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Evening star., 1941-07-03

Hundreds Of persons in new homes
this summer will persist in trying to
grow annual flowers in shady yards.
Don't do It'll
Stick to shrubs and perennials, and be
happy, in a gardening sense.
1t Is much better to have q border
of healthy perennials than any number
of beds OF spindly, unhealthy annual
flowers
Even the zinnia, sure-fire In the sun,
will be mildewed and unthrifty in the
shade or semi-shade.
Yet because the zinnia and many other
annual plants are prime favorites OF
everybody, they will be grown, at all
costs.
And the costs are heavy.
Because what one wants, especially In
the new garden, is the flourishing flower
The ANIMALS, Of course, give the new
gardener his best chance to grow flowers
in hurry.
He can plant them and have blooms
in the one season, whereas most OF the
perennials require year Of growing on
before they really do well.
Hence it is common for the first-year
garden to be mostly ANIMALS.
Truly, one can make quite show
where there is enough sun 1t must never
be forgotten that all of the ANIMALS are
sun-loving plants.
k* -
The shady yard with its trees, has the
great drawback of too much competition
for the available food.
Such plants as manage to live do not
get enough to eat.
They are unhealthy, and thus suffer
from all the biights and insects in the
neighborhood.
Even the bugs" it would seem, know
the unhealthy plants.
Their resistance, it might be said, is
low. The invasion possibilities are high
The wandering beetle flies right down
and makes itself at home The thrips
attack the gladiolus, and the aphids the
roses.
Lack of sunshine gives all annual
plants less of the working
changes which their tissues need. They
cannot build themselves up rightly, as
they should They become weak and
spindly. The stalks seem much too tall
for the number of leaves they bear
Stalks are not straight, but tend to bend
over
Above all, there is an unhealthy color
to the leaves. They are green, all right
but not the right sort Of green.
Green is one of the wonder colors.
There are many greens, from the dark
to the light, but no matter the shade
each green has its own correct intensity
One does not have to be an expert to
recognize this 1t is remarkable how any
one can tell, just by looking at plant
he may never have seen before, whether
it is the right type of green or not.
This is because health is health, the
Evening star., 1941-07-03
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. TrdcetDell.

world around. 1t carries with 1t its own
banner of conviction and makes every
| beholder understand 1t.
Health among human beings is just
! the same. Any observer can tell at q
| glance whether stranger has the right
| color" or not. There Is something to the
| glow OF the skin which fits in with the
| brightness OF the eyes, and SO on. All
| the factors add up to health or sickness.
| The latter may be mild, but 1t will take
| away just enough from one factor to
| make for lack of harmony. 1t Is this
| harmony, whether in animals or plants,
which strikes the eye and tells its own
story.
Shrubs are really the foundation, along
with the grass of any good yard.
Often new gardeners put far too much
stress on colorful blossoms.
Shrubs have these for q short while.
| They can make as fine a display as any
| growing things, in their time, but more
| than this they add the perfect back
| ground of various green's.
Most of our popular shrubs will do
remarkably well in semi-shade. Many
| of them will do nicely enough in almost
| full shade.
Lack of success often Is due to lack
of proper pruning at the right time.
Most of us never learn to prune shrubs.
| 1t is department of plant care about
| which more should be written. 1t may
| be recommended as fine topic for gar
| den clubs. When new shrubbery is
| planted, it seems so small, and the
| spaces between much too large, but in
few years everything is overgrown.
| This is not the worst feature, however.
| The main harm is done to the plants
| themselves, which tend to get 'leggy,'
| with leaves growing at the top Of long,
bendy canes.
Proper pruning will overcome these
| difficulties.
Perennial plants include many of the
finest to be had.
They give some of the best blooms in
the world, at the same time they re-
quire less care.
Often a good dusting with sulphur is
all they need. The right sort of sulphur
dust can be secured in a can with holes
in the top. The sulphur is busted over
the plants as often as needed.
| Perennials require less thinning out
than most plants.
Not that all perennials, of course, dc
well in the shade. But many of them
do, and most of them will get along on
! Just a small amount of sun each day.
There is no sense in trying to grow
the wrong kind of flowers in the wrong
type of garden.
Take a tip from the old hands and
consider carefully the kind of garden
you have before you do your planting
This time of year is as good as any
for such consideration, for it is possible
now to see which types of plants are
doing well and those sorts which are
unthrifty and unhealthy looking.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Tells Of Hospitality
Offered Soldiers by Churches.

