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Evening star., 1949-07-31
Poison-Don't Touch h-D0n'tEat
Some Suffer Acutely From Daffodil Rash;
Many Plants, Fruits Cannot Be Eaten
Bv W Younomon
By W. n. Younamon
Gordsn Editor

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plant commonly sold at Christmas
time for indoor decoration. The
fruits are poisonous.
Jimson weed Datura stramo-
mum parts of this weed are
likely to be fatal. Not common
in this area. but occasionally
found in the garden.
Kalmia (Kalmia augustifolia
and K. latifolia)-Lambkill and
mountain laurel. Young leaves
and new shoots fatal If eaten.
Larkspur Delphinium spp.)-
The foliage and the root are poi
sonous.
Lily Of the Valley (Convallaria
majalis)-The berries and the root
are very dangerous.
Lupine Gupinus spp)-The
seeds contain a bitter alkaloid that
is slightly poisonous.
Matrimony vine Iycium spps.)
There is some difference of opin-
ion as to the poisonous character
Of the fruits.
Monkshood (Aconite) - The
foliage and the root are deadly
poisonous. This is a shade-loving
perennial, but not widely grown
in this area.
Oleander Nerium oleander)-
The foliage of this occasionally
grown tub plant is poisonous.
Pokeweed Phytolacca ameri-
cana)-A common weed widely
used for early spring greens. Avoid
taking any portion of the root. as
it is very poisonous.
Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum)
Green (sun-burned) tubers and
the new sprouts are poisonous.
Rhubarb CRheum rhaponticum)
The leaves. especially when
cooked with soda, may be fatal.
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)-
Overuse of the leaves may cause
convulsions.
Yew (Taxus spp.)-The foliage
and the berries, especially the
latter, are poisonous.
Tomatoes and Strawberries,
when eaten uncooked in large
quantities. may produce a rash
that is quite irritating to some
people.
In addition we might mention
some Of the Western plants, such
as water hemlock, poison hemlock
and poison oak. But that is not
the point Of this list, which is al
ready long. our objective being
to point out those plants which
may be found in the Washington
area, and which should be ham
died with care. Several. whose
fruits are dangerous. seldom
fruit in this area. and when they
do it is not too much Of a chore
to remove the fruits where there
are children to be protected.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Horses Are Chief
Crop on Northern
Virginia Farm

Around Upperville people will
tell you the Peach brothers have
done about as much for horse
breeding as anybody in the Vir-
ginia hunt country.
Richard Peach. who lives in the
old family home on the outskirts
of Upperville and runs the 200
acre farm, is the active manager
of the Peach horse business. His
brothers. William, who is con-
nected with the Peoples National
Bank at Leesburg, and P. s. Peach
Of Washington, are interested in
the business.
For years. now. the Peach farm
has produced its crops, but always
horses have been the main item
Hunters and show prospects have
gone from the Peach farm to add
their names to lists of winners in
other sections of the country.
Richard has always taken to
horses. On a table In his living
room is a small silver cup, mounted
on a dark wood base. 1t Is the
first trophy Richard won, and was
given him in 1907 when he took
first place in jousting tourna-
ment.
That first trophy is dwarfed by
the silver that the Peach horses
have taken at shows. There are
silver cups, silver plates. bowls and
loving cups. In fact. a dealer once
estimated that the Peach trophy
silver would be worth something
like $4,000.
Mr.. Peach has never gone to
power farm machinery-farming
his land instead with the aid of
as many as four teams of horses.
That. Of course, would be expected
from q man who lives and
breathes horses.
Just now all Of the farm except
a pasture area is being rented.
This means that Mr.. Peach must
purchase his hay. but with labor
as scarce as it is, 1t seems the
best way to concentrate on a few
horses. In addition to the horses,
there are a few pigs just to pro-
vide a ham now and then during
the year.
Mr.. Peach recently sold his
stallion, Ginobi, but has some
promising young stuff coming on.
A sucking f1lly by Ginobi this year
took first place at the Virginia
Horsemen's Association show at
Warrenton. And then, there are
such promising horses as Giniper
q 2-yeor-old by Ginobi, and a
gray filly also by Ginobi.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
VFW Auxiliary
Plans Beauty Show

