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Evening star., 1939-03-11
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Tr1ce1Dell.

They must be washed of repeatedly
with a strong soap solution, which is
permitted to remain on for an hour.
1t should then be washed of with
clear water.
In addition to this treatment it is
well to spray the leaves once daily with
fresh water.
II at the same time the house tenn
perature can be kept down, and the
relative humidity kept up, the plant has
some chance to survive
1t should not be sprayed when it is
in bloom.
We are not sure about this plant, but
think it probably will do we'll under
much the same general treatment as
given the African violet.
The latter is best watered by keeping
its pot standing in saucer kept filled
with water.
Too much sun at times is not liked
by many house plants. There must be
a careful adjustment of this factor to
the heat of the room and its moisture
content.
If the house is too hot and too dry,
as 1t most often is, plant cannot
stand as much sunshine as it could
were these factors more to it's liking.
4
Men as rule don't like house plants.
Women as rule do
Men used to shake off their cigar
ash into any handy flower pot, but
that habit seems to have gone out.
Today most men content themselves
with passing references to that plant"
but women 60 right ahead trying to
raise them, anyway, and despite the
plain difficulties.
In recent years the facet of interior
decoration which calls for glass shelves
at windows, each holding some attrac-
tive containers filled with Towering
plants, has given this old art a new
lease on life.
Women who thought themselves thor
oughly immune to the lure of such
plants find themselves growing them
again.
Often they succeed, for one very plain
reason-the air at the window is far
cooler than it is any place else in the
house
No matter how well built a house
may be, and how good the weather.
stripping, some air always gets in at
the pane
Ihls means that it is fresh, properly
molstened air, which, mingling with the
indoors air, results in a mixture in that
immediate vicinity much more to the
liking OF plant life than any place else
indoors
Those who try to grow house plants
now are really pioneers, for the condi-
TONS are quite different today and hold
many special problems which must be
met patiently and with intelligence.
Evening star., 1939-03-11
SILVER SPRING, MD.

"Dear Sir:
Can you tell me what I can do to
save my garcenia plant?
1T Is in a pot in saucer.
II do not water it too much, and it
gets fair amount Of sun, yet its leaves
are going fast and some stems are dying
II find white notify stuff on it and
wash 1t off, but 1t keeps coming back.
I would hate to lose it. Very truly,
"E. G. p"
This is the common fate of house
plants In modern homes, because the air
Is too hot and dry for them.
The gardenia, strange to say, is rela-
tive Of the tree which gives us quinine.
1t needs very moist atmosphere, and
lower temperature than found today
in most homes.
In greenhouses they can arrange these
things.
We call them house plants, the Eng
hsh call them stove plants. You get
the meaning, but in some respects we
might more properly call them stove
plants, because it is the modern stove,
or furnace, which kills them.
In greenhouse the temperature can
be kept at so degrees the day around.
This Is best for them, with not over 80
degrees in the summer.
A greenhouse has an average humid
1ty OF go to 80, whereas a modern home
on an average will show 20 to 80 points
Of relative humidity.
The latter, of course, is just a few
degrees dryer than the Sahara Desert.
Unless water is evaporated in some
way in quantities, the air In house
will stay at about that level, with a
few ups and downs.
Pans of water behind radiators while
they do help, will not of themselves
change the moisture content of the
house air enough to be of benefit to
house plants.
Growing plants indoors was easy for
grandmother, for she had about the
same air as outdoors.
Experts say that the best which most
OF us can do today is to keep home at
10 degrees, in the daytime, and at so
degrees at night If We insist on trying
10 grow plants in pots during the fall
and winter.
Even then it will be an uphill struggle
The gardenia, or cape jasmine, as it
Is sometimes called, often gives up the
unequal struggle.
When its life, difficult at the best
under such circumstances. is further
threatened by mealy bugs. it more often
Is In dying state than not.
X \ X
Mealy bugs in the mass resemble
cotton
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Amelia Cont Answers
Letter of Justin LaWrie.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Judging from the letter from Justin
LaWrie, published in The Star on Feb
ruary 20, 1t would seem that he is not
we'll acquainted with the present laws
and associations formed to protect the
singers. Evidently he does not know
that most singers today are under the
A. G. M. A. control (American Guild of
Musical Artists, IncD.
In crltlclzlng the recent effort to pre-
sent opera here, he must have drawn
on experiences he may have had in the
past when impresarios used not to paw
talent because they would run awav
with the money. When he wrote his
article he evidently forgot that the
mother and father and grandfather of
the unfortunate, so called by him, i'm
presario, were all esteemed musicians
who had given a great deal of their
musical talent to the American public,
that they all belonged to the Federation
of Musicians and knew very we'll their
laws.
Permit me also to say that before
daring to criticize in public young man
full of enthusiasm for wanting to give
to the people of Washington a form of
art SO much wanted and needed in this
city, he should have made some INQUIRIES
as to how this deplorable occurrence
came about. Since, however, he did not
seem to know, want to state that one
OF the main reasons for this disaster
was caused by relying on the person
engaged to sell $4,000 worth of tickets.
When only $4,000 were sold up to
Wednesday, February the 18th, and the
lmpresario was not informed in time by
that person, it was too late to make it
possible to pay every one for the
"Manon" performance.
1 finish my reply to his letter by in
forming him that all the artists and
musicians know me personally and they
all have been very kind toward the un-
fortunate impresario, not only because
they know that he is honest and that
they will be paid to the last cent, but
because they are real good friends of
ours.
Let me thank Mr.. Lawrie again for
his attack on the impresario who hap
pens to be my son and to be also an old
acquaintance of his.
AMELIA CONT.
Former Harpist of the Metropolitan
Opera Co.
March 6.
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Reurmument and Peace

