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SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SALE.
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ARLINGTON. 1908 NO. ILLINOIS ST.
Two-story brick. six rooms, III baths; air
conditioned; attached garage; attractive
iot; $3.50 OWNER. Chestnut 434o or
s5,75O-TERMs.
lew 5-rm. BUNGALOW, h.-w.h., elec. bath.
hvd. floors. large lot. close transporta tion.
ACRE MI. D. c.
r.. bath. elec., furnace heat. land
scaped: paved road: bus at door: &6,5OO
terms. ERWIN REALTY CO., call Hyatts
0334: ewes. WA. 1881.
electricity; 100000.
Gaithersburg-6-room house, all modern
im-rovements: S5.O0O.O0.
Gaithersburg vicinity-modern T-room
semi -bungalow. 8 acres of land: $4,000. 90
GaitherSbure vicinity-modern S-room
mouse, hot-water heat. open fireplace. dou-
BILE sarsee, large lot with an extra 4-room
BUNGALOW: renting for S25 90 per month.
Price, including both. SS.5OO.Oj.
Laytonsville road near Washin7 on
Groye g oon M - 5-room. nev. se~i.bunaalow,
terms to responsible buyer.
Rockville-modern 7-room brick ho"se
to sell.
Sockyille-modern Groom house in the
-ink OF condition, S6,5O0ON
FED B. CuSHMAN, $40 Frederick Ave-
Gaithersbrre. Md
Telenhone Gaithe"sburp ooQ
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A FEW BETTER HOMES.
Ss.250-T-room tapestry brick bum
galow in Cottage City.
50, 9,s50-1104 Norwood dr., New Hamp-
shire ave: Hghla nds-Six rooms, two
S1O;950-Seven-room and bath det.
brick, Calvert Hills, Md
81 .OOO-Eight rooms. two baths with
showers. detached brick, built-in "a
raee: Hyattsville, Nd
For these and others call
peter j. hagan.
3S37 34th ST. NE. WA 31e5 .
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4 BEDROOMS, 215 BATHS.
an Q ACDEC

CH. :;S3s. Ewes. GIL. Snf1.
4 BEDROOMS, 215 BATHS.
ON 3 ACRES.
Your wife and children will hnd hap
piness in this livable home. built for per-
BY sas to 20 and
by Fairfax County Va. A, wide center hall.
: spacious screened porches, lovely big
q small orchard, a stream and an outdoor
fireplace are some Of the things that make
tas hessonab. sea .rms home 4e. Gc fFons d family
GEORGE MASON GREEN CO.,
cil 2s4o Coy wilson Blvd, vMI Arlinston, xyyaas
GORGEOUS BIG TREES.
attractive l9-room detached house in near.
only oHxRG oS!HixisGe Es4xrss mass 2eF NsF s21'e osss
UNIVERSITY PARK, MD.
4lst and Tennyson rd.-A group of new,
WOODED lots. CONTAINING fs bedrooms, M h. bath.
liv. ,rm,. with fireplace. opening on side
pore porch dining rm IN and Kitchen auto heat
.ao, PERRY BOSWELL. inc,
MOVE IN FOR XMAS.
OPEN SUNDAY, II TO 7.
NEARBY ARLINGTON.
2916 SECOND ST. NORTH. t
II you're at the Pentagon or new Navy
Bldg. this should be of special interest to
you as nearby restricted Lyon Park is the
location Of this. 6-room and bath home
made available by owner going into the
x ,stSes hni 4spsss sRssSs ana xn
book shelves, lareer,ths n;averase dining
pantry and 2 porches on nrst floor and 3
corner bedrooms. bath and sleeping porch
full basement. hot-weter coal heat; garase;
ot Nh gees and
,l. near ioc bus direct 70 new War and Navy
new, but in splendid condition; beautifully
terested in hogs. Of this type. It viii
you 'S g. Sc sns or n GXer tn. sk
ABLE CASH PAYMENT: To reach; Over
"a. beyond Fort Myer. risht on Fillmore st.
8 50. to End. St., left 3 doors to property.
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WAREHOUSES FOR RENT
FARMS FOR SALE.

