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VEGETABLE NOTES.

A useful thought in planting out
celery is to set the plants in trench
some three or four inches deep. Later.
when the time comes to dlaw the soil
up to the plants to blanch the leaves,
the trench method of planting saves
much labor. Celery is subject to two
or three leaf spot diseases, all Of which,
fortunately, are controlled by Bordeaux
mixture. Some seasons these spots
cause no trouble, other times they are
serious enough to require spraying
CaulifloWer has to be blanched in
order to attain that desirable whitenesS
which seems to go with high quality
in this plant. AS soon as the flower bud
appears the large outer leaves should
be drawn up over the head and tied
with a narrow strip of cloth or of
raffia. 1t is little early yet for cauli-
flower to develop properly, for like its
relatives, the cabbage and kale, the
caulif1ower enjoys cool weather.
Tomato fruits sometimes develop a
hard dry rot at the blossom end just
about the time they reach the ripe
stage. This disease, known techni-
cally as blossom end rot. really Is not
a disease in the true sense because no
fungi can be found associated with its
development. However, blossom end rot
Is n oGlIOuo HldAdIJ SOltlC yCdA ., Nndo4A4S
heavy losses to the tomato crop.
Spraying Is of no avail and often the
trouble disappears as readily as it came.
Generally blossom end rot is associated
with dry seasons and should not, there
fore, be serious factor this year.
The cucurbits, namely the cucumbers,
squash and melons. do not figure very
heavily in home gardens. not because
these plants are undesirable, but because
of difficulty in growing successful crops
Cucumbers and melons could be grown
If sprayed regularly with Bordeaux
mixture However there is iustifiable
tendency to grow those kinds of vege-
tables that require the least fussy care
and hence the vines are largely left
out of many vegetable gardens.
Popular demand plays quite role in
the selection of varieties irrespective of
individual merits. For example, red
fleshed beets are much more in demand
than, light fleshed varieties, and who
would think of eating white carrots?
Yet there are such and they are very
good yellow podded beans are more
desired than green podded kinds, al
though the latter are deemed better
favored by many. So there is fashion
in the vegetable garden as well as on
the street.
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TEXAS CLUB FORMED
TO BOOM ROOSEVELT

Democratic Leaders Predict 1882
Something to Eat, Not Something
to Drink, as 1882 Issue.
By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex. August democratic
party leaders in Texas, predicting the
next presidential campaign would be
mot on something to drink, but on
something to eat" met here and organ
lied a Roosevelt-for President Club,
sponsoring the candidacy Of Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York.
The meeting was similar in many re-
spectS to the one held here in 1911 to
sponsor Woodrow Wilson for President.
which was largely responsible for the
stand taken by the Forty Immortals"
of the Texas delegation for his nomina-
ton at the Baltimore convention j.
A motion proposed by Mrs. r. F.
Lindsay of Mount Pleasant. president
of the Texas Federation of Women's
Clubs, that prohibition not be a test
of membership in the Democratic party,
nor of right to seek Office within its
ranks, was adopted at the meeting.
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THE HOME GARDENER
REGAL LILIES.

Last Autumn, when Ernest H. Wilson,
keeuer of the Arnold Arboretum at
Boston, Mass, was killed IN an auto
mobile accident, few people connected
him with that great garden acqulsl-
ton, the regal lily. Yet 1t was Mr..
Wilson who found this superb lily grow
ing wild in Western China and brought
it back to America at considerable
hazard to himself So good was this
lflv that its culture has spread thou
sand fold and it is now found scattered
all over Northern United States and
lower Canada and indeed in Europe.
The regal lily is very beautiful, long
trumpet flower in white and pink, and
the plant exceedingly hardy and per-
n1anent The only difficulty in culture
is that the young plants emerge from
the soil too early in the Spring so that
noY and then they are caught by
E&ted Spring frost and killed to the
ground Yet with little watchfulness
the plants can be protected during a
cold SPELL
Regal lily seed may be purchased and
Whe rather slow process of growing bulbs
Undertaken. This procedure is very good
for the nurseryman or the gardener
Cho wishes to raise several hundred of
The bulbs, but for the home gardener
who needs only half dozen or so OF the
bulbs it is better to simply purchase
them In Towering size and save two or
three years of waiting. Regal lily bulbs
are being propagated in such quantities
that their price is very reasonable.
Once established the bulbs will increase
themselves.
Any gardener who enjoys lilies, and
where is the gardener who does not,
should have regal lilies in his garden.
Incidentally, they bloom in Midsummer
when the garden is rather bare of
flowers Many folks are inclined to
hesitate to plant lilies because they
have heard that it is difficult to make
them live This is true with certain
species, but not so with the regal lily
any more than it is with that old
reliable flower, the tiger lily, which
endures almost without care. The regal
lily is now being used for crossing with
other species and already hybrid seed
lings are forthcoming so that this Chi
nese lily is bound to exert a strong
influence on American gardens in more
ways than one.
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the high degree Of quality that is at
tanned in a tree-ripened plum The
plums cover a long season from early
July to October and could very well
receive greater consideration as home
garden fruit
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GARDEN NOTES.

