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Evening star., 1937-07-29
Men, as a rule, do not like house

Men, as a rule, do not like house
plants.
There is one specimen. however,
which seems to appeal to most Of them.
This is the African violet, to be Sc
cured at florists.
There is secret to growing it.
Many persons have purchased speci-
men, to have it die out, its leaves turn
ing brown or mildewing, the plant simply
refusing to bloom.
Properly handled, it will bloom for
four or five months, being covered with
the fine violetlike flowers day after day.
The secret of growing this plant lies
in the method of watering.
Watering from the top spells its
doom.
Since that is the old-fashioned method
OF watering house plants, it is most often
used, with the results aforementioned.
The real way to water this plant is
from the bottom.
The ordinary flower pot of porous
material, in which it is sold is placed
IN larger and better looking Jar of
non porous composition.
This outer jar is the receptacle for
the water, which is kept about an inch
high in the bottom.
There is no hard and fast rule about
this; the only thing to be sure of is
that there always is water in this outer
jar.
The moisture soaks through the walls
of the inner pot, and the plant roots
take up all they need. and no more.
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Under this treatment the leaves grow
larger and larger, the color is an intense
soft green, covered with down, and the
whole plant has an air of thriftiness it
seldom attainS by any other method.
The plant will live for years
the fine little flowers, of course are
the main reasons for having the plant
around; under the system Of handling
explained here these are put forth in
great numbers day after day.
1t is nothing unusual to have a good
plant start blooming about March Is
and keep it up for months. AS many
as Is to 20 of these typically violet
flowers, with soft yellow centers, are on
the plant constantly.
We are acquainted with one plant
which is about foot in diameter. 1t
started blooming March Is and at this
writing is still going strong.
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The African violet is a versatile plant.
While most of the time it should have
good, strong light, but not too much
sunshine, it will do nicely for DAYS at
time in fairly dark position.
1t may be placed any time on a table
as centerplece, usage always at
tractlve TO women.
Flowers on the table especially at
luncheon, always make a great hit with
the ladies'
Under the method of watering advised
here the entire outfit may be lifted easily
and placed on the table, TO be removed
later.
Strong sunlight during Summer is
somewhat dangerous to the plant, not
so much from the light as from the
heat rays.
Therefore, care must be taken to pro-
tect 1t from them. If the jar. is at
southern or western window, pull down
the blind. Plenty of light will come
through. Even then too much heat
may be given it This is an African
variety, still it does not like 100 much
heat.
Watering this plant from the top Is
the big mistake
Evening star., 1937-07-29
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
Utah's Glass Mountain.

How unpoetic human life will be
When mountains are erected from
glass jars,
All Handicapped with Dame Natures
shrubs and flowers!
Perhaps, in time, we'll gaze up at glass
stars
And ponder, in their motivated light.
On Gods creation being put to flight.
Well sit. perhaps, beside sparkling
stream
Compounded from our melted silver
ware.
Cooled in the zenith Of Summer noon
BY fresh breeze of artificial air;
With knowledge new of therapeutic ways
Take a sun bath in ultraviolet rays.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

China and Japan have been formally
requested by personages Of world influ-
ence to avoid war. 1t is rather startling
to be expected to observe what has
already taken place in North China as
mere incidental demonstration.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

1t remains for nations concerned in
the triumph Of the Davis Cup team to
find something pleasant to be talked
about in world demonstration The
U. S. A. tennis players demonstrated
for ten years that a patient loser may
make a good winner.
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Other States have been looking on
and wondering, perhaps, whether Ken
lucky, even though honored by memo
rles OF several great men. is not sud-
denly claiming too much Of the historic
spotlight.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

One OF the alarming features of the
labor situation is a fear that Mr.. John
l.. Lewis has found in the conditions
that present themselves a temptation
to assume that old material has devel-
oped new political situation.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

Retroactive water rates for tie Dis
trict Of Columbia are proposed. 1t is
perhaps a cheering relief to find the
Nations Capital concerned with the
expense of simple aqua pura.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

New voices are to be influential over
radio, including that Of Mr.. Charles
Nicholson, whose fame as a Democratic
national committeeman is world wide.
Al Smith will continue TO regard the
air as a foreign influence and possibly
continue to refer to the raddlo."
Evening star., 1937-07-29

one OF the bothersome characteristics
of the United States Supreme Court is
the manner in which its members take
their usual Summer vacations and leave
personal anxiety to the professional poll
ticians.
Evening star., 1937-07-29
NOn-Production.

