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Evening star., 1933-04-02
GRATING TREES.

Suburban gardeners sometimes pur
chase fruit trees which, on bearing,
prove untrue to the variety for which
purchased. This is always bitter dis
appointment. further accentuated by
the fact that, with some apples and
pears, one has to wait six or more years
before finding out the truth. Rather
fortunately, there Is way out beside
that of cutting down the tree and re-
placing it with another. Grating, that
is, the insertion of twigs of a desirable
variety into the branches of the unde-
sired tree, offers a practical way out.
The simplest style of grating is prob
ably that known as cleft grating.
Branches one-half inch in width and
up are sawed off squarely and the end
split open with knife or chisel. de-
pending on the size of the limb While
the split is still open. twigs, or scions
as they are called taken from the de-
sirable tree are placed in position, that
Is. with their inner green bark contact
Withdrawal of the chisel causes the
crevice to close down tightly on the
scion. holding it in place All exposed
surfaces are then sealed with grating
wax or paraffin and the task is done.
The scion Is generally three or four
bud length section of last years wood
of about pencil diameter, with the base
shafpened into long wedge shape to
fit the cleft
The number OF CRAFTS per tree will
depend on the size of the tree Whether
the Scions are all of one variety or not
can suit the workers whim. There are
records of a single apple tree bearing
dozens of different varieties of apples
Grating is, however, limited to species,
that is, one cannot graft apples on
peaches.
The whole process of grating is so
simple that any one handy with knife
can easily perform the operation. This
is the best season of the whole year in
which to accomplish the task
Evening star., 1933-04-02
Community Chest News

Information regarding questions asked
Of Community Chest speakers during
the campaign is being supplied to
speakers at the forum meetings of the
speakers unit, held monthly at the Y
w. G. A. The March meeting was held
during the past week.
Central Applications Bureau.
Removal of the central applications
bureau to 1913 Vermont avenue has
been followed by decrease in the num-
Der of applications.
Council of Social Agencies
Community Chest agencies are bene-
fitting from the establishment of the
volunteer service bureau at council
headquarters, 223 Investment Building.
Miss Virginia Christia is in charge Of
the bureau. Efforts to obtain more
used clothing are being made by the
Clothes Conservation Committee, To-
Gated at the old Ford building, John
Marshall place and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. Mems clothing is particularly
needed, but any and all garments can
be used
Boys Club of Washington.
A Spring program has been worked
out for the members of the Boys Club
by Charles M. Fyfe, director of the
club. Athletics of various kinds, new
games. new books and variety of other
entertainments are included in the pro-
gram. The club will have an active
part in the celebration of Boys week
April 20 to May 6, inclusive.
Travellers Aid Society.
The Travellers Aid Society has moved
from 1418 1 street to 1913 Vermont ave-
nue., which it will share with the CEN
tral applications bureau.
Northeast Boys Club.
Thomas j. Groom, member of the
board, will be present Thursday night
and will throw up the ball in the final
basket ball game for the trophy which
he donated to the club. Two trips are
Evening star., 1933-04-02
D. c.. Naval Reserve

