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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

LINC0LNIA HILLS GARDEN CLUB
Of Alexandria, Tuesday. s pm. hospi-
tally room. Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
5S d9l Seminary mil road, Mrs; "; a;
Hostesses: Mrs. P. H. Maier and Mrs
'" AkLI NtiIf6 MEMORIAL ROSE
GARDEN FOUNDATION, Monday, 5
pm, Broyhill Auditorium, 1900 Lee
highway, Arlington. Va. Talk on the
use of roses in landscaping BY Wilbur
H. Youngman, garden editor Of The
stsr Public invited; -.
inez oBrien, 7454 Hamlet 2t 81 street Mst,
North Springfield. Talk, Flower AT. Ar,
ranging" by Mrs. Robert Kaye.
MARTHA WASHINGTON GARDEN
wednesday, .Thompson's Corners Res
taurant, Installation Officers
W0MAN'S COMMUNITY CLUB OF
MMG GnSsS 5d6n .s ss1dsn department.,
Area. Annual picnic. Bring covered
NEfGHBoRHooD GARDEN CLuB,
Monday. pm. st. -Gsorge's Episco-
Fairfax drive, Arlington, Va Color
siidss OF Japan--ikebana and scenic
by MIS-; Arthur F. Striker.
d BuRLEIT U GARDEN CLUB. Tues
swieciki, 1914 WhiteSaveTni f' paT TSTsk
GERS recently installed include: Mrs, r,
w. Gibson. president; Mrs. Ruth Car
renter Rem FA MS Anita Christensen and
Mrs: Msurice Collins, secretary; Mrs.
LANGLEY GARDEN CLUB, Tuesday.
JsasSemp m sla h0G cspit 81 Mes HIsv d,i1 r
Guests from Thailand will talk on
Veketaole Arrangements.
= GLENCARLYN GARDEN CLUB, Mon
e a,1Asr pm, Slenearlyn Park. Picnic
pFspsrati on for the faii fuf flower tTa Show w
classes in ARRANGEMENTS and work
SHOPS are being conducted during the
SLIGO WOODS GARDEN CLIB,
Studio, 1929 Colesville road, Wood
Moor Shopping Center, Silver SPRING.
No. John McAilister will discuss roses
SHH9seeSIses MIS-; Robert Wsldman and
PoToMSC ROSE SOCIETY, Thurs.
day. p.m.. auditorium. Natural His
stpry. Building. Tenth street and Con-
Ihution avenue NV. Panel Of experts
on me htty y budding and mist
CREsTWOOD GARDEN CLUB. Tues
cay noon. annual spring lunch and
e s;a party; kennedy-Warren. Installa-
-TAKoMA PARK woMENs CLUB
garden department. Monday noon
Jssup Blair Community House Jap
anese flower arrangement demonstra-
rfopx BY Mrs, Ralph Mcdowell
pOGWOOD HILLS GARDEN CLUB
SATURDAY. @ pm. annual picnic, home
q MT: and Mrs. Gerald NJ Boatwrieht,
2ou MONTGOMERY street hnnandale Va
GOUNTRYSIDE GARDEN CLUB Of
EaiTtax County. Va. picnic. Tuesday
nome Of Mrs. T. G. Carr. Idylwood
road. Fairfax. Mrs. E. w. BauIou
POTOMAC cHRYsANrHEMUM so.
CIETY. Wednesday. pm, Perpetual
building. 740l Wisconsin avenue. Be
thesda. Nd. Mrs. ]. r. Bracken IT., OF
Greensburg, Pa. chairman of the
Sides and tapes program Of the ma
t1onal society. will speak Members
who have slides for entry in the ma
tional contest may bring them for
OLD DOMINION BRANCH of the
Potomac Chrysanthemum Society
THURSDAY. g pm, Brovhill Auditorium
1890 Lee highway. Arlington. Talk by
Dr. willis H. wheeler, plant patholo:
Pests and Their Control" Visitors
POTOMAC VALLEY GARDEN CLUB
Tuesday s pm. home Of Mrs. Nathan
iekL. Mower. 350S Vernon View drive
MS. william z. Wilkinson co-hostess
JGAITHERSBURG-WA HIN G 7 n
GROVE NEIGHBORH0OD GARDEN
CLUB. Wednesday, 1890 pm. over
Hail Grace Church. Charles Prick vii
speak on flower arrangements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
BEAUTY IN FLOWERS
Iris Grouping
Shapes Itself
BY MRS. HERBERT \. eREeER