WAREHOUSE. BRENTWOOD, ND, SOC,
square feet floor SPACE, high ceiling, low
rental. Telephone Union 1885
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10 ACRES, 25 MINUTES DOWNTOWN ON
main county road. with sewer, water and
High School; two bus lines: pretty brooE.
fertile soil; fine neighborhood; no build
ings: 81 $50: on easy terms Drive out
Lee blvd or Lee highway to Fairfax
Circle, continue on dual road to frst in
tersection: right to property on left Ses
sign FAIRFAX ORCHARD. Mr.. Mack,
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$500.

c-FAMILY-PETWORTH
Occupy one apt, other rents ior ~ .ou
Der month Situated between kanSss anu
trective brick home has 3 rooms. kit, on
lst A.: 8 rooms. kit. and bath on nc an N
garage; lot 1877 T.: deep. Eve. ana Dun
Evening star., 1942-12-13
STORES FOR RENT.

STORE FOR RENT, CHEVY CHASE AR
cade. $500 Conn. ave. NV. Also suitable
for omces. Very reasonable. Call WO
4143 or WO. 1904
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OFFICES FOR RENT.

oNE-RooM FURNISHED OFFICE, s.
or share. S25. 1910 Vermont ave.
l3oo
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OPEN TODAY, 1875.
1713 KH,ROURNE PL. NV.

$9,50O-Nr. 18th and Col. Rd.
A conv and desiraby situated home
property Just west of 18th ST.; stories
spacious liv. rm with fireplace lse. dining
rrn.. sunroom. modern kitchen. End noor,
4 bedrms, IA tile baths; AUTO HEAL,
garage owner leaving city, will sell on
Tessonable terms and give early possession:
70 INSPECT cali Mr.. BOoTHBY. EMERSON sIol
SSAs THOS j. FISHER Il CO, iNC.'
REALTORS DI. $3.50.
Evening star., 1942-09-08
Offers Suggestions
For Saving Fuel.


Since we are facing almost certain fuel
ratloning during the coming winter I
would like to pass along my own ex-
perence in the hope that it may be of
some help to your readers.
l have small but well-insulated
home and during the winter season of
1912 several simple measures were
adopted that resulted in a substantial
saving in fuel expense. In two of the
rooms that were seldom used except
IN the case of occasional visitors, the
radiators were turned off entirely. In
the one bedroom in constant use only
one radiator was left on This made
necessary the use of additional blankets,
but meant more healthful sleeping
At night the temperature of the entire
house was reduced Thy use of the thermo-
stat to IS degrees or lower and all
shades were drawn to keep out the cold.
All of this resulted in a fuel saving of
approximately one-third over the pre-
vious season. I believe that this is ex-
ceptional and while some Of the savings
can be attributed to the mild winter
I am confident that the above measures
were quite effective.
JACKSON r. KING
Evening star., 1942-09-08
Community War Fund

The Community War Fund cam
paign is an enterprise of the very
greatest Importance to the people OF
Washington. Nothing so compre-
hensive in the way of organized
social effort has been attempted in
the District of Columbia in previous
wears The impact of the war and
the vast compulsive influence OF
world shaking events have forced
residents of the Capital of the
United States into confirmed
realization of the necessity for sus-
tanning those cooperating agencies
upon which human welfare in this
growing city depends in large part 1t
has been decided that one single
appeal for all the associated groups
and institutions will represent a
saving of time, labor and money.
The goal is more than S4,000000, and
every penny of that amount must be
raised.
Fifteen thousand volunteer solici-
tors are to carry the appeal into
every home in the Washington area.
The drive will constitute an example
of constructive democracy in action.
1t naturally is desired that the num-
Der of contributors may approximate
the number of households in the
District. Thus in practical and all
inclusive effect the home front in the
Capital will be maintained. Most
people already understand the pur-
pose of the fund and are familiar
with it's practical significance.
Chairman Floyd D. Akers has de-
scribed it as unified caring and
sharing, symbolic of victory to be
won at utmost sacrifice"
All races, creeds, classes and con-
ditions of citizens are to join in the
endeavor. The spirit which mott
Yates the campaign is akin to that
which prompts the valiant selfless-
ness of the armed services. If each
individual gift involves some sacri-
flee for the giver, so much more
significant will the whole cumulative
offering be. Washington as COM
munity is capable of great demon
stration of spiritual idealism, fellow
ship and mercy, and the War Fund
will provide an opportunity for it.
Evening star., 1942-09-08
Our High School Cadets