nounced, will be taken by the Nava,
Reserve Inspection Board from the ma
terial covered in the various courses.
AS a result of unfavorable comment
by the Naval Reserve Inspection Board
on the lack of trained signalmen, the
local battalion is not going to be a SUBJ
ject of any such remarks when the in
spection board makes another visit.
The entire drill schedule for the
month of April is to be given over to
semaphore and blinker signaling. Each
fleet division on its drill night will
have two signaling periods, one for
semaphore and one for blinker.
Several members of the local bat
talon are to get nice small boat
1t was announced in the Steam Chest,
official paper of the local battalion,
that the new 50-foot cabin cruiser
now being constructed for the local
battalion at the Norfolk Navy Yard is
expected to be ready for delivery in the
near future.
A volunteer crew is being organized
which will take the present gasoline
launch from Washington to Norfolk
and return with the new beat. Better
cruises and better facilities will be pro-
vided when the new vessel arrives. it
was said
end cruises on the Potomac for the
training of enlisted men.
In view of the increased efficiency
demanded by the inspection board, it
was announced, it will be necessary to
make a more thorough study of the in
struction courses as issued by the Navy
Department than has been done in the
past. For this purpose. class instruc-
ton will be laid out on the basis OF
standard lessons from the pamphlets.
These pamphlets, it was said. will be
issued by the class instructor, and only
one book will be issued to man at
any time The next book in the series
will be issued in exchange for the one
previously held. The hope is expressed
that by reducing the amount of liter
ature in a mans possession he will not
be inclined to let the whole business
wait, but will actually spend the 20
minutes necessary per week to read the
lesson which is to be discussed.
Naval Reservists express the hope
that, despite the present era OF econ
omy and retrenchment in governmental
expenditures, that Congress can be pre-
vailed upon to provide for the annual
15-day training cruises this year and
to maintain the drill schedule on
basis of 48 drills year.
Reservists have been urged to keep
the matter constantly before Congress,
and in New York the support of the
land forces, the National Guard, has
been sought. 1t was pointed out there
that the militia has been more fortu-
nate in the obtaining of funds, as the
training camps were held last year,
while the sea forces were required to
forego the cruises.
The Army has made plans for the
land forces to go to camp this year,
and it is hoped that provision also will
be made for annual cruises for the Off
GERS and men of the Reserve, with pay.
Although the cruises were abandoned
last year, the Navy Department has
provided opportunities for some officers
and men to take cruises by offering
them places on ships of the regular
fleet without pay and with the stipula-
ton that they pay the expense OF
transportation to and from the ports
where the ships are located.
Evening star., 1933-04-02

In the absence of definite figures, it Is
often more advisable to apply the con-
centrated materials in repeated small
treatments rather than all at once.
This practice has an added advantage
IN that some forms of nutrients leach
away rather rapidly and are lost to the
plant before they can be utilized.
Water may not be plant food. but
it is even more vital since all nutrients
enter the plant roots in solution. This
is one reason why fertilizers are of no
, benefit in drought periods. Fortunately
this season is starting out very favor
ably. Cool, wet weather in March and
early April favors plant life.
Early Spring is favorable time fol-
setting out hardy perennials, but such
plants will not bloom very heavily the
! first year unless one moves rather large
clumps without disturbing the roots.
Regarding hyacinths. DR.. David
! Griffiths, the bulb specialist, advises the
purchasing of the smaller sizes if one
| intended to keep them for several years
/ The very large bulbs divide after bloom
| ing. with the result that one has sew
eral small spikes the second year.
Crocus Is often unjustly censured fol
| its rapid disappearance from lawns
| The difficulty is that gardeners clip the
! leaves off with early mowings and the
bulbs soon perish. Delaying the initia
4, lawn trimming is the obvious remedy.
| After pruning rambling plants, such
,, as climbing roses and grapes. it is wei
to tie the long canes to the trellis witt
soft twine. This practice saves the
disappointment of having young shoot.
| broken of just in their prime.
| Privet hedges may be cut back dras.
| tically at this time without serious in.
s,., 4l~sz a. l. l. I-f
until May or June. the chances of re.
! covery are, materially lessened.
Hard coal ashes have practically M
nutritive value, but are valuable as {
, soil amendment to break up tenaciou.
| clays.
Evening star., 1933-04-02
THE ELECTRIC HOT.
BED.

The hotbed has always been considered
a desirable asset for the gardener. 1t
enables him to lengthen the season at
both ends and is especially valuable in
early Spring, when days are cool, as a
place in which to start seedlings. In
the old days of abundant stable manure.
hotbeds were rather common in the
larger home gardens, but have grad
ually disappeared or simply reverted
into cold frames.
There is now promise that the hot
bed is to come back in a more useful
apd easier handled form, namely, the
electrically heated bed, in which the
soil is warmed by shallowly buried re-
sistance cables. The advantages claimed
for the new bed are many, including
uniform heating, automatic control of
Evening star., 1933-04-02
Organized Reserves

