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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13

rather suspects that he might, In time,
named bulbs.
There is today complete lore of the
gladiolus.
The literature of this flower is growing
every year, along with the various So
cieties devoted to the propagation Of the
bulbs.
New varieties spring up each year from
the growing fields of the hybridzers. All
over the world men are creating new
varieties, many Of them no better than
the best of the older varieties, but every
now and then some new ones are out
standing
There is an endless field for investiga-
ton in the pleasant field OF gladiolus
growing. That IS why buying so-called
named varieties" is necessary, If one
really wants to know what he is planting.
If one does not, unlabeled bulbs, and
so cheaper, may be planted with fullest
satisfaction.
It must be admitted that not every one
is interested in flowers to the extent of
desiring to know the name OF the bulb,
its originator, something about him,
where he lives, what are some other
ordinations of his and so on.
These matters, so intensely interesting
if one happens to be built that way"
mean nothing at all to your average
flower grower, who merely asks plenty of
blossoms.
Such matters, indeed, are simply a
worry to many. and their wishes must be
respected, because they love beauty, too.
X 4
1t is on the plane of love of beauty
that all persons who grow the gladiolus
may be united.
Here Is one of the most beautiful of
all flowers, which may be grown by any
body with few square feet of soil in the
sun.
Usually it requires no more than plac-
ing in the ground plenty of fertilizer,
either of the type used in fertilizing corn
or any of the better grades of chemical
fertilizers now on the market. Bone meal
is good.
Bulbs properly planted take from three
days to two weeks to poke their leaf tips
through the SOIL After that the bloom
ing time runs from so to 80 days. The
usual time from putting into the ground
until blooming may be put at so days.
This permits planting succession of
bulbs, to bloom after each other, so that
properly worked gladiolus garden may
have plants in flower from July to o.
tober.
A love for the gladiolus often comes as
sort of conversion.
One sees the flower, knows its name, if
not variety; says, "Oh, very pretty; but
that is all.
Then all of sudden, one stops before
florists window and admires a vase of
some single variety, such as Picardy, let
us say.
Hours later the vision of those beauties
flashes into the mind
One inquiries the name of the variety
The work is done! From then on the
amateur insensibly becomes a gladiolus
fan" although he may not suspect it at
the time
Let him stick to good clay soil with
some sand in it, to plenty of sun
shine, and good bulbs, large size prefer
ably. Then he will have flowers of
the type which gave the modern gladiolus
its worldwide reputation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13
Keep Up the Barriers
Against immigration
To the Editor Of The Star

10 the Edltor OF Inc star:
Now that the country is beginning to
recover from the depression, alien labor
ers and others are beginning to clamor
for the right to migrate to this country.
Consequently the alien organizations are
bringing pressure to bear to bring about
relaxation Of our immigration and
deportation laws.
The Secretary of State, it is reported,
has just now discovered that the re-
strictions which have existed for a num-
Der of years prohibiting Mexican poems
and Canadian workers from entering our
country to take jobs away from native
American workers are contrary to Roose-
velt's so-called good neighbor policy. And
the Kerr-Coolidge bill has been revived
to authorize the Secretary of Labor, in
her discretion, to stay the deportation
laws against alien lawbreakers illegally
in the country.
The fact that staggering public debt
has accrued during the past few years
largely because Of the vast amounts OF
public money expended for relief OF des-
titute aliens in our midst is irrelevant, so
far as aliens are concerned who want to
enter our country. The fact that every
time an alien is admitted native
worker Is deprived OF q JoD Is dlSo
irrelevant to alien lovers. And the fact
that alien lawbreakers illegally in the
country may now be filling jobs which
might otherwise be filled by native work.
ers is irrelevant to our Labor Depart
ment with its pro-alien, anti-American
sympathies.
We were beginning to feel that Amer
lea belonged to Americans. But 1t Is
noticeable that the old delusion about
our country being an asylum for others
still persists in some quarters. Let us
hope, however, that there are enough
full FLOODED Americans in Congress to
see that our immigration and deportation
laws are preserved and enforced.
r. WILSON.
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opinions to themselves. This gives the
President tremendous power, power
that is constantly increasing.
With this growth of power there
has developed side by side lack of
understanding that there is difference
between good thing in itself and what
is good thing for the Government of
the United States to do And yet these
are two entirely different things. When
the Government was established in this
country, the founders recognized the
difference. They limited the things that
the Federal Government could do as
against the States and the people them
selves.
The stage has been reached where
many idealists wish that those limita-
lions on the power of the Federal Gov
eminent were removed. They want the
Federal Government, which for practi-
cal purposes means the Executive, to do
anything that it wants to do.
An example, perhaps extreme, but not
more extreme than some OF the things
the Executive has already asked Is
a suggestion that the Federal Govern
ment supply shoes to third of the
people, who it is said, are not properly
supplied with shoes. This may be an
admirable thing in itself. 1t would,
however, require the Federal Govern
ment to set up shoe factories, as it has
set up theaters and is publishing guide
books. 1t would be costly project, and
the money would come out of the pockets
of all the taxpayers, which means out
OF the pockets of all the people, for all
the people pay taxes of one kind or
another. 1t would not be good thing
for the Federal Government to do. There
is distinctly limit to the things which
the Federal Government should under
take to do. And yet there is in sight
no limit to the demands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.