Washington public schools, with
others throughout the country, will
of course make all possible changes
in curricula to conform to the new
demands created by total war. Many
of these will require time and a con-
siderable readjustment of thought as
well as personnel. The educational
pattern of our secondary schools was
not designed to turn out the spe-
cialists for mechanical warfare and
1t cannot be changed overnight.
One thing that can be done imme-
diately however, is to place an en-
tirely new emphasis on the impor-
tance of enrolment in the High
School Cadet Corps. If there is irony
in the fact that the boys will be drill
ing with wooden guns this year in
stead of Springfields. we must re-
member that the reason for the
change was unpreparedness in arma-
ment. The rifles we're needed to
make up the shortages elsewhere.
That unpreparedness will in time be
overcome. When it is, the young
men now in high school who will
carry the real rifles in the Army
should be as prepared as preliminary
training can make them.
Service in the Washington High
School Cadet Corps, one Of the finest
in the country. is still voluntary Less
than half of the boys were enrolled
last year Enrolment depends pretty
much on the inclinations of the indi
vidual principals of the high schools
and their faculties. Any nominal
request from a parent is enough to
keep a boy out 1t is a question now
whether anything less than a doc
tors certificate of physical disability
should stand in the way of enroll
ment this year The subject is GER
tainly important enough for some
serious consideration by the Board of
Education.
These high school boys will be eli
gible for Army service within a very
few years. If the draft age is re-
duced to eighteen, which is probable,
most of the high school graduates
will be registering for the draft
within a year after graduation. And
the one thing above all others that
the parents of young soldiers should
demand today is that their sons be
given that training in toughneSS and
discipline to put them on equal foot
ing with the tough, we'll disciplined
troops of the enemy. Unless they
have this training, they will pay a
fearful price.
The training Of a High School
Cadet is, of course. merely prelimi-
nary. But 1t is excellent training
The boy who has it will get along
better in the Army than the boy
who lacks it. Together with the en-
Evening star., 1942-09-08
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles +. Trdcetcell.

The Joke is that the wind will attend
to the leaves very nicely, little at
time. without any crude smell or waste
effort
just where the wind takes all the
leaves If householders leave them alone,
is something of mystery.
Many of them come to rest against
fences where they remain until the urge
OF spring causes householders to go on
another leaf-raking spree.
Most of them, however are carried
away somewhere
We see them go swirline down the
street on blustery winter days Espe-
cially we like to watch the oak leaves
fall. In the spring, when all OF them blow
on the great trees across the street and
dance over onto our yard.
Most persons little regard the cater
pillars, but they are most interesting,
although rather unwholesome looking.
from the strict human viewpoint. One
of the things that nature study teaches
one Is that mans viewpoint is not the
only viewpoint, or necessarily the right
viewpoint. 1t may be the only one man
has, but it Is not the only one
Once little study of nature teaches
this. the human may go on to greater
understanding of both God and man.
The oddlooking caterpillars in their
webs have their troubles, too. 1t is said
that comparatively few of their teeming
millions ever reach maturity. Weather
kills many OF them. and the birds and
even insects get the rest Only few
survive. This is true, of course, through
our nature. 1t is said that of twenty
million cod eggs laid by one mother cod
only one grows into mature fish.
1t is good plan to make a careful
inspection at this time of all shrubs, vines
and evergreens
Look them over carefully just for one
thing-caterpillars
Many of them live in webs and cases
so artfully contrived that they escape
notice at first
| Do not tear down the egg-sha ped cases
Of the praying mantis, which usually
are put on the ends of branches of
shrubs
These insects do gardens great service
When the young insects hatch out in the
spring, they will 60 to work on many
inimical species which harm plants.
Worm and larvae cases and webs are
easily spotted. 1t Is just as well to cut
OH the tips, as our correspondent sug-
gests.
1t is especially necessary to destroy
completely the cutoff ends Fire does
this best. A large fre is not necessary
sheet of paper under the cutoff
branches and the thing is done.
If more gardeners would use their
energies for this sort of control, rather
than worry over crab grass and autumn
leaves there would be far fewer insect
pests in world already overloa dec
with pests, both two-legged and six
legged.
Evening star., 1942-09-08
Music for Fighting Forces

Larry Adler, "the Baltimore born
virtuoso who took the harmonica
from the street corners to the con-
cert hall" has expressed his dis
approval of certain made-to-order
patriotic products of the professional
song shops. Our fighting men," he
declares, know the war isn't joke.
They aren't fooled one second by the
slush that Tin Pan Alley turns out
for them. AS matter of fact, lot
of soldiers and sailors are insulted
by the current crop of patriotic bal
lads. They want and demand
fine lifting music, say Bach, Bee
thoven, Ravel, Chabrier or Schubert"
The undoubted ''phonies" to which
Mr.. Adler objects as violations of
intelligence and good taste" include
at the one extreme works In which
Evening star., 1942-09-08
PurubIe

For once the cat is angry and dis
mayed,
Crouched on the ground afraid TO
stand or run.
A pair OF s,oeeping s,Ddllops are
arrayed
Against her, ,otngine doton In unison.
Remembering their looted nests.
their tears
At close escapes, they dtpe ptth
chtrruptnos
OF tiny rage about her fattened ears
And deaten her ,Utth sUtft and clap
ping ,oings.
United at the foe, the birds are
bold,
She faces one, the Others at her
back.
Here in the barnyard is the tale
re-told-
An air offensive smothers ground
attack.
GERALD RArTERY.
Evening star., 1942-09-08
"THIRTY-FoURTH STREET.

