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Evening star., 1940-10-26
Notes of Garden Club
Shows and Meetings

The Takoma Horticultural Club
will hold its annual chrysanthemum
show at the Takoma Library, Fifth
and Cedar streets. Takoma Park,
D. c., on October 80 and 81.
The show will be open to the
public from Z to pm. on October
80, and from 9 am. to pm. the
following day.
Mr.. R. M. Shenk has donated an
Indian stone bird bath, to be
awarded to the winner of the sweep
stakes in the show, of which Mr..
George U. Croft is chairman, and
DR.. Roy Magruder vice chairman.
Mr.. j. Y. Byrnes and Mrs. v. L.
McKinstry will act as judges.
The regular monthly meeting of
the club will be held at the library
Monday, october %, at pm. The
clubs president, Mr. Marion L. Boat
will preside. Comdr. w. S. Deal, di-
rector of the Potomac Rose Society,
will speak on Notes on Roses as
sisted by Mr.. N. J. Hansen, who will
show pictures of outstanding rose
gardens.
On Tuesday, October 20, the
American University Park Garden
Club will hold its monthly meeting
at pm. in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jett Wayland, 4716 Davenport
street. Members will report on
present activities in their garden
work, and Mr.. William Frederick
Green will present a short and in
teresting movie of his recent trip
Down East" with special accent on
gardens visited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Kinner are
co-chairmen of the sixth annual
chrysanthemum show to be pre-
sented Monday evening, October %,
by the Woodbridge Garden Club in
Sherwood Church Hall at Twenty
second street and Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE. Entries will close at $50
pm.
The East Sligo Valley Citizens As
sociation has voted to change its
name to the Silver Spring (Md)
Garden Club and expand its mem
bership to include the entire Silver
Spring area.
During a recent business session
of the club Mrs. Armand j. La Vaute,
president, appointed Mrs. Ralph
Dewhirst chairman of nominating
committee to select a slate of officers.
Others on the committee are Mrs.
John L. Deane, Mrs. j. Myron Jones
and Mrs. j. Weinig.
A techni-colored motion picture,
How the Garden Crows" was shown
after the business meeting.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
The Garden Notebook
Dig and Cure Bulbs and Tubers
AS Soon as Practicable

Now that frost has cut down the
dahllaS, gladioluSeS and many other
tender Towering bulbs we should
remove the foliage promptly and
then dig and cure the bulbs and
tubers as soon as practical. Dahlias
may be left in the ground for some
time after the tops are removed.
The "glads." likewise. may be left
in the garden until convenience
permits their digging. However, if
the soil is heavy there is some
danger of the less vigorous varie-
ties rotting if left too long.
In her talk last week, Mrs. Lester
Roundtree, noted plant collector
and writer, made one statement that
should be noted. She was talking
about growing the hardy California
natives in the East and said that
they had to have excellent drainage
and would not last in heavy soils.
GraVelly and sandy soils which
provide excellent drainage are their
natural habitat. Our clays hold
more moisture than they can with
stand. If you are planning for
them in your rock garden add
quantities of sharp sand to your
soil mixture.
One is often intrigued by the
statement that the witch-hazel>
flower in the late fall and early
spring. A species (Hamamelis viz
giniana) was noted recently in
flower and the tiny blooms, While
interesting, were so hidden by the
foliage and overshadowed b. the
asterS and other flowers and shrubs
that they seemed little more than
a horticultural curiosity. In No.
vember and December they will
attract more attention. H. vernalis
flowers somewhat later in the sea-
son. The Asiatic species, H. mollis,
is the more show and should be
planted in preference to the native
species.
Occasionally for one reason or
another it is desirable to move a
perennial plant at this season. While
it is too late for transplanting in
the usual way, it may be done with
comparative safety if large enough
ball of dirt is taken. This avoids
injury to the roots and by carefully
packing the soil about the ball
there is very little danger of frost
heaving it out.
There is still time to pot up a few
hrysanthemums for indoor use.
The smaller and bushier plants
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Plant Breeders Have Worked Long Improve Hardy Chryanmums
Efforts Now Rewarded bv
Variety in Form, Color
And Blooming Habits
Majority Should Be Pinched
Back to Encourage Full,
Bushy Type of Growth
By w. H. YOUNGMAN.