Plans have been completed for the
participation of every Organized Re
serve unit Of the District of Columbia
in the Army day parade, April 6. Mai.
Gen. Paul B. Malone. commanding gen.
eral of the Sd Corps Area, will be the
grand marshal of the parade. Col. Leroy
w. Heron, Field Artillery Reserve,
commanding officer of the 3l3th Field
Artillery. District Reserve unit, will
command the Reserve units.
The parade will start at / 80 pm.
District Reserve units participating in
the parade will include the 320th In
fantry, 428th Infantry 3l3th Field Ar
tillery, 315th Field Artillery, 913th Coast
Artillery (anti-aircraft), 364th Medical
Regiment, 343d Engineers, 376th En-
gineers, I'd Squadron of the 306th Cav
airy, 62d Signal Troop, 9Oth Signal
Company, 407th Pursuit Squadron, Re
serve officers assigned to other units
not listed and those local Reserve Off
GERS unassigned of all arms and serv-
ices. They will assemble on street
southeast between New Jersey avenue
and South Capitol street.
Members of the 42Sth Infantry will
hold their instructional conference at
Reserve headquarters tomorrow evening
hAi0xA lllC OllCCllO1 VI LlGuI. COl.
Charles B. Moore. Col Moore will con-
duct the 320th Infantry conference at
headquarters Tuesday evening Fled
Artillery Reserve officers will meet at
headquarters Wednesday evening under
the supervision of Maj. John M. Nc
Dowell. Maj. H. c. Dagley will conduct
the Cavalry conference at headquarters
Thursday evening. First Lieut.. J. L.
Burgess. Second LieutS. j. M. Michael
son and S. B. Smith will lecture. The
medical meeting will be held at head
quarters Friday evening under the di-
rection of Maj. H. L. Kraft. Cavalry
ReservistS will meet at the Fort MyCr
Riding Hall next Sunday at $50 am
The following Reserve officers of the
District have been assigned as indi-
Gated: Capts. Frederick S. Lee, Fielc
Artillery Reserve; Charles M. Neff
Judge Advocate General Reserve, ant
First Lieut.. Sterling P. Eahleton, In.
fantry Reserve, all to the 80th Division
First Lieut.. Dom " Smythe, jr.: Ord
nance Reserve, to 62d Cavalry Division
First Lieut.. William H. Fowler, Quarter
master Reserve, to 466th motor repair
section; First Lieut.. Howard M. Payne
Medical Reserve, to 42sth Infantryry
Evening star., 1933-04-02

overcome in part by having more bushes
per given area.
In pruning, care should be taken to
leave the strong live wood and cut the
weak branching growth. The rose
bears blooms on new shoots. SO a rela-
lively small amount of old wood can
yield real crop of bloom. In general
it is well not to touch the climbing
varieties at this season, but to wait
until after they have bloomed. New
roses, as purchased from the stores,
have generally been pruned severely
by the grower and need no additional
treatment at time of planting.
Early Spring is very favorable time
in which to fertilize the rose beds. For
years gardeners have considered, and
rightly enough, that stable manure is
the best fertilizer. In it's stead, the
gardener must use ready mixed fertil
izer of good quality or commercial
brands of dried manure, but because of
their repeating habit of bloom, roses
need further fertilizirig during the
Summer.
Evening star., 1933-04-02