Arrangements have been COM
pleted for a beauty contest to be
held August 8 at Takoma Park
Swimming Pool under auspices Of
the Youth Activities Committee.
National Capital Auxiliary, W. w.
Each playground will send a con-
testant to a preliminary next Fri
day at the Takoma pool. and the
finalists will be then selected from
this group.
Judges will be Mrs. Edith Hiser.
department president Of D. c.
Ladies Auxiliary, v. F. w.: Mrs.
Lena Roux. president of National
Capital Auxiliary: Miss Virginia
Barry Of Barry Dancing School
and Art Brown.
Mrs. Tressa Jones, president Of
Front Line Auxiliary with her
committee, visited E-3 Ward. at
Mount Alto Hospital last week.
Mary Nichols has been elected
as delegate to the National Con-
vention to be held in Miami next
month.
The Firecracker Cootiette Club
and Hornet Circle. Military Order
Of Lady Bugs gave . party at
Mount Alto last Sunday. The
patients enjoyed the refreshments
as well as the music.
Hornet Circle. Military Order of
Lady Bugs is making plans for a
lawn party to be held early in
September. Hornet Circle dele
gates and alternates to attend the
Miami convention are Hattie By
ram and Olive Minard, delegates,
and Adelaide Grant and Flora
Mcgee, alternates.
National Capital Junior Unit
will hold q swimming party at
Triton Beach next Saturday. The
juniors are working on scrap
books for the National Home
Nursery. They are soliciting can
celled stamps.
Meetings this week:
Monday-District of Columbia
Department Auxiliary, Northeast
Masonic Temple.
TueSday-TreaSury Auxiliary,
Gold Chevron Club, 1919 K
street NV.
Wednesday Naval Gun Fac
tory Auxiliary, 730 11th street Sc.
Police and Fire Auxiliary, 1909
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Friday - Potomac Auxiliary,
Masonic Temple.
Evening star., 1949-07-31

that my giant oak in the side
yard is of the black oak variety.
I am glad to know this. for the
oaks have always puzzled me and
I was never sure of any but the
willow oaks and the pin oaks.
I also was interested to learn,
although it probably will do me no
good, that the caribou differs from
its other deer relations in that
the female. as we'll as the male.
bears antlers; that forms Of
mistletoe are harmful to forest
Evening star., 1949-07-31

@. What can I do to promote
the development Of my dogs coat?
Is there something I can feed him
that will help?-R. N. L.
A. Brush him daily with q stiff
brush. Include in his diet the
yolk of an egg once or twice week
Evening star., 1949-07-31
This Week in the Garden

sizes. columbine and many others
might we'll be sown to provide
plants for next springs bloom.
Keep the spent blossoms re-
moved from summer Towering
ANIMALS.
Watch for signs of the dahlia
borer. When found split the stem
off just above a node but below
the point of entrance Of the borer.
If this does not work. cut the
stem of just above a node but
below the point of entrance of
the borer. New branches will
start from buds lower down on
the stem.
Remove the spent blossoms
from hardy phlox before the seeds
have time to develop. The seed
lings are seldom worthwhile, and
they may become a nuisance in
the garden If allowed to grow.
Removing the spent blooms helps
to develop husky strong growing
crowns for next years Towering.
Many summer Towering peren-
malls need to be given fertilizer
and to be cut back so that they
may build up before winter. If
the plants are large and need
lifting and dividing. early Sep
tember is the time to do it. but
cultivating and feeding is in
order now.
Cultivate, water and feed
chrysanthemums if you want
them to do their best in Towering
and to have good foliage. DDT is
good in preventing the chrysan-
themum nematode from destroy
ing the foliage. w. H. Y.
Evening star., 1949-07-31

