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Evening star., 1933-08-01
August.

August has had few appreciators
The poets do not sing of burning roads
and steaming fields, of parched days
and torrid nights. While the sun
blisters the earth and meadows and
woodlands shrivel music fades to
nothingness. and only resentment stirs
the hearts of the bards Shakespeare,
in The Tempest" speaks of the sun
burnt sicklemen of August weary" and
in the phrase sums up the universal
reaction to the month. 1t is, indeed,
a tedious season. Bayard Taylor pre-
served its character in the lines:
Dead is the air, and still! the leaves of
the locust and walnut
Lazily hang from the boughs, inlaying
their intricate outlines
Rather on space than the sky-on a
tideless expansion of slumber.
And yet August bears the name of
one of the most active personalities in
the whole history of the world. The
sixth month of the pre-Julian Roman
year, it was originally Sextilis. Augustus,
the first of the emperors, nephew and
heir of julius Caesar, gave it its present
title in his own honor. explaining that
the month was memorable to him be-
cause it had seen his admission to the
consulate, the conclusion of the civil
wars and the subsection of Egypt. He
could not foretell the event. but it was
ON August l9, IA A. D., that he was
destined to die.
For fifty-seven years he ruled the
Roman universe. His power was a
product Of war. both formal and infor.
NAL: Of prescription, Of greed and
Evening star., 1933-08-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

"Fireside gardening" or looking over
the seasons catalogues, still goes on.
Hot weather or cool weather, there Is
no lull in this delightful diversion.
Right now 1t is iris.
There is no time Of the year better
for their selection.
No time, that is, except one, and
that is at blooming time.
But not every garden minded person
has the opportunity to wander end
lessly among hundreds OF blooming
varieties.
Such is an ideal, seldom attained in
this busy world, so filled with things OF
importance and delicious trifleS.
X +
The we'll illustrated catalogue of iris
varieties must take the place, for hun
dreds of garden lovers, Of tine personal
trips which were made by the favored
few during blooming time.
1t is pleasant, at this time Of the
year, to turn ones attention from the
actual garden to more plans for the
garden.
Garden planning is as old as gardens.
No garden ever came to perfection, or
near perfection, without plenty Of con-
SideratiOn.
Planning goes on all the time in this
pastime. And delightful mulling over
it is, too, free from embarrassment, on
one hand, and from too much consider
alton, on the other.
Whatever one plans, for the garden,
most often it is not imperative.
| This alone is happiness. in world
where SO often-we almost had said too
often-planning and compulsion 60 to-
| IN, ho naCaccitiaS nf the
case.
/ There is no force needed in the home
garden. but only peace and quietness.
! Given those charming factors. and the
gardener has everything he needs, ex-
cept q few seeds, and few plants.
| few bulbs some TOOLS plenty Of ferti-
lizer, rains adequately spaced, and SUM-
shine.
The iris catalogue has q special ap-
peal to many gardeners, whether L.
lustrated in color or not.
! Few flowers show up to better ad-
vantage in black and white alone.
The curious construction Of this bios
som makes it stand out from all others,
it's color descriptions. to any one who
has ever seen any iris at all, instantly
come home to the mind and heart.
The iris lover needs no ocular dem
onstration to appreciate these scores OF
beauties set out SO engagingly.
He sees them in his minds eye"
very good place to see anything, after
all.
|
July and August as every one knows.
are the two best months for planting
most of the iris
July is gone, but August IS left.
Plants put in this month will stand
every chance in the world OF blooming
next Spring as If they had never been
moved
| Wherefore, those who pine for. iris. or
| more iris, will do we'll to bestir them
sel:es. browse over the various descrip-
tions, look over their gardens to see
where more may be planted. order them.
and actually do the planting this
month, because there is no time better
than the present, in this case most
truly
It is true that there is some dispute as
to the very best time to move iris, and
that some hold that it should be done
Immediately after blooming. on the
theory that new root growth develops
then naturally.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
Release of Idle Money.

