the matter,
one would not expect that bottom heat
would be much Of factor in the sue
cess of cuttings set out in frames in
Midsummer, yet certain experiments
conducted by the Iowa Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station show that supple
mental heat. Is a necessity with certain
plants. Evergreen cuttings set in the
beds about July would not root at all
without bottom heat and certain shrubs,
such as the Eva Ratheke weigela, red
leaved Japanese barberry. hydrangeas
and viburnums. gave much better re-
suits when in frames with bottom heat.
The heat, strange to say, was pro-
vided by rotting cornstalks closely
packed beneath the layer of soil.
The soil medium had much to do
with the success of the cuttings. In
general mixture Of half peat and half
sand gave better results than sand
alone. with French lilacS and Vibur-
mum Carlesii cuttings responded to
placing their cut bases in dilute sugar
solution for "a hours prior to setting
in the beds. Another curious point OBJ
served was that cuttings Of althea,
weigela, carols, cornus and certain of
the spireas we're harmed by removing
the top bud, which apparently func-
toned in some unknown manner to
stimulate roofing.
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OUTDOOR NUNS

Chrysanthemums are not generally
grown outdoors with the painstakine
care that is applied in the greenhouse
More often the old clump is simply di-
vided in the Spring and reset in rather
large pieces, with perhaps thorough
preparation Of the soil, but more often
not. Such culture brings more or less
uncertain results 1t was indeed a
pleasure and somewhat of q revelation
to see a home garden where chrysan-
themums are handled with all the nicely
of greenhouse. The home gardener in
question Is G. D. Wolfe of the American
University Park section. and apparently
gardener Of the old school, who loves
to handle plants and make them do
their best. =
In Spring. when the young plants
springing from the base Of the old
plant are few inches tall, Mr.. Wolfe
cuts them off and sets them out in rows
not more than to 9 inches between
plants and q foot or SO between rows.
A wire trellis is then erected along each
row to support the plants and keep them
upright. All side branches are broken
on. so that each plant consists Of one
upright stem. AS buds appear at this
season. all are pinched out except the
top bud or perhaps two buds on two top
shoots. This throws all the strength
into one or two blooms. and as a result
large flowers are obtained, comparable
to those grown indoors.
After all. disbudding is the secret of
nice chrysanthemums: that is. Of course.
II accompanied by good culture and
rather heavy fertilizing.
Mr.. Wolfe has some very fine dahlias
Of his own breeding. adding further evil
dence that he is real gardener.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars

Bannister. Mrs. George S. CARL, jr.; Miss
Hazel Grant Edgar and Mrs. Helen Ray
Hagner.
Department Comdr. Charles B. Jen-
nings has reappointed Manuel J.
Martuf of Potomac Post as chairman
of the Hospital Committee. The COM
manders of each of the federated posts
of the District of Columbia Department
will designate two of their comrades,
who will sSsiduously cooperate with the
chairman.
Front Line Post No 14O1. held It's
regular monthly social meeting last
Monday evening. at Logan Hail. with
the members of the ladies' auxiliary as
guests of honor A program of enter
tainment was presented, followed by
dancing Junior Vice Comdr. Harry F.
Volkman had charge of the strange
ments.
Prior to the entertainment a short
business session was held for the pur-
pose of obligating several candidates to
membership, and to open nominations
for officers for the next administrative
year. The nominations will remain
open until the night of the election,
October IL, and the new officers will
be ceremonially indicted into their re-
spective stations at the first meeting
of November.
The following nominations were
made: For commander, Harry F.
Volkman, jr., and Walter P. Boehm;
for senior vice commander. Phillip Big
gins; for junior vice commander, Paul
G. Chandler. William P. Winslade, W.
G. Payne and A. w. Masters; for quar-
termaster, William j. Harrington; for
chaplain, Maj. H. G. Bryson and E. F.
Clarke; for post advocate Phillip Big
gins and Abe Grub; for surgeon, DR..
Parham and DR.. Bryson; for officer OF
the day, Benjamin Suls and Phillip
CELL T. B. Weigel, F. H. Rawlings and
Frank Topash.
To every member Of the post has
been mailed request that he file with
the adjutant an AFFIDAVIT attesting his
reasons for borrowing on his adjusted
service certificate and as to the specific
purposes for which the money was ex-
pended. Although the request went out
only several days ago, Adjutant Gar
della reports that responses already
returned evidence the focused interest of
the comrades. The post denounced DR..
Clarence True Wilson, secretary of the
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals of the Methodist Church,
for his statement that the American
Legion Convention at Detroit was "a
drunken orgy"
Front Line Ladies Auxiliary held
its regular bimonthly meeting last Mon
day evening at Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club, with President Virginia
s. Cercell oficiating. A report was
made by Mrs. Mary B. Guillermain of
a visit to Ward H of Naval Hospital,
when cigarettes, candies, toilet articles
and magazines we're freely distributed
among the patients. President Cercell
announced that officers for the ensuing
in October.
Mrs. Lola B. Heise, past chief Of
stan and o member Of Potomac Auxili-
ary; Mrs. Dorothy Lodge, treasurer Of
Potomac auxiliary, and Mrs Edith Den
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GARDEN. NOTES

