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Evening star., 1936-04-09

It Is Q pleasure TO watch the grass
growing fresh and green everywhere, as
IL there had been no such thing as O
severe Winter.
This seeing is an outdoor sport open
to every one.
As you 60 to work, as you come home
from the same, as you 60 around town
between times, there Is always grass to
be seen.
This greening process Is one Of the real
beauties of the season.
So familiar that many fail to give 1t
any attention, it still draws the eyes Of
those who have wrestled with lawns Of
their own.
The best way to appreciate the beauty
OF the sward at the White House and
the Capitol Grounds is to try to grow
good grass yourself.
Fortunately, this seems to be easy this
Spring. Everywhere lawns look good.
There has been plenty of rain, and prob
ably will be more of it.
Much rain, of course, is both food and
drink to the early Spring lawn.
1t gives the struggling grass plants,
by their thousands, the right nutriment.
Even sunshine is not so important.
The desire to have good grass is shared
by all persons of discernment. Many
who fail to appreciate flowers still long
for good lawn.
- -
There are two main types of lawn
grasses, those which do best in alkaline
soil. and those which do well in slightly
acid soil.
The latter require great deal Of at
tention, at all seasons of the year, and
are not for the average home owner who
has a great deal to do beside play with
the grass.
Grasses for alkaline soil, such as the
famous Kentucky blue, best suit this
climate, as well as average care. Both
are important. Some of these grasses,
including the one named, require several
years to get established, but when grow
ing well will repay the gardener for all
that.
All the average home asks is grass
which looks well, without too close in
Spection. Better lawns than this ideal
require too much attention, special fer
tilizerS, and the like, most of them be-
yond either the needs or time of the
modest landholder. 1t is only fair to
say. however, that if the small holder is
particularly flnicky about his lawn, the
very fact that it is small will make the
establishment and maintenance of spe-
cial grasses possible.
Your average home gardener, however,
who may love his flowers or vegetables
better than grasses. will find the average
lawn, with average care. his one best
bet.
This will mean that he may or may
not roll it in early Spring. Rolling has
its good points with all types Of lawns.
but is not so necessary to the alkaline
soil grasses.
It is best to keep off grass in early
Spring, as much as possible, for the
ground is soft, and the turf easily broken.
A shot of agricultural lime is very
good. Acid soil grasses do not like it,
of course, but the Kentucky blue grass
thrives on it. Bone meal, too. is good.
These are early Spring additions. not
fertilizers. but simply added elements
which ameliorate the soil, putting it in
good shape for the nutriment to be read
lily available.
Then, later, as much fertilizer may be
used as one has money for. but it must
Evening star., 1936-04-09

The glamorous prospect of almost 10
year average increase in the prime OF
life" through a diet richer in calcium
which means essentially richer in milk
was held forth by DR.. Henry C. Sher-
man of Columbia University in an ad-
dress at the Carnegie Institution OF
Washington here the other night.
It works that way with rats. The
chemistry of rat nutrition is very close,
in every respect, to that of human nu-
triton. Consequently the longevity gains
of adult rats can be transposed into terms
of human life spans.
DR.. Shermans experimental diets date
back to the period of the World War
when there was shortage Of milk. He
set to work to determine how much OF the
essential chemical constituents of milk
were necessary in the diet to support life.
It was found that mixture OF five
sixths ground whole wheat, one-Slxth
dried whole wheat, pinch OF table salt,
and distilled water was Sufhclent to
maintain his rats in fairly normal con-
dition and enabled them to live out their
natural life spans.
Then another diet was made up, COM
posed of the same elements, but with a
greater proportion of dried milk. The
result was a life span and vitality bet
ter than the average. Since then there
have been extensive experiments on the
effects of various proportions OF the con-
stituents Of the diet, in an effort to in
crease to the utmost the gains over nor
NAL. Always the effects OF the increased
proportions of milk have been notable
in their effects on the general vitality
and the increase of life span above the
mean.
Said Prof. Sherman: "The increase in
average length of adult life here found
Is equivalent to an extension OF the long
standing adult life expectation Of 70
years to IT years. Obviously many cases
Of people living to the age OF n fall
within the familiar range OF normal ex-
perience. Yet inaSmuch as previous I'M
provementS in the average length OF LIE
have been so closely confined to the low
ering of early death rates as to leave the
average length of adult life unchanged.
the possibility of extending this average
by nutritional improvement is OF inter-
est from several points Of view. And 1t
Is all the more significant because OF the
fact that in these experiments, develop
ment is expedited and senility deferred
in the same individuals, so that the Pc
riod of the prime Is extended in greater
ratio than the life cycle itself.
Thus in typical cases the same degree
of incipient senility which is reached by
normal individuals on diet A at an age
corresponding to about IS years in the
human life is deferred on diet B to an
age corresponding to 1880 years. 1t
need hardly be said that on both diets
considerable proportion of individuals,
as in human experience, die natural
Evening star., 1936-04-09
Shooting Stars.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

