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Evening star., 1935-11-16

wild In local woods Is a most interest.
ing shrub for the manner of its bloom.
The yellow flowers, which appear In
Autumn, persist through the Winter
and fertilize the young seeds in the
Spring. How the pollen bearing flow
ers are able to endure Winter
temperatures Is one of Natures
marvels.
There are number of national
societies built up around the culture
of a single flower. Thus there are
societies for the rose. dahlia, gladiolus.
iris, peony, delphinium, chrysanthe-
mum and other flowers. The fancier
of any species may join and, through
the medium of annual meetings and
written proceedings, gain a wealth
of information concerning his or her
favorite flower.
Iris King, Lent A. Williamson,
Queen Of May and certain other varie.
ties of common garden iris are very
susceptible to leaf spotting diseases
and therefore tend to disappear from
the garden. while more vigorous kinds
increase. Iris King rarely persists
more than two or three years, unless
special care is given the plants in
the way of transplanting and cultural
care. At this season clear all old
leaves away from these disease-sus-
ceptible varieties.
Apple, peach and other kinds of
fruit trees may be grown successfully
on rather steep slopes without serious
loss of soil by erosion if system
Of sod mulch culture is employed in
place of cultivation. The young trees
must be carefully planted with good
soil and for three or four years
small cultivated ring should be main
tanned about the base of each tree.
II the trees are literally fertilized
with nitrate of soda or sulphate of
ammonia sufficient growth will be
secured to keep the tree in vigorous
condition. The same system Of cul-
ture is applicable to shade trees and
ornamental shrubbery.
Evening star., 1935-11-16

RATHER astonishing thing has
~ happened to our thoughts in
~ regard to plant foods. Not
a much over 10 years ago plant
students believed and taught that
only about 10 of the elements were
essential in the growth of plants.
These were carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,
phosphorus, potash, nitrogen, sulphur,
calcium, iron and magnesium. Now
! the number of elements has been
raised to 20 or more with no positive
indication that the top has been
reached. The changed viewpoint has
come about through the use of more
highly refined methods of chemical
analysis. One part per million of a
beneficial and essential to plants
whereas even as little as five parts
| may be distinctly harmful.
How does this concern the every
day gardener? Simply that there may
be hazard in using only pure chem
icals for fertilizing the garden. Last
Summer. Woodbridge gardener found
that application of little Epson salt,
magnesium sulphate, corrected a yel-
lowing of his dahlia leaves. Some
fertilizer companies are adding traces
of various elements to their materials
and in few years there will probably
be no occasion to think of these lesser
elements and return our thoughts to
the big three, nitrogen, PHOSPHORUS
and potash.
Many a home gardener has learned
to his misfortune that it Is possible to
apply too much plant food to certain
flowers such as the nasturtium, nico-
tiana and portulaca. Too much stable
manure or of other nitrogenous mate
rials simply results n excessive foliage
and few blooms. On the other hand
certain species such as the dahlia and
the rose seem to revel in heavy feed
ing. The successful gardener must
learn the special requirements Of his
plants.
The application of lime is a horti-
cultural practice that requires intelli-
gent consideration, for many plants
are injured by excessive lining. Even
blue grass. reputedly a lime loving
plant, thrives best just on the lightly
acid side. One sees less and less
of the random application of lime all
over the home place each year. Gar
den clubs have had an important part
in reforming garden practice. A very
interesting bulletin has just been is
sued by the Rhode Island Agricultural
Experiment Station, at Kingston, r.
l., on the lime requirements of orna-
mental shrubs and evergreens. A few
were definitely injured by heavy lin
ing. while many were benefited.
Flower Improvement.
CLANCING backward over a decade
or so. one is really astounded at
the remarkable improvement in many
flowers, not only the roses. dahlias,
gadiolus and iris. but also in the
more humble species, such as the
zinnia, marigold and nasturtium.
When one considers the fact that sew
eral of the large flower seed produc-
ing firms now employ scientifically
trained breeders, future progress is
certain to be even more rapid. One
may well believe that the gardens OF
10 years hence will contain types of
Evening star., 1935-11-16

