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Evening star., 1936-03-28

Beginning gardeners will flnd pleth.
ora of garden books to help them this
season.
Not only are all the old favorites there,
but there is monumental new Garden
Dictionary" at $1625, and Garden
Encyclopedia" for a modest $4.
There is a new book on Bulbs for
Your Garden" and there is to be one on
gourds.
No branch of gardening is to escape
its book, evidently.
There are primers" for the vegetable
and flower gardens, and books on the
various seasons, and what to do In them.
After looking into them the ardent
reader probably will be no nearer a So
luton of one old problem than ever
What is the difference between the
narcissus, daffodil and jonquil?
BY whatever name one calls them,
however, they are lovely, that much is
sure.
The Spring bulbs, Towering within a
few weeks, are especially grateful because
of their brightness Of coloring, In most
cases, and their nearness to the UNI
versal drabneSs of a hard Winter.
While this applies to all Spring flowers,
some way it seems to do SO with peculiar
appropriateness to the tulips, daf1ies and
the rest.
The books are interesting. and, If you
have the price, well worth while.
But let no one think them essential
to gardening.
The one essential volume is the per-
14tn vIrtrt rtnk MOI
nothing more elaborate than lO-cent
affair of ruled or unruled paper.
In 1t one jots down just what one does,
and what the plants do. This makes the
best garden book, after all, since it
comes close to heart and bosom, as the
old saying has it.
Formal garden books, the kind one
buys in stores. usually are Of one or the
other of two main types.
Either they are inspirational or are
"how" books. Occasionally they straddle
the fence, and are a little Of both.
How many and which of the many
hundreds now on the market the in
dividual gardener will secure depends
first, upon his temperament, and second
upon his needs, and third, alas on price
There are many ardent gardeners, people
who love books too, who do not feel that
they can afford some Of these beautiful
but thoroughly expensive volumes ap-
pearing in such numbers.
**
There Is one ever ready help open to
all beginning gardeners, if they will avail
themselves of it, and it is free.
But there is a catch in it, Of course
There always is!
The catch" is simply this:
They probably will permit jealousy and
envy and few other emotions of the
type to stand in their way,
Instead Of welcoming the advice and
aid of those who have had some ex-
perience, they will prefer in all sincerity
to make out to themselves that others
can teach them nothing.
Any one interested in home gardening
has watched this phenomenon. wondered
at it, deplored it. and yet been totally
helpless against it.
1t is only the rare beginner, evidently
who welcomes the advice of the old
hands. Even if he pretends to himself
that he accepts it, all too often there is
stiffening OF his mental backbone, and
slight feeling of inner resentment.
How do we know? Because we have
been through it! Sure, every one has
been through it. It is Just human, that
Is all.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Facts Developed.

Two days of investigation of Old-Age
Revolving Pensions, Ltd, have not proved
a great deal, but they have shown:
First, that in Robert E. Clements, CO.
founder and until recently national sec
retary and treasurer of the organiza-
ton, DR.. Townsend and his follow
ers had a most able and compe-
tent gentleman who knows his way
around town. Far from being ratified
or disturbed by the questioning OF
the House committee members and
their investigator, Mr.. Clements has
been as cool as cucumber, with exactly
the right amount of that vagueness so
helpful to a witness on the stand.
Second, that for anybody smart enough
to think up great movement-such as
5000 a month for everybody over sixty
there is opportunity to earn comfort-
able living for himself. Mr.. Clements
salary of a hundred dollars week, plus
dividends of $3.50 in 1885 from his
shares in the well-named Prosperity
Publishing Co., plus all expenses for rent
and groceries. etc, demonstrates that
what we need in this country is more
movements.
Third, that the accounting procedure
of Old-Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd,
was a complex plan which is now max
ing it most difficult for the harried in
yestigators to get any convincing figures,
the Interpretation of such figures ap-
parently being the privilege Of anybody
who examines them.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
River Conservation, Flood
Control and Soil Erosion

