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Evening star., 1941-12-18
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-24

at least one foot. This excava-
ton should be filled about half
full with broken stones or
gravel. and piled little higher
where the final construction is
TO be high. A layer of sand
should then be added and thor
oughly washed into the broken
stones or gravel with a hose.
Drainage must be stressed
for it cannot be overdone. 1t
is easy TO water a rock garden
when it is dry. but when it lacks
good drainage and a wet spell
of weather occurs, nothing can
be done about it and sometimes
your choicest plants will rot
overnight.
A good. light garden loan will
make the best foundation for the
soil mixture. The soil should be
mixed with one-third leafmold.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-24
Strive for a Natural Appearance
In Constructing Rock Garden

one-third sand and good
sprinkling of lime. The leafmold
furnishes organic material be-
sides tightening the mixture;
the sand provides the drainage
and also helps TO retain moisture
around the soil particles.
A large proportion Of rock
plants send their roots TO a sur
prising depth. some as far down
as the drainage material so
where the planting is made
there should be at least one foot
of soil. The rocks should be set
in soil, and slanted toward the
hack which will throw the water
that runs from the higher levels
in to the roots of the growing
plants. Don't make the slopes
TOO steep because the soil will
wash out badly during heavy
rains.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-24
Sandwich Buffers

TO PEP up your favorite
sandwich filings. add Favored
buffers. They're easy. to make.
Mash and whip wit ha fork 4
cup of butter and beat in l tea
spoon prepared mustard. for
ham and cheese filings; or l
tablespoon minced parsley. for
Spiced meat filings; a few drops
of lemon and onion juice for
fish; l teaspoon tomato catSup
and z teaspoon horSeradiSh for
sliced meat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-24
Wash Boilers
No Longer
Evident

WHEN CHARLES DICKENS
wrote his famous Christmas
Carol" he described the serving
Of the Cratchit's plum pudding
IN terms that every reader of his
day understood, but that prob
ably is pulling TO this genera
tons children. As Mrs. Cratchit
opened the pudding bag there
Was smell as of washing day!
Past Era
To the older adults of our day.
Dickens sentence had meaning.
for they grew up IN an era of
wash boilers and the thick.
odorouS steam they let loose
through the house
You could actually smell wash
day. even if you saw none Of the
evidences.
Different indeed IS the modern
Monday, without heavy copper
boilers. without the vaporS that
filled the house and without the
steady slapping of clothes against
a galvanized waShboard. Clothes
are even whittier and cleaner. and
Yet there is less labor involved.
Essier Methods
New easy methods of launder-
ing. new effective soaps, new
lighter fabrics, an abundance OF
hot water. and new labor-Saving
machinery have altered the work
and the smell of wash day,
While all these things are new
10 our generation. the satisfac-
tons are as old as time. for the
modern homemaker gets the
same glow of accomplishment
from her long lines of clean
linen that her grandmother did.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-24
BY AMATEUR GARDENER

HERE Is more about Rock
Garden construction.
When building a rock garden
there is one thing you should al
ways avoid. and that is in MAX
ing your rock garden artificial
looking. Never place stones on
end. or in such a way that would
never occur in nature. Also don't
place them in straight lines or
at regular intervals. Before you
start building the garden you
will be wise to spend a little
time examining stones in their
natural locations. Then you Will
steer clear of a good many mis-
takes.
After you decide where the
rock garden is to he built. the
soil should be dug to a depth of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-24
Spring+ime Jubilee tuesday
At Fox; Tickets Going Fast