starches accumulate in the plant In
materials in the Spring. The oaks are
striking example of resting plant.
Rarely does this find old family break
into leaf in Spring until the hazard Of
belated freezes Is past.
Some gardeners are reporting that
certain species such as phlox are max
ing new growth but for the most part
the perennials are hardy plants which
endure Winter freezing with more or
less impunity.
Garden Notes.
VARIOUS shrubs are employed for
holding terraces and other sharp
sloping soil surfaces from washing.
Some years ago certain slopes in the
Walter Reed Hospital grounds were
planted with coralberry (symphori-
carpus vulgaris) and snowberry (sym-
phoricarpus racemosus). These plants
soon formed a network of plants by
virtue of above ground runners which
root freely. Rambling roses have been
used by certain railroads for the
same purpose and in the Spring make
an attractive picture for the passen-
gers. English ivy is sometimes planted
on steep banks and does fairly effec-
tive job of holding the soil.
Winter injury to such hardy species
as the rhododendron and laurel occurs
not as a result of low temperature but
more often from improper location. In
the forest these species occur as under
story paintings beneath large forest
trees and generally in protected glens.
When the plants are set in full sun
light with full exposure to the wind
the leaves often show Drowned tips
or margins. This may be due to loss
of moisture during the Winter, espe-
cially when the soil is deeply frozen.
Loss of water proceeds continuously
through the Winter in evergreens. The
obvious remedy Is to mulch the roots
deeply with leaves or peat moss to
keep the ground from freezing deeply
and thus interfering whit the absorp-
ton of water.
The common witch hazel that grows
Evening star., 1935-11-16

balloon flower, ageratum, heliotrope,
perennial ageratum (supatorium) and
hardy asters. Transferring the thought
to wild flowers, one can recall the
fond memories of violets, fringed
gentians, wild iris and hardy native
asters, such as Nova Anglii and Nova
Belgii. Any one who has been for
tunate enough to be In Texas when
the world-famous bluebonnets are in
bloom could never forget the magnifi-
cent display of blue. carpeting acres
and acres of range land. Many home
gardeners are so fond Of blue flowers
that they make a determined effort to
maintain a succession of this color
throughout the season.
Hedge Plants.
WHAT variety of plants are used
W for hedge material. One has no
need to travel far through the suburbs
to see Carolina hemlock, rose of
Sharon, Japanese barberry, Morrow's
honeysuckle, box, plenty of privet and
occasionally an arbovitae. What is
the best hedge plant? The size of
the home place has much to do with
answering the question. For the small
urban home place box, privet and
barberry are perhaps best because they
can be clipped severely without detri-
ment. There are frankly many home
places that would look a lot more at
tractive If not hedged at all because
hedges tend to make the small place
look smaller and crowded.
In looking about for new hedge
material one might we'll consider the
yew, especially the Japanese yew,
Taxus cuspidata. This yew is dark
during the entire year. AS matter
of fact the yew Is not at all new to this
vicinity. 1t has been planted as a
foundation before many public build
ings and private homes but has been
used but little for hedging. possibly
because the plants are rather costly,
particularly as compared with privet
However, evergreen prices have moved
sharply downward in the last two or
three years and yew plants of suffi-
cient size to begin hedge may be
purchased fairly reasonably. A yew
hedge should last many years. be-
coming increasingly valuable as the
plants grow larger.
Winter Dormancy.
THE almost Summer-like weather
of early November would be ex-
ceedingly disastrous to garden plants
were it not for the fact that many
species are now in a period Of rest
which will not break until after the
plants have been exposed to the low
temperatures Of Winter. This ex-
ceedingly wise provision of nature
saves our ornamentals from disaster
every year. Many scientists have won-
dered as tn the true character Of DOR
NANCY and as TO the changes that &C.
company its onset and departure
Chemists have found that sugars and
Evening star., 1935-11-16
WOOD HANDBOOK
Publication Valuable in Plans for
Modernizaticn.

A wood handbook" containing 325
pages of information of great value
to any one contemplating moderniza-
ton or new building hss recently
come off the press.
The publication is the result of a
widespread demand by the general
public. architects. building engineers
and the building trades.
The booklet is published by the For
est Products Laboratory of the United
States Forest Service, Madison, Wis
and may be obtained from the super.
intendent of documents, Government
Evening star., 1935-11-16
Berlin SATURDAYS.