Gotta of bright hue, produced a
most beautiful and exciting off
spring of rich, deep purple
Only the Great Master could
devise such chemistry with
these inherent traits of color
If a human hand tried this
combination with pigment COL
ore, only the muddiest unat-
tractive brown would result. In
deed, this glorious purple is not
the only color this union has
produced. The golden yellow
stamen and stigma and q def
yellow line at the base Of the
falls give the blossom a rather
royal look. Sharp and pointed
the buds are something to be-
hold. The tips reveal the purple
color but the rest of the furled
bud is of palest green. The an
gular stems point out the direc-
ton in which the opening
blossom must look. Graceful,
clear green leaves further en-
nance the flower, and you have
every reason to love this late
blooming iris.
I knew at once that I would
like a container which would
allow the Spidery, angular pat
tern of this plant to come into
full harmony with it. An elon-
gated black bowl, which has
tiny gold specks to raise it
above the somber, seemed per-
feet. I added a three-legged base
to lift it off the ground and
suddenly, I had a perfect set
ting. New, the plastic container
was not only light and airy in
feeling, but it accented the
daddy longlegs note which gave
its characteristic to the fin
ished arrangement.
Curves and angles repeat
again and again until a grill
work design of finely balanced
leaves and flowers is etched
into beautiful air space. This
rhythmic pattern brings the
shallow curving lines of the
container to attention and the
impact of great harmony is
very satisfying. The slightly
curved legs of the stand repeat
indirectly, in variation. the de-
sign of the iris blooms. The
three widely spread falls with
their downward direction point
up this similarity. The upright
standards underline the i'm
preston.
And the buds, those contrary
fellows. Without their empha-
sis on variety of direction, you
might miss the fact that each
beautiful flower looks at the
world from an altogether diff
ferent angle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

Strictly speaking, this is an
arrangement which made itself
since every part Of the whole
slid effortlessly into its predes-
tined place. Aside from picking
velvety. violet flowers with
their foliage, and aside from
finding a container which
would suit the spidery quality
of their pattern of growth, it
was only necessary to fasten
them firmly onto a holder.
The beardless iris Dorothy K,
Williamson is a hybrid of two
native American plants, Iris
foliosa and Iris fulva. These
parents, one a blue lavender,
the other a most distinct terra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

Observation-Disclosures COM
binations are also widely useful
in fighting sucking and chew
ing insects of the ornamentals,
hence might be needed as a
separate weapon. Beyond these
two the all-purpose mixtures
are likely to meet most Of the
needs Of the home gardener.
Most gardeners are troubled
with slugs and Snails and they
require special treatment.
Fortunately, these night feed
ing pests will go to metalde-
hyde and that material is the
basis of most slug bats. In
order to give the matalde-
hyde maximum effectiveness
most manufacturers add a
stomach poison, and so it should
be kept away from pets, chill
dren and the birds. Place a
tablespoonful of the bait under
a board, flower pot or stone,
but leave a crac,': through
which the pests can crawl to
reach it. The bats might well
be placed near the hiding places
of the slugs and snails-piles
Of stone, debris. boards, etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
MoIes

From Mrs. P. M. D., Oil Cam
eron street. Alexandria. Va
How may moles be eliminated
from a large area? Answer:
Chlordane may be spread over
the area -8 ounces Of actual
chlordane per 1000 square feet
of area. The Euphorbia lathy-
rus (mole plant) can be planted
at various locations and seems
to drive them away. The chlor-
dane kills the insects in the
soil and moles, being insect eat
ers, move out in search of food
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Beetle and Red Spider
Con Be Controlled

