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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-09
b. United Press

CLEVELAND, Jan. -Butter-Extrss
CSC; standards. 2715c; market. weak. Eggs
Extra frsts, 221ac: current receipts.
20i2c; market, weak. Poultry-Heavy fowls
zoe; medium. l8c; Leghorn, i5G16c;
smooth springers, 18G20c; ducks, zoe;
turkeys, 25c: geese. l5c; stays. 13c; mar
ket, steady. Potatoes-MarkS steady
Ohio mostly. soc; few 55c per bushsi;
Main Green Mountain. $i.10d1l5 per 100
b. sack; Idaho Russet medium to large.
S2d2l0 per lo0-lb. sack.
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SELLING SENDS
GRAIN FUTURES
OFF AT CLOSE
Weak Technical Position
Is Responsible for
Downturn.
BY HAROLD E. RAINVILLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-Holding to
& narrow range OF less than a cent
on the Board of Trade, wheat re-
fused to follow the strong upturn
in stocks and held lower most of
the session. Trade was light with
little outside interests. Most oper-
ators were inclined to go slow on
the buying side while houses
with eastern connections remained
sellers.
A weakened technical position
was responsible for the situation.
Corn was easier with wheat, and
on scattered selling on reports of
an increased movement. Oats
moved Sympathetically.
Close Is Lower
At the close wheat was 3 to u
cent lower; corn was IS to Is cent
lower, and oats was Il cent down,
Provisions were weak.
Liverpool continued to sink dur
ing the afternoon as the exchange
rose and closed IL to Is pence
lower, equal to IS to l cent down.
Little was heard of export business
although Seaboard interests with
hard winters on their hands we're
reported underselling the farm
board. Cash receipts here have
dwindled to almost nothing. Cash
prices Il to l cent lower. Receipts
were cars.
Corn Options Easy
Corn easy with wheat and at mid
session was * cent lower. Selling
was scattered, but there was no
pressure as prices are regarded as
being cheap at the present levels.
The weather showed some improve
ment. Sales of $4,000 bushels were
made to go to store. Country Of
ferings from Illinois points were
larger $4,000 bushels having been
booked early. Cash prices were u
to l cent lower. Receipts were So
cars.
Oats was easier with the major
grains in q dull and featureleSs
market. Prices were Is to Is cent
lower early. Cash prices were UNI
changed to u cent lower. Receipts
were IL cars.
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Net Changes

By United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-CloSing
prices and net changes on princi-
pal stocks traded today on the New
York Stock Exchange follow:
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Local Wagon Wheat

City grain elevators are paving 47c for
No. 2 red wheat and Ate for No. hard
wheat,
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STOCKS HOLD
NET GAINS OF
| TO 3 POINTS
All Sections of List Firm as
Bulls Force Prices d.
Upward.
Average Stock Prices

Average Of thirty industrials for Thurs
qa,y 1 5sss up III II Average o. twenty
utilize s. Sail up ls AY hysfsae o. 'T topty
bonds 1a As. un %
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SHEEP AND LAMBS
Other Livestock
By United Press

&C Chicago: Jan; SS.-3IHogs-RFegcediptg 3d..
140-210 lbs, S4300440; top, $40; 220-250
lbs, s4.05G4.25; 100000 lbs, $3.9oQ4; pigs,
$4Q425; packing sows,. $3.15@3.50; light
G444; lightweights. 10000 lbs, good and
choice, $4.25@4.40; medium weights, 200
$50 lbs, good and choice, S4@4: 40; heavy
@4,lo; packing sows, 27S-5oS lbs, medium
and good, $3;15@3.50; slaughter pigs, 100
1870 lbs. good and choice, S4W4.35. Cattle
Receipts, $500; calves, 1000; weekend
supplies. common and medium grade steers
especially fat cows and most killing heif-
ers; very few steers here good enough to
attract shippers; local killers well supplied
With Lover grades bglk 81 down to 81
tie and yealers: Steers, 100000 lbs, good
and choice, s750611.5O; 90O-1.100 lbs,
good and choice, S7@11.25; 1901. 500 lbs,
good and choice. $725@1125; 600-1, 800
hei;fers. 55O985O lbs good and choice, s6G
$50: common and medium, $375@6; cows.
good and choice, $4.25@ $50; common and
medium. ss:25q4;25; low cutter and cut
good GOO and 'c choice beet. $425@{75; Cutter to.
medium, S304.50; vealers, milk fed, good
and choice, $6@8; medium, $5G6; Gull and
comon, 1905; stocker and feeder cattle:
steers 50S o59 D good 81 sRa s CHOICE 5 SS
Receipts, $4,000; very little done; few
sales, weak to Csc lower bulk better grade
lambs, bid s5.25@7.o BY PACKERS; closely
s ewes, $i.75S2'56 O'I Slaughter a'- sheep and
lambs: Lambs. 90 lbs. down, good and
choice. $5.50G6.50; medium, S425G550; all
weights. common, s3.50q4.25; ewes, 90
159 his 9n MEDIUM sDd to oo Sh0c9 sS@gs2 81
feeding. lambs, 50-75 lbs, good and choice.
S45o65.
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New York Stocks
BIZ untted Press
w Thomson 3 McKlnnonl =

