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Evening star., 1939-08-26
Bulb Planting Rule

The old rule for planting bulbs
twice the height of the bulb-has
several exceptions. Madonna and
Superbum lilies are planted only 2
or 8 inches deep. Crocus and bulbs
of several of the smaller spring
flowers are planted 2 to 4 inches
deep. Tulips under this rule would
be planted in holes 3 inches deep,
but they do much better If planted
In 6 or 8 inch holes.
Evening star., 1939-08-26


the soil be sand or clay, to give it
the moisture-retentive capacity nee
essary. The hlmus should be
worked deeply into the soil, 18
inches or 2 feet for shrubs and
perennials, although many of the
ANIMALS will survive under less op-
tlmum conditions.
Where the soil is heavy CLAW,
sand may be needed to make it
more pliable, so that moisture will
readily penetrate. In most cases,
however, the humus will tighten the
Boil sufficiently.
The choice of plant material will
depend largely upon the individuals
preference. Low growing plants and
shrubs will, of course, be used in
small beds with the record shrubs
and perennials in more extensive To-
cations. On large banks some of
the spreading shrubs such as sumacs
and coralberry may be used.
Annals Are Useful
And Attractive.
A number of the ANIMALS will be
found attractive and Useful in front
OF the taller growing plants and
shrubs as we'll as in the narrow
strips. The California poppy
Eschscholtzia) is particularly USE
full for this purpose since it can be
sown in the fall and will reseed it.
self. The goldencup or BUSH
eschscholtzia (Hunnemannia) which
closely resembles the California
poppy, also is desirable.
Other useful ANIMALS include the
Dimorphotheca (cape marigold) =,
EGGPLANT, mimosa, dwarf morning
glory, annual phlox, portulaca and
godetia. An old-fashioned foliage
plant adapted to hot-dry places is
the perilla. 1t grows foot or more
in height and closely resembles the
coleus. While it may become a weed
in favorable locations, it is useful
as a background foliage plant in
situations such as we are consider
ing here.
Among the perennial plants which
are worth considering are the Sc
dums and semperviviums, cactus, the
bunf1owers, dwarf phlox, iceland pop
pies, mullen, yucca, butterfly weed
and the cornf1oWers. There are
many others which also might be
used, such as the pinks, asters, gail
lardia, torchlily, coreopsis, yarrow,
blackberry lily and the daylilies.
Even iris can be depended upon to
grow the bloom if the soil has been
deeply and we'll prepared, although
they will not produce tall stately
spikes. Adequate soil preparation
will greatly extend the list of peren-
mails that may be used in barren,
dry spot.
Shrubs for Dry Spots
Are Very Limited.
The list of shrubs for a hot, dry
barren spot is rather limited, but
with thorough soil preparation many
others might we'll be added to the
list. Barberry is known for it's
ability to grow in poor soils. The
coral berry and snowberry are often
found growing in poor soils along
the highways The sumacs are we'll
known for their ability to thrive in
dry, sandy soil. Others which might
also be considered, although not
commonly grown here, are the Five
leaf Aralia (Acanthopanax), Siber-
can pea tree (Caragana). Russian
olive (Elaeagnus, purple BUSH
clover, shrubby cinquefoil, buck
thorn and jetblead. Even the
privets will make some growth under
rather adverse conditions.
All of the above are recognized as
Evening star., 1939-08-26
Plant Food

Phosphate, one of the three major
elements. diffuses through the soil
very slowly. 1t should. therefore.
be thoroughly mixed into the soil
before planting. Bone meal and
superphosphate are the two prin-
cipal sources of this important plant
food which is so often lacking in
local soils.
Evening star., 1939-08-26
Seeding Lawn

Scratch the bare spots in the lawn
with steel rake before seeding.
After seeding light covering of
well-decomposed humus or peat
moss will be found beneficial.
Evening star., 1939-08-26

material
Individually blossoms together will that
Scattered the
identity The applies color When
material according variety little
the next that there hard line OF demaan The sketch
definite
by its fluffy solid other sharp spikes
quaey balance
Evening star., 1939-08-26

No, not a command from gangster thriller. but
merely an apt description of this lovely towering
tree ,Chich fonrishes in dry and nnprodnctive SOIL
This plant, Pawlonia Imberias, stretches its cool
broad leaves skyvard and presents picture of
grace and charm that enhances every type of
garden
Star star Photo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17

