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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Why Grow Old?
Sane Reducing Routine
REQUIRES Balanced Diet

get in your food which are now
unknown.
Besides this, the food you pass
up has many other values, such
as minerals and roughage. Many
foods give you important
amounts Of various vitamins.
The sane plan is to eat q we'll
balanced diet according to the
tenets Of best nutrition. with the
proper amounts Of proteins. car
bohydrates and fats. and as high
q vitamin and mineral content as
possible. Many people who do
this also reinforce their diet with
vitamin capsules.
I myself think that this is a
very sensible thing to do because
1t Is difficult to obtain the re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Lost Chance
For Booklet

Here's your last chance
to order Lydia Lanes new
booklet. 1884 Diary for
Beauty" With this booklet,
which features valuable in
formation on all phases Of
glamour and appearance,
you'll be on the road to q
more attractive impression.
Featured in the new book
let, along with photographs
and autographs Of such stars
as Donna Reed, Irene
Dunno. Jean Simmons. Ava
Gardner and Leslie Caron,
you'll find a special diet, q
chart to analyze your beauty
needs. a formula for finding
your correct weight, a calorie
chart. plus information on
hair. compilations, hands
and body contour.
Get your copy while the
limited supply lasts. Send
10 cents and q self-ad-
dressed. stamped envelope to
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Star. p. o. Box I'LL. Los
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
By josephine Lowmon

We often hear people say
something like this, II do not
have to eat green salads or yell
low vegetables which I do not
like. ! take plenty of vitamin
capsules. I get all the vitamins
In capsule form, so really do not
have to worry about my diet. !
eat just what like best"
i On the surface this might
seem logical and correct. How
ever, this idea holds grave dan
ger Of malnutrition. New vita
Minis are being discovered con-
tinually. No matter If you take
all of the known vitamins, there
are probably many more you will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

waist and take care Of it my
SELF" Anne announced with
pride.
Another thing I used to worry
about" Anne continued, was
my skin. It's the kind that gets
freckles when I'm in the sun but
never tans There is nothing I
can do about this SO make an
adjustment and get the color I
want my complexion to be from
makeup. I use such a thin Aim.
and I never powder over it. that
it has a natural effect.
But the most potent beauti-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

quirements for maximum health
through food.
II you would like to have my
leaflet No. 81. "Vitamin De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

fense." send Q stamped. self-ad-
dressed envelope with your re-
quest for it to Josephine Lowman
in care Of The Evening Star.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-04-15
What About Stubble Mulch?

This study provides explanation of why Stub
bic mulch hllage does not store moisture
than other methods of handling fallow.
Since the stubble slows down the rate of
surface drying. capillaritY move more water
TO the surface before drying occurs. Thus slow
drying increases the amount of wafer that is lost
each time the surface dries. The slower rate of
drying associated with stubble cover. however
decreases the water loss between frequent rains.
Under our conditions. il appears that the stubbIe
cover. by increasing the water loss from widely
spaced rain and decreasing the loss from frequent
rains has very little net influence the efficiency
of wafer storage in faIlow.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-04-15


pendent the of water the crop for its
growth The wide acceptance of irrigation the
adequate proof that additional water be used to increase
crop production This calls attention the for thor
OF the water we receive
How Well Are We Doing?
1t has been well established the dryland experiment
stations throughout the plains that suerfalow is
only about 20 per cent efficient storing the water that
tails during the faoW period Thus at the end OF the aoW
period only about Us much available water is stored
the fallow fell precipitation
Evidence is lacking to show that growing crop
higher proportion of the rain than aow stores River flow
usually for we'll under 10 per of the precpta
ton under dryand conditions Thus runo control can
provide only moderate amounts of supplemental water.
The big of water loss from the plains
alton and this accounts for loss of between WordS and
threequarers of the rain that falls Because evaporation
takes place without much visible effect and since obvious
have in the past been directed what appeared to be easier
problems Yet partial control of evaporation appears be
the greatest potential of additional water for the
plains area.
Understanding Evaporation
We looking for echniques to make possible
lation appears that potential of additional water
for crop growth in the plains should be overlooked
The Montana Agricultural Experiment Station has started
preliminary studies directed at partial evaporation control
The first step in this study to gain complete knowledge
of how evaporation taking place and information
along this line has been secured 1t has been determined thai
evaporation of soil moisture rather complicated process
and be divided into several stages of which the most
important ~ evaporation from moist soil and 0 evapor
after the surface dries
So long as the soil surface remains moist evaporation
takes place at fairly rapid rate during the part
the day but slows down stops at night The rate of
alton determined largely by the amount of heat provided
verted and the out of the under
slight pressure Movement will take place toward either
cooler dryer where lower water pressure
exists. please turn to page 13)
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-04-15
Old Chinese Method Works