Last weeks noWom demonstrated the Importance hardy
anhemums
of
colorless for the remainder of the fall
While there great kinds of crysanhemums
wIdoWer-oxye ANIMALS
japanese types which by the florists shall confne this
article brief discussion of the hardy garden
Plant breeders have been working for
cryanthemums and today have infinite
and blooming habits The Welknown
Mars,
They mostly singles comparatively early blooming
orally speaking they fairly hardy and Towering They
tall should be pnched back stimulate branching They
be lifted and divided in the early spring and repland we'll
enriched soil, 18 inches to feet apart.
Another so-caed
azaleamum Cushion,
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will make the better showing as we'll
as handle the more easily. Put
in fairly large pots and water well.
After Towering they may be moved
to the cold-frame and carried over.
PanSleS may still be transplanted
if given a liberal mulch Of we'll
rotted manure. The small plants
are inexpensive and make a splendid
show OF color next spring. The
leaves should never be covered but
the manure over the roots Will pro-
tect against the action of frost as
well as provide food for them.
Vines and climbing roses should
be tied up securely as a protection
against winter winds. If they blow
about during the winter the bark is
apt to be injured and disease enter.
Raffia is an excellent material for
this purpose.
For the wild flower garden or for
a foundation planting in a shady
moist place, the Christmas fern is
one Of the best Of the natives. 1t is
evergreen and hence will keep the
space from appearing bare and deSo-
late. The green fronds are excellent
cutting material.
Stiff. heavy clay may be improved
with tilth if spaded and left over
winter lumpy and rough. Lime scat
tered over it and the freezing will
aid materially in pulverizirg and
changing its character.
Now is good time to clean out
the compost pile and to make it
ready for the fall crop of leaves.
How about putting on a few more
boards to increase the capacity?
Without the former supply of peat
moss we have need for larger guam
titles of compost.
Some time between now and the
time the ground freezes hard the
fore-minded gardener will dig and
carry indoors a sufficient supply of
soil to fill the seed fats. Sand and
screened compost will be needed for
that job.
Have you potted up few hardy
bulbs for forcing indoors later on?
It is simple job and one that We
should all do. Put one or three bulbs
in small pot (bulb pam and set
them outside in a protected spot to
make their root growth. Cover with
cinders or mulching material so that
they may be easily lifted and brought
indoors at the proper season.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

ment have ranged themselves in op-
position to any territorial changes
which Premier Ion Gigurtu and For
eign Minister Mihail Manoilescu
may have decided upon in conjunc-
tion with Fuehrer Hitler and Premier
Mussolini.
Although this movement may not
prevent the restoration of Dobruja
to Bulgaria and return of at least
part of Pennsylvania to Hungary,
it may develop into a widespread
reaction against the transfers when
they are made. If the Gigurtu gov
ernment should be overthrown and
political chaos result, repercussions,
perhaps involving Russia and Tur-
key, might be extensive.
Yet with Hungary and Bulgaria
backed by Germany and Italy, it
seems inevitable that Rumania will
have to give up part of her territory
and that she and her neighbors will
be forced to exchange minorities
with a view to removing perma-
nently this cause Of border friction.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
New Deal for Indiu

