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Evening star., 1933-02-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

do great deal to bridge a particularly
disagreeable gap in garden manners.
In the first place, no one should ac-
cept gift of plants unless he honestly
needs or desires the sorts or varieties
offered.
Yet there are so many "timid soul''
gardeners, evidently, that nothing is
more common than for one Of them to
accept bushel basket full Of tubers or
plants simply because friend has Of
fered them, and the poor soul does not
know how to get out of It,"
Getting out Of it, as the common ex-
oughly mastered by few persons with
what is called "poise," but terribly mis-
understood and abused by most persons
There are a thousand perfectly we'll
bred ways to get out of anything" one
doesn't want to do, but the worst way
Of all Is to accept what one does not
want
At the time it seems to be the easiest.
Here comes old Temp Jones with a
wide grin of brotherly love on his face.
Say, don't you want some Of these
hollyhock plants? got enough to choke
the Potomac"
1t happens that one has no place left
in the garden for these tall growers,
which demand a place all their own,
else they will not look right.
Instead of thanking Jones, however,
and stating as much plainly, one grins
foolishly, and says: why, er-that
would be great"
Whereupon the aforementioned Jones,
in an excess of good fellowship, hands
over two bushels of plants, rather than
the one he had intended to present.
The result is that one finds ones self
in the possession Of far too many holly
hooks. as desirable as they are in GER
tain situations
| One hasn't the situations.
From time to time during the grow
ing season, one realizes, old Jones will
cast his eyes across the fence to see
how his hollyhock plants are coming on.
That's the trouble in a nutshell
they are still his plants!
With roSebusheS, great deal Of this
psychology of the garden vanishes.
Every one loves roses. and every one
is glad to get the bushes.
II you have any bushes to give away,
there will be many claimants, If the
likelihood of such generosity is made
known
Every one knows the difficulty often
encountered in raising good roses. Every
one realizes the demands Of roses for
plcuty VI sui, anu KNOWS Lnat Lney
will not do well without it.
Giving them away, then, may be
| accounted for in many ways. none of
which will be to the detriment of the
giver. This. unfortunately, is exactly
what Is done. with the best will in the
world, in the case of so many other
types of plant gifts. especially when
really forced on the recipient.
! The rose is always wanted by some
body
The plant that does poorly for one
gardener may bloom like the proverbial
rose in the desert for another
1t is mostly question Of situation.
Situation Is everything to a rosebush
Not under trees. not in the shade, not
in soggy SOIL not North-these are a
few of the "donts," ard the "shalls"
are largely their opposites. Above all.
not too much water, but too little, if
| anything.
Early planting in the Spring, the
earlier the better, and the home gar
dener is likely to have roses before he
knows it.
After that. his troubles will begin
but thev never occur in rose dreams,
do they?
Evening star., 1933-02-27
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Ever since midnight of November 8,
1882, there have sprung UP in Wash
ingtCn and all over the country, like
dragons teeth, men and women with
hitherto well concealed and wholly
unsuspected Democratic inclinations
They've just been christened They're
called "Hoovervelts.'
* x
Next to the unfolding OF Franklin
Roosevelt's political program, nothing
intrigues Washington more than the
innovations which Mrs Roosevelt will
introduce into the usually stereotyped
life of the First Lady. On the eve of
her arrival in the White House she
has made one significant announce
ment. She intends holding weekly
press conferences of her own. to which
only newspaper women will be admit
ted. At these conferences, Mrs. Roose-
velt says, nothing of political nature
will be disclosed or discussed. They'll
just be heart-to-heart talks among us
girls and deal particularly with the
varied activities in which Mrs. Roose-
welt will continue to interest herself.
Busy as she'll be the day before in
auguration, Mrs Roosevelt has consent
ed to be the guest of the Woman's
National Democratic Club at its hand
some New Hampshire avenue club
house on the afternoon of March 3.
Only. club members will attend. Mrs.
Charles S. Hamlin, wife of the veteran
member of the Federal Reserve Board,
who has just been elected president of
the club, will head the receiving line.
The Roosevelts and the Hamlins are
old family friends. Mrs Hamlin for
several years has been the Washington
correspondent of Mrs. Roosevelt's New
York State Democratic Women's News"
UnqueStionably one of the steller
events of the inaugural week end will
be the assemblage of the presidential
electors. first of its kind on record.
Already electors from more than 40
OF the States have announced that
they will be present, totaling over $50
men and women. The idea of bringing
to Washington for March the per-
sons who actually elect" the President
and Vice President of the United States
was the genial brain-wave of Michael
Francis Doyle, Philadelphia lawyer, an
elector from Penn State Generally,
they assemble for their constitutional
duty in January and then scatter to
the four winds. At their pre-inaugural
banquet on March 3 they'll listen to
the Democratic Demosthenes, Claude G..
Bowers, Jeffersonian and Jacksonian
historian. Jim Farley will preside.
x
Depression? There amt no such ami
NAL. Mrs. John Allan Dougherty,
field marshal of the inaugural charity
ball, proudly announces that every
rovt 80 1~., IL
ago. They contain altogether about
1900 chairs, which fetched SIS apiece.
Mrs. Dougherty has a waiting list for
148 other boxes. Single admissions at
$5 are still to be had As the princi-
pal unemployment relief feature of the
inauguration, the charity ball has, to
the joy of its promoters, aroused en-
thusiasm throughout the country.
Copyright l933)
Evening star., 1933-02-27

