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Plants Grown in Water
Have Luxuriant Leaves

Plants grown in water have lux
uriant leaves of a brilliant color
which it is impossible to produce in
soil grown house plants. observes a
writer in the Chicago Tribune.
Few plants find nourishment
enough in water alone to sustain
them, and the life span Of those
which do survive is short as COM
pared with the soil grown house
plants. Still, they last many weeks
and sometimes several months.
The familiar Chinese evergreen,
aglaonema, is one of the best sub
jects for growing in this manner. It
has broad green leaves on a heavy
jointed stalk, which seem as tender
and refreshing as lettuce leaves in
spite of their heaviness.
A good way to grow them is to fill
a shallow bowl with pebbles (the
colored or seashen types are pre-
ferred because they are especially
attractive looking) and add enough
water TO cover their surface. The
pebbles will hold the plants in place,
and the roots will spread out into
the water and gain a firm footing
around them.
Another familiar plant which may
be cultivated to advantage in water
is the philodendron. It's heavy
leaves are always a healthy green.
but they will take on an even fresh
er complexion in water.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
MONIES;
Attractions at Roxy Theatre

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday-The faultless recordings
of the voices of Jeanette MacDon-
aid and Nelson Eddy and the beau
tiful settings contained in "The
Girl of the Golden West will furn-
ish sufficient reason for a visit to
the Boyd. This David Belasco
stage play, now making its third
trip to the screen has been gener-
ously equipped with the best that
MING has to offer. Based on
David Belasco's play, THE Girl of
the Golden West" is the story of
Mary, owner of the Polka saloon
and dance hall in a California min
ing town in 1850. She is loved by
the sheriff, Jack Rance, but she
falls in love with Ramerez, a ban
dit, believing him to be an army
officer. Miss Macdonald charms
with her songs and gauche man
nerisms, and the swagger of Mel
son Eddy as the bad man for whom
liberal reward is offered for his
capture becomes him.
Friday and Saturday - At the
Roxy this week, singing Jack Ran
dali rides into Danger Valley to
chalk up another western hit. A
thrilling tale of strange disappear
ances, secret gold mines, and ruth
less killers, Danger Valley is
Randall at his best, battling a
mysterious hidden enemy, singing
his way to love.
Friday and Saturday Federal
Bullets" with Milburn Stone, Ter
ry Walker and Betty Compson, is
chuck full of excitement and can
didate for the seasons finest G.
Man picture.
Monday and Tuesday ~ One of
the most charming rural pictures
to come to town in many a day is
County Fair" Labeled as the only
picture to be made this year about
county fair, it is symbolic of the
rural life that has made America
what it is today. The story con-
Germs a fine American boy -
jockey, played by John Arledge-
and his sidekick, played by Fuzzy
Knight
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Attractions at Strand Theatre

Friday and Saturday Under
suspicion" starring Jack Holt.
Even the most seasoned solvers of
mystery stories will find this one
beyond their ken. It furnishes
Jack Holt with a refreshingly new
and entertaining screen vehicle.
The tale concerns a rich automo-
bile manufacturer whose life is
threatened by an assassination
plot.
Wednesday and Thursday 1.-THE
Adventures of Marco Polo" pre-
sents Gary Cooper as the Italian
adventurer who opened trade with
the Orient. Basil Rathbone leads
the intrigue in which Marco Polo
is enmeshed, and Sigrid Gurie has
the chief romantic role, with Err
nest Truck as Marcos servant and
George Barber as Kublai Khan.
The cast also lists Alan Hale, H. B.
Warner, Binnie Barnes, Henry
Kolker.
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Why Don't We Have Exemptions +?
Detail

Several years ago. every pupil
with an average of IS in any sub
ject was exempted from taking
the final exam in that study.
Everyone worked harder to try to
get out Of taking these dreadful"
examinations. 1, for one, used to
study more diligently. Maybe it
was because I didn't think of so
many things as do now. There
were many boys and girls exempt
ed in those years. But exemptions
were too good to last. They were
taken away and everyone is now
required to take final examinations.
Why can't we have this practice
again? With exemptions as a
goal for which to reach, more good
marks would show on report cards.
Everyone would work to be ex-
empted.
Grier
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produced on a tremendous scale,
with cast of some 5000. The
battle scenes are breath-taking in
their realism and the production as
whole is unforgettable. One of
the most glorious entertainments
of all time, THE Adventures of
Marco Polo" must be seen. 1t will
thrill and delight you.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
Body Must Have Salt