Here's a tip for curing a dog
Of timidness. For the timid and
nervous dog. not the shy dog Gas
shy dogs are usually 50 by hered-
ity and often are incurable). try
friendship and rough handling.
First win the complete confidence
OF the dog, then play with him
roughly; seize him by the skin;
throw him on his back; pat him
vigorously. while speaking to him
in a kindly tone Of voice. When
you approach a timid dog. do not
reach for him downward but al
ways bring your hand up to his
face.
Your dog wriggles underground
into some hole or tunnel or bur-
row. There your knowledge OF his
activities comes to an abrupt end
until he emerges again. wet and
tired and dirty. What happened
to him during that subterranean
exploring trip? You don't know.
Sometimes he never emerges at
all, and you realize that a mys-
terious tragedy has been enacted
down there in the breathless dark
ness. Sometimes he backs out,
dragging a rat or a rabbit or even
q woodchuck or q fox. He has had
stirring adventures. but you can
only guess at their nature.
Here Is the true tale of one
such adventure, a proven story
though the details will always be
lacking:
r. w. Ellis took his dog for a
cross-country walk. The animal
dived into a wide rabbit hole and
did not come out again at his
masters call. For an hour or
more he stayed underground, then
emerged in a deplorably filthy
condition and completely ex-
hausted. Not only was his sleek
coat disheveled, but his collar was
gone-his collar with metal ident-
ification disk. bearing his owners
name and address.
"A week later the disk was re-
turned to Ellis by . gas COM
pany employee, who had found it
inside q gas meter In a bungalow
a mile distant from the rabbit
hole!
Word comes Of q man who was
prosecuted in England for cruelty
to his dogs, the basis Of the charge
being that each dog carried
enough vermin to infest the whole
town. The owner was imprisoned
for three months at. hard labor.
England has many very good
dog laws. One OF them Is that If
you are found guilty Of cruelty to
an animal you are deprived Of the
right to own dog. Members Of
your household are also affected
by this rule.
During the depression years Of
1882 and 1888 the dogs received
at the Chicago city pound num-
bered 10000 less than in other
years. During that time more
dogs were purchased at the pound.
@. What can I do to promote
the development Of my dogs coat?
Is there something I can feed him
sv,;1I t,alao
A. Brush him daily with a stiff
brush. Include in his diet the
yolk of an egg once or twice week
Evening star., 1949-07-31

The sowing of seeds of bien-
malls and perennials should not
be delayed beyond the middle of
August. earlier seeding Is pre-
ferred by many gardeners. Pam
Evening star., 1949-02-24

most of the iers had played college however
wouldn't be able to compete with Kentucky or any OF our other
good college teams"
Another surprise expertnes of the Chinese the
court The Tarawa team played twice IN emma ao
judged feet four inches and otherwise
looks the part Navys heavyweight wrestling champion
Turks Moot Beot the Bond
When the Turks national pasme expressed
curiosity about football. the U,SS Tarawa obliged
whose preceding tour of duty was as assistant
director Annapolis matched the air group against
the ships company although legitimate contest admittedly
would borne close expert scrutiny
The idea to show how typical is played Kane
explained I'VE had ships eight foot
could lot of balls in the air in practice
The crowd puned passed
and caught with the only
football ship and start playing.
official band the carrier but there's no dearh
musicians either band vas organized Enlisted men ana
officers alike footed like mad playing on Wisconsin Anchors
Awegh" and THE Notre Dame Victory March,
1--WE wanted the to parade field" sighed
regretfuly field around t-a deep, dry
trenbcause Turkey the crowds get intense at soccer
people sometimes out and beabo the officials they
pulled boner The only to get and off the
field bridge the band remained the stands
Thrilling If Not Authentic
be that honesty would not prevail Kane
afraid teams which weren't in condition
and hadn't pacced would lock in defensive battle and play
something he said Il thought that refereed
be able for them or connive little to help
minute half That isn't much scoring so the
air group called for an END run ana tppeo Oh sh any
ball carrier SIS 60 yards for touchooWn on te
most realistic play you ever saw.
THE ended 1872 in favor OF the air Personally
the intense there
controlling that when ships
second touchdown scored intercepted pass
actually DETECTED by the receiver just phony
other couldn't it by If it was gift
surprised me-"
ashamed of the skuduggery. AFTER ALL 1t was
Just exhibition pointed 1--WE had to shorten the
periods 10 the players could last
the stands who shouted like crazy
The Champ Was Not Untested
of the Uss Tarawa also demonstrated
could play golf and they tangled with the British
carrier reached Ianbul the proud Turks
showed off bald gentleman who had the heavy
weight wrestling championship his nation at the Olympic
Games.
fellow commented Kane Strong as an OK oo
To any one Killer Kane will as no surprise
10 learn that the Terrible Turk not untested
Indian style grinned the big fer just of
exercise"
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Ringers No Help
To Radio Quintet

If officials Phil Fox and Curley
White, ringers" in the Radio An
nouncers' lineup, had worked as
hard for their team as they did
calling SIS fouls in the Georgetown
George Washington game that fol-
lowed, the men of -the-mi might
have beaten the Sportswriters last
night at the Armory.
But White and Fox saved their
strength for the college game and
so the scribes won the command
performance preliminary, 20-15.
Carroll Hall, who resembles Bob
Ferrick Cthey both have two arms
and two legs) scored seven points
for the winners while Walter
Haight dittle Potatoes. '2D was
scoreless, but received an assist for
sticking his finger in Dutch Berg
mans eye.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Terps Out to Gain
Tourney Berth
In Richmond Tilt

