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leaves should be cut OF with sickle
or sythe and raked and burned. Fol-
lowing this the spaces between TIE
rows should oe fertilized and SPACED
thoroughly. Where wide rows of
plants have developed, these should
be cut away on each side to one foot
in width. The remaining old plants
will quickly renew their foliage and
send out strong new runners which
will make next Springs bed The
object in cutting of the leaves is to
get rid of leaf spot and thus give the
new foliage a better chance. DR..
George M. Darrow, strawberry spe-
cialist for the Department of Agri-
culture, is finding that spacing of
young plants pays dividends in larger
yields and larger berries. Some va
rieties make altogether too many
plants and, in the dense mat result
ing, competition becomes so keen
that no plant can do its best. It is a
comparatively simple task In the
home garden to place the young
runners.
The Compost Heap.
A T THIS season, when the gardener
is cutting flower stalks and pull
ing the abundant weeds, compost
heap is a very useful asset and a fac
tory for future fertility. If one
spreads few handfuls of sulphate of
ammonia and of superphosphate
over the heap in its making, decom-
position is speeded and the ultimate
product is richer in plant nutrients.
Young weeds are high in nitrogen,
and this is rendered available to other
plants in the process of breaking
down. At the close of few months,
the bottom Of the compost heap will
become black humus, which, when
worked into the yellow clay loans
which predominate in this area, will
render them much more fertile and
Of a darker hue. Grass raked from
the lawn after cutting may also be
thrown on the compost heap, and
when the leaves fall in late Autumn
there is an almost unlimited supply
Of raw material. Some of the most
successful home gardeners attribute
their good results to the compost
heap. The material obtained thereby
makes an excellent substitute for
animal manures and is secured at a
much lower cost.
GladiOIus Growing.
ONE of the most successful gladiolus
growers In local amateur circles,
namely, John T. Bable of the Takema
Horticultural Club, states that gladio-
luS plants should be sprayed weekly
until blooming time and at two in
tervals thereafter with solution of
two pounds of brown sugar and one
heaping teaspoonful of paris green in
three gallons of water. This is for
the control of thrips, the pernicious
insect that of recent years has made
gladiolus culture exceedingly hazard
GUS all over the country. Mr.. Gable
advises that frequent cultivation is
desirable and that light application
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possessing fragrant and long continued
flowers. 1t is supposed to be an escape
from cultivation and to. be native Of
Japan.
A rose small enough to At nicely into
the rock gardenl Such is Rosa rou-
letti, according to the April National
Nurseryman. The plants are said to
begin blooming when only two or
three inches high and to continue
throughout the Summer. The flowers
are only half inch in diameter, dou-
BILE in form and of q brilliant shade
Of pink. Best Of all, the species Is
said to be hardy. Plant Psychologists
report that flowers bend toward the
sun because Of the effects of growth
stunting light rays which retard
growth on the exposed side of the stem.
A nurseryman suggests the following
10 species for the small rock garden:
Dwarf phlox, yellow alyssum, rock
cress, hardy candytuft, snow in Sum-
mer or cerastium, dwarf baby breath,
dwarf iris, hardy pinks, blue leadwort
or plumbago and pink saponaria.
The Flower Shows.
Looking back over the Spring flower
season, one finds that it was a most
unusual period. The cool weather de-
layed the blooming of different species
so that the clubs which staged several
shows were forced to work rapidly.
Woodbridge Garden Club perhaps set a
record with the Iris Show May 81, the
Rose-Peony Show May % and the An
nual Spring Horticultural Show May
20. Ordinarily these displays would
cover period Of at least two weeks,
but not so this year.
Strangely enough, despite this con-
centration Of blooming periods, the
flowers have been excellent, particu-
larly so the iris, which seems to enjoy
a cool, moist Spring. There has been
gradual but noticeable improvement
in the staging Of flower shows in
recent years. Some of the clubs have
purchased uniform and attractive con-
tainers and are making use of black
oilcloth to set of the exhibits to
greater advantage. About the only
difference between the better local
shows and the large commercial shows
in New York and Philadelphia is size.
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JOBS Go BEGGING

PHOENIX, Ariz.. June 22.-An un-
precedented situation has grown out
of the modernization canvass here.