By Cntted Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-Sales on the
New York Stock Exchange today to-
tailed 100000 shares. Curb stock
sales totaled $4,000 shares.
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First National Stores, Inc. reported
sales in five weeks ended Dec. 26 at S1O.-
257.9O3, against S1O,412,SS4 in similar
period Of 1880.
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Other Livestock
limited Press


PITTSBURGH. Jan. s.-Hogs-R Receipts
ib SoO s4s58 s aso2so i lbs. 0T
pigs, s4.50G4.75; packing soWs. $500
3.75 Cattlc-Receipts. so; market, slow,
around steady. CalVes--Receipts. so; in
dications about steady with good and
choice vealers around S8M9.50 Sheep
Receipts. 1000; lambs. weak to almost 25c
weights, IS; choice clipped lambs, s5.25.
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BV Tinted Press

CHICAGO. Jan Cash grain close:
mixed. SEC: No ). 56isc. corn-No. 4
mixed 38c; No. 3. BIZ q 3774c; No 4,
36Ac; No 2 yellow, old, 1914 a 40c; No. 3
yellow, 1854 m3794c; No. 4 361a 037izc;
No 5. 35c: No. g. old. 36iac No. white
371h Q3754c; No. 4, 36i2c No. 5. 36c. Oats
No. white, 251a0253zc: No. 3. 2494c.
Rye-None Barley-42d sac. Timothy -
s3.7564. Clover-S8d15.50.
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By Times Special

o6 25s loTeT l7s s lbs ss55O aaoPs6o
lbs. s4.20: 300 lbs. up. $3.50; IT'S lbs.
down, s4.1o packing sows. s260G335;
stays. s235 down. Cattle-Receipts, $50;
steady; bulk slaughter steers and heifers.
s4.50@6; good cows mostly s350I3.75;
bulls. 81 down; stockers and feeders. s36
practical top vealers. 81; few fancy to
$3.50; mediums, .s6G6.50: outs. $3.50 down.
Sheep and lambs Receipts, 100: about
buck lambs IS; tl1rowouts, $3.50 down.
fat ewes. $3.50 down. Thursdays ship
ments-Cattle. none; calves, none; hogs.
none. and sheep. none.
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DOW-JOnes.
Summary

Sales of Safeway Stores, Inc including
MacMarr for December amounted to $685.
953, 745, against s24, 1878 in December,
1880; for twelve months sales amounted to
1924 s26,l ISL against 1903 ,5S9, 346 in 1890.
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BY ELMER c. WALLER
United Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Bulls
triumphed today after a struggle
in the early trading on the Stock
Exchange and prices we're turned
to net gains Of to 3 points.
Early volume was small but in
terest increased in the last hour.
According to preliminary calcula-
tions, the Dow, Jones 81 Co. in
dustrial average stood at 81.30, up
BIT points; rail average at 36.83,
up l.20 points. and the utility
average at 33.40, up 1.29 points.
Sales totaled 100000 shares,
compared with 100000 shares
Thursday.
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New York cables opened in London at
341s4. against 3.39i2; Paris, checks. 87.25;
Amsterdam, 8.555; Italy. 6725, and Berlin.
1875.
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BIZ United Press

