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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
Cofman Fights for Promotion

# yoa rant promotion Just pick fight aCith
your boss is the cay Pitcher Dick Cofmdn looks at it,
Dick traded punches With Manager Rogers HornSby of
the BroUns late last season Nert spring he tCU be
1Cea1ing NeW York Giants uniform.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
Amateur Baseball Teams
Divided Into TtU0 Glasses
City Association Creates AA Rating for Squads Carrying
Professional Players.


baseball
Evening star., 1935-05-05

she'll be sixty, with face like barometer
and the manners and morals of Queen
Victoria's maiden aunt. Come with me and
meet some living women"
But don't see the point. A fellow can't
pick the right girl and get her to love him,
all within fourteen days"
Shall tell you secret? It's exactly eight
days since met the girl I'm going to marry.
Eight days. Tomorrow evening will be the
NINTH"
"And you're engageda"
mot yet. Would it encourage you to
watch me get yes for an answer"
"She might say no, mightnt she?"
mot chance in hundred thousand. I've
rushed too many women and been rushed
by too many not to know good one when I
see her. The better they are. the less it pays
to give 'em time to think. Take 'em by storm.
They love that. and it makes 'em behave like
human beings. They're all savages at heart,
the same as we are If a girl likes you and you
show some speed. she'll surrender in no time
at ALL"
And later?"
"Oh, good one sticks. They find us out.
of course. They learn we're not perfect, any
more than they are. But it, fifty fifty. When
the bloom has worn of, people get along
together. provided she's the right woman"
"And if she isn't?"
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Speed
BY the author Of
"7ros of Samoth,uce"
TALBOT MUNDY

minute, then spoke deliberately. 1.-The un-
married ones are all husband hunters - or
they seem so to me. I'm fit for something
better than the sort OF girl who'll take the
first presentable man she can get - but
probably not good enough for the kind of
woman could love-"
Nonsense" Humbolt answered. The
trouble with you is, you're an ox-cart thinker
in an age of airplanes. Look here. I'm frank to
say like you. I'm bit of fatalist Most
air-minded people are. I've dinner engage
ment right now in Nairobi; but when saw
the easy landing near your house l had
sudden impulse to drop down and take din
ner with you. Why the impulse1 Fly with me
tomorrow morning to Nairobi."
"Why1" O'NeilI asked.
Fate! Why else should have cut an agree
able dinner? don't believe you know half
the nice girls in Nairobi. Come with me and let
me introduce you. Can't you leave the place
for few days?''
"As it happens. yes. I've been planning
a short vacation - fourteen days or so,
mainly to find out If my native foreman can
manage the place in my absence. Besides,
owe the Murrays visit"
The Mur1ays? Oh, for heavens sake! The
Murays'll talk botany and bugs until you
feel like last years fertilizer. If there should
be an unmarried woman at the Murays,
Evening star., 1935-05-05
NUNSET glittered and died on the far
away summit Of Kilimanjaro and the
African darkness closed in on Jim
O'Neill's hol1se His dog came nearer.


A black servant in white smock set lamp
on the veranda table between the armchairs;
then he brought the sherry decanter. Jim
ONeill filed two glasses and lighted his pipe.
Harry Humbolt lighted cigar. Neither man
spoke for several minutes, until Humbolt
became restless.
What you need, )" he remarked, "is Wife"
YES" ONeill had way of turning
subject over in his mind and saying yes or no
decisively as sunrise and sunset But doubt
whether the kind of woman would like would
care for me"
Humbolt chuckled. The yellow lamplight
revealed nothing except his handsome face,
with cigar up-ended in his teeth, but one
could tell by the angle that his feet were on
the veranda rail.
"You don't know what right women want"
he answered. You're too slow. They have
no longer to live than you have. There are
scads of corking women. Go and grab one."
Hadn't thought of it that way Now you
mention it, suppose l am slow. Turning the
Wilderness into farm is long, slow process.
Ten years. It's lonely. Next year, if the
elephants and rhinos don't break through and
trample the coffee and if the market picks up,
maybe l can finance trip to England. or
even to the United States, and look for wife,
But it takes time to get to know woman. It
would take time for her to get to know
me-"
1.-The right girl would change your tempo"
1.-The right girl would be welcome to change
anything she pleased. I'd enjoy that. She'd
add something. And we'd - laugh if you like
but I've turned my best bit of land into a
flower garden. The natives think I'm crazy.
But - well, want the wife for whom made
that garden, and III be blowed if l know how
to find her."
TRY Nanobi."
O'Neill knocked out his pipe and thought
Evening star., 1935-05-05
May S. 1885
HIusfr0ti0s.s by Karl Goodwin