Saturday is to be known in Berlin
as state Youth day." when lessons on
snational socialist (NazD ideology''
will be given in the schools.
Evening star., 1935-11-16

Printing Office, Washington, D. c.
The price is Is cents.
, 1935-11-18
BarbS

According to a Texas physician,
if a patient is very low, q doctor
may use extreme measures to revive
him. Such. for instance, as offering
10 cancel his bill.
Recent New Jersey news items
rouse U curiosity as to what pupils
Of that state do when they aren't
refusing to salute the flag.
Exile Alexander Papanastassiou
will return to Greece in a week" Or
sooner than you could say Papanas-
tasSiou.
Royal Spanish honeymooners
visit Niagara Falls" AT least that's
an old American custom.
The forthcoming film, Romeo
and Juliet, may have to be produced
in America. since ii Duce apparently
has a monopoly on all Italian bal
comics.
Sanctions may prove a boon to
Italy by removing the need for ex-
pansion. "A little fasting and the
population may fit very comfortably.
, 1935-11-18
Champing At The Bit

The question Of naval limitation treaties Is going
to be bothering world capitals again in the near fu-
ture. President Roosevelt took time out from his
western trip to announce that the United States only
desire Is to build up to existing treaty limits; but in
London it is reported that Great Britain would very
much like to see these limits removed.
The plain, fact is that Englands age-old policy of
maintaining absolute naval supremacy in European
waters is being sadly hampered by the arms limita-
ton treaties. She has enough force now. apparently,
to enforce her will on italy in the Mediterranean-but
to do 1t she has to strip her own shores almost bare.
To continue in such a situation would be to reverse
the empires most strongly held policy.
1t can be assumed, therefore. that England viii pre-
sently be moving for a sharp upward revision Of treaty
limits. The present crisis has shown that her navy
as II exists is not large enough for the carrying out Of
traditional duties OF the empire.
, 1935-11-18
Let Us First Provide Wealth. To
Share 1t

The bullet that let the life out Of Huey Long also
Debated the most promising Tor menacing, if you pre-
fer Of the political movements based on the simple
discomfort Of the man whose pockets are empty.
Since people Of this kind have been numerous of
late, and their discomfort has been great. Senator
Long was able to ride a long way and locked like rid
ing farther.
But although he is gone and the movement he led
is in a state Of profound confusion. the urge to share
the weath-to cut slices off the cake on the rich
mans table and pass them around to those who have
no cake-still exists, and needs to be reckoned with.
One Of the sanest ways OF reckoning with 1t Is pro
vided in the recently released report OF the Brookings
Institution. which has Just finished a three-year study
OF the way wealth and distribution Of income are re-
lated to economic progress or the lack Of il.
II the masses are to be enriched, this report says.
It must be done through increased production and
lowered prices rather than through a division Of the
wealth already existing.
The productive capacity Of America today. con-
tinues the report, is not in excess Of our requirements
for consumption. On the contrary. it is behind them.
If we divide the wealth now. we shall be freezing
our economic level al a point too low to satisfy us.
Before We talk OF dividing it, We ought to get busy and
increase it.
This. 70 be sure. is nothing more than elementary
common sense: and yet it is a point that needs to be
made over and over again, if we are to understand the
real nature OF the problem that faces us.
With our productive plant, our natural resources,
our inventiveness. and our skilled energy. we could
make this nation Of ours incomparably the richest ever
dreamed Of; richest in the sense that the ordinary.
undistinguished man could have more comforts, more
Injuries, and more safeguards in his daily life than
even the kings Of the earth had a few generations ago.
To do this, however, We cannot stop where We are.
We do not. as Of today, possess enough wealth for
It. We possess the means Of producing that wealth.
but the wealth itself we have not got.
What the Brookings report amounts to is simply a
plain reminder that the way to make ourselves rich
Is to set our productive machinery to work at top
speed. More goods and lower ~prices-there is an
avenue down which we can progress toward that ma
tionally desired goal, a more abundant life.
Trying to "share our wealth" today is putting the
cart in front Of the horse. It would seem % be more
sensible to set to work to increase our wealth 50 that
the shares would be big enough to be worth asking for.
, 1935-11-18
Electric Fever Cure
Still An Experiment
By DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor. Journal OF the American Medical Association
and Of HygeIa. the Health Magazine