University of Maryland basket
ers. who have been a border-line
team all season in regard to a
Southern Conference tournament
berth, can just about wrap UP a
place in next weeks championship
at Durham, N. c.. by winning over
Richmond tonight.
The Terps have won six and lost
six in the Conference to date and
meet George Washington (an ex-
pected loss) Saturday night in
the Armory and v. M. I. can ex-
pected VIM Monday night at
College Park.
The Terps lost to Richmond
early in the season, but the teams
appear evenly matched. The
Spiders scored one of their major
victories of the season night before
last in trouncing Washington and
Lee. 1888.
Maryland might be able to sneak
in the back door by beating
v. M. I. even if it loses tonight
and Saturday, but Coach Flucie
Stewart hopes that won't be neces-
Sary.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Hits Great Pace
Whi|eYa|eStar
GoesDownHiN
Record Score of IS
In One Come Marks
Drive Toward Top
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Paul
Arizin, lanky Philadelphian who
never played basket ball until he
went to college, was threatening
today to GUST Tony Lavelli of Yale
from the Nations basket ball
scoring leadership.
Arizin. junior at Villanova, has
averaged ZIG points for 20 games.
Lavelli's average for % games is
21.8.
The difference is that Arizin
has been improving his average
steadily while Lavelli has gone
down hill. The Villanova CEN
ters biggest surge was his record
IS points in a single game two
weeks ago.
He added 81 points in two
games last week while Lavelli
could pick up only 80 in a like
number of contests. The figures,
reported by the National Collegi-
ate Athletic Bureau, include games
through Saturday.
AriZin replaced Joe Noertker of
Virginia in the runner-up spot.
Noertker's average dropped from
21.5 to 202 when he scored only
Is points in two games.
Ernie Vandeweghe of Colgate
held third, although his average
fell from 214 to 2O.9. Chet Gier-
max of William and Mary moved
from fifth to fourth with 206.
The second half of the top 10
remained intact. Vince Boryla of
Denver is sixth with 201, followed
by Paul Senesky of st. Joseph's
philadelphia with 1874; Alex
Groza. Kentucky. 1911; Ken Good
win, Rhode Island State, 1910, and
Fred Schaus, West Virginia, 1873.
Ed Macauley, st. Louis ALL
America center, regained the lead
in the accuracy department. He
has hit 112 out of 205 field goal
attempts in 20 games for an aver
age of .546. Macauley is 9th ma
| tionally in scoring,
Evening star., 1949-02-24
By MerreII WhittIesey

What has happened to college
basket ball in Washington?
George Washington's 52-47 tri-
umph over Georgetown last night
left the area without a college
champion, and it's just as well
There is not an outstanding team
in town, and the pity is that
things are going to get worse be-
fore they get better.
It is not the purpose here to
detract from the Colonials' tri-
umph when they finally beat
Georgetown, but the 1904 fans on
hand in the National Guard
Armory watched pretty sad ex-
hibition of basket ball.
And from the George Wash
ington team that won its 14th
game against seven defeats the
Colonials lose Maynard Hath
cock, who is rated their best
player; Bill Cantwell. twice ALL
District and All-Southern Confer
ence, and Dave Shapiro. There
are no requirements in sight on
the Colonials' fair freshman team.
Art Cerra, a valuable player last
year, who has been out this sea-
son with an injury, will be back,
but that is not enough.
Georgetown loses the two play
ers that principally have been
responsible for the eight games
Georgetown has won in the 20 it
has played-Ray Corley and Tom
my O'Keefe. The Hoyas also lose
Vince Leddy and Joe Culhane
both regulars. The Hoyas sup
posedly have two good freshmen
players moving up in John Norris
6-foot-5, and Tony Durmowitz.
Maryland, struggling with q
Evening star., 1949-02-24
The Champ Was Not Infested
St. John s-Gonzogo Tilt 7 onight
Opens Big Pre- Journey Gard