Senator King, thoroughly investigat-
ing the matter for himself before max
ing known his views, has announced
that he will cooperate with the Dis
trict Commissioners in their effort to
obtain Budget Bureau approval of the
expenditure Of surplus gasoline and
water tax revenues. That is good news
The Senator can be Of real service to
the people of the District in seeking the
release of this employmen giving idle
money for the carrying out of neces-
sary street and water system improve
mentS.
Congress linked the expenditure of
this money directly with the relief OF
unemployment. There are other rea-
sons why it should be spent, aside from
the fact that it would give men work
One of these is that the money is being
collected from the taxpayers for i'm
provements to the streets and the water
system, and there is no Justification
for permitting it to accumulate with
y,
available for nothing else. Another
reason why it should be spent is that
the unnecessary accumulation Of surplus
revenues by the arbitrary refusal TO
appropriate tax money for necessary
projects places the Districts financial
situation in false light. As in the
case of the proposed Municipal Center,
such surpluses eventually invite ex-
travagance, which in the end is hurt
full to the municipality.
On the ground Of assisting employ
ment alone, however, the gasoline and
water tax surplus revenues should be
spent Immediately. With the Federal
Government striving tooth and nail and
borrowing money in vast sums to aid
ting up local tax money III a strong
box at the Treasury when it might be
spent to put idle men to work cannot
be escaped. Within the week Alan
Johnstone, field representative for this
area Of the Federal Relief Administra-
tion, found that local relief work must
be expanded and increased within the
near future, and expressed the convic-
ton that relief money in sight for this
city is inadequate. The unemployment
emergency will continue of course, as
long as employment giving work is de-
MED to idle men. There Is no point
in taxing for unemployment relief
funds, while tax money which would
give direct employment at decent
wages goss unspent.
The Bureau of the Budget has had
the matter regarding expenditure of
the gasoline and water tax surpluses
ably presented by the Commissioners
A decision is possibly awaiting the re-
turn to Washington of Budget Director
Douglas. 1t would be helpful If the
decision could be expedited. and men
put to work Immediately.
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aiven until August / to consent to ne
gotiations. His response was the re-
arrest of Gandhi and his crusading
encourage.
These developments supply fresh
proof, if any were needed, of the dis
inclination of Great Britain to tenn
porize with the Indian Nationalists or
to make concessions beyond the con-
stitutional reform program decided
upon at last years Round Table in
London. Falling far short of that
complete independence which Gandhi
and his fanatical followers crave, they
refused to accept the scheme of domin-
ion government offered them and
are determined to continue their fight
for full liberation from the hated
Raj While it is difficult to withhold
admiration from Gandhi for his te-
nacity and pluck. it is impossible to
escape the conclusion that he is con-
tending against almosc insuperable
odds. Meantime, the mahatma seems
ready to take refuge in martyrdom. At
one stage the British authorities feared
that forcible suppression of Gandhi by
imprisonment might precipitate a pop
ular uprising of menacing, if not un-
controllable, dimensions, but the vice.
roy's prompt acceptance Of the mahat-
mas latest challenge indicates that
Britain considers the iron hand to be
her wisest recourse and has therefore
not hesitated again to invoke it under
the emergency powers vested in the
Delhi government and the viceroy.
Thus is reopened the chasm of unrest
in India perscnified for so many years
by Gandhi and his independence
zealots
Evening star., 1933-08-01
Farm LabOrers Omitted
From Recovery Program

To the Editor Of The Star:
Evidently farm laborers are to be left
out of the recovery program. at least
temporarily. There has always been
suspicion that most of the demand for
farm relief was being made by, and for,
the owners of farm land and land
spectators. rather than for the direct
good of agricultural laborers. Farmers
never should have been grouped all into
cne class, because their interests are
not Identical; now the N. r. A. has
separated them.
Owners of farm land stand to gain
from any recovery in prices of farm
products, even farm capitalists tenants
who own live stock and machinery
may also gain slightly; but as long as
there is any surplus of farm labor farm
employers are net bound to pass the
along to hired help. With
out code to protect them it is not at
all clear how the purchasing power of
agricultural labor is to be increased
under the New Deal"
w. C. DUNCAN.
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High g Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

