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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24
Three General
Types Of Yews
For Planting

There are over SO species, va
rieties and selections of yews.
Basically speaking, however, all
of them fall into three general
growth habits: Conical, spread
ing and columnar. This is a
good time to plant evergreens,
SO yews are news. One favorite
species in the conical group is
the upright Japanese yew. 1t is
good for foundation paintings if
pruned properly each year. Sim
gle specimens can be kept about
6 or z feet tall. 1t finds other use
as a sheared hedge plant.
Among the spreading varieties,
the spreading Japanese yew,
which was standby for years,
is now passing out Of the picture
because it gets too large and re-
quires too much pruning. Com
pact forms of the same plant are
now available. These have many
names, but if you ask your nurs-
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eryman for one Of the compact
spreading yews, he will know
what you need. These compact
varieties grow 2 or 3 feet high
and 5 or 6 feet wide. If you need
an even smaller plant, the dwarf
Japanese yew is the one you
need. Emphasize the dwarf"
when ordering.
The prototype of the columnar
group is the well-proportioned
and hardy Hicks" yew. Others
include the Hatfield and Moon
varieties. They have an upright
habit of growth but should be
sheared occasionally.
Yews grow well in the shade
where jumpers and dwarf pines
fail. They require excellent
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garden plot is properly prepared
Then I can compete with some
of the good gardeners in getting
things growing early.
4 4 4
It seems that the birds have
descended on The 40 Acres al
most overnight. Robins have APP
peared in flocks. and two pairs
of bluebirds have been playing
about on the back terrace. Anc
the other morning a pair of bob
white were walking about in
the backyard.
We have bluebird houses or
our fence posts this year, and We
are hoping to have a pair in each
box. And were are expecting oul
wren back in the box on the back
terrace.
Soon there should be lots Of
bird activity about the place, and
We will have to bell the cat tc
protect our visitors.
Spring is indeed a marvellous
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24
CLUBS Roise Cash to Save
Swamp Forest in Calvert

The Federated Garden Clubs
OF Maryland, Inc. has pledged
$1,000 toward the campaign to
preserve the Battle Creek Cypress
Swamp, Mrs. H. K. Douglas Cot
ton of Baltimore, president of
the State organization, has an
nounced.
The effort to save the Battle
Creek forest, which is located
near Prince Frederick in Calvert
County, Md, about 40 miles from
Washington, is being headed up
by the Nature Conservancy, a
national conservation organiza-
ton dedicated to preservation of
national areas as wild parks and
forest preserves.
Purchase options on the two
tracts totaling about 100 acres
that comprise the Battle Creek
forest are held by the Nature
Conservancy. The pledge of the
Federated Garden Clubs brings
the amount still to be raised to
complete the acquisition to
$500.
Among other clubs aiding the
project, Cleveland Park Garden
Club sold chances on camellia
plant to raise funds.
THE Battle Greek Cypress
Forest is an outstanding show
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place Of trees that have always
been considered a curiosity" ac-
Icording to G. Hippo Gravatt of
Beltsville, Nature ,ConServancy
representative for Maryland and
the District of Columbia. 1T
is one of the last remaining
stands of bald cypress in Mary
land and the only one west of
Chesapeake Bay, near the
northernmost limits of this
swamp-loving tree" One giant
tree is 16 feet in circumference
and 100 feet in height. The
bases of the trunks Of these
unique trees are flared to pro-
vide more support and each
tree is surrounded by a number
of curious-looking "knees" that
grow up from the roots. The
trees are strikingly similar to
the West Coast redwood and it
seems certain that they evolved
from the same stock many cons
ago. They are called bald" be-
cause. unlike other conifers, they
shed their leaves in winter.
The Nature Conservancy car
ries on an active program in all
parts of America. 1t owns seven
preserves and has helped save
20 others. Headquarters are at
1920 Twenty-second street NE.
AS part of its Maryland activi-
ties. it has already established
"a 20-acre preserve on HELEN
Greek, also in Calvert County.
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PIontDoewood
InEorlySpring;
Can Be Small