Proof Positive.
saw the robin hoppin' and I asked him
for a song.
He said he couldn't carol while the chill
wind blew so strong.
Says I, How long do you suppose the
wind will blow this way?"
He answered, I'm a stranger, so 1t amt
for me to say"
But just against the fence, where I was
diggin' up the ground.
I started up a-shoutin' to the company
I found.
I said, Go on, you robin, you amt tellin'
me a thing.
But when I see fishin' worm, I know
that it is Spring"
The snowdrop and the crocus did their
best, but couldn't last.
I don't know when the cherry bloom will
wither in the blast.
The mockin' bird began tune and,
lookin' at the sky,
Remarked, I'm willing to oblige, but
'taint no use to try"
But just the same I'm happy, and I'm
waiting for the sun
To set the ripples flashing over there in
Dunkin Run.
Come on, you bees and butterflies. The
skies will soon be blue,
Cause when I see a ishin' worm, I
know that Spring is due.
Evening star., 1936-04-09
Spain Gusts a President.

Crisis and chaos in Spain, more or less
chronic ever since King Alfonso was de-
throned five years ago this month, have
led to another kaleidoscope change in the
republics tangled political affairs. Presi-
dent Aicala Zamora, who was chiefly
responsible for the overthrow of the
monarchy in 1881, has been summarily
expelled from ofice. The custer was the
result of an overwhelmingly adverse vote
in the Cortes, which by 238 to decided
tionally dissolved parliament last Janu-
ary. The technical point on which the
CorteS based its action was that the
President had already exhausted his legal
right to prorogue parliament twice. The
motion declaring transgression of his
authority provided automatically for the
executives dismissal, in the midst of
term that still had year and eight
months to run. The presiding officer of
the Cortes, Senior Martinez Barrio, was
promptly installed as interim president
and will serve until there is another elec-
ton, in June.
The zamora administration always led
a precarious existence. From its outset
1t came under fire not only from the
Rightist- -Monarchist groups, which were
the presidents traditional opponents, but
from the Left Republicans, the Union
Republicans, the Socialists, the Com
munists and other factions, which among
them comprised the so-called Popular
Front" In consequence, Zamora's regime
was continuous chapter of fiercely par
tisan feuds and hatreds aggravated by
the Vaccinations of Alfonsos supporters
yearning for restoration of the monarchy,
by the rayages of depression and by the
ancient differences between church and
state. Opposition violence, destined to
end Ia Zamora's fall, became intensified
after the Leftist triumph In the February
Evening star., 1936-04-09

James w. WadSworth of New York, who
might well aspire to the presidential
nomination so far as qualifications are
concerned. Wadsworth is a sound Re-
publican. He was wet and gave his
political life in the Senate for his early
support of the wet cause. Landon has
been a dry and therefore wet running
mate would be of value. Further, Wads-
worth comes from the State with the
greatest number of electoral votes. There
is also former Senator Edge of New
Jersey, who has been particularly anxious
to get back into the political picture and
public life. New Jersey is another State
ths Republicans would like to carry,
Evening star., 1936-04-09

trary reduction of the national lump
sum payment.
The comparison definitely proves-as
have such comparisons before-that the
existing shortage in revenues. reflected
In inadequate maintenance of Capital
City institutions and the halting Of i'm
provements, is to be equitably made up
not by a further increase in the local
tax burden, but by substantial increase
of the lump-sum payment.
Evening star., 1936-04-09
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Mother.

Over tender leaflets and baby buds
Mother Nature is busily working.
Her blossoms must all be brought to full
bloom;
There is never a moment for shirking.
The delicate leaves on tree branches to
grow
Must be watered by rains that
strengthen,
And the sun must shine on them never
too long,
So the soft twilight hours must
lengthen.
And the tiny buds in the woods and fields
And in gardens must come to full
flower.
Busy Nature will temper the sun, wind
and rain
TIL the earth Is great Summer bowel
Evening star., 1936-04-09

While tourists continue to admire the
tall buildings an interest in cyclone cel-
lars continues to command interest in
certain areas.
Evening star., 1936-04-09

Hitler processes wish for frankness
Of mutual recognition which will permit
everybody to take off his gas mask.
Evening star., 1936-04-09

Secrecy.
From the Wichita Eagle.
Europe is said to be headed for secret
diplomacy again. That will at least re-
move all these fruitless conferences from
the front page.
Evening star., 1936-04-09
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Evening star., 1936-04-09
No Pleasant Dream.