The house toulouse solicitation has
been so successful that it has been, Of
necessity, stopped temporarily, as not
a man in the building trades Is avail
able to do work. all being already en-
ployed, according 10 the associate
director of the F9deral Housing Ad-
ministration.
The largest building program since
1928 is now under way in Phoenix,
according to the director.
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of mixed fertilizer Of about 6-6-5
composition twice during the growing
season will aid in the production OF
choice blooms. Since June is was
given by Mr.. Gable as the last date for
putting in bulbs, later paintings may
not be fully successful but will come
along more rapidly and up to July
should give reasonably good how-
ers. For late planting, one should
select varieties of naturally short
season. The gladiolus was, until the
coming of thrips, one of the easiest
flowers to grow but now 1t takes per-
sistent effort to produce really fine
blooms.
Garden Notes.
HONE gardeners who grew the Dor
sett strawberry this Spring were
delighted with this new variety, origi-
mated by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. The berries are
large sized, rich dark red in color and
of fine eating quality.
Young perennial Towering plants
such as columbine and pyrethrums
should not be allowed to remain all
Summer in the seed row, but should
be transplanted to stand four or more
inches apart. Separated in this man.
ner, the small plants will become
strong and large enough to occupy
their permanent positions in early
October. The soil into which the
seedlings are moved should be Spaded
throughly and. If low in fertility
should be enriched. If the day is
bright and warm, young plants may
be protected by spreading newspaper
over them. A little water poured or
the soil near the plant after setting
is helpful in re-eStablishment.
Edging concrete walks to remove
overgrowing grass helps greatly to give
the front lawn neat appearance. A
special tool may be purchased for this
task or one may use a sharp hoe OIL
| spade.
Asclepias tuberosus is the rather
high-sounding name of q beautiful
orange weed that grows in nearby
Maryland and Virginia fields anc
blooms in July and August. 1t hai
the common name of butterfly weed
and is a member of the milkweeo
family. Home gardeners at various
times have tried to introduce plants
into their own gardens. generally with
unfavorable results. However, If one
would simply mark the location of the
plants and move them in November
transplanting would be feasible. Some
Of the nurseries offer roots for sale al
rather moderate prices.
Occasionally one sees q pink
f1owered plant of the wild creeping
honeysuckle, the gragrant species thai
is so universal along open roadside:
everywhere. These pink forms woulc
make a fine cover for a back fence
Were this honeysuckle not such 9
pest, 1t would be an admirable plant
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period, to furnish q more dependable
picture.
Comparison Of the average family
budgets of the three nations shows q
notably smaller proportion Of month
ly income spent for food in America.
Yet, of course, the American family
enjoys a far more varied and health
full diet. This is largely accounted
for by the fact that the earnings Of
q clerical or mechanical worker of the
so-called moderate income group in
the United STATES provide far more
leeway for good living standards than
do the earnings Of comparable groups
in the other countries studied.
Also, the average American family's
home, with its more complete appoint
ments ana greater luxuries, would be
expected to absorb a considerably
greater proportion Of the breadwin-
ner's pay check than would be the
case among other nations.
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American Family Spends Less
For Food and More for Home
Surrey Reveals German and japanese
Groups Espend 46 Per Cent of
Income for Subsistence.

Their records show 40 per cent of the
monthly income spent for food, 16 per
cent for shelter and again 13 per
cent for clothing.
The foreign families whose budget
records were used in the study were
selected for their similarity to the
average American household in social,
industrial and relative earnings lev
els, also for approximate equality in
size Of family. Their expense records
likewise were kept over a three-year
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Piping Requires Experience.

When it is necessary to change
piping, especially when soil and waste
pipes have to be cut, have an expert
plumbing contractor do the job. Don't
rely on the handy-man. Such work
requires experienced hands, since its
proper handling concerns the health
of the entire family.
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Women Wear Canvas.
Women's hats Of tent canvas have
appeared IN London.
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give Sam a job-but there just
isn't any job to give Sam.
Sam, of course, never knows
this. Somewhere, vaguely, he re-
members somebody saying that
you can get anything you want
if you go to Washington"
That there must be millions
who believed this yarn is tolG
emphatically in the mute files of
the various agencies.