The man who strives for no result
Save personal enjoyment
Presents a problem difficult
Concerning unemployment.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

Vice President Garner ventures to Of
Ter some political suggestions without
dwelling unduly on the fact that Texas
is as big As three or even four ordinary
States.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

The country cheerfully voted for q
new deal, but was evidently not pre-
pared for SO many novelty plays in
rapid succession.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

New York has an exposition as well as
a political situation to take care Of
Metropolitan discretion was never more
obviously in demand.
Evening star., 1937-07-29
Trouble Enough.

Some OF your friends think you ought
to write your "reminiscences"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum II have
trouble enough with the political
reporters without taking on the book
reviewers"
Evening star., 1937-07-29
Genuine Applause.

Oenulne Applause.
II don't pretend to criticize"
Said Hezekiah Bings,
"The words of men accounted wise /.
Concerning numerous things;
But when hear talk that's fair
And clearly understood,
The fruit of conscientious care.
I say that's mighty good!
when something goes beyond my mind
And reaches for my heart,
And makes me want to help mankind
To get better start,
! do not yearn for the display
That ripping rhetoric brings.
That's mighty good is all say"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
"A man ought to make de most of his
talents" said Uncle Eben, "ceppin' when
his talents happen to run to sumpin' like
ersp ihootin' oe razor sw1ngin'."
Evening star., 1937-07-29

Jud Tunkins says he never hesitates to
lend an umbrella. because it's worth the
loss of the umbrella to get rid of false
friend.
Evening star., 1937-07-29
A Subtle Charm.

"What is there about golf that gives a
man such sense of freedom and
exhilaration?"
Il don't know" replied Mr.. Growcher,
unless it's the privilege of promenading
over the landscape without being warned
to keep off the grass"
Strife is not worthy OF pursuit." said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. Even
our hopes of happiness in future life
are based on the happiness we can bring
into this one"
Evening star., 1937-07-29

Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

Q. What became Of Emmett Dalton
OF the robber gang?-H. w.
A. Emmett Dalton, the only surviving
member of the gang, died recently He
had served prison term, reformed and
after release worked for improved prison
conditions.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

@. What IS the musical phrase called
which recurs whenever a certain person
or idea is presented in opera?-T. H.
A. 1t is known as a leitmotif. =
Evening star., 1937-07-29

reader can get the ans1Der to ory
question OF fact by nriting The Epenino
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
HasH'n, Director, Washington, D. C.
Pledse 1nclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

Q, Who was the first President of tho
United States to toss out the first ball
OF the season in Washingtons first big
league base ball game?-C. T.
A. The National Press Clubs Goldfish
Bowl says that the custom started with
President Mckinley.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

@. How much more than gold is ra-
dium Worth?-L. w.
A. Radium is worth $4,000 times as
much as gold.
Evening star., 1937-07-29

Q. Do any OF the radio comedians
write their own hnes?-E w.
A. Among those who use original ma
terial are w. C. Fields, Bob Burns,
Stoopnagle and Bud, Fred Allen, Doc
Rockwell and Edgar Bergen.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26
No Exceptional Accidents