"Is retirement that will permit you
to read and rest one of the pleasant
dreams of your nfe?"
"It's no pleasant dream" answered
Senator Sorghum. "Its nightmare"
Evening star., 1936-04-09
Costly. Anvhew.

FTOm Lne Fllnt J0urnaI.
The patient taxpayer figures the mil
lions spent on ornaments to prevent war
aren't much different from millions
spent for ornaments for war.
Evening star., 1936-04-09
A New Date of History.

From the New Haven Journal-Courier.
There's one thing about the flood that
even Hartforders won't overlook. We
oughtn't to hear SO much from now on
about the blizzard Of '88.
Evening star., 1936-04-09
Discrimination.

Discrimination.
We're told what wisdom books may lend
If we will pause to heed.
Much will depend, o worthy friend.
Upon which books you read.
One volumes like a guiding star,
But others in the list
Will leave you puzzled till you are
Almost an anarchist.
Jud Tunkins says q bright future is
liable to be no good to young feller
who won't work hard to keep it pol
ished up.
One or the Other.
The man who never pauses to confess
To blunders may possess rare ca
pacity.
And then, again, he may be more or less
Addicted to form Of mild mendacity.
Some men," said Uncle Eben, "have
q knack Of maxim trouble for other
people and then comm round an SYM
pathixin' Wit en-"
Evening star., 1936-04-09

@. What plays in the nineteenth CEN
tury had the longest runs on Broad
way?-K. M.
A. Uncle Toms Cabin" broke all
precedent in its time by playing over 800
nights, and Ben Hur," another favorite,
ran 234 times.
Evening star., 1936-04-09

Q. Has Senator Rose Long offered any
bills in Congress yet?-H. M.
A. Senator Longs first bill was a meas
ure to authorize the Marine Band to at
tend Confederate reunion at Shreve-
port, La, in June.
Evening star., 1936-04-09

O. Is there any limit TO the size Of
electric signs on Broadway2-J. K.
A. New York City laws forbid any ad-
vertising display taller than rs feet and
no sign can be more than block long
Broadway blocks averaging 200 feet.
Evening star., 1936-04-09

ticket. However, Wnen the HepuDNcanS
nominated a Californian for President
in 1928 and in 1882 they picked Kansan
for their vice presidential candidate. SO
If they pick a Western candidate this
year they may 60 right ahead and name
a vice presidential candidate from that
section also. Indeed, there is some talk
of making Gov. Merriam of California
I,andon's running mate. Merriam has
come out for the Landon slate of dele
gate candidates in California. He and
William Randolph Hearst are Landons
chief hackers in that State.
There is report that the Governor of
Michigan, Frank D. Fitzgerald, has the
vice presidential bee in his bonnet and
is willing to throw the presidential as
pirations of Senator Vandenberg of
Michigan overheard If he himself can
have the nomination with Gov. Landon.
Michigan's delegation. it had been ex-
pected, would 60 to the front for Van
denberg when the convention opens.
But If the Governor can persuade the
delegation to shift to Landon at the
psychological moment, he might be in a
position to ask reward and get it.
Senator Steiwer of Oregon is another
Westerner who has been mentioned for
the vice presidential nomination, with
Landon at the head of the ticket. Steiwer
has been rather active in the Senate in
his assaults upon the New Deal admin
istration. Outside of Vandenberg,
Hastings of Delaware, Dickinson of Iowa
and Steiwer. the Republican side of the
Senate chamber has pretty well let the
Roosevelt administration alone during
the last couple Of years.
X
The East may put forward several
candidates for the vice presidential
aomination-undoubtedly 1t will. There
is Representative and former Senator
Evening star., 1936-04-09
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

reader cdr get the dnstDer to any
question OF fact by UTtttno The Washing
ton Erentn0 Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. HdSktn, Director, Washing
ton. D. C. Please trcloSe stamp for reply
Q. What cities besides Oklahoma City
use the scent curb-parking meters?
j. H.
A. Among the cities where this plan
Is being employed are Dallas and FL
Paso, Tex, and st. Petersburg, Fla.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
NEW YORK. April @5 ,P.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
RAILWAY EARNINGS.