When Mr.. Leslie Hore-Belisha dis
closed to the House of Commons
Wednesday that the Chamberlain
government has perfected a plan to
expand and equip the British Army
for Continental service Immediately
on the outbreak of European war,
backed by Empire-wide reserves of
man power, the young War Minister
directed attention to what has come
to be recognized as perhaps the major
factor in the European situation
vast-scale British rearmament.
Dawning realization by the totali-
tartan powers that, hand in hand
with the appeasement policy, Great
Britain is proceeding, progressively
and prodigiously, to increase her mil
itary, naval and air establishments,
undoubtedly is the influence, more
likely than any other, to preserve
peace for the measurable future. 1t
is thought at least to have banished
to the limbo of improbability the
prospect latterly envisioned widely on
both sides of the Atlantic that the
ides of March would see Hitler or
Mussolini, or both, on the warpath
and Europe again astride volcano.
Cocksure prophecy that this month
or this spring will pass without war
Is, of course, beyond the ken of any
man, statesman or government. Ac-
cidents can happen. Hitler's mac
tivity since his Reichstag turbulence
of January 80 may be the calm before
the storm. That Nazi colonial claims
have not been formally presented is
no guarantee that they are not ready
for submission. Nor does postpone
ment of any concrete German threat
against the Russian Ukraine, as the
Reich's next Drang mach Osten move,
provide any assurance that Hitler has
abandoned that design. The incal-
culability of the dictators is an en-
during peril.
With firm French precautionary
measures in Tunisia and Algeria
Italian clamor for territorial cessions
by France has perceptibly piped
down, though, here again, the world
lacks specific proof that Mussolini
has renounced those ambitions.
Probably the final settlement in
Spain, which cannot be much longer
delayed, will determine whether Eu-
rope Is to muddle through 1899 with
out war. Specifically that would seem
Evening star., 1939-03-11
A Reader "WOnderS"
About Rearmament,

To the Editor Of The Star:
notice in The Star of March that
Mr.. Vile, in his column washington
Observations" wonders" why the Senate
is haggling over the vast rearmament
program. Here are few things this
writer wonders about: I wonder why
some of the money being spent for guns
cannot be diverted to building homes and
furnishing jobs to the 100000 unem-
ployed. I wonder how building up our
air force will keep Germany from eco
nomically conquering South America. I
wonder why we don't build merchant
ships instead Of battleships and enter
into honest competition with Germany
and Italy in South America. wonder
when some dictator is going to load his
planes on ship, bring them over here
and bomb New York, then run back
home. I wonder why the World War
didn't teach us to keep out of Europe's
troubles. JAMES G. LEAR.
March 4.
Evening star., 1939-03-11

sylvania from Delaware. DR.. Maurice
). Babb OF the University of Pennsyl-
Vania, recognized today as the out
standing authority on the life of the
astronomer, wrote in 1882: In 1853
Rlttenhouse surveyed the boundary of
Delaware and Pennsylvania with instru-
ments OF his own making. This provided
the cornerstone for Mason and Dixon
who, in 1865, ran their line for 16O miles.
Rittenhouse extended this line in 177e
and at earlier and later dates he laid
the entire boundary of PENNSYLVANIA. -
MILTON RUBINCAM.
Corresponding Secretary, National
Genealogical Society.
March g.
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Editorial on Lost World
Pleases Reader.