The divorce court. Why not?" he asked.
Funny" said Jim O'Neill, but can't see
it that way. However, I'll accept your invita-
ton and watch you rush her. How long will
your airplane tactics take?" .
"One day - two days.
Very well. two days." said O'Neill. AFTER
that must visit the Murrays.'
Ann Gilkeson returned from the tennis
court to the hotel and went straight to her
room, hurrying through the lobby, where
three men and four girls greeted her. She
merely waved to them. She needed time. not
cocktails. Even five hard sets of tennis hadn't
raised her spirits. She knew she must laugh
at herself and she would, but not yet; it was
all she could do at the moment not to show
she was hurt to the inmost marrow of her
being.
BY the bedroom window lay package
wrapped in blood-red paper that bore the
label of London literary agent. The agents
accompanying letter lay on the dressing table.
1t had hurt SO that Ann knew it by heart:
-. ! have offered your book to eighteen
publishers without trace of result. Candidly
think you would do we'll to lay this manu-
script aside and try something less ambitious.
Your work shows great promise. Experience
should give you more accurate sense of what
the public likes -"
Ann would have liked to cry, but tears
would have been confession of defeat. So she
undressed and took cold shower instead, and
then stood and stared deiantly at herself
in the long mirror.
Am l merely one of those things men
marry1"
She made contemptuous face at herself
in the glass. There was no sense in being
grateful for five feet seven inches of glorious
figure. Even she. scornful of sex as means to
an end, and vain of nothing but her will to be
Of value in the world. approved those blue
eyes and the slim. athletic body. She was
healthy. young, strong. vigorous. 1t would be
silly to wonder why men fell in love with her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
Good Watch Dog
Is Virginia.;
Seeks Home

Although Virginia is melan,
choly today, we assure you that
she is not gloomy by nature.
But Virginia-who claims kin
ship to the bull as well as the
pointer bree s-wants to see
something of the world. You
see, she lives in the District
Pound, South CAPITOL and !
Streets, and although she gets
the best of care, she would like
a less restricted home.
Perhaps you can give Virginia
the home she desires. She will
make you a good watch dog.
Virginia is only about l year old
and she is dark brown in color.
Mrs. w. H. Myers, 5000 Battery
Lane, Bethesda, Md, has a male
dog, Bonzi, which she would like
to place in a country home
where there are no police dogs
about.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
BUTLER'S BOMB
FAILS To UPSET
MISS FLICK

NEW YORK, May 16 G.NSO
Margot Flick, polo-playing society
girl and codefendant with her
mother in a 100000 SANDER suit
brought by their dismissed butler,
William Lawrence Graham, today
was questioned at length as to her
ardent" friendship with a mar
tied woman.
Asked whether any incident had
occurred which would have proved
embarrassing if seen," Margot re
piled with a cool denial. Then
she proceeded readily to discuss
her friendship with Mrs. Louis
Shaw, of Boston. Bernard Sand
Ter. the buffers attorney, de-
manded:
would you waive any priv.
lege and permit Graham to tell
what he saw"
Certainly"
Court Takes Hand
When counsel objected, the
court pointed out that if Graham
had anything to tell he could be
put back on the stand and the
lawyers could argue over admls
sion of his testimony.
Sander questioned her as to
her wearing of Stacks and shorts
Then he asked:
Did Graham ever see you do
anything that might have been
embarrassing, or if he had seen
you, would it have been EN-
barraSiNg?"
"Why, no."
Miss Flick said Mrs. Shaw and
her husband frequently visited her
home in Lenox, Mass. She ap
peared not at all upset over
Graham's promised "bombShell.
Sander asked:
Did you ever show ardent
affection to Mrs. Shaw? Did
you ever kiss herr"
"Why, yes. I was very fond
Of her."
Asked how often she kissed
Mrs. Shaw, she said:
ooh, sometimes at night
sometimes in the morning."
WORE MANS ATTIRE
''Was there an incident in the
drawing rOOm-did Graham see
something and turn away?"
81 don't remember any such
incident"
Questioned on whether she ever
wore a mans attire, Margot re-
piled with a laconic sometimes,
adding that she wore shorts to
play tennis and usually wore
Stacks when in Florida. A news
paper photograph of her, wearing
Stacks, smoking a cigarette, was
put into evidence.
At this point the court in
terpolated:
do you want us to under.
stand that you were very much
alarmed when the butler walked
fs1to your room while you were
still dressed in your night
clOthes?"
"NO, just annoyed"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
Get Some Silver
Order Brings It

