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Evening star., 1939-05-07
AMERICAS STRANCEST GARDEN
by J. D. Ra1clia

IN THE early 192O's the jungle along
Florida's east coast vibrated to
= the music of grub ak and machete.
Vegetation as lush as any in tropical
Sumatra was giving way before the
efforts of land clearers.
To make way for citrus groves
Negro laborers cut their way through
towering cabbage palms, squat saw
palmettos, swamp maple and oak, all
bound together with an intricate
weaving of morning -glories, moon
flowers, Spanish moss and wild grape.
The jungle, dark and terrifying one
moment and startlingly beautiful the
next, was disappearing. 1t had at least
one mourner: the late Charles H.
Mckee, Cleveland industrial engineer.
Mckee was as enthusiastic about
developing land as the next man; he
had, in fact, cleared hundreds of
acres. Still, he felt there should be at
least one tract left which would show
the Florida that existed millenniums
before the arrival of the Spanish con-
querors. He had one parcel of eighty
acres that remained uncleared. At his
direction laborers cut paths through
this tangle and Mckee took his friends
to see his accessible jungle. People
lacking means, courage or inclination
to visit Tanganyika. Burma. or the
Congo, saw what they had previously
seen only in books and movies. They
were enthusiastic about the experience.
Still, the patch of moist, hot land
where a profusion of plants fought
for existence, as men fight for their
existence in cities, would have perished
but for one thing. Economics con-
nived with esthetics. BY the early
1905 it was apparent that too much
land had been cleared, too many
citrus groves planted. Why plant
more? Why, indeed? asked Mckee
and his business partner. Waldo
Sexton. Wouldn't it perhaps be better
to enrich this jungle with tropical
plants from other countries and allow
tourists to see it for small fee? The
notion carried and the Mckee Jungle
Gardens at Vero Beach, Florida,
resulted.
Today these tropical gardens COM
pare favorably with the famed Pera-
deniya Gardens in Ceylon and the
Buitenzorg Gardens in Java. There
are plant representatives from Aus
tralia, Madagascar, Borneo, the Malay
States and nearly every other tropical
country in the world.
Twenty-Five thousand miles of
travel would be necessary to see the
Evening star., 1939-05-07

this apparently being the plants
natural effort to reproduce its kind
Lacking the driving force OF the MN
ute explosion. the seeds might not be
able to penetrate the vegetation and
reach the ground And there is the
wine palm of India. which yields as
much as 100 gallons of iermentable
sap; and the travellers palm, which
stores 30 gallons of rain water. A knife
jabbed into the latter causes a veri-
table cascade.
All these plants grow alongside the
miles of paths that wind through the
jungle - the jungle that is blending
ofall jungles of the earth. This Sl00, 900
garden, as fantastic as any on earth,
makes exploring completely painless.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
CATALOG TIME

There are few folks who
aren't aware that the new
spring and summer catalogs
of mail order houses have
appeared in post offices by
this writing. They are very
different looking magazines
from the old numbers of
years ago, when every farm
and small town home had it's
standby, the catalog. Today's
edition is abreast of the
times. 1t appears as a pub
LEGATION of up-to-the-minute
fashions and fancies, fur
bellows and snappy gadgets
for home and barn. The
covers display a nifty outfit
suitable for a lady and calls
for further inspection into
succeeding pages. There are
few folks who do not see
these catalogs and many of
them order from them, arti-
cles that appeal to the eye
and pocketbook. We are not
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
Genuine Danger of War,
But Not Immediately

Because of the necessity for avoid
ing wrong impressions which is
vital thing in international relations.
President Roosevelt told the mill
tary affairs committee of the senate
contidentially something of the in
side story. believe he did right in
shielding those facts from general
knowledge for no one knows how
they could, or would, be distorted in
German or Italian newspapers.
But this air of mystery has back
nred in a curious way. It has
aroused certain portions of the coun-
try into a veritable Transportation
larry, some members of congress-
and they have seized upon a rela-
lively unimportant thing as their
weapon in striking at Mr.. Roose-
velts foreign policy. They have
jumped all over the Presidents neck
about the sale of airplanes to
France, airplanes that were manu-,
featured and are being manufac-
tured by private plane builders and
which are being sold for cash to
the French government.
It is made to appear that this is
a terrible thing. The howlers are
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
Frances Purchase of
Anlericon-Made Airplones