For centuries gravel mulches have been used
in the drer sections of China to reduce evaporation and
control wind and water erosion
From the theoretical viewpoint this type of surface
should be ideal for reducing evaporation since prevents
capillary of the surface from the
age in the soil, it allows most of the water to be
stored where the temperature is fairly COOL and pro-
vdes still air within the gravel layer which ressts vapor
flow
Thus, area of the world has devised system of
increasing the efficiency of water in dryland
and this is used effectively under the conditions existing
in that An expanded research program could readily
develop practical methods of increasing the efficiency of
water under dryland conditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
By Bill Gorrord
Special Correspondent Of The S.or

NEW MARKET. Va. April 10
A horse goes to church here
every Sunday, except in cold
weather.
The horse is we'll behaved,
doesn't make any noise. seems
to enjoy the service and never
sleeps during sermons.
He is large. brown farm
horse of placid disposition and
uncertain age. known to the con-
gregation as Felix.
The church is Asbury Memo
rial Methodist Church for col
ored-a white clapboard struc-
ture surrounded by an acre of
fenced pasture. It seats about
100. The Rev. w. E. Jefferson
is pastor.
Leading member Of the con-
gregation. the church's sole
trustee and its Sunday school
superintendent is Royal Steptoe,
go, a barber and property owner.
Il wish we had more citizens
like him." says Mayor Richard
O'Roark. Dogs and horses, as
well as people, like him and
believe enc reason the horse goes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Horse at New Market Church
Doesn't Sleep During Sermons

to church is because Steptoe is
there"
The horse attends church by
standing on the ground and pok-
ing his head through an open
window.
AS much as the church people
like Felix. they didn't like him
enough to open the window and
freeze. But the closed windows
didn't drive him away-the horse
waited patiently by the window
during the hour-and-a-half
service.
Later the horses owner, Will
liam Roadcap. moved Felix from
the pasture around the church
to winter quarters in a barn.
With the coming of warm
weather, Felix has been put
back in the pasture. and again
goes to an open window and
sticks his head in as soon as the
church bell rings on Sunday. He
not only stays through the
church service and sermon, but
also attends Sunday school on
days when it is held after church
lets out. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

A gift special! Brilliant reds and
sparkling pinks. Growing in gaily
decorated foil-wrapped pots. En-
Joy them indoors now; plant them
outside later in the season. Will
bloom for many springtimes to
come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Heroines Of Jericho Plan
Palm Sunday Services
speeioI Dispatch TO The Stor


Baltimore, April 10.-The ira
ditional Palm Sunday services of
>Rahab Grand Court Heroines
of Jericho, Prince Hall Masons.
Maryland jurisdiction, will be
held at 8 pm. tomorrow at
Leader Hill Baptist Church,
Leader Hill and North Cross
streets.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fare, grand
most ancient matron, and M. E.
Alfred Dixon, grand worthy
Joshua, will preside.
Honor guests will include
members of the grand and sub
ordinate courts of Heroines Of
Jericho, P. H. NJ, in the District
of Columbia. The Washington
ians will leave the District from
Masonic Temple, Tenth and U
streets NV. at 2 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Drought Gets Worse
In Southern Plains;
One Section Has Rain
BY the Associated Press