the privilege of borrowing under stringent
restrictions from the national tax funds
for final relief. of the starving? We
can then work with all our might with
Congress to secure the direct appro-
priations and the wise utilization of
surplus funds which will render actual
borrowing unnecessary and impossible
If by any mischance Congress should
fail at any time to supplement fully by
appropriations or the authorization of
appropriations the maximum relief fund
supplied by private contributors. the
privilege of borrowing for short term
at low rate of interest from the
r. F. c. would then be available to the
District Gas to the States) as a last
resort guarantee against eleventh. hour
unrelieved distress.
Evening star., 1933-02-27

gress, beginning in March or April. will
be called by the incoming President, the
efforts to obtain action on some of
these measures might be more success
full, even at this late date. But an
inclination has existed in the Congress
for long time to put of until the spe-
cial session of the new Congress prob
lens threatening trouble in the present
session.
The Glass banking bill, designed to
bring about needed reforms, is await
ing action in the House 1t should be
passed. But the chairman Of the House
Committee on Banking and Currency
has not been disposed to give 1t con-
sideration.' There Is legislation dealing
with farm mortgages which should be
speeded. A bill amending the bank
ruptcy laws is pending in the Senate
as its unfinished business. The great
obstacle to the completion Of legisla-
tion now lies in the strange political
divisions existing in the Congress today.
The expiring Congress, much to its
own surprise. finally acted upon the
Blaine resolution proposing repeal of
the eighteenth amendment. 1t has
been urged again and again by Presi-
dent Hoover and his aides to take action
to bring about balanced budget for
the Government. This would have
meant tax legislation as well as econ
omy in Government expenditure. This
is a matter, however, which has been
left for the Roosevelt administration.
Indeed, the incoming administration
will find on its doorstep many problems
of great Importance, due largely to the
fact that the old Congress has not
found it possible to deal with them.
Evening star., 1933-02-27

Bernard NJ Baruch in leading off
the testimony of business men who have
been called to advise the Government on
economic matters, gets the attention Of
the country as he places chief emphasis
on the importance of sound credit as
basis for improvement. His ideas are
declared to be valuable in theory, but
to offer difficulties in achievement. 1t
is felt that he delivers another strong
blow at the idea of imitation His high
position in the Wilson administration
connects the problems of the war with
those of the depression.
Several requirements set forth by Mr.
Baruch are recognized by the Charlotte
Observer. which offers the comment:
He would proceed no further in his
program of reconstruction until this
shall have been brought about. And
yet. reports indicate that the budget
will not be balanced. The Government
has committed itself to such formidable
outlays in public funds that it is
counted all but impossible to bring it
back anywhere near an adjustment of
its spending to its revenues To lay
this mudsill under the structure of a
rebuilded economic life in America
would require, of course. drastic surgery
and radical programs of retrenchment.
When a Federal Government runs into
debt at the reported rate of around a
million dollars day. one can get some
sC-t of comprehension of the extent
to which economy would have to be
invoked to stop off this oceanic drain
upon public funds. And yet it is obvious
that some time and somehow this fear
full discrepancy between income and
outlay must be curbed at all costs No
republic can survive with such an un-
intelligent financial Set-up as is now
being tolerated in Washington. The
Democratic party that goes into power
at this critical moment in our national
history could do no better than shuck
its coat and apply its energies and its
inteliigences to this task, without favor
or fear of consequences"
THE Baruch speech" according to
the Oakland Tribune. was a stimu-
lating utterance directed against in
flation and the maintenance of causes
for international friction, which, to
his mind can only aggravate conditions
In these views he stands with the
President" Agreement with President
cago Daily News. which says of his
series of suggestions: He is opposed
to any form Of currency imitation, and
believes that the balancing of the Fed
eral budget by means of economies and
few fairly distributed additional taxes
IS the indispensable condition of
economic recovery. He has no faith in
the political plans for farm relief, but
stresses the necessity of rather drastic
readjustments of agricultural and other
debts. Some of his concrete suggestions
in regard to the sacrifices to be de-
manded of creditors will provoke dissent.
BIZ. doubtless they were offered tenta
lively and Professionally. Congress would
do we'll to give heed to Mr.. Baruch's
suggestions. His uncompromising op-
position to currency tinkering, to end
less borrowing by the Federal treasury,
to the financing of huge national def
cits by the banks and the jeopardizing
Evening star., 1933-02-27

