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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
HOBBY PAYS OFF
Photo.
BY Bah LINCOLN

The world is learning today
that women retiring from pro-
LESSONS and business for cal
endar reasons, do not always
fit themselves into the accept
ed. retired, inactive role, once
taken for granted.
Separated from the routine
of industry and business, wom-
en- now need not go out of cir
culation in the world of mon
ey-making and they are trying
their wings in creative fields,
opening for themselves new
horizons Of opportunity,
achievement and enjoyment.
Vivian Vestal, who for years
was a teacher of French
here, in Mcfarland Junior
High School has found to
her personal establishment
that what she considered a
pretty paStime, has catapulted
her during the last year into
such a pressure of business
that she is now beginning to
Wonder why she started it all.
Actually" she explains" the
thing started itself. I love to
sew, especially the kind Of
things that are effective and
work UP fast. It was while I
was still teaching that I made
a little cocktail apron to give
as a present to a friend. / made
the mistake Of showing it to
a girl who was calling on me.
This girl, in no time at all had
talked me into selling it to her.
with no regard or interest to
whether I had time to whip up
another.
II sold 1t for cost and few
extra pennies. The next day,
bright and early, she phoned
to ask if I could possibly make
five more for her right away.
! could and did. but even then
did not get the idea of making
it a business"
First Sale Does Trick
The first happy purchaser
was responsible eventually for
that inspiration. It was two
years later that she told a gift
shop owner about the Vestal
aprons. BY this time Vivian
had retired from teaching. so
accepted the consequent order
for a quantity Of the aprons.
besides wastebaskets, card
table covers, matching tally
cards and score pads.
Thus, Vivian Vestal origi-
nails came into being. Miss
Vestal is hoping that she will
never pc tempted to grow so
big that she will be obliged
TO relinquish the fun she has
in designing and actually max
ing the gay bibelots, which
are proving such an addition
to informal entertaining.
Already a foresighted BUSH
ness man has offered to finance
the project on a big scale, to
cover the country with her
product. But Vivian, with no
regrets, has turned that prop
osition down fiat. She saws
she has no intention of being
RELOCATED to the department Of
cost-plus, percentages, tax de-
auctions and then let sone-
one else have the fun Of max
ing the articles.
She has her work down 10
such a science that she can
watch television and feather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

felt which she bought in Bos-
ton.
If you've ever found your
self over a hot stove with no
pot-holder in sight. you'll ap-
preciate why her magnetic
pot-holderS are proving
sensation. Throw one any,
where and it will stick where
it lights, preferably on the
wall in full view.
Miss Vestal, Of course,
makes the usual coasters and
slipcovers for glasses, but also
many original items seen for
the first time. Her slip-onS
for holiday front-door knobs,
with showers of ribbons and
bells or flowers are wanted
everywhere. She makes vary
ing sizes of delicate pastel
circles, pinked around the
edge, for brides to place be-
tween their new china plates.
She's made a practical and
useful rack for the cupboard
which holds stacks of coffee
cups without fear of breakage
and with space-saving as well.
West Coast Remembered
For the West Coast, Miss
Vestal has made a special line
Of matches, paper napkins
and coasters adorned with
SeahorseS, shells, anchors and
Sailboats.
One of her grandchildren is
a gorgeous circle of white felt,
to place under the Christmas
tree, heavily decorated with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

to keep this story q tale Of
success in moderation seems
at the moment somewhat in
the balance. but with no spe-
cial effort on anybody's part,
Vivian Vestal Originals are
now obtainable in gift shops
throughout the East.
Thus ends one more chapter
in the success story of women
who meet the challenge of
"the golden years."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

camp for underprivileged chill
dren, a Salvation Army Auxil-
larry project. A famous cook
and housekeeper, she enter
tains charmingly in her West
chester apartment.
A theater devotee, Miss Yes
tai seldom misses an OPEN
ing night at the local theaters,
and also finds time to take art
appreciation courses at the
National Gallery.
How long she will be able
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

son. jr.. first vice president: Miss
Eleanor Van Horne. End vice
president; Mrs Russell Nc
Laughlin. secretary; Mrs. Har-
mon Potter, treasurer; Mrs. Will
liam Carey. publicity chairman
and Mrs. Charles Cliff, scholar
ship chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
Bernard Alumnoe
Announce Officers

