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Evening star., 1948-09-12

to be out all the time knew would be different here but
odnt think We feel all cooped up and on know they
nave to have rules but gosh during the six months we
nao 10 be IN at seven at night and since then it's been ten
thirty There's one late night week that's till twelve
O'CLOCK and one overnight month. was five minutes
late one night and the house mother spent whole half hour
telling me how much we need our Sleep"
5. Unvecosni.ed occ,pa.ionol ha.ards:
Two student drinking coffee in the hospital lunch
room 1t was $50 pm. and they had just come off duty
Marjorie Stiles. who two bars her blue uniform
looked tired I've just finished two weeks of np duty On
the contagious ward" she explained Il thought it would
never end tsteng be there alone with the doctors
asleep and you responsible for everyone They say the big
thing about contagious to keep your resistance up don't
know how you do it. had three hours classes every ay
during those two weeks was supposed study in nv snare
time, whatever that is"
4. Too small part the medical team:
robust blonde named Janet Swenson generauty nurse
in an upstate New York hospital said MY mother was
nurse, and always wanted to be one still want to- I'm
good at it. The trouble is, I'm not nursing In school we
studied anatomy and mcroboogy and chemistry and phar
macology and psychology don't know what ALL Then we
were trained for special work patients records
giving indications and treatments changing dressings Well
spent most Of this morning bed panning cleaning
rooms. That's not nursing. I'm somewhere between
an order and = kitchen maid these days.
Mary Bradford, ex-leutenant in the NAVY Nurse Cous
exstaf nurse in Washington general hospital is now making
SoO week as nurse for large department Maybe
the Navy spoiled me" she said Anyway during the war
really did nursing for the first time, and felt appreciated
The doctors treated right and there was plenty of help for
the nor-nursing duties. When back couldn't take
the old hospital routine tried for year It seemed to me
was wasting my ability. So when this job came along
snapped up I'm still nursing, which like better than any,
thing on EARTH but I'm living like human being 1t doesn't
seem to me that's asking too much"
The Solutioas:
Where the problem has been attacked with intelligence and
imagination. the results impressive Efforts however
have been scattered and the hospitals medical ofession
and the nurses themselves that much remains to be
done.
lhe ANA committee on nursing is already record as
recommending that steps be taken provide social security
Evening star., 1948-09-12

SURGEON GENERAL
Leonard A. Scheele,
US. Public Health
Service. The nations
nurses have analysed
the problems OF their pro-
fession and have offered
suggestions for changes in
the education Of nurses
and the administration of
nursing services. 1t is up
to the institutions. agenci
to accept this challenge
present critical shortage
Evening star., 1948-09-12

The crushing demand for is easy to explain
Healthinsurance programs medical techniques the
veteran load rising birth rate these filling hospital
beds by thousands About of Americans
went to the hospital last year.
The supply problem something else again. While it is
true that have today than ever before the
significant truth that nursing despite usefulness to
society and its compelling appeal many women become
extraordinarily difficult and often impossible, career
middle aged nurse from Montana told me: wouldn't
leave nursing for anything. But if had daughter,
I'd fight to keep her out of it,
Nursing s of course, unique both in its demands and it's
satisfactons Bound up with human sickness suffering
it be easy, clean ninetove job Inevitably
it requires degree of selessness and discipline other
occupations do without Its rewards also immense Where
else woman know surely that she needed? Where
else she day and night such dramatic evidence that
her efforts worthwhile? Where else she know in
mately so rich variety of human beings?
Most prepared accept the hardshps inherent
the job What they resent having these things as
for other hardps which they believe are neces-
Sary.
That the of these hardshps valid is clearly i'm
piled by the fact that hospital authorities asked
to them. They told these stories would discourage
and prospective at time when they most
needed But like it not, stories of this kind dime
dozen wherever gather and if they hushed up
the conditions that breed them will be corrected
The Problems:
1. Substandard pay security:
Rose Macdonald graduated from nursing school five years
ago. Her pay considerably above the national average
Evening star., 1948-04-23
IHa|seySeesEd
Defense and Realistic
Po!ieyPreventingW WaI