To get back to this airplane thing,
should like to set out some of the
facts. France is buying American
made airplanes-several hundred of
them. She is doing this because her
own airplane production has stalled
and France has sufficient gold to
buy them elsewhere. The French
military service must have them in
case there is that outbreak of force
that seems so imminent on the sur
face for the reason that Germany
and Italy are superior to France in
the air.
The contracts were let in this
country after Mr.. Roosevelt had
talked over the whole question with
his cabinet and with the war and
navy departments and certain lead
ers of the airplane industry. They
were authorized after Ambassador
Bullitt, in his reports from Paris.
had laid bare the whole situation.
] am told that Mr.. Bullitt ad-
vised Mr.. Roosevelt to treat the
matter as a routine; that to talk
much about it would excite people,
unduly. Well, the Bullitt idea was
working until the unfortunate acct
dent out near Los Angeles when a
big bombing plane fell, injuring a
member of the French mission that
is In this country buying the planes.
Then, out popped the secret and out
came the critics of the Roosevelt
foreign policy.
1t is not within my power to say
whether Mr.. Roosevelt's foreign pol
icy is right or wrong. I do not
believe anyone can tell yet. ANY
foreign policy is something of
gamble. If it works, the author is
hero; If it fails, the author of the
policy promptly is termed sap.
But Of this phase, can write:
why should the howlers now arise
and denounce the Presidents for
eign policy on the basis of sales of
planes to France, when more than
a year ago the British government
began buying planes from our man.
ufacturers? Why is it wrong to let
the French buy and right to let the
British buy? Or, to state the mat
ter affirmatively, it seems to me
that we cannot well differentiate be-
tween two nations with whom we
have friendly relations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
IN REMEMBRANCE

To commemorate the birth
of the Father of our Coun-
try, George Washington, we
would best remember him by
what he did for this nation,
and to review what this
nation means to us. George
Washington fought for the
independence and the free
dom of this country. He saw
our need for liberty and the
demand of the people to
stand upon their own two
feet, to govern themselves
and abide by the laws made
by themselves, to declare
their own taxation, to elect
to office those men whom
they chose. We who live in
America today have only our
historians to tell us of the
struggle and victory of this
country against the forces
working against it. We are
enjoying the fruits of it.
There are many events in
present affairs when we feel
that today our problem is
more serious than ever before.
that the struggle has never
been more severe. How can
any man, brought up in a
system of public schools
where instruction and school
books are free, a nation
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

where his religion is not re-
stricted, where freedom of
the press, of thought and of
speech is not being stifed by
force and fanatics, how can
any man be anything but
appreciative of the blessings
visited upon Americans?
We trace back to the time
of Washington for our orig
inal declaration of an indie
pendent nation. We honor
his birthday with a reminder
of our good fortune to be
citizens under this flag. We
would like to feel that every
one thought the same as we
upon this subject. But what
about a man saying, what
this country needs is a
Hitler? Such a remark
caused another man to reply,
II was born and raised in
another country. I can still
remember. Americans do not
realize. They should appre-
ciate and be very grateful
for this country"
To the men of 1776 we
pledge ourselves to uphold
those things for which they
fought, and to make proud
the heart of the Father of
this Country, by being no
ism but Americanism.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
President Has Authority
To Shape Foreign Policy