The Barnard in Washington
alumnae club announces its
newly elected officers for 1861
as follows: Mrs. Karl Goldberg,
President; Mrs. Mordecai john
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-16
District Eases
New Drug Act

The District Commissioners
today put into effect regulations
designed to exempt an estimated
1000 medical compounds from
the city's new Dangerous Drug
Act.
They approved the regulations
after a three hour public hear
ing yesterday in the board room
Of the District Building, at which
more than a dozen pharma-
ceutical experts testified on
problems raised by the new law,
which went into effect on
October %.
The law makes unauthorized
possession Of amphetamines and
barbiturates a crime and requires
extensive record keeping by all
persons who deal in such drugs.
There are an estimated 10000
combinations which use these
non-narcotie but habit forming
drugs.
The new regulations we're
rushed TO approval to beat a
November 81 deadline, when all
pharmacists and others handling
the dangerous drugs must make
inventories Of their supplies.
The regulation excerpts drug
compounds. mixtures or prepara-
tons" that contain not more
than 10 mihigrams OF amphets1
mines. Small amount Of Goth
drugs are used extensively in
many pills. including reducing
tablets.
Witnesses repeatedly en-
phasized that the new regula-
tons. although excepting such
drugs from the eity's Dangerous
Drug Act. do not except them
from the Federal Food. Drug
and Cosmetic Act. which re-
oulres that they be sold only on
prescription.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-16
Doctors Urged to Trace
Paths Of Cancer Causes

exists for ascertaining or scruiti-
nizing the environmental back
of cancer patients for
possible causes, and relatively
scanty use is made of such data
when occasionally obtained"
Protective and preventive meas
ures are not being developed, he
added.
Alert, practicing physicians
have developed what knowledge
science has on unapparent occu-
pational cancers, DR.. Huper said.
Traced to Product
He cited the case Of the medi-
cal director Of a large chemical
plant manufacturing q rubber
anti-oxidant. The director noted
a number of workers engaged in
producing 1t developed tumors.
AS a result of studies, DR.. Hueper
said. the chemical was shown to
be a potent cause Of cancer. It's
production was discontinued.
In another instance, a hos
pital pathologist in a town OF
10000 observed disproportion-
ately large number of lung can
Ger cases. Investigation revealed
that all Of these patients had
been employed in an asbestos
brake lining plant. where they
inhaled asbestos dust.
Studies, DR.. Hueper added,
have shown there is an excessive
frequency Of cancer Of the blad-
der in male residents Of Cincin-
natl, perhaps because of the
manufacture Of certain anti
oxidants.
Another survey showed a high
frequency of brain tumors
among other workers, particu-
larry those employed in the
Akron (Ohio) area. More in
formation is needed, the scientist
added, to determine exactly
what causes this and what to
do about it.
He urged surveys in many
areas where a certain type Of
cancer tends to become more
prevalent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-16
Weiss Reelected
By Rose Society

The Potomac Rose Society re-
elected DR.. Freeman A. Weiss
president last night at its annual
meeting.
DR.. Weiss, a charter member
and past president of the Wood
ridge Garden Club and member
Of the American Horticulture
Society, is co-author of AHS's
azealea handbook and editor of
the American Daffodil Society.
The group also elected George
w. Spangler, Wilbur H. Young
man, George A. McCauley, vice
presidents: Charles L. Bartholo-
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new. treasurer: Walter H. Gam
naway, assistant treasurer, and
Charlotte w. Hansbarger, sec.
rotary. All will serve one-year
terms.
Elected to serve three-year
terms as directors were: j. Pres
ton Swecker, District: ]. Ben
jamin Williams and Anthony
Holmead. Maryland, and Frank
J. Halliday, Virginia.
The society. with some 1,7OO
members. awarded honors to
Fred w. Lang, Kensington:
Leslie v. Perry. Arlington; Jack
N. Paisley. District: j. Morton
Franklin, Falls Church; Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert E. West, District.
Ernest Schwartz, Baltimore;
E. E. Brown, District, and DR..
James A. Gamble. Tall Timbers,
Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-16
Rising O|d-Age
Popu!atiOnCited