you and asks that you bring
along your own tape measure
for she is going to call on the
audience for measurements.
Then with A little arithmetic.
she will tell you how much
must be carved of to give you a
good figure.
Better get the tape measure
right now and put it in your
purse for Tuesday morning.
Miss Kahn will have with her
two models who will dem
onStrate exercises and good
posture the latter. says
Miss Kahn. is half of anybody's
figure problem.
Tickets SONG Fast
Tickets for the party are on
sale at the Fox TheateT box
office only. All seats are re-
served, but we do urge you to
obtain your ticket very soon
before the choice seats are
entirely gone. The tickets are
80 cents each. including tax. and
this ticket permits you to stay
and see the Fox Theater'S regu-
lar program. The two features
next week will be The Devil
and Miss Jones" with Jean Ar
thur and Robert Cummings and
Dead Men Tell" with Sidney
TOler.
Well have more news about
the party each day, ladies &.
so watch your Detroit Times
Sunday and daily women's pages
for latest flashes concerning the
Jubilee. Remember. next Tues
day, April 29, is the date. the
Fox Theater is the setting and
the time is nine in the morning
we'll be seeing you!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-24

ONLY FIVE moreadays, ladies
before the big day arrives.
We refer. of course, to The De-
troit Times Springtime Jubilee
to be held at the Fox Theater,
Woodward and Montcalm ave-
nues, on Tuesday, April %. The
time will be 9 o'clock jim the
morning, with doors open at 8
o'clock.
1t promises to be exciting in
deed this Springtime Jubilee
its very tempo is keyed to the
spirit of Spring. The program
will open with a ballet by stu
dents from the Olga Fricker
School of the Dance.
They will offer some of the
numbers from their Spring con-
cert with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra and in addition will
present a new ballet. especially
arranged for our jubilee. 1t is
danced to the lifting strains of
Strauss Sweetheart Waltz"
In addition. Eugenia Stepkow-
ski will offer a solo ballet,
"Troika.' that's as graceful and
intricate as any number danced
in the old Imperial Russian
ballet.
Petite Dancer
For an added treat, Miss
Fricker will present Norma
Downes, little S-yeareold dane
ing star who will offer two
numbers; gypsy tambourine
dance and "NoctuTne,' ballet.
Norma has recently passed. with
high honors, the Cecchetti ex-
animation.
This test. which comes from
England. is a system of examin-
ing dance students to determine
their talent and accomplish
mentS. Norma is one of the
youngest dance students in the
country 10 pass this test
Other dancers who Will take
part in the ballet are: Isabel
Payne. Ida LesSin RycuS. Geral-
dine Hoffman. Olga Omelianof.
Suzanne Keller. Winona New
stead, Priscilla Stephenson. Ellz-
abeth Wilkie. Pearl StanawitZ.
Jean Ziehr, Jean VelanSky and
g Eugenia Holmes. Alma Chap
man Will be the accompanies.
Cooking School
Grandma Learns To Cook
is the title Of Prudence PennNS
cooking school which VIII be
presented as "A little Skit. We've
a real-life grandma. too one
of the sweetest you've ever seen.
She's aS intrigued with the
cooking school as anybody could
he. I've been cooking for many
years. she told US. But l don't
do things the way Prudence
does. My way has served me
well. hut I'm mighty anxious 10
see the modern, Strear2lined
cookery methods in use to-
day" You'll be delighted with
grandma'S amazement as She
watches Prudence prepare the
food
Some Of the dishes Prudence
VIII prepare are: a complete
oven brunch, hot potato salad.
KolacheS tiny little fruit
filed yeast breads. whipped
cream cake with butter cream
icing chicken mousse salad.
roast leg Of lamb raspberry
baked Alaska pie and a sizzling
mixed grill.
Tspe Measure, Please
Ida Jean Kahn. dietltian for
The Detroit Times. Is coming
from New York 10 present a
figure clinic Miss Kahn has a
delightful program planned for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-24
Tspe Measure, Please

Ida Jean Kahn. dietitian for
The Detroit Times. Is coming
from New York Ia present
figure clinic. Miss Kain has
delightful program planned for
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Portuguese Islands