dane. The chlordane is effec-
tive for three TO five years
when it should be renewed. II
the milky spore disease is ap-
piled at the same time as the
chlordane it will probably reach
its maximum effectiveness in
three to five years, hence should
be giving good protection about
the time the chlordane is no
longer a potent bug killer. Some
will argue that the chlordane,
by killing the grubs, will rem
der the milky Spore disease in
effective or delay its establish
ment. This assumes perfect
distribution of both the chlor-
dane and the milky spore
disease which seldom happens.
Also. it assumes that the con-
centration of the chlordane will
be sufficient to effect a kill
at once, which is not likely
in every case, At least this has
been the experience of many
who have used the combina-
ton. Nevertheless, turf pro-
lection is important and the
gardener might well concen-
trate on the grubs.
Large Scale Effort Best
Community fighting is the
only satisfactory means of re-
ducing the plant and flower
injury to the gardens. Spraying
will get most of the adults If
regular applications are made
to foliage. flowers and fruit.
DOT is the least expensive ma
terial to use, has long lasting
properties. and is readily avail
able. 1t is slower in killing
power than SEWN which gives
a quick knockdown of all beetles
with which it comes into con-
tact.
The rose grower is at a dis
advantage in that beetles may
fly into the center of open
blooms without coming into
contact with the foliage, thus
escaping the material on the
leaves. Two courses are open
to the rose grower: /. Dust the
blossoms each morning so that
the beetles entering them will
be killed. by the way, the
beetles go to the white, yellow
and light pink blooms, not the
redsD 2. Cut the blooms while
in a medium tight bud and let
them open indoors.
Warning on Fruit
The foliage of flowers, fruits
and other plants attacked by
the Japanese beetle may be
sprayed every two or three
weeks with DOT, SEWN. Meth
oxychlor, etc., and be rea-
sonably well protected from
injury. However, DOT should
not be used on fruits except
at the very early stages since
it is not soluble in water
and not easily removed from
edible products by washing
in water. Met h oxychlor
and SEWN are soluble and can
and should be washed off before
eating or cooking.
The above mentioned ma
terials may be purchased either
separately or in combination.
Chlordane. however, is so useful
in fighting ants, termites and
other soil inhabiting pests that
a supply Of dust or emulsion
| Is worth keeping on hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Tomato Culture
Production Tips

In pruning tomatoes, break
off the sucker while small and
still succulent. Try a few
tomatoes in wire cylinders in
stead of stalking. Suitable con-
crete reinforcing wire can be
secured from building supply
houses.
To keep tomatoes producing
throughout the season, side
dress with a high nitrogen
fertilizer after the first fruit
set and one or more time after
High nitrogen early in the sea-
son cause the blossoms to drop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23
STAGE

PLAY: Garfield High School in
Woodbridge, Va, will present
The. Diary Of Anne Frank" in
the Sthool auditorium at s o'clock
tonisht and tomorrow night. Ad-
mission so and as cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23
Special Events

BASKETBALL: The Catholic Youth
Organization will hold the finals
of its girls basketball tourna-
ment at l:30 pm. Saturday at
Roosevelt Highs gym, Upshur and
Thirteenth streets NV. The var
Sity final, between girls from I'm
maculata and Regina High Schools
will begin at 3 pm.
SCIENCE FAIR: Mount Rainier Jun
ior High, Queens Chapel road and
Thirtieth street, Mount Rainier,
Md. will hold its 18th annual
science fair from to 8 pm,
Saturday, and l to 3 pm, Sunday.
POPS CONCERT: Wheaton Md
High School will hold pops
concert by its band at pm,
Saturday. followed by a dance
with music by the Lancers, Whea-
tons dance band. Admission is
81 for adults and so cents for
ONE O'CLOCK JUMP: The Wilmer
AZA will sponsor Semi-formal
dance featuring the Miss Wash
lngton Council beauty contest,
beginning at 9 pm, Saturday.
at Temple Sinai, BOO Military
road. Music by the Collegians.
Admission 81 30.
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clockwise, slide to the out
side, get down low but keep
up with the beat and their
partner at the same time.s
Adults try to follow a
method when they twist"
explains Bonnie White, II, a
senior at J. E. B. Stuart High.
"You can't have a method.
And it doesn't work pretend
ing to stamp out a cigarette
with one foot while drying
yourself with a towel.
Grown-ups should just let go.
But they look awkward when
they twist, and they're trying
to look younger, but it shows
their age"
Louise Miles has even set
an age limit for would-be
tWiSterS.
Nobody out of their 30s
should twist" says this 49,
year-old. ANY older and
they look too native because
grown-ups just concentrate
on hips"
Ernest Meekham, a Mont
gomery Blair senior, thinks
grown-ups feel young when
they twist and that's why
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23

and twisted down to the floor,
almost to the knees. Now
since the twist has become
popular again, the dance
kind of changed. Sometimes
we get in a circle and twist
all together, with no parti-
cular partner. We do a little
of both the cid twist and
the new twist, where you go
back and forth 1 tried to
show my mother, just once.
She had a bad back, and my
father isn't much for any
kind of dancing"
Michael Flecknoe, IA, an
eighth grader at st. Berna-
dette's, gave his father a twist
lesson but complains that his
father was all hands and no
hips. So he just laughed
and looked disguised when
his father stood up to twist,
but about his mother,
Michael says: "She shows
promise"
Charlie Long thinks maybe
it would help groWn-ups twist
if they'd wear leather-heeled
and soled shoes, snap their
fingers, move their hands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23

they attempt it. Ernest's
classmate, Iris Pinson, agrees,
but claims when adults do
attempt to twist, they should
confine themselves to the
home.
While most teen-agers were
harder on their own parents
when talking about grown
ups doing the twist, Larry
Wilmer, a St. Adams sopho-
more, and Jackie Hollebeek,
a Central High senior,
credited their mothers with a
twist better than most adults.
But then, Larry claims he
has been giving his mother
private instructions for a
couple of weeks. Jackie. on
the other hand, says: Il think
my mother twists pretty good,
but maybe I just feel sorry
for her."
An individualistic sort is
John Blumenson, who claims
he doesn't pay any attention
to grown-ups.
The Woodward School SEN
ior feels arthritis, aching
bones and the heaviness of
the adult torso plus an age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23