Rose dreams at this time of year are
very likely to be fulfilled shortly.
Almost before home gardeners are
aware Of 1t, the time for planting BUSH
es will be here.
Then the most alluring descriptive
matter will be spread before his wide
eyes as he attempts to decide in his
own mind which and how many roses
he must have to be happy.
Although something might be said
to deter the ambitious gardener from
planting any roses at all, especially II
he is a newcomer to the gentle art, II
would be time worse than wasted. be-
cause the rose Is the one flower all
amateurs want.
Wherefore, nothing shall be said here
of the dificulties Of rose growing
Every one finds that out for himself
in time He learns the shortcomings
Of the varieties. the defects of roses
in general and the considerable trouble
they bring in their lovely trail
Every one who loves roses soothes
himself with the reflection that all
things worth while seem to demand a
great deal Of care and attention. 1t is
the price human beings must pay for
an approach to perfection.
One who has grown only one perfect
rose blossom has come close to seeing
perfection in bloom
These perfect flowers, attained every
now and then, are what keep the love
of roses alive in so many and various
breasts
Not the bushes, surely, nor the small
part they play in landscape gardening
Is responsible for the tremendous
amount of interest displayed in all walks
of life
1t is the flower itself which secures
types of human beings.
Something there is about its petals
and its color, whatever it may be
which binds the hearts of its admirers
II you ever fall in love with the rose,
you will never lose your admiration.
There may come moments of COOL
ness, wren you are able to fOregO new
additions to the gard m.
At times. because of injudicious Sc
lection, you may be able to steel your
heart to their appeal, and even give
them away.
Never for a moment, however, will
your admiration end
There even seems to be good in CIV
ing them away, since the bushes are al
ways received with such genuine grati-
tuQe Dv some one or OtNeT.
Every gardener knows how 1t is with
so many flowers and bulbs.
One has surplus and thinks how
nice it would be to give some to Jones.
Jones Is queried.
Yes, he would like some of those
bulbs-yes, he could use few.
At the same time. he plainly indi-
Gates that he doesn't really care
whether he gets them or not.
II he does take them. he never there
after has word to say about them,
so that the donor is not able to learn
whether they grew or did poorly.
1t is not that the giver expects graft
tude in such things. but he is inter-
ested in his plants. even when he gives
them away, and wants to know how
they are coming out.
Every one who accepts gifts Of plants
and bushes ought to keep this in mind.
which he, as much gardener as the
other. knows quite as well as the other.
If no mention is ever made of the
outcome Of the transplanting, the donor
has nothing much to think except thac
the plants did not do we'll, or even
died in their new home.
Here is just one small field in which
a bit of consideration for others would
Evening star., 1933-02-27
The Gale.

The gale which swept over Washing
ton yesterday was not unreasonable
Indeed, at this period of the year such
blasts are more or less traditionally In
order March is not the only month
for high winds; February Invariably has
a full share, especially as the end of its
span approaches. One Of the premier
changes in the climatic arrangement Of
the seasons soon will take place, and
the tempest was preparation for it.
The wind has had many historians
Shakespeare. Milton, Wordsworth. Shell
ley, Thomson, Emerson, Bryant and
Whittier among the number. Perhaps
it was of such a repetitious hurricane
as yesterdays that Charles Dickens
wrote:
wailing, rushing sound. which
shook the walls as though a giants
hand were on them; then hoarse roar.
as II the sea had risen then such a
Whirl and tumult that the air seemed
mad: and then. with heightened howl,
the waves Of wind swept on.
LOHSltllOW also was 1dmlllar with
that kind Of storm for he sketched it
in the lines:
The wind is rising; it seizes and shakes
The doors and window blinds and makes
Mysterious meanings in the halls;
The Convent-chimneyS seem almost
The trumpetS of some heavenly host,
Setting its watch upon our wallis
But none of the poets appears to have
noted what is. all things considered, the
most remarkable fact about a noisy
tempest, namely that its bark is worse
than its bite The elemental force which
the successive blasts represent. the tre-
mendous motor energy of them, is awe
some to listen to, but singularly in
effective in accomplishment. To Judge
by the sound of the disturbance the
whole world is being torn to pieces;
actually very little damage is done. The
late-February turmoil is not as destruc-
tive as it seems. Its principal achieve
ment is that of blowing us nearer to
Spring.
Evening star., 1933-02-27
The Wind-up.