To the Editor of The Star:
In an article recently printed, Father
Thomas B. Dade declares Army chap
lains and boys in uniform from sur
rounding camps have complained that
they have been given a cold shoulder
by the people of Washington" and the
inference is borne out in the rest of
the article that nothing is being at
tempted.
There is no doubt that the respon-
sible organizations of Washington and
many of the churches have not so much
as gotten good start in meeting the
opportunity that Is presented to us by
the presence of these young men. How
ever, there are a number of churches
that have been very much ION the JOB,
and they would appreciate cooperation
of the public press in giving publicity
to their service and location I speak
for the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church, located at Eighteenth and N
streets NV. For many weeks past we
have had "open house" for the men
from the neighboring camps, on Sat-
urday afternoons and evenings. Weak
after week we have had from so to 100
of these young men as our guests. A
group of hostesses take their turns in
providing an ample supper without
charge, at the churchs recreational CEN
ter, Fellowship House, 1868 Massachu-
sets avenue NV. Here scores of young
women are invited to meet these young
together. The boys arrive by truck
load from their respective camps and
are under the charge of q designated
offlcer. Our experience is that they very
much appreciate the hospitality of the
church.
Without doubt this is one Of the great
est opportunities that the Christian
church has had to give good account
Of itself. as a big brother and sympa-
thetic sister to the young manhood Of
the country. Charges are sometimes
made that church men and church
women are not alert to their opportunity
and responsibility. Let us fling wide open
the doors Of all our churches and rec
reational domiciles, that there may be
no validity to any such charges in the
future.
ALBERT JOSEPH MCCARTNEY,
Minister, Covenant First
Presbyterian Church.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Questions Door
In Independence Hall

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the gravure section of The Star for
June 20 there is picture of excited
patriots tearing down the Kings crest
from the door of the Supreme Court
room in Philadelphia. That court sat
on the western side of the ground floor
of Independence Hall. There was no
door separating that room from the CEN
trail corridor then, just as there Is no
door separating it from the central cor
ridor today.
The restoration of the building is cor
rect in this respect There was no such
door in the Hamilton plan which was
submitted to the Provincial Assembly In
August, 1882, and which now is hanging
on the walls of the Historical Society
Of Pennsylvania. That State Legislature
was repeatedly asked to consider the
placing Of o door in the open passage
way CMinutes for January Al, March l,
8, 1884, and for November 23, 80, 1855
and 1t would not do 10. Manasseh Cut
Ter visited the building on July Is, 17S7
(Cutlers. Journals, I, 262) and he saw no
door separating the courtroom from the
the broad cross aisle.
The artist has pictured q door which
the room Of the Supreme Court Of Penn
sylvanis simply did not have.
ROBERT p. KEEDEN.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Describes Interior Museum
And Its Attractions.

To the Editor OF The Star
When we think of museums we think
OF treasure dug out of ancient tombs
rare paintings by artists who long since
joined the vast majority, pieces of pot
terry covered with hieroglyphs, the an
cient method of recording events Such
Is the popular idea and opinion OF
museums.
Far different is the Interior Depart
ment Museum. There one finds-it is
true-the older things, but, with them
We also find modern methods of per-
forming the labors of the day; old
methods Of photography and specimens
Of the new; the old link, l00-foot sur
veyors' chain and the new 600-foot tape
on q reel; improvements in oil drilling,
coal mining. Last, but not least is
the map. IL by 9 feet. showing the lines
and spots on the face Of Uncle Sam
truly q work Of art.
The Grazing Service has secured the
use Of the entire rear of the museum.
There may be found photos showing the
condition Of the range before conserva-
ton and afterward; old brands, brand
ing irons, lariats, chaps, spurs, in fact,
all Of the equipment Of stocnaising on
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Urges Consideration for Plight
OF Struggling People of India.
To the Editor Of The Star:

In respectful answer to Lord Halifax's
address to the Federal Bar Association,
published in The Star of June II, 1
should like to make the following state
ment:
There are those who recognize that
the true facts regarding India's political
situation are evaded, left entirely un-
mentioned, or a completely different
viewpoint conveyed on almost every oc-
casion when reference to India is made,
whether by a tourist who sees only the
contrasting side of the greater India
without knowing anything about that
countrys deep culture and great and
ancient civilization, or motion picture
travelogue, or by British imperialist.
Every effort on the part of the Indian
people to improve their miserable con-
ditions has been crushed by the British
government-acts passed to make their
every effort illegal and their straight
jacket of bondage therefore frightened.
India desires to govern herself, but
such privilege is denied her. Her people
want freedom from slavery. They are
a proud and sensitive people with fine
and subtle intellect. Their struggle is
noble one, using peaceful non-co-
operation and non-violent methods.
England today is fighting with the
sword to save herself from the degrada-
ton of slavery while she holds knife
at the throat of India Why does she
not let 60 of her beloved Indian en-
pire" and perhaps by so doing win the
support OF the Indian people who so
gallantly rose to her defense in the
first World War?
Those who love justice and truth in
all things will be no less interested in
truth concerning a nation as vital as
India. An American scholar, DR.. Jabez
T. Sunderland, who spent more than 40
years in India, has written a book,
India in Bondage" which gives a de-
tailed and unbiased account of British
rule. His book was not allowed publica-
ton in India by the British government.
1t would be great and glorious thing
II the bell Of liberty could be heard to be
ringing over India as we hope and pray
that 1t might continue to ring over Eng
land. ELIZABETH ZOMBRO.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reader can get the dnsUer TO any
question OF fact by ,Dritinp The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdsktn, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What branch OF business invested
the most money In advertising last
year2-M. j. H.
A. The largest expenditures In news
paper, magazine, farm journal and radio
advertising were made by the grocery
business which invested s97751.44s in
the four media combined.
O. Had Germany more U-bosts In
the 1s14-l918 war than in the present
war?-A A. C.
A. At her greatest World War sub
marine strength Germany had very few
more than the 130 U-boats with which
she is credited today.
@. What is . laughing jackass7-
c. D. r.
A. This is the name Of large inland
kingfisher in Australia. 1t Is about II
inches long and does not catch fish but
lives on insects and small reptiles. 1t is
so called because Of It's loud hoarse cry.
@. Is 1t true that the only double
barreled cannon in the world is IL
Georgia?-J. S.
A. The only weapon Of its kind In the
world, a Confederate double-barreled
cannon, stands in the City Hall Square
at Athens, Ga.
@. How long is the Amazon River
N. Y. F.
A. The Amazon River Is approx
mately 1000 miles in length-longer
than the distance between Boston and
San Francisco.
Evening star., 1941-07-03

the range, and list of the products
and by-products of sheep and cattle
raising. Along the top of this exhibit
has been fashioned a series of silhouettes
representing the settlement of the West.
OK teams, mule teams, horse teams,
horseback riders and hooters; the Con-
nestoga wagon laden with the necessities
for beginning life on the frontier, not
forgetting the ever-present rife and six
shooter.
Visitors to the Nations Capital should
take in the display shown here and then
feel proud that they belong to a Gov
ernment which makes it possible to view
the changes which have been wrought
in the past two generations.
LESLIE DAVIDSON,
Editor of the Sugar House Bulletin,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Smolensk