NEW YORK. Jan. Market,
steady; Long Island, 85cqS2.25 barrels;
$50 sack: Bermuda. 5000 barrel; Maine.
$1.6002 barrel; Canada, S1.5OQ1.60 bar
rel. Sweet potatoes--Market, dull; jer-
40965c. Flour-Market, active; spring
patents, 45c0s460 barrel. Pork-Market,
steady; mess, S16.75 barrel. Lard-Mar-
ket. firm; middle west spot, S5.35@5 As
barrel Dressed poultry-M Market, irregu-
lar; turkeys 21Q51c; chickens, 14G27c;
fowls, $50 22c; broilers. 14@23c; capons,
2og36c;, ducks, lOGiI9c; L9ng Island and
geese. 10000; ducks, 17@2oc; fowls, $50
26c turkeys. 15@25c; broilers, l2@27c;
state whole, milk fancy to special 1870
$780, young Americas, 14129 15c.
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Birtman Electric Company declared the
regular quarterly dividend of 1919 cents
on common stock, payable Feb. l. of record
Jan. IS.
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By United Press

EAST BUFFALO. Jan. s.-Hogs on sale.
TO l0c lower; mostly I0c under Thursdays
averages: medium to choice. 1920 lbs,
s450G4 so. Cattle-Receipts. IT'S: general
". steady: medium steers and heifers seq
SIS: stays. s5.25; fat COWS. S3.50M4: cutter
grades, S1.75GS. CalveS-Receipts. 4S0:
vealers active soc higher: $40 down. Sheep
REGENTS, 5000: lambs. 100 Csc lower:
load outstanding fed westerns, Sc 90: re-
dunn kinds. s616.25: common. s5.5095.75,
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Brokers' Loans reported by New York
Federal Reserve bank decreased $685.
DOC, 900 during week ended Jan. to
s56S, 900, 600 new low record; nom
brokers' loan decreased $50, OOO, 900.
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New York Bank Stocks
(By Thomson a McKinnonl
New York Liberty Bonds

SIS ...................... sss
Isl AVS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
18th 4i.s ..................... ee5
Treasury ANS ...................... 1908
Treasury as ........sss.ss....-. sozl
treasure 3aas of AZ ........... So
Treasury 3ssS of 43 ............. SO 16
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BIZ United Press

ket. steady to ioc lower; i6o-1sO lbs. $3.50;
10000 lbs, s425: 20o-225 lbs. s4.2o; 225-
2S5 lbs. S4.lo; 2S5-25O lbs, 81; 25o-275
lbs; $500; 275,soo lbs, $3.50; Soo-s25 lbs,
100-120 lbs. 81 Roughs. 1925 down:
calves SOC higher. $3.50 down; good to
choice lambs, $5.50G6.
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CHICAGO. Jan. a-Primary receipts:
Wheat. 100000. against 93o. 900: corn. 2is,-
600. against 544 .00n; oats 155. 600. against
1870, 600. Shipments: Wheat. 5000.
against sos 900: corn, 81 600. against 432,-
0o0 oats, 5000 against 26l 900.
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BIZ United Press

CLEVELAND, Jan. 6.-Hogs-Receipts.
2 900; holdoyer none; slow: 15I25c lower:
i4o-230 lbs. s4.75G4.s5; pigs and 10000
lbs. 24.251 $50; bulk heavier weights,
s4.35 down. Cattle-Receipts. i25; market.
steady. bulk common steers s5I0d5.7S;
scattering $500 SIS: cutter grade cows,
Sl-50I3.25. CalveS-Receipts. 300. mar
ket. steady. good 70 choice vealers. $3.50
6io: odd head higher, Gull to medium
s6@650. Sheep-ReceiptS 500: market,
steady; fat lambs. S6-50f16.75 or above;
bulk Ihrowouts SIS upwards; hezvies, S.. so
a1d ahoEss little at IS or undera
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Two Die for Murder

Two Die for Murder
81 JHifc reSS
OSSINING, N. Y, Jan. 8.-Joseph
Caricari, q, and Alfonso Carrato,
Al, were put to death here Thurs
day night for the murder of Clio
vanni Volpe in Larchmont
year ago.
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Produce Markets

