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, 1961-05-20
DOWN TO BRASS TACKS

DOWN TO BRASS TACKS
YESTERDAY, MENTION was made in these columns
Of the danger of departing from the strict rule of making app
pointments, important or otherwise, except strictly upon the
fullest qualification. Such a departure opens the door to all
sorts of problems, and before we know it a totally new and
different set of rules will have come into being. However, if
the Government adheres to a sound policy, then it can re-
main safe from uniustified attack, and in all instances will be
able to stand it's ground in this and many other ways.
HOWEVER, ONCE the door is thrown open, questions
become more and more difficult to answer satisfactorily.
Take, for example, an appointment to a position which either
by declaration or the unwritten word is understood to call
for an academic degree. Once an exception is made, and the
rule broken, then a new set OF requirements. will have to be
invoked, and the greatest possible care exercised, taking into
account seniority Of service, adaptabiity, aptitude, and on
the-iob training, and alI-around ability. IF this second set Of
rules is applied, then even greater care is needed to do JUS
tice, not only to possible candidates themselves, but to the
community they are asked to serve.
IN VIEW OF what one is witnessing lately, we could
say. without fear of serious contradiction that Mrs. Elena
Christian could very well be named principal Of the Chris
tiansted High School. She has been a teacher for many years,
has come up through the ranks, knows the local situation,
and is a natural in her position. She has served under many
principals, has been acting on a number OF occasions, and
knows the local situation in the schools as few others do.
THERE R exceptions in every situation. However,
these exceptions must stand in their own right, and there
must be justification for them. That is why the position is
taken here that in certain areas the Governor must be sure
that his appointments-those which must be based upon GER
tain formal standards-hue close to the line. Once a depart
me is made, and the lines become blurred, the justification
becomes increasingly difficult, and a sharp %reappraisal is
needed. We feel very justified in mentioning the name OF this
veteran teacher. who, on the basis Of experience, understand
ing and first-hand knowledge Of the school system, and the
particular Job involved is as qualified as anyone similarly
situated can be.
How about il, GOVERNOR
, 1961-05-20

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, 1961-05-20

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8. Low monthly payments because of 25-year loans
up to $22.50000 maximum.
4. Ten different types of houses to choose from includ-
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s.. Finest quality masonry construction 4 FILA
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6. Firm price in building contract speedy construction.
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10. 18th FILA house now under construction.
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IL. Application ready for veterans who wish to build at
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10. Two bedroom houses as low as %$75OOOO- Larger
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Mornings or by appointment
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Telephone ls5W Christiansted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

tive artist will feel hampered
by rules and regulations and
Scorns the attempt to analyze
and categorize his work.
In the field of flower ar
ranging, people search by the
tens Of thousands for vague
beginnings. Not all are destined
to become successful. However
since they are all endowed with
sensitivity to beauty. their
search for guidelines will help
them accomplish a certain
measure of success even If it is
only greater appreciation.
You, who looked for such
concrete guidance, please do
me a favor. Let all the ele-
ments and principles Of design
slip back into the subconscious
where they belong. Then.
maybe. I have helped you to
widen your concept of design,
If you use this knowledge only
as q rote and measuring stick,
you willregret you ever read it.
Go and see what you can do
without constant reference. II
you get into trouble, believe
me, you possess the keys 20
good design and one of them
will help you unlock your
problem.
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ably the reason that the bulbs
are not commonly stocked by
local merchants.
However, many American
and Dutch bulb firms list the
Albums in their catalogs. 1t is
suggested that the beginner buy
a half dozen or more bulbs of
a species rather than one each
Of several species.
Fall is the proper planting
time. Like most bulbs they
should be planted deeply enough
so that the tall-stalked flowers
are not toppled over by spring
rains. -Four inches deep in the
lighter soil and 3 inches in the
heavier soils should be consid-
cred the minimum.
With the exception of A. tri-
quetrum and A. ursinum the
Albums should be given a
sunny situation. A. molly will
tolerate some shade.
Mulch Needed
The Albums are hardy
enough, but in this area they
should be mulched If possible
after the ground freezes; this
is to keep them from being
"heaved" with our freeze-and-
thaw winter weather.
Since our soils seldom freeze
to a depth of more than an
inch and usually this does not
last more than a few days, it is
common knowledge that keep
ing the soil frozen by mulchine
is largely wishful thinking
Hence spread some pine boughs
or a light mulch in late De-
cember or early January.
In feeding it is common
practice to use the 5-10-5 or
similar commercial fertilizer
Actually they need something
on the order of the 1854 OF
even a 1864. And speaking Of
soils. the Albums do best in g
slightly acid to neutral soil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Calvert Club
Plans Benefit

