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Evening star., 1940-07-28

nightly habit to write in 1t. Now
the daily notation has become auto
matte.
Whenever any matter that can
not be settled by memory is brought
up, one of our family says, Run up
and get James diary" For besides
my daily doings 1 include notes on
family and national events.
1t is very interesting to glance
down the pages and compare your
activities of each year. Invari-
iably one of the family will say,
Read us what happened four years
ago today" Then they'll chuckle
or sigh at a memory.
AS you see, my whole family has
access to my diary. At first I used
to lock it, but it soon became bother
some to open-and one shouldn't
put shocking entries in a diary
anyway, SO I took the key off.
To save space use a great many
abbrevations, with the key to their
| meaning in the margins. For
| curious person, this, plus my abom-
AAAbbS 1iAonSS q 4OSh
useless. I'm the only one who can
decipher my notations.
On trip my diary serves as a
travel-log. noting the places of in
terest and events of the day.
I often laugh now at my interests
of former years-my manner OF
writing and change of penmanship.
Keeping diary is fun, and often
| you will find it a friend in need.
| Keep one yourself-it's easy-and
who knows but some day you will
become famous parsonage and
have your diary published as a
human-interest autobiography. Or
| maybe an eyewitness account re-
corded in your diary will become
famous. Remember Pepy's diary,s
| account of the London fire?
challenge you to try it.
Evening star., 1940-07-28
neighbours Dog
By MILDRED RRuJ IL

BY MILDRED BRILL, IA,
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School
Arlington, Va.
Our neighbors have a dog
Whose name is Buck.
He guards the house
And chases my duck.
He is a very friendly dog
To his master and those he knows
But for being a bad dog,
He wears a muzzle on his nose.
He guards the house most too vel
And bites every now and then,
And never does he get whipped
For chasing my duck and hen.
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25 cents an hour. After I had his
consent, I started to build the sign.
Il cut out letters of thin card
board and suspended them on string
one below the other. Then I added
string to the sides of each letter,
securely fastening them together,
and added a small weigh to the bot
tom to keep them hanging down.
About 10 feet from the kite I
fastened the two strings projecting
from the top of the letters to the
kite string.
When up in the air, the sign
trailed after the kite and made a
very pleasing advertisement, and the
whole thing was profitable hobby
for me-" said Albert, who lives in
New Bedford, Mass.
Evening star., 1940-07-28
Posers

l. What day in France is similar
to our Fourth of July?
2. Who hunted for the Fountain
Of Youth?
3. Where is the prime meridian
located?
4. What is measured by longitude?
S. What is an archipelago?
s. Who wrote "Alexander's Rag
time Band?
7. What is two-seated bicycle
called?
8. What kind of pigeons are used
In pigeon racing?
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CIIUICe paper
doll, dress it in everything. Though
most of the dresses are crayoned or
water colored, others are made from
tissue paper, flowers, leaves, dry
goods, cotton and even chicken
feathers. The chicken feathers made
a fur coat for my favorite paper doll.
When I am older, I hope to get
a job as dress designer or an. illus
traitor.
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! n 6 m o d e r n
girls. I started
by tracing and
copying draw
ings of this sort,
and then I drew
my own ideas.
Next to draw
i n G iris, I
lik re designing
clothes best. I
like to find coll
ors and styles
suitable to their
hair, a &c and
size.
When I make
Evening star., 1940-07-28
Laugh Last
BY EVELYN CLARK, Is,

BY EVELYN CLARK, Is,
Shaw Junior High School.
Laugh last, my friend,
But wait till the end.
Though rough the way,
Don't let hope decay,
For he who laughs last laughs best.
Tis funny to see that you and I
Don't laugh at the jokes that are
played,
But we will laugh last
When the jokes are past,
And the joker has hallowed his
daVS
Evening star., 1940-07-28

I II a n K y o u.
Others will moan
at the thought
of a daily entry.
I have been
keeping a FIVE
year diary, and
I am on my
+ o u r h year
having missed
only an accumu-
lated week dur
ing the first
year. My diary
and a pencil are
kept on my bed
side table, and I
have made it q
Evening star., 1940-07-28
Girl Draws Paper
Dolls and Designs
Their Clothes
Prize Contribution.
BY ALICE FIELDING, II,
Taft Junior High School.