To the Editor of The Star:
On your editorial page this after
noon you expressed many a mans
longings," as humanity gropes its weary
way through the dark and distracted
world of today.
Like an ornate pearl unsuspectingly
disclosed, your Beyond Reality" shone
out brilliantly as bit of inspired
writing worthy of permanent place
in English literature.
March 9. PHIL D. SWING.
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Shooting Stors
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Spring Dream.
Takin' things easy
An driftin' along,
When the sky is a smile
An the world is a song.
When the moon seems to waken
New life with its gleam,
When the night is a thrill,
And the day is a dream!
Loiterin' lazy
On high goes the sun,
The song and the smile
Make him hate to be done
With the world when it's spring.
So he joins with the throng,
Takin' things easy
An driftin' along.
Evening star., 1939-03-11

"Some of us critters here below" said
Uncle Eben, "prides ourselves on de big
ness of our voices an some of us on de
purpose to which dey is applied. OATS
one difference between a mule and q
mockin' bird"
Evening star., 1939-03-11
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Evening star., 1939-03-11
Troubles of His Own.

do you find great wealth burden?"
Sometimes" answered Mr.. Cumrox
There's never any telling when mother
and the girls are going to invest in an
airplane, a sailing yacht, a foreign no.
bleman or some such form of trouble
and responsibility
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Same as Usual.

And when the campaign starts once more
You'll note, if you have watched tho
game,
That though new men come to the fore,
The arguments are much the same!
Evening star., 1939-03-11

India seems to be vast and teem-
ing land ruled jointly by a re-
splendent viceroy and the stomach
of one small, elderly male native.
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Star Defense Editorials
Held Helpful.

To the Editor of The Star:
May offer my congratulations to YOU
upon the splendid service rendered bv
The Evening Star to the cause of ma
tional defense? Your comments and
discussions have been most helpful.
LOUIS JOHNSON,
Assistant Secretary of War.
March 9.
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must
Dear the name and address OF
lhe 1Dr1ter, although the use OF
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Failed to See the Connection,

what did that man say when you
told him you had seen sea serpent?"
His conversation became suddenly ir-
relevant. He began to talk about local
option and prohibition"
Evening star., 1939-03-11
A Distinction.

did you say he was a crafty poll
tician?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum,
mot crafty, merely CRAFTY"
Evening star., 1939-03-11

political harmony" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, lis a state of affairs
which permits two men to sit and glare
at each other as much as they like so
long as they don't say anything"
Evening star., 1939-03-11
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@. What is the name of the woman
who is sailing around the world on a
ketch?-J. H. NJ
A. Mrs Marion Rice Hart is navigat-
ing the Vanora, 73-foot auxiliary ketch,
around the world. She reached the
Strait of Magellan recently and is now
on her last lap of the journey.
Q. Some time ago read an unusual
story written in the form of letters and
entitled Address Unknown" Please
give the name of the magazine in which
it was published.-E. D. S..
A. Address Unknown" by Kressman
Taylor, appeared originally in Story
Magazine and was later condensed in
Readers Digest. 1t is now available in
book form and is published by Simon
& Schuster.
@. Has grapefruit any other name?-
M. G. S.
A. Its scientific name is citrus de-
cumana. In some tropical countries 1t
is grown under various names such as
pomelo, pummelo, pompelmous and
shaddock
@. What artist executed some of his
masterpieces while lying on his back?-
T. r. H.
A. Pope Julius II assigned Michel
angelo to paint the frescoes for the CELL
ing of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican
Much of the painting had to be done
while he was lying fiat on his back on
a staging of his own design.
Evening star., 1939-03-11