Every automobile accident seems eX- ceptional, perhaps, to the persons involved and to others who read about 1t. It is a terrible tragedy or a narrow escape, ac- cording to it's severity, but something no one expected. That attitude may be one reason why accidents continue to increase in number. People do not take their pre- vention seriously enough.
 Statistics on automobile accidents make clear the wholesale slaughter and its needless folly. Then thoughtful citizens are aroused to action. Governor Cross ot Connecticut, opening the states current campaign for auto safety said: "The issue before us as citizens is nothing less than a question of life or death. In the past ten years nearly 5000 people have been killed on our highways-think of itl Five thousand people laid down their lives for no good reason. In the same period nearly 10000 people have been injured. (That is about the population of Bridge port.) In this same ten-year period more than 100000 accidents have been report ed. That is about one accident for every other motor car ln the state. We can put a stop to such things. And am firmly determined that we shall"
 That should be the firm determination of all America today-governors and may ors and police and drivers and pedes- trians and safety councils and children!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26
School Girls and Boys

The American coeducational system as practiced in the high schools seems to be unwise and unfair to boys, according to study of 55,OO0 high school students in Cleveland. Boys and girls of the same age don't seem to belong together in that period of their lives. The girls, as rule, get along nicely with their school work, but the boys lag behind them and are inclined to resent the girls superior smartness, and lose interest in their studies.
 The trouble, the educational experts discover, is simply this - that the boys average two years behind the girls in their development, physically, socially and mentally. They are not less intelligent, but merely younger intellectually. That is why they seem dumb" and awkward In their high school classes. The school system fits the girls but doesn't fit the boys.
 To restore the boys sclf-respect, and keep the girls from undue pride. and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26
Sad Commentary

The two hit-and-run cases which have occurred in Waterbury in the last few days are sad commentary on this mod ern civilization. People today are won't to speak of the last century in American history as one in which the residents of the United States labored under great difficulties. They had no modern lr- ventions to make their lives a bit easier. They had no advanced theories of life with which to console themselves. Those of us who feel sorry for the forefathers of the nation bemoan the olden days.
 Yet in many respects they were just as advanced as the ones in which we now live. True there were no modern inven- tions like the automobile, the radio, elec- trical devices of all descriptions, not to mans convenience. Living was pretty much simplified in those days. You went to bed early and arose early to make the most use of the daylight hours. Enter tainment was confined to the home and was always highly appreciated.
 Today everything is made easier for our existence. We even have men Shap- ing our lives to various patterns and urg- luE us HoC Co i've up Co olu ILeolleS WAaV they call antedated. One of those Is casting individual responsibility to the winds. Certainly the case of the hit-and- run driver must be ascribed to the fact that characters are weakened by easy liv- ing and by lack of proper training. We shoulder few responsibilities and those we do assume are taken with little or no regard for anyone else.
 The hit-and-run driver is the perfect example of what not to be. We sincere ly hope that the two responsible for the murders of the last few days will be caught. This will not merely see justice done, but 1t will also be of immense value in giving the culprits some idea of where they have sinned against their own na- ture and also against society by their transgressions and by their failure to ac- cept these transgressions and assume responsibility for them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26
The Bar and Child Labor

The American Bar Association has de- cided to conduct a referendum of its mem- bership on the pending Child Labor Amendment It has also changed the name of its Special Committee to Oppose Ratification by States of Federal Child Labor Amendment to Special Committee on Amendments and Legislation Relating, to Child Labor. That decision, and that change of name, suggest modified atti- tude on the part of the Bar Association toward this question: Under It's new name, the special committee ought to be able to study the problem from all angles, to consider all the arguments for as well as against the pending amendment and the proposed Vandenberg Amendment. The country as whole is clearly op- posed to the employment of children in gainful occupations which interfere with their education, endanger their health, deprive them of recreation, stunt their social and physical growth, and hold back decent labor standards generally. There has been great difference of opinion about the way to accomplish the elimination Of child labor. Failure to ratify the Amend ment has not stopped the argument. some states formerly backward in their protection of children have begun to im- prove their standard with more enlight- ened laws. But there are still many child laborers. The Bar Association could do useful piece of work by making an open minded study of the situation and of ways and means to correct it's evils.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26