The worst drought in United
States history appears to be
getting tougher throughout the
States OF the Southern Great
Plains.
The only section of the vast
drought area that got real relief
last week was the Rio Grande
Valley of Texas-a 100-mile
silver Of fertile land along the
Mexican border. Rains up to IL
inches poured down there.
Meanwhile. the big dry spell
won the official title of ''Dust
Bowl for two huge sections of
the plains. This came from the
Soil Conservation Service. the
same agency that awarded the
drought its worst in history"
title back in 1853 but at that
time shrugged of the term
dust Bowl as scare talk.
Soil Conservation officials told
about their findings in six States
Texas. New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska
in meeting at Amarillo.
E. A. Norton, conservation
chief, said high winds have
slaShed two great scars from the
fertile but powdery soil on the
Great Plains-one in West Texas
and New Mexico and the other
In Southeastern Colorado and
Southwestern Kansas.
200 Miles Long, go Wide.
He said ruined fields in the
six-State area, If placed side by
side, would stretch out 200 miles
long and 60 miles wide.
In Colorado, county commits
sioners started enforcing a new
law which allows the commits
Sioners to order a farmer or
rancher to use soil conservation
measures. If he refuses they can
have it done and charge him for
1t in the form of taxes.
Officials of q West Texas
counties said they will meet with
Gov. Allan Shivers April Is and
ask him to get new Federal help.
The State water board report
ed Texas rainfall was only a
fifth of normal last month and
water storage dropped in six of
the States nine reservoirs. The
United States Agriculture De-
partment said West Texas
ranges had withered away al
most to nothing. Northwest
Texas wheat farmers said the
crop outlook was as dark as the
dusty skies.
: Eastern and southern New
Mexico ranges were in bad
shape. Irrigation reservoirs were
low, and another hot and rain
less week went by.
DrieSt in So Years.
The weather bureau reported
Kansas had struggled through
its driest January. February and
March in So years-and no rain
that mattered had fallen this
month. For the first quarter of
the year. Kansas received 1.55
inches OF rain. as compared with
normal sos. The western Kan
sas wheat crop was whiting fast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

City and stock water supplies in
eastern Kansas were critical.
Gov. Edward Arm asked the
President to declare an emer-
gency in five towns because of
the water shortage.
Charles A. Helm, professor of
field crops at Missouri College
Of Agriculture, said it would take
8 to 10 inches of rain in the next
so days to get soil moisture back
to normal.
In Oklahoma many wheat
fields were covered by previous
dust storms. More dust blew
during the week. For this year,
rain is about Az inches below
normal. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
MORE GROWING GIFTS

Fragrant GaFdenia Plants, pure white II
flowers many buds ----4-------ea ca, u
HylIangea Plants, huge 2-flower plants, .
choice of pink, white OF blue, plant later
IN garden 5------------e !, q
Geranium Plants, colorful fiery red, will =
bloom all summer long I
African Violets, blue, purple, pink, II
white Observation-Disclosures ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

Pst5shop. Street Floor, Washington md PARKington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

55th ANNIVERSARY - Mr..
and Mrs. Anthony S. ConsOl
Of 1643 Fort Dupont street
Sc. today celebrate their 55th
wedding anniversary. They
have three children, three
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. MIR. COnsOl,
now retired, served in the
Army during the Apache In
dian wars from 1893 to 1895
and during the Spanish
American War. He was a
mailman in Frederick, Md,
for 16 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

An Easter bunny gift
idea for your pet par
akeet or canary :.
smart chrome cage
complete with perches,
cups, swing and remov-
able tray for easy
cleaning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Garden Accessories

FormnedoIe Special Grass Seed lbs. 1913
VeIvo Lown Gross Seed ID. 81. 5 lbs. ABS
Arcodion Lown Seed Ib. l.95, lbs. $50
Wild New Zealand White Clover ID. .95
Famous Wonder Lown Utility Gross Seed,
5Ibs. sos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

Imported Towering Bulbs and Roots .
Giant Dutch Peonies, red, white, pnk-------49c
King Size GodioIus, red, white pink, purple, law
ender, orange, blue, yellow 10 for 55e
DohIios, decorative, cactus and pom-pom type.
Zoe co.. 4 for 81
Lily of the Valley, white------------zSf for 81
Triedio magic She'll Flower mixed rs for SSe
Montbretios miniature eIodiolus), mixed,
Is for 89e
Special Holland GlodoIus, mixed,
so for 81, 100 for I.se
Summer Hyocnth, white, sweet scented 10 for 81
French Anenones, mixed for SEE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Everblooming Rose Bushes
5 for 90

Hardy field-grown everblooming roses,
guaranteed to grow all summer long.
Each picture Labeled package contains
one red, one yellow, one pink, one white
and one tWo-tone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Sale! Easter Lily Plants

Perfect symbol Of the Easter sea-
son. Lovely, pure white, sweet
scented lilies, growing in brightly
decorated foil-wrapped pot, Each
plant has four glorious flowers in
bloom and bud. Will thrive for
many, many days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Towering Shade Trees