Nightfall in the Woods.
Sunlight, still shimmering through the
blowing leaves,
Fantastic shadows on the green moss
WeaveS,
And from the forest depths, in glorious
rush,
Comes the sweet prayer-hymn Of the
hermit thrush.
The light grows DINNER; yet from sun
downs glow
Long rays of roseate beauty ebb and flow:
The thrush sings on, full-throated notes
of praise
For life in all the Springtide, rapturous
days.
The sky, just glimpsed between the leafy
bars,
Becomes dark blue behind the first, faint
stars;
The thrush has nested somewhere in the
trees. -.
Rocked into slumber by the fresh night
breeze.
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
The Disregarded Signal.

The Disregarded Signal.
They say Experience will prove
The teacher best of all.
Our minds toward loftier thought 'twI
move
Her lessons to recall.
And yet it was Experience
That placed where all could see
That word Of warning so immense
Spelled "P-A-I-N-T."
We smell the perfume and we say
THAT is the same old stuff
And then our fingers DER stray
To prove it is no bluff.
Experience got second hand
Mere fiction seems to be;
We must get smudged to understand
It's "P-A-I-N-T."
It's useless to relate the woe
OF cards or dice or rum.
Though victims old their perils show.
New perils swiftly come.
We scott at warnings that men frame
So thoughtfully and free.
We treat plain signals just the same
AS "P-A-I-N-T."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13

After all, the uniform worn by our own
distinguished Gen. j. j. Pershing had
its marks of sensibility of the magnif1-
cence OF the occasion in which it was his
destiny to participate. He permitted him.
self to be drawn into personal remarks
concerning an interview which he should
not have been expected to give, and
turned what might have been a mere
opinion with regard to attire into ques-
ton of diplomatic concern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13

good story enlivens even an account
OF so solemn ceremonial as that which
the world has just been called upon to
witness. But it requires greater genius
to give the good story a right to rank
in quality with the simple efforts of
men to speak with true sincerity about
themselves and the conditions they
must face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13

Motion pictures have been required to
submit to certain amount of scrutiny
with view to getting them into line
with hope for human betterment which
the public demands. When the public
exacts new ideals, the call for improve
ment will be registered even though in
terms of deliberate procedure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13

England made so much of the corona
ton as to command the respectful con-
sideration even of persons whose po-
litical prospects require a more modern
stage craftsmanship. What is very old
has way of combining in harmony with
what is very new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13

When Mr.. Ickes desires a new auto
mobile in his business he makes his
necessity clear, and allows the figures
to speak for themselves. He might buy
car and save time, but this would imply
an independence of status which no en-
ploye Of the Government likes to assume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13

After all, there is some argument in
favor Of conservative costume in legiti-
mate entertainment. The coronation
costuming was as splendid as could be
and yet free from the intrusion of sheer
physical lure.
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PrecariOus BettOrs.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Small boys have caught the Cover
ment drift. Time was when they bet a
million. Now their bets run into the
billions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13

Old methods of investment are still
considered worthy of businesslike con-
sideration. There is hesitation about
the adjustment of new methods to con-
ditions that have been made frankly
experimental.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13
A Chance to Raise Revenue,

From tho Arkansas Gazette.
Nothing further is being said about the
plan to broadcast debates in the House
and Senate. Couldn't Congress interest
q spooSor?
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Human Nature.

Some of your friends disagreed with
the ideas of our great leader" said the
constituent.
They didn't exactly disagree with his
IDEAS" answered Senator Sorghum "They
Just got tired of seeing him have his
own way so much Of the time"
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Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Other States and Canada
Member Of the Associated Press,

A., The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
The use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
herein are also reserved
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Jud Tunkins says he has quit COM
planning about the weather. 1t at least
has the merit Of being non-taxable.
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Harmony.

Harmony.
When all the world is threatening strife
And good advice goes wrong
We are reminded that this life
Should be one grand sweet song.
Though perseverance is a thing
Which in great worth abounds,
The more some Of us try to sing
The worse it really sounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13

"A rich man." said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, may be most generous and
still be unpopular. The fact that he has
wealth to give away makes him the
more envied."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13
Common Humanity.

Common Humanity.
We sometimes mention the mistakes
Which a respected person makes;
No malice leads us 50 to do,
We like to think he's human, too.
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Sim of Financial Ability.