The spiraea family has supplied the
garden with some of its most ornate
shrubs, including the we'll known Van
Houtte variety. Likewise the family has
been generous to the old fields and pas
lures of New England and New York,
where at this season spiraea tomentosa
or bareback is conspicuous flower, ap-
pearing sometimes in pink and some
times in almost white hues. AS valu-
able as are our imported plants, there
is little question but that America could
have fine gardens with just native
American plants.
Snap beans, or string beans as they
may be called, are enjoying a good year
with the Mexican bean beetle rather in
conspicuous. Paintings of this vegetable
may still be profitably made.
Sometimes 1t pays to fasten the long
new shoots of the grape to the wires of
the trellis so that they may not be
broken of in storms. These young canes
are the potential source of next years
crop.
Much of the damage to shade trees
along the streets may be traced to a
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THE HYDRANCEAS.

There are ct least three distinct
types of hydranegas grown in Wash
irgton and vicinity, namely, the old
fashioned p G. or paniculata grandl-
flora type, with its immense trusses OF
pinkish-white blooms. the arborescent
type. with its clusters of whitelsh
blooms, and the hortensis group, which
contains the varieties which bear the
blue and pink lowered blooms. OF the
three types, the last seems most inter
esting because of its striking colors,
and to the horticulturist because these
colors can be influenced by changing
the acid reaction of the soil. This
species Is not fully hardy in Washing
ton and often is killed back to the
ground. This past Winter was very
favorable to this hydrangea and as a
result there has been profusion OF
bloom.
Some years ago the New Jersey Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station carried
on an interesting series of studies with
the hydrangea to determine just what
caused the plants to change their col
ors and found that it was a matter of
the acidity of the soil. 1t was possible,
by, placing part of the roots in one
pot and part in another, to obtain
strikingly different colors on single
plant. The results were very helpful to
florists who forced hydrangeaS into
bloom for holiday trade because rather
obviously, when lot of rather costly
plants changed color it meant serious
loss Pink color was apparently tied up
with a neutral to slightly alkaline soil
reaction and blue with an acid ten
dency. Lime was used to bring about
the alkaline and aluminium sulphate
the acid tendency.
The hortensis type of hydTangea is
therefore peculiar plant, for few plants
can be Influenced in color, no matter
what the fertilizer. Rather obviously, If
home gardener has one OF these inter-
esttng hydrangeas and particularly de-
eires that it retain its present color, he
should be careful as to what type OF
fertilizer is used about the plants.
Certain materials, such as ammonium
sulphate, for example, decidedly in
f1uence the soil reaction.
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Vacation Lodge.

Week end guests were Misses Jean and
Minnie Edmonds and Miss Wilhelnina
Heuser. Miss Margaret Fox, treasurer
CT the association; Miss Eleanor Gable
of York, Pa; Miss Helen Elwood of
Redlands, Calf, with the general secre-
tary, Miss Anderson, we're visitors last
week.
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STRICKEN PICNICKERS
ALL WELL EXCEPT TWO

BY the Associated Press.
READING, Pa. August 1.-Two of
the 40 persons stricken at park here
yesterday remained In hospitals today
as representatives of the State De-
partment of Health Investigated the
cause of the wholesale sickness. Their
condition was not serious.
DR.. Ira J. Hahn. Reading health
officer, said yesterday he discounted
the theory of ptomaine poisoning be-
cause food seized at a restaurant where
many of the picnickers had eaten was
found by a pathologist to be untainted.
DR.. Hahn said he believed the ell
ness was caused by a combination of
the heat and the result of eating and
drinking a variety of stuff"
The occasion was the annual outing
of the Lancaster Automobile Club at
Carsonian Park. Picnickers were
stricken in all parts of the grounds
within a short period of time.
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Y. W. C. A. News