TEEN Go-Pdd is Dhere
you'll find out what's going
on in the WASHINGTON area
today, Saturday and Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23
By Fiji GORSKA
Star Staff Writer

ayers have been watching
the grown-ups who have
been watching them.
Sometimes it's on teleyision
or in the movies or home
gatherings or at parties that
teen-agers have made OBJ
servations of their elders
trying to do the dance that
has turned all age groups
into twisting masses.
once my father jumped
up from the table to show me
what he thought was the
twist" says Susie Castiglia,
an immaculate senior.
Il told him, You look hor-
rible. Forget it!"
Her father is Jim Cas-
tiglia, former Redskin foot
ball star.
AS for Mrs. Castiglia, her
twisting problems are some
what different, according to
her daughters Susie and
Clare: Mother throws in a
little bit of the Charleston
combined with the old box
STEP" But when she stands
corrected, Mrs. Castiglia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23

at en- ayers twist for
laughs. We take it casual.
Grown-ups are either too
serious about twisting or
they don't seem to know
what they're doing it for.
They're afraid to move. Age,
I guess. And they stay in one
spot when they twist. Teen
ayers move around the floor
and turn. When your leg is
up in the air at a right angle
to your opposite knee, step
forward on that foot and
that puts you in another
spot"
This manipulation hasn't
gotten through to the adult
twisters too much, the teen
ayers say.
Kathie Wood, IA, of Sur
rattSville Junior High, agrees,
because she claims grown
ups shake from the waist
down, but they don't go any
place. When the twist first
came out over a year ago,
you twisted on the balls of
both feet at the same time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23
By DOROTHY KICKER

Register and Tribune Syndicate
Dear Mrs. Kicker:
/ am 16 and a member
of the so-called popular
crowd at our high school.
About Is of us have grown
up together. We set the
pace and head up clubs,
organize the annual, run
the school paper and lead
the class in grades. In
other words, we are the
wheels.
OF course, / like being
popular, it gives me OPP
pOrtunities 1 wouldn't have
otherwise, but it has a
price. Our crowd parks a
lot and goes in for neck
ing and petting on about
every date. 1 really don't
like it, but we usually
double date and I'm afraid
1 would be considered a
square il l chickened out.
We are snObS, too. We
can keep even nice boys
and girls out of many
school activities if we turn
thumbs down on them and,
Mrs. Kicker, 1 am sick of
the whole thing. 1 would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23
Sick, sad and standard.

Sick, sad and standard.
That's how teen-agers have
labeled the sacroiliacs of
grown-ups who attempt to
do that wiggle of a dance
called the twist.
THE main thing is. adults
are too stiff to twist" says
high school junior Jean Foye
of Annandale.
They're too worried about
their backs" says teen-ager
Louise Miles, a former Uni
versity of Maryland student.
They're afraid of what
people will say" says Is
year-old Chez Chez Beaver,
a sophomore at Oxon Hill
High.
"GroWn-ups just go back
and forth when they try to
twist. They don't know
about turns" says ninth
grader Charlie Long of Sur
rattsville Junior High.
They can't shake enough,
or something" is the way
16-year-old Johnny Mattingly
of Oxon Hill High, puts it.
It's evident that the teen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23
MRS. RCKERS MAIL
This Girl Is Tired of Swinging With Snobby Clique

certainly know how to spell
now.
For over a year she has
been reading my incoming
mail, too, and when l get
angry she says she will read
it any time she feels like
doing it. / do not write, or
receive, any letters l am
ashamed of, and 1 have
been told / write very nice
letters. When Mother de-
mands to see my mail, it
makes me feel as if she
doesn't trust me-so I just
hand it over to her. This is
one letter she won't see
because 1 am writing it in
school. Can you help me?
FANNIE.
Apparently you are a trust
worthy girl and, at Is, you
are a young adult. Under
these circumstances your
mother has no more right
to censor your mail than you
do hers. If you were sew
eral years younger and she
had reason to be suspicious
of your behavior. her atti-
tude might be justified.
Some of my readers may
disagree with me, but / be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23
MRS. RICKER'S MAIL