March and early April is a
good time to plant dogwood in
this area. Horticulturists at VPI
say the common white dogwood
and its pink sport are used in
Virginia more than any other
type. White dogwood is grown
from seed and may be bought
from nurserymen. Pink dog
wood is budded on the roots of
white dogwoods.
When good nursery-grown
plants can be obtained. it is gen.
orally better to buy them than to
collect them from the woods.
Use small trees, especially if
you're planting many. Young
trees, 8 to feet high, have a bet
ter chance to grow into healthy
trees than the. larger ones.
Transplanting dogwood in
wolves digging, moving and set
ting. Be sure the roots do not
dry out anytime while the plants
are being moved or handled.
Dogwood likes shade but can
be made to grow in the sun. Do
not plant when the soil Is muddy.
Dig a hole deeper and larger
than the root system. Fill the
hole nearly TO the level of the
ground. Set plant, with roots
properly spread. just deep enough
to cover roots about / inch. Be
careful not to plant too deep.
Firm the soil. Pour a gallon or
two Of water slowly around the
plant. Let it soak into the soil.
Mulch with / or 2 inches of saw
dust, leafmold or peat.
AS soon as the tree is planted,
cut of at least a third Of the TOP,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24
LIFE. IN
THE COUNT
BY JAMES RiRcHElEln
Too Much Work Planned
BY JAMES BlRcHFlELD

Things are getting out of hand
on The 40 Acres. While / am
away from home during the day,
plans seem to take shape at
home for more work than l can
ever get done.
/ find this spring that plans
have been made to change the
rose garden to a different loca-
ton. This means preparing beds,
leveling ground and, most i'm
portant, building a fence to
keep out the dogs.
/ like to think about this new
rose garden. 1t is going to be
beautiful. and much better To-
Gated than the old one. It is
fine on paper.
The trouble is that it is going
to take work, and the work is
going to have to be done right
away. After all. you can't wait
until summer to move rose
bushes and to set out new ones.
X X x x
I am going to have to loosen
up my muscles, and I am not
looking forward to it. wonder
sometimes why things can't be
let alone. Change isn't always the
spice of life-to me anyway.
I am going to be late this
spring with our garden. Some of
my neighbors already have po-
tatoes planted. and peas. too.
But here ! am and haven't even
plowed my plot yet. Too wet, and
1t looks like it's going to be that
way for a time yet.
OF course, if I were a real
gardener 1 would have plowed
last fall. Then all / would have
to do would be to stir the soil
and plant my potatoes and peas.
Maybe next year things will
be different. This fall / will
make an effort to see that my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24
DohIiu Lists Out

Gardeners who plan to exhibit
at the Regional Dahlia Show Of
the National Capital Dahlia So
ciety next fall might we'll obtain
a copy of the classification list.
1t includes many varieties and
class numbers. 1t will save dis
appointment to have this list and
be able to select varieties proper
ly for the various show classes.
Copies may be obtained from
Clyde M. Stewart, 1882 N. YER
mont street, Arlington, Va.
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drainage and a good soil. Before
setting them out, broadcast two
pounds of good fertilizer per
100 square feet and spade it into
the soil. Then set the yews at
the same level in the soil that
they had in the nursery. Pack
the soil well around the rootbaIl
and keep them we'll watered.
Additional watering during the
summer is necessary, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24
Grows String Beons
As Indoor Plant
Dear Mr.. Youngman:

We live in an apartment.
enjoy planting flowers and seeds
in window pots. I've tried
pumpkins. tomatoes and various
other seeds, but one day de-
cided to try dried beans like you
buy at the grocery store.
planted black-eyed peas. navy
bean and kidney beans. / had
tried it before. but they got only
a certain height, then died: but
now. suddenly, 1 have several
perfect string beans growing
from a plant in a small pot
l am curious to know if anyone
else has accomplished this with
other vegetables.
JOYCE STEPHENSON,
2040 North Vermont street,
Arlington. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24
Rose Unit to Celebrate

The Potomac Rose Society, now
25 years old, is the largest rose
club in the United States, and
has nearly LOO paid-up men,
bers. 1t is planning to make the
annual dinner, April "a, a spe-
cial event in celebration of this
anniversary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24

eyergreens require no more care
than deciduous types. and they
offer much in year-around
beauty. Any reliable nursery
man will gladly discuss with you
the possibility of growing broad
leaved evergreens in your home
garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-22
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