TAUNTON, Mass, May 10 Il.
N.SO-The proprietor of a local
restaurant, out of change during
q rush in business, gave one Of
his dumber employees a $40 bill
and requested him to get "some
silver" The man did-he came
back with $40 worth of knives,
forks, and spoons from nearby
five and ten cent store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16

TN foreign markets, the high cost of petrol
/ (eas) is one of number of reasons for
Dodge increased popularity.
And here in America, too, the amazing econ
orov and value of the 1885 Dodge is scoring new
high sales records in all parts of the country.
Writing of the remarkable gas and oil saw
ines of his 1885 Dodge, r. T. Hall, Ballinger,
Texas, says: 1T is easily the most outstand-
ing car that have ever owned from the
standpoint of economy and performance,
Ask for the official Chrysler
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16

making twenty miles or better from ordinary
gasoline"
With its economy you also get new comfort
in the "Airglide Ride"-new safety with Dodge
al1-steel body and perfected dual cylinder n.y.
draulic brakes. Drive the new Dodge See for
yourself what rugged yet luxurious auto
mobile you can get for only few dollars more
than the lowest priced cars. Now .. $645
and up, f. o. b. factory, Detroit.
DODGE DIVISION - cHRYSLER MOTORS
okora ConnmarciaI Credit Plan
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16

Starting today there's going TO be "a hot time in the old
town" for every who needs suit -ond wants TO
save money It's the start of 9Th Anniversary! This
calls for real parry and we're going TO stage that
will covse plenty Of talk, and action X As starter. we've
drafted this group Of expensive wooens to be eoured
much under their usual price, You know them by name, and
reputation And you know that they're usually priced way
up the higher brackets We had the designers Of
our Rochester plant style hem We've given them plenty Of
costly hondtoorns that they'll hold their good looking
lines. And we've marked them at healthy sovne-G real
Birthday present for Bond customers. Get in todoyzc1
tomorrow -ond get first pick!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16

Ask for the chrysler
Evening star., 1935-05-18
MIRRORS ARE AIDS.
Built-In Mirrors Contribute to
Home Decoration.

Built-in mirrors are valuable aides
in maintaining personal appearance
and, properly placed, they contribute
to the decoration Of a home and
tend to give the impression of added
size to a room.
In bed rooms or dressing rooms, If
q mirror does not fit in with the
general scheme of decoration or sur
roundings. it may be attached to the
inside of the closet door
They are very essential but must
be used with discrimination.
Evening star., 1935-05-18

"EW people realize Cne evil euecC
l. of weeds when the competition
for water becomes keen. The
Il very fact that weeds survive so
readily indicates that they are
better equipped than most cultivated
plants for gathering plant foods and
water. Hence they easily win unless
the gardener is aware of their signifi-
canoe and destroys them early. Much
work has been done in recent years by
experiment stations to indicate that
the major advantage of cultivation is
the destruction of weeds. At Cornell
University certain plots simply Scraped
free of weeds yielded fully as we'll as
titled plots. In stiff clay soils these
findings might not be as conclusive
because the hard crust may prevent
the smaller plants from emerging
from the soil or growing successfully
when small.
The easiest stage by far for killing
weeds is when they are very small
Obviously this also is the best time in
relation to preventing their robbing
the soil of moisture. One can destroy
weeds with a rake in these early
stages, avoiding much of the back
breaking work that is associated with
weed pulling.
Certain chemicals are used in weed
control in paths and roadways and
along fence rows where one does not
care If other foliage is injured. Com
mon salt is often used in roadways
and paths. Calcium chlorate is high
ly effective in destroying poison ivy
in fence rows and difficult places.
This latter material, usually sold un-
der trade name, should be sifted on
the ivy foliage when wet with dew.
1t not only kills the leaves but passes
down the stems to finally kill the
roots. The gardener can thus destroy
the ivy without actually contracting
the plant.
At times various chemicals have
been suggested for killing dandelions
and other broad-leafed weeds in the
lawn. A little gasoline poured on the
crown OF the plants is effective. Per-
haps the better way to cleanse the
lawn of weeds is to dig the weeds
with a chisel-like knife that will cut
the main root below the ground.
However one may attack the weed
problem, it is certainly never to be
completely solved. However, a timely
and planned attack will do a whole
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Garden Notes