1, in the dining room so she could be near her husband. He thought they were swell. He said so.
 Whats wrong with people like that Iris2 They're swell. And if there were more folks like Bing- ham and his wife, there'd be less dizzy finance in this world. Peo- pie with both feet down solid on earth like that, earning their own way and not going beyond their means '
 "Bart, couldn't you leave your finance and adding machines be- hind until we finish our honey moon, please?"
 Sorry" he said gruffly. But he wasn't. He was trifle mad.
 That night, while Iris dressed for the moonlight dance, he went down ahead of her, and hunted Bingham up, offering him a smoke. They sat on the running board of a sports car and smoked and talked. Bart learned that Ted Bingham was an engineer = that is, he had his degree and was waiting for an assignment, and Dotty, his wife, was singer, with five years at the Conversatory of Music behind her.
 "She wants to make grand opera, but if we wangle a radio spot for her, we'll be pretty tickled,' Ted explained.
 
 Bart left him with genuine re- gret. He liked him more than any of the fellows they palled around with at home; John Trent, or Horace Negley. or Don Ham, mond. He liked him for 8 real- ism, a simple. direct honesty that he saw less and less of, around him at home.
 The way Bingham surveyed his scuffed crepe sole oxfords and said, Gosh, have I got to buy another pair of shoes pretty quick, or be on my feet again?" The contrast the simple statement made to the light, sophisticated veneer over everything his friends at home said or did.
 Darn Negley had said, spill ing cafe au lait down his new seersucker suit front, "my favor ite Saturday night pants, too" AS if he had a dozen at home; as if any one pair of trousers were even half paid for, on time.
 I'm glad,' that was Yolanda Negley, laughing shrilly, T hated that cheap cloth. Ho. I told you it would look awful on you. Seer sucker is for flat, thin men. Like Bart
 Where were you, Bart?' Iris asked, when he returned to get her, 10 minutes late. Whatever kept you so long?'
 T forgot to lock the car,' Bart said gravely. Knowing he'd be censured petulantly for cavorting even conversationally with life guards. EX-college halfback, cub engineer lifeguards. Iris didn't approve.
 (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
CHAPTER TX

It was a memorable honeymoon, In c way. But then, few honey moons are ever ordinary or hum- drum. Only to Bart, it looked so silly, so phony.
 They drove 200 miles that first day and put up at smart resort shore hotel. There was an orches- tra playing to 8 crowded dance floor of smartly garbed resorters, and Bart was momentarily glad he had given in to Iris insistence that he buy the white sharkskin suit and sport shoes. Every woman present wore evening clothes, and the men wore smart sports out fits.
 There were flowers, too, while they dined. Iris pointed out that every girl present had a corsage So when the tray came around Bart bought gardenias, knowing Iris wanted them. Knowing she had wanted nothing else on her wedding day. And a honeymoon was pretty closely linked to the wedding day, however delayed it might be.
 Might as well do it right he grinned, handing her the corsage Iris sparkled. Her ivory damask satin dinner dance gown con- trasted exquisitely with the deep rich sun-tan she had achieved through sunlamp treatments at Madame Olga's Beauty Salon, SUD- plemented with such swimming and actual acquaintance with summer sun as they had managed Sundays, evenings and holidays And her new permanent was exotic. It made her sophisticated and poised as nothing else ever had. That, and the platinum rinse she had had to highlight her blond hair.
 'This is fun, hm, Bart? Aren't you glad you came now, darling? After slaving in that pokey old shop all these months?'
 Bart nodded. And dispelled a momentary anxiety lest disaster befall his precious store during his absence.
 In the morning, Iris wanted to play golf. Not because she was good at it. She frankly admitted she was terrible. Or because Bart could play any more than the most desultory of duffer's games But because she had a brand-new sports frock termed the Golf girl
 It had cost SIS and was of printed seersucker of flattering, dun powder blue that made her eyes quite violet. In it, she knew she looked devastating. In it, with cute little low-heeled, brown sad- dle white oxfords and ankle sox of pale blue wool, with a blue kerchief knotted carelessly about her newly platinumed hair, Iris knew she was heart attack, an air raid on anybody's attention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
HAzEN CRAFTSHOP
 IS WELL KNOWN
Arts, Craft Encouraged Among Boy Campers at
 Popular Camp