Over in New Britain Judge William E. Hagearty issued stern warning from the bench last week to tavern proprietors and others dispensing liquor over bars. He stated that sales to minors were going to result in appearances in court of the &C., cused sellers. This is as 1t should be. The law specifically declares against liquor sales to minors. Common sense indicates that such sales are not legitimate ones and only result in bad results. We don't think that any reputable seller would cater to minor knowingly. We can un- derstand how an occasional youths age might be guessed wrong, but in the average case seasoned barman knows the age of his customer Walters can be similarly trained. We don't see any good reason for anyone trying to start the youth of the nation off to tipsy start. Boys and girls ought to be brought up by their parents not to touch liquor un- til they arrive at certain age. At one time 21 was the accepted age; 25 is not too old in this writer's estimation, if 1t has to be then.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26

Franklin D. Roosevelt and they make no bones about 1t.
 Invited to attend the dedication ceremonies of the new Federal Reserve Board building, at which the President spoke, ABA presl- dent OrvaI w. Adams, first vice. president Philip A. Benson, and second vice president Robert M. HaneS, declined.
 Caustice New Deal critic Sem ator Garter Glass, former Abr president, Robert V. Fleming, and numerous other bankers we're on hand. But the three Association executives were cOnspicuously absent.
 Merry Round
 The man who gets the job of Chief of Police at "Tugwelltown," or Greenbelt, Md, won't be able to call his soul his own. He will also be Chief Guide and Chief of the Fire Department. There will be three regular Tugwelltown officers under the Chief, but in the event of Q major fire, a mur- der, or an avalanche of visitors, the carpenters, gardeners, electri- clans and mechanics around the town will automatically become policemen, flremen or guides, as the situation warrants. !. Young Zazi Aranha, lively daugh- ter of the Brazilian Ambassador, has organized an athletic club among the girls of the diplomatic corps. Speaking of sports, Secretary Perkins and other high ranking New Deal women have been invited to join the Ladies Federal Duckpiil League. And speaking of exercise, the Library of Congress has l6 miles of book stacks. 7
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, Oct. 28.-That debon- air gentleman in expensive gray in the police lineup the other day was Harold Russell Ryder, one of the fiamboyant Broadway playboys of the Terrific Twenties. Suave as ever, nonchalant as on the nights l1e used to toss $20 bills to the wait CTS of this cabaret or that. Ryder was charged with violating the con- ditions under which he was released on parole from Sing Sing.
 Ryder went up the river for grand larceny In the $2,000, 900 failure of @ brokerage firm. He served years and ' months and was paroled on the promise that he would stay away from the stock market. But he couldn't-and didn't. When he was picked up, authorities said that he was on the trail of investors again.
 Many a night club owner sighed unhappily at Ryder's arrest. If he had $l00,0o0, the night clubs would have obtained $76,000 of 1t. For ne was never one to spare the vintage wine or deny lovely lady @ siip- perful of champagne.
 The SEQ brought about his ar- rest so the night club owners may have a rightful squawk against the government for interference with business.
 Headwaiter's Memory
 They say Postmaster General Jim Farley never forgets a name or face but to little lesser ex- tent, any important headwaiter On or of the Main Stem has the same knack for memory work. It is part of a headwaiter's equipment, add ing the personal touch when greet ing arriving guests. To know off, hand the customers name, in ad- dition to that certain, sudden quirk of the eyebrow, that imperceptible lowing from the waist and that welcoming smile, Is as important in a headwaiter's routine as a carpen- ter,s set of tools.
 Not the least adept headwaiter in town is Louis ("Just call me Louis') of the Yacht Club. Louis has been around. After 8 quarter of a century of headwaitmg in New York, he shipped of with the old Leviathan and became maitre d'hotel aboard. He stopped of to headwait in, among other places. Bombay and Shanghai, and he also screwed in the cafe at the Tai Ma hal. So he knows most globe trot- ters as well. He has managed four languages during his career, and back in Manhattan he keeps up with parties and first nights, in order to catch up on familiar faces. Jest Fun
 From the 0angsters: A ventril- oquist had to give up his profession, cites Raymond Paige, because his voice got SO strong he couldn't throw 1t.
 Phil Baker reveals that auto- graph hounds now ask celebrities to sign on loose-ieaf pages, so that when the signatory becomes Q flop, his page can come out easily
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26