To the Editor Of The Star:
read with q great deal of interest
and enthusiasm your splendid editorial
under the heading Rivers" in the
March %, 1886, number Of your journal.
1t is high grade and hope every one
Of your subscribers read it.
We have certainly been wasteful of our
soil and Of our waters. Water is one of
the most precious things that we have.
but it is also one that if not controlled
may be very dangerous.
My father was born and reared in the
vicinity of Bladensburg, Md, in 1887. He
told me that when he was a lad boats
would tie up to the piers or docks at
Bladensburg and discharge cargo and
take on goods and deliver them to Europe
and along the coast. Today perhaps
one could row boat up the Anacostia
River to Bladensburg, but I doubt If
any larger craft could navigate that
stream. The filling in of the Anacostia
river is due to the causes mentioned in
your editorial.
1t may be claimed that the waters of
our rivers are inexhaustible. I gravely
question this. While we do have rivers
that have been flowing at a more or less
constant rate since the first coloniSt
came to this country. yet these rivers are
being impaired. The marshes at their
heads that supply continuous flow of
water are being drained. Natural grass
and forests are being removed from
drainage areas. This means that the
water falling as rain rushes down the
slopes, carrying vast quantities of soil
and debris that fill up the river beds,
causing disastrous floods. Who knows
but that eventually. with practically all
the land denuded of natural vegetation,
the rivers will be merely channels, gorged
at times with storm waters, but practi-
cally dry between storms.
If the waters of our rivers and streams
could be conserved by saving the swamps
and marshes that head them and by re-
tanning the vegetative cover in order that
rain water may drain to the rivers grad
ually, they would remain a constant
source of power. But without planning
for the use of water, without conserving
and protecting rivers and streams. we
may expect in a comparatively short
time to see this potential wealth def
nitely depleted. WILLIAM BOWIE.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

cochlea of one ear and measured the loss
in hearing accuity experienced by the ami
NAL in terms of decibels-the physical
units of loudness. Removal of one made
only slight difference, but destruction
of both made the animal totally deaf.
Removal of one side of the cerebral
cortex of cats brain resulted in about
the same hearing loss as did removal of
one of the cochlea But when one side of
the cortex and the cochlea on the oppo-
site side were removed there was a loss
from three to four times greater than
from the ablation of either alone. When
one side Of the cortex and the cochlea on
the same side were removed the result
was approximately the same.
1t follows, DR.. Cutler pointed out, that
the fibers from cochlea to opposite sides
of the brain and to the same side have
approximately the same value as hear
ing conductors Either set can be de-
stroyed without destroying the ability to
hear, upon which animal life is so much
dependent.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

Perhaps there is something in the blood
Of all of us which realizes that working
with the soil, In one form or other, is
natural to man.
Each one ought to be able to plant, to
SOW. to reap.
It is all part of the race heritage.
Hence even persons who have never
known a square foot Of ground Of their
own nevertheless feel called on to tell
others just how to plant.
When they get a garden, no matter
how small or large, they would not admit
for words, as the saying is, that they do
not know it all"
Yet by so doing, whether admitted or
no, they cut themselves off from the
readiest help, and the sort which would
do them the most good.
Consider an average garden book.
No matter how determined the author
was to give the low down" on the prob
lem, whichever it was, he was so full
of his subject that often the very thing
the beginner wants to know Is exactly
the thing which is not there.
This handicap is found in all "how"
books, but with peculiar disadvantages
In those pertaining to the garden, since
the material they profess to instruct us
about is alive. 1t won't wait.
The old gardener knows those very
points, and puts them first Perhaps
that is one reason why the newcomer
often fails to give him credit. There is
nothing high-Sounding about him, moth
Ing erudite. He is as plain as an old
shoe-and the beginner resents it. Why,
this fellow, with his A, B, c. doesn't
know anything about it! He Is trying to
tell me something already know!
That Is the way Of genius. in little.
It does the Columbus -and-the-egg act,
all the time, so that those receiving in
struction are prone to forget they did
not know. just second before, the new
knowledge they have.
II humility has any standing any more
| at times we think it hasnt-that little
| first garden is good place to begin it.
This good humility will consist of seek
| ing such information as one desires and
| needs from two sources, books and
neighbors.
Take off the theoretical high hat, and
| leave aside the seeds of contempt, Just
| because the "other fellow" has left brag-
| gadocio out of his or her mental bag
| gage.
Remember, this is suspicious age, and
| 1t is better in many instances, to be sus-
picious of the braggart than the modest
| person.
The latter may know as much as the
| former-or even more.
The advantage of instruction from a
neighbors garden is that it is all first
hand.
The plants are before you. You can
see them. or hear good talk about them.
This humble person may have read all
| the books, or almost all of them, and
carry loads of information you little
suspect.
Give him or her credit.
Give over the supercilious air, the too
common feeling in America, why, I
know him! What does he know about
it?"
You, not he, will be the loser, If you
succumb. He may know more than you
think. The beginner will do well to get
his information where he can, and when
ever he can. The best way is to find
out for himself. The next, to ask some
one who knows. A third way, good books
The first costs time and money, and
labor. The second, kind heart. The
| third, money. Take your choice.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Shooting Stars.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