A realistic foreign policy, ade-
quate defense and education for
world responsibility were urged as
war preventives last night by Re-
tired Fleet Admiral William F..
Halsey.
He warned that If the United
States Is forced to defend itself
again, the attack will come with a
suddenness that is terrible to con-
template"
Admiral Halsey spoke at gather
ing of more than 100 University
of Virginia alumni in the Carlton
Hotel. The meeting was part Of a
Nation wide radio program launch
ing the university's $7,800,000 de-
velopment fund for university ex-
pansion. Admiral Halsey, who at
tended the university for one year
is fund chairman.
Twenty Cities Hear Broadcast.
He was joined in the program by
Colgate w. Darden, jr, university
president and former Governor Of
Virginia, and Edward r. Stettinius,
jr., university rector and former Sec
retary of State. They spoke from
Charlottesville and New York. The
broadcast was made to some 20 cities.
The retired fleet admiral said that
until war comes the United States
needs an armed force "as strong as
any possible adversary" and he de-
clared that recent congressional ap-
propriations for national defense
were steps in the right direction.
AS for the imminence Of war, Ad-
miral Halsey declared: Il believe
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help the Nation by doing some
thing about developing through
education the kind of leadership
expected Of the United States"
President Darden stressed the
reality Of the issue between this
country and Russia and said the
University of Virginia was cir
revocably committed to the cause
of human liberty"
Mr. Stettinius said Americas uni
versities must be strengthened so
that they can produce more Of to-
morrow's leaders.
Evening star., 1948-04-23

that If we keep a stiff upper lip.
build up q properly balanced and
adequate armed force, and approach
international questions in a thor
oughly realistic manner, we shall
minimize the danger of war in the
immediate future. In removing the
imminence of war at this time, we
shall lay the ground work for per-
manent peace"
Reality of Issue Stressed.
Admiral Halsey said he accepted
the dictatorship of the development
fund because he felt he could best
Evening star., 1948-04-23
Army Honors Dr.. Marvin
For Scientific Advice

DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president
of George Washington University,
has received q certificate of appre-
citation from the Army department
in recognition Of his services as
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sntinc oonsultant to Secretary

scientific oonsultant 10 Secretary
Royal.
The citation presented by Mr..
Royal stated Dr.. Marvin, contrib
uted immessurably to the welfare Of
the Nation"
DR.. Marvin served as consultant
from last September until three
weeks ago.
Evening star., 1948-02-22

Bethesda Community Gartler
Club will meet at 10:30 am. Wed
nesday at the Battery Park Club.
house on Glenbrook road.
The program will include hor-
ticultural workshop during which
members will discuss questions ano
garden subjects.
The members Of the Hostess Com.
mittee for the luncheon will be Mrs
L. Welch Pogue. Mrs. Preston E
Groome, Mrs. Charles D. Heron
Mrs. James H. Robinson, Mrs
Reginald Alexander, Mrs. Robert
Gutheim, Mrs. Silas Greek and Mrs
j. B. Engle.
The Potomac Rose Society will
sponsor a public outdoor rose bush
pruning exhibition March Z at the
Robert e. Scammell gardens, 281C
Bladensburg road NE, starting at
|2:30 pm. Since pruning cannot be
prescribed in general terms, and
each bush must be studied individ-
ually, the society Is stressing this
opportunity. The bush is composed
Of living clements and each has a
function; the roots absorb, the
stems support and conduct food, the
leaves manufacture the food and
the flowers are the reproductive
organs. The type Of care deter
mines whether the bush will be
healthy, with superb blooms on
long, lovely stems, or otherwise.
At the Scammell gardens a pub
lie address system will be in opera
ton. Experienced growers will dem
onstrate the technique of preparing
Evening star., 1948-02-22
This Week in the Garden

spring was just around the corner
and that we might look for the
crocus soon, we probably will have
more cold weather with freezes and
thaws. Butt with garden opera
tions due to start within three or
four weeks we should prepare now.
X n \ n
Before March winds blow them
away we should make certain that
there Is good thick layer of leaves
around our rf1ododendrons and
azaleas. Anchor them down with
sticks or dirt. An annual mulch Of
oak leaves furnishes both plant
food and humus which these plants
need for healthy growth and free
noWerlng. w. H. Y.
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Fair to Include
Hereford Swine Show

Exhibiting for the first time or
the Eastern seaboard, the Nationa
Hereford Swine Show will be helc
in conjunction with the Maryland
State Fair at Timonium next Sep.
tember.
Commitments have already beer
made by swine fanciers In Mime.
sofa, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Wis.
consin and Ohio. Heretofore the
show has always been held in the
Middle West.
Evening star., 1948-02-22