The Arts and Crafts program, one of the outstanding features at Camp Hazen, the State Y. M. c. A. camp for boys, has gained a reputation for offering the boy camper many fine opportunities to express the creative and artistic urge.
 The Hazen craftshop has been host to many visitors prominent in camping, educational, and art and craft circles, interested in the shops" unique camping contribu- tion and educational function.
 The equipment of the craftsop is one of the finest and largest among New England's summer camps. Most of the work Is done in a large old New England barn, 259 years old.
 Robert L. Allen, Yale University, 19S8- 19S9, directs the arts and crafts program. This win be MT Aliens third season at Hagen.
 The staff includes IS well-trained and experienced craftsmen mostly from Eastern Universities and technical colleges, who guide the campers in metalry. jewelry. wrought iron work, leather work which in- cludes braiding, belt making and moccasin work, wood turning, model boat and plane building, sketching, oil painting, pottery, sculpture mask making, soap carving, weav- ing, knotting, wood carving. carpen- try, machine work, caning, basketry, toolmaking, tin can and discarded material craftware. The equipment includes all the power and hand tools necessary to the proper work ings of these crafts.
 The program is planned to develop accuracy. imagination. dex- tertity of hand, inventiveness, and good taste, as well as to give the boy opportunity for great fun, en- j0yment and pleasure.
 Every boy is encouraged to par ticipate in some craft activity. How ever, the camper need not do any one of these specific crafts. The camper may wish to repair a canoe or build a boat. He may want to build e shack or lean-to, make an Indian tepee, bow and arrows, or an India suit. The boy may want to do newspaper work, machine work, dramatics, or nature lore. Whatever the boy's desire, he is given every opportunity to create and execute his own Individual project under the friendly effective guidance of more mature and experienced craftsmen.
 Camp Hazon is located on Cedar Lake, at Chester. Connecticut, It is conducted for eight weeks. opening July 1st. Although 1t is primarily for boys from places in Connecticut conducting no r. M. O. A. camp, the attendance is not limited to Y. M. Q. 4. members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
BY PAUL FRIGGENS NEA Sarvico Rooh CoIvu.,ssx

ANA<AA WA vASS A1VVA SUAuAu11ASb
 It won't take an encyclopedia of knowledge to answer these questions but you'll need a good volume of book brightness. Parentheses after each question tell you what you have to do to win.
 1. Who are the authors of these current doctor" books? Four out of five)
 a. An American Doctors Odys- sey.
 b. Horse and Buggy Doctor.
 c. The Citadel.
 d. Disputed Passage.
 e. Doctors on Horseback.
 2. What famous American liter ary names are associated with these places? (Two out of three.)
 a. Sauk Center, Minn.
 b. Atlanta, Ga.
 c. Benton Harbor, Mich.
 3. If Dale Carnegie wrote How to Win Friends and Influence Peo- ple," who wrote How to Lose Friends and Alienate People,? (You have to get it.)
 4. Select the locale of the fol- lowing novels from the brackets following the names. (Three out of four)
 a. Bitter Creek (Florida, Cali fornia, Wyoming).
 b. Land Is Bright (Ohio, Ore- gon trail, southwest).
 c. Runs of Burgoyne Virginia, New York, Maine).
 d. And Tel lof Time (Texas, H. linois, Minnesota).
 5. What best selling novel, dealing with an acute American so- cial problem, has been compared with Uncle Toms Cabin? Who wrote it2 (Get both parts, please.)
 The answers to the above ques- tions are on back page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
CAST or CHARACTERS

IRIS IVES = . radiant bride who thought love came first and money could take care of itself. BART WHTTTAKER - . right eOus bridegroom who looked at the handbook first and his wife afterward.
 Yesterday: Bart needs more money, expands his business = on credit. They go on 8 vacation and honeymoon that Iris prac- ticaIly demands and Bart buys a diamond, also on time!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17

1knzeuns showing the history of the village both in Tsarist Russia 1zId A3tef the revolution. tho first pl 2HeIr ki0d in the Soviet Union, will ~ opened In lhfee villages In the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
CR ANslJM CRACKERS {

This is the 18th and last in 3 series of 12 quizzes prepared by NEA Service writers and column ists who are regular contributors to this newspaper.
Evening star., 1939-07-14

While London and featuring elaborate garden cks the Amer
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kfrOnt.b Dress
Evening star., 1939-07-14