In his "fireside chat" of May q,
President Roosevelt indicated the
concern of the United States for
certain islands in the Atlantic Ocean
belonging to the republic of Por-
tugal. The reaction of the govern
ment at Lisbon was expressed in a
note delivered to Secretary OF State
Cordell Hull by DR.. Joao Antonio de
Bianchi, Portuguese Minister in
Washington, three days later. Fur
ther correspondence is proceeding in
the interest of clarification of the
attitudes of both parties.
Meanwhile, an amateur student of
history is reminded of how little he
knows about the Azores and the
Cape Verde groups. The former, he
learns from books of ready reference,
consists of nine separate Islands
scattered over four hundred miles of
water between the irty-seventh
and fortieth degrees of north lati-
tude. 1t is understood that the name
applied to them is derived from the
word "acores," signifying hawks,
vast numbers Of which formerly
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Home Again

Let not your heart, hte'S tenement,
Be as a house closed to the light,
Whose door is barred and every room
GroteSque 1Uith shadows day and
night.
Unbar the shutters, fling them ,0tde,
So that Uithin each shadowy room
Sunlight may break across the sill
And free the house OF grief and
gloom.
Throw out the harbored hours OF
doubt,
Days of regret and nights OF pain,
ReHght loUe's fire, till faiths gold
Makes glad your darkened heart
again.
Then, all tUho used to hasten By
Your house In day OF sun and rain,
Will look, and pause and softly say
"Thank God!-the ot1ner's home
again"
HUGH DALZELL.
Evening star., 1941-06-14

miles from land. Mr.. Welles pointed
out that the Robin Moor was car
rying no munitions or other war
materials, was headed for a port
far from any combat zone and was
otherwise complying with require
mentS of the United States Neutral
ity Act and of international law.
Both belligerents in the present war
have announced lists of what they
consider to be contraband or "condi-
tional contraband," but this Govern
ment has not accepted either list as
conclusive.
The truculent reaction of Berlin to
published reports of American in
dignation over the Robin Moor case
suggests that the Nazi high command
condones and even encourages the
action of its submarine crew. This
but magnifies the gravity of the
incident and affords all the more
reason for the discarding of diplo-
matte kid gloves in dealing with
this unwarranted and undisguised
Nazi effort to close the Atlantic to
American shipping.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Advocates Discipline in Industry
As Well as in Army Service.
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star: -
1t was too bad that it became neces-
sary for the Army to take over the air.
craft plant in California because the
owners and workers would not agree.
But stubborn people have no right to
endanger the Nation by economic war
fare in times like these, and when the
best of our young men are being drafted
at $50 month, this is no time to ap-
pease business, or labor either, by allow
ing prof1teering.
The capitalist is protected by the Gov
ernment in his ownership of the tools of
production, therefore it is his duty to
see that these tools are kept busy pro-
ducing the war materials needed by the
Government.
The worker is protected by the Gov
eminent through fair labor laws, there
fore it is his duty likewise to see that
the tools owned by the capitalist, and
put into his hands are kept busy during
the emergency.
Neither has right to be idle.
In such times as these, discipline in
industry is as important as 1t Is in the
Army.
1t looks to me as though the changed
conditions in the world mean rocky
road ahead for this country, and from
now on we are not going to be able to
muddle through with policy Of "busi-
ness as usual"
BY all means let's keep our airplane
factories going, for only the rankest
pacifists believe now that an umbrella
is a protection against dive bomber.
WILLIAM OWEN.
Evening star., 1941-06-14