Dial MA. $500 Any Time for 4-Hour Phone Service!
Use Your Shopping Plate TO charse Your Purchases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

Rubrum Lily (orento orchid, pink, crimson,
SpOtteO -------9 voI ~
Aurotum Lily tooId bond Iily), white, gold,
8 for 81
ReooIe Lily, white, pink flushed IS for 81
Tiger Lily. oronoe, seohet spotted g for 81
CoroI Lily (Tenufolun,l. dwarf red, for Zoe
HenrYi Lily, orange, yellow 1893 for Ssc
Orange Triumph Lily, brilIiont orange,
s for 81
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Mrs. Henry lafierner, d.,
Lifetime Area Resident

Mrs. Henry Latterner, sr., II.
a native of Washington and resi-
dent of Montgomery County for
48 years, died Friday after a long
illness.
Mrs. Latterner, who lived for
many years at 303 Willard ave-
nue., Friendship Heights, Md,
was the former Lititia Daw, a
member of an old Georgetown
family.
She was married in 1903. Mr..
Latterner, who died in 1947, was
in the investment business here.
Mrs. Latterner was q member
of the st. Stephens Church Of
the Incarnation.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Constantine Eisinger, of
1880 Aberdeen road, Bethesda,
and Mrs. Horace r. Hampton,
5204 Hampden lane, Bethesda; /;
son. Henry, jr., Of 5000 Macomb
street NV: a sister, Mrs. Ada
Daw Loughran, 4513 49th street
NV: a brother, Truman Daw,
of Tulsa, Okla, and six grand
children.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. tomorrow at the
Robert A. Humphrey funeral
home, 1857 Wisconsin avenue,
Bethesda. Burial will be in the
Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Harry W. Mcmahon ,
Tax Supervisor

Harry w. Mcmahon, SO. a
supervisor at the Internal Reve-
nue. Service, died of a heart at
tack while attending 7:3O am.
mass Friday at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church, Tenth and G
streets NV. The Rev. Philip M.
Hannah, chancellor of the arch
diocese, who was about to start
celebrating the mass when Mr..
Mcmahon collapsed, administered
the last rites.
Mr.. Mcmahon, who lived at
TIL Sheridan street NV, came
here nearly 80 years ago from
his native Groveton. N. H. He
formerly worked for the Shipping
Board.
He attended mass nearly every
day before going to work and
WaSa member of the Holy Name
Society of Nativity Catholic
Church.
Survivors are his widow,
Blanche NJ; a son. James F.,
1925 Third street NV: three
daughters. Sister Mary Blanche,
Sisters Of st. Francis, Glen Rid
die, Pa. and Joan and Janet
Mcmahon of the home address,
and two brothers and four SIS
ters in Groveton.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Tuesday at Nativity
Catholic Church, Thirteenth and
Peabody streets NV. Burial will
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Mrs. John 6. Mercer;
Navy Med. S Widow

Mrs. John Gerald Mercer, 40,
former secretary to an editor of
the Junior Red Cross until she
became i'll year and a half ago,
died Friday at Bethesda Naval
Hospital. She lived at 2619 Gar
field street NV.
She was the widow of Comdr.
Mercer, retired former personnel
officer of the 5th Naval district
in Norfolk, Va, who died here
in 1948.
The former Carol Davis of
Raleigh. N. c., Mrs. Mercer came
to Washington in 1948 and was
secretary to the field director of
the American Red Cross.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs.
Robert K. Thayer, 2145 Cali
fornia street NV: son, Chris
topher (Kit) Mercer. Silver
Spring, Md. Montgomery Blair
High School student: her mother,
Mrs. j. E. B. Davis, Raleigh:
three sisters, Mrs. Albert H.
Trowbridge, 1881 Porter street
NV; Mrs. Henry Hulick,
Raleigh. and Mrs. John E. Russ,
Burgaw, N. c., and two brothers,
j. Haydn Davis. Adel, Ga, and j.
E. B. Davis, jr., Winston Salem,
N. C.
Funeral services will be held
at / pm. Tuesday at Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Mrs. Martha |. West,
Retired Clothes DESIGNER