The next tour planned by the edu.
cation and industrial departments win
be to the Shenandoah and Luray Cav
ems. leaving by bus from Seventeenth
and K streets Saturday at 2 o'clock
and returning Sunday afternoon via
Harpers Ferry. All registrations must
pc MADE by Wednesday at the informa-
ton desk or in the education depart
ment. Mrs. Elizabeth Ketchum. educas
ton director, and Miss saba Hartman,
Industrial secretary, will be in charge.
Ramp KahIert.
New groups are formed tomorrow for
the two weeks period of special inter-
ests. photography, one of the new
features in this years program, with the
Old spring house as the dark room, Is
proving one OF the real attractions. The
camp craft group is building a "lean-to''
In the WOODS to be used for overnight
camping.
Another project which is nearing
completion is the Iong-desired cabin for
former and present counselors. This is
the gift OF the ccunselors and their
friends. 1t is so constructed that it will
be comfortable for Fall and Spring par
ties. 1t contains a living room, two bed
rooms, a kitchen and screen porch and
1t is way back in the woods, making an
excellent rest house.
Both Juniors and seniors attended thu
Japanese evening last week Camps II,
Japan were described by Miss Mitauko
Uchida of Yokohama On Saturday
night Hawaiian program was given
under the leadership of the dietitianj
Miss Neva Lewis. Miss Lewis wal
formerly teacher in the Normal School
at Honolulu.
The seniors will have an evening
party this week at Mayo. They will go
there to see Show Boat"
Girl Reserves.
The 118 campers registered at Camp
Stay-at-Home are having a very busy
week. In addition to the separate re-
hearsalS for the choruses and dances.
there will be four complete rehearsals
with the entire cast Of the Midsummer
Festival" to be presented August IL at
the Sylvan Theater. They are as fol-
lows: Monday. o'clock, in Barker Hall.
Y. w. G. A.; Wednesday. 2 o'clock, Tree
Tops, the home Of Mrs. Luke I. Wilson;
Thursday, 10 o'clock, and on Friday,
$3.50 o'clock, in the Army barracks.
For the rehearsals with the United
states Army Band at the barracks the
members Of the cast will meet at the
Y. w. G. A. one hour in advance of
the time set for rehearsalS and the
group will go to the barracks in a bus.
Nine new campers were registered
during the last week-Margaret Hedg-
cock, Frances Devers, Elsie Barber,
Betsy Watkins, Catherine Crump, Anita
Aim, Verona Geraci, Yolanda Geraci
and Ernestine Bolts.
Vacation Lodge.
Week end guests were Misses Jean and
Minnie Edmonds and Miss Wilhelmina
HeuSer. Miss Margaret Fox, treasurer
Of the association; Miss Eleanor Gable
Of York, Pa: Miss Helen Elwood Of
Redlands, Calf, with the general secre-
tary, Miss Anderson, we're visitors last
week.
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In the Mountains Of Virginia

Bryces HiI!side COTTAGES, near orkney
Springs, Just 10 miles west of the beautiful
Va. Fine roads, a unique resort. wonder
ful scenery, best of good things to eat
so per day. $3.50 and $500 per week
.bookletl. Mr.. and Mrs. WILLIAM r
BRYCE, owners. Post offices: Mt. Jackson,
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pool. outdoor sports and amusements
SPEND YOUR VACATION IN BEAUTIFUL
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back riding. Real home cooking. Board and
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MEXICO HOLDS AMERICAN

MEXICO CITY, August CP).-Ed-
ward Miller, described as an American,
was held az IXtapalapa Jail today,
charged with shooting Galasio Ramires
with a shotgun. The report made to
police SAID Ramires had laughed at
Miller and a quarrel ensued. Ramires
is in serious condition
Ixtapalapa is a suburb CT Mexico City.
The Washington times., 1931-08-03
Gains On Bound

Sometimes at a ball game you
see an outfielder throw to the
plate and get the ball to the
catcher without any bound at all.
The fans always applaud this
sort of throwing and will admit
that it looks prettier, but it is
not the proper way to get a ball
to the plate from the outfield.
Throwing on the bound has
other advantages besides that Of
letting the catcher set himself
for the play. When ball comes
in on the bound it gains, rather
than loses, speed. After hitting
the grass it seems to take on
more zip. Then again it is easier
to throw with accuracy.
Just try it some time and see
for yourself. You probably can
not throw a ball from the out
field on the fly and get it into
the catcher's hands without max
ing him move from his position.
But you throw the ball SO it will
bound and see how much easier
it is.
The Washington times., 1931-08-03