When it comes to foreign rela-
tons, however, the situation is en-
tirely different. The constitution,
wisely enough, provides that such
matters must be dealt with by the
President. It allows him the power
of negotiation but it curbs that pow-
er by requiring him to ask congress
for declaration of war. In other
words, the President is provided
with authority to shape and conduct
the foreign policy, the dealings with
foreign nations, but he must have
the approval of congress, which rep
resents the people, when the con-
Guiding phases of those negotiations
are reached and the nation is about
to be bound.
That condition was arranged at
the outset of our nations history.
1t has worked well. The rights of
the people are amply protected.
Think for moment what the situa-
ton would be if our foreign poll
cies were in the hands of addle-
pated demagogues in the house or
the senate! I hazard a guess that
some of them would talk as long as
Hitler did the other day and create
just as much grief.
So, firmly believe there should
be some secrecy about our foreign
policy and that the President should
have some liberties in working out
arrangements with other govern
ments. After all, any program that
he has must eventually be published
and debated by congress.
a Western Newsnanar Union
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
HORSES IN BOOTS!

When you live in a quiet
community and are not both
cred by the most ungodly
sounds that come from the
big city, the sound of the
early morning milk man with
his he rse who clops-clops
along in the wee small hours,
seems to make more of a
noise than all other ones put
together. There has been a
solution to this problem in
London where they have
placed rubber tires on milk
wagons and provided gum
boots for the horses. This
is a step in the right direc.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

saying that Mr.. Roosevelt has v1o-
lated the spirit of the neutrality act
and that he should never have given
permission for the sale of the
planes. There are other charges
flying about, also, but they are un-
important here.
e. have dug into the situation as
far as is possible, / believe, and /
fail to get very much excited about
the whole thing. There is, of course,
the genuine danger of war, although
I am not convinced that Europe is
going to break out tomorrow. Some
time, probably, but not immediate
ly. Such clash of hopes and con-
victions and traditions and faith as
obviously occurs between the philos-
ophies of relationships and democ-
racies is bound to lead to use of
force but think there is the prob
ability that it is further away than
this jittery feeling of the world now
indicates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

Deneve MS opposition IS making It.
self look foolish, I believe they ought
to be called what they are. If they
can show where the present foreign
policies are ridiculous, now is their
opportunity.
If this criticism of Mr.. Roosevelt
were directed at his actions with re-
spect to Spain or Japan, perhaps
there would be something worth
considering. It will be recalled that
the President persuaded plane man.
ufacturers and many others as well
to discontinue sales to the japanese
for use against China. 1t will be
recalled also that indirect assist
ance was given the so-called loyal
lists in Spain, aid that surely must
be looked upon-if done honestly
as help to the military forces al
though disguised as provisions for
those who suffered back of the lines.
ALI OF this was done while we have
neutrality act through which con-
gress believed it was taking away
certain powers from the Chief Ex-
ecutive.
So, repeat that there is cause, it
appears, for criticism of some of the
Presidents foreign policies, but it
does not seem that critics have
joined issue with the Chief Execu-
tive on any sound basis.
I always have felt that there is
too much secrecy in general govern
mental administration. Unimpor-
tant squirts, holding unimportant
jobs, are forever and ever taking
themselves seriously to the point
where they would not admit it was
pouring down rain if it were raining
cats and dogs. From that level of
officialdom on up and down the line,
one finds that sort of thing in our
government. I saw a congressional
committee chairman refuse, just the
other day, to let newspaper men see
a statement that he was inserting
in the committee record, a record
that is as public as the light of day.
1t was silly, but it was typical.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
Bruckorts Washington Digest
Bruckarfs Washington Digest
Feeling Of Unrest in Europe
Reaches Our Side of Atlantic
Permeates Administration and Some Extent Congress
Result Is Great and Increasing Mystery Presidents
Secrecy Approved; Facts About Plane Sales
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg. Washington D. C.

