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table is supported by cluster of mouth
open fish standing on their tails.
Later in the afternoon, If you care to,
you may go to the room where the mas
ter phonograph is with thousands upon
thousands of records: Just about any
thing from Bach to Bach Goes to
Town" This room Is air conditioned, as
are the wine cellar and the food storage
room.
There Is playhouse which has COL
umns before it that came from a harem
in Turkey. 1t faces a colorful sea which
in early morning light is purple, then
blue, then turquoise as the green shows
through. When night falls, the water
spotlighted with powerful searchlights,
Is black.
Perhaps as the tall girl looks upon the
water, she thinks of her comparatively
unromantic stable, Duke Acres in Vir-
giria. Or again, how she was frustrated
by the territorial government which re-
fused to give her beach frontage until
President Roosevelt himself intervened.
The fight made good newspaper copy
Imagine: Worlds richest girl can't have
beach rights; millions can't get beach;
and then, F. D. R. hears SOS, Doris
gets beach.
Come evening, friends invited by Sec
retary Paschoal drop in for a cocktail
Doris likes martinis-and then dinner,
which not infrequently is Chinese. Run
ming over to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel
for dinner lends variety. Also Doris
Duke likes being squirrel by man in
uniform. Recently it was Cover Painter
1t McLelland Barclay, U. S. NJ, at
Trader Vic's, famous for South Sea
rum mixes
Evening star., 1941-10-19

100000. 1t is a snow-wf1ite Persian style
with ninarets and pierced marble
called Shangri-la, of course-stands near
a black lava beach and Is surrounded
with transplanted 50-foot palms, calcu-
latingly curved. Her shack" is filled
with knick-knacks picked up at Singa-
pore, Shanghai, Delhi, Moscow, Paris and
Istanbul. marble statuary from the Han
Dynasty, stained glass and even pillars
from harem.
She goes to bed like kamaaina (old-
timer before midnight because in Homo
lulu, as the saying goes: What can't be
done before midnight isn't worth doing at
all" Night clubs close on the stroke of
r.
When she wakes she looks out upon
ferns and into private garden of rare
orchids and tropic flowers. She hears the
sibilant whisper of water running over
mathematically staggered drops to i'm
part the best sound effects. There are
no rude noises on the four and a half
acre estate except for the infrequent
jabber OF ringtailed and rhesus monkeys
who live in individual grass huts and for
the songs of well-fed birds kept in a
oomed aviary and making skirls of color
as their gold and blue and green flash in
the sun.
Oriental maids move silently. There
are no guest noises because of the
simplest expedient; No guest rooms.
Automatic Board
Doris takes dip in the sun-warmed
water in the 3O0-foot long marble-faced
pool with blue tiled bottom. She is
a good strong swimmer and now is
learning the swan dive, jackknife and
half twist under the competent eye of
Fred A. Cady, diving coach of the last
three American Olympic swimming
teams.
The diving board is automatic (add
$4,000, please and with the push of
a button lowers and rises to the desired
height. The water is Is feet deep.
Following swim-she prefers to wear
an old blue swim suit-she has break
fast. Papaia with lemon juice, toast,
coffee and a poached hens egg. She
watches her waistline
A $50,o00 speedboat under the capable
management of a former naval COM
mander whips her across to Waikiki, a
short 212 miles away. She has her
surfboard with her. Once, with Sam
Kahanamoku, Hawaiian whose father
was hack driver in the days of merry
King Kalakaua Doris Duke won a surf
board first prize. Waiting with prac-
ticed eye for the right wave-every
seventh wave on the whole is best-she
rides it in like a Greek goddess, her
honey colored hair contrasting fetchingly
with the turquoise water.
Perhaps, after donning slacks, she de-
cides to pick up a dress. In sandals,
hair tousled, she walks across Kalakaua
avenue with long steps-remember she
is feet and something-to tourist
dress shop, nothing exclusive.
BY this time her convertible sedan is
waiting. The chauffeur is Hawaiian.
She likes Hawaiians for their carefree-
ness. generosity and genialty She takes
spin accompanied by her husky-at
least -pound-secretary, Miss Marian
Paschoal, and then returns to her acres.
She enters by the entre-salle, so was
Evening star., 1941-10-19

shipping orders etc) which viii be even
more attractive 70 customers during the
postwar period
Close friends Of the Coolidge family
say John makes up his mind the way
his father used to do tt-no haste. little
talk on his part, and only after weighing
all factors at hand, including the views
and advice of intimates.
The business which Coolidge had
chosen to run employs Is persons. He
and his father -in-law, John Trumbull,
who are among the directors, have in
vested considerable cash" and while it's
new TO me, don't anticipate any
trouble"
What John regrets most is that his
decision means moving away from their
home, which looks out on a hilltop 1t
is several hundred feet from the main
highway over cinder-path road. He
regrets, also, leaving his many friends
here. He intends to establish a resi-
dence near the States capital city.
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Railroad Across Inferno