to enjoy any slumber normal or re-
freshing. In the Rue Fongate there Is
no such traffic of vehicles. In TACT,
there is comparative calm until o'clock
in the morning. This would be de-
liRhtful," confides our correspondent,
except at that hour emerge from their
grottoes many girls and women OF the
demimonde, who promenade along the
sidewalks, talking and laughing at the
top of their voices. as well as disputlng
and shrieking. Naturally the sleep OF
the neighborhood. under these condi-
tions. is seriously compromised"
Some petitions have been addressed
to the authorities with the moral puri-
fication Of this thoroughfare in view,
an effort which should have happy ~
suits in advancing the peace Of its
inhabitants The municipality cannot
very well ignore the just grievances OF
those who wish to profit by their right
to rest, In all quietude, through the
hours consecrated to sleep.
Defective Radio
Deplored in Peru.
El Ccmmercio, Lima.-Our neighbors
at Bellavista have asked us to call the
attention Of the municipal authority of
that district to the defective function
ing of the radio apparatus placed in
the principal. plaza Of the quarter for
their solace and diversion. They say
that the amplifliers have been reduced
in number and that either faults in the
wiring or deterioration in the batteries
cause the various programs to be heard
very feebly. This entertainment is still
provided twice q day. but many families
which used to listen to the music have
now dasisted from their excursions for
the ample reason that they can scarcely
distinguish one number from another
after they reach the plaza.
The complaint appears to us very
Just one. If the municipality is under
going expense to afford these people a
little distraction and pleasure 1t should
provide against the technical deficien-
cies which defraud the intended bene-
ficiaries of these privileges We trust
that the publication Of this grievance
will result in the prompt removal Of
these very needless and provoking dis
satisfactions.
Evening star., 1933-08-01

For all general purposes, especially
with the favorite bearded, or German
iris, so-called, this Is as good q time to
purchase and plant as any.
The main thing for the amateur to
keep in mind Is to plant them shallow.
Too deep planting results in no blooms.
About one-fourth to one-half Of the
rhizome should be above the surface Of
the ground. This is q requirement very
easily overlooked by the newcomer.
All Of the rhizomatouS iris like lime,
and bone meal, but these should not be
given at this time of year. Fertiliza-
ton Is best done in early Spring (as
early as February or In the Fall.
The iris is one plant that, for all
practical purposes, is disease-free in the
average garden.
In this year Of bugs" this is virtue.
The iris does have its troubles. Of
course, but as far as the average home
garden Is concerned the plant may be
handled as if it were immune to the
thousand and one troubles which az
feet SO many other flowers.
Many persons who use iris in many
positions around their grounds never
know whether their plants are dis
eased or not and still manage to have
plenty of blooms and good foliage. The
iris leaf. of course, remains one Of the
the individual plant can suffer from
the borer and still put up a brave
show
We know iris beds and borders in
tested with the borer, and even with
the pernicious root rot. which yet make
good appearance at blooming time.
The prevalence of such diseased
conditions, while 1t Is not to be recon-
mended, often acts as q sort Of prun
ing process in bed or border. and makes
up, although in Y rather dangerous
fashion, 1t must be admitted. for the
ignorance. laziness or indifference OF
the owner.
Thus many a diseased plant is weed
ed out by Nature in drastic fashion
to make room for the healthier plants
which have managed to resist these
two chief enemies of the iris.
And there are beds and borders
which never seem to be infected in
any sense; they 60 right along from
season to season with good leaves and
blossoms, until the growth finally
chokes out the towering.
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four or five years. This gives the gar
dener more iris, in every way. since
what is left in the old beds and bor-
ders will do better, and he will have
more to put elsewhere.
There are many situations In every
yard where more iris plants could be
placed, with benefit to the general ap-
pearance of the entire place. If some
thought is put on colors and types, SC
that each is fitted to what Is already
there, real improvement may be made
If proper division results in too
many plants, these are always accept
able to those who have not as yet be-
come real iris fans" There is always
missionary work. to be done in this
respect No garden facet is more il
Eliminating than this. to bring the
light of beauty to those to whom 1t
has been a stranger.
Despite the huge paintings Of iris
made every year. there are still hun
dreds Of persons who would not be
able to name the flower, and there are
no doubt. thousands. who scarcely
realize that named varieties may be
secured and planted in their own
yards. These timid gardeners need
help, and interesting descriptions at
this time Of the year give 1t to them.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