JOSS.
I wondered why our friends who dwell
In Asia far away
Would have their idols seem to tell
A story always gay.
They do not have Grecian air
OF beauty all serene,
But quantity grin or wildly stare
Out on the passing scene.
I hear they stand for what is wise,
In facing human fate,
So, with laugh, let each disguise
Himself in mirthful state,
And watch the days that come and go
With bitter cups to quaff,
Proving that in this worldly show
The gods still bid us laugh.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Once a Valet.

How many years have blocked hats7
Well,
Not so long, sir. Yet in way
I've been at it longer than I can tell
You see, sir, once was bloke's valet.
Excuse the slang, sir. This same young
gent
Was born to millions, and spent 'em
free.
travelled with him wherever he went
Well-togged young chap as ever you'd
see;
And took life easy-Till, overseas,
He fell in love, and he fell in hard.
The lady, I'll say, was stiff to please,
For she threw him out like two-spot
card.
Well, sir, after that we sailed for home
And we hit the smash-up of twenty.
nine.
But my gent had lost the wish to roam
There, siri Your hat looks pretty fine.
What's the end of the tale? Well, hearts
are queer.
When the girl heard the market had
left him fiat
She came across-married him over
here.
Just yesterday. Sir. blocked her hat,
Evening star., 1936-03-28

Having had much political business to
attend to, Mr.. Clifford Pinchot may
decide to resume his eminently helpful
studies in conservation. Floods such as
have been experienced are undoubtedly
due in part to defective watersheds.
1t is difficult to make smooth landscap-
ing, however beautiful, take the place
of natural tangle that slows down the
run-off. The Pinchot studies of this
aspect of natural conditions would be
well worth restoring to popular attention.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Correction of Erroneous
Credit for Noted Painting
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Please untangle the mixed artists-the
famous "Angelus" A. B. Neumeyer states
that this wonderful painting was the
work of Sir John Everett Millais, an Eng
lish portrait painter, born in Southamp-
ton, 1929; died, 1896.
It would seem almost every one should
know by this time that the artist Jean
Francois Millet was Frenchman, born
in Gruchy, France, 1914. He also pro-
duced Cleaners" Waiting" and "The
Man With the Hoe" Died, 1875.
MIR, AND MRS. s. A. SMITH.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

1t is complained by students of the
voteless District that many statesmen
In Congress when requested to give at
tention to the fiscal relations of the D. c.
to the U. s. A. merely shake their heads
YEARLY and exclaim More initials!"
Evening star., 1936-03-28

As influences for the uplift, statesmen
and f1nanciers are doing the best they
can to crowd homicides and hold-ups of
the first page. In the philanthropic ex-
citement they sometimes threaten to
start small riots of their own.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

A brain trust is like an ordinary busi-
ness enterprise in one respect. Brains
are of incalculable value, but may have
to be watched to avoid the accumulation
of frozen assets.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

Nations, when they feel 1t impossible
to be good neighbors, attend conferences
for the sake Of a preliminary gesture
showing they are not on speaking terms.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

Suspicious natures want to investigate
the Townsend plan in fear that after all
it may prove to be one Of those old
something for nothing" stories.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

A man who loves children cannot
easily go on through life hating dogs.
Children are usually fond of pets and
'love me love my dog" is one Of the
basic ideas of juvenile thought.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

Perhaps some of the Senate inyesti-
gators were once small town p6stmasters
who valued the privilege Of reading all
the neighborhood post cards.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
InSumciency.