Unheralded to the world, railway
tracks are being laid across the most
forbidding desert country in all the
world-the Sahara.
Working under q blistering sun that
sends the mercury up to 1so degrees In
the shade, thousands Of refugees from
Hitler occupied Europe are working
feverishly to complete the 2200-mile
Trans Saharan Railway line that will
connect North Africa with French trop-
1cal Africa.
This railroad across inferno Is gigan-
tic. history-making undertaking. Its
construction rivals in importance the
building of our own great transconti-
mental lines: it rivals the famed Trans
Siberian and Berlin -Bagdad railways.
Officially, it Is France that Is building
the railroad, and already more than
five billion francs have been appro-
priated by the Vichy government for its
construction. But actually, the Nazis
are the real builders-and the line will
serve their interests rather than those
of France.
The completed line will enable Hitler
to ship troops overland to the strategic
ally important port of Dakar, situated
on the South Atlantic Ocean at the
furthermost point of Africas bulge"
to the west. From there, fast bombers
may reach Brazil in less than six hours.
From there, too, Hitler will be in an
excellent position to menace the British
lifeline Of shipping around the Cape
of Good Hope.
Eastward to Segou
Parts of the line already are In ex-
istence. From the shore Of the Medi-
terranean, a railroad stretches south
ward through Frances North African
territory Of Algeria to the city Of Co.
ombBechar, lying on the southern slope
of the great Atlas range of mountains.
And from Dakar, another line runs east
ward to the town of Segou. in tropical
Africa. 1t is to connect these two short
roads that the vast Trans-Saharan line
is now being built.
From the city Of Colomb- Bechar the
new line winds down to the level Of the
Sahara itself. which is fairly high
plateau, stretching into the infinite
about a thousand feet above sea level.
The tracks are being laid in the desert
Of rocks and pebbles, and not Of sand.
The sandy wastes-called "ergs"-ex-
tend to right and left at some distance
from the line. 1t would be impossible
- tro opkc {y,n fHn
is constantly shifting and the powdery
dust would bury the line overnight. In
the stone desert, however, the engineers
task is comparatively light. He can lay
his tracks on the ground and does not
have even to build embankments for
hundreds Of miles. True, storms deposit
sand here, too, but it is no greater prob
lem than snow is on ordinary railroads.
The railway line follows the desert
rivers, "wadis," for long distances.
These so-called rivers are normally dry
and become filled with water only after
heavy downpours. The tracks make de-
tours to visit oases Of palms. where
tribesmen call to buy salt and to sell
their crops Of luscious dates. Tho hne
will cut across the far-famed oasis Of
Beni-Abbes, a desert metropolis, one Of
the dusty green splotches In an ochre
world.
Beyond the mud walls Of this oasis,
the railway plunges into the dreaded
TaneNuft, vast emptiness where there
are no wells or human habitations. 1t
is a desert within the desert, and 80
Evening star., 1941-08-11

of Spartanburg and Representative
Joseph R. Bryson of Greenville.
Began Career at Is.
While still in public school at the
age of Is, Mr.. Peace began work
as a cub reporter on the Green
vile News, paper which later was
bought by his father, the late B.
H. Peace. He continued this part
time occupation through his college
days at Furman University.
After his service as q reporter,
he became sports editor.
From the newsroom he went to the
business office, becoming business
manager. Later he became editor
and upon the death OF the elder
Mr.. Peace In 1894 he became pub
Usher. The business then included
operation of the Greenville Pied
mont and a radio station estab-
lished in 1888.
He is an excellent cook, special
izing in outdoor cooking over an
open flame. His friends praise his
steaks, but they add that he can
not be found, as a rule, when dish
washing time rolls around
He married Etca Walker of Green
vile in 1920, and they have two chill
dren, Roger, jr., and Dorothy Ann.
Evening star., 1941-08-11
Five House Members Off
On Latin American Tour
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 11.-Five men,
bers of the House Appropriations
Committee left Miami today for q
two months tour of Latin America
to learn what the people are think
ing and doing.
I'VE want to find out what the
masses in Latin America feel-not
what some parlor group says" ex-
planned Representative Rabaut of
Michigan, chairman of the subcom-
mittee.
The party, which left by Pan
American passenger plane today for
Havana, will stay in Cuba until
Thursday, then return to Miami for
the start Friday of a flight down
the east coast of South America.
In the party were Mr.. Rabaut and
Representatives Houston of Kansas
Carter of California, Harrington OF
Iowa and Beam of Illinois.
With them were Guy Ray, State
Department interpreter, and Jack
McFall, committee secretary.
Evening star., 1941-08-11
Senator Peace Is Just Roger
To South Carolina HomefoIk
Began Newspaper
Career in GreenviIIe
At Age Of IS
The Stars Special News Service.