| BldIlCe dC Ine map OF Eastern
Europe shows that the road from
Berlin to Moscow proceeds through
Posen and Warsaw, which Hitler
took in 1889, and BialyStok and
MinSk, which he has "cut off" during
the past few days. Troops advancing
to an attack upon the capital of
Soviet Russia must either pass
through or around the ancient city
OF SmolenSk, on the Dnieper River.
Many Americans know the place as
way station" OF Importance in its
own authentic right. 1t already was
strategically significant when it first
appeared in history nearly a thou
sand years ago.
Long before written chronicles
were compiled, men came to Smo-
lenSk from the distant south. The
pioneers were traders who sought the
furS Of the Arctic and the amber of
the Baltic Plain. Some turned west,
others went to Novgorod and Kazan
in the Valley of the Volga. The
"cross roads" gradually became
famous. Its celebrity spread to
ConStantinople and even to Samar-
kand. A kreml or fortress was raised
to protect the travelling public as we'll
as the resident community, and the
principality centered in the now
ruined stronghold grew rich and
powerful.
Unfortunately, however, Smolensk
was involved in series of struggles
from the fourteenth century onward.
Lithuanian rulers annexed the town
in 1903. Sigismund I of Poland held
it in 1901. The Car Basil III, alleg-
edly supported by the whole people,
had no hesitation in continuing the
policy of aggression for the
reclamation of Russian lands which
his father had successfully initiated"
He provided himself with what is
described as formidable artillery"
with which he persuaded the Dnieper
metropolis to surrender. The cap
ture of this city," says the record,
evoked much enthusiasm"
Smolensk later was the scene of
an event well in advance of the
times. During February, 1910, GER
tain persons who usurped the func-
tion Of plenipotentiaries speaking
for the whole of Russia" met in the
city to discuss conditions for the
elevation of a Polish candidate to
the throne of Moscow. The docu-
ment they drew up was nothing
less than draft constitution with
complete fundamental laws, defining
the rights of the sovereign and of
the subject"-a Magma Charta of a
sort for Muscovy. In spirit it was
essentially conservative, but it in
cluded some innovations which -
were sufficiently startling, such as
the principle that service to the state
should be rewarded by elevation in
rank. Even religious liberation
was indicated and no man
should be condemned without trial"
Between 1898 and 1905 Boris Godu-
nov had built a new fortress or re-
constructed the old, but Smolensk
fell to the Poles in 1911 and was not
retrieved by the Russians until
1854. The town was the military
base OF Peter the Great during his
wars with Sweden. It was we'll
defended in 1872, but Napoleon won
the battle fought on August 2 of
that fateful year. Now again the
sound of armed strife echoes through
the valley and over the plateau. The
sun which witnessed the contests of
antiquity looks down upon the pres
ent tragic scene. If the planet could
speak, 1t might remark upon the
futility of conquest in a constantly
changing yet consistently durable
world.
Evening star., 1941-07-03

@. Please give some information about
the Kaieteur Falls-L. B.
A. The Kaieteur Falls in British
Guiana are nearly five times the height
of Niagara. These falls, with a sheer
drop of TAI feet, pour their water over
a channel nearly 300 feet in width.
@. What has happened to Count Felix
Won Luckner, the Sea Devil?-B. s. n.
A. A traveller recently returned from
Germany reports that he is living on
his farm in Saxony.
@. How long has Blonde" appeared
in the comic strips?-W. j. B.
A. Chic Young introduced Blonde
on September 8, 1880.
O. Why can flies walk on the
ceiling?-I. w. G.
A. Flies can walk as they do because
of capillary adhesion. Each fly is said
to have between 10000 and 1900 foot
hairs.
@. In how many States at the forma-
ton of the Union did Negroes have the
right to vote?-F. T.
A. In ]. H Barretts Life of Abraham
Lincoln" published in 1865, in Lincolns
reply to Douglas he refers to the five
of the 13 original States, Massachusetts,,
New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey
and North Carolina, where free Negroes
were voters.
@. How many cities having Major
League baseball clubs are equipped for
night baseball?-P. o.
A. Eight: Brooklyn, Cincinnati Cleve-
land, Chicago, Philadelphia, st. Louis,
New York City and Washington.
@. Which national park leads in the
number of visitors?-T. A.
A. The Shenandoah National Park
has led all the others in the number
of visitors since it was first opened.
@. How many dresses are made in New
York City?-H. P. R.
A. Seventy eight million dresses are
made there annually.
@. Is the seat of government In India
changed in the summer?-E. r.
A. The seat of government in India is
moved from the capital New Delhi to
Simla in the summer.
@. Have any japanese or Chinese
students ever attended the United States
Military Academy?-F. B. S.
A. No japanese student has ever at
tended West Point Five Chinese stu
dents have been graduated from the
academy.
@. Under whose administration was
June IA designated as flag day?-E. w.
A. Flag day was established on
Nationwide basis by a proclamation of
President Wilson issued on May 80. 1916.
Evening star., 1941-07-03

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The most obstinate bottleneck Of
all Is the one choked with stuffed
olives at q picnic.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
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@. Under whose administration WAS
June IA designated as flag day?-E. W.
A. Flag day was established on a
Nationwide basis by a proclamation of
President Wilson issued on May 80. 1916
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26
And again, as with Roy Leonard,
Susan had a strong URGE to tell the

