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The Washington times., 1934-09-15
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Engaged to Wed

The engagement has been
announced Of Miss Hally Car
rington Brent, daughter of Mrs.
Duncan K. Brent and the late
Mr.. Brent, to Mr.. William
Page Dame, jr., son of the Rev.
William Page Dame of Virginia.
Miss Brent made her debut
at the first Bachelors Cotilion
in 1882. She is a member of
the Junior League.
Both are of distinguished
Maryland and Virginia families.
Miss Brent is a descendant of
several colonial governors of
Maryland and Of Lord Balti-
more, the latter being her ninth
great-grandfather.
At Home
Mr.. and Mrs. Rexford L.
Holmes have returned from
their wedding trip, and will be
at home after September 20 in
their apartment at the Annapo-
lis Hotel. Their marriage took
place in Lansdowne, Pa, Sep
tember /. Mrs. Holmes is the
former Miss Leah E. Elwood,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. j.
Elwood, Of this city.
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announcements have been
received here of the marriage
of Miss Dorothea Lane, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Richard Hooper
Lane, and Lieut.. Richard NAL
colin Cults, jr., U. s. M. c.,
Wednesday, September 81, in
Newport, r. I. Lieutenant and
Mrs. Cults will be at home
after october ~ at 2400 Six
teenth st.
In Wedding Party
Mrs. Donner Roosevelt has
been named as one Of the at
tendants at the forthcoming
marriage Of Miss Margaretta C.
Duane, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Duane, to Mr..
Richard D. Wood, jr., whose
marriage will take place on Sep
tember % in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph w. Lee
are in Atlantic City at Chal-
fonte-H -Haddon Hall,
The Washington times., 1934-09-15
Official in N. Y.

The Secretary Of the Treas
ury, Mr.. Henry Morgenthau, jr.,
has joined his family at their
home "Fishkill Farms" in
Duchess County, N. Y, for the
weekend.
The Washington times., 1934-09-15


Mr.. T. O. NJ Sopwith's challenger "Endeavour' and the
Rainbow jointly owned by syndicate Of seventeen Amer
lean Yachting enthusiasts which will be captaned by Harold
The Washington times., 1934-09-15

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Evening star., 1934-07-26

first start, being defeated for State
Representative by walter NJ Doszett.
The Democratic nominees for Con-
rrssa whose election ID considered as
sured. include
Representative VIII Rogers. at larEe
Representative Wesley Disney first
district: Jack Nichols. second district:
Representative WllbuYn Cartwright
third district, p L. GaSszway. fourth
district josh Lee. fifth district Rep
resentailVe jed johnson. sixth dis
trict. Sam Massinzale. seventh dis
trict; Phil Ferguson. eighth district.
However. Republicans often win In
the eighth. The nominee Is T. J.
Sargent.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
FEW INCUMbENTS
WIN IN OKLAHOMA
Democratic Nominee VIII
Have Fresh Legislature
If Victorious.
nv u. ksase esassa prsss.

nv tss Associated prsHs.
OKLAHOMA CITY. july 26s--Rep-
rrsentatiye r. W. Marland, Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor, viii
have plenty OF new brooms" for the
new DEAL be promised Oklahoma
The voters In Tuesdays run-of
primary dealt an almost completely
revised Legislature into once by
stunning many incumbcnis into the
discard.
When and II Marland takes ONCE
as Oklahoma's chief executive next
January. he viii work with a Lesisla-
tare in which there will be few hold
over members
Col. Zack T. Miller. famous loi
ranchman and Snowman. like Mar
land. an amateur In politics. lost his
Evening star., 1934-07-26
MOTOR PLANT SEIZED

EIsM1RA. ". Y. July 26 F1-The
WHY'S Morrow Co, subsidiary Of the
Willy Overland Co. OF Toledo. Ohio.
was gized by Sheriff Charles v.
Strouse yesterday and ali money and
equipment was attached TO satisfy an
Elmira city tax bill of t74.336,35.
The taxes are for the last two
and one-half years. Interest rates
and penalties total about $4,000.
The plant has been working on
small parts orders witht q force Of
about 100 men. c. Z. Killinger. gen.
eral manager Of the plant, said pres
ent contracts would have been COM
pleted by August /.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
ROSE SOCIETY PLANS -
PARK MEETING SUNDAY
200 Will Attend Session in Po-
tomsc Garden-Hsnson to
Lad inspection.