Probably my most useful and in
teresting hobby is drawing. I have
been drawing paper dolls for many
years.
At first could draw only children.
Then I became interested in draw
Evening star., 1940-07-28

DlStTlCI, asked
my mother and
me to visit her
at the recent
Republican Ma
ton a ! Conven-
ton in Phila-
delphia.
We drove up
e ar Y Monday
morning in the
week of t h e
convention a n d
stayed at t h e
Bellevue = Strait
ford Hotel dur
ing our three
Evening star., 1940-07-28
Old Granp
By MARY ANN ZEYEN. Is

BY MARY ANN ZEYEN, Is.
Notre Dame Academy
Some folks called old Gramp q
tramp,
Said he tried to shirk hard work.
Gramp had lived a life of strife,
Had to fight defeat to eat,
Had to labor and slave to save,
Now he needed best a rest.
Some folks didn't know this, so
When he slept all day, said they
THAT is just old Gramp, a tramp.
Evening star., 1940-07-28
Poser 4 nsvers

/. July IA, which is the anniversary
Of the storming of the Bastille in
1889. 2. Ponce de Leon. 8. Green
wich, England. 4. The distance east
or west of the prime meridian S. A
group of islands. 6. Irving Berlin.
Z. Tandem. s. Homing pigeons.
Evening star., 1940-07-28
BY ROBERT A. ERWIN.

My Dcson talent for art seems to have with her
sketchng painting
is 15 lives
at Mckinley High School
Without
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Srabhaneer

Sfrabhaneer
The lights in a bus had failed.
Can 1 find you a strap?" tall
youth asked lady at his side. She
smiled sweetly. Thank you, but I
have one" Good" he replied.
Maybe you'll let go my tie now"
Evening star., 1940-07-28
Recalls
Interesting
Experiences
Family Chuckles
Or Sighs When
Past Is Read
Prize Contribution
BY JANE Winnings, 16,
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School

betntsud-CheVy CndBt Hlgh SCHOOL.
Do you keep a diary?
Many of you will laugh and say:
Keep one of those little books with
love secrets under lock and key? No,
Evening star., 1940-07-28

Collecting foreign dolls is the hobby of Carolyn Kelly
OF 5349 Broad Brcnch road NV ho attends Blessed Sacra
ment School At the left Carolyn shops turcad doll from
Lapand the Far North country OF Seden and Finland The
dolls the gifts OF aunts and unces oo haze travelled in
Europe T hope the aDU be may get
more" said Carolyn. Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1940-07-28

Fond Recollection
I'm a coin collector"
so am I. Let's get together some
day and talk over old dimes"
Evening star., 1940-07-28
Girl Thrilled
By G. O, P.
Convention
Met Many Noted
People in Stay
At Philadelphia
Prize Contribution
By VIRGINIA PENHALLOW, IL,
Gunston Hall School.

1t was great thrill to me when
my grandmother, Mrs. Virginia
White Speel, who is Republican ma
tional committeeman from the
Evening star., 1940-07-28

Now Jimmy, the cricket, could
Have told you this was so.
But then he never even told
His friend Pinocchio.
Evening star., 1940-07-28

So take magnifying glass
And if you start a hunt
You'll find his ears are in his legs,
The ones that grow in front.
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style-conscious or belonging to
clubs or playing bridge or going to
cocktail parties, she never missed
them.
But what used to be Injuries are
now necessities. and there Is no use
in saying that you can 60 back and
live the way your great-grand-
mother did and be happy, because
you can't. 1t simply isn't in nature
to do it.
Also, consider this point of view:
Your young man has his fortune
to make. He is ambitious and you
are ambitious for him and want to
help him. Can't you realize that
the biggest help you can give him
Is not to burden him with your
support while he is trying to get a
start?
Let him get well on his feet be-
fore he gets married. Give him a
chance to save up a little money
before he handicaps himself with a
family. With a wife and babies
coming, and doctors bills and hos
pital bills and a million other bills
it is mighty hard for a poor young
chap to gather together the little
nest egg that enables him to take
advantage of his chance when OPP
portunity knocks at his door.
So why not wait q few years
until you are both grown up be-
fore you rush into the great ad-
venture?. Marriage lasts a long
time, and, as a cynic has said, IF
you are not happily married it
seems longer" DOROTHY DIX.
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Garden Club Note
The Washington Garden {