GREENVILLE, S. c., Aug. 1l-He
is Senator Peace to the general
public but to thousands of South
Carolinians and to most of his en-
ployes he still is plain Roger" as
he has been through the years.
For quarter of a century, Roger
C. Peace, recently appointed to fill
a vacancy in the United States Sem
ate, has been connected with the
newspaper organization that he now
heads. He knows the majority of
the workers by their first names:
most of them address him as
Roger"
The genial, strapping 42-year-old
publisher of the Greenville News and
the Greenville Piedmont frequently
keeps some of his executives waiting
while he discusses with a janitor
the health of their respective
families or the welfare of their
gardens.
Never Ran for Office.
Mr.. Peace never has sought elec-
GlNC OlllIC DuG lOl ~ SCdio AlC AIdo
been a close student of political
affairs and has been an intimate of
many of the States outstanding
leaders.
One of them was Senator James F.
Byrnes. whose elevation this summer
to the United States Supreme Court
created vacant senatorship in
the State.
Upon Mr.. Byrnes' resignation, Mr..
Peace was mentioned as a likely
successor but Gov. Burnett r. May
bank appointed Federal Judge Alva
M. Lumpkin. Mr. Peace was the
first man to congratulate Judge
Lumpkin.
Mr.. Lumpkin died in washington
August / after serving less than two
weeks of Mr.. Byrnes unexpired
term. Gov. Maybank then named
Mr.. Peace. He will serve only until
October IS, or as soon thereafter as
his elected successor decides to take
Office.
This successor will be chosen by
the voters from among Gov. May
bank, former Gov. Olin D. Johnston
Evening star., 1941-08-11

have sunk 3000-ton Russian
freighter north of Hiiu Island of the
Estonisn coast and damaged an
other freighter of 1000 tons.
The Sunday bulletin told of the
destruction of $1,000 tons of British
ships. 1t said the sinkings included
four freighters aggregating $4,000
tons knocked out of an Atlantic con-
voy off the English southeast coast
Saturday night, a 6,000-ton freighter
east of the Faroes and an 8,000-ton
merchantmen in the Suez Canal
roadstead Friday night.
Evening star., 1941-08-11
Haiti to Grow Bununus

Immediate establishment of rubber
and banana plantations in two sec
tions of Haiti will be the first step
in the long term agricultural de-
velopment of that country through
a corporation formed by co-opera-
ton of the Haitian and United
States governments.
Evening star., 1941-08-11

Hatch covers are the most fire.
uuent source of accidents on Ameri-
can merchant vessels, the Depart
ment of Commerce finds.
Evening star., 1941-08-11

War has nearly doubled the prof.
its of Swiss railways in the last
year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-26

1t all began after Hitler audaciously rearmed the
965-mile-square, demitarzed Ruhr in 1896 with
out hndrance from the World War Allies In 1888
by force of arms, mediation and treachery, he added
Date Area Population
Austria March 34O64 7,O09014
Sudetenland October 8721 2,945,261
In 1889, by force of arms, he added:
Date Area Population
Czecho- SlOvakia March $3.50 9,8O7O
Danzig free City, September 754 100000
Poland (One-half) September 10000 %, 500, 900
In 1910 then, with the mightiest blitzkrieg yet,
Hitler took six countries, the Channel Islands, alb
sorbed Rumania by simply occupying it with troops,
and firing of the pretense of Hungarian independence
with Gestapo and gauleters assumed sovereignty
over Hungary. Thus he added:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-26