Japanese anemone, or windfower,
seen growing in an American Univer-
sity Park garden, Is really q beautiful
plant, we'll worthy Of a place in the
home flower garden. Unlike some Of
our native anemones, the flowers grow
on spikes 2 to 3 feet tall. The flowers
are white, pink, rosy purple and other
related colors, and are Singularly at
tractive. This anemone Is fully hardy,
and because of its late blooming habit
gardens.
The French marigold is q rather
commonplace species, but extraordina-
rily fioriferous when grown in fertile
soil. This species provides q most ex-
cellent source Of cut flowers over q long
period
The smokehouse apple doesn't figure
50 much in the market Advertisements
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mo- " 1881 EYE ST. NV, '-'-'''
Trustees S ale of Valuable
Seven-Story and Basement
Brick and Stone Apartment
Known as "The Wyoming"
Being Premises 2O22 Column
bia Road Northwest.

BY virtue OF certain deed OF trust, duly
lumbia, and at the request Of the party Sc;
sell at public auction, in front of the prem :
Ises on on, MONDAY THE TWENTY sixth
F1FTEEN O'CLOCK PM the e't following ~ de-
S ssTi6ed lapd and premises; situate in the
1d as an bsnS parts az " The
tract OF land called The widows Mite .
now known Ud as pax Lawn" DESCRIBED BY
for the same on the easterly line Of CO.
lumbia road. as widened at point distant
Of said road as widened With: the SOUTH
Line Of the LAND &c. conveyed to Stephen
s Ssef n 1e'qte6a n ih a
t trict Of &C. Columbia and rpnning, thence
bush,s land south s15 degrees east iSs 10
the District Of Columbia by deed recorded
In L5er' 2sl0 at folio III Of the said land
records thence ,s s9T - with the west line
said second line from the point Of begin
2775l feet to the place of beginning, inciudS
ing With WITH other PARCELS lot numbered twenty;
part of OAK Lawn per su pat Teeord d.
District of Columbia, in Liber County 10 at
as lot, 1922. in square numbered twenty-five
hundred and thirty-five t2535l. Subject to
Columbia road as shown on plat in County
Book 10, at page l09, of the records of the
surveyors ONCE Of the District of Columbia
subject to the restriction to run with the
land for Is years from June 9Th, 1910. that
no building. wall. fence or other structure
shall be erected within ten U0) feet of the
north line OF the herein described property.
road in subdivision of oak Lawn con-
A: Barr by deed dated June 5th, 1919. and
now taxed as lot numbered eight hundred
and fourteen (814) in square 2535.
Terms OF sale: One-third Of the purchase
money to be paid in cash. balance in two
equal installments, payable in one and two
years, with interest at six per centum per
annum, payable semi-annually. from day Of
property sold. or ali cash at the option Of
the purchaser A deposit of $40. 600 will be
required at time of sale. All conveyancins,
recording. etc. at cost of purchaser. Terms
Of sale to be complied with within thirty
days from day of sale, otherwise the trus-
tees reserve the right to resell the property
at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser
after five days advertisement Of such resale
in some newspaper published in Washing
JOHN L. BARR
JAMES J. BECKER,
se3o-d&ee Trustees.
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DESERTION CHARGED
TO WANNAMAKER, JR.
EStranged Wife of Philadelphia
Also Alleges Non-Support.
Warrant Issued.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORRISTOWN, Pa, october 3.-A
warrant has been issued here for the
arrest of John Wannamaker. jr, Phila-
delphia. son of the late Rodman Wan
nameker, and grandson Of John Wan
namaker, on charges of desertion and
non-support. brought by his wife, the
former Pauline Disston.
Existence OF the warrant, issued Sep
TENDER 25, became known today when
an attorney informed the magistrate
his client would appear at later date
to give bail.
The pair were married August IL.
1917, at Newport, r. l., and separated
in November. 1925, while they were liv-
ing in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Wannamaker charges her huS-
band deserted her without reasonable
cause. She charges he has neglected
to support her or her two children, with
the exception that. since November l.,
1927, he has paid her $4,000 each three
months. which payments have been
totally inadequate and insufficient for
the purpose"
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as Grimes Golden, Stayman Winesaps
and some others. but is nevertheless
highly esteemed by those who know
this variety. 1t would make an excel
lent addition to the suburban garden
that is large enough to support an
apple tree or two.
A coming plant for the home gar
dener, according to DR.. Griff1ths Of the
Department of Agriculture, is the
tuberous rooted anemone, now unavail-
able to local home gardeners, but being
propagated in quantity so that in a
year or two it will be plentiful, or at
least procurable. Beds of this flower
are said by DR.. Grifflths TO be ex-
tremely beautiful
Home gardeners interested in know
ing the mushrooms that spring up here
and there about the place should pro-
cure copy of Department of Agricul-
ture Circular No. l43, Some Common
Mushrooms and How to Know Them. 4"
written by Miss Vera K Charles. This
pamphlet is illustrated and should prove
very useful in identifying members of
this interesting group of plants.
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BROKEN TULIPS