Inc washington Garden Club
held its regular monthly meeting
on Monday at the home Of Mrs.
Gale Pugh, 2744 Brandywine street.
Mrs. J. Armisted Boston presided at
the business session, while Mrs. John
D. Rhodes assisted the hostess. Mrs.
James S. Boyd was in charge Of the
program, which included q talk by
Mrs. Guy Mason on Early Ter
rariums." followed by general dis
cussion Of the subject. Mrs. H. A.
Latane and Mrs. Charles Arth gave
directions for preparing modern
terrariums. Several examples were
on display for analysis.
Election Of officers for the en-
suing year was held, with the results
as follows: President, Mrs. Charles
Riordan: first vice president, Mrs.
Lee Sanford; second vice president,
Mrs. Guy Mason; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Robert Van Denbergh:
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Calvin
H. Wingert; treasurer, Mrs. John D.
Rhodes; parliameutarian, Mrs. Floyd
B. Olcott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-16

Speaking Of 'hilling-up" peren-
mails calls to mind that q number Of
our leading rose growers have
stopped the practice Of hilling-up
their roses-that is, the established
plants. All newly planted roses
should be hilled at planting time.
This Is also q desirable practice
with newly planted trees and shrubs.
The reason given for abandoning
the practice Of killing up established
roses Is that it seems to encourage
the development Of stem canker, .
most serious rose disease. We have
now definite proof that this Is the
case, on the other hand roses with
out this protection In well-drained
beds seem to come through most
winters without serious losses.
AS we go through the beds giving
them their last cultivation 1t Is well
to remove the tops Of those plants
especially troubled with foliage and
bud diseases. These diseases In
many cases winter-over on the TO-
liage and by removing and burning
It we will help to control them.
Phlox, peony, delphinium and holly
hooks are examples Of plants whose
foliage should be removed.
And while working In the beds It
is well to see that the markers are
firmly set. Winters freezes and
thaws will uproot lightly set mark
ers. Check the writing on them,
too, while you can. Next spring may
be too late. ..
Some gardeners believe it desir.
able to lime and fertilize their gar
dens Just before freezing weather
comes. This would be . splendid
idea If only we knew when the
ground would freeze and stop plant
growth. Quick acting fertilizers and
. few warm days can force many
plants into growth. It Is this soft,
Unreasonable growth that Il usually
killed by comparatively light freezes.
It is safer to defer fertilization until
early March. The nitrogen In fer
tilizers applied at this season Is
likely to be lost by teaching.
Fail is IN excellent time to apply
lime. Hydrated lime is not apt to
burn plant foliage, and the slower
acting ground limestone will have
time to produce desired results be-
fore plant growth starts in the
spring.
With these Jobs out Of the way
we can consider the subject Of win
ter covering. The covering Of per-
ennials In colder regions u . neces-
essary task. In this area with the
exception OF . few kinds Of plants
It 10 unnecessary. Where mu1ches
~ - -. uood tbele appaiea&3on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-16
By FRANCES JONES.