gers from Charlie jston to Hamb burg, a
distance of six miles, on JANUARY Is.
They took the trip. This was the first
regular train THAT carried pa ssengers
in the United States.
Q. Did Johg Paul Jones lose his
American citizenship when ane fought
under the banner of Catherine of
A. He carefully reserved his Ameri-
can citizenship. He died in Paris. how
ever. at thE age of IS with tout having
returned t4 the United States from the
Russian Campaign.
Q. whFt is States evide&ce called in
England2-H. D.
A. Thf British equivale INT is Kings
or Observation-Disclosures.
@. what was a water clock?-N. S.
A. II was a transparent vase In
which iwater trickled through a hole In
the bottom at such rste that the re-
cedingl water marked the passage Of
time.
QIwhat is the National Historical
A. 1T is a grove irt the District of
ColuAnbia on the bank of the Potomac,
in which trees fronH historic grounds
are I'd be planted. It now contains %
trees. tmost of which have come from
homes \of Presidents Of the United
RSss,a;Io e 4; 9oilitpry P' service compulsory in
A. Military service is compulsory In
the Soviet Union. 1900 900 soldiers h.
| ing avails .ble each year About 250.000
are called upon to serve the remainder
being trained on "a territorial militia
SVStem (
O. What are phiion nuts?-J. O.
A. Thy. pinion 1ut is a large edK,le
seed Of any Of several species of pines
with leaves in ,one to four-leaved
clusters. globose &C mes. and large seeds.
They are found, in hilly country
throughout the S )uthwest They may
be gathered any time after the cones
| fall from the trees Heat cracks open
the cones and the nuts may be taken
out. These nuts are gathered by Mexi-
cans and Indians In the Southwest by
then, In caches, land then robbing the
caches. The NUTS are cured by drying
in the sun.
@. How wete Indian tomahawks
A. The tomahawk, which is some
times considered a weapon peculiar to
the american Indian, was originally a
club 1rved intY some convenient shape.
It was most commonly a stout stick
about feet 4 length, terminating in
a larfe knob, Eherein projecting piece
of lint waf often inserted The
| hatclets OF tFhe Indians that are now
callei tomah Awks are a European de.
vice and the stone hatchets SO often
fouId in oulf fields, called by the same
| tern, were fnot military weapons, but
mechanical (tools.
l. WHAT was a gimmel ring2-H c.
A. 1t was en- old-style wedding ring
c'mposed of two loops.
| O. Where was the Kingdom OF
| Eester Z John?-N. T.
A. Hfs kingdom has never been iden-
| thed. He was supposed to have been a
christian king and priest living in the
M1dd he Ages probably in Asia or Africa
0fte4s from this mysterious parsonage
kssed to the Byzantine Emperor
he Pope were circulated. describing
| inhabitants and the wealth of the
country.
s. T.
A. Lightning is an abrupt electricf
discharge Of great magnitude through
! the air 1t is not sound Of any kird
It produces thunder by suddenly heal
! ing the air along its path to a I'd F.
| high temperature. and thereby caus |ig
1t to expand in an explosive manne&
Evening star., 1933-08-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Farewell.

Good-by.
July!
Our ;atience you made bold to try
And bade us pause and breathe sigh
And wonder why
A fiery plague should sweep the sky
And bring July.
We are rejoiced to say farewell
AS August comes and rings the bell
To bring another torrid spell.
Each laugh sounds like a funeral knell.
Some of the anguish it might quell-
A rhyming word that best may tell
The mood that marks this fierce fare
we'll
Evening star., 1933-08-01

fraud. But he had the genius to govern
constructively. The fruits of his poll
cies still survive, influencing human So
ciety after nineteen centuries.
The fact is that his time was the
Golden Age Of Rome. There may be
certain parallels between that period
and the era upon which the United
States is supposed to be entering today.
Perhaps America is to see an Augustan
age under President Roosevelt and Gen.
johnson.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
The Governments Credit.