NEW YORK. April 25 LP.-Net oper.
atin9 income of railroads reporting today
ior March included:
1896 1895.
Missouri Pacific S5OI.130 Si04,269
Evening star., 1936-04-26
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. April 25 Up Omitted States
Department of ASriculturel Cattle. 500;
calves. 100. Compared Friday last week:
Fed steers and yearlingS steady to %
showing decline; largely fat steer run.
with not only receipts larger. but killing
quality better no strictly choice or prime
steers here. but increased supply good TO
common grades, especially thin grazing
steers; stockers and feeders weak to -
lower: extreme top fed steers and long
yearlineS. 1915; very few above 9.15;
Tor week around $50. compared ! rs year
ago; well-fattened light yearlines scaling
?3u pounds. down. still scarce; liberal run
fed yearling heifers steady to - higher;
grade weighty kinds UP most; best heavy
heiferS 80: light hefers $50: cows
strong to 70 higher; cutters and lower
grade beef cows up most; bulls and choice
realers steady: light realerS, .95aJ0 lower.
Sheep. 5000; for week ending Friday.
Old crop wooded lambs mostly "5a40
higher; clippers. Joa65 up on sharply
higher closing market extreme top woOled
lambs. aj highest since last December
paid at close; strictly choice SG-pound
clippers. 1000; closing bulk choice wooled
lambs. l .5oa l. .G5; most clippers. 9.5oa
30; choice yearlngS shared upturns on
lambs; wooled offerings making 1000 late;
fat ewes very scarce. strong to % higher;
best wooled ewes 6.!35.
Hogs. 900. including $500 direct: few
sales sorted 200-2Io pounds. to shippers
1890. steady with Fridays average; scat
tered sales sows. $50. also steady; bids
on weightier hogs. these comprising bulk
perS took 100: holdover. 900: compared
week ago. weights below 250 pounds;
largely steady to 10 lower; heavier weights
l5a25' lower; sowS. 10 of.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Store Sales
Continued From First Page.)

but total sales were under expecta-
tions based upon mild weather. The
total was to per cent under year
ago. State income tax payments and
unsettlement on the stock exchange
were two reasons given for the break
Buyers crowded the wholesale markets.
ELPHIA-Lacking even a
weather Stimulant, post Easter trade
fell off sharply but continued slightly
above the 1885 corresponding figures
Automobile sales showed a good pick
up in the new model class, while the
used car market was badly unsettled
CLEVELAND-Ste operations were
"off slightly in the Cleveland and
Youngstown districts because produc-
ers Of lighter products were 80 to 40
days ahead of auto assembly lines.
Retail trade held with a week ago
except in lines stimulated by special
sales.
RICHMOND-Sum buying, de-
district, is expected to produce fav-
orable increase in retail trade. Re-
placement orders for seasonal mer-
chandise were prominent in the
wholesale line in the district. Bank
clearings gained.
ATLANTA-Department store and retail
business was steady. with no particular
lines of merchandise predominating
Farming in the, Southeast was being i'm
peded slightly by rain and cool weather.
Steel operations at Birmingham were un-
changed at 90 per cent of capacity;
CHICAGo-Brisk wholesale and retail
asserted ,sprinG buying, DELAYED because
subsded after Easter. Warmer weather
was expected to reflect IN increased sales.
ST. LOUIS Retail Shopping was sem
mqyed, in considerable volume Whole;
Weather Employment improved. and the
M1NNEAPCLis Sis uilGeI General aIi' activity in
farm p!sntine and The opening of rural
hardware fsr,9,'!a and various food lines; Seed;
gains. The demand for heavy farm i'm
piements continued. Paint sales we're
KANSAS cITY-Retail and wholesale
sales Kept pace with previous weeks of
SOME IN hs gain wsS last
Of continued lack Of moisture in the
southwest. Reports indicate that profits
s SAN n mSEs EePdy shppnF shfn haes
normal operations following the return of
neace TO the San Francisco water front.
Trade reports were favorable along the
Goa coast with little change; The oil Industry
markets. Drilling continued active but
new production was only moderately good.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
BONDS REGISTER
STEAD|ER TREND
Lonq.Term U. S. Treasury
Issues Lead-Junior
Rails Climb.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 25-The bond
market displayed a steadier tone dur
ing the brief session today under
leadership of long-term United States
Treasury issues.
Fractional advances were in the
majority in the corporate division,
where a feature of trading was ex-
treme firmness among the secondary
rail bonds. Foreign loans were about
a stand-off.
Accompanied by a substantially in
creased volume, virtually all Of the
10 to 20 year Treasury bonds gave a
good account of themselves. The ass
of l955-60 advanced 5-32nds to 102,
the 3lss of l946-49 gained 4-32nds at
10527, and somewhat smaller ad-
vances were distributed among the
others.
AS in previous sessions recently,
there was little activity in the nearby
maturities, but generally steady tone
prevailed. The 3i4s of 1e43 improved
432nds on single sale.
Bonds moving in a wider range on
the upside with gains of to points
included Chesapeake Corp. SIS, Utility
Power & Light SIS and Warner Bros. IS.
German Is and Australian SIS were
among other foreign bonds on the
mend. Italian rs were unchanged.
The Associated Press averages
ranged from an advance of i of a
point in the rail and foreign groups
to unchanged in the industrials.
Transfers of S4,7Sl 900, par value,
compared with s5,373OOO last Satur-
day.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. April 25 1P.-Foreign ex-
change firm. Great Britain in dollars
others in cents:
Great Britain. demand 4937s; cables
4.93ls; 6O,day bills. 4.92E:. France. de.
mand. 7.ST; cables. T's7. '' "e
Demands: Belgium. 1899; Germany
free; 4O.21; registered travel. .36.1.5; regis
Norway, 81; Sweden. % 46; Denmark
22 %; Finland: go; Switzerland :}2 80
Spain. 1885; Portugal 449 Greece, .94
Poland. 1885: Czechoslovakia. 4.13la;
Yugoslavia. 2.29; Austria, 1S.75n: Hun.
gary. 20. .55n: Rumania, .76; Argentina
32.93n; Brazil. S.59n; Toxic 2SSS
Shanghai. 1896; Hongkong SO 81; Mexico
City. 27 .S5;:- Montreal in New York
99.56H4 New York in Montreal. 1O0.43s4.
Nominal,
(Copyright 1850
Evening star., 1936-04-26
U. s. TREASURY NOTES.