lon fallen dead
interesting burls beautifully contorted
branches sections sections bit Of trouble
to drilling holes them dagramed)
they become holders
2-The unexpected In
new flower holder Look for hoyhock branches which take on lovely
fall blossoms
cata hawthorn
branches roadside patches of nhen shown above
provide fascinating materials grouped around
be decorative mante for the informal
with
few touches supplied by the ivy leaves can
exercising ingenuity will discover countless interesting materials
this attractive flower holder OF needed
time to time of practical elements the
oadstoo and other interesting growts In the
will lotus eucalyptus and
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are going to participate. for this
regulates the degree Of warmth
which must be found In these sport
toys. Next, choose q color scheme
that is becoming and one which you
know is fattering to your figure as
well as your complexion.
As for the type of short, flaring
skirt you select, let this choice de-
pend upon how good you know your
legs to be. Miss Ehrhardt thinks
that many girls wear their skirts too
long, both for practical skating and
the sake Of appearance. Little caps
or "beanies" to match your outfit
are perfectly in order and the bon
net type of headgear Is acceptable
because of its staying powers. "
Jewelry, with the possible exception
of a tailored pin, is strictly taboo
even as flowing streamers or
dangling sashes are bound to be .
nuisance.
Skating clothes warm enough Tor
comfort are emphasized by this ex-
pert because the muscles tighten
when you get too cold. In her prac-
tice clothes as well as her costumes.
many of which she designs herself.
Miss Ehrhardt concentrates on COM
fort as well Is charm.
Many of these same ideas were
echoed by Miss Evelyn Chandler
when we discussed the subject with
her Q little later. She, too, empha-
sized the necessity for appropriate
ness In skating garb, pointing out
that q costume for straight skating
may differ entirely from that OF
the figure or exhibition skater. For
example, Miss Chandler explained. .
slightly longer skirt may be worn
by the "one-two- three-gnde" addicts
because this straight skating raises
more Of . breeze. On the other hand.
exhibition skaters have to consider
the necessity Of having their skirts
slightly longer in the back, due to
the fact that the figure skater con-
stantly leans forward. BY all means
see that your costume, II 1t Is .
two-piece model, Is designed to stay
together in the middle instead OF
assuming different points Of view.
It Is also important from the ap-
pearance angle to watch the lining
Of your skating outfits. In doing
any kind Of fancy skating the lining
shows more than the skirt itself, and
Miss Chandler Illustrates this per-
fectly by wearing q blue costume
which has a separate underneath
skirt Of brilliant red and green
When she turns this second skirt
flashes brilliantly. Bright colors are
very much in order in skating toys
anyway, for here is one place that
you can "let yourself 60 on clothes,
as the red-headed star says.
At rehearsals both the stars and
other feminine members OF the 1c<
Folles cast wear long wooden tights
wooden gloves and socks Of all-wool
or angora combination. Miss Ehr-
hardt chooses the latter combina-
ton, for she has found all-wool
socks too harsh and the all-angprl
too spongy. Miss Chandler, how.
ever, prefers the all-wool as protec-
ton against the rubbing Of the
heavy skating boot.
Both of the attractive, smartly
groomed skaters are enthusiastic II
their praise of present fashions fol
this popular sport. And no one
should know better than theyi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-16

to remove dead wood q well q to
properly shape the bush. A second
point-fal pruning Of spring flower
ing shrubs removes flower buds and
reduces the spring floral display.
Prme them after Towering. Some
gardeners cut their rosebushes back
to two or three feet 20 that they win
not b whipped about by winter
winds.
The last job before adjourning IN
doors Il 10 clean and put the tools
away. Remove the dirt and rust and
wipe them With an oily rag or one
that has been moistened with kero-
sene. A good tool deserves to be
properly cared for or 1t will lose
its temper and edge. The garden
hose needs to be drained before 1t Is
rolled up and stored In . safe place.
With the garden put to bed and
the tools put away the garden page
adjourns until next February when
We will be with you again. In the
meantime We hope you can arrange
b enjoy some Of the excellent new
anedaa boo1D tlA4 ~ avaalAhaA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-16
Putting the Plants to Bed
Entails a Careful Check
OF Last>Minute Jobs
Final Cultivation of Soil Is
Beneficial in Killing Weeds
That Might Develop Later
BY W. II. YOUNGMAN.