make the whole system work more smoothly, the educators think the system should be revamped. If the classes are to continue mixed, perhaps the boys should be put with girls year or two younger than themselves. Then there would be more harmony, more satisfac- tion, and perhaps better work.
 It should be understood, too, that these things even out later on. The boys in due time equal the girls of their own age in mental development, and eventually sur pass them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26
Selected Poem
APPLE ORCHARD
(By the Rev. Philip Jerome Cleveland
 in the Boston PoSt)


 (By the Rev. Philip Jerome Cleveland
 in the Boston PosD Jed worked his many acres dawn till dark Field, pasture, cord-wooc lot, ill cloud or sun; He laid out work no gang of men could do . And planned new duties when his day was done He crossed his fields and drove old Dobbin down To village every week; Jed knew no rest Cut hauled, dried, sorted, patched, nailed, sawed
 and piled,
 What hours had he for church, what time to dress? The folks who knew him best, they alus said That one sight only gave him pause for breath Walking or riding, cycling down hill Only one vision to his day of death. An apple orchard, ripened in the sun, Would catch his eye; it would not let him pass; He'd stop, yank reins, wheel up to let his gaze Move down the boughs and slide along the grass. God! Amt them beautiesl Red as sunsets bel Time cider press was grndin' in the mill, Heap-full O jucel Ya know, I'd like to tote team-load O 'em now down from the hiIl" He'd smoke, look long and hungry, have his fling To Baldwin, Macintosh and Mortimer Spy Then "Giddap"-wheel on or strike his gait And glance back wisnful when be had passed by. Then when he died they say, he rose in bed: "Gad Thems the best yeti" neighbors heard him
 cry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26

Over in France sales of horses are on the increase. The farmers are going in heavy for horses rather than tractors. And the demand is so heavy that prices are rising. A good horse will fetch $40 more this year than 1t would in 1886. A six-months Percheron foal sells for $l00 to $15o and there are plenty of sales. One of the prime reasons for the popu- larity of the horse over the tractor is, Of course, the high cost of gasoline in France. And another is that farm ma chinery of the automotive type are most ly American and, hence, repairs are ex- nenSiYe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26
A Book a Day
Prize Novelette, Is Stark Love Story

If you lean at all toward the nov elette, you ought to mark for your must" list Wallace Stegners stark story Remembering Laughter" (Little, Brown, $l.25).
 MT. Stegner has just won with this novelette, the $2500 prize con test staged by the Boston publish CTS, Little, Brown, and proved that a great deal can be done with the shorter fiction form.
 The book takes you to Iowa's broad acres in the early 1900s. It moves around the three protagonists Alec, lusty, laughing farmer, Mar garet Mcleod, his Calvinist wife, and Elspeth, Margaret's impulsiye young sister. a
 Margaret invariably drowned on the impetuosity of Alec, endeavored to curb his eXuberance. As the days slipped by resentment moved in on love in Aces heart. And then came Elspeth.
 The same vital force that was Alec's pulsed in Elspeth's veins. And 1t proved too much for both of them. In the end Margaret found her sister with Alec al.d vowed eterv nal Calvinist punishment.
 Eighteen sunless years followed that day; IS years in which Alec and Margaret and Elspeth, and Els peth's child lived together in the same house, yet scarcely noticed each other. For Margaret there could be no compromise between sin and God. s' sEo !
 And then Alec died one day and the child went away. But escape had come too late for the sisters! They found reunion but the years, had scared too deeply ever to per- init real happiness again.
 Notably well written is this book of MT. Stegner's, rising to superb climax. Yet one cannot lay 1t down but with some regret that the au- thor so closely paralleled Edith Whartons classic, Ethan Frome.A MT. Stegner shows great promise and he might have done as well striking an entirely different pat tern.-P. c. F. Y