For some time now you may have read about the
use of high fever for treatment Of all sorts Of diseases.
Many machines have been developed, and these are
widely distributed through hospitals, and through the
medical profession.
So rapid has been the growth Of this treatment that
doctors recently held a conference on the subject. to
get some line on development Of the method and its
actual usefulness.
Fever treatment first was introduced because it was
found that certain germs could not live in high tenn
~peratures. It was recognized that the fever reaction
Of the human body is an attempt by the body to get
rid Of disease.
Therefore. nothing seemed more natural than in
PRODUCTION Of artificial fever, with the view to causing
the infection to heal.
The conditions most seriously studied during re-
cent months have been rheumatism in its various
forms, which do not yield to other methods OF treat
ment; cases Of asthma which are difficult to control;
and a number Of other serious types of infection.
Out of l29 patients, with chronic infectious rheu-
matte diseases, who were treated With the fever meth
Cd, less than 10 per cent became free OF their symp-
toms and only 30 per cent received some relief. IN
general, the results have been disappointing with
chronic rheumatic disease, and a little better in the
acute or early cases.
Many cases Of asthma treated with the high fever
method have seemed to be benefited, at least for a
time. but none apparently was completely cured.
Cases Of epidemic sleeping sickness and Of shaking
palsy have been treated without any real success.
Cases secondary to rheumatic disorders. as chorea
or st. Vitus' dance, and infections Of the heart as
ISOLATED with rheumatism, seemed to be benefited.
However, victims Of the severer types OF heart disease
did not recover as a result OF the fever treatment.
ONE Of the chief uses Of this method seems to be in
difficult cases Of infection with venereal disorders, in
Guiding both men and women. This method was es-
pecially applicable to cases in which the infection had
attacked the joints.
In general p~aresis. which results from a venereal
disorder. the method has been found to be useful in
about so per cent Of cases. In fact. the chief value
of the fever method thus far has been in venereal
disorders of the type mentioned.
Certainly there is no reason to believe that the hap
hazard administration in all sorts Of cases is scientific,
or that it is warranted by available scientific evidence.
, 1935-11-18

handed out these days on the basis
OF personal friendship. The agen-
cies once noted for their disregard
OF politics In hiring personnel have
undergone a change Of heart.
Harry Hopkins. who always has
been closer to Jim Farley than out
siders supposed, shouldn't be taken
too seriously y his vehement pro-
t.stations that politics Is "out" in
the WPA program.
Roosevelt won't suffer through
the handling of that program If
Harry can help it. The chief re-
straint is a wholesome fear among
Democratic politicians that it isn't
safe to monkey with relief ~
much. because OF likely popular re-
action.
On the other hand. politicians
sometimes feel it's compulsory to
mix relief with politics-as when
WPA in Missouri was put in the
hands OF the famous Pendergast
machine. without whose help Roose-
welt couldn't carry the state.
, 1935-11-18
So They Say

We can't 60 back to horse-and-
buggy days in these times Of speedy
motor car and expect to drive eff
ficiently.7Judge r. v. Holland.
Kansas City, Mo, as he fined one
arm driver.
II is Americanism and not parti-
Sanship to say We cannot approve
the policies Of a government which
. has added nothing to human
knowledge but the academic infor-
maticn that a donkey can eat more
than an elephant.-Gov. Harold
Hoffman, New Jersey.
AS long as politics interferes, or
the Sweatshop. government projects,
or other hangovers o. the cid system
prevail. we will always have labor
troubles.-W. 3. Stout, head Of the
Society OF Automotive Engineers.
II Is a gross calumny against the
Constitution to represent 1t as only
the protector Of property. 1t is a
protector Of rights. and the rights
Of the least and the lowliest among
us. quite as much as anycne.-Bain-
bridge Colby, former secretary CT
state.
Ballroom dancing is not really
dancing. It's just hugging-a sort OF
rhythmic hugging.-Ruth st. Denis,
famous dancer.
, 1935-11-18
MONDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1888

a rich and presumably well-born American visitor to
pull such a stunt.
The people Of Rome, after al. are lucky. They do
not often encounter that singular American pheno-
menon-a young person who has been blessed with
only two Of those three priceless heritages-money,
leisure, and good sense.
We have to live with them, over here; we have
quite a number Of them. and although they provide
a good deal OF reading matter for devotees Of the
Sunday supplements. they are otherwise considerable
Of a pain in the neck.
, 1935-11-18
You're Telling Nile?