There will be IS million per-
sons over SIS in this country by
1865, DR.. H. B. Mulholland,
chairman Of the American Medi-
cal Association Committee on
Aging. predicted yesterday.
DR.. Mulholland addressed a
symposium on geriatrics at the
closing session Of the 50th an
niversary meeting of the South
ern Medical Association. Nearly
5000 doctors and 1000 guests
from throughout the South at
tended the conference, staged by
the country's second largest gen.
eral medical organization.
Big Pressure Group
DR.. Mulholland declared that,
by 1880 about 40 per cent, or rs
million. Of the country's popula-
ton will be over IS, and he
pointed out they will comprise
powerful political pressure
group.
OF these rs million persons,
he estimated about 20 million
will have some trouble with the
heart and circulatory system, l4I
million will suffer from arthritis
and 20 million from some mental |
disturbance.
ITO take care Of the medical
needs Of these people win re-
ouire much straight thinking and
action on the part Of the medical
profession and allied groups, 81
said the doctor. who is also pro-
lessor of internal medicine at
the University of Virginia Medi-
cal School.
Hopeful Note
In many countries, such as
Holland. England and the Scan
dinavian nations, IAN elderly
person is venerated, and the
younger generations listens to
their words and seeks their
advice" Dr.. Mulholland said. He
indicated this is not true here.
Adding a hopeful note, the
doctor said some communities
are experimenting with home
like facilities for the aged. where
they may live surrounded by
friends and provided with active
interests.
"I've heard just the other day
that suicide rates have been cut
to practically zero in several such
establishments. whereas the rates
had been very high before such
units were in use." he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-16
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS

Area-wide surveys should be
made by doctors and health
departments to determine the
patterns of various causes of
cancer, a National Cancer
Institute researcher told the
Southern Medical Association
yesterday.
DR.. w. C. Hueper declared
that environmental cancer hab-
its spread from focal points of
industry along the route Of dis
trihution and use of the
products. Previously, in Atlantic
City, he had said that, although
cigarettes have something to do
with lung cancer, more lung
cancer is caused by other agents.
Widespread surveys, on this
subject. he said, could evolve in
formation that might lead to a
way Of controlling cancer haz-
ards before major damage has
been done. He declared this
might prevent epidemic like APP
pearance of cancer among mem
bers of the exposed population
group one or several decades
later"
Latent Period PrecedeS
The doctor pointed out that
the preparatory or latent period
Of environmental cancers aver
ages from 10 to Is years. cover
ing the time from the first con-
tact with the carcinogen cause
Of cancerl to the appearance of
the first cancerous symptoms.
DR.. Hueper, speaking at yes
terday'S closing session of the
association at the Sheraton
Park Hotel, declared that de-
tailed evidence on the environ
mental causes of cancer is at
about the same point as knoWl-
edge of infectious diseases was
in 1890.
Now, he added, little interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-16
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
THIS. WEEK
IN THE GARDEN