coming sharp
nng healthy vigorous
garden spring. true that gardeners omit giving special
attention condition Of the winter the other
m do, nd
cultivation beneficial the will kill
small might weeds hoeing will
condition healthy While
plants protect them against
moisture and standing water.
Last winter oxgloves Ogta lost In local gardens
hardy" In
excessive moisture around the during the winter
which could be easily prevented by killing
Drainage Importance protects
situations not waterogged soil bitches
the water from
roots and
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found them exceedingly anxious to
help the feminine ice-skating con-
tingent choose the proper attire,
from both a practical and fashion,
able standpoint. Miss Ehrhardt was
becomingly clad in a white knitted
skirt topped with an embroidered
blue sweater. and had a matching
bow of ribbon in her hair. She
prefers knitted clothes because they
give" and allow enough freedom
for the strenuous business of figure
skating. In searching for skating
clothes, Miss Ehrhardt believes that
the first consideration is where you
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should be deferred until the ground
is FROZEN. Mulches are used to
keep the ground frozen and NOT to
keep out the cold.
OF the many kinds Of mulching
materials, leaves are seldom con-
sidered satisfactory because they
hold moisture and exclude air,
thereby smothering the plants. They
are, however, good mulching mate
rial for rhododendrons and azaleas.
Straw, hay and salt grass, where
available. are good except when they
carry weed seed. This objection
also applies to manure which usually
contains many weed seeds.
Partially decomposed compost is
an excellent mulch material which
can be Incorporated in the soil next
spring. Buckwheat hulls. where OBJ
tainable, make . satisfactory cover,
although In windy. exposed places
they may blow away. Pine boughs
are ideal, rs they shade the soil and
let In plenty Of air and do not crush
the plants below. Excelsior is fairly
good, although 1t, too, tends to blow
away. For very tender plants the
new glass wool Is recommended. It
is an ideal mulching material, al
though still rather too expensive for
general use. In mulching evergreen
plants, such - peoples, pansies and
Madonna lilies, one should be careful
not to cover the foliage.
Tender evergreen shrubs and trees,
such Is boxwood, holly and the Ore
gon hollysrape CMahonia aquafolia)
do not need protection from the cold
but from the sun and wind. The
more commonly planted varieties Of
these, however, only need this pro-
lection the first year after planting.
Covers Of burlap, pine boughs, corn
stalks or hath may be used. The
burlap is ordinarily tackled to stakes,
while the pine boughs and corn
stalks may be tied In teepee form
over them. BuShel and half bushel
baskets may be turned over small
everHreens and weighted down With
stones and bricks.
Guy wires and stakes should be
used to protect newly planted trees
against whipping IN winter winds.
FOR the smaller trees and large
shrubs one may safely tie them to
substantial stakes. Protect the bark
from the wires with burlap or rubber
hose.
FAN pruning Il seldom advisable.
Freese injury usually begins ut the
tips Of the branches. II given .
fan pruning any subsequent freexing
would kill the wood stiI1 further
more than desired. Il = better %
detee pguning mAn Qgino anA TIN
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00IL Oh OH uVC6 WI Aul6 AIlu pay uA6
together. I know he will get to the
top some day and I want to help
him get there. What are our chances
for . long and happy marriage?
SISSY.
Answer-r should say that they
are about half what they would be
II you waited until you are % or "a
to marry. Statistics show that teen
age marriages are about as brittle
and easily broken as pie crust. and
that the number of those that end
in divorce are far, far greater than
the marriages entered into by mature
men and women. The reason older
people oppose the marriage Of
adolescents Is because calf love Is
the most fleeting emotion on earth.
It Is just . fancy that passes like q
summer wind. Boys and girls are
too young and undeveloped to be
capable Of wisely choosing q life
mate, because they do not know
what they are going to be themselves
when they grow up, nor what quail
tiles they are going to need in a
husband or wife.
Nor are they mentally or phyH-
cally fit to assume the burdens and
responsibilities Of marriage. In all
the world there is no sadder sight
than q boy husband, broken and
beaten in his futile efforts to sup
port q family, unless it is a poor
little girl wife, shabby and worn,
with crying babies hanging to her
skirts, already tired of the lad
she married and envying every girl
whose feet are dancing Of q night
while hers walk the collie. Marriage
Is an adult game. 1t Is not for
children. The going Is too hard.
The fact that your great-grand-
mother and grandmother married
at IS and lived happily ever after
has no bearing on your case. They
lived In q different time when life
was simpler and when 1t did not
take so much to make people happy
as 1t does now.
In those days when . couple mar
ried they practically retired from
the world and spent the balance Of
their lives In working and saving
and rearing q family. They didn't
expect to be amused or enter
tanned or take vacations or 60 on
trips, and they thought that they
were having . hilarious time when
they went to the church supper
once . year.
Your grandmother cooked her
own food, did the family laundry
and sewing. and didn't spend as
much on her clothes in q year Is
you spend ct the beauty shop. And,
Is she had never heard Of being
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Chutney Sauce

Use chutney sauce in sour cream
for cabbage or tomato salad dressing.
Mix ~ cup thick sour cream, u cup
chutney, teaspoon lemon juice, Y
teaspoon salt, u teaspoon paprika
and speck of mustard. Beat well
and pour over the vegetables.