After completing cruise of approxi
mately three weeks aboard the u. s
destroyer Golf, seven enlisted men O
the 1st Battalion, United States Nava
Reserves of the District of Columbia
were disembarked at Hampton Road
and have returned to Washington Il
resume their weekly drills with tn
local outfit. These men left here tn
latter part of February, after the vesse
had spent a couple of weeks at tn,
Washington Navy Yard.
They cruised as far South as Miami
Fla. and touched Charleston ant
Georgetown, S. c. During the voyage
they were merged with the regular crew
OF the vessel and performed the dutie.
of their ratings. The services were
performed by the local citizen soldiers
without pay and they were required tt
bear lne expense of their transporta-
tion from Norfolk to Washington upon
completion of the cruise.
The men who took part were: Charles
F. Clarke, fireman, third class; Maurice
P. Fenton, fireman, third class; John
w. Irwin, boatswain's mate, second
class; Daniel M. Levy, fireman. second
class, all of the 1st Fleet Division
Louis Luebkert, fireman. second class;
Howard P. Sellers, seaman, second
class, both of the I'd Fleet Division
and John A. Gallagher, seaman, Sec
ond class, of the Sd Fleet Division.
Seven members of the local battalion
are given credit for the work in con-
nection with the setting up of a ma
chine shop in the local battalion armory
for the training of the engineer force,
Walter c. Lockhart, battalion engineer
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chief boatswain's mate; A. A. Gollus,
machinist's mate, second class; w. L.
Burke, seaman, first class; w. G.
Perry, machinist's mate, second class;
N. H. Harrison, machinist's mate, sec
ond class; F. J. Kelly, fireman, first
class: j. J. Meyer, electricians mate,
third class.
The local Reserve battalion will par
ticipate in the Army day parade next
Saturday. 1t was announced that the
battalion will leave the armory at 1918
o'clock. Transportation will be fur
nished to the starting point of the pa
rade and from the disbandment point
The battalion will be part of the 1st
Division in the parade, with the Regular
forces, it was announced!
Lieut.. (Junior Grade Jasper S.
Hunt, Medical Corps, former assistant
medical officer of the local battalion,
has rendered his resignation, it was
announced at the local Reserve head
quarters. He has moved to Charlotte
N c.
Francis P. Tuell fireman, third class,
attached to the 1st Fleet Division, has
extended his enlistment for period of
four years.
George H Boyd, chief quartermaster,
has been ordered placed on the retired
list upon completion of 80 years of
service, 20 Of which were spent in the
Regular establishment and 10 in the
Reserve.
Instruction courses were issued to
all enlisted men of the battalion during
the past week These are a part of
the new educational system which has
been inaugurated by the local battal-
ion. 1t was said that these courses
are intended primarily for home study
and should be followed closely by men
in all ratings
Examination questions, it was an
Evening star., 1933-04-02

heat and greater freedom from pests.
The big question, to date, has been
cost of operation, which varies greatly
with the unit cost of electrical power.
However, if the bed were carefully insu-
lated and placed on the sunny side of
building. costs should not be unrea-
sonable and the uses which the flower
or vegetable grower could make of
such bed go almost without saying.
Evening star., 1933-04-02
COMMUNISTS OUSTED
All parliamentary Mandates Are
Revoked in Bulgaria.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, April l LP).-The
government last night announced revo-
cation of all parliamentary mandates
held by Communists. All Communists
were excluded from elective Office and
from the public employ.
The party itself will not be dissolved
1t was pointed out that dissolution
would only mean a change in the party's
name. Thirty-one Deputies were af-
fected by the government ban.
Evening star., 1933-04-02

of the country, including j. Horace
Macfarland, Montagu Free, Frank A.
Waugh, DR.. Edgar Wherry anG local
specialists.
Evening star., 1933-04-02

Sweetwater. Tex. citizens send an
oldlfashioned chuck wagon" to other
communities to advertise their town.
Evening star., 1933-04-02
FARM AND GARDEN.

ASTERS GIVEN AWAY
offer something New-A Wilt Resistant
Strain of Asters immune from Wit Disease.
Now every one can grow Asters. am max
ing Worldwide Test and will send Sam
pie go seeds). Giant Double Flowering Mix
ture, 90 colors Free for Trial II stamp is en-
closed for postage Bargain Seed Book Free. r.
b. Mills, Seed Grower, Box $50. Rose Hill. NY
Milford chronicle., 1933-08-18
MOST POPULAR INDOOR GAME

What is the most popular indoor
game? Probably most people today
would say bridge. In its original
form, and as modified to become
auction" and contract" bridge,
there probably was never an indoor
game played by SO many people.
AS a development of the game of
whist, it is played by many times
the number who used to play that
old game. Whist players years ago
were a limited element of a studiOus
type, and they made science of IT..
But it was considered to require too
much concentration for ordinary
folks who took to euchre, cribbage,
high-low-jack, poker, and many
other forms of play.
Today bridge has become nation
wide craze. Many people, particu-
larly women, take it with great Sc
riousness. They spend much money
on lessons, they study works of
scientific play. 1t has become a
quite serious matter for some, since
the circles in which they move usual
ly put up money, and they can't af-
ford to play if they are always los
ers. If the players could only get
the idea that the best sport is had
where people play games merely to
try out and develop their skill, they
would not want to take other peo-
pies money any more than they like
to lose their own.
No doubt many women neglect
their families because of their alb
sorption at the bridge table. But if
the game were to go out of fashion,
they would not probably spend the
time at home. Some other form of
excitement would still keep them on
the go.
Playing bridge is a mental train
ing. It develops the memory and
he power of concentration, and a
certain ability to plan future action.
But people should not take it too Sc
'iously. The folks who go up in the
lir because Partner trumped the
wrong trick, may know all about
,ridge, but they need lessons in or
linary courtesy.
Milford chronicle., 1933-08-18
CHANGING JOBS