Eggs country runl-Loss off delivered
in Indianapolis, 15c; henery quality No. /,
16c; No. 2. 12c.
Poultry (buylng pr1cesI Hens Weighing
lbs. or over. 15c; under 5 lbs. lac; Leg
horn hens, 10c: oroilers, full teathered,
31a lbs and uup. 12c; bareback &c; Leg
horn broilers. 1Uc; spring chickens, lbs,
and up, &c: under l2c: old cocks 7c;
ducks. full feathered. &c: geese &c. These
prices are for No. l TOD quality quoted by
Kingan & Co
Butter (wholesalel NO. l. sO631c: No,
, 28D29c.
Butterfa FAC.
Cheese ,wnolesale selling price per
pound American loaf, 233zc; plnIento
loaf. 2594c; Wisconsin 1rsts, ice; Long
horns, 19c; New York liberger. soc.
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By United Press

FIT. WAYNE, Ind. Jan. s.-Hogs-Mar-
ket steady to 15c lower; 1oo-1z0 lbs, 81;
I4o-l6o lbs, s4.2s; 10000 lbs, !s4.4O: 200
rs i0s zs S75 5000 OS 4o 5SSsS
lbs. s5.7o. Roughs. So; stays, 50; calves,
$3.50; lambs, $3.50.
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Chicago Grain Range
BIZ Times SpecinL
Bv United Press

b. Times Special
CHICAGO. Jan s.-Carlots Wheat 3:
corn. so; oats. 26; rye. l. and barley. 5.
By United Press
TOLEDO, Jan s.-Close: Elevator prices
Wheat-No, red. 60G6lc. Corn-No. ,
yellow, 40041c. Oats-No. 2 white, 2SIzd
291ac. Rye-No. 2. Sic Grain on track
2s1ac rate. Wheat--No. red, 55G 551zc;
low low s5@ ssc Ne velIo% $50 s4ec
Oats-No. white, 25la@261ac: No 3
white. 24I25i2c. Clover-Prime. S575;
February. sass; March. SO. Alsike-Cash
s575; February. $685.: March g. Butter
Fancy creamery. 29@30c. Eggs-Current
receipts, 22024c Hay-Timothy, per
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Steel Is Steadier

United States Steel provided lead
ership, again approaching 43. 1t
closed Thursday at 4O2l. Other
leaders followed it up.
Railroad shares we're carried up
on news that New Haven me-
chanical workers had accepted 10
per cent wage reductions. This was
considered further convincing evil
dence railroad workers of the coun-
try would agree on a 10 per cent
cut when their representatives
meet with executives at Chicago
next Thursday.
Add divisions of the list we're
firmer. American Telephone rose
nearly points and Western Union
., while gas and electric shares were
up to points. General Motors
spurted rs to % to head the au-
tomobile division, where Auburn
made one of its characteristic as
cents of more than 8 points. Spe-
cial issues like Eastman Kodak
were up 2 points or more. Vest
inghouse Electric and General Elec-
trio we're firm. Allied Chemical
rose more than points.
Copper Shares Active
Copper shares were active and
strong throughout the greater part
of the day. Now that the various
companies aligned in Copper Export
ers, Inc. have arrived at a working
agreement on curtailment the trade
was looking for rise in the price
of the metal of a or y cent a
pound in the near future.
The bond market continued to
move ahead in the domestic in
dustrial and railroad section and
foreign issues also we're in demand.
United States government loans,
however, resumed their decline,
despite the fact that money was
easy with call rates at 21a per
cent.
Sentiment of the financial COM
munity was improved. The street
looked for much good to come from
the reconstruction finance corpora
ton, especially for the railroads and
banks. Word from Paris that agree
ment was approaching on German
short term credits also was re-
assuring factor in that it eliminated
a serious difficulty from the realm of
the unknown.
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Bank CIearingS
STATEMENT
TREASURY STATEMENT

Jan. i
jleafnRS s.....-s..s -.ss-s ~, . t'uVV'uu
DeoitS ..........s..s. ..s.s.s. o,SuuVVV'uU
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Gold production in United States during
907 100. an increase Of 81, 755, 800 over 1880;
silver production amounted to 30,967, 618
ounces worth $500, 500 a decrease of
II $40 100 ounces from 1880
Evening star., 1932-05-17
Star
= a t t G rn s
Bows Trim Frock.