like to be friendly toward
most everybody.
I would like to stop park
ing on most every date,
but I haven't the courage
to go against the rest of
the group and I am truly
fond of some of them, too.
Can you suggest some
thing? MARTI
Have you ever stopped to
think that perhaps some of
the others in your group may
secretly feel just as you do?
I doubt very much if you
are the only one who is
dissatisfied with the stand
ards of this clique and their
snobbiSh attitude toward
others.
However, I can easily IN
derstand why you are
hesitant to break away from
this group, and perhaps it
will not be necessary. 1 sug-
gest you first talk to your
closest friends about your
feelings and see if at least
some of them have been
thinking along the same
lines but, like you. have been
afraid to express tn cir
opinions.
So often teens need a
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What Do Teens Think
Of Adult Twisters?

pleads her case with the
statement, After all, I'm the
mother of nine kids"
Signs 15-year-old Clare,
also of Immaculate, adults
are out of joint when it comes
to the twist. They Just don't
have it-too much fox trot.
Anyway, small people look
better doing the twist. That's
why grown-ups look funny
when they do it,"
Bob Whitman. a Surratts-
vile Junior High ninth
grader, has documented
evidence on his parents doing
the twist. He took movies of
them at a New Years Eve
party when they didn't know
their attempt at the twist
was being preserved for pos
terity.
Bob, a wise type, makes his
statement in a general sort
of way to cover all adults
doing the twist, when he
says: Actually. grown-ups
don't do the twist. They're a
little old fashioned, the way
they stand and bend. They
stand straight, with feet
apart and to the side. They
just bow their heads, in
stead of bending from the
waist. Then they move any
way they can. AS for the
hands, they're waved in a
hallelujah style over their
head"
The hand action of grown
ups came in for a lot of COM
ment by the teen-agers.
Says Jeanne Saline, a Is
year-old Oxon Hill High
sophomore: Grown u ps
work mostly the feet and the
hips. They can't get their
hands to go with the feet
and the hips. And if they do
get everything going together
at once, they can't keep it all
going. They use their hands
to balance, instead of as a
twist movement. For grown
ups, it's like patting their
head and rubbing their stom-
ach at the same time"
The teen-agers aren't sure
just what makes the grown
ups want to twist in the first
place. Jeanne says they figure
IF teen-agers can do it, we
can too"
Chez Chez claims parents
do the twist so they can lose
weight. If so, it's no wonder
they take the whole thing so
seriously. which is Billy
beavers complaint about
adults doing the twist. Billy,
a junior at Suitland High
who is Chez Chee's brother,
says:
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factor don't add up to a twist
worth watching.
"Grown-ups ought to for
get the twist" says John.
who predicts whether they do
or not, the twist will stay
around for four or five more
years. It'll be the twist in
the SOS, just like it was the
Charleston in the '20s," he
claims.
And Bert Foer, a Bethesda
Chevy Chase High senior,
says adults should have
enough sense not to do the
twist. 1T doesn't take any
skill anyway" says Bert, land
it's too biological, primitive
and crude
But it took a college man
to ease the feelings of grown
ups with a yen for twisting
around a dance floor.
Says George Washington
University freshman Larry
Greene:
Personally, I think any
adult who has the nerve to
twist is a pretty good sort.
It's a pretty active sport-for
anybody"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23

leader; someone to start the
ball rolling. If you approach
this situation automatically,
it is quite possible you can
be the spark that will change
some of these youngsters.
You are at an age where
the standards and sense of
values you acquire now can
affect your future life, so it
is important for you to get
right with yourself. At pres
ent, you are doing things
against your better judgment,
which is not smart. If you
do not get a favorable re-
action to your first efforts,
then I suggest you take more
drastic measures. After all,
you have to live with your
own conscience.
Dear Mrs. Kicker:
l am a senior in high
school and / will be IL next
month. Ever since 1 can
remember, my mother has
read all the letters 1 have
written before l mailed
them. Her excuse was that
she wanted to correct my
spelling. That was all right
when 1 was little, but I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-23

lieve you would be right in
refusing to hand over your
mail. Since it is obvious that
your mother wants to read
it just to satisfy her Curl
osity, I think it is time you
put a stop to it.
Letters to Mrs. Kicker can
be 1rSUered through her COL
un1n only. Write to Dorothy
Kicker in care of TEEN, The
EUening Star, Washington 3,
D. c.