In the so-called good old times,
people used to work along for years
and years under one employer. They
took real pride in their jobs, and put
enthusiastic effort into them. In
these days people usually show
energy in their work, but they have
too much of a tendency to work
awhile in one place and then go
somewhere else. In many cities it
might be found, for instance, that
half the store clerks had changed
their place of employment within a
year.
Why do these people thus change
from place to place? Was it ambi
tion that led some to seek positions
higher up? Were some or many of
them discharged because of poor
work? How many were simply rest
less, dissatisfied with their hours of
labor or pay, and thought they could
do better elsewhere?
Whatever the motive for these
changes, they tend to disorganize-
business, and make the processes
of industry cost more. Employers
constantly spend time breaking in
new help. Restless people learn a
little of one job, then they go else
where and learn a little of that. At
the end of period of years, they
have made no progress toward at
tanning competence in any one oc-
cupation.
We need more stickers, people
who will throw themselves into
their tasks with enthusiasm, make a
effort to learn every
thing that is to know about that
trade. Workers of that kind are
eagerly desired in whatever occupa-
tion they have acquired experience.
There are many entirely faithful
who have lost their jobs
the past year, due to slack trade.
But when in any establishment it
comes down to a question of who
shall go and who shall stay, the EN-
ployer will usually pick the one who
has stuck to his job the longest |
time, and who understands it the
most thoroughly.
Milford chronicle., 1933-08-18
WHAT BUSINESS ASKS

Many business people ask the
question, how is trade going to be
under the new deal" legislation
which Washington is giving us? Can
we adjust ourselves to it?
There is a reserve of enterprise
in the American business man that
can and does adjust itself to a great
many situations which at the start
looked difficult. Put an enterpris-
ing man on a desert island, and he
will soon be making living by sup
plying less energetic ones with CLAIMS
and shellfish.
So somehow, business will adjust
itself to the new deal. But it does
ask two things. First, some stabil-
ity. so it can know what it can de-
pend on. Business is throttled if
conditions are constantly changing.
Second, a reasonable profit. When
people have provided capital for
business, they feel that capital
ought to earn something. The profit
may not be as large as 1t used to be.
but the owner of capital is entitled
to some return on it.
Milford chronicle., 1933-08-18
WHERE INCIDENTS NCREAsE

Smaller communities rather than
large cities are responsible for the
increase in automobile accidents,
according to the motor vehicle COM
missioner of New York state. He
finds that such accidents in New
York city have remained practically
stationary, while in the rest of the
state they have nearly doubled.
1t costs money to regulate traf-
fic. Small towns can not afford
many traffic officers, signal systems,
etc. So they have many unguarded
and concealed intersections.
Motorists who pass through towns
where there is a lack of such regu-
lations, are put on their honor. The
community says to them, please be
gentlemen and ladies. We can't
spend all our money regulating the
strangers and speeders who pass
through our burg. It is up to them
to behave as if some officer was fol-
lowing them every minute" How
many in Delaware will respond to
this appeal?
Milford chronicle., 1933-08-18
FAITH IN MILFORD

The advance of a community de-
pends on faith. II people have nc
confidence in their home town, il
they are always saying 1T can't be
done" such a community will get
nowhere.
Some things can't be done and
some things can. If you ask a small
town to spend a million dollars for
a good road, it can't be done. But
if you ask it to spend a sum within
its means, which other progressive
towns of the same size would spend,
then it is a question of faith plus
work, A few people have got to be-
lieve the thing can be done, and then
they have got to go out and convince
others that the proposition will pay.