Calvert Garden Club has
adopted as project the plant
ing Of the new senior hi g h
school now under construction
and will sponsor a lecture on
flower arrangements to be held
Wednesday at Christ Church
parish hall, Port Republic, Md.
at Q pm.
The lecture ($1.25) viii show
arrangements for period and
contemporary rooms. Mrs
Ruth Dawson. past chairman
of the National Flower and
Garden Show and an interior
decorator by profession, will
lecture.
The club plans to establish
a nursery in which to propa-
gate plants for the handspring
project.
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Beauty mFIowers
That Feeling for Proportion
By MRS HERBERT II eREeER

For a while now, I have tried
to give an analytic approach
to flower arrangement. have
looked at plant material with
a cold eye and tried to record
step by step the ground rules
which may help an arranger
compose harmonious and beau
tiful designs.
I must still consider the need
for fine proportion and good
scale. It matters little whether
we consider the design for a
building, a landscape to sur
round it the layout for devel-
opments for the year 1000 or
the small problem of the best
relation of plant material to
container in an artistic design.
In either case we cannot escape
decisions about the relation
ship of one area to another.
This concern for good proper
ton was of great interest to
the ancient scholars and in
the course of time several
raatios have been evolved which
seem to please a great majority
of people. The golden mean
Ratio is one Of these.
Good proportion is like an
understatement. 1t submerges
into a pleasing unit. When we
miss 1T and encounter poor
proportion, we know at once
what is responsible for an UNI
harmonious creation. In an
arrangement, flowers may be
of insufficient volume in rela-
ton to a container which is
large and overpowering. Again
plant material may offend, this
time > ioverpowering the con-
tainer, making it inadequate.
Delieate flowers may drown in
a eOntainer which is too bulky,
or too large in size. Here, not
onN the area, but the size re-
lationship-the scale-is not
happily adjusted.
Proportion and scale both
exert tremendous forces upon
a Resign and the flower ar
ranger must become aware of
thems
It's a fact that most expert
enced artists instinctively fol-
low the rules of good design,
little stopping to think about
them and without the tremen-
douS worry that all rules must
be obeyed. A strong creative
gifts trained and tried in years
Of doing, allows him the self
expression which communicates
hiS Hseasure of esthetic values.
Therefore it is easy to under
stand that the intuitive. sensi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Gardens at Belmont
Topic of Meeting

Capitol Hill Garden Club will
meet Tuesday at Belm o n t
House, 144 Constitution ave-
nue. NE. The program will fea-
ture a talk on the early gar
dens of Belmont House by DR..
Leito Owen Kildare, author and
lecturer.
Mrs. Christopher M. Granger,
chairman of. the Community
Projects Committee Of the Ma
tional Capital Garden Club
League. will discuss the civic
| Improvement competition for
area garden clubs sponsored by
Sears, Roebuck Co.
The club is undertaking sew
eral Identification projects on
Capitol Hill and expects to en-
| ter this years competition.
Members Of the clubs Com
munity Projects Committee will
be hostesses at the meeting.
They are Miss Lucille A. Doiron,
chairman; Mrs. John G. Jones
and Misses Jessie Brantl ley,
Barbara Laughlin and Emily
Storer.
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GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