Precipitation is chiefly water, but
it contains a fair amount Of salt
which is discharged from the body.
The body is constantly absorbing
salt and getting rid of it again, but
the operation Of absorption and dis
charge must be 50 balanced as to
insure a regular quantity Of salt in
the body at all times. Salt is neces-
sary for the body and lack Of it may
be serious. Human blood contains
exactly the same amount of salt as
sea Water-unqucstionable evidence
that man originally came out of the
sea, says writer in Pearson's Lon
don Weekly.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
Be In STYLE

The years speedily pass, but
styles change very much faster
than time.
Quite a few years ago dresses
touched the floor; today they are
about fifteen inches from the floor.
One way to be in style is to cut
the bottom off yuor dresses when
they are supposed to be short, and
then when the style changes to
longer dresses, the bottom can be
sewed on again This will save
money and you can always be in
style.
The styles of hots change even
more frequently. To be fashion
able today, a lady must wear a hat
that looks like pie pan turned
upside down with a rose bush
growing on the top, or one that
looks like a water bucket turned
upside down with turkey feathers
placed in various places. In addi-
ton to the donations of the flower
garden and of poultry. the spider
also adds bit to fashion. A veil,
any length at all, must be floating
around your ears. Even though
you look like a horse peeping
through a screened door, you are
considered stylish.
Shirley Charlton
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( l.. Rnssett MOOs'e
PJ gigh School Ne'cs
q TorrR SCHOOL REPORTER
iV STEELE EDMONDSON

ed the plan "fell through"
In spite of the failure to have a
football team, Smyrna now is rep
resented by third sport, namely
track. The track team gives the
boys who are not good il baseball,
q chance to show other ability and
talent in Spring sports.
Though the 'cinder FOUNDERS Of
our school had a little bad luck in
their first meet at Delaware Uni
versity, it doesn't mean that they
are in a hopeless slump. Indeed
it does not. With the whole-heart-
ed support Of the school this com
ing Friday, May IA, the Speed
demons Of our school will kick
cinders in the face of Chestertown.
1 hope!
Leon Pierce
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4
tailed $39, 426.30.
Charters filed during the month
of April totaled 1877 as compared
with 158 in March. Fines collect
ed in April for motor vehicle law
violations were S7,373.5O as COM
pared with $6,836.5O for March.
Gasoline taxes paid in April were
S163, 646.3O as compared with
$135, PIT the previous month.
Requests for $2,482,070 worth of
construction by the now dormant
Federal Emergency Administration
of Public Works in Delaware have
been received by Col. M. E. Gill
more, director of region No. l, it
was announced recently Fifteen
projects totaling this amount of
money are on file for Delaware, he
said.
Growers estimate that the loss
to the Delmarva Peninsula as the
result Of the strawberry crop
shortage will total 100000. 1t
was pointed out that the loss will
not be confined to growers but to
thousands of pickers, crate and
basket manufacturers, brokers,
truckers, railroads, and business
interests.
The faculty and staff of st. An
.drew's School, near town, have
been accepted for membership in
the plan of Group Hospital Service,
Inc, Of Wilmington, and constitute
the 20Oth group now formed in
New Castle County. The addition
of this group to the membership in
the hospital service plan brings the
total to 1853.
The First Engineers Of Fort Du-
Pont held their fourth annual re-
union last Saturday, May 14th. and
several hundred former members
of the regiment returned for the
day and renew old acquaintance.
Approximately 800 invitations had
been mailed out by the committee
at the post handling the arrange
ments for the affair.
The road at Lum's Pond, on the
state highway from Kirkwood to
Summit Bridge, is progressing rap
idly toward completion. About
2,7OO feet of embankment, thrown
up when the canal was dredged in
that area, will be graded and about
1900 feet Of new embankment will
be constructed before the concrete
is poured for the road bed.
The joint graduation class at the
University of Delaware will prob
ably be the largest this year in the
history of the institution and may
number from $50 to 140. Of this
number nearly 100 will be Della
ware College students and the re-
mainder from the Women's Col
lege. Final examinations will start
on May 26th and end June End.
The commencement will be on
Monday, June 9Th.
The Spring sport schedule at the
University Of Delaware will end on
Saturday of this week. The base
ball team, which has had the most
successful season in the history of
the sport at Delaware will play
three games. There were two
games with p. NJ @. the 18th at
Chester and the goth at home and
the final game on Saturday, May
21st, will be with their old rivals
Washington College, at home.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