@. How large does country place have
to be before it is called an estate?-T.
S. H.
A. The Bureau of the Census defines
country estate as farm of 10 acres or
over, with residence valued at s25 900
or over.
Evening star., 1939-03-11

WASHING TON, C.
SATURDAY March IL, 1889
Evening star., 1939-03-11

@. What are the Ladies of the Vale?-
E. S. w.
A. The spires of Lichfield Cathedral in
England are so called. They are noted
for their beauty and form the only triple
group of spires in England
Evening star., 1939-04-24

Clear glass tumblers with a
dainty needle etched design
and no-nik edge that will not
chip or nick. S, 8 and 10 OF.
sizes.
Evening star., 1939-04-24
Banquet, American Red Cross,

Banquet, american HeQ CroSS,
MayfloWer Hotel,s7 pm.
Banquet, National Society of
United States Daughters of 1872,
Willard Hotel. 7:30 pm.
Banquet, Pierce Butler Law Club
of Georgetown University, Carlton
Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Dinner dance, 74th Congress Club,
Shoreham Hotel, 7:30 pm
Meeting, Washington Sales Asso-
citation, Lafayette Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, American Veterinary
Medical Association, Mayf1ower Ho-
tel, pm.
Meeting. Pi Phi Fraternity, Will
lard Hotel, pm.
Card party. benefit Catholic Home
for Aged Ladies, Willard Hotel, 8
pm.
Lecture, Catholic Thought Asso-
citation, Willard Hotel, 8:15 pm.
Meeting, Connecticut Democrats
of District of Columbia, Continental
Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Card party and dance, st. Johns
Lodge, O. E. S., Wardman Park
Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1939-04-24

For practical service you'll have
hard work finding cloths to equal
these and thanks to this sale,
you'll save SOC on every one you buy
now! A 57x77-inch size of nice
quality linen crash with wide bor-
ders Of blue, green, gold or red.
Kanns-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1939-04-24
City News in Brief
TODAY.

Meeting, International Stewards
and Caterers Association, Carlton
Hotel, pm.
Dinner, Public Order Committee,
Mayf1ower Hotel, pm.
Dinner. Business and Professional
Women, Lafayette Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner dance, Junior Red Cross,
Mayfower Hotel, 7 pm.
Dinner, Society of Natives, May
flower Hotel, pm.
Dinner dance, ladies' night, Wash
ington Council of the Knights Of
Columbus, Willard Hotel. pm.
Dinner. English Speaking Union,
Willard Hotel. 7:30 pm.
Meeting, Kappa Gamma Sorority,
Raleigh Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Meeting, Zeta Beta Chi Sorority,
Raleigh Hotel, 7:45 pm.
Meeting, Free City College Com
mittee, American Student Union,
17o1 Eleventh street NV, 8 pm.
Committee meeting, American
College of Surgeons, Mayflower
Hotel, pm.
Meeting. Tau Beta Phi Sorority,
Mayhower Hotel, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Breakfast, Early Birds, Willard
Hotel, 8 am
Breakfast, Midwest Section, Amer
lean Red Gross, Mayflower Hotel,
8 am
Meeting, District of Columbia
Medical Society, Mayhower Hotel,
8 am.
Luncheon, Columbia Heights Busi-
ness Mems Association, Sholl's Cafe,
1915 pm.
Luncheon, American Red Cross,
Willard Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Optimist Club, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Civitan Club, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Institute of Electrical
Contractors, Carlton Hotel, 1890
pm.
Luncheon. Building and Loan
League. Raleigh Hotel, 1890 pm.
Buffet luncheon, Womens Ma
tional Press Club, Willard Hotel,
pm.
Meeting, American Red Cross,
MayfloWer Hotel. pm.
Meeting. American Red Cross
Juniors. Mayflower Hotel, pm.
Dinner. Women's Medical Associa-
ton, Mayflower Hotel, pm.
Dinner, American Welding So
ciety, Lafayette Hotel, pm.
Dinner. Phi Delta Phi Fraternity,
Wardman Park Hotel, 7 pm.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-11-23