PRIME: One day. when he was
80. the late King Gustav Of
Sweden was informed that a
member of his household staff
had died.
How old was hep" asked the
King
Seventy five" he was told.
What a pity" sighed Gustav,
so young!" \
EGO: Singing star Jan Kei-
pura was being interviewed by
the press.
I'm wary of you newspaper
men," he confessed. Last week
/ gave a reporter an interview
and he made fun of me. I can't
understand why he should do
that"
Maybe he thought you were
egotistical." suggested one of the
reporters. Il
"Egotistical!" gasped the singer,
deeply panied. Me, the great
Keipurap "a
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rule so far as restaurants are
concerned.
All this. however, is a rela
lively new development in the
law. In the past the damaged
Clients of a restaurant usually
had little recourse unless they
could prove the eating place had
been negligent in its operations
Sensitive Beer Drinker
One old case which is famou.
in legal circles is directly ir
point. 1t concerned a thirsty
but sensitive, tavern customer
who found a cigar butt in his
freshly opened bottle of beer
He sued the tavern owner. who
was able to prove that the beef
bottle in question had arrived
that way" from the brewery
and had not previously beer
opened. He was thus exoneratec
of any blame or liability.
In some States. including Con-
Inecticut and New Jersey, this
rule is still followed: /. e., il
the restaurateur isn't negligent
himself he isn't liable. But most
States have shifted over to the
warranty idea-meaning that
public eating places are liable
Tor what they serve no matter
what.
The next Low in the News column
will oppeor Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-22
LAW IN THE NEWS
Eoteries Held LiobIe
For Food Impurities

Iconsumption-and if 1t is not
they may be held liable by dam.
aged customers whether or not
there was any negligence or
their part.
NebraSwa Case Cited
This very situation was re-
Gently the subject of a decision
given by the Supreme Court Of
Nebraska. 1t involved a woman
who had suffered mouth injuries
when she bit into some sherbet
and encountered a few pieces
of glass. While the woman was
unable to show that the glass
got into the sherbet because OF
any negligence on the part OF
the restaurant, the court decided
this wasn't necessary. Every res
taurant owner, it held, legally
guarantees his food by the mere
fact Of being in the business
That is. he "impliedly warrants
it as good.
In taking this position Ne.
oraska has lined itself up with
what appears to be the majority
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personal lives. For example. my
husband took Warren aside re-
Gently and asked him some ques-
tons about his budget. Warren
was indignant and told his faith
er that, in the first place, he
had no business taking him
aside for a confidential discus
sion without Marie. Is it going
too far for parents to take this
interest in their own child?
The Councils View
These parents will not like to
be told that they are indeed
going too far"-but the fact is
that they are doing just that.
Like most young couples. War;
rem and Marie have very personal
and special ideas about the style
OF living they wish to adopt. The
way they dress, the way they
want to look, the way they spend
their money are all important
aspects of that style Of living.
They may make mistakes, but
they have a right to make their
own special kinds of mistakes
If Mr.. and Mrs. M. K. look back
over their own married life,
they'll find that it is made UP of
many kinds of errors and the
correction of errors. These SEEM
ingly small things give their life
its own individual texture or
quality.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. K. should
make it a point not to criticize
or ask questions about the more
personal aspects of their sons
life and they should not say
things to him that they don't
want his wife to hear. This will
re-establish their relationship on
a better footing. If this better
relationship exists, they may find
that Warren and Marie will vol
UNFAIRLY come to them for ad-
vice on specific matters.
I copyright, 1857 General Features Corp
Monday: Daughter seeks to holt por-
ents' divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-22
BY PHIL YEAGER
and JOHN STARK

For years a legal theory has
been kicking around in the
courts of the land which is
known as the doctrine of i'm
piled warranty"
1t is a theory which has been
used in a wide variety of cir
cumstances and in many diff
ferent fields, but recently it has
taken on quite a bit of fresh
meaning for people who operate
restaurants as we'll as those who
eat in them.
In spite of the fact that the
doctrine of implied warranty"
has a rather pompous sound,
it involves a fairly simple idea.
The idea is that professionals
who market a product guarantee
1t as being adequate for its in
tended purpose. AS applied to
eating places, it means that res
taurart owners guarantee the
food they offer as fit for human
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-22