The wind-up of the Seventy-second
Congress is at hand. On Saturday at
noon 1t ceases It's labors ard gives place
to its successor In the few remaining
days great effort will be made to put
through important legislation much of
which has been pressing for weeks and
months. If the passing Congress can
enect finally into law the annual ap-
preparation bills for the Government, it
will have accomplished at least as much
as is generally expected at a lame
duck" session. And in SO doing it will
have Gle cared the way for the new Con-
greSs to give its entire attention to the
legislative program of the new admin
istrat n, dealing with the economic
problems which confront the country.
The Senate has still to pass three OF
the appropriation measures, the bill for
the District of Columbia, the naval ap-
preparation bill, and the second de-
ficiency bill. All of these bills have
passed the House.
Hanging in the balance is the Treas
ury and Post Office appropriation bill.
This measure carries in it the economy
program, so-called, and confers wide
powers on the Presiient-elect to re-
organize the Government departments
and bureaus, and also the Bratton
amendment, calling for five pe- cent
cut in actual expenditures below the ap-
propriations made by the Congress.
This measure, because of the cofitro-
versies orcr several of its features, is
in danger of failure of passage.
The Congress has before it list OF
important measures dealing with bank
ing, farm mortgages. farm relief, relief
of the unemployed. the manufacture
and sale of beer and wine of mon
Intoxicating" character. Some of these
bills have passed the House, some of them
have passed the Senate, but most OF
them appear to have little real chance
of being enacted into law, notwith-
standing the last minute pressure for
action by their supporters. If it were
net for the fact that it is we'll under
stocd a special session Of the new Con-
Evening star., 1933-02-27
The United States Joins Up.

Geneva dispatches reflect the tenn
pered qualification aroused in League
Of Nations quarters by Secretary Stim-
sons note expressing American ap-
proval of the Manchurian report
adopted by the Assembly on February
"a. The United States Governments
attitude is considered as establishing
united moral front" between the
League powers and the one great non
European power outside of the interna-
tional organization.
Geneva is prompt to discern the res
ervations with which this country takes
its place alongside its sister nations in
the Far Eastern imbroglio. Secretary
Stimson, acting on the heels of a pro-
tracted review of the situation with
Senator Hull, whoswill shortly head the
State Department. conspicuously alb
stained from satisfying the League on
Cne point. He left unnoticed Geneva'S
express invitation to all signatories to
the pact of Paris and the nine power
treaty ITO associate themselves with the
views set forth in the Lytton report
and, if necessary. to concert their ac-
ticn and their attitude with the men,
bers of the League"
Thus. while the United States
acknowledges that it is sin general ac-
ccrd' with the conclusions of the
League Assembly and that this country
and the League are ION common
ground" in their affirmationS of the non
recognizability of Manchukuo. complete
freedom of American action hencefor-
ward Is implicitly maintained. The
United States continues earnestly to
hope" that Japan and China will yet
find ways of composing their differences
by pacific means" though it must be
admitted in the face of the news from
Jehol, where open warfare is raging.
that such hopes on Americas part,
however earnest" rest On rather flimsy
foundations.
Secretary Stimsons reply to the
League is probably more significant for
its omissions than for its guarded state
ton that the United States is prepared
to go the length of participating in
Geneva sanctions against Japan. 1t
holds out no encouragement that this
Government is ready to join in an arms
embargo against the Far Eastern bellig-
erents. 1t blasts the expectations Of
any League authorities who imagined
that the presence of the American fleet
in Pacific waters for annual maneuver
operations at this particular time meant
that the League would have an instru-
ment ready to hand. for the purpose of
exercising at least moral suasion upon
the japanese. Even the unofficial sug-
gestion from London the other day that,
if desired, Great Britain might permit
our Navy to use her great Singapore
naval base did not evoke the emotions
in the United States for which, per-
haps, Geneva looked.
The United States communication to
the League faithfully reflects the pres
ent temper of the American people.
They identify themselves with the
worlds condemnation of japanese pro-
cedure in China, believing it to be ag-
gressive, indefensible and violative of in
ternational law. They will hope to the
last that craftsmanship and wisdom,
bulwarked by an enlightened self-inter-
est, will yet dissuade the island empire
from reckless policy.