Have you never tried to placate your
enemies?"
"Oh, yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
"But there were never post Office ap-
pointments enough to go round"
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Not Taking ANY.

From the Troy IN. W Record.
A recipe for rhubarb conserve, appear
ing In the food columns, assures Us 1t
will "keep indefinitely" As far as we
are concerned, yes.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Az Time Passes.

Each season has its special woe,
Time somehow always heals the smart.
In boyhood man will stub his toe.
In later life he breaks his heart.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Perennial Paradox.

From the Nashville Tsnnesseean.
It's often said man wants but little
here below But If he ever gets that
thereu Just be no holding him.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Sufficient Unto the Day.

Probably the principal reason why
talk about q third party gets nowhere
is that people realize that things are
bad enough with the two we have already.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Poor League!

From the Indianapolis News.
You may think that you have hard
time, but Just consider what tough sled
ing the League Of Nations has.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Interrupti0ns.

"You must remember that riches have
wings"
$50 have airships," announced Mr..
Dustin Stax. Nov and then there's q
crash. But prosperity and aviation keep
going ahead"
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Momentum

We hear the talk prolonged and lout
Produced by politicians proud;
Then realize with heavy heart
That this is only just the start.
Evening star., 1936-03-28

Manhattan's Ups and Downs.
From the Burlington Hawkeye Gazette.
Well, anyway, the stock elevators in
New York are running, and many an
amateur speculator from the sticks can
Get Q ride,
Evening star., 1936-03-28

'Noise counts for sumpin'," said
Uncle Eben. "A good checker player
may have more brains dan good banjo
player. but he don't git invited to near
- many parties"
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Agricultural Puzzle.

my luck is good" the farmers cry,
with bumper crops of wheat and rye,
For then we'll have 50 much to sell
That matters must be going well.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
"Yet we must not complain at all
OF crops unusually small.
For it is scarcity that makes
The profit that somebody takes!"

Jud Tunkins says he supposes they
pick hot weather for conventions be-
cause if everybody was comfortable the
delegates would put in all Summer en-
joyin' one another's conversation.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
Latest Styles
GIoriWng Yourself
By Alicia Hart

The perfect bridal coiffure is one that fiatters the brides face, en. hances the beauty of her veil and, at the same time, is sleek and prac- tical enough to look well under her going-away hat.
 If you are going to march to the altar in formal gown and flowing veil, take the veil with you when you 90 to have your hair washed and waxed the day before the ceremony. Let your coiffure man suggest ar- arrangements that harmonize with the shape of the veil you have chosen then pick one which suits you best.
 Don't be persuaded to try any- thing which is exotic enough to DO startling. You don't want your hair to detract from your face and cos- tune. Anyway, on this, your day of days, er-sophisticated effects are not in order. Everything expects you to look sweet and demure, 50 why disappoint themP
 Most bridal coiffures are done up with soft ringlets or wide waves. If you have picked Q halo veil which is to be worn quite far back on your head, framing your face and allow Ing the sides as well as the front or your hair to show, consider cultures that are sleek on top. This way, the veil molds your head, and curls at front and sides are allowed to show Flowers generally are arranged across the veil not in the hair. Jeweled clips, stars, pins end other formal evening doo-dads are not to be considered.
 Don't select Q hairdress that dc. pends on the veil to keep 1t from falling down or apart. Remember that you1l want to look nice in your going-away bonnet. For this reason, It's Q good idea to lot your hairdressedr see the new hat as well as the veil before he starts to hix waves, curlS and Swirls.
 For long hair, coronet braids, pinned flat against the head just In front of the line where the edge of the veil will be, arc charming. Otherwise, low buns are better than piled.high Qrecian effects which are likely to make the veil look wrinkled and bumpy at the back.
 NEXT: Makeup for the bride.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