High school basket pau IeamS
entered in The Star Metropolitan
tournament that starts next
Wednesday night at University OF
MARYLAND are putting the finishing
touches on their excellent season
records today, tomorrow and Sat-
urday.
The big contest tonight is the st.
John's-Gonzaga game at Univer-
sity of Maryland. Both teams al
ready have accepted bids to repre-
sent the private -parochial school
group in next weeks Star tourney.
The Johnnies edged the Eagles IN
their first meeting, 1927, and
could clinch the Catholic League
title with an undefeated string by
winning again tonight. A victory
for Gonzaga would pull it into
f1rst-place tie and a playof1 would
be staged after the tournament
unless they meet in the tourney
final.
Other tourney teams playing IN
the next day or two are Central
and Wilson, which meet each
other for the District public high
title Saturday afternoon at the
Armory, and George Washington
of Alexandria and Washington-Lee
of Arlington. G. w. is host to
Mount Vernon High tomorrow
night. The Presidents already
have topped the Mounts, 55-34,
and are favored to repeat to COM
plete their 20-game regular sched-
ule undefeated.
Washington-Lee is host to Lane
of Charlottesville tomorrow. Again
the Generals are favored, having
beaten Lane, 41-31, last month on
the Lane court.
Pairings are being made today
TO. The Star tournament which
will open with a bargain bill OF
four games at Ritchie Coliseum.
Spaces in the pairings will be left
for representatives of Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges Counties.
The Montgomery County teams
will be decided Saturday in a
special playoff for the title be-
tween Bethesda and Blair. The
winner goes into both The Star
tournament and the State tourna-
ment which follows. The Prince
Georges title also will be decided
in another special playof on Mon
day between Hyattsville and Blad-
ensburg. Here. too, the winner
enters The Star meet and the
State tourney.
Roger Kingsbury, st. Adams
26-point average center, bettered
his usual output when he scored
IS points in the Saints 65-38
triumph over Boys Latin yester-
day in Baltimore.
Kingsbury, who stands 6-feet-4,
went the distance and scored 10
field goals and made seven of II
foul shots for one of the best days
of his remarkable season.
Georgetown Prep, which has
been losing a lot of close games,
won o tight one for q change yes
Evening star., 1949-02-24

terday when it defeated Episcopal
36-33, as Tommy Crowley scored
13 points.
st. Anthony's won in overtime
over GWynn Park, 48-47.
In the Montgomery County
tournament at Rockville, Gathers
burg defeated Poolesville, 1926
in the boys final while the Rock
vile girls defeated Gaithersburg
1923, and won the right to repre-
sent the county in the Glass c
State championship. Marion Cop
ping scored % points for Rock
villa
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Ring Commission Lifts
Billy Fox Suspension
BY the Associoted Press

CLEVELAND, Feb. "a. - The
Cleveland Boxing Commission has
reversed itself and nullified a 30
day suspension imposed Tuesday
night on Blackjack" Billy Fox,
Philadelphia light heavyweight
Fox made for the referee after his
opponent, Dick Wagner of Port
land, Oreg., was awarded the fight
on q technical knockout.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

record, of 7 victories and Is de-
feats to date, loses John Edwards,
captain and high scorer two years
in a row. and Bernie Smith. But
it is at College Park where the
picture is brightest.
In Lee Brawley and Charley
Mack, the Terps have two big
boys who should be infinitely bet
ter next year, and moving up
from the unbeaten freshmen team
is Dick Koffenberger. brother of
the former All-America from Duke
and an excellent prospect.
American University, challeng-
ing for a showdown for the Dis
trict title in the future, loses only
John Wakefield from this years
team. but the Eagles have little
to add from their jayvee team
and will need considerable
strengthening If they move into
a faster schedule.
Catholic u, without basket ball
scholarships or WOrKSnlpS, ana
playing a strictly Mason-Dixon
Conference schedule, figures to
maintain about the same pace.
Basket ball coaches in the
Southern Conference generally
are complaining that it's becoming
too much of football Conference.
The teams are supposed to win
against rugged outside competi-
ton, but there's not enough help.
Whether that's the trouble here
is not known, but Washington
seldom has been represented by
teams of the caliber of this years
output.
Fifty-five foul calls slowed last
nights game. Georgetown earned
an early 1912 lead but the Colo
mails came back to gain a 22-20
Evening star., 1949-02-24
G. VS. Victory Over Hoyos Leaves City Minus
Champ, With Poor Outlook on College Court

advantage at the half and George
town never could catch up. After
dropping IL points back at one
time, the Hoyas rallied to scare
G. w. at 48-45 but Johnny Mof-
fatt broke loose for the insurance
baskets.
Moffat was high scorer with II
points. grabbed the most rebounds,
figured in the most jump balls. was
all over the court. Phil McNiff
tied up Corley so that the Hoya
captain made just one field goal,
and Gene Witkin maneuvered the
Colonials' attack nicely. Ray Ad-
Ter had too much height for the
Hoyas under the basket. O,Keefe
tossed in 10 foul shots out of IA
and one field goal to pace the
Hoyas with IL points. Leddy per-
formed creditably and scored 10
n0iOtS