NOW that the snow has meltet
away, seeds of the harder annual
may be sown. Cornflower, larkspu
calendula, portulaca and many
others can 60 In wherever the sol
is ready. If the soil was not pre-
pared in the fall we can SOW the seee
on Inprepared soil and cover with
sand rather than delay until tn.
soil is dry enough to be. spaded
Early planting Is essential to these
About the first Of March we shoule
think about sowing tomato ant
pepper seed. They take from 81,
to eight weeks to reach planting
size. Early planting is not recon.
mended since the plants will have
to be held indoors or in cold frames
until warm weather arrives, usually
about the first Of May. Late plant
ing is equally unwise since that
delays the time Of harvests.
February is the month in which
most gardeners start their spring
pruning, although the work on roses
and other semitender shrubs might
well be postponed until early March
Fruit trees and many shrubs, how
ever, can safely be pruned in. Febru-
ary. Grapevines, especially should
be pruned now.
=
Along with spring pruning we
should plan to give all Of the decidu-
Gus trees and shrubs q dormant
spraying. Dormant sprays are cheap
insurance against scale insects and
help to clean up disease spores that
winter over on the woody plants.
Lime-sulphur is the most commonly
used material for this purpose al
though we must take care not to let
it get on painted woodwork. Winter
or dormant strength is necessary for
the control Of insect pests-follow
the manufacturers directions as to
dilution. Some gardeners buy the
lime-sulphur in powdered form al
though this is not always easy to
get into solution and may give
trouble by clogging the spray nozzle.
X X 4 \
During the early spring when
SHOWS are melting and showers are
frequent we may find water stand
ing on the flower beds. This should
be gotten off as quickly as possible
to avoid injury to the dormant
plants. At this season Of the year
it is difficult to find soil that may
be used to fill in low spots, but in
many cases that Is the best way to
protect flower borders. Another way
is to dig narrow bitches to carry
the water away as rapidly as pos
sible.
It Is not too early to place orders
for fertilizer, spray, peat moss and
other materials which will be
needed in the garden While the
warm spell made us think that
Evening star., 1948-02-22

Home for Incurables, 3720 Upton
street NV. w. H. Youngman will
speak on gardening and show pic
lures he took in Europe last winter
The Hyastsville Horticultural So
ciety will hold its February meeting
at the home of Mrs. H. U. Cross
white, 4211 Colesville road, Hyatts-
vile, Thursday at pm. A film or
flower arrangement will be shown
The American University Park
Garden Club will meet Tuesday at
8 pm. at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
william F. Green, 1923 Albemarle
street NV, with Miss Lytle CO.
hostess. Mrs. Lillian Smith will
speak on "Ffreside Gardening fol-
Your Spring Flower Garden"
A three-day course In flower show
judging sponsored by the Virginia
Federation Of Garden Clubs will
open In the Jefferson Hotel at Rich.
mond Tuesday. Mrs. G.. B. Nettleton
of Covington Is president of the
federation. Mrs. James Adams eo1
Richmond Is arrangements ohair.
man for the course. A. G. Smith
jr., of the Virginia Tech department
of horticulture will serve as director
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Park Land for Freedom Gardens
50 Acres Set Aside by u. S. Agency
AS Spur to Increase Production

The Freedom Garden program
gained headway in the District last
week when the National Capital
Parks allocated nearly so acres OF
park area to gardeners with no
garden plots.
Park officials said permits for
garden sites are now being. issued.
Some permits are issued directly to
individual gardeners, while In some
instances permits for large areas
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Garden Club Activities

rose bushes for q fine array Of long
stemmed blooms. They will rid the
bushes Of unproductive wood and
explain why each plant is pruned
In its own particular style.
The annual Rose Institute will be
held in Lisner Auditorium OF
George Washington University April
! and 2.
Garden club adherents and others
interested in gardening are taking
keen interest in the international
Flower Show to be held In Grand
Central Palace in New York March
6 to 13. An all-expense arrange
ment is being offered by the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad.
Corn from the New World, wheat
and all the other grains from the
Old World continents; string beans
and nmas from the Americas, the
garden pea and lentil from ancient
Europe and Western Asia-these
are some of the $50 plant products
whose geographic origins will be
shown in the New York Botanical
Gardens exhibit at the show. ri h
plants that serve mankind and
E3where they originated" is the title
Eof the Botanical Gardens exhibit.
Medicines, fbers, dyes, perfume
oils, lumber, spices and industrial
products will be shown, as well al
foods and beverages.
Oficers will be elected at the an
nual meeting of the Upton Gar
denerS Tuesday at 7.30 nm. at the
Evening star., 1948-02-22