AS demonstration of Just how good
Uncle Sans credit remains with the
American people. the rush to subscribe
to S850,000O0O in Government bonds
and notes yesterday is entirely sufficient.
Within a few hours after the books
had been opened the subscriptions had
far exceeded the sums desired by the
Government. Five hundred million
dollars in 3l4 per cent bonds, maturing
at the end of eight years, and three
hundred and fifty million dollars in
two-year rs per cent notes were Of
fered to the people. Abrogation of the
gold clause for Government securities,
as well as for other contracts, appar-
emily has not lessened the willingness
Of the American people to purchase
their Governments obligations.
The officials Of the administration
may well be satisfied with the demon
stration. The President early in his
term of Office declared that the main
tenance of the Government credit and
its strengthening was an essential to
recovery in this country. His first move
was toward a reduc ton Of the ordinary
expenditures of the Government. AL
most a billion dollars was Topped from
the budget. 1t is true that provision
has been made for other large expendi-
lures by the Government, but they have
been classed as emergency outlays, de-
signed to aid in the economic crisis that
had the country in its grip and from
which the country is now emerging
No one doubts that with a return of
employment and business these ex-
penditures can be met through an in
creasing flow Of revenue into the
Treasury.
The Job Of the Treasury Depart
ment during the coming few years is
likely to be strenuous. The Govern
ment must have enough money to meet
all these extra expenses, and at the
same time it must not so encroach
upon the supply of capital as to pre-
vent an adequate flow Of money into
the industries of the country. The
reflnancing of Government obligations
will require prudence and good judg-
ment. The Government has launched
a public works program that calls for
the expenditure of So, 300, ,000, 900 as an
aid to unemployment and business re-
covery. 1t has pledged itself to donate
to the States 100000, 900 for the relief
of the unemployed 1t is expending
5000, 900, 900 for the reforestation camps
and will spend more. 1t has under
taken to provide directly 5000, O,O00. 900
to aid distressed home owners 1t has
pledged itself as security for the In
terest on $4,000, ,0O0, 900 of bonds of the
Home Owners Loan Corporation, and
for similar sums to care for farm mort
cages. Such a program is staggering
in its financial proportions.
The American people, If they are
permitted to work and to earn, to pro-
duce and to consume to the capacity
to which they are really equal, will take
care Of these debts which are now in
CURED in their interest It is because
of the pressing need for employment
and for an increase in the purchasing
power of the people that the extraor-
dinary industrial recovery program
of the administration is now getting
under way. Wrapped up in its success
lies the successful maintenance not
only of the Government credit but of
the very people themselves
Evening star., 1933-08-01

A merry mood on the part of Secre-
] tary Woodin leaves a grave responsible
|ty with American composers. The
Secretary is quoted as saying, Com
bosers won't have to worry about codes
only codas" The utterance takes on
tryptic significance when it is noted
That lust now everybody is wondering
What the finish is going to be.
Evening star., 1933-08-01

to willfully desert any animal. and there
Is q fine, with possible imprisonment,
attached when the offender Is appre-
hended
Since January the Animal Relief and
Humane Education League has taken
were rescued under difficulties.
VIRGINIA W. SARGENT.
Evening star., 1933-08-01

A divorce will be featured in the
Ringing family. that needs no further
publicity in the way of regular business
1t must be assumed that this Is very
serious separation and not one Of those
Hollywood griefs which are likely to
heal soon after being photographed.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
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In a slight impetuosity the price Of
ahead of the general run of wages. 1t
is fact which at least shows mercan-
tile confidence in the future.
Evening star., 1933-08-01

No tariff has been invented that can
go on doing satisfactory work for an
indefinite time Perpetual motion has
not been discovered In either mechanics
or economics.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
A Capable Understudy.

From the Oakland Tribune.
The King Of Italy will visit America
next year. It Is just possible he fig
ures affairs over there will be left in
capable hands.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
Selectiye WOrriment.

Selective WOrriment.
You worry a great deal about your
golf?"
1t isn't really the gof," answered
Senator Sorghum. I'm worried about
SO many things that I mention the
golf to avoid an argument over some
thing more important.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
Chicago Advances.

From the Indianapolis News.
The decision of Chicago Judge that
two women must pay alimony also
progress.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
Rooseyelt's Missile,

From the Newark Evening News.
It may have been only q monkey
wrench. President Roosevelt threw into
the Economic Conference, but it looked
curiously like the old big stick.