der. Rehoboth Beach. Arthur
Pierce is chief pilot and instructor
at the airport.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

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tls.r vii not do it again.
n. should be as clean as
ON school building Is
me- Of which We should
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Hester Zachels
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uahslpful one. 1t de-
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Bob White"
Jane Handy
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co MING
SOON! ~
A NEW ~
TELEPHONE N
DIRECTORYZ ZU

Now is The time 10 order
your new telephone and get
your name in the book that
everyone uses.
Friends and bUsinessusso-
eioies expect 10 find your
name in the telephone direc-
tory. II ought 10 be there.
II you have q telephone,
this Is q good time 10 check
your present listing and
advise US of any changes
or corrections needed.
ifyoUwishfo change from
uporiy line to an individual
line, or order any additional
service orextra Iisiings, now
Is The time TO LET US knowI
CALL THE BUSINESS
OFFICE TODAY!
NE DIAMOND STATE TELEPHo "
COMPANY
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BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know i'm and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Receipts from the automobile
license department for April to-
tailed $39, 426.30.
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CALL THE BUSINESS
OFFICE TODAY!

THE DIAMOND STATE TEIEPHoNK
COMPANY
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

Charters filed during the month
of April totaled 1877 as compared
with 158 in March. Fines collect
ed in April for motor vehicle law
violations were S7,373.50 as COM
pared with $6,836.50 for March.
Gasoline taxes paid in April were
$163 ,646.30 as compared with
$135, PIT the previous month.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

the first transpolar flight from Moscow
to the United States.
Turning from the adventurous Pc
riod Of aeronautics to its present con-
dition and future prospects several
books should be mentioned. Burr Ley
sons American Wings, Modern Avia-
ton for Every One" tells of the work
of the American Army Air Corps, the
types of aircraft in use today and the
vocational opportunities in aviation.
Maj. Gen. James z. Fechet, in Fly
ing" one of the Century of Progress
series, answers many of the questions
about airplanes which the layman
finds puzzling, while George Fyfe's
From Box Kites to Bombers' is con-
cerned with the possibilities for de-
structiveness in the airplane and
whether, now that man has conquered
the air, the air will reconquer man.
Other books of interest ore "Once to
Every Pilot" by Capt. Frank Hawks,
describing some of the "bad moments
encountered by well-known pilots;
williams S. Gooch's "skyway to Asia" :"
the personal experiences of member
of the North Haven expedition dis
patched to build commercial air bases
across the Pacific Ocean; "Sky Lark
ing" by Bruce Gould, to whom flying
is pure joy," and Anne NJ. Lindbergh's
North to the Orient" charmingly
written account OF her flight with her
FLYER husband,
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Brief Reviews of Books

South America.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED
STATES. BY Graham H. Stuart.
New York: D. Appleton Century
Co.
A new edition of the well-known
study of diplomatic and commercial
relations between Latin America and
ourselves, bringing the subject up to
date. Authoritative
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC PO-
SITION OF ARGENTINA. BY
Vernon Lowell Phelps. Philadel-
phia: University of Pennsylvania
Press.
Statistical study of the subject, very
detailed and technical.
Agencies.
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AU-
THORITY. BY Clarence Lewis
Hodge. Washington: American
University Press.
A detailed study of the project. Au-
thoritative.
A NEW DEAL FOR YOUTH. BY Betty
and Ernest K Lindley. New York:
The Viking Press.
Undilutedly admiring study Of the
National Youth Administration, al
phabetically known as the N. Y. A.
Munitions.
THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF
KRUPP. BY Bernhard MEME
New York: Lee Furman.
Indignant account of the great mu-
nitions works and its owners.
Biography.
ROBESPIERRE THE INCORRUPT-
IBLE. BY Friedrich Sieburg. New
York: Robert M. Mcbride & Co.
Biography of the revolutionist, some
what on the psychological side.
The Weeks How" Book.
HOW TO REVISE YOUR OWN
STORIES. BY Anne Hamilton
Boston: The Writer. Inc.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