For instance, the Home Own
erS' Loan Corp, when it set up its
Offices in the new Post Office
Building, where Jim Farley, the
patron saint of ofhceseekers, has
his Sanctum, received as many as
TOO applicants a day-all looking
for work.
Now, TOO pairs of shoes STEP
ping up to the same office on a
given day is a lot of shoe leather
spread on the marble StalrcaSeS.
AS the first year rolled on. H. o.
L. c. listed its applicants by the
baleful. A check yesterday, made
by George Scott, personnel Off
Ger, shows that the files still con-
tain the names of 10000 persons
looking for jobs. The applicants
still come to this place at the
rate. of 200 a week.
Now, the H. o. l.. c. is a large
national organization with
working staff of 1000 people,
but it is not big enough to take
care Of one-half of l per cent of
the men and women who come
to Washington seeking work. In
fact, Mr.. Scott made the fiat dec
laration that there is no chance
of anybody getting a job with
H. o. L. C.-unleSS i, might be a
good fast stenographer. This in
the face of the fact that H. o.
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him. He got a letter of introduc-
ton to a cabinet officer. From
there he was directed to one of
the newer agencies. He was put
off and off. ...
Back home his letters went
each day telling the good
wife of the progress he was
making. There was a call,
on his part, for more money.
He could have had a small
time" job, but he wanted some
thing bigger. So he waited. He
waited and waited. In vain.
The bankroll vanished and the
jobs that he voluntarily passed
up while on the trail of greater
things went to those who wanted
them-badly. Finally the old
gentleman left his luxurious
quarters at the ritzy hotel. To
rooming houSe-and then to the
elevator job.
This is only one story in many.
There are thousands who had
similar experiences.
There are cases where men ac-
tually mortgaged their homes,
back in some thriving small
town, to take up the watchful
waiting in Washington-watch-
ing and waiting for a big job
with the Government.
Gamblers all, these fellows.
Some lost and some won. Mostly
they lost. They got back home
as best they could-a little the
worse for wear financially-but
what hurt most of all was
wounded pride. They had to go
back with their heads bowed-to
face the boys who remained, to
tell how they got "the we'll
known 'runaround' in Washing
ton"
That is the name the boys
have given the Washington prac-
tice of sending people In search
of jobs from one Office to an
other-from one man to an
other-the runaround.
| The washington runaround Is
perhaps the best-known feature
Of life as it is now lived on the
banks of the Potomac. Certainly
it has been more highly publi-
cized than any other local prod
uct. Every man and woman who
goes back home after a disap-
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that the post office is putting
on a lot of temporary workers.
That is not sol"
True or not, men and women
who hope to attach their names
to the Government pay roll land
each day in the corridors OF the
local post Office and ask for jobs.
Usually they have congressional
Endorsement.
The trek out of Union Station
each morning leads directly
across the Plaza to the Capitol,
whose splendid white dome
stands as a beacon OF hope.
From the Big House on the
Hill hopefulS are directed by the
guards and watchmen to step
across the street to the Senate
and House Office Buildings.
There they beSiege the private
workshops of Senators and Rep
reSentativeS.
From the Offices of the Sena-
tors and Representatives the ac-
| CO4UCo NO4AoV4ohOkAeko sSAAkOA 6S
with letters of introduction that
may mean anything or moth
ing-depending upon what per-
Sonnel officer sees them first.
Armed with these passports,
letters of introduction from their
Congressman, the hopeful seek
ers after work HE themselves to
various agencies in Washington,
all distinguished by an alphabet
ical array for brevity's sake-the
three AS, the busy BIS, the tur-
bulent C's. The list of these
agencies is as long as the arm OF
circumstances. :"
r ATEST agency among the al
phabetical lineup is the r.
E. A.-the Rural Electrification
Administration. !.
R. E. A. just got started-in
June.
From June / to August s.
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For jobs such as those
shown at the top of this
page in Louisiana (at the
left and in California
lat the right, Wide World
photo), and countless 9TH
er work programs S
throughout the country,
thousands of unemployed
have been besiegins the
Government. Postmaster
General James A. Far.
ley, patron saint of job
seekers, is shown in the
inset Harris & Ewing
photo). Left center: Job
applicants at the person.
mel office of the A. A. A.