all the government bureaus and communications
tiers. Thus were added:
Date Area Population
Italy January 1l9,8O0 H,557,O 900
Albania
0taly's 1899 grab January 1O,629 1,OOS,12
Bulgaria March 42,80S 6,549,664
YugOsavia April 1858 100000
Greece April 5O,257 7,196,90O
Nor has Russia been slumbering, although she
lost to Germany the race for population They
now the biggest countries on earth, each with
heterogeneous population that requires constant
vellance by secret police and soldiers to keep down
revolt In 1889 and 1910 by force (she failed to
get all of Finland and the Finnish people evacuated
the land they ceded), Russia added:
Date Area Population
Poland (One-half) Sept. 1899 1900 12,775,OO0
Finland (border areas) March 1910 1918 .......
Latvia, Lithuania,
EstOnia 66724 65OOOOO
Bessarabia, Bukoyina
(seized from RUNAWAY July 1870 17,146 2344,8OO
Germany then, since 1885, has grown from a
nation of 100000 people to of 263, OPS 303-
100000 more than Russia, 1853 100000 more than
the United States, the next biggest nations
Time will tell whether Germany will be able to
consolidate all these people into one big nation of
slaves under 100000 Nazi masters, whether
little nations will be established as after the first
World War, whether Great Britains arms will be
sufficient to defeat the Reich and restore
of freedom and democracy to these enslaved
1913 100000 people.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-26

In 1941, it the same story Germany by
treaty" occupied Bulgaria, bltzkreged Yugoslavia
and apparently all of Greece. Italy, too, although
outwardly still Axis partner fell under the Nazi
flag. Hitler, to forestall revolt and separate peace
with Great Britain, took over the country simply
by sending in troops and Naz experts who moved into
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Use of Bible Plants
In Modern Gardens
Subject of Book

1t is seldom that such an unusual
and interesting book as Bible Plants
for American Gardens" comes our
way, and We are most grateful to
the author. Eleanor A. King. and to
the Macmillan Co, who published
this delightful volume
When we realize that plants that
were grown in Bible times may be
grown in our gardens of today. those
far distant days are brought very
near,
The author not only lists many
kinds of trees, vines, herbs, grains,
fruits and flowers of the field, but
adds another chapter which she calls
TO Everything There Is a Season, y
in which she suggests many ways to
use the Bible plants she describes.
Using these plants as table decora-
tions. as decorations for gay booths
at bazaar, and as material to sell
at such bazaars, are only a few of
the many interesting suggestions
offered.
An interest in Bible plants will
naturally add to a renewed interest
in Palestine itself. Out of such an
interest may grow an endless num-
ber of projects for both young and
old. So that while this book may
give valuable plant knowledge to
the gardener, it will also give inspira-
ton to all who read. w. H. Y.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Store Root
Vegetables
In Cellar
Basement Should Be
Reasonably Cool,
Not Too Dry

Those who have had combination
vegetable and flower gardens have
profited from the tasty vegetables
which the garden has produced
abundantly. Like the proverbial
farmer, the combination gardener
eats all he can "and what he can't
he cans" But the time for canning
is just about over and it becomes
necessary to make some decision
about the root crops which are still
growing.
Among the principal root crops,
there are carrots, turnips and beets,
all of which should be dug at this
time and stored in cellars where
reasonable GOODNESS, together with
sufficient humidity. will prevent the
harvest from drying out. The old
fashioned root cellar, which was
hardly more than a pit dug in the
ground, fits the purpose ideally and
any modification of that arrange
ment should be a successful one.
Exceptions to the roots to be dug
are the parsnips. These should re-
main in the soil until spring or
should be dug only as they are
needed for table use.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Mystery Lily Is Hardy
Even in the North;
Likes Sandy Soil

The mystery lily is the only am
aryllislike flower that is fully hardy
in the North. Because of their
peculiar habit, they have been called
magic lilies and cluster -amaryllis
0ycoris squamigera).
The mystery or magic part Of the
mystery lily centers around its
habit of popping out of the ground
IN midsummer and blooming almost
before you know it has made head
way. First. a stem appears and
grows rapidly to 2 or more feet high.
Then suddenly. without warning.
beautiful lilylike blooms appear on
the end of the leaf1ess stalk. 1t dies
down just as rapidly, and nothing
is seen of it until next spring, when
1t gives leaves which die down before
the summer heat. When bulb is
planted. the yield will be four to six
/ flowers. and so it continues. Each
. year shows a substantial increase in
/ the number Of flowers produced from
a plant Even a clump with so or
more flowers is no unusual occur
/ renee
Bulbs should be planted in light
sandy soil or on a cushion of sand,
so that the tip of the bulb is ap-
proXimately 4 inches from the sur
face.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Horticultural Oddities
And Developments

Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Washing
ton, D. c., has the distinction of
having one of the few floral clocks
in existence. The dial is 26 feet
across, and it's intricate electrical
works are hidden in a cement vault
underground. The clock keeps ac-
curate time. AS soon as the weather
permits, it's dial is set out with COL
orful growing plants.
In 1892 the late Miss Kate Ses-
sions opened nursery at San Diego,
Calf. She arranged with the city
to lease 80 acres of land to her an
nually, in return for 100 trees to be
furnished and planted by her, each
year. In IL years she had turned
acres of wilderness into a beautiful
park. This is now a part of San
Diego's beautiful Balboa Park.
X X X X
Bryophyllums "a Greek name,
meaning "sprouting leaf") have
large, fleshy leaves along the edges
of which new plants are produced
as the leaves begin to shrivel after
falling from the parent plant. Leaves
picked from old plants and fastened
to a curtain or wall with a thumb
tack will sprout in few weeks.
Another plant that behaves SIM
ilarly is Kalanchoe tubiflora, which
has tubular leaves, with young plants
growing on the end of the leaves.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Lilies of the Valley
Prefer Location
With Shade

Along with the removal of bulbs
from the ground, it is advisable also
to plant some. In many sections
of the country tulips and kindred
sorts have been gotten out of the
way. while the handsome little lilies
of the valley are just making their
appearance in the shops
Your dealer may speak Of them
as pips, although they are actually
bulbs Like their near-bulb rela-
tives, only the mature ones are sure
to flower next spring. 1t is just as
well to pay the added price for the
larger pips, which generally have re-
quired two or three years to grow
into this stage
They are among the easiest speci-
mems to grow, provided they are
given a fairly moist and shaded 10
cation. While lilies of the valley
will do well in partial shade or even
in the full shade found on the
north side of a residence, it cannot
be said that they resent sunshine,
and that which generally filters
through the foliage of oak and
maple leaves is about the best medi-
cine for lilies of the valley. Since
they are heavy feeders, the ground
should be prepared for them with
liberal additions of rotted manure.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Garden Lily Problem
Even Most Healthy.Looking Bulbs
May Be Infected With Disease

If all the lily bulbs that are
planted would live and bloom, what
gorgeous gardens We would have!
Unfortunately, they do not. Here
are some of the reasons for failure:
/. Poor bulbs. The bulbs are
shriveled and dried out. They have
been purchased from some one who
did not know how to handle them or
they have been left lying around the
house a week or more before plant
ing.
2. The most common reason for
failure is that healthy bulbs are
practically unavailable. Cookbook
ing bulbs mean nothing for the best
of these may be infected with the
mosaic disease.
The mosaic disease indicates it
self by a light and dark green mot
ting of the foliage in the early
stages. by distortion of the flowers
and foliage, distortion of the stem,
and finally by complete dying of
the stem and eventually the bulb.
There is no cure for this disease
other than the destruction of the
bulb. Fortunately the disease is not
carried in the soil. Contrary to
popular belief treating the bulbs
with sulphur, SemeSan or other
chemicals is absolutely useless for
the control of mosaic.
3. Basal rot. This disease rotS the
base of the bulb. When buying lilies
accept no bulbs which show decay
at the base. 1t is advisable to soak
all new lily bulbs before planting in
formalin formaldehyde) using
part of it to 100 parts of water.
Soak for 80 minutes. Susceptible
varieties may still get this disease
since it is carried in the soil.
4. Poor drainage may cause bulbs
to rot before growth starts or at
least greatly retard proper growth.
Planting on bed of sand or placing
bulbs on their sides as usually rec
commended is worthless. Either plant
in well-drained place or remove ex-
cess soil water by the installation Of
a line of agricultural drain tile.
5. Heavy clay soils even if well
drained will not give as good results
as lighter soils containing adequate
organic matter
6. Heavy infestations of botrytis
blight often cause defoliation of the
plants: although this does not at
tack the bulb it weakens it through
the loss of foliage Application OF
a copper dust or spray at intervals
of two weeks sometimes helps
If you or your neighbors have no
other true lilies belonging to the