BARONESS PIANTONI
designs appropriate pictures cushions
utility bags consists of garden flowers ascaly
ranged be their
design by 10 inches The other design
will receive two of each design
pattern contains four hoon transfer designs two
10 inches each the others by inches each COM
directions with suggestions
materials and much
will
pattern send for No. 1898 and iclose Is cents In
and postage Address orders to the Needle
work Editor Of The Evening Star
Evening star., 1939-07-14
Dorothy Dix Says
A Man Needs Financial Security
Before Considering Marriage

DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I am a
boy of 20, in love with a girl of 16,
and We want to get married. am
going away to camp with the Ma
tional Guard for Is days and I'll get
SIS for that. Then I'll get my social
security money that will be s5
a week for three weeks. I am trying
very hard to get any kind of job
so we will be able to get by, but we
are going to get married whether
I have a job or not. Do you think
we will be doing right? At present
I am living with my mother and two
brothers. My mother Is working
and making So a week, but my BROTH
ers haven't worked for quite a while.
This is from
AN UNDECIDED BOY.
Answer know, son, that when
one is 20 one has the impatience Of
a child, and, as the old song says,
wants what he wants when he
wants it," He has not learned pa
tience nor how to wait and work
for the thing he desires in order
that he may have it in perfection
and in a way that will bring him
happiness. He must have it at
once, and so he snatches at what
he wants, even though it will bring
disaster upon him.
That is the way you are acting
about this marriage. You know that
there is every reason in the world
why you and this girl should not
marry now. She is only 16, far too
young to marry. So are you for
that matter. Neither one of you is
old enough to know what real love
means or what you will want in a
Evening star., 1939-07-14
Teach Child
Fair Play
Brother and Sister
Must Settle Own
Disagreements
By ANGELO PATRI.

In every family of children, quar-
rels and lengthy arguments which
arrive nowhere but create a loud
noise and irritate the elders nerves,
are bound to arise. When the chill
dren are little we separate them and
keep them busy and apart for a while
until they forget. When the children
are older the arguments begin again
with increased volume and with no
more meaning or practically than
in childhood. Although 1t is very
difficult to contain oneself 1t is bet
ter to do so and let them argue 1t
out to finish without interference.
When brother yells at sister, You
think you're so smart what do you
think Pete said about you last night?
Yeah? Well, he doesn't think you're
so hot with your airs and your know
it-all. I could tell you something but
you're too wise to listen Wise girl
Nit-wit, I say" and words and words
to that effect, don't rush to sisters
defense. Keep quiet. Get out of the
room and stay out and give them
free air.
Telling them that they are broth
ers and sisters and so should love
each other and live in harmony with
each other, profits us little at these
times. They are telling each other
of, and If left to do a thorough Job
they will bring the battle to a draw
and forget it. If father or mother
interferes it must be on one side or
the other and that makes bad mat
ter worse.
Sometimes, though rarely when
the fight is between adolescents, do
they come to blows. That is against
all rules and the one who strikes the
first blow is to be condemned and
punished. The family ought to have
at least one rule against physical
force. It is ruled out after the pass
ing of childhood. If this rule is
broken then parental interference is
not only justified, it is imperative.
But most of these storms are on
the surface. One holds an opinion
and expresses it in opposition to his
brothers or sisters opinion and the
argument wakes louder and stronger
Get out of the way and let them 70
to 1t. Home is the best possible
forum children can enjoy. Here they
educate one another, trim each
others raw edges, soften each
others prejudices, correct each
others faults. It is rough work, but
| 1t does its Job of training better than
authority can do 1t. And in the end
1t knits the group closer together
IN bonds Of good will.
You see the fights, wordy fights
are only surface things. They are q
chance to let off steam. Abroad the
children are repressed by customs
and good manners. They cannot ex-
press what they feel, or discover
what they really believe until they
thrash it out between themselves In
the freedom of home.
Suffer them for a while that they
may be more sure of themselves in
time to come. Make your criticisms
and suggestions privately, to the in
dividual concerned. Keep suggesting
that they keep their arguments
among themselves and not bring
them out at table. Teach fair play
privately. Encourage the weaker one
strengthen the one who needs it.
privately. But don't worry and fuss
because they bicker. They're grow
ing up
Evening star., 1939-07-14