Recently I found some worms IN
their cases on some canes of our Paul's
scarlet rose
There were literally hundreds Of
these worms inside the transparent cases.
sll wriggling around, really disgusting
sight
L got my shippers and clipped of
the ends OF the vines, with the worms
attached. then I took them and put
them in pile, and applied the match.
In a short time there we're no more
worms, They Just shriveled up.
Il thought it would be good thing
for you to advise your readers to keep
a watch out for the various worms, so
that they might destroy them.
Sincerely, H. j."
-
At this time of the year ones garden
ing interest is very likely to lag
And so millions Of worms escape
If home gardeners would follow the
advice of this correspondent, and take
particular pains to look for caterpillars
and worms of all sorts, they would be
doing themselves and others great
service.
After summer of fairly intensive
gardening, the inclination is to let things
go along now.
1t will not be until leaf-burning time
that the interest of the average gardener
will revive. Then he will be in q furry
of activity.
He will rake. and pile. and light up,
polluting the air with acrid smell for
blocks in all directions.
Some people profess to like the smell
of burning leaves, but others will con-
tinue to believe that it is silly to move
eight miles or more into the country and
then to make ones own community re-
semble a municipal dump in full opera
ton
Often our bird friends will tin of the
gardener to the presence of worms. This
Is particularly the case. of course. in the
spring, when they spy out the tent cater
pillars.
In the spring these caterpillar webs
serve the birds both for food and nesting
material
Among the songsters which avail
themselves of this unwilling service are
vireos, orioles, chipping sparrows, gold
finches and some of the warblers
In the fall 1t is just a question of food
But many worms and larvae win
escape the sharp eyes
1t Is up to the gardener, himself or
herself, to spot them and to take ap-
propriate measures.
II
Such garden cleaning is far more i'm
portant than the leaf-raking business.
Leak raking seems to be fun. to GER
tain temperaments, but 1t Is really not
important. We have often thought how
much time and energy is wasted in leaf
raking that could be put to far better
purpose.
Evening star., 1942-09-08

patriotism Is rendered maudlin and
at the other works in which patri-
otism is tainted with vulgarity Il
wouldn't be caught dead offering
soldiers White Cliffs of Dover" the
harmonica king explains, and
would be caught dead-suddenly
dead-if I tried to play Good by,
Mama, I'm Off to Yokohama for
them
Of course, it does not follow that
every enlisted man prefers classic
harmony to the widest swingband
improvisation. There always will be
an audience for dissonance. Utter
bugs have infested all nations and
all ages and it is useless to complain
about them. So, too, every country
in every generation brings forth
its crop of pathologically weak and
fearful sentimentalists to make the
judicious grieve," as Hamlet told the
actors. To "beget a temperance" and
"o'erstep not the modeSty of nature"
is dlHlcult business TOR those who
are born without reticence. Mr Adler
does not try to whip up morale" by
playing propaganda music" These
soldiers, sailors and marines" he
says, have it already. All I try to
do is to entertain them, to make them
happy, or to take their minds off the
war for few minutes"
Going into action, the fighting
forces have their own battle songs
for inspiration 1t must have been
after personal experience with some
such glorious melody as From the
Halls Of Montezuma" that Henry
David Thoreau proclaimed in 1857:
when hear music, I fear no danger.
l am invulnerable
Evening star., 1942-09-08
Argues for Sales Tax
To Catch Free Spenders."