Bows make their bow to Babyland-
In this cunning frock.
Little ladies of fashion will love these
gaily -colored bows, and their mothers
will like the ease and economy OF max
ing them. It's so very simple. Some
printed crepe, bit of bright ribbon
and a pattern-and in an hour or So
Baby has a brand-new dress! 1t is
NO. 726.
1t can be made of the cuteSt colors
and materials, too-baby blue, pink or
printed effects in sheer. summery ma
terials Smooth or crinkly crepeS,
voiles, dimities or linens are all prac-
tical and pretty selections. Color con-
trast can be as charming in child's
frock as in a grown-up one, too. in
cherry red ribbon bows and sleeve edg-
ing with red-and-white printed frock,
or yellow bows and binding on yell
low-and- green printed material.
Designed in sizes 2, 4, and 8. Size
requires ia yards of 36-inch mater
ial or ia yards of 39-inch material.
Simplified illustrated instructions for
cutting and sewing are included with
each pattern. They give complete d.
rections for making these dresses.
To obtain q pattern of this attractive
model send IS cents in coins. Kindly
write very plainly on each pattern Or
dered your name and address and size,
and mail to The Evening Star Pattern
Department, Washington, D. c.
New Fashion Magazine. filed with
the latest Paris style news, together
with color supplement, can now be had
Evening star., 1932-05-17
NANCY PACE
Starts a Midweek Pieced
Quilt Club.
By FLORENCE La GANKE.

Nancy Pages quilt club members were
jubilant. She had promised to give
them patterns for pieced quilts as wen
as appliqued ones. And better stlll,
she said she would open her house one
day a week, Tuesday, for the cluo
meeting Imagine the excitement Wnen
the club met for the first time. Here
was Nancy with a small drawing OF
quilt and then a larger sheet called a
scrap book pattern, on which was the
pattern drawn full size. And here are
her instructions to her members. Read
them, for they will help you. too.
Get the directions for the Nancy Page
scrap book. Make that and then paste
each weeks pattern into it. That lets
you compile as fascinating a book OF
quilts as your mother had of recipes.
The pieced pattern today calls for
white, light print and dark one.
Each big block requires six diamond
shaped blocks for white star center,
six light prints and twelve dark print
diamonds.
Follow the diagram as given on the
scrap book pattern. Piece one whole
block first, then add diamonds making
star and piece to those pieces the dark
diamonds. Be sure you arrange them
as shown In scrap book pattern. No
seams are allowed on diamond given.
Add one quarter inch on all sides.
Piece with small running stitches.
Press seams after piecing. Be sure
seams are fastened tightly.
This quilt is nice for an old fashioned
blue and white design although it may
be developed in any color scheme
desired.
The actual pattern for the Building
Block Design may be obtained by send
ing 2-cent stamp and a self
Evening star., 1932-05-17
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Mark twain" meaning that the water
was two marks" (or fathomS) deep,
was a common call on the river.
When he was 26 years old. Clemens
went to the Rocky Mountain region.
In Nevada he looked for silver In q
Colorado town, he edited a newspaper
and signed some of his writings Mark
Twain
Mark Twain's first great success was
the book called "Innocents Abroad. >
which appeared when he was 35 years
old. In pages packed with fun. he told
Of his adventures on a trip through
Europe.
Later he served as an editor on the
Buffalo Express, but 1t was his books
and not his editorial work which made
him famous.
1.-THE Prince and the Pauper," an
other book by Mark Twain, Is story
of a very poor boy who exchanged
places with a prince.
One of the most amusing books BY
Mark Twain is "A Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur's Court" It tells of a
man who was struck in the head by
an iron bar, and who woke up far back
In time-in the days of King Arthur.
Moving pictures with the same title
have been made.
In Tom Sawyer" Mark Twain de-
scribed things common to the town in
which he spent his boyhood-Hannibal
Mo. Many of the worlds great novels
are based upon the real life stories of
their authors.
This belongs in Biography" section
Of your scrapbook. II may be used as
a school topic.)
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1932-05-17