ringer, Rochester graduate and
the pitching find Of the
season, stopped the Cubs
yesterday.
Derringer, who has won more
games than any other hurler on
the st. Louis staff, will be en-
titled to the lions share of the
credit If the Red Birds grab the
flag again this year. The brilliant
work Of the rookie more than
offset the Indifferent perform
anceS Of Sylvester johnson and
Flint Rhem.
Yanks Need Pitchers
What a couple Of pitchers like
Derringer would mean to the
New York Yankees was demon
strated during the past week
when the YankS' ineffectiveness
tore the cover off the ball but
lost ground due to the ineffective
ness Of their hurlerS. The NC
Carthymen, who blasted lot hits
and scored n runs in nine games
before being held to three hits in
the second game Of q double
header with Boston yesterday, got
no better than an even break on
the weeks play.
The Washington times., 1931-08-03
KenlUOOd Pair Lead
District Golfers

BEDFORD SPRINGS, Pa, Aug
S.-A Houghton, pro at the Ken
wood Country Club, of Washing
ton, D. c., and Maury Fitzgerald,
amateur Of the same club, led the
Washington delegation in the am
ateur-pro best ball golf tourna-
ment over the Berkshire Country
Club course. Houghton and Fitz-
gerld had a better ball Of 20.
j. Monro Hunter, pro at Indian
Spring and Tom BelShe, amateur,
scored 70. Gene Larkin, assistant
pro at Chevy Chase Club, and
Tom Colox, of the Hillendale Club,
of Baltimore, scored "a. George
Diffenbaugh, assistant pro at In.
dian Spring, and John c. Wine.
man. amateur. carded Is,
The Washington times., 1931-08-03

tance as an outfielder must. So
he should throw it on a line to
the plate and not attempt to
bound it home.
Even from the edge Of the grass
behind the base lines I would say
that the infielder should throw
sharply and on line. He is
trained to make throws Of this
kind, and he can get the bali to
any desired target on a line. In
fielders are making this sort Of
throw all the time.
But outfielders do not get the
practice in the short line throw
and this is another reason why
the safer, and more accurate,
throw on a bound is to be pre-
ferred. Even in throwing to
second or third base from the out
field the bounding throw is safer
for the outfielder and more likely
to result in put out.
Take a right fielder throwing
to third base when base runner
is going from first to third on
single. How many Of them do you
suppose would be able to get a ball
directly into the baseman's hands
in such a position that he could
get the runner?
But it's not uncommon to see
them bound the ball to the third
baseman and see him tag the
runner sliding in. The baseman
is able on these throws to judge
just where the ball will reach him
on the bound, and he can set
himself and prepare for the run
ner coming in.
The Washington times., 1931-08-03
Practice Bounders

It is a good idea for boys to
practice this throw a lot. Oc-
casionally you see big leaguers
working at it before a game and
you will notice that all the
throws come to the plate on the
bound. But big leaguers are
supposed to have learned the
knack of this throw before they
get into the majors.
If I were coaching a team Of
young players, I would set apart
several minutes each day and hit
balls which would roll or bound
to the outfielders, just as hits
reach them during a game. They
would be supposed to hurry for
The Washington times., 1931-08-03

each Of these drives and throw
as fast as possible to the plate
or to some specified base. Good
throws will save many a ball
game and poor throws will lose
just as many.
I have heard it argued that
some players can throw far and
into a glove just as accurately as
they can make the same throw
on a bound. Perhaps there is
such a sharpshooter here and
there. But for practical purposes
the safe and sane throw is the
one which every big league man.
ager expects his outfielder to
make and that is on a bound.
If you are a kid outfilder Just
make this test and prove it to
yourself. Go out in the outfield
and make ten throws to a catcher
at the plate. Try five times to
throw to him on the fly, and
then throw five on a bound. See
if I am not right.
Copyright. 1881, by the Christy
Walsh Syndicate.)
The Washington times., 1931-08-03

Here is some advice for out
fielders who will find it necessary
now and then to make throws to
the plate.
Never try to throw the ball di-
rectly into the catcher's hand.
Throw to him on one bound.
In the accompanying photo
graph I have picked a spot where
the ball should strike the ground
on the way to the catcher, just
to give an idea Of the throw.
The ball might land anywhere
within a few feet of this spot
and still reach the catcher on
the first bound, and that after
all is the real point of the play.
A catcher getting the ball on the
bound is able to set himself for
it and also to set himself in
position to touch the runner as
he comes in.
The Washington times., 1931-08-03