abounded in the archipelago. Some
doubt exists as to whether the Greeks
and the Romans were familiar with
"outpostS" so far west of Europe, but
the Arabian geographers of the
twelfth century described the islands.
The Portuguese captain, Gonzalo
Velho Cabral, reached Santa Maria
in 1882 and San Miguel in 1434. He
claimed his discoveries for his coun-
try and colonization followed at a
rapid pace. 1t is recorded that so
many Flemish settlers came in the
latter part of the fifteenth century
that the islands became known as
the Flemish Islands" Columbus
stopped at Santa Maria on his return
from the New World in 1893. Later
navigators were guided by his exam
pie, and many sea-fghts for valu-
able cargoes took place" in the
neighborhood. Of Flores, Sir Richard
Grenville in the Revenge attacked a
Spanish fleet of fifty-th three vessels
in 1891.
The Cape Verde Islands, fourteen
in number, lie off the West African
coast and are volcanic in origin,
with flora markedly tropical. Alvise
Cadamosto was their discoverer, the
date being 1856. A majority of living
residents are of African descent.
Slavery was abolished in 1876, but
freedom has not brought prosperity.
The depressed condition of industry
may be surmised from the fact that
more than three thousand ships an
nually enter the ports of the group
but "do not receive or discharge any
large quantities of cargo"
Bracketed together, the Azores and
the Cape Verde colonies approximate
tWenty-four hundred square miles in
area with a total population of about
half million. The strategic i'm
portance of the two archipelagoes
has increased with the development
of air traffic over the Atlantic. Portu-
gal, In recognition of the value of
neutrality during the prevailing war,
has announced that troops have been
sent to guard the national property
against infringement. President
Roosevelt has made it plain that
Axis occupation would be intolerable.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Criticizes Secretary Ickes
For CriticiZing Mr.. Cudahy.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star
Anent Secretary IckeS' article crit
icizing John Cudahy, former United
States Ambassador to Belgium: Is it
essential that Mr.. Ickes write an article
for publication whenever some one
makes a statement or is actually report
ing an interview, such as was the case
in this instance, lampooning that person
and questioning his intelligence?
Would the Secretary rather have had
Mr.. Cudahy remain mute on this much
pubiicized interview with Herr Hitler?
While the statement made by Mr..
Ickes that Mr.. Cudahy is not a reporter
in all probability is correct, the same
position also can be taken that neither
is the Secretary a columnist.
I read and reread Mr. Cudahys report
on his interview with Hitler and nowhere
could find a passage in which he had
advocated adherence to Hitler's plans or
placed any credence in Hitler's words. He
was merely reporting what he had
heard and seen.
OF late there has been too much
slandering of personages. This energy
could very well be put forth elsewhere,
where 1t is much more needed-our woe
fully tagging national defense.
GEORGE ACKER.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
ROCKVILLE, Md.

Dear Sir:
"The other day while being shown the
basement recreation room in a friends
home, containing the last word In stream
lined furniture, dancing floor, table
tennis, ETC., had a sudden nostalgia
memory of the cellar of 40 years ago,
and wondered what my hosts offspring
would say If I demanded, But where is
your toad?'
The cellars of small town homes in
those days were usually afterthoughts,
excavated at some time after the house
was built. One reached these cellars by
outside steps, kept covered by slanting
doors which were padlocked.
They were fine to slide down, or to
lie on stretched out in the SUM- But
the real adventure came when mother
unlocked the doors, raised them up, and
descended for the butter, milk and horne
canred foods or vegetables kept stored
there.
THE floor was usually crudely con-
creted, the walls often just hard clay,
with shelves along the sides, on which
were stored the rows and rows of canned
peaches, cherries and other delectables.
THE damp, earthly smell of those
cellars was unforgettable and pleasant.
Guardian of the underground domain
was Happy. the toad.
His duty was 10 catch flies and other
insects, and this job he carried out with
enthusiasm.
How long Happy had inhabited the
cellar we never knew, nor what became
of him after the home was sold and
strangers took it over.
But he unfailingly hoped out to
greet any one coming down the steps
with look of what we imagined was
real pleasure and recognition on his
lumpy face, and to this day he is happy,
interesting memory.
Happy had many cousins and other
kin at home in the yard. A toadless yard
in those days was unimaginable. Garter
snakes also were visitors, not welcomed
by all.
IT wonder what fun a toad would get
living in a modern fancy basement?
I'm those days furnaces were so rare,
the houses having them were pointed
out with great pride by children to visit
ing kin. I don't recall that I ever saw
a furnace till long years afterward, my
only recollection of them being of homes
that had some heat with no visible stoves,
but not enough, because small town
workmen we're unfamiliar with furnace
installation and seldom got them in
right.
Which wasn't surprising when one
recalls how the natives would run for
blocks to see an automobile creak and
chug through town.
I'm the section of the country where
lived We had cranked telephones-you
cranked them to call central-and when
you saw an automobile you would call up
a dear friend, and shout in excitement:
There is an automobile coming up
Evening star., 1941-06-14
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TrdceDell.