Some 200 members Of the Potomac
Rose Society will hold their Midsum-
rner outdoor meeting at the rose gar
den in Potomac Park Sunday after
noon at 3 30 O'Clock.
Joseph Gardner. chairman Of the
committee in charge. yesterday made
arrangements with the National Cap
itol Parks for the gathering.
August II Hanson. horticulturaiSt
Of the National Capitol Parks, Will
conduct the society on an inspection
and study tour Of the gardens. In its
second year Of extensive development.
the Potomac rose garden is coming
to be known all over the United
States. said park officials today. Sew
eral new varieties OF roses are on
view there. All persons who are not
members Of the society. but who are
interested in rose development, are
invited 70 attend Sundays meeting.
Storms Damage Crops.
Heavy storms have caused great
11ra1~ tn exoy,1 ~, (,},iIe rerrptlv
Evening star., 1934-07-18

aands are governed By convictions
which he fathered, inspired By faith
which he eodifed or formulated. but
only professional chroniclers Of his
denomination are aware Of the debt.
The time. however. ain come when
the sources OF America viii be traced
out and Ursinw. then II not before
will come into his proper place in the
picture. The plain and unpretend-
ing style OF living which one still
finds on occasion in rural sections
Of the United States had a partial
origin in principles which he enunci-
sted The moderation and thrift OF
whole communities in New York.
Pennsylvania and elsewhere mirror
his philosophy. Critics may complain
about his "puritaniSm." but the an
sver to their jibes Is the unquestioned
fact that II has helped to mold
American character for measurable
good. not for unadultereted I'll.
UrSinus College. meanwhile. is a
monument 10 the memory OF the man.
Quietly and effectively. as he would
wish. 1t carries on the tradition which
he founded. A modest person. he
could ask no finer homage. nor could
such a school have a finer exemplar.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Business and Politics,

From the Rock Island Argus.
There have been times when the
American people were abusive toward
any businesses or business man who
openly evidenced any interest in poll
tics. Now Alfred p. Sloan, president
OF General Motors, urges stockholders
to be politically minded" and the
same idea is being passed to investors
in numerous other business enter
prises. Government and business are
not separted as widely as they were,
or as We thought they were.
If government and the men in d.
rect control of governmental activities
are to be conscious of practical bust
ness and economic problems, business
will not only have to be politically
minded but politically active. Gov
ernment Is in the hands of people who
think politically because that is how
they get their authority. Social and
humanitarian problems have COM
manded attention much of the time
because Of the political effect OF the
social experiments. And as long as
business men keep aloof from politics
they may expect government to deal
with business problems from the po-
litical rather than the practical busi-
ness viewpoint.
Government viii do q better Job Of
dealing with business If business men
take a more definite and active part
In government. The ideal would be
balance between the political, humani-
tartan and business viewpoints In gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1934-07-18

Toxic has been hesitant in the hope
that the Anslo-Americsn converse
tons would result in deadlock. from
which somehow Japan might hope TO
profit when the time for compromise
and concession arrives
Although the japanese are re-
luctant to come forward with their
claims. there is little mystery as TO
what these are Nippon Is unwilling
TO remain In a state Of ratio inierority
on the existing 5-5-3 basis She seeks
parity with Britain and America. She
declines TO permit Far Eastern "politi-
cal questions which Ia mainly
meant her ambition 10 dominate
Climate be discussed at the naval
conference. She is diSinclined to re-
nounce her mandate over Islands in
the Pacific now under her admins
tration. She would retain the sub
marine, contrary to Anglo American
readiness TO abolish it. She has fixed
ideas about Notifications in the Pa
cific area adjacent to her own waters.
All these issues, It was hoped. Japan
would see fit TO talk over Informally
at London with British and American
spokesmen. 1t Is now announced that
a Toxic admiral will be In England in
october, when preliminary conversa-
tions are to be resumed. presumably
prepared to speak authoritatively re-
specting the Island Empires position.
Enough has already happened. or
failed to happen, to foreshadow a pc
Rod Of diflcult negotiation in 1885.
As II the Anglo-AmericaH- ia apanese
situation were not sufficient to be-
cloud the outlook, there is the un-
settled issue Of Franco-Italian naval
rivalry, while the entry of the Soviet
Union and Germany into the ranks
OF sea powers projects a new issue
for consideration in any readjustment
OF world naval ratios.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Ursinus.