wife or husband when you grow up.
And the chances are that if you
marry now you will be divorced
before you are 80.
And divorce is always mess, par
ticularly If there are little children
whose lives are ruined by having
their homes torn down over their
defenseless little heads.
Then you have nothing to marry
on. You have no money, no job,
no certainty of steady work. You
have no way of supporting family.
Believe me, son, no man knows what
trouble is until he sees his wife and
children with no roof to shelter them,
no fire to warm them, no food to
eat. No agony can stab a man to
the soul like the wall of a hungry
baby crying for the milk his father
cannot buy him.
Certainly you wouldn't add to the
burden of your poor mother, who is
already toiling to support two
other idle sons, by dumping your
wife down on her to feed. Ger
tainly you have too much manhood
about you to marry expecting the
Government to permanently sup
port you and your family.
So wait until you get on your
own feet. Wait until you are q man,
capable of assuming a mans respon-
sibilities, before you marry. You
will save yourself a lot of grief if
you do. You don't need to be rich
to marry, but you do need some
financial security. Just love isn't
enough. You and your wife will
need food and clothes and shelter
just as much after marriage as you
do now. DOROTHY DIX,
Evening star., 1939-07-14
July Offers Opportunity for General Fashion Checkup Here
Problem of the Door That
Expands and Contracts
Is Difficult to Solve
There Seems to Be No Certain
Method of Finishing Wood to
Effect Permanent Cure
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

DEAR MISS NOVEL;
Our front door sticks badly again.
leaving large crack when
be stopped? a p ~
Answer
10 be perfectly frank do not humidity
Evening star., 1939-07-14

, waist-and that's all there is to the
detailing! Anybody can make it;
pattern includes detailed sew chart
to guide beginners. And anybody
who does make it is sure to want
more than one dress like this, it's
so charming and so comfortable.
This will be charming in printed
batiste, dotted Swiss linen or ging-
ham, with narrow leather belt.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1853
is designed for sizes IA, l6, Is, 20,
40 and AZ. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, "a, SO, 38, 40 and
AZ. Size 16 (34 requires 334 yards
of 35-inch fabric without nap; pa
yards tsimming required for neck
and sleeves.
Send Is cents for Barbara Bell
Summer Pattern Book! Make your
own smart new frocks for street,
daytime and afternoon with these
simple, carefully planned designs!
It's chic, it's easy, It's economical
to sew your own. Each pattern in
cludes q step-byastep sew chart to
guide beginners.
Evening star., 1939-07-14

However, to this desk come numer-
Gus little bits of information-some
valuable. some interesting and 9TH
ers Just plain dull. These we pass on
to you-hoping that if all else fails
you'll be able to use them to fill
gaps in the conversation -.
The fashion news from abroad
turns, surprisingly enough, from
Paris to London. Maybe it isn't
such shock after all, for the recent
visit of English royalty gave promi-
nence to Norman Hartnell, designer
for the Queen-and turned the eyes
of the world on British fashion ex-
perts. Ascot and garden fetes have
brought out some of the most elab-
crate and formal clothes to be seen
in many a day, and English cou-
terriers have used stiff, formal fab
RIGS, sweeping lines and exceptional
detailing to glorify the feminine fig
ure. Mr.. Hartnell designs pic
turesque frocks, and his garden
party costumes are symbolic of this
trend. Bouffant skirts using 200
yards of tulle will stand side by side
with slim daytime suits in his COL
lections, for from Norman Hartnell
we have come to anticipate the most
unusual. The English garden party
frocks with their elaborate, ultra
feminine touches are not favored in
America. where they too closely re-
semble theatrical clothes, but in re-
cent years buyers have become more
and more conscious of the poSsibili-
ties of London as fashion center.
And more and more gowns of this
type are being shown in the Fifth
avenue shops.
Paris Not =
Forgotten.
Say what you will, however, about
the Importance of English modes
and they are important-you still
cannot escape the fact that Paris
plays an essential part in the busi-
ness of style setting. The French
are stressing Cavalier brown for
summer, and bringing in a style of
attire that is suggestive of pre-revO-
lutionary days in America. Main
mocher is featuring a slim, straight
silhouette and Molyneaux clings to
the MISUNDERSTANDING bustles. In
cidentally, while we're on the sub
ject. bustles are going to be very
significant this fall. New York, SO
a visitor tells us, is already enthu-
siastic about them and in some of
our Washington shops we've noticed
the hustle effect evening dress be-
ing given prominence. They do make
the figure dainty and feminine in
appearance-but please, ladies, think
carefully about your measurements
before you fall in love with the
style.
Another amusing sidelight from
Paris is the rage for parasols a la