DR.. David Grifiths, bulb specialist for
part in the discussions at last MONDAYS
meeting of the Takoma Horticultural
Club. remarked that all tulips that
showed breaking of colors last Spring
should be discarded in favor of new
stock. Broken color means those tulips
where clear colorS are changed to mot
tied and bizarre appearance. Such phe-
nomena are believed due to q mosaic
disease, transmitted by aphids and hop
pers, and entirely different from muta-
tons Of sports in the true horticultural
sense. such as exhibited by the Radi-
ance rose when it abruptly turns from
red to pink or reverse. 1t is probably
a little late to prof1t this year from Dr.
Griffiths' advice, but another Spring,
when the tupils bloom. this warning
should be remembered and the broken
plants discarded promptly in order to
keep the balance Of the tulips healthy.
Mosaic diseases, as has been pointed out
in this column from time to time. are
difficult to combat, since no spraying is
Of any avail except as It controls aphids
and insects that carry the disease. The
organism that transmits the disease, II
perchance it is an organism, Is so small
that it has never been seen and can
pass through q porcelain filter. Some
scientists even suggest that 1t may be
of chemical nature and not definite
organization. Be this as IL may. mo-
safes are a great factor in plant life and
must be controlled. as Dr. Grifiths sug-
gests for the tulip. by discarding
promptly the diseased plants
In reply to a question as to the lime
requirements of the tulip. DR.. GriffithS
stated that the tulip needs a sweet soil
and that lining is highly desirable.
There is no better time to apply the
lime than during the preparation of the
beds. Hydrated lime Is procurable in
small quantities at almost any hardware
or builders supply store. Most of our
local soils are naturally acid. and an
application of pound per Is square
feet is a reasonable quantity. but should
be thoroughly worked into the upper
soil
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POL OMYELlTlS GERM
Is BELIEVED ISOLATED
San Francisco Hospital Director
Finds Possible Key to Origin
of Infantile Paralysis.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 3.-Dr.
Frederick Eberson, director Of clinical
laboratories and research at Mount
Zion Hospital has isolated q germ
which he believes may be one of the
hitherto invisible army of poliomyelitis.
otherwise known as infantile paralysis
DR.. Eberson was not sure of his dis
covery He pointed out yesterday, how
ever, that the proof will lie in tests, and
said monkeys already had been inoc-
ulated for observation.
The germ came from a monkey that
had died from fnfantile paralysis.
What can be seen can be combated !"
the scientist stated. IF we find this
germ is the germ of infantile paralysis.
we can make from it anti-toxins and
serums that may cure victims and pre-
vent others from having the disease"
A report on the experiments has been
sent to the Smithsonian Institution.
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ID. A. r. Activities