We've Just had a unique expert
ence. We've ordered a ham sand
wich.
The waitress looked at us In Sur-
prise. She desired to know III Gre
dit rating first.
1T will take some little time the
waitress said. The boss will have
to unlock the safe first"
The boss took out his trusty pistol,
laid 1t on top the safe-and opened
II. A husky stood guard while he
sliced a silver Of ham from the ham
proper.
We were the envy of all eyes as the
sandwich was delivered. Mustard"
asked the waitress. Then she said
confidentially, But If you put on
mustard you'll not be able to taste
the ham"
We bit into the bread. Finally
we arrived at the ham, and with
a fleeing taste we swallowed 1t. Men
used to sip champagne at a dollar
a bubble-but IN this modern age,
a taste Of ham Is the food Of the
gods.
The hogs certainly have the grunt
on us.
, 1935-11-18

ne grlnne0s unexpectedly. n
put one hand to his bandaged
shoulder.
This is coming along fne.- Inc
said In q day or so I'll be- mn
good as eve Then we'll see II
you don't feel like you used to-
He slid his hands GENEROUSLY
along her arms Her cheeks famed.
and she ierked away from him.
Don't touch mel Don't ever
ever again!" she cried. She ran
for the stairway. expecting to hear
him pounding after her. 70 feel him
jerking her back TO him. But he
only stayed there. laughing az her
I'm touch you plenty" he said
Don't forget. baby-you're In the
mob as much as any or us. now
You might as well make the best
OF It. And the best OF it's-mel"
CHE "a upstairs and ded 70 the
room that had been assigned &C
her. Once inside. she hastily locked
the door: then she dropped on the
bed. wishing that she could a y
her emotions with n torrent OF
tears but finding herself utterly
unable TO do 60.
She did not know how long she
stayed there. staring up. %wide-eyed
into the darkness overhead. while
a thousand self-reproaches raced
through her mind. Al last. unable
from sheer nervousness TO lie still
any longer. she got up and walked
aimlessly to the window There
she slumped down on the floor. her
chin resting on the window sill.
The wind had risen. and she
could hear the waves beating on
the shore Of the lake quite plainly
now. There was a moon. too. peer
ing through a thin cloud-rack and
filing the clearing with e misty
ghostly halflight. For a long time
she remained there despondently
looking down az the unkempt lawn
Then. IN the shadows beyond the
carriage house. a movement caught
her we. She looked more closely
A man was walking around the
outbuilding. coming up the path
toward the house. There was some
thing familiar about him - some
thing about the way he held his
head. the way he walked ...
He came closer and closer. walk
ing steadily up to the house. and
as Jean looked down she recog-
nized him-and thought that her
heart would stop beating from
sheer. overpowering Joy. For the
man was Larry Glenn. He held 0
pistol IN one hand. and he stalked
up onto the porch. where she could
no longer see him. and hammered
~thunderously on the great oaker
door.
Il am a Department OF Justice
agent. and we have the place sur
rounded" he called out In q loud
voice. "If you'll come out peace
ably. no one win be hurt"
There was a tense silence. Then
somewhere below. came the crash
Of a gun going of. and another
and another. Quick spurts Of fame
stabbed through the darkness
beyond the lawn Larry Glenn
leaped down from the porch anc
slipped behind a tree trunk near
the corner OF the house. A racket
more intense and fendish than any
thing Jean had eve dreamed OF
split the night air-shots. yells. the
evil spat OF bullets against stone
the spljntering OF woodwork. the
jangling crash OF broken win
dows-
And then. from sheer c OF
nerve strain. Jean Dunn fell TO the
floor in a faint
Ito Be Continued)