BRADBURY HEIGHTS GARDEN
CLUB, Thursday, 8 PM. home OF Mrs.
Riehard sehuman. 1901 Fort roote
Flower SHOW Notebook. Arransements
OF flowers to 0e made by MRS. arthur
Kendall and the hostess.
STONY BROOK GARDEN CLUB.
Marks, 500 South street. Pals Church,
Va. Demonstration of PLAQUES using
dried plant materials.
RIyERDALE HEIGHTS GARDEN
CLUB, pm. wednesday, home Of
Mrs. Myra Habicht. 6312 Sixty-second
place Riverdale Hills.
WOOD ACRES GARDEN CLUB,
Wednesday. 8 pm, Vienna Elementary
School. Speaker, Mrs. NJ. A. Norford,
care OF House Plants" Mrs. Charles
?. Childress hostess.
COUNTRY HILLS GARDEN CLUB,
Tuesday IL an, Woodlawn Planta-
tion Tour q ar rSsM BOZ lunch ta eIps
fnelIiUersA wiz Be held october "a AZ
! the home of ms. John Turtora. 4O4
Capeway court.
EAST HILLS GARDEN CLUB. Fri
day, j pm, home OF Mrs, Rebecea
livingston, 4613 East Capitol street.
Election Of officers.
METROPOLITAN AFRICAN VIOLET
CLUB, Tuesday. pm, r. w. Boil
giano b Co, 1920 H street NV. Lee
lure oy Pr. Paul pessutels; "Heredity
on potting plants at workshop at 7;3U
. m directed by Frank Pearson.
FoREsT HILLS GARDEN CLUB,
fan flower show Monday at the home
Of Ms. william A. Torrey at IL am.
1890 Albemarle street N.WD. Host
ess, Mrs. r. W. Niche.
RAVENwOOD PARK GARD Z n
CLUB. Falls Church. Va, newly or
kanized. 70 meet Tuesday. 8 pm.
home OF Carl F; Jones. 59S Military
fruit tree cultivation. Club officers:
o. C. Thompson. president: Mrs. Peter
Hughes. vice president: Carl p. Jones.
secretary treasurer.
CHEVY CHASE D. C. GARDEN
CLUE, luncheon, Monday, 1880, home
Of Mrs. John H. Fravei. A Grafton
street, Chevy Chase. Nd. ,co-hostesses
ttdTaras. II. TAX on NUNS By Mrs:
VIE president Of the National Capital
Garden Club League. will discuss
hailcws Eve Party arrangements.
SUNSET MANOR GARDEN CLUB.
+. TFsSick. B4i3 panny 9 lane. HieSs
andria, Va. Theme Flower Show
Judging Hostesses. Mrs. A. Frank
Ryan and Mrs. J. Henry walker
HILLANDALE GARDENERS, Monday,
pm, Hillandale Recreation Center.
Talk BY Howard Baker OF USDA on
Japanese beetle control.
WASHINGTON DAFFODH SOCIETY,
Wednesday, 8 pm, Fort Buffalo room.
Woodward a. Lothrop, Seven Corners,
Va. Wilbur H. Youngman. garaden
editor of The Star, will give an illus
trated talk on European gardens.
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BY MRS. LEROY F. MEYER

National Capital Garden Club League
Celebrating its 10th ami
versary this year, the National
Capital Garden Club League
has grown from a modest IS
garden clubs and % members
at-large to the impressive
membership of 1T affiliated
garden clubs and 68 members
at-large. The league is a
composite organization m a d e
up of garden clubs from the
nearby areas of Maryland and
Virginia.
Under the leadership Of its
new president, Mrs. Sydney l..
Manson, jr., of Alexandria,
Va, the first league meeting of
the season will mark the 10th
anniversary with a birthday
luncheon to be held at the Army
Navy Country Club october 10,
at 1890 pm.
The luncheon will have as
a special guest, Mrs. Charles
B. Nettleton. of Covington. Va.
who was recently installed as
president of the National
Council Of State Garden Clubs.
Guests of honor will be the six
past presidents of the league:
Mrs. william P. Herbst. Mrs.
Benjamin Powell, Mrs. Clifton
Luce, Mrs. Benjamin Theron,
Mrs. Christopher Granger and
Mrs. Christian Wohlgemuth.
Mrs. Benjamin Thoron will
also be honored in another
capacity. She was recently
elected director Of the Central
Atlantic Region Of the Ma
tional Council of State Gar
den Clubs for a two year term,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
10TH ANNIVERSARY
Garden Club League Lists
liz Affiliated Groups

This is the first time a regional
director has been elected from
the league. The Central Allan
tic Region is composed of
Delaware, Maryland. New Jer-
sey, New York, Ohio, Penn
sylvania. and the league. Since
the dictatorship is rotated, it
will be IA years before the
league will again have the
privilege of electing the di-
rector.
Tickets for the birthday
luncheon are SITS and may
be obtained from the presi-
dents Of affiliated garden
clubs, or members-at-large
Tickets will not be available
after october Is. and none will
be sold at the door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