Ofhcers will be elected at the an
nual meeting of the Upton Gar
deners Tuesday at 7:30 pm. at the
Evening star., 1948-02-22

The attractive pepper plants ".
grow in our gardens with theh
glossy fruits are native to thu
Americas and belong to the genu,
Capsicum, a group Of tropica
shrubs. There are a number o1
species in the Capsicum genus, but
only one, the bird pepper &C
frutescens) is Of Importance. This
species, having been widely used
by the natives over a great many
years, developed into many varie-
ties, each characterized by some diff
ference in fruiting habit, color Of
fruit, or flavor. The variety gros-
sum, which is the principal one
employed in the garden &C. frutes-
Gems, var. grossum) is known as the
bell of sweet pepper.
The sweet pepper which we use
to put zest in salads, sauces and
pickles, as well as to cook. Is an
easily grown garden crop. But be-
ing tropical, it will not make strong
growth if planted out Of doors be-
fore warm weather is really here
The plants take from six to eight
weeks from seed and should be
started about the first Of March
Since 1t takes only few plants to
supply the gardeners needs 1t is
the more common practice to pur-
chase plants from plant grower.
. - Look Well In Borders.
If space does not easily permit
the growing of pepper plants In
the garden they may be tucked ihto
the perennial border. The bushy
plants with their glossy fruits are
quite ornamental. Speaking Of their
appearance, florists and amateurs
commonly employ some of the
smaller -fruited peppers for orfla-
mental pot plants for the winter
holidays. The cherry pepper &C.
fruitescens var. cerasiforme) and
the cone pepper (var, conoides)
have small fruits which are held
erect, and make very effective deco
rations during the Christmas sea-
son.
AS q garden crop we should re-
member that peppers do not need
a rich soil, in fact, If the soil con-
tains too much nitrogen we will
have more foliage than fruit to
harvest. Clean cultivation and a
reasonably good supply Of moisture
are essential to good growth.
Insects and diseases seldom trou-
BILE the pepper plants, although the
flea beetle may be a nuisance to
early set plants. Dusting with DDT
is the best treatment for this pest.
Cutworms. sometimes plague early
set plants. and where this pest
abounds 1t is wise to use paper
collars to protect the young plants.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Plant Peppers About March l
Rich Soil Unnecessary-Space 1924 Inches
And Tie Branches to Control Stake
By W. n. Younqmon

The most widespread pepper disease
is Anthracnose, which may be recog-
nized by the sunken spots on the
fruit which are covered by dark
fungus growth and pink spore
masses. This disease may be con-
trolled by spraying with Bordeaux
although the home gardener will
probably prefer to pull and burn an
infected plant should he find one
in his garden. The plant grower
normally treats the pepper seed
with red copper oxide to avoid trou-
BILE with this disease and the bac-
terial spot, a second important dis
ease of peppers. This latter pro-
duces scablike infections on the
fruit.
Peppers are rather bushy plants
and they should be spaced 18 to "a
inches apart in rows 2 to feet
apart. In spite Of their business
many gardeners prefer to stake the
plants, tying the branches to q
strong stake placed near the center
of the bush. This is helpful for a
good vigorous growing pepper plant
is likely to be on the brittle side and
the limbs are. faarly easily broken
during cultivation or harvesting.
This is one reason why we should cut
rather than pull the fruit in harvest
ing.
= Most home gardeners grow the
California Wonder Sweet pepper, but
there are a number of other varieties
Of the large fruited type suitable for
cooking and salads. World Beater,
Ruby King, Foordhook, and Sweet
Mountain, to mention a few, are
typical bull-nosed fruited varieties.
Chinese Giant is the largest but is
not quite as long proportionately.
Then there are a number of vari-
cites with more or less fiat, tomato
shaped fruits. A third group in
cludes the pimiento or heart-shaped
peppers of which Early Pimiento Is
a popular variety.
Hot Pepper Characteristics.
The above are all sweet peppers.
In contrast to them we have the
hot peppers which also may be
divided into groups. They are the
tabasco, cayenne and cherry groups.
The hot peppers are not all long and
slender -podded. One, the Large
Bell, or Hot BuIl-nose, looks very
much like a sweet pepper. Hunga-
rian Wax, yellow fruited variety
that turns red when ripe, is banana
shaped. The cherry group has small
round or cone shaped fruits.
The Small Red Chill and the An
aheim Chilli belong to the tobasco
group and are not as pungent Chot)
as the Cayenne group. The latter
includes the Long Red Cayenne and
Maule's Red Hot. The Cherry
group includes such varieties as
the Red and the yellow Cherry,
and the Large Cherry. These
peppers may be used fresh or dried
for winter use. Some gardeners,
who have very little need for hot
peppers for cooking, grow them for
winter decoration. This Is not a
new practice for the Mexicans have
long been known for the colorful
strings of dried peppers hanging IN
their homes.
In the fall we may pick and store
the green fruits of the sweet pep
per in q cool moist situation where
they will keep for several weeks.
Or. we may pot up bush or two
before frost and keep the potted
plants in a cool basement room
where the fruits will mature, pro-
viding fresh peppers for some time.
Evening star., 1948-02-22