level. Remember the peach borer
is the most common killer of
stone fruit trees. The control
is simple but 1t should not be
postponed or omitted.
Fall Seeding of Lawns
This week should see the fall
planting season at full peak. Do
not DELAY the planting Of grass
seed, daffodil bulbs. fall Towering
crocus and similar small bulbs,
peonies, and the evergreens.
And, it is time TO set out seeding
perenniais If they are large
enough to handle. Take time to
do a good job of planting so that
the resulting growth will be the
best. That means pulverizing the
soil to a good depth and the adj
dition Of a generous quantity of
humus-compost or peatmoSs.
And speaking of chores for
this month let's get that fertilizer
on the lawn so that the grass will
quickly recover from the sum-
mer's ravages and look its best
throughout the fall.
Cool Vegetable Crops
Sow radishes and leaf lettuce
now. Both do well in the cool
fail weather and provide the last
chance for you to enjoy home
grown, garden fresh vegetables.
Winter Bouquets
Collect and dry material for
winter bouquets. Select the spec
linens and tie in small punches.
Hang them in a dry, airy situa-
ton until ready for storage.
Build a Compost Pit
Now is a good time to prepare
the compost pit for receiving the
leaves and debris from the gar
den. BY turning the present con-
tents out and piling neatly. they
will continue to decompose. II
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These cool evenings make de-
lightful sleeping but they also
bring mildew 10 our gardens.
Mildew is that grayish coating
on leaves that soon turns them
into crinkled blackened leaf
that is most unattractive, The
cure is to dust or spray with
sulphur or with Karathane.
However, before spraying hose
the plants thoroughly with a
strong blast of water to dislodge
all of the surface coating posi-
BILE. Then spray or dust and the
mildew will be eliminated.
Care of Chrysanthemums
Do not neglect your chrysan-
themumS at this season. The
chores are four:
/. Keep them tied or sup
ported. otherwise they will lodge
and the flowers will be borne on
crooked stems.
2. Give the plants a final feed
ing to produce large blooms.
8. Water whenever there is a
shortage of rainfall in order to
keep them in good condition, and
4 Spray or dust to control
mildeW and other diseases as
well as the insects. A fifth item
might well be mentioned-dis-
budding. If you want large
flowers disbud.
Make Notes at Shows
Now that the fall flower shows
are being staged in several COM
munities it is we'll to take time
to visit one or more of them.
Take along a pad and pencil and
note those varieties and kinds
which appeal to you. Remember
they were grown in this area
with our soils and climate, so it
is reasonable to expect them to
be successful here. That is in
formation that the catalogues
do not contain.
Now is the time to spray the
peach trees and the other stone
fruits with DOT to control the
peach borer. Use a S per cent
solution and soak the trunks for
a foot or more above the ground
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Gardeners Plan
Sessions 3 Days
In Baltimore

The annual convention of the
National Association of Garden
ers will be held at the Southern
Hotel in Baltimore Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday with
banquet Wednesday evening
Speakers at the sessions will
include DR.. George H. M. Law
renee, professor of botany at
Cornell University and director
OF the Bailey Hortorium in
Ithaca. and DR.. A. o. Kuhn,
former head of the agronomy
department and now assistant to
the president of the University
of Maryland.
Hugh MacRae of Washington
is president of the association.
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thing of a special frog, and used
to rise out of the spring when
Bob would whistle. He would sit
there on the bank while Bob
would scratch his back with a
stick.
This sort of thing went on for
"a long time and would probably
be going on now if it hadn't
been for a man and a gun look
ing for frog legs.
This fellow shot the frog and
brought the legs up to Bob. He
didn't know he had killed a spe-
cial frog. and Bob has never
gone to the trouble of training
another.
I never realized until the other
day how difficult it would be to
cut down a cedar tree.
I need a cedar pole to hold the
wires taking power to the barn.
I am sure there must be several
hundred trees on The 40 Acres,
and I thought there wouldn't be
any trouble getting one for the
pole.
The trouble is that every one
I find that would be suitable for
power pole is too well placed
and ] can't cut it down. I find it
difficult cutting any kind of a
tree, anyhow, and a big cedar is
too much for me.
Looks like I'm going to have to
go out and buy one somewhere.
4 X \ x
Everybody seems to see the
wildlife about The 40 Acres but
me. Just the other day I got the
report of q deer and her faun
feeding down by the fence. This
sort of thing never happens when
I am about.
I suppose deer can get to be
pests, but l think a deer and
faun would look mighty pretty
in back of the pond.
/ hope deer never become a
problem, because 1 am sure I
would never be able to do any,
thing about them. But maybe my
ideas would change.
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every two years. it is not toe
late to do the job now.
FertiIize Strawberries
Give the strawberry bed a gen.
erous fertilizing at this time SO
that the plants will go into the
winter in a strong healthy con-
dition. There is direct correla-
ton between the number OF
large healthy leaves and the
amount of fruit produced per
plant the following spring.
Miscellaneous Direction
Pears should be picked and
allowed to mellow in a cool airy
situation rather than to stay on
the tree until soft.
If the early spring towering
lperennials need lifting and di-
lviding that chore can be taken
care Of now. Plant them in a
well prepared bed so that next
year they will put on real
display.
If a few chrysanthemum
plants were not started in pots
for indoor bloom it may pay to
lift some Of the smaller plants
and pot them now. Select the
later blooming varieties because
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the compost is to be used for
vegetables and flower garden.
some ground limestone might
well be added at this time. For
use around azaleas, rhododen-
drons and other acid-soil loving
plants do not use limestone. The
addition of any good commercial
fertilizer will speed the decay
as well as provide a finished
product that is rich in plant food.
GladiOlus Storing
Dig and trim gladiolus as soon
as the foliage begins to brown,
The prompt removal of the foli-
age will prevent many of the
thrips from moving down from
foliage to corms. Dry the corms
thoroughly before cleaning and
storing for the winter.
House Plants
Don't delay the bringing in
doors Of the house plants that
were parked for the summer out
of-doors. The first stage after
cleaning the pots is to put them
on a porch or terrace for a few
days to become acclimated to a
drier situation. The next step is
to take them indoors and this
should be done two or three
weeks before the windows are
closed.
House plants that we're not
placed out-of doors for the sum-
mer should be fed and popped UP
for the winter tour of duty. If
they need reporting, and most
house plants should be repotted
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expert job of seed.
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Value of Tree Given