Have you ever tried chocolate Wafhes2 Or gingerbread ones2 They're easy to make and everybody will love them for Q treat at break fast, luncheon or late supper.
 Rice waffies are better than patty shells for creamed chicken or fish, think, and can be made ct home at very little cost and trouble, while the patty shells are expensive to buy and troublesome to make in your kitchen.
 Waffle Shortcake, ice cream sand wiches, with or without 2 sauce, chocolate wafhes with ice cream, gingerbread waffies with whipped cream.--all these desserts are easy to digest, easy to make and easy to eat.
 Like Making Cakes
 The same care must be taken with waffle batter as with cake mixtures. The shortening either is worked to Q cream or melted and added the last thing before baking. The latter method makes 0 crisper waffle and takes less beat ing, but creaming the shortening and sugar makes c tender, delicate product. The eggs should be beaten separately for the best results. If they are beaten without separating, they must be beaten until very light The dry ingredients are mixed and sifted together nR In cake making
 Since it's much more convenient
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

Heat molasses to boiling point and add butter. MIX and sift, flour, baking powder, sugar and ginger and stir into first mixture. Add sour milk and yolks of eggs beaten ui1- til thick and lemon colored. Fold in whites of eggs beaten until stiff and add soda dissolved in q little warm water. Stir lightly and add salt. Bake on hot waffle iron.
 Chocolate WaiAes
 One cup and 2 tablespoons flour, 3 squares chocolate, l-2 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon baking powder, i-2 tea- spoon salt, Ia teaspoon soda, 2 eggs, l-2 cup sour milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter.
 Mix and sift flour. salt, sugar and baking powder. Add milk, stirring to keep smooth. Add yolks of eggs well beaten, melted shorten ing and chocolate melted over hot water. Mix thoroughly and stir in soda dissolved in little cold water. Fold in whites of eggs beaten until stiff. Bake on e hot waffle iron.
 You can make waffle batter several hours before you want to use 1t and store 1t, closely covered in the refrigerator. However, 1t only takes few minutes to stir Up, so if you want to make waffles on the spur of the minute, you always can.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
-RARENTS--
 Your Children
By Olive Roberts Barton

We stopped at one of the famous places visited by tourists, and my husband went Into headquarters to make inquiry. Presently Q guide came out and got into the car.
 At that moment Q little girl on e Veiocipede stopped to call "hel- 10" to her old friend. He said Hello" and she repeated, Hello, MT. Smith" Then I, too. gave greetings. And suddenly added, "Why, you look like Shirley Temple" which she certainly did.
 Instantly she answered quite ser iouSly and charmingly, II AM Shir- ley Temple"
 "oh, are you9"
 "Yes."
 "T'hat's nice."
 I rather imagined that Shirley was three thousand miles away from this small inpersonator, although when I told the story later, friends said, Perhaps 1t WAS she"
 Case of "King Harold"
 No. But indeed there was Q marked resemblance. A lot of children resemble Shirley and are proud of 1t. But this child's man ner would have convinced DiogeneS himself.
 I knew a little boy whose name is Harold. One day 8 man came to dinner and said, Hello, King Harold"
 That fixed 1t. From then on he was "King Harold" and no one was allowed to forget 1t. He liked { being Q king, although he wasn't 50 particular about the Harold. In time he got to be "King." And now fairly-middling-sized school boy, he signs his name Harold King Jones.
 What goes on in the minds of these youngsters? They are too little for the grandeur complex, yet they're pretty choosey when 1t comes to slipping out of them selves and into somebody elses shoes. They can't bear to be called Georgy Porgy or Sleepy Head, even though 1t is said in fun.
 Choices Are UnacCOuntable
 One time I ran through @ whole gamut of names with my small grandson. "Ahe you Tweedle- dunn? No, he wasn't. Are you Bobby Shafto9" No-posi-TIVE- ly not. Are you Little Boy Blue?" Humph. He lay under the covers, staring hard, ready to pounce on something classy.
 I tried General Pershing and some of the other notables in his soldier box. No-not good enough yet. Then, Are you Jack-the- Giant t-Killer?"
 "Yes," he said as solemly as if he had been taking an oath of office. That's it."
 The Ideals of children differ. but I have learned that the same things wound them. So believe 1t best to go easy with our insults. And while we're at it. why not com- pare them occasionally to the topsp Vicarious glory never hurt anybody. Copyright. i030, NEA Service. Incl