Faced with the threat of serious
Italian effort to cut her "life line" to
the East, Great Britain is striving
to enlist more substantial co-opera-
ton from India with a promise Of
free and equal partnership" in the
commonwealth after the war and by
inviting Indian leaders to participate
in policy-forming phases of the con-
flict.
1t is understandable that the Brit
ish government should be making
these overtures to India, for that
land of 35O,0OO,O00 people has been
bitterly resentful both of the manner
in which it was taken into the war
and of Britain's failure to fulfill re-
peated pledges to grant India do
minion status.
Spearhead of the resistance to Brit
ish control has been the All-India
Congress, headed by Mohandas K.
Gandhi Since the close Of the first
World War, a conflict to which
India contributed nearly 100000
men and about 112,000000 pounds
directly to. the empire war chest,
while subscribing in even larger vol
ume to war loans, Britain has re-
peatedly promised, but has. never
felt justified in granting, dominion
status to India. These unkept
pledges, plus the failure of the Gov
ernment of India Act of 1885 to effect
the successful establishment of an
Indian federation and provincial au-
tonomy, have been used by the Con-
gress to foster widespread discon-
tent. When, with the start of the
present war, the British government
legally but unwisely declared India
a belligerent without consulting the
Central Indian Legislature or any
Indian leaders, this discomfort
reached serious proportions.
In the light of this background, it
is not surprising that Britain has
received less cooperation during this
war from India than was formerly
the case. And conditions might have
been a great deal worse had it not
been for the moderate course fol-
lowed by Gandhi, who, despite the
efforts of other members of the Con-
gress to take strong stand against
England, has expressed his sympathy
with the British cause and has con-
demned any resort to "blackmail"
tactics by India.
1t remains to be seen whether this
latest British proposal will mollify
the Indians, who have become some
what skeptical of pledges to be exc
cuted in the future. On it's face, the
new plan seems to offer 1ndia-after
the war-a greater measure of free
dom than has been promised at any
time in the past. Considering Brit
aims important economic and de-
fense interests in India and her
obligation to safeguard the rights of
Indian minorities, it is a generous
offer-but still an offer that falls
short of what has been described as
the All-India Congress minimum de-
mand, the right to draft a constitu-
tion for India through constituent
assembly without any interference.
II Britain can convince the In
Evening star., 1940-08-09
The Oil Case

Industry generally will watch with
interest further steps in the anti
trust action contemplated by the
Justice Department to force twenty
two major oil companies and about
three hundred subsidiaries and affil-
iates to divorce the production of
oil f1om pipeline transportation
and marketing.
Preparing after a lengthy investi-
CATION to institute civil proceedings
to bring about the disintegration of
the Nationwide corporate network,
the department suddenly was con-
fronted with the realization that
supply and transportation of oil
now have relation to national de-
fense," as Attorney General Jackson
explained in announcing that the
suit would be delayed pending fur
ther study. 1t also developed that
the operating machinery which the
oil industry has created to foster its
own growth would figure so i'm
portantly in the national prepared
ness scheme that it might in fact
be desirable for the prospective de-
PENDANTS to expand the very opera
tions which the suit would curtail.
This is likely to be confusing to the
average mind, which will have diff
Guilty in reconciling the divergent
policies represented here. 1t puts
the Government in the position of
condemning on the one hand the
business practices of an industry,
and then finding it desirable to en-
courage their continuance in a time
OF emergency. 1t raises a very nat
ural question, too, as to the extent to
which the proposed suit was justified
IN the first instance, If it is to be
conceded that the practices assailed
actually have enabled the industry to
be OF service to the Government.
1t is obvious that this issue is not
to be settled by temporary conces-
sions to the oil companies, based on
the present needs of defense, for
certainly no concern would invest
capital in an expansion program
that was under a cloud, and that
would be subject to renewed attack
as soon as the emergency period had
passed. The antitrust law at best
is open to such a variety of judicial
interpretations as to keep business
constantly on the defensive, and it
would be poor judgment indeed to
risk unnecessarily costly litigation.
The National Defense Commission
has been asked by the Justice De-
partment for an opinion as to the
probable effects of the oil suit on the
defense plan 1t can be assumed
that this will represent carefully
considered views, and it easily may
have an important bearing on the
whole complicated subject of Gov-
ernment-business relationship, both
during the emergency and in the re-
adjustment period that will come
when abnormal production needs
have been met.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Resignation

1t was inevitable that James A
Farley, retiring from the chair
manship of the National Democratic
Committee, also should resign his
position as Postmaster General
The announcement issued yesterday
therefore was not unexpected. But
it does not follow necessarily that
the news was received by the public
without regret.
Mr.. Farley earned his place in
President Roosevelt's cabinet by po-
litical assistance rendered, then JUS
titled it by proving again as he had
on several previous occasions the
simple fact that he is a man of
sound business acumen, skilled in
the management of affairs and of
people, efficient in the performance
of administrative duty. His term as
head of the largest organization of
its kind in the world has been emf
nently successful. Understanding as
he did that "the final test . for
any official is the record of his
service" he applied his efforts and
energies to the job of making sub
stantial improvements and to
saving money for Uncle Sam rather
than bothering about petty criti-
cism in regard to details which, after
all, were not extremely important" :"
Certainly there were mistakes dur
ing Mr.. Farley's tenure But of
more lasting Importance were such
achievements as the Inauguration Of
transoceanic airmail, the develop
ment of vast building program for
the rehousing of postal facilities
throughout the Nation and the grad
ual improvement of postal revenues
for work done for hire.
Mr.. Farley is honorably proud of
his career in the Post Office Depart
ment. He has the right to look back
upon it with satisfaction. The public
in appreciation of his labors wishes
him we'll in his new venture into pri-
vate enterprise.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