Financial fame my friend will find.
In commerce he will be hit
Because the way his name is signed
Looks like chain lightning in fit.
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Night Final Edition.

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"De man dat's lookin' fob trouble, +"
said Uncle Eben, lis de only one knows
who loses BY bettin' On q sure thing"
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with him at the Carlton Hotel tho
other day:
I'VE are releasing our combination
sleeper and day plane with equipment
that was built specially for us. There
will be actually 80 per cent less for
the pilots to watch in flight than on
the old DC-2's.
Comfort is paramount in the cabin
arrangement-l7 seats in a space
licensed to hold IS There is a so.
inch space between them 50 that even
tall man has plenty of room. These
seats cost $3.50 apiece. The spring
cushions are down-f1lled: under each
seat is steamer chair-type foot rest
that can be pulled out at the pas
senger's wish.
Raymond Loewy, who designed
some of the streamlined trains, did
the interior decoration, combination
OF dark red leather, maroon and gray,
with copper trim and goat skin-cov-
cred bulkheads. All the metal fittings
are copper"
So much for the Douglas of today.
The Douglas Of tomorrow goes into
the sub-stratosphere, with a modified
version Of the DC-3 as a. beginning,
and the De-, first of the four engined
land planes, to be adopted lated Al
though no definite announcement Is
obtainable from the company as yet
on the current progress of the DC-4,
1t is understood that the difficulties
encountered with the plans for this
ship, being developed as a joint en-
terprise for the big Five" airlines,
are being ironed out satisfactorily
and that real progress toward procue.
ton will begin shortly.
HAROLD CRARY, vice president
Of United Airlines, recently gave
me an interesting group Of approx
mate figures on the DC-4 and the
comparable land plane recently an.
nounced by Boeing in its re-entry into
the transport building field. In still
air over a distance of 1,400 miles, the
Boeing Is supposed to carry 80 pas
sengers and 600 pounds Of cargo; the
DC-4, 40 passengers and 3,l00 pounds
giving the Douglas the edge of some-
thing like 1000 pounds more paw load,
but the Boeing an air speed IL miles
per hour faster. Both planes will
cost about $275,000 each in initial
production, and will have high altitude
possibilities, the DC-4 being started
at current normal fight levels, the
Boeing supercharged and ready for
10000 feet cruising, but, again &C
cording to Mr.. Frye, being tested first
around current levels
This Boeing," he told me when
discussing T. w. AS order for Six~of
these high altitude planes to be de-
hvered and put into service next
Spring. will be the first transport chip
that will be as nearly streamlined - Is
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ing hours, by Marines with "gats" at
their sides.
The main reason for the war games
is to put on grand show that is the
ultimate in training" explained a
high official at the Navy Department.
The dates for the war games are
from April Is to May 20. The ma
neuvers are officially designated as
Fleet Problem 49," The. white" and
"black" fleets will represent opposing
forces.
THE grand umpire in the games this
year is Admiral Arthur J. Hep
burn, commander in chief of the
United States Fleet, who Is aboard
his flagship, the Pennsylvania. Com
manding the Battle Force is Admiral
Claude c. Bloch, who is remembered
in the National Capital as a former
commandment Of the Washington Navy
Yard and later as judge advocate gen.
eral of the Navy. Vice Admiral Will
liam T. Tarrant is commanding the
Scouting Force. This big three"
guide the war games over the vast
triangle.
There are indications that the new
destroyer leaders-the 1,850-ton craft
will be brought into battle line rs q
division or two.
A given situation Is presented to
each fleet commander and he must
work 1t out to his best advantage,
OF course, the Navy Department Is
Withholding details OF the current
problem and not even q hint Of it
will leak out If the Government can
prevent. This Is a secret that is being
kept within the bosom Of the official
family.
The war games have been worked
out at Secretary Swansons direction,
with the aid and advice OF Admiral
William D. Leahy, chief of naval op-
erations; the General Board, which
advises the cabinet officer on matters
OF policy; the Naval War College,
War Plans and Naval Operations.
Sometimes there is co-ordinated
action with the Army. This is de-
pendent upon the nature of the prob
lem in hand. But the Navy carries
its own army with 1.-THE United
States Marines. Recently, of the
California Coast, At San Clemente
Island, there were landing operations
held by Marines from Quantico, Va,
and elsewhere, in series Of war
problems. These were the minor war
games, the prelude to the big show
going on now in the Pacific.
With the Army cooperating, there
are Army observers aboard the naval
vessels. On each maior ship are Sec
ondary umpires, whose job 1t is to
keep the official tally and notify head
quarters when ship is sunk" or
crippled in action" or just "hit." The
in real combat.
During the games no shore liberty
is permitted. That would be grand
give-away to have hundreds of blue
jackets trooping down the docks and
giving q hint to the opposition"
While the maneuvers are in progress
officers and enlisted men are ship
bound. Not even q piece Of mail Is
received-unless picked up from the
mail buoy" Radio is silenced, save
for urgent messages.
The warships steam along in the
dark with a minimum Of highland
probably the old ban, used during
the World War, of not permitting
refuse or garbage to be thrown over
board during the daytime as tell
tale, is clamped down.
The monster floating fortresses move
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-09
Vanity Of Victim Produces
Quick Response as Bait
Is Valued Publicity.