NEW YORK April 25 R.-Prices quot
ed in dollars and thirty-seconds. Approx.
Rate Maturity Bid Asked Yield,
Evening star., 1936-04-26
SAVANNAH NAVAL STORES.

SAVANNAH April 25 RD.-Turpentine
firm; 355a; sales, 81; RECEIPTS; 434; ship
sales, 1,415: receipts. 1890; shipments
210: stock. 51,020. Quote: B. 1925; D.
1855: E. 1926: F. 4.3O: G. H. and K.
and x, so
Evening star., 1936-04-26

Dividend rates given IN the annual
the
"
Unit of trading than tAnnuaI rate-not
including extras Accumulated dividends
-
Evening star., 1936-04-26
CORPORATION EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, April Is (P.-Cor-
porate earnings reports issued during
the week, showing earnings per share,
included:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-05
AWAIT REPORTS
 ON MEMBERSHIP
JeffersOnians to Hear Re- suits of Campaign To.
 night; General Meeting

Progress to date In the drive for new members will be discussed to- night at a meeting of the Jeffer- sonian club at 10 Bank street. The meeting, which will open at 8:30 o'clock, will be presided over by President Henry Loughran. Appli- cations for membership that have been received to date will be receiv. cd and acted upon. It is expected that those who have filed applica- tions to date will attend this eve- ning's session.
 Plans will also be launched at tonight's meeting to have distin- guished speaker address the group ct the next regular session of the club. Tho rooms of the Jefferson- fans have been remodelled with much new furniture installed.
 Card games and other forms of entertainment will follow tonight's meeting and refreshments will be served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-05
BEAU BRUMMEL
 CLUB TO DANCE
Y Members to Celebrate 9th Anniversary at
 WaverIy Saturday

The Beau Brummells, largest or- ganized club of the Young Mems section of the Y. M. 0. A., will hold their fifth annual anniversary dIn- ner dance Saturday evening at Waverly Inn. Fifteen charter mem- bers are still active in the club The committees in charge include Van l.. Snyder, Otto Shatas, chair man and Tom Murphy.
 Thomas Ranslow heads the com mittee on refreshments while the entertainment committee will be headed by William Shatas and Joseph Carroll.
 During the evening talks will be given by Walter Kolehagen and William Hayden.
 Lomer Manseau. Stanton Webster Fred Goodwin and Jack Creaven comprise the program committee.
 A special feature will be the first issue of the Beau Brummellite, de- dicated to this occasion. William Shatas assured the club of one is- sue that will be 8 credit to the club.
 The whole affair will be under the direction of Joseph B. Kushlis, president, who will act as toast master.