To the Editor OF The Star:
Readers of The Star will find in your
interesting editorial New Tax Scheme"
much to approve. Some points appear
to me to merit at least further examina-
ton. True, half the Nations income now
may be in the hands OF the lowest wage
earners. Through higher rates of pay
and sustained employment they find
themselves as group with vastly swol-
len purchasing power. Unhappily, goods
cannot be produced in sufficient guam
tity to meet their new buying ability
To permit them to ruin themselves and
building up to fantastic heights what
goods are available is a stupidity beneath
the level Of the most venal political
thought. To this the only simple answer
Is a sales tax. But might not a modi-
flcation of the Trea sury spending tax
plan very we'll supplement it?
The national income goes to what
roughly might be placed in three groups:
The Have Not Spenders-those living
at or below a minimum decent level who
through necessity spend. at once, their
share; the Free Spenders, who by choice
spend all they get, and the Savers
Studies have shown that the higher
the income the greater the percentage
of Savers as well as the greater per-
centage Of the income saved. In top in
come brackets savings average 80 per
cent
During normal times Savers often
are cast in the role OF Williams in our
national economy Hesitating to risk
their savings in expanding production,
they spread their fear all down the line
and we all 60 into panic and that de-
fiationary spiral that is still a poignant
memory to most OF us.
But in today's tragic war economy
roles are switched The fair haired
boys" are the Savers. 1t is when the
Spenders come on the stage that we
should hiss.
Now granting that 4 sales tax will
effectively hold the Have Nots in bounds,
what about the Free Spenders?. Wars
always increase the takings OF the en-
trepreneur. the commission man, the
bonus-hlest executive. Normally in re-
ceipts Of comparatively ample incomes
which they expend lavishly despite in
creased income and the proposed sales
tax. they today still have exrendable
Evening star., 1942-09-08
Letters to the Editor
Discusses Problems
OF "Everybody's Democracy"
To the Editor of The atar.

OF "Everybody's Democracy
To the Editor OF The Star:
The Kent and McLemore articles of
September 4 should be considered mas
terpieces. If either had been written
by our politicians 1t would have been
front page news. AS it is, plenty OF
people will miss them.
II 10 per cent reduction in payrolls of
Government agencies would make for
100 per cent eficiency especially in the
Gas Ration Board, then isn't that what
we need?
1t Is amazing to think we are q
united Nation, the greatest democracy
in the world, working toward victory,
and men are giving their lives by the
thousands to have it 50; yet We cannot
seem to come down to earth and stop
this showing around and grabbing.
There are employees who report for
work every day, work 4 while then read
books or crochet or get bored and take
time out and 60 downtown shopping
But this is everybody's democracy, 80
let's everybody get down to brass tacks
and work to that end
MRS. LLOYD E. DAVIS.
Evening star., 1942-09-08
Praises Ora wings
OF City Beloved.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Have all your many subscribers written
to tell you how much they like those
lovely sketches by Helen Catch Durston
which you publish every Saturday?
much especially to us old timers who
have watched our beautiful city grow for
the past half century. 1t does not seem
possible that when We moved out to
Chevy Chase about 80 years ago there
were only three houses between the
Taft Bridge and Chevy Chase Circle!
What time does to us-and with us!
The sketch OF the bridge along with
many others is going into my scrapbook
"for future reference
MRS. q. W. STONE.
Evening star., 1942-09-08

larged physical education programs
in the schools this year, high school
cadet drill is all part of the process
of necessary conditioning, physically
and mentally, for the rigors of mill
tary life that lie ahead for most of
our young men. The better trained
they are the better off they will be.
Evening star., 1942-09-08

1t is only natural to wonder
whether the Department of Justice,
in the light of its recent order barring
from the mails an allegedly seditious
newspaper, really believes that the
Associated Press should be compelled
to furnish its eminently respectable
service to any and all publications.
Evening star., 1942-09-08

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the tOriter, although the use of
pseudonynn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserpes
the right to edit all letters Nth
a Die1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-09-08
Files Complaint
Against Laundry Failings.
70 the Editor Of The Star.

I guess I am old-fashioned to ex-
pect more kindly treatment for my linens
at the hands of modern laundries Up
until year or so ago, one would ex-
perience delight in opening returned
package Of snow-white work properly
folded, but perhaps those days OF pleas
ant memories are gradually being junked
for the duration.
Another thing. why don't our linens
last as long as they did couple of years
ago? Is 1t because of rougher or more
careless treatment in the washer, harsher
chemicals in the suds or hotter and i'm
properly padded mangles?
AUNT NAOMI.
Evening star., 1942-09-08

Canning and Preservi g-This
month will see the end of the canning
and preserving season. Now is the
time to make your grape and damson
Jelly, Our CANNING AND PRE-
SERVING booklet which contains a
fourpage supplement of suggestions
for cutting down on sugar, and the
use of substitutes in canning and pre-
serving brings the publication right up
to date. The picking season is also
at hand. Stock your cupboard for the
coming winter. To secure your copy
of this practical offering inclose Is
cents in coin. wrapped in this clip
ping, and mail to The Star Informa-
ton Bureau.
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