(Star Staff photo). Lower
left: Applicants for jobs
at the Rural Resettle-
ment Administration of.
fees (Star Staff photo).
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pOlnClnG S6SSlOil, Who'll OA1iS.0A
Washington tells the home folks
about this game.
THE Runaround starts at first
base-back in the sticks. 1t
usually begins when the boys go
to bat at election times. Some
one saws. "If we win we'll take
care of you boys when the votes
are counted"
So Sam Jones, a perfectly lik-
able fellow who has nice job In
the local hardware store, hgureS
ont that it's time to move on to
Washington.
Sam arrives in town. He goes
to the hotel. After a shower
bath. to get the cinders out OF
his ewes, he calls his Congress
man. The Congressman Is busy
chasing around the departments
irving to find jobs for other con-
stituents. The Congressman S
secretary, however, invites Sam
to come over on Capitol Hill.
Sam may or may not see his
Congressman-pretty busy fell
low. Anyway, Sam gets a letter
from his Congressman, and with
this letter in his inside pocket
the proud Samuel makes his first
play in the game of Runaround.
He lands outside an impressive
Office in a great stone building in
Washington-and Sam is sur.
prised to see that about several
hundred other fellows had the
same idea.
There they all sit, reading
newspapers and looking at each
Others shoetops, after their
names have been sent into some
mysterious inner Office.
Sam, on his first day, sitting
in the outer office, puts this
down to a rush of business-and
he knows In his heart that a
Government so busy must need
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Lower center: View that
job.seekers, numbering
hundreds each day, get
of the Nations Capitol
as they emerge from
the Union Station (Star
Staff ph toy. Lower
right: Secretary of the
Interior Ickes, head of
the Public Works Ad-
ministration, who has
supplied jobs for thou.
sands under the New
Deal "a. P. photo). Right
center: Group in the of
fee of Senator Reynolds
of North Carolina, many
of whom are there for
letters of recommends
ton and other assistance
in locating jobs. The
Senator's secretary, Wes-
ley E. Mcdonald, is at
the phone
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Hopeful Army Continues to
Descend Upon the CAPITAL in
Daily Increasing Number,
Though Jobs Are Groaving
Scarce and Seekers Are Faced
WHh DISAPPOINTMENT:

Monday of this past week-3,68
persons had knocked at the
doors of a former mansion at
Twentieth street and Massachu-
sets avenue-where r. E. A. Ad-
ministrator Morris L. Cooke
holds forth.
That is an average of 81 ap-
plicantS each working day.
Among these people who want
to help electrify rural America
were All electrical engineers. 127
attorneys at law and 2.637 cler-
ical or general Office workers.
At the moment the Staf of the
r. E. A. contains 1875 workers.
No vacancies. That is the COM
plete personnel. Unless some
mighty changes take place this
staff will probably not be en-
larged. Yet applicants continue
to call. -.
For every Job available during
its formative period R.. E. A. had
80 applicants who could have
handled the work.
Marian Ramsey; well-known
newspaper man and utilities ex-
pert, who went with Admins
traitor Cooke to help rural Amer
lea to see the light-bring cleo
tricity to all the old farm kitch-
ems and barns-Spent the best
part Of his first months tenure
In Office interviewing applicants
for jobs.
For some reason the job-hunt-
ing public viii not believe there
are no more jobs at the r. E. A.
THE same Is true at Federal
Housing, where, since its in
ception, the personnel officer
has been bombarded by job seek
ers. Up until yesterday, when
the last compilation was made
a total Of 10000 applications
were on file for Jobs that do not
exist.
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60 SAM, with a couple of other
- fellows he may have met in
the other Offices, spends his last
dime for frozen root beer and de-
parts for the old home town-a
little. disgruntled, but still an
American citizen, and still un-
willing 10 see the country go
communistic, though he might
like to shoot a Congressman and
couple Of smart-alecky office
girls.
Now it happens that the poor
Congressman and the office girls,
and the personnel officers, and
all the long lihe of figures who
play an important part in the
game of Runaround are mighty
sorry about Sam. They feel,
J most of them, that they'd like to
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Endless Pilgrimage PsrplexeS
GoUernment Officials, Who
Nav Be Forced to Send Out
Waruing Thar Those Who
Come to WaShmgton DO So at
Their Ozvw Risk

people to work for 1t. So his
hope barometer rises.