TIRE blight of pears and apples is
a serious trouble in this locality
and, in fact, has almost driven
pear culture out of the neighborhood
except for the Kieffer and other orr
entail types. The disease lives over
In cankerous spots in the older limbs
or trunk and in Spring is carried by
insects and other agencies to the
flowers and tender foliage. Once en-
trance Is gained into the soft young
tissues, the bacteria increase with
great rapidity, killing not only large
limbs but often whole trees of the
pear. The rapid development of the
disease has led to its designation as
fire blight. Remedies are few and at
the best Of little avail. Cutting the
diseased tissues out of the tree will
sometimes delay the onslaught of the
disease, provided one cuts some dis
tance in advance of the dying tissues
and disinfects the wounds and the
knife or saw in mercury bichloride
solution Slow growing trees, kept
in sod. are less liable to killing than
rapidly growing trees and 'thus one
tillage nor large amounts of fertilizer
sensible although rather paradox to
che usual garden recommendations.
Ants on the young peony buds are
q cause of considerable worry to many
people but our leading peony grow
ers tell us that they do no harm but
are simply seeking some sweet exu-
date. One can materially decrease
the numbers by placing some sweet
ened ant poison near the base of
the plants. Many of the garden sup
ply stores now stock ant poisons in
specially prepared containers that
admit ants without hazard to other
life.
Bechters Towering crab, when well
grown, is a most desirable small tree.
Its double blooms of light pink appear
much like roses and always attract
attention. This tree is native Of
the North Central States and is,
therefore, resistant to cold. 1t is,
however, rather susceptible to cedar
rust If grown at all near the native
cedars
Edging the lawn is helpful in main
tanning its neat appearance. BY edg-
ing is meant the trimming of the
grass along the walks and roadways.
One can simply use a sharp hoe or
may secure a special edging tool from
the garden supply store. The opera
ton will need to be done only two
or three times during the growing
season and will reward the owner by
the improved appearance of his
property.
The introduced azaleas were badly
injured during the past Winter. and
the absence of their brilliant flowers
was noticeable. Many of the plants
are making strong recovery and will
undoubtedly be back on duty another
season. Considerable variation is
evident in the family and in time the
harder forms will become known.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
HOME RENOV|z|NG
. LOANS INCREASE
Activity in Capital Reported
Greater During April
and May.

Loans for modernization, repair
and improvement of homes In the
District have been steadily increasing
in the last two months, according to
Carl j. Bergmann, District liaison
officer for the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration and building and loan
associations. His records show that
up until two months ago there had
been a lull in modernization business,
the loans dropping to 16 and l8 q
week, for total of around $4,000.
Beginning with April, however, the
loans ranged from SO to so week,
the average for the month being Al
loans for a total of $27, ,595, and the
first two weeks in May have shown
the same rate of increase, 49 loans
having been made in the week OF May
10 to II. totaling $24,400
This is directly due, according to
Mr.. Bergman, to the public interest
in their homes and in the possibili-
ties for their improvement that has
Administration.
People have had their attention
drawn as never before to the advan-
tages of keeping their property in
up-to-date condition" Mr.. Bergman
said. They have become improve
ment- minded and are thinking Of
what should be done to their homes
not only from the standpoint of COM
fort and convenience, but as giving the
property a definitely higher sales
value. The articles in the newspapers,
radio talks, pamphlets and materials
of all sorts on the repair and mod
ernization of homes which the Federal
Housing Administration has been
sponsoring have caused people to
think of their property in terms of its
possibilities more than ever before.
1T has also served to make them
realize the advantages of the long
term amortized loan, which is paid
out the same as rent, as compared
with the short-term loan for two or
three years, which must be renewed
periodically with the resulting higher
cost for reflnancing. With the modi-
flying of the regulations of Title by
the Federal Housing Administration,
which permits the building and loan
associations to get insurance on their
regular type of long-term loan, we look
for substantial increase in this type
Of insured loan in the District"
Evening star., 1935-05-18