The name of Zscharias UrSinus.
born four hundred years ago today at
Breslsu. in Germany, probably is
known to but few Americans; and yet
1t was his privilege to be one of the
makers OF the American mind
An individual of scholarly tempera-
ment, he was the friend and follower
of Philip Melsnchthon, most philo-
sophical Of the German Reformers.
He studied at Paris and was professor
OF theology at Heidelberg. But it was
CalviniSm. rather than Lutheranism,
that especially appealed to him, and
the great moment OF his life came
when. in 1868. he drafted the Heidel-
berg CatechiSm, still symbolic
authority of the Reformed churches
OF Central Europe and the United
States.
Certainly. dying in 1888. he did not
survive to witness the effects OF his
work. So il is that he is passed over
by the historians and remains 9
forgotten" founder Of the Western
civilization that Was yet 10 be. Thou
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Fletcher's Shots at New Deal
Clarity Issues, Press Feels

and Roosevelt performance have
brought work and hope and assur-
Ance that their Government cares for
them. II these millions decide TO
send to Congress supporters of Roose-
welt, will Mr.. Fletcher accept their
vote as a vote against the Consti-
tution7"
The address, in the opinion Of the
Columbus Evening Dispatch, "is as
surance that for the first time in
many years there will be q distin-
guishable difference between the two
major parties when they ask for votes
In the coming campaign. The Demo-
cratic party has, of course, made the
issue. Broadly speaking, 1t is tho
new deal"
There is one thing which Fletchers
smash the new deal slogan has gone
a long way to smash" contends the
Miami Daily News. THAT is the Re-
publican party. for which Fletcher
speaks and whose rank and file, it Is
safe TO say, is fiagrantly misrepre- :
sented by what he says"
Evening star., 1934-07-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Art Influence.
They brought around Summer show
To Ezry Dinkin's barn.
Says ma, Il guess we better go,
There's lots that we kin rarn."
Josh to the hired hand hollers now,
Hence. vsrleti Milk yon kinel"
And Sis says to her beau. See how
You've bust this heart of mine!"
Aunt Susan walls, "Out! Damned
spot!"
Each time she mops the floor.
When Uncle Jim wants sweet corn hot
He simply says, "Encorel"
And Grandpa shouts, "Gadzook! /!
What ho!"
Where once he said, "Goldarn."
We're different since they brought
that show
To Ezry Dinkin's barn.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
The 1885 Naval Conference.

Something like an ominous dress
rehearsal for the 1885 naval confer
ence has just cqne to an inconclu-
sive end at London. Initiated by the
British government. preliminary con-
versations were to take place mainly
among Great Britain, the United
States and Japan in the hope of lay
ing certain foundations for new agree
ments a year hence. For the past
SIX weeks American Special Ambas-
sador Davis has been in uninter-
rupted contact with British spokeS-
men. and while no hard and fast ar
rangements were effected or intended,
fair measure of accord on certain
basic principles is understood to have
been achieved. The British demand
for an increased quota OF cruisers
still runs counter to American views,
but on other points no serious differ
ences apparently arose.
The London conversations have
now been adjourned until October
Mr.. Davis is on his way back TO
Washington. to report such progress
as was attained. It is admittedly
not very substantial. because Japan
resolutely declined to show her hand
Progress was impeded. too, by the
non-sppearance of French and Ital-
ian representatives But until there
is formal indication OF Japan's inten-
tions at the 1885 conference it is
msnifestly impossible to consider its
program. There are suggestions that
Evening star., 1934-07-18