That first day is the time when
the hope barometer hits the high
point. It begins to fall each day
thereafter-until, after a long
siege, it hits bottom.
Still, the Runaround is not yet
over. For after they have told
Sam they will write him a letter
or send him a telegram, he de-
cides to park bis worn-out shoes
at another office-for the privi-
lege of which, naturally, he must
have another letter of introduc-
tion from his Congressman. He
gets the letter, but he never gets
the job.
Then Sam, in disgust, starts to
cuss-and to Swear-and to call
down high heaven on the heads
of all ranking members of the
governmental hierarchy.
That merely acts as vent or
safety valve for Sans newly-ac-
quired high blood presSure-but
| it does not get job.
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"Pete" Yoder, responsible for
setting the world right on this
phase of the situation, broad
cast throughout the land that
there are no jobs to be had at
Federal HouSing-and what jobs
might be available will be only
for the limited few. Real estate
appraisers of reputed worth will
be considered. if needed, only
where they are familiar with
local conditions. .-..-..
Still the trek is to Washing
ton-Mecca for the jobleSs.
At the beginning of the New
Deal-almoSt two and a half
years ago-the demand for work
was so great that every available
Job had as many as 500 appli-
cantS.
Today, with N. r. A. out of the
window and other agencies
hanging on by the slenderest of
threads, job seekers still hunt
out places where they might
hang their hats-and coats.
Alas, there. are few, if any,
places available
CongreSSmen live in dread at
the prospect of sending some OF
their constituents, back home
after the bankrolls have van
ished. After a short time in
Washington the dream prospects
of the jobs hunters fade. The
rosy dawn becomes the gray
morning after a night Of terror.
This vague feeling of despair
comes to all alike-the humble
asker who would take anything
that comes along and the man
who came to town with visions
of sitting resplendent behind a
mahogany desk.
lONE old gentleman now run
ming an elevator in an OBJ
scure Office building recalled
a day two years ago when
he came to Washington with
the idea under his hat that
at last he was to be-
come an important cog in the
great machinery of Government
He took quarters in the finest
hotel in this city. He went tc
the Capitol to see his Senator
He had the Senator dine with
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w h4P5sfs' VT: : 5: % one 's't Of Uncle 'as
v Sans major problems.
Official Washington is actually
worried over the great influx OF
persons coming each day through
Union Station from all parts OF
the country in search of work.
Rumor has gone over the land
that Washington wants more
svorkers-needs more help.
The opposite is true. Wash
ington has all the workers it can
reasonably take care Of under
the present Set-up.
AS the result of silent propa-
ganda, a sort of whispering cam
paign, waged perhaps to get rid
of local annoyanceS, young and
old from 48 States are landing
in Washington at all hours of
the day and night. Annoyed,
bombarded on all sides, Govern
ment heads of personnel have
come to the belief that State
officials, in many instances, are
really responsible for the un-
precedented trek to Wc.5hing-
ton-an army of job hunters
seeking places already filled.
1t has come to such a pass
that Uncle Sam may have to
send out official warning-to be
posted in railroad stations, post
Offices and public buildings
telling the job hunters they go
to Washington at their own risk
This, at the inSistence of Con-
greSsmen who have ha to bear
the expense OF transporting
some disappointed constituents
from Washington back home.
STRANGE stories are told OF
- Job hunters who come here
filled with hope and leave in de-
spair.
Almost every bus, train, auto
mobile and airplane arriving
here bring an addition to the
batch of job hunters. They
lnitch-hike their way in, ride the
rails, blind baggage, stowaway
on steamships-any way to get
here. Rich and poor, in limou-
sineS and flivverS. BY Pullman
and day coach they come to
Washington-in search of the
elusive job.
This, the search for jobs, is an
endless pilgrimage!
An average of go applicants a
day show up at the office OF
Postmaster William Mooney.
Word got abroad" he says,
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pointing session, with official
Washington tells the home folks
about this game.
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By John Jay DAILY.

w YHAT to do about job
Wv This is one of Uncle
Sam'S maior nrOblemS.