The operation Of the racket entails
the maintenance Of . monthly pub
LEGATION, with its accompanying over
head. But the profits derived there
from make both the investment and
the labor expended well worth while.
The crew is composed Of an editor,
two rewrite men (ex-newspaper men) +,
two research men and two telephone
solicitors or statesmen in the true sense
of the word.
Each morning the editor arrives at
headquarters very early, armed with
all the daily papers, local trade maya
zines, etc. In short space Of time
out come clippings of all kinds to be
given the research men for. follow
up" They Immediately proceed to
gather the information required to
insure q good puff" In no time, it
seems, they have acquired q short
history Of the whether he
Is single or married, number of men,
bers in his family, business Affiliations,
clubs and civic activities. Their desks
are cluttered with who Is Whose"
blue books, red books, sociA regis
ters, directories and books containing
(oonsinued on Fourth Page.)
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unless they bought him oil. Tho
puff peddler" works along entirely
different lines. His publication Is
used as bait. He reads a eulogistic
news story to the subject and makes
him pay to see it in print. The scheme
is based on the theory that every one
loves to see his or her name in print
at some time or other, and if accom-
panied by a cleverly written puff"
will pay we'll for this privilege, when
properly approached
THE success Of the racket depends
almost entirely upon the solicitors
telephone canvass. This mild bit Of
oratory must be carefully memorized
by the racketeer, and he must be ready
with q quick reply to any query, for
the prospect must be landed on the
first call. They never bite the second
time.
This project is just in the prelini-
nary stage in Washington, although
they have made . few nice SCORES
already.
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Operator Scorns PIebeian
Associations Among Other
ChiseIers.
By Joseph Marian.

TN THIS article we will digress
slightly from our treatise on
charity chiseling," and write upon
L the subject, Puff Peddling," .
racket started immediately following
the World War. Lying dormant dur
ing the first five years Of the depres-
sion, it has been revived only within
the past year. and, having decided to
pay 8 visit to our promising city, its
principals are preparing to go to
town" with vengeance
The writer was hooked" by this
proposition back in more prosperous
day, but it is through no thought Of
revenge or spite that this article is
written. We do not wish to be placed
In the light Of reform crusader, but
1t also comes within the classification
Of "the rackets," and 50 long as they
are permitted to thrive and flourish
during these days Of suf1rance just
that much longer will Old Man Pros
perity hang around the corner"
For this reason, the manipulations
Of this racket, although not hiding
behind the cloak Of charity, should be
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COLUMBIA RULES THE WAVES

" Fleet 200 Ships and $4,000 Men Strong Engaged Annual
Battle Practice as Secrecy Guards Maneuvers
of "Opposng" Forces
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games Hawaii will be uppermost In
the minds Of the senior naval officers,
for it would be major prize indeed
in a real war-a prize to hold-a prize
to capture. So, with q circle of float
ing steel Uncle Sam will surround
Hawaii to prove anew that his Navy
Is verify the first line of defense
When the war games are all over,
a round-table conference will be held
This Navy men call critique-a dis
cussion by both Sides Each side will
present its case. The various COM
manders. will tell their stories-their
part in the "conflict"-the bull's-eyes
they scored, the times they failed even
to come near the target. It will all be
sort OF professional confessional.
nut Of the war games, the Navy will
endeavor to learn valued lessons
where there are chinks in the armor,
where the strength lies. And from this
welter Of discussion will come lessons
to be studied at the Naval War Col
lege and mulled over by the gray
boards on the General Board. Out
of 1t will come added knowledge OF the
value of the new cruisers and destroyer
leaders and OF what the battleships
Uncle Sam Is about to construct
should contain.
Navy Department authorities en-
phasize that the war games are not
necessarily devised with the idea Of
determining who won or lost. The
games form training ground. Each
commander makes his recommended
tons and voluminous documents will
be written as the concluding chapter
Of the maneuvers.
For weeks and weeks preparations
have been going forward Some off,
GERS have been detached from duty
in Washington to join their ships be-
fore they Showed off" for the war
games. The only newspaper men per-
mitted aboard will be representatives
of the major press associations.
Cameras will be taboo and every ef-
fort is being made by Admiral Hep
burn to keep the moves under cover.