and the world. Specifically, it is set
in the days Of the World War, in a
regiment Of Cossacks who remained
loyal to the Car after the Communist
revolution. We are told by the pub
Usher that the troops in question be-
longed to the East Asiatic Cossack
division which fought on both sides
of the border between Outer Mongolia
and Siberia in the year 1921. But
that does not matter. The story is
magniflcently universal; it is the story
of all men running desperately in
groups, of all armies, of all organi-
cations in which the necessities Of life
and an unfailing direction as to what
to do are bartered to men in return
for surrender of their individual wills.
The reviewer doubts that there has
ever been much finer picture of
army life, in any day or any country.
The story concerns the adventures
of two boys, aged l3 and II, who run
away and join the regiment at time
when it is encamped near their home.
They are accepted with kindness by the
men, solemnly armed and outfitted,
and enrolled as members of the divi-
sion. They ride with the troops on an
invasion into Mongolia, they take part
in battles and attacks, they live out a
Evening star., 1938-07-24

And then, after portents have sounded
in the wind, and all that. she dies
in the woods where the two had first
found one another. 1t Is all lovely,
tear-inducing soup.
THE ANTS NEST. BY Muriel DAILY
New York: D. Appleton-C Century,
THIS Is another summer novel;,
apparently designed for those
who like their hot weather reading
matter to be very very gossamer like
indeed 1t is mild little tale about
group of people on the Riviera-not
about that group of problem cases
and artistic half-Wits which cutters
up so many novels of the Mediterra-
mean scene, but about the hotel crowd,
the local British lord and his lady,
the wandering vamp, the pretty happer,
the charming young lady. the hand
some youth and the dangerous villain
All very mild, all told without a
troubling trace of style, all arranged
in the most expected manner and
the most soporific. Ladies whose winter
diet reached the brain bending point
of carrying the serials of the Women s
Home Pictorial Journal, ought to find
this a good easer-offer That is
about all the reviewer can say for it
but, Is that not enough?
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Advice on becoming q great and
famous and (of course) wealthy liter
ary artist All you need.
Ships.
ALL ABOUT SHIPS AND SHIPP1Ny|
BY E. P. Harnack. New York: D|
Appleton-Century Co.
Handbook of nautical information
apparently covering the period between]
the Viking ship and the Queen Mary
Or very complete, in other words, id
you get the general idea.
SCHOOL FOR RIDING. BY sernei
Kournakoff. Boston: Hale, Cush-
man g. Flint.
Very expert and detailed work on
equestrianism, arranged in the form
Of IL lessons. BY former officer Of
the Imperial Russian Army.
Novels.
THE BRIDGE IN THE JUNGLE. BY
B. Traven. New York: Alfred A.,
Knopf.
Adventures between Indians and q
white visitor in Central American
jungle. Pretty good.
LATER THAN YOU THINK. BY
Gawen Brownrigg. New York: Al.
fred A. Knopf.
The fictional career Of q racing au.
tomobile driver. With also . tale Of
love. Ho-humish.
Mysteries.
THE CUT DIRECT. BY Alice Tilton.
New York: w. w. Norton Co.
Mystery in the comic vein. Average.
Plays.
FEDERAL THEATER PLAYS. New
York. Random House.
Two volumes containing, respec-
lively, Triple-A Ploughed Under,
Power and Spirochete; and Prologue
to Glory, One-Third Of . Nation ana
Haiti. Not even good propaganda.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
WEEKS 10 BEST SELLERS
IN OTHER CITIES.