lot to bring q successful outcome to
the contest.
Rose Care.
a THE roses come into bloom in
~ terest in their proper care
reaches maximum. Thousands
of new plants were set out in local
gardens this Spring Some of these
will perish despite the owners anxi-
ETY. to have them succeed. A SubStan-
tial number of plants are certain to
have been in poor condition when pur-
chased and others are of disease
susceptible characteristics that make
their success dubious from the start.
However. with some extra care there
is no need for the heavy mortality
that occurs each year. Plants set in
sod or in very small holes made in
hard soil have tough road ahead.
In the first place, most Of the bush
roses are very slow in developing
sturdy root systems and are unable
to compete with grass and with many
of the shrubs. The rose, as rule,
needs full sunlight and isolation from
competing tree roots. A liberal supply
of sheep or COW manure placed on
the surface as a mulch is very help
full. Such material may then be grad
ually worked into the soil, giving the
plants an ever-present supply of nu-
trients.
The greatest menace Of all to the
rose is black spot, disease which at
tacks the leaves, and. unless checked
with fungicides, is almost certain to
defoliate the entire plant. Varieties
differ in their susceptibility. the Ra-
dience group being outstandingly re-
sistant, but no variety of bush rose
can entirely withstand the onslaught.
Copper sprays, such as Bordeaux mix
ture, and sulphur sprays, such as col
lodial sulphur, have been successfully
utilized in combating black spot. Both
these materials discolor the foliage
somewhat and may best be used di-
rectly after each flush Of bloom. This
type of spraying keeps the old leaves
healthy and, as infection usually moves
upward from the base of the plants,
the net results are good.
In cutting flowers, it is well to cut
rather long stems, leaving only pair
or two of the new leaves at the base
of the new stems. Thus flower cut
ting becomes a type of pruning sum-
cient to keep the plant in good form.
For fine exhibition blooms, 1t Is
Evening star., 1935-05-18
COMPANY is NAMED
TO SPONSOR CONTEST
Architectural Competition to In
volve Design for F. H. A. In
sured Loan House.

Pencil Points, an outstanding archi-
tectural magazine, has selected the
Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co. to
sponsor its annual national architec-
tural competition for 1885, it was
announced today.
This Is the first time an individual
manufacturer has been chosen, as
heretofore the architectural competi-
tions have been sponsored by an entire
industry or association.
1.-THE problem to be solved this
year." 1t was explained by those in
charge Of the contest, "is the design
for home for family of five, eligible
Evening star., 1935-05-18

for an F. H. A. insured loan under
title Of the national hounisg act
Architects and craftsmen from all
over the world are invited to submit
designs, says the Pencil Points an
nouncement, which gives the following
facts in connection with the competi-
ton:
Awards in the contest will be 81 900
for the design placing first; $500 for
second; $3.50, third, and a fourth prize
of Sl00, with awards of $50 each for
the next Is designs mentioned.
Evening star., 1935-05-18

lot to bring q successful outcome u
the contest.
Evening star., 1935-05-18

lew people realize the evil effect
of weeds when the competition
for water becomes keen. The
uay-yy font that u,aalc ct,,-xyipa
Evening star., 1935-05-18
New Shades of Cloth Fabric.

Sure to be reflected in the color
schemes for homes are the shades Of
cloth fabric manufacturers are pre-
pairing for next Fall. In q recent
preview of Fall styles, crushed
pastels" were outstanding. Some OF
these deep, hazy shades are listed as
crushed rose. ambergold, coraldust,
mistgreen, mulberry rose and wood
lilac. Keep these in mind when you
select the paint for redecorating the
walls Of your rooms.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Asparagus Iron Source.

Nutrition specialists classify aspar-
agus as a good" source of iron and
a fair" source of calcium. They also
tell us that fresh green asparagus is
high in Vitamin A and a good source
of Vitimin B. if properly cooked. As
paraguS scores among the lowest of
all vegetables on carbohydrates with
only per cent of this ingredient.