only a month. Also, as feed our dog
scraps from the table he is not luxury,
but it was hardship to put out 81 for
a tag when there are so many necessi-
ties to buy.
Friday, however, went to the District
Building and stood in line for one hour
to secure the tag. Saturday morning
Teddy left home proudly displaying his
new tag. When I let him in the house a
half hour later the collar and lock as
well as the tag were gone. OF course, I
have the receipt to prove that did my
duty but Teddy cannot tell that. His
worst fault is that he is everybody's
friend. The number of the tag was
174s4. I know I can go buy him an
other tag, but 1t seems so futile.
We live in a good neighborhood Of
law-abiding people. One of them is 50
law-abiding that he does not want his
dog to be without show of respectable
ity. but does not consider 1t undignified
TO steal from one who may have denied
himself to comply with the law. Please
help me. LOUISE RICHARDSON,
August 5.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Balkan Settlement

With new dismemberment of Ru-
mania growing more imminent, the
current week may prove to be ex-
ceedingly fateful not only for Ru-
mania, but for the entire Balkan
area.
The Bucharest government has not
seen fit to reveal exactly what in
structions Rumania's emissaries re-
ceived from Fuehrer Hitler and Pre-
mier Mussolini at Salzburg and
Rome. There is little more than a
hint of how much of Pennsylvania
Hitler proposes to give to Hungary,
although it Is pretty clear that Bull
garia will get all of Southern Dob
ruia, disposition of which may be
decided by the end of this week.
Complicating the situation is
ominous evidence not only of resist
ance among Rumanians to any fur
ther territorial adjustments in favor
Of their neighbors, but fears of
Hungarian disorders in disputed
Pennsylvania. Behind Juliu MANU-,
leader Of the former National Peas
ant Party, number of important
political leaders outside the govern
Evening star., 1940-08-09

dian leaders that, while lighting
for the maintenance and extension
Of democracy" she accepts in good
faith the Congress proposition that
"she must necessarily end imperial
ism in her own possessions" long
step toward rapprochement will have
been taken. And II some external
impetus toward this end Is needed
by India's leaders it may well be
found in the prospect that BRITISH
rule, however faulty, may give, way
to domination by Italy, Germany or
Japan.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Boy Refugee

I shall pretend sweet clover banks are
distant
White cliffs Of chalk along dear Eng
lands shore
Where the Atlantic lifts blue waves
persistent
And raps upon her alabaster door.
At purple sunset can be pretending
I see great wains along country down,
Coming from fields where fragrance Is
unending
To market lavender in London Town.
But oh. at night the same loved stars
will greet me
And march across the sky In bright
array.
And face to face the same glad moon
viii meet me
Just as 1t did before came awav
When in my hair a breeze at bedtime
fingers.
Twill seem a little like my mothers
fingers.
ROSE MYRA PH1LLrps,
Evening star., 1940-08-09