Mrs. Martha L. West, 73, re-
tired designer of women's clothes,
died Friday of heart attack at
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda.
Mrs. West, a native of Cleve-
land. Tenn, lived with her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. George M. Slant, 46O3
Highland avenue, Bethesda. Mr..
Slant is landscape architect at
the Bethesda Naval Medical
Center.
The former Martha Alexander,
Mrs. West spent most of her
life in Chattanooga and lived
for a short time in Miami.
Besides her daughter, she is
survived by a sister, Mrs. Eliza
beth Burns. and a brother,
Arnold Alexander, both Of
Miami, and one grandson.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow at the Robert
A. Pomphrey Funeral Home, 1857
Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda.
Burial will be in the Park Lawn
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Mrs. Duff Lewis Dies;
Music Teacher and
Concert VioIinist

Mrs. Duff G. Lewis, we'll
known piano and violin teacher
here for more than SO years and
former concert violinist, died
Thursday morning of a crebral
hemorrhage at her home and
studio, l Dupont Circle NV.
She had completed her last
music lesson at II pm. the night
before.
The former Agnes Proctor, of
London, she was the daughter of
the late Richard Proctor, promi-
nent English astronomer. Her
sister, Mary Proctor, is also a
well-known astronomer in Lon
don.
Mrs. Lewis studied in Munich,
London, New York and Chicago.
While in Germany she was in a
command performance produc-
ton of the Mikado before the
Kaiser. She also was a water
color and oil painter.
Mrs. Lewis taught music in
New York, Liberty, Mo. and for
merly at the Washington COL
lege of Music here. She was mar
ried to DR.. Lewis, a leading
surgeon here, in 1900.
Several years ago during a
trip aboard, she played violin
with the British Women's SYM
phony Orchestra. She had also
played in concerts here, but in
smaller groups.
Besides her sister, she is sur
vived by half sister in Ireland
and a niece and sister-in-law in
Westport, Conn. Her husband,
who'died about 20 years ago, was
from Charles Town, w. Va.
Services will be held today in
Charles Town.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Draths

WILDER. NANCY. On Friday. January 8,
1854, NANCY WILDER OF 1902 .22nd
st. NV. She is survived by two nephews,
friend. Thelma Long. and many other
relatives and friends. After. pm. on
Monday: January II, friends may call
Funeral Home. Eth and Florida ave.
NV. Rev Charles Pryor officiating
Interment Arlington National Cemetery.
IL
yaIYary p 1854. EDWARD 6. Will
Of Mrs N MARY Williams He eiso eaves SS9
20 mourn their loss, one sister. Mrs.
Marv Dodson one brother, Lewis Will
nine sreat-grandchildren and other
rtlatives and friends. The late Mr..
Williams is resting in the Morris A.
Carte Co. Funeral Home: End and
Family may be seen at 235 F st. s.w.
WILLIAMS. JAMES N. On Thursday.
f' son Of the late late John % N. NJ and ia. Barbara
Williams. brother Of Charles r Williams.
!a'rayers at Chambers Funeral Home.
3n72 M st. NV. on Tuesday. January
Church. 36th and o SITS. NV, at 9:30
am Interment George Washington
Cemetery
WILLIAMS. RUTH. Departed this life
on Wednesday. January 4. 1854. at the
D. c. General Hospital. Mrs. RUTH
WILLIAMS OF 32S T st. NV She
Is survived by two sons, Arthur and
Nathaniel Williams: two daughters.
Miss Jean and Ruth Williams; two
grandchildren one sister. Mrs. Marie
lines, and a host of other relatives
and friends; Remains may be viewed
at the Hall Bros. Funeral Home. 62l
Florida ave. NV, on Monday, January
II. after 12 noon, Funeral services
l n m
at the above funeral home. Rev. Len
wood Childs officiating. Interment
Woodlawn Cemetery. 10
WILLS. MARY E. On Friday, January
E 1854. MARY E. WILLS Of 81? 9th
st ne. beloved mother OF Mrs. Lillian
W Simmons, Mrs Cornela E. Taylor,
Josepn D and William E. Wills. She is
a.so survived by one sister two brothers,
SIX grandchildren. seven great-grand-
childreh, other relatives and many
friends. After ) pm. Monday. January
II, friends are invited to call at the
" Ernest Jarvis Funeral Home | 432
You st NV. where funeral services
VIII be held at $50 pm. Tuesday.
January -. Interment Lincoln Me-
mortal Cemetery. II