Victory Chapter met Monday after
noon with Miss Mildred Saunders, Long
view, on Chain Bridge road. The re-
gent, Mrs w. w. Husband. presided.
Reports Of officers were given. Mrs.
w. H. Harper read her report in which
chapter members and their families were
invited TO see an exhibit Of pictures Of
Yorktown, jamestown and williams
burg at the Willard Hotel the evening
Of October 5.
Mrs. Thora H. Seaton spoke on art
in Washington" Miss Constance Rus
sell, niece Of the hostess. rendered
piano selections. The assisting hostesses
we're Mrs. Watts ard Mrs. Charles Floyd.
The State Americanism COMMITTEES
met at the America nization School
library Tuesday afternoon, with the
State chairman, Mrs. Rittue, presiding,
Miss Hartman, State regent of the D. A,
r., gave resume Of the work accom-
plished by the committee during the
past year. Miss Maude Alton, principal
Of the school, gave a talk. The teas
given to the foreign mothers will be
continued, under the leadership of Mrs.
Rittue. The committee meetings will
be held the third Tuesday of each
month
Mrs. William Wanamaker presented
the kindergarten with a large doll for
the use Of the children attending and
later the committee will give more dolls
and toys.
The following new officers were ap-
pointed: Assistant vice chairman, Mrs.
Erret Wallace: corresponding secretary.
ECfRlle 1kaf
Ways and Means, Mrs. A. B. Garses:
vice chairman of Ways and Means, Mrs.
Jessie A. Hover. and treasurer, Mrs,
joseph w. Hiscox. Mrs. j. F. Gross, as
sistant vice chairman, and Mrs. Chill
dress B. Gwyn. recording secretary,
continued from last year.
The Army and Navy CHAPTER will
mold card party at the Wardman Park
Hotel, October 81 at 2:39 pm. Mrs.
John w. Holcombe is in charge Of
entertainments for this chapter and
tickets may be obtained from her at
2127 Bancroft place. Mrs. George w.
Mc1ver is regent.
The Patriotic Education Cor,n,ittea
met at the Hay-Adams House the
chairman Mrs. Arthur S. Field. presid-
ing The treasurer reported nearly $40
on hand toward the scholarship for
Lucy Mcfarland at Lincoln Memorial
University, which was pledged by this
committee.
letter from the national chairman
Mrs. Charles E. Herrick. was read out
lining work for the year. The State
regent, Miss Helen Hartman. made an
address. The guest speaker was Mrs.
! Henry H. Roberts. jr of Annapolis
| Md. former national chairman for
patriotic education.
The Committee on Legislation in the
United States Congress met September
70 at the Hay-Adams House Plans
were made for an open meeting TO be
held at the Hotel Willard early in No.
vember. State Regent Miss Helen Har-
man, made an address.
Brig. Gen. Rain Beall Chapter was
addressed recently by Mrs. Paul Scharf,
Maryland State chairman. on "Legis-
lation in the United States Congress"
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WIFE DIES IN PLANE FALL

BUFFALO, N. Y. October 3 (P-
Mrs. Joseph Marks, IS. was injured
fatally in an airplane crash near her
home here yesterday in the sight OF
relatives gathered to witness her ar
rival Her husband, who was plotting
the plane, escaped with severe shock
and a cut over the right eye. Mrs.
Marks died in a hospital.
Relatives said Marks, who has been
operating private airport at Lincoln
Ill, had agreed with her and her
parents to fly over their house when he
returned to Buffalo.
The plane swooped down to about
400 feet altitude. witnesses said, when
the motor sputtered for a moment and
then went dead. The plane nosed over
and plunged to the earth. Marks said
later the control broke.