phone as Mrs Smith" or Miss Smith"
except to her friends, or to friends of her
friends She introduces herself to man
who Is her neighbor at dinner exactly as
she would introduce herself in business:
I'm Miss Smith" But young woman
at lunch party would say to the girl
or woman next TO her, Il am Mabel
Smith" In the midtwentieS she
would say, If married, I'm Mrs. John
Smith
"(2) When sending self addressed
envelope, should I write Mrs. Muriel
Jones or 'Muriel Jones'?"
Answer: You should address every
envelope to yourself, as well as to any
one else, Miss or Mrs" or 'Mr"
But you should call yourself Mrs. John
Jones" or whatever your husbands
name is Cor was). From society's point
of view. Mrs" followed by womans
Christian name, is an outstanding tabu.
"(3) When I answer a written invi-
tation, do sign 1t Mary and John
Green and then below write Mr.. and
Mrs C.. Robert Greene"
Answer: No. You include Mr. Green
by writing, MY husband and I accept
with pleasure" and sign your note,
Mary Green" That is all, since your
hostess knows which Mrs. Green she
invited Or, If the answer be written
in the third person. Mr. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1932-05-17
SPRINCTIME
BY ID. C. PEATTIE.

"OR Spring early wildhowers you
l. must search the woods of the
7 Piedmont district of Washington,
which is to say, Rock Greek Park
and all to the west of Rock
Creek, or, on the Virginia shore, the
tracts up-river from the Key Bridge,
and north of the Lee Highway. To the
south of these half-imaginary bound
aries lies the coastal plain, and there
isn't doubt that it gets into action. so
far as Spring flowers are concerned,
much later.
believe this to be due in great part
to the nature of the soil. The dark
rich loans of the Piedmont forest coun-
try heat up much faster at the retreat
of Winter, giving us familiar beauties
like trillium and bloodroot, the dwarf
white-crested iris, anemones, dutch
mans breeches, tootwort harbinger- of
Spring, green-dragon, white trout-lily,
Virginia cowslip, golden-star and poor
robins plantain.
AS the warm days come on the coastal
plain area-all that we call Down
River" the Eastern Branch, the up
lands of Maryland east Of it and Of
Virginia out Vienna way-begin to
show something better than few un-
happy looking violets and yellow trout
lily and hepaticas and saxifrages. Along
the shore of Analostan the golden club
is beginning to bloom, and around the
famed magnolia bogs of Eastern Mary
land the stately white bunch-flower, as
poisonous as 1t is beautiful, Is making
its buds. The little dwarf purple iris,
with its fine blotches of gold, is also
a coastal-plainer, the Atlantic blue-eyed
grass, the cursed buttercup and the
swamp magnolia no less.
In particular, wild lupine always
seems to me the king of coastal plain
wildfiowers of Spring, although, know,
it may sometimes be found upon the
Piedmont, too The Wildhower Preser-
vation Society frowns, think, upon the
sale and purchase of our wild lupine.
I'm sure they're right but there is a
sore temptation to pick it, even If one
can more easily restrain ones self from
paying out money for it, I know a
whole field full of blue lupine out near
but no, I'll keep it secret Go find
it for yourself, if you be any true lover
of flowers. 1t seems to me quite as
beautiful as any English field Of gorse,
of which they like to tell the apocry-
phal tale that Linnaeus, father Of bot
any, when he first saw gorSe, knelt
down beside it and wept with happi-
ness. Had he sat on it." said a real
istic Scotch botanist of the prickly
plant, 'he would have done something
quite different"
Though we have no gorse in Wash
ington, there are two other plants which
one always thinks of at the same time,
the Scotch broom and the whin or ge-
nista. Both are closely related to our
lupine, and are now in bloom. Both
are shrubs with yellow flowers, but
though the broom seems to be holding
its own, the whin is losing ground. In
little while it will, think, have dis
appeared from this neighborhood-as
the lupine will do, if not protected. But
there is this difference in our feeling,
that lupine is native American plant,
and whin and broom are aliens.