til it doubles in volume. Knead
lightly, and allow the dough to dou.
BILE in bulk a second time. Then
knead lightly and roll dough into a
sheet-k-inch thick. Spread with
melted butter and sprinkle with Gin.
namon and granulated sugar. Roll
like jelly roll and cut in slices one
inch thick. Place on a well-greased
baking sheet and allow to rise until
light. Bake in hot oven (400 de-
grees) approximately 20 minutes.
This basic recipe may be used to
make any kind of coffee cake or
sweet roll.
Pecan Mullins.
makes IL medium-sized muffins)
" cup light brown sugar
l cup graham flour
/ cup general purpose flour
" teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
cup milk
2 eggs
1s cup shortening (melted)
" cup pecan nut meats (chopped)
Place brown sugar and graham
flour in a mixing bowl and mix
thoroughly. Mix and sift general
purpose flour, salt, and baking pow
der and add to the brown sugar mix
ture. Beat milk and eggs together
and to them add the melted shorten
ing. Pour this liquid mixture into
the dry ingredients and mix as gen.
thy as possible with a fork. Do not
stir or beat. Add nut meats. Place
in well-greased muffin tins and bake
in very hot oven CATS degrees) for
approximately Is minutes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-11-23

evening gown to the left in the pic
ture will, no doubt, prove one of
the loveliest that goes to parties dur
ing the winter social season. 1t
subscribes to the embroidery vogue
in that the cunning little gray Ida
cloth jacket that is worn with it is
embroidered with sequins and gold
cord.
It's gay and very formal sweat
er that you see portrayed in the
oval inset. The sweater is of sheer
knit fuchsia wool, tuned to evening
formality with embroidery worked
with sparkling gold sequins in a leaf
pattern.
A foremost topic in fashion cir
cles is the floor-length evening coats
made of handsome wool material.
See conferred in the group a gor-
geous affair styled of red broad
cloth enhanced with massive gold
applique done in gold kid with en-
broidered accents.
And now comes the climax of our
story-the allover embroidered day
time coat! When Jane Alden, Chi
cago stylist, flew back from Paris
following weekend to weekend
flight she arrived just as you see
her pictured to the right in the il
lustration. Her hurried trip was
made to work out special styles with
Madame Bruyere of the Maison
Bruyere, for use in her talks be-
fore the Fourth clubs throughout
the United States. She stepped out
of the plane wearing dark green
kid hat, in a snail design, with
matching kid CATERS, black dress
of the new one-side fringed apron
type and an allover-embroidere
gray coat by Bruyere. You sense
the exquisite detail of the coat at
first glance, and you are at once
impressed with it's quiet elegance.
The embroidery reflects consun-
mate art in it's refined handling and
although it is done in an allover
patterning the effect is smartly con-
sentative and practical because of
the soft gray coloring of the en-
broidery that blends into the back
ground in perfect symphony.
released by Western Newspaper Union)
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-11-23
Strange Facts
Snooty Crooks I
J Rulers Job Risky
Begging Business
Begging Business

Crooks have castles which they
maintain even through many
years of close association within
prison walls. For example, in
American penitentiaries, bank
burglars look down upon house
burglars, house burglars rarely
speak to pickpockets and pick
pockets regard forgers with con-
tempt.
Of the several hundred kings,
emperors, cars and dictators who
have ruled during the past SOC
years, about one-third died VIC
lent deaths.
Professional beggars in New
York city wheedle more thar
$3.50, 900 a week out of sympathetic
donors. Many of the faster work.
ers collect as much as $500 every
seven days, while one once ''pro.
NOTED" $745 between Monday
morning and Saturday night
Golfers.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-11-23
Jewelry Vogue Is
For Diamonds Now

Diamonds have entered a new era
of popularity, both as jewelry and
as personal possessions of marketa-
BILE value. In several style shows
recently staged many of the mani
kins wore this sparkling type of jew
elry in preference to the spectacular
gold effects.
New earrings from a noted Paris
house are called "opposites," in that
one earring is a diamond flower set
with sapphires, the other a sapphire
surrounded by diamonds. Which do
you wear in which ear? Well, that
makes no difference, but to have a
touch of sapphire blue repeated in
your dress somewhere scores high
in allure.
Diamonds can be worn for day or
evening. One fine piece such as a
brooch or clip can be used on
the coat lapel, at the neckline of a
dress, at the center of the velvet
neckband or even in the couture.