Good shade trees of the most
desirable species are worth up 10
SIS per square inch of cross Sec
ton of the trunk at distance of
5 feet from the ground. This
method of evaluation of trees
has been upheld by the courts.
A leading business magazine re-
Gently stated that the chances
are an investment in trees of 8 to
4 per cent of the total value of
the property will be returned
with interest in the higher value
of the property when and if it
is sold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
LIFE IN
THE COUNT TRY
.T1out Tickling Sounds Difficult
By JAMES Bi2CHFIELD

i have never tickled a trout,
and suppose that / never shall
have the opportunity. UNDER
stand that in England trout
tickling is unsporting, but 1t
looks to me like the trout would
have all of the advantages.
AS l understand it, trout
tickling was the means used by
pQachers Of enticing trout from
the rivers into their baskets
But there are several things
about it that don't understand
Trout, am told, love to have
their stomachS tickled. and will
become SO soothed and relaxed
that they may easily be lifted
out Of the water.
All of the trout I've seen act
pretty wild, and what I don't
understand is how you get in a
position to do the tickling.
From the actions of the trout
I've looked at in mountain
streams 1 doubt if / could get
my hand in the water anywhere
near them. They seem to be
extremely shy creatures. and
even the best anglers have been
known to fail at catching them.
don't know if bass will re-
spond to having their bellies
rubbed as trout are supposed to,
but, come next spring, I think
Ill give them a try.
could spend a carefree after
noon down by the pond, my arm
in the water up to my elbow,
waiting for a bass to come along
and get in position to be tickled.
If 1t works it will be better than
q hook and line any day.
All this somehow brings to-
mind frogs, or, rather, the frog
that liked to have his back
scratched.
Bob Pickens once had a pet
frog who lived in a spring down
in the woods. This was some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Crepe Moy Be Oldest
OF Domesticuted Fruit

The grape is probably the old
est of domesticated fruits. 1t
seems to have been cultivated at
the dawn of history and was no
rarity even in Noah's time, ac-
cording to the American Associa-
ton Of Nurserymen. The grape
of history, however, is the wine
bearing grape. probably native to
Asia. and has little comparison
to the delicious modern table
grapes grown in many American
backwards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

you will want the bloom after
the outdoor season is past.
Don't let the newly srwn grass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

get over 3 inches in height but
do not cut it shorter than two
inches.