The Towering begins at the bottom Of
the stalk, and proceeds upward. but on
most varieties there will be four or more
flowers open at q time, and in many
the entire spike will be blooming at once.
1t is q picture. to watch the humming-
bird, the smallest OF all which come to
local gardens, visit first one flower and
then another, up and down the spike,
never touching the plant. but held prac-
tically motionless directly in front Of the
bell.
This is picture any good artist can
paint.
1t has been done many times, with
great success, and no wonder, for here
are two perfect creations, the gladiolus
blossom, and the smallest Of birds, each
of its kind perfect.
Evening Is the hummingbird's favorite
time. Then 1t may be depended upon
to visit the petunias growing in the
humblest of window boxes.
Window boxes sometimes are NUS
ances. They require . great deal Of
watering, and even then will dry out on
hot days. But they are worth all the
trouble they cause If they bring you
hummingbirds. and they usually do.
No supper is quite 50 good as that
enjoyed with pair OF hummers Just
outside the screen, within q few feet.
The best variety Of petunia to plant
for this is the Rosy Morn, a pink variety
which the hummingbirds seem to like,
at least according to- our observations,
better than any other.
Curiously enough, there is a moth
which so many persons mistake for q
hummingbird.
1t Is the Sphinx moth, with a round
body Of the same green hue as the hum
mingbird, and the same habit of hover
ing over flowers, but this time the favor
lite is the phlox.
While this moth really does not re-
semble hummer, it looks enough like
1t to fool many people.
Its body seems covered with feathers,
almost. and its way of going to the flower
is most hummingbird like, but it has no
long bill but a snout which turns down
almost at right angle and which 1t
can stick down into phlox blossom to
get food.
The Sphinx moth at this stage in its
life seems practically blind, 50 that you
can stand within few inches Of 1t, while
it hovers fearlessly over the flowers, 60
ing about its proper business as If no
one were within a mile Of 1t.
Cleaning glass flowers" may be Sc
cured to draw the hummingbirds. These
usually are red the hummer's favorite
color, and are filled with q solution Of
sugar water.
Attached tc stakes, or to real branches,
they are novel in every way, and really
do attract the hummingbirds. But real
flowers are best, for in addition to the
natural nectars they furnish the little
fellows with their favorite food, insects.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Precedent for Blitzkrier
Found In Bible,

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is remarkable how you can find
something in the Bible for every situa-
ton OF life, provided you know how
to find 1t. In the fourth chapter Of
Judges We see that because Gods chosen
race, over and over again, lapsed into
idolatry, Jehovah let their enemies
triumph over them. In this case, He had
sold them into the hand Of Jabin, king
OF the Caananites for 20 years. Jabin
had 900 chariots Of iron, which must
have been as formidable to the Israel
ties as Hitler's tanks to the Poles.
At the close Of the 20 years, the
Prophecies Deborah sent word to Barak,
whose name means lightning (blitz, in
GERMANY, to gather an army of 10000
men to fight against Jabin. Barak re.
fused to 60 unless Deborah agreed to 70
with him. The battle was fought and
Jabin's general, Sisera, was utterly
routed, 900 chariots and all, and that
blitzkrieg was soon over.
What do you know about Meroz3
"Meroz? I never heard about him, or
her or It," Look at the twenty-third verse
in the nth chapter, chapter in which
Deborah and Barak sang to praise
Jehovah for His great deliverance.
recommend this twenty-third verse to
our isolationists:
Curse ye, Meroz, said the angel Of
Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabi-
tants thereof. because they came not to
the help Of Jehovah against the mighty"
August 5. ADDISON HOGUE.
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SIunder

Recently jury decided remark
able case in befitting manner. A
fair plaintiff sued fair defendant
for slander. The defendant, it was
charged, had said so many harsh
things against the plaintiffs race
horse, War Glory, that the animals
value had receded from $55,O0O to
a mere $4,000. Due to the allegedly
slanderous comments, War Glory, in
spite of the fact that he is son of
the mighty Man O. War and a
brother OF the redoubtable War
Admiral, was suffering from an
inferiority complex. The jury knew
its oats, disqualified the plaintiff
and awarded the decision to the
defendant.
Thus was established the inalien-
able right of one and all to roast
the daylights out of race horses
that fail to click. The two-dollar
bettor whose choice trails a field of
ten has legal right to two dollars
worth OF strong comment against
the horse; he may refer to him as
dog, beetle or goat, and recon-
mend that he pull a junk cart, and
he may do it with the assurance
that he will not be haled into court
for SANDER, no matter how noble
the lineage Of the animal or how
high his assessed value. If he fails
to push that velvet nose in front,
he is tramp in any language and
In any court, and 1t is safe to say so.
Before the slander season opens at
Laurel, it is we'll to note that prob
ably the best time to say so is just
before the race-it may be too late
afterWard.