The poor appearance OF the grass
in our public parks, including the
famous White House lawn, has led
many householders TO rejoice in the
comparative sn1allness Of their own
holdings.
When hot weather strikes, small
grass plot may be taken care Of
properly bus when it gets beyond a
certain size, and the drought appears,
nothing much can be done about it.
There is nothing like a little water
for grass at exactly the right time.
This right time is when it begins TO
have that burned-out look, well known
to all persons who are at all interested
in good grass, ever the favorite sub
iect OF the amateur gardener.
There are two schools OF lawn
makers, those who believe in never
watering. and those who sprinkle
every day
The truth must lie somewhere in
between the extremes, as 1t usually
does.
A renowned scientist was invited by
a suburban householder to view his
lawn.
do you sprinkle often7" asked the
scientist.
do I sprinkler" answered the
householder. You should see our
water bill"
He was surprised at the eminent
gentleman's answer, which was not
at all what he expected.
Mature knows better how to water
than you do" he said. Then he
launched into the familiar explana-
ton, handed down year after year,
TO the effect that If the householder
uses the hose consistently, the grass
roots come to the surface to seek the
water there, thus causing them TO
burn up and the grass to die at the
first touch of drought.
Whereas, runs the explanation, If
the watering is left to the all-wise dis
cretion of Nature. the roots will be
forced to go down in their search, and
thus become long and strong and as
far as possible from the harmful eff
fects OF lasting dry, hot weather.
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It is a good explanation, too, as far
as it goes, but any one who looked at
our parched park areas last week knew
at once that there was something
wrong with 1t.
That something wrong" simply is
this: That Nature is not always as in
fallible as we like to think she is in
regard to such matters.
When rainfall goes back on us, a
use OF the old-fashioned garden hose is
about the only thing which will save a
lawn.
Especially the lawn which is, after
all, not a very good lawn.
At times one may be inclined to
think that not very many lawns, after
all, whether public or private, would
take any prizes.
At their best they leave a very great
deal to be desired, especially as to sta
bility, and that priced ability to resist
drought.
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The very small landholder has a
great advantage here.
When he sees his grass beginning to
burn up in hot weather he can get out
the garden hose and give real first aid.
There is nothing more pleasing in
all the garden work than this every
day wonder, performed by John Doe
himself and none other.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

here last week, in the district which
once sent Franklin D. Roosevelt to
the upper house at Albany, the Re-
publicans carried practically every
single precinct except the one which
contains the State insane asylum.
That precinct went overwhelmingly
Democratic"
Now, it's the Americas Cup race
that's gone brain trust. Two Of the
boats contending for the honor of
defending the trophy against the
British challenger, Endeavour, have
college professor naVigatorS. The
Boston sloop Yankee, of which Charles
Francis Adams is skipper, has as her
navigator Prof. Richard Fay of the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology,
while the Vanderbilt yacht Rainbow
has installed Prof. ZenaS Bliss Of
Brown University in the cockpit.
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Another Dolly Madison has come
into American public life. An ener-
getic young lady named Miss Dolly
Madison of Metuchen, N. j., has just
been appointed vice chairman of the
Young Republicans. She will have
charge of women's activities in the
militant G. o. P. organization headed
by Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
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Postmaster General Jim Farley has
regular technique in his current
speeches dedicating new post office
buildings and otherwise keeping the
country safe for the Democratic party.
He invariably begins with glowing
tribute to the Democratic congress
Sional representatives of the area in
which he is holding forth. Whether
Sunny Jim would pursue these tactics
in Virginia is horse of another color.
for his eulogieS unfailingly acclaim
the support which the House and Sen
ate members in question give the new
deal. A sample of Farley flnesse is
the following introduction to his re-
cent remarks at Springheld: Some
body once told me that the name
Illinois was derived from an Indian
word Signifying the Wise Ones I
have never checked on this informa-
ton. but ever since this State upset
a Republican regime. elected Judge
Henry Horner Governor, chose a sec
ond Democratic United States Sena-
tor. and installed a fine majority of
Democratic Representatives I have
felt that the derivation justified it.
self"
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Organized labor is being urged by
1F
quarters to lose no time in scheduling
plan of action for old-age pension
legislation 'for industrial workers
generally" along the lines of the rail-
road labor pensions act recently
passed by Congress.
tCopyright. 1934O
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Too MANY Cooks Again.