serieuses, Opus "a, Mendelssohn:
sonata In A. Opus 101. Beethoven:
-FOUR EtudeS. Debussy: Sonata. Critics.
Evelyn Swarthout was heard
last night at Howard University
in a fine recital notable for ar
exceptionally brilliant perform
iance of Charles Tomlinsor
Critics rarely heard piano
sonata.
Critics was we'll on his way to
becoming a creator of striking
originality before he died in 1926
at the youthful age of "a. The
sonata. a product of his finaI
powerful and the most daring OF
all his works. presaging the
lemergence of a truly major fig-
lure in American music.
Miss Swarthout's reading was
beautifully paced. impetuous and
yet strictly controlled, and with
it she reached the high point of
the evening.
The program was an unusually
substantial one. A mark of its
quality was the fact that
the weakest piece on it. Men
delssohn's Variations Serieuses."
is considered by some this COM
poser's finest piano composition
This reviewer does not hold to
that opinion, but it is certainly
a respectable work which has
moments of undoubted grace
and eloquence. Here, Miss
Swarth0ut'S tone was a shade
on the lard side. and as a con-
sequence. its melting sequences
were perhaps less affecting than
they might have been.
The concert opened with a
criSply delineated performance
of the four Duets from the
"Clavieubung," of which the one
in F. major is a particular JOY
After the Mendelssohn. Miss
Swarthout offered the Beethoven
"A major sonata. one of the most
enigmatic works of the COM
poser's final period. From the
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Negro College Drive
Cochuirmen Named

H. Buel Trowbridge of Mclean,
Va, and John B. Duncan Of
Washington have been named CO.
chairmen for this area of the
United Negro College Fund drive,
opening April /.
Lee H. Bristol. national fund
chairman, also said Daniel w.
Bell and Ralph H. Mittendord
lof the American Security and
Trust Co. will serve as area
treasurers. Washington head
quarters are at 1881 Thirty
fourth street NV.
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often know no more than any
Of the bystanders.
Called Weak Link
I believe that such personne.
should have specialized skill ano
knowledge in the care of the
sick and injured. Proper care
at the right time may be the
difference between live or deac
patient when the ambulance
pulls up at the hospital emer
gency door. And remember. il
is the ambulance men who first
meet the emergencies: asphyxia
ton, traffic injuries, burns
drownings. falls, heart attacks
poisonings and gun and knife
wounds.
One Of the weak links in our
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'EROICA' INCLUDED
IN STAR FESTIVAL
BEETHOVEN HOUR