WASHINGTON.-The feeling that
has obsessed Europeans for weeks
that they are approaching toward
some international crisis-seems to
have spread to our side of the At
lantic. Right out of the air, so to
speak, we are made to feel that
great questions are about to take
shape and that we, in this country,
must be ready to decide them. The
germ, or whatever it is, has taken
up its domicile within our admins
tration and, to some extent, in con-
gress, and the result is great and in
creasing mystery.
Most sources in Washington did
not believe that the so-called settle
ment of the European crisis at Mu-
Mich last September was, in fact,
more than stop-gap, as I reported
to you at that time. The Munich
failure has become more and more
evident and the very atmosphere is
charged again with exactly the
same type of bated expectancy.
In general way, of course, we
all know that the worldwide differ
ence between the democratic forms
OF government and the relationships
is at the bottom of the whole thing.
We know, as well, that Hitler and
Mussolini have challenged the Eu-
ropean democracies by the boldness
OF their dictatorship actions in TAX
ing practically what they want in
the way of additions to their en-
pires. We know, further, that the
end decidedly is not yet insofar as
the Hitler and Mussolini ambitions
are to be considered. And wrapped
up in all of this is the genuine
friendship that the United States
has for France and England.
Beneath the surface, things have
been going on in our own govern
ment. The President, the depart
ment of state and the military and
naval services know what is taking
place in Europe and they are adj
vised as to what may be expected.
Plans were being formed and de-
veloped so that steps could be taken
here at the proper time. All of this
was done in more or less secrecy,
as it always has to be done since
public discussion of such delicate
matters could tilt us very easily
from the frying pan into the fire,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

suggesting that our readers
refrain from patronizing
these mail order houses, but
we are suggesting that you
give your local merchants a
chance to prove that they
can't do as well by you.
These home stores need your
business and after all, they
help to keep up your schools,
your roads and to keep your
town on the map. Buy as
you will, and where you will,
but consider your home town
merchant first.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

We figure the luckiest fell
low who lives is the one
whose wife thinks as highly
OF him as he does of himself.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

Have you ever noticed that
most folks on a party line
don't have much use for each
other?
know, today.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
When He Doesn't wnrru

his Satanic majesty never wor-
RES about the man who has come
devil. - Nv
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

Still another thing that could be
classed as a miracle would be to find
a couple of girls discussing bread
recipes instead of permanent waves.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

No matter whether you are a good
football player or not, you still have
to play the regular tuition price in
the School of Experience.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
Foreign Policy Opposition
Making Itself Look Foolish

/ do not regularly burn incense
at the Roosevelt dais, but when I
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

Why is it that when women in a
crowd starts crying all the other
women present seem to think they
have to join in?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
~"1'"0 IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
CUNDAyI
CCHOOL lesson
BY HAROLD L. LuNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for February 10
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by International
Council Of Religious Education; used by
permission.
BEVERAGE ALCOHOL AND ITS
SOCIAL PERILS

LESSON TEXT-Amos 6:1-6; Peter 2:11.
IL; Ais.
GOLDEN TEXT-It is good neither to eat
flesh, nor to drink wine. nor anything where
by thy brother stumbleth.-RomanS l4:21.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16

ton although the horse was
probably slightly bewildered
at the sight and no sound.
Perhaps the horse is glad of
the rubber when streets are
wet and slippery. We live in
a great age. Wouldn't your
Great Aunt Mary be sur
prised, if in her day, a horse
appeared wearing gum boots?
One thing especially nice
about public libraries. No
body is permitted to read
aloud an article that doesn't
interest you anyway.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-02-16
ST lioNS S6co17F A4UNc.
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'NAfJ nNfg Sc So,p6ey.

One time In Berlin for instance, which was taking Dar m 49,
saw spider rushed out Of the ring three women and to
children who in audience. 800 "'e" anu TWO
nOcgson sun uses the Her father brought it with him
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-18
PRESENT PLAY
ON 7 NIGHTS