lend to the District or to withhold a
million and a half dollars for con-
struction of an adult tuberculosis san
atorium. Secretary OF the Interior and
Public Works Administrator Ickes has
apparently assumed the additional
prerogative OF designating the site.
He has not decided yet whether to
lend the District the money for the
sanatorium, and he has not designated
the site. But in talk with reporters
yesterday he indicated that he does
not favor building the adult hospital
at Glendale, Md. where land has been
purchased for the tuberculosis treat
ment center that the District hopes
some day TO have, and where the new
children's sanatorium is already To-
Gated. He favors a site somewhere
in the nearby Virginia mountains.
No District undertaking in recent
years has been so hampered by mac
tion, conflicting opinion, divided au-
thority and resulting delay as the
projected tuberculosis center. Secre-
tary Ickes' attitude, unfortunately.
promises still more uncertainty and
more delay.
The site at Glendale, Md, was Sc
lected by committee of experts after
long period spent in closely inspect
ing other available land in Maryland
and Virginia. 1t comprises 2l6 acres,
all OF which Is now owned by the Dis
trict. The children's unit of the hos
pital, or the first part of it, has been
constructed, and 100000 Is available
now to complete the project, with an
additional hundred thousand available
for salaries of personnel and for prep
aration of plans for the adult hospital
on the same site. Under the appropri-
ating legislation it is doubtful if plans
could be prepared for an adult hos
pital on any site other than at Glen
dale.
To throw the plans for tuberculosis
treatment center in the wastebasket
now. at this late date, and to build an
adult hospital in the Virginia noun
tains would be obviously uneconomical
and impractical. The site at Glendale
was considered satisfactory by experts
in the treatment OF tuberculosis. The
land is paid for and owned by the
District. Another site, seventy miles
away in the mountains Of Virginia,
will cost more money. Two hospitals,
so widely separated. would increase
the difficulties of Washington ply
sicians who might have patients in
both, some of whom have already
complained because Glendale Is If
teen miles out Of town. 1t would
mean the building and mainte-
nance OF separate kitchens, X-ray lab
oratories. operating rooms. 1t would
mean the maintenance of two super
intendents, dieticians and resident
STATS. 1t would mean separating bed
ridden parents in the adult hospital
from their bed-ridden children in the
children's hospital by eighty-five or
more miles.
While Secretary Ickes has more or
less dictatorial powers in connection
with the choice of site, the reasonable
method for him to follow would be to
designate a committee OF tuberculosis
experts to look into that part of the
business for him. As the taxpayers
have learned to their sorrow. the ex-
perts might disagree. But the views
OF those who chose Glendale as the
site of the District tuberculosis treat
ment center deserve more considera-
ton than they are apparently re-
ceiying now.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES q. TRICEFELL.

Theoretically. II Is wrong. TO help
the grass. but actually IL is the right
thing to do at the right time.
A few gallons OF water, applied at
the right time, will bring any parched
grass plot right back into condition.
The yellow look will disappear. and
give way, in a few days, 70 the much
prized and admired fresh green Of
happily growing grass.
SO water when the grass needs it,
no matter what the experts say.
But this watering must be, truly.
more than Just a sprinkling. and it
must be kept up every day for at
least a week, II one expects to get
results.
Even one good soaking. II it is
thorough, will work wonders. but for
the very best results it must be re-
peated daily during the hot spell.
The ideal, in watering a lawn, is
to water it only when 1t needs it.
There can be no doubt when grass
needs water. 1t shows it in every
blade. Growth stops, and certain
patches OF earth begin to appear.
When this condition prevails. 1t Is
high time that the gardener unlimber
the hose and put some water out Of
it onto the bad spots.
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1t is with grass watering something
as it is with grass cutting. In the
latter activity we are told solemnly
to let the clippings lie.
Such a mulch, the experts declare.
helps protect the roots from too much
sun. and in time furnishes some
nourishment to them.
In theory that is all right, but in
practice it doesn't work out so well.
Lawns from which the clippings
are carefully raked after each mow-
ing, or caught in canvas catcher, :"
turn out better lawns than those on
which the clippings are permitted
TO lie.
And there is not much wonder why.
Owing to the constant cutting, the
grass plants must have all the light
and air they can get. The constantly
cropped blades are highly tested as
to their ability to carry on the vital
process of photosynthesis. They must
make maximum use Of what blade
surface is left. II part of this Is
covered up by clipped grass, 1t is
no wonder that such lawn does
not do as we'll as the one from which
all cuttings are removed. The grass
plants need no such protection as
this so-called mulch. Dry weather
will be no dryer to the plants con-
stituting one yard than to those in
the other.
In advocating the necessary water
ing of grass one caution must be OBJ
served. Never water unless 1t is
necessary.
There can be no doubt that the
experts are right in their contention
that Nature knows her business, in
the main.
If lawn is left to take care of
itself, undoubtedly 1t does send the
grass roots down, not up, or along
the surface.
Undoubtedly this is best for the
grass. There are many conditions,
however, of a local nature, which will
mitigate against this best effect. Some
lawns on terraces dry out so quickly
that no natural rainfall could keep
them looking good.
There are certain types of soil in
which grass does not do so well.
There are varieties of grasses which
demand more water than others.
Above all, there are dry periods when
every lawn, even be it the grandest,
needs water artificially applied.