The Evening Star Music
Festival. an hour of fine re-
corded music each weekday
night. will be broadcast at
10 O'Clock tonight on Station
WMAL-FNI. 1913 megacycles
on your FIN dial.
The program will be:
Beethoven-"Leonore Ov-
erture No. g." by the NBC
Symphony Orchestra, under
Toscanini.
Beethoven - Symphony
No. 3 in E Flat. Opus SIS"
tEroiCaD, by the NBC SYM
phony Orchestra under Tos-
canini.
Monday night. Moussorg-
sky's Picture at an Exhibi-
ton"
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married, but they finally agreed
/ was old enough to make my
own choice and said they were
ready to accept our marriage in
a friendly spirit. We see my
parents quite often. but every
time we get together something
unpleasant happens.
For example. my mother has
become very critical of the way
l dress. She knows that Marie
has chosen many of the things
/ wear and she says things like.
What a horrible tie!" or Where
lid you get that cheap shirt?"
She knows that Marie wants me
to put on, a little weight, but
every time we see her she says.
How fat you're getting!" My
father goes along with her on
all of this.
1t may sound trivial. but my
wife is very sensitive and takes it
to heart. Every time we see them
Marie comes home in tears.
I Mrs. NJ. K.-Warren seems to
think that now that he is mar
ried. his parents shouldn't take
any more personal interest in
him. All his life I have been
concerned about him. Now sud-
IDENTITY 1 am expected to treat
him like a stranger who has just
dropped in of an evening.
My husband and / have gone
all out to welcome Marie into
the family. We have even grown
quite fond of her. There is no
reason for her to feel hurt and
sensitive If I tell my own son l
don't like the way he's been
looking since he's married.
Warren and Marie seem to
take the attitude that if we dis
cusS any of the details of their
living. We are interfering in their
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wonderful modern set-up for
medical care is unframed am
bulance personnel. These men
should be taught how to handle
acutely i'll mental cases. how to
manage births. heart attacks, in
FAINT asphyxiation and dozens
of other emergencies.
] believe that 1t is the Job of
every community to look into
this problem carefully. know
that directors of ambulance
service will welcome any organ
lied teaching aid that might be
provided by local medical So
cietieS.
This is good time to use the
old slogan: Do 1t Now!
RELEASED by The Bell syndicates. Inc }
Monday: Effect Of cold weother on
cotonorV niIrenfS
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I
Schneider, cello. At Library of Con-
gress program: Quartet in G, Opus
| 20. No. !. Haydn; Quartet No 3
| Opus %, Hindemith; quartet in B
nat, Opus 100. Beethoven,
While listening to the superla-
lively excellent music making of
the Budapest Quartet last night
at the Library of Congress,
reflected once again on the
unique personality Of this or
ganization.
1t is recognized throughout the
world-East and West-as one
of the great artistic units of the
day and is, so far as I know, the
only quartet among the hundred
or more now before the public
the members of which can make
an exceedingly good living with
out any collateral activities. Yet,
although the individual mem
bers of the quartet are far from
colorless men. the fact that the
Budapest Quartet is not needy,
nor controversial. nor a social
shiboleth nor a novelty. has
tended to some extent to cause
it to be taken for granted by the
town that is the beneficiary of
Mrs. Gertrude Clarke Whittall's
perennial gift.
The quartet. three of whom
are Washingtonians, has for
years had heavy touring sched-
ule. playing not only throughout
the United States but in vir-
itually every country in the world.
1t Is a stranger nowhere. Two
or three hundred photograph
records, made over the last 80
years, are advance couriers of
the group, which when it sets
foot for the first time in Argen-
tina finds that it is scarcely less
famous than in New York or
London.
In Washington the concerts
are free, but in most other cities
OF the world the quartet COM
petes commercially with virtuoso
pianists, famous orchestras and
glamorouS singers. and can al
ways be counted on to draw a
full house. There is some magic
in the Budapest. for while there
are other quartets whose music
making. II it is inferior at all
is so only in degree not kind
there is no other quartet that
commands large general au-
dience.
Very few individual artists
have been before the public as
long as the Budapest. The other
OLD organizations, such as the
Metropolitan and the New York
philharmonic. change the lead
ers which create their person.
atty much more frequently than
the quartet, in which new face
Is seen only at long intervals
Old as it is. however. there has
never been a time when the
artistic standards of the quartet
have fallen appreciably below the
best.
During the last few weeks. the
quartet has made a long tour of
the Western United States and
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Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Here is
my reason for writing to you. It's
possible that any one of us may
sometime be the victim OF an
accident. Usually ambulance
personnel are the first to come
between us and the doctors. ]
have been wondering II these
men are specially trained in first
aid and medical principles. !
think it's important. 1t seems
to me that rough handling right
after an accident can sometime
mean the difference between life
and death. Or am / wrong?
Thank you. Mr.. G.. Y"
Answer: During my first year
of practice ] was called to see
a man who had suffered a heart
attack. When the ambulance
came ! decided to ride ambul-
ance' with the patient to the
hospital. l have never met-be-
fore or since-Such a speed
hungry driver. kept telling him
to slow down. he would nod in
the affirmative and soon the
siren would be Wailing and with
in a short time the speed in
dictator would be saying SIS and
20. We had two hair-breath,
near-misses at street intersec-
tions.
Since then | have been aware
Of the Importance Of the need
for special training of ambulance
workers. I believe that the first
thing drivers need to learn is
that arriving at the hospital a
few seconds early or late. usually
docs not affect the chances Of
the patient. However, needless
speeding and reckless driving OF
an ambulance often invite mass
mutilation and killing.
Lack Training
Most ambulance attendants I
have met have been cooperative
and helpful. But in many cases,
lack of training mo fault Of
theirs prevented them from
doing as much for the patient
as they might.
Ambulance service in most
communities is provided by one
or more of the following agen-
cies; funeral directors, police
rescue squads, hospitals or in
dependent operators. In too
many communities there are no
provisions for formal training Of
/ personnel. Some do not even