Main street, If you run to Jones'
bridge, you can see it as it comes over
Sincerely, c. S."
Bufo americana, as he is called SCI
entif1cally, is the best known of our
toads.
Bufo, by the way, would make a good
name for a dog, but we don't recall ever
having heard of dog so named.
Buff, yes, but that is not from Bufo,
but rather just a color designation.
The toad is a fine example of what
is called protective coloration. He is so
expert at this that many persons no
doubt have seen toads, especially in dark
places, without recognizing them.
There is little doubt that this interest
ing creature is disappearing, especially
in cities and suburbs.
The reason is the better insect control.
With the war against the common
house fly, great deal Of the hop-toad's S
food was taken away from him.
Keener understanding by human
beings of the menace of insect life in
general to the human species has led
to the withdrawal of a great amount of
the toads daily food.
Although it can go for very long
time without any food at all, the toad
finds it impossible to live on what it
finds today.
1t is another victim of modernity.
Whether man, himself, will be still an
other victim lies today on the knees Of
the gods.
The last toad we saw was in George
town about 1924.
He would appear on the concrete walk
just at dusk, and would hop around in
the grass.
Since moving to nearby Maryland We
have seen no hop-toads at all.
Frogs and toads lay their eggs in
gelatinous masses in pools and ponds
and small streams. The toad lays its
eggs in chain-like strings, in a double
row, whereas the frog merely puts them
in irregular masses.
Your tadpole in the aquarium may
be toad or a frog, who knows until it
has grown up and out of the water?
Most persons know the many super
stitions which have grown up around the
toad
1t always has been a creature to excite
legend, although really only harmless
amphibian.
Persons finding toads in suburban home
sites should treasure them not only as
great insect killers, but as most interest
ing creatures to study.
Their comparative rarity nowadays
entities them to consideration.
1t is not every one, indeed, who has
a toad!
The last stand of the toad is as door
stop.
His shape, in iron, props back many
a door to keep it from the wind.
Properly painted, and placed, he may
bring back a memory to the visitor who
stubs his toe on him.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Strict Accountability

Known facts in the torpedoing by
q German submarine Of the Ameri-
can freighter Robin Moor-facts
characterized by UnderSecretary of
State Sumner Welles as beyond
dispute-fully justify the evident
determination of the American Gov
ernment to hold Germany to strict
accountability for this ruthless act.
That there was fagrant and de-
liberate breach of treaty obligations,
as well as of elementary humani-
tartan principles, in this mid-ocean
sinking of a neutral merchant ship
is clear from reading of Part Nv
of the London Naval Treaty of 1880,
to which Germany has subscribed.
This section provides that except in
the case of persistent refusal to stop
on being duly summoned, or Of active
resistance to visit or search, a war
ship, whether surface vessel or sub
marine, may not sink or render
incapable of navigation a merchant
vessel without having first placed
passengers, crew and ships papers
In a place of safety" 1t is further
specified that "for this purpose the
ships boats are not regarded as a
place of safety unless the safety of
the passengers and crew is assured,
In the existing sea and weather con-
ditions, by the proximity of land or
the presence of another vessel which
Is in a position to take them aboard" J"
Statements of the eleven survivors
picked up from one of the Robin
Moor's lifeboats agree that no re-
sistance was offered to the U-boat,
that the captain of the freighter was
prevented from using its radio to
summon help, that only thirty
minutes were allowed in which to
abandon ship and that four lifeboats,
one of them containing three women
and a child, were left to drift help
lessly on the high seas, hundreds OF