WASHINGTON DAFFODIL SOCIETY
Wednesday, s pm, Fort Buffalo room
Woodward a. Lothrop, Seven Corners
Va. Wilbur H. Youngman, garader
editor of The Star. will give an illus.
trated talk on European gardens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
How to Divide
Peony Roots
BY BRIAN X. FINGER

<@SoASboAt ANAOhbbSuACEs OOuntJ AHGub
This is the month to divide
your peonies. First dig the en-
tire plant and get all the soil
off the roots. You may just
wash off the soil with a hose.
Divide the clump into three
to five eyed pieces. Next plant
the pieces in a fine loan soil.
Make sure the eyes are not
deeper than Q inches. After
setting the divisions at the
right depth. use fine topsoil to
cover the roots. Pack the soil
firmly to eliminate all air pock-
cts. AS an added precaution.
trim off the stubs of stalks to
lessen the danger of botrytis
blight.
Pc. 2-5454 is the number to
call for helpful gardening tips
from your country agent. These
recorded tips are changed at
noon each day. On Monday
morning. from 8 am. to IL
noon, there is a 5-day weather
outlook. You may call the
number anytime, day or night,
or over the week end.
Monday - Slime Mold on
Lawns"
Tuesday - Large Tree Die
back"
MISUNDERSTANDING for
Winter"
Thursday - Dollar Spot on
Lawns"
Friday, and over the week
end-"Leaf Drop on Ever
greens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

members of the onion family
they dislike hot, moist soils
during the summer. If one had
choice it would be to plant
them in the sandiest soil in
the garden. They do like good
drainage.
Given this, the Albums may
persist for several years in the
garden without the recon-
mended annual digging and
drying off following Towering.
OF course, some species are
much more persistent than
others.
Vary in Color
The Albums, like most gar
den subjects, come in various
colors as well as heights of
growth. The tallest, A. giganti-
cum, usually exceeds S feet in
height and the light purple
flowers are in rather snowy
compact balls. 1t is q late
bloomer, usually in late June
or July.
Most local gardeners who
start out order A. molly which
seldom exceeds a foot in height
and has yellow flowers. A. az
ureum also has short stems.
| 2 feet. and its 21a-inch ball of
bloom is a clear corn-flower
blue.
There is considerable varia-
ton in the foliage Of the ALI
ums. Some have round garlic
like foliage, but most have
eliptical or flat leaves and
some resemble leeks more than
onions.
Generally, the foliage is not
too attractive and 1t is well to
have the Albums in amongst
other plants which provide a
better background for the Al
lium flowers.
AS indicated above, the ALI
ums are not widely planted In
local gardens, and this is prob
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Towering Onions Like
Sandy Garden Soil
BY w. H. YOUNGMAN
star Garden Editor

not unusual at of the spring flower shows to
specimens Of the Albums Towering onions they fire.
quently called Whenever is displayed attracts much
ention possibly because the Albums not but
likely because Of the snowy ball-like flower heads
Albums of fairly culture although like most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-14
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OLDs 80 ''ss" 4-dr. sedan; HYDRA.
matte trans, :. and h., Wv
tires. new car condition; CONF
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UNITED AUTO

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C0RVAR 81 Monza coupe: A.
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AuTOMOBEs SALE AurOMuBnEs FOR SALE AuruMO.r. ros

STUDEBAKER 81. It works. Fair
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PONTIAC ~ S-cyl. sta. wag.; g.
pass; T. and h., hydra: excel.
cond. S965 cash; CIR. 3-6S96.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

LANCER 81 4-dr. station wagon;
company official car, torqueflite
transmission, power steering,
heater. o.s. mirror, wheel covers,
Wv. tires, floor carpets, special
equipment, ETC., S2,465. BANNING
& SONS, $500 Baltimore Blvd,
Hyatts. UN. 4-3130.
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DODGE

I9b7 station wagon 2-door; auto
matte transmission, SS95.
1857 2-door hardtop; automatic
Transmission. 1895.
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PONTIAC 80 9-passenger station
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FORD '58 Custom 300" sedan:
IS" cylinders, radio, heater, stand
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warranty; 1895.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-11