bOSt0ns
Fiction-"My Son, My Son!"
Howard Spring; The Yearling,"
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; Lisa
Vale" Olive Higgins Prounty;
THE Mortal Storm" Phyllis Bot
tome; Towers in the Mist" Eliz-
abeth Goudge.
Nom -flction-"The Importance
of Living" Lin Yutang; "Trending
Into Maine" Kenneth Roberts;
Madame Curie," Eve Curie; DRY
Gullotine," Rene Belbenoit; AS
signment Down East" Henry
Buston.
Chicago.
Fiction-"The Yearling";; my
Son, my Son";; The Mortal
Storm; "Kindling," Nevil Shute;
The Dark River" James Nord-
hoff and Norman Hall.
Non-flction-"The Importance
of Living: Madame Curie";
"Trending Into Maine: Fanny
Kemble," Margaret Armstrong:
The Summing Up" w. Somerset
Vaughan.
New York.
Fiction-"My Son, My Son!";;
"The Yearling":; The Citadel" A.
j. Cronin; The Mortal Storm;
Northwest Passage" Kenneth
Roberts.
Non-fction-"The Importance
of Living; Madame Curie";
Fanny Kemble"; "Trending Into
Maine; The Coming Victory of
Democracy" Thomas Mann.
San Francisco.
Fiction-"The Yearling';; The
Dark River; Northwest Pas
sage; The Mortal Storm; May
Flavin," Myron BRING.
Non-fiction-"Fanny Kemble";;
THE Importance of Living;
Madame Curie";; The Fight for
Life" Paul de Kruif; THE Cul-
ture of Cities" Lewis Mumford.
(Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1938-07-24
CASH CIRCLES GLOBE
Staff Engaged in Distributing Funds to
Kinsmen and Tourists Abroad Must Have
Great Skill, Accuracy and knowledge.

one in Prussia and another in Baden,
and a Fribourg in Switzerland. Be-
sides, scattered over the continent OF
Europe are no fewer than six Freid-
bergs and four Friedebergs, and it is
possible when some people pronounce
any one of the lot, to mistake it
for any one of the others. There
fore. knowledge and accuracy are
necessary to keep from trying to
deliver draft or a money order
100 to 500 miles away from the per-
son for whom it is intended. And
necessarily. too, the staff abounds in
linguists.
The principal business Of the de-
partment, of course, is the remit
tance Of sums, large and small, to
points abroad, and getting the money
to its destination surely and as quick
ly as possible. Ordinarily. the mails
serve this purpose.
THE bulk Of the business comes
from people who wish to send
funds to their relatives. Ever since the
days of the Pilgrims. 4 has taken, as
a rule, three generations for the Euro
pean immigrant to feel quite cut off
from his relatives and friends abroad.
Nowadays he keeps sending money to
parents, grandparents and other rela-
tives still over there, and these sums,
though many of them are small, run
during the year into 'importa
money" Some send remittances
monthly. some quarterly, some irregu-
larly. A good many remittances are
Of a philanthropic origin.
The business is heaviest before Pass
over and Easter, and again just prior
to Rosh Hoshanna and Yom Kippur
It goes up again just before Christ
mas. When there is wedding in
the family on the other side dowers
are often sent the bride. The senders
usually demand exact identification
of the recipient, instructions some-
times being imperative that the money
is not to be delivered until after the
wedding ceremony and that the
wedding certificate be shown. In
many European towns there are US
ually many persons of the same name,
so that it Is frequently necessary to
supply the name of the father of the
person who is to receive the money.
Another important branch of the
foreign remittance business is send
ing travel funds to Americans abroad,
who may have spent more than they
had planned, and so run short. This
is heaviest from the end of March
until the end of July. Invariably these
almost-stranded pilgrims need money
in hurry. Many q time the Ameri.
can Express Office in San Francisco
has sold money orders at O'Clock
Of an afternoon, and American Ex-
press Offices in Europe have delivered
the cash equivalent, or the travellers
cheques so purchased, to the ad-
dresses in London or Paris or Berlin
the next morning. In such instances,
of course. the telegraph and the cable
or the radio are utilized. This, OF
course, involves the use of code. The
necessity of making prompt delivery
In foreign countries of orders that
come by telegraph from distant parts
Of the United States. often late and
urgently. make It necessary to keep q
! late shift on sy, and this Is often
busy until 1900 lam.