And again, as with Roy Leonard,
Susan had a strong URGE to tell the
truth. Just as she had wanted to
blurt out to Roy how she had made
herself what she .clt the Dainty
Diana Diaries wanted, she now was
tempted to do the same thing with
Mr., Jones. It was awful, having two
men be So KIND and generous, when
deep down in her heart she knew
She was a fake.
She glanced at the nan beside
her, saw his kindly face, the friend
ly look in his brown eyes, and
knew she could not disilItsjon him.
Never. Just as long as she was in
New York, she must 90 on being
The typical farmers daughter. She
mustn't let Daniel Van Vert Jones
find cut that she was only trying TO
be what he thought a typical farm
er's daughter ought to be. But the
realization that she might have a
career in radio did fill her with a
certain sense of excitement, in spite
of the fact that she realized also
that Mr.. Jones was offering to help
the typical farmers daughter have
such a career, and not the Susan
Farmer who actually existed. But
there she was, getting all confused
again.
-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26

forget how wonderful you've been
to me"
Il shall never, eve forget how
refreshing it's been to be with
vo,p." said Mr.. Jones. ESPECIALLY
on this fine afternoon. AS a matter
Of fact, ray dear, you've given mo
another memory to store away be-
side those memories of Maudie."
TN glad Susan said softly,
"TerrIbly, terribly glad"
She relaxed against the deep red
upholstery, and watched the Long
Island scene.
And in New York City, Roy
Leonard faced Irene Carter in Mr..
Jones private office.
Hasn't he returned YETI" he
asked.
"Hcavens, no. said Irene. "And
imagine YOU, of all people, expect
ing him back this early!'
If that's meant for a crack"
said Roy, Il don't get it,
All mean" said Irene, lis that
YOU onoht to know by now how
fascinating Miss Susan Farmer is.
And there's no fool like a middle
aged ouc-not excepting my en-
ployer,"
Save it." said Roy slangily. He
eyed irene. by the way, have you
any idea how Mason Morgan got
ho,d of that Potelli evening gown
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26
CHAPTER ~THIRTY-NINE

BUT SUSAN didn't understand
inst what Mr. Jones meant. Not
q"''e' way
she was swept by leelihS OF COM
pleGc confusion. The real Susan
Earmcr of Ardondale and this ST.
Ea,,,or who had won tba
DANNY Dlaha DaIi!tS cohItSt' were
all mixed up II Almost lrShlel'eo
her' me ooo leclills u oe,is ,Mo
people III one, 91e h'ItW 'l'' Ni
Jones was td'hl'g 10 tle Su"p'iI-
netea, glh2hail-tiao prize winner,
put Il was Trying 10 ui|''e'S''i'"
nm as the real susan F"fi'Iet'
fol years Nli Jones "Si,l o'i'
I've 1elt mat dldh I 40 fI&'t p>
Maudle' ana II Ia lfol'tIgd l'leu
troubled me many uhteS- We leIl
that l owe her somethInS-ahd
nave wanted 10 make leSIltuIioil
And that's where you come In.
ION, l see, Sdld susan you
want 70 90 something nice Q niue
me-somethlhs you might nave
lone o Maadle'
"ENactly'' sad Mr. Jones prI3hl-
". Il talled Maudle' ana l want
to make 1t up III some way, Ana II
occurred TO me tAaI iliEnt DE d
help to you, help you win your
plans
with the farm
Yes, or IN some olitr way IL
you prefer might even help you
have a career, II you pre1efre" 'hal'
although l should nate TO see you
desert the farm, II become Jus'
another-welI, career Woman.'
Goodness" said Susan, what
sort of a career could an ineNperl-
enced girl like little me have
There's the RADIO
"ME-on RADIO
why not| Other small-toWn
slils nave iil""e Soou' ldhe Nate
Smith for instance and a numbel
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26

EprD y,.urp r.,,had
ohatio''rSV'he airport Just LOO tL-e
TO catch a northbound night plane
However. he nut his a in "a "a
,ao tool. hs h.-.u..r,et.4 NE.
80 -,
"
spent d ieSOita9 hls"' NM" WIN
dreams IN which all sorts nj upset
sing things we're happeuiHg to SD
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