A most wonderful animal is the
lobster. A lobster can digest
anything from a tack to sewage
and produce an absolutely pure
food therefrom. The Holsters
shedding of its shell is a mar
velous work and suggests how
furniture. and perhaps houses,
will someday be built by chem
iStry. When the lobster sheds his
hard shell which opens like a
double door, new body comes
out with its very soft shell and
the lobster then throws the old
Shell away. This is something
which we may someday copy.
During the first two or three
years the lobster builds a new
house" several times a year. A
ene-and-a-half pound lobster,
such as you eat in a restaurant,
is four or five years old and
sheds once year.
The cloth in the dress or coat
which you wear starts with the
wool on a sheep or the cotton on
a stem. This is twisted into
threads and thence woven into
cloth. The textile industry, how
ever. is rapidly turning into a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-11
Babson Discusses Chemistry AS A Gold Mine

BABSON PARK, MASS, April
6-My appeal to every woman is
to have her children study chem
istry in High School. When they
get married they should make
their kitchen laboratory. If l
were young man l would train
as a chemical engineer in con-
nection with business admins
tration. A woman could also do
this, but there are not many jobs
to get as chemical engineers.
The knowledge of chemistry for
the woman is primarily for her
to do research in her own kitch-
en-. The opportunities along this
line are very great and can be
very profitable.
Importance OF Creative Work
Less than l per cent of the
graduates from our schools go
into creative work. Most of them
manufacture or sell or adver-
hse what has already been
created. Manufacturers are pri-
marily interested in making div
idends,-not food, clothing, or
shelter. Mercants are interested
in selling. at profit, what has
already been produced. Bankers
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-11

are reluctant to loan money for
research. Yet research has given
us all that we have today and it
is the only cure for. or proven
ton Of, more initiation and a
higher cost of living. Our whole
economic life is -turvy.
All life starts with baby who
is 100 per cent chemistry. Its
inception and its growth within
the mother, for the first nine
months, are wholly a chemical
matter. Yet when the baby be-
comes a little child the mother
teaches it to eat things that it
should not eat. If mothers knew
more about the chemistry of
food, there need be very little
sickness in the family. Fish live
wholly in water and consume the
minute plankton therein. Water,
sugar, salt. and the grains are
only chemicals. Sunday Schools
should teach chemistry as a
powerful manifestation of God
and the Holy Spirit.
Study Animals And Shrubs
Every housewife can learn
something from a canary in a
bird cage or a COW in the barn.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-11
Double Check

It is press time. The makeup
man doesn't find Double Checks
column. The editor is called. He
scratches his head, goes through
all of the accumulation Of mail.
clippings, proofs. etc., which is
generally found on a country edi-
tors desk.
Double Checks column is not
to be found there. The compost
tors are queried. the whole Her
aid office is turned upside down.
looking for Double Checks col
umn.
For. the first time in 20 years
we will have to 60 to press with
out our main feature, Double
Check.
No! We will explain to our
readers why Double Check is not
in today, and save a hundred let
tiers of complaint. So we fill this
space, dear reader, asking that
YOU pradon the absence of Double
Check. There is many a slip
between the cup and the lip and
this is one of them. No Double
Check and nobody else in
the world could write a column
like Double Check. So here's hop
ing YOU will pardon us and look
for Double Check. Friday.
Thanks for Reading .. we are
~orry.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-11
Ye Ed.

~lastics industry. The cloth OF
the future will be made like Gel
lophane or newsprint. The manu-
facure of synthetic furs, leather,
ETC.. is now well underway.
Invest In Chemical Companies
Although the stock market
seems to me too high for most
issues. yet the chemical COM
panies are still among the best.
Dow Chemical is my favorite,
and must add DUPONT, East
man Kodak, and Union Carbide.
Fertilizer stocks like American
Agricultural Chemical also look
attractive.
Because chemical stocks have
doubled and tripled in price dur
ing the past two decades is no
reason to assume that they have
reached their high for all time.
The chemical stocks will de-
cline with the rest Of the mar
ket; but some of them will I'LL
tinately sell for many times
their present price, counting
new splits" The big decline
will be in the stocks Of manu-
fadturing and merchandising
companies which are spending
little money on research. The
pharmaceutical companies also
should do well, but many of their
products are already being car
ried in the supermarkets and
they will be subject to even
greater competition.