The Grlffmen managed TO PICK
up one game on the Mackmen
during the past week by annex.
ing five Of their six starts while
the AS were winning four games
and losing two. But even If Wal
ter Johnson's men can continue
to whittle down the champions
lead at the rate Of a game a
week, Philadelphia will still be
in the drivers seat when the
winning number in the American
League Derby is posted.
While the Cardinals have a
harder road IN the National
League flag chase, their lead ap-
pears big enough to enable them
to coast home to another pen
nant. The Giants and Pirates
were the only clubs able to make
any headway during the week.
New York, hanging grimly on to
second place despite the loss of
Lindstrom, CritZ and OFT, won
five games and lost three while
Pittsburgh captured five out Of
seven starts.
Pittsburgh'S play has been
the real feature of the old cir.
cult during the past fortnight.
Harried by several ShakeupS
and reports that Jewel Ems was
about to be replaced as manager,
the Buccaneers climbed from the
depths of the second division to
within half a game of the fifth
place Braves by chalking up 10
victories against three defeats.
COllegian Aids Pirates
The batting, fielding and pitch
ing of the Smoky City crew has
undergone a startling improve
ment. The work of two recruits,
Outfielder Jensen, recalled from
the Newark International League
team, and Howard GroSkloSs,
collegiate infielder from Amherst,
has been a contributing factor.
Brooklyn and St. Louis each
broke even in six games during
the past week, while the Cubs
won three games and lost four.
The Cards seemed to be headed
for a slump until Paul Der.
The Washington times., 1931-08-03
is 7 SACKER
INJURIES
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ANKLE

A minor tragedy in the life of
Jim Collins may prove a catas-
trophe to the st. Louis Cardinals.
The Red Birds first baseman
tripped over the bag in the first
inning of the Cubs-C Cards game,
chipping a bone in his left ankle,
and today it was feared he would
be out for the rest of the season.
There doesn't appear to be
much chance, even if half Of the
Cardinals broke their legs, Of New
York, Chicago or Brooklyn WIN
ming the National League pennant,
but If Collins remains out during
the world series, he might be
sadly missed. Collins injury
means Jim Bottomley will take
over the job and Bottomley was
one of the biggest washouts on
record as hitter in the last st.
Louis series against the Athletlcs.
BOttomIey went out there
after Collins was crippled and
didn't get a hit, but Hafey, Gel
bert, Wilson, Adams and Wat
kins did manage to thump
Charlie Root and their pOking
I'm the third scored three and
.cinched the game, 6 to 2. Cuyler
.whammed a homer off Paul
lDerringer, the Cards thrilling
hurIer. who scored his thirteenth
victory before $4,000 Chicago
fans.
New York's Giants climbed
back into second place, Hopping
Boston twice, 4 to 2 and to z.
Clarence Mitchell shut off the
Braves with six hits in the opener
and glorified himself with a
homer and two singles off Bruce
Cunningham. Willie Walker came
Ia the rescue of Morrell. who
eurled with another Giant hurler,
Chaplin, in the closing c'nteSt.
Yanks Split Pair
A record regular season crowd
Of $4,000 fans in Boston saw the
RED Sox split a twin DILL with
the New York Yankees. Ruth
rot two important whacks to help
win the first game, 4 to l. Wiley
Moore a Yankee ace in 1927,
hurled O. three-llit shutout in the
finale, a bad peg by Lazzert CIV
ing Boston a ! to triumph.
Lefty O'Doul pulled his cap
down over his eyes just like a
mad man in his home town,
a.th-of-the-slot, San Francisco,
netted double which
Red the sacks for a 7-to-5
6oklyn count over Philadelphia.
the opener the Phillies won
with Sheriff Blake, the former
icago Cub hurler, in the seat
the mighty.
Edwin Brame didn't strike
sMt o soul, or didn't walk any
one, but held the Cincy Reds
to five hits and wrapped it up
for Pittsburgh, 3 to 0.
Art Herring was only fair in
the role Of moundsman but bet
ter than Caraway and Thomas
and Detroit took the Chicago
White Sox, 8 to 4.
Wesley Ferrell eased off st.
Louis with seven hits and
basketed the first encounter,
9 to 4, for Cleveland. The
indians pounded 10 hits off a
trio Of Brownie hurlers in the
nightcap, winning II to 9. It
was Ferrell's fifteenth victory. He
hit a homer, also.