The story of six corpscs who
refuse to be buried in order that
they might convey to the world
by means of novel scheme de-
vised by irwin Shaw, the young
playwright vicious indictment OF
war. will be unfolded on the stage
of the College OF Puget Sounds
Jones hall auditorium Friday night.
In the first of two evening per-
formanoes. the second to be Satur-
day night, Campus Playcrafters
will present Bury the Dead" a
play which has drawn popular APP
proval and critical praise alike.
The curtain will rise at SIS.
A large cast will present the
play. Members include:
Dewane Lamka, Richard Jarvis,
Donald Pearson. James Nicely
mont. Charles Swanson, William
Stewart, John krilich. Richard
Sloat. James Docherty. Robert
Sloat. Ashfield Walker. Walter
Hopkins, Kenneth Sulston, David
Davies, Garth Dickens. Wilbur
Baisinger. Bernard Chambers, Neil
Richardson. Stanley Burkey. Jack
Leggee, Clair Hanson. Philip Nc
Elwain.
William Melton, Robert Spren-
ger. Richard Mcknight. Mildred
Mckenzie. June Peele. Annabel
Miller. Virginia Smyth. Ruth
Reisner. Dorothy Psdfield and
William Dickson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-18
CLUB TO HEAR
PLANS TUESDAY

To discuss plans for the inn
provement and development of the
Sixth avenue district, natural
gateway for the Narrows bridge
when completed. the Sixth Avenue
Business Mems club will hold
dinner meeting Tuesday night. be-
ginning at $50. at Joseph Warren
hall, 260oia 9Th ave.
There will be a discussion by
public officials. an engineer. an
architect and others who will give
their views in an effort to de-
velop a concerted plan. Everyone
interested is invited to attend
Entertainment will feature f. J.
Ludeman. amateur magician. who
will perform various feats OF
legerdemain. Members of the
committee in charge include J. J.
Macdonald. II. Howard Normo.
David Tuell. J. P. Lesher and V II.
Honeywell p. w. Bourgaize,
president, will preside.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-18
MARTIN VETOES
HIS FIRST BILL

OLYMPIA - Gov. Clarence D.
Martin today welded his veto pen
for the first time since the session.
killing one bill creating an inter
state cooperation" commission and
sections of two others, at the same
time approving IS measures.
Bills given executive approval
included the bin of amendments to
the liquor law. the measure giving
cities Is per cent OF the gas tax
instead of 10, appropriating $780,
900 for mine-to-market roads. CIV
ing cities about 100000 more a
year from state liquor profits, and
bill requiring autoists who were
in wrecks to secure insurance be-
fore regaining their licenses.
The bill vetoed in its entirety
was one setting up an interstate
commission of Is legislators and
state officials TO confer with other
states commissions on problems
in conflict between states. The
governor cited the same reason as
used to veto a similar bill in 1887
That the state already had suffi-
cient state agencies to do the work
without creating new commits
sion.
The two sections vetoed from
bills were unimportant. merely re-
pcaling other acts in conflict with
them. Both bills were approved,
one permitting schools to serve
lunches TO students and the other
eliminating necessity Of printing
city ordinances on bonds.
The liquor law amendatory
hill signed increased the power
Of the liquor board to enforce
the statute. Its agents would
he given power Of arrest with
out warrants. The board could
ask prosecutors to declare
speakeasies public nuisances
and have them abated.
Other provisions of the bill in
creased winery licenses, boosted
the price of liquor 10 per cent
and held breweries responsible for
law violations by their wholesalers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-18
NEARLY 1000 :
At STYLE SHOW

Nearly 600 persons packed the
newly remodeled second floor Of
the Peoples store Thursday 10 wit
ness one o. the most spectacular
STYLE showings ever held IN Ia
coma
Dame Fashion Of so years ago.
presided over the show. describing
each costume as il was modelled.
The cleaning white and soft
gray interior Of the new floor made
perfect setting for the hlsnor-
Gus ensembles.
An intermission Of light comedy
was supplied by Rubin Gaines. NJ
XVI. who mis-informed the public
as 10 modern hair-dos. shoes and
other humorous subjects.
The stage setting was remin-
iscent Of an old fashioned garden.
the models coming from behind a
formal white brick garden wall.
The runway was bordered with
nodding daffodils which were
later kept as souvenirs by the Gus
toners.