are made to local garden groups,
who in turn allocate the land to
members.
According to Park Supt. Irving C.
Root, about so acres OF park land
were made available to about 786
District gardeners during the war
years. He said the land available
for the Freedom Garden program
may be slightly less than during the
war.
He pointed out that the garden
program not only provides means
OF producing more food, but also
gives an opportunity for recreation
Evening star., 1948-02-22

It Is not too early to place orders
for fertilizer, spray, peat moss and
other materials which will be
needed in the garden While the
warm spell made us think that
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Washington View

II have been considering the ez-
l1austed state of my fields and the
decreasing fertility of farm lands
everywhere. I" How much more
delightful to the mind Is the task OF
improving the earth than all the
vain glory which can be acquired
from ravaging it."-George Wash
inct0n.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
APPLES
Five. Varieties On One Tree

We odmit this sounds incredible. but
nevertheless is true.
We offer a two-yeor 4 TO s It. Apple
Tree srofted to S Notwithstanding
fresh fruit from June until December.
Not only o novelty, but proetieoI. Con-
toins such varieties as Transparent.
Rombe, Grimes. Stoymon and Delicious.
Order now for this spring planting. Offer
No. D-one Tree, $5.S5 Postpaid;
Three Trees, $3.50, express collect.
soIespeopIe wonted. Check below for full
or port time sales plon.
Check below for Free 4S-Pose Pointing
Guide in full color. s-
Evening star., 1948-02-22

Dr. George DarroO principal ponoogist at the Plant
Industry Station at Betspie fright abope), Examines new
satcberry uaees size fnes and general character
sscs OF fruit One uaiety the Blakemore introduced by Dr.
Darroo than 20 years ago. accounts or more than one
commercial berries today In this country
other photo scientist pollen from strawberry
blossom held tn his hand to plant OF different nartety tn
get This plant may produce
10000 plants, each havsng different characteristics
-Aqriculture Department Photos
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-02-02
LITERARY CLUB

The McGuffey club met Jan.
80, at the home of Jessie Scheid-
erer, of Columbus ave-, with Es-
tella Bidlack, assisting hostess.
The new president, Viola Bower
smith, presided and the meeting
opened with song, America. Dur
ing the business it was voted to
give five dollars to the polio
fund, and the calendars for the
ensuing year were arranged. The
quotations, prepared by Martha
Fry were responded to by II
members, and two guests, Miss
Blanche Stimmel and Mrs. Lee
Fowler. Ilo Mohler was the pro-
gram leader and chose for de-
votions l Kings l9:ll-16, clos
ing with the Lords Prayer. Read
ings on Important Events, "
Birthdays of Lord Byron and
Robert Burns" Benjamin Frank
lin" and Thunderstorm, in the
Alps, by members, were inter
persed with songs, Brighten the
Corner, Flow Gently Sweet
Alton" and "Auld Lange Syne"
Mrs. Bowersmith closed the meet
ing with the Mizpah benediction,
and during the social hour the
hostess served refreshments.