Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1933, Page 26

D. C. Naval Reserve After completing a cruise of approxi- mately three weeks aboard the U. S. destroyer Gofl, seven enlisted men of the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Reserves of the District of Columbia, were disembarked at Hampton Roads and have returned to Washington to resume their weekly drills with the local outfit. These men left here the latter part of February, after the vessel had spent a couple of weeks at the ‘Washington Navy Yard. They cruiced as far South as Miami, and touched Charleston and Georgetown, S. C. During the voyage they were merged with the regular crew of the vessel and performed the dutics of their ratings. The services were performed by the local citizen soldiers withopt pay, and they were required to bear ine expense of their transporta- tion from Norfolk to Washington upon completion of the cruise. The men who took part were: Charles | F. Clarke, fireman, third class; Maurice P. Fenton, fireman, third class; John ‘W. Irvin, boatswain’s mate, second class; Daniel M. Levy, fireman, second class, all of the 1st Fleet Divisios Louis Luebkert, fireman, second class Howard P. Sellers, seaman, second class, both of the 2d Fleet Division, and John A. Gallagher, seaman, sec- ond class, of the 3d Fleet Division. Seven members of the local batialion are given credit for the work in con- nection with the setting up of a ma- chine shop in the local battalion armory for the training of the engineer force, under the direction of Lieut. Comdr. Walter C. Lockhart, battalion engineer officer. They are: Joseph P. Slattery, chief boatswain's mate; A. A. Gollus, machinist's mate, second class; W. L. Burke, seaman, first class; W. G. machinist’s mate, second clas H. Harrison, machinis ond class; F. J. Kelly, fireman, first class; J. J. Meyer, electrician’s mate, third class, The local Reserve battalion will par- ticipate in the Army day parade next Saturday. It was announced that the battalion will leave the armory at 12:15 o'clock. Transportation will be fur- nished to the starting point of the pa- mate, sec- | “nmmced. will be taken by the Naval 8. ‘R&er\'e Inspection Board from the m: | terial covered in the various courses. As a result of unfavorable comment by the Naval Reserve Inspection Board on the lack of trained signalmen, the | local battalion is not goirg to be a sub- | ject of any such remarks when the in- Spection board makes another visit., The entire drill schedule for the month of April is to be given over to semaphore and blinker signaling. Each fleet division on its drill night will have two signaling periods, one for semaphore and one for blinker. | Several members of the local bat- talion are to get a nice small boat cruise to Norfolk in the near future. It was announced in the Steam Chest, official paper of the local battalion, that the new 50-foot cabin cruiser now being constructed for the local battalion at the Norfolk Navy Yard is expected to be ready for delivery in the near future. |""A volunteer crew is being organized which will take the present gasoline launch from Washington to Norfolk | and return with the new boat. Better cruises and better facilities will bz pro- | vided when the new vessel arrives, it | was said. ! The boat is to be used to take week |end cruises on the Potomac for the | training of enlisted men. In view of the increased efficiency | demanded by the inspection board, it | was announced, it will be necessary to | make a more thorough study of the in- | struction courses as issued by the Navy | Department than has been done in the | past. For this purpose, class instruc- tion' will be laid out on the basis of | standard lessons from the pamphlets. | These pamphlets, it was said, will b2 issued by the class instructor, and only one book will be issued to a man at any time. The next book in the series | will be issued in exchange for the one | previously held. The hope is expressed | that by reducing the amount of liter- | ature in a man’s possession he will not | be inclined to let the whole sbusiness | wait, but will actually spend the 20 minutes necessary per week to read the DAY THE SUN STAR, WASHINGTON D. C., APRIL 2 !In the absence of definite figures, it 1s|of the country, including J. Horace THE HOME GARDENER BY J. W. WELLINGTON. LAWN CARE. Speaking before a gathering at the Takoma Park branch of the Public Li- | Lrary, Charles R. Enlow, grass specialist in the United States Department of | Agriculture, outlined to members of the | { Takoma Horticultural Club on Monday | cvening a program for ridding the lawn | |of crab grass and keeping the desirable | | grasses in good condition throughout | the Summer months. ‘Washington was said by Mr. Enlow to lie at about the southern limit of the | Kentucky blue grass area. This desirable special makes its maximum growth in | June, declining to an almost complete Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying Surroundings of the Home. rest in Midsummer with another spurt in late Fall. Crab grass, on the other hand, reaches its maximum develop- ment in August, when blue grass is weak vegatively. Experiments now in progress by the Department of Agriculture give evidence that by fertilizing the blue grass in March and September and not cutting it below two inches in height from the time crab grass germinates in late May | until September the blue grass can be kept in excellent condition. Mr. Edlow sald that crab grass cgnnot endure shading and that beneath the cover of blue grass the crab grass seedlings die or lead only a meager existence. Fur- thermore, crab grass seems to thrive under the plan of close clipping and | watering, such as is practiced by the average gardener in a desperate attempt to grow a good lawn. Crab grass is an annual and, if kept from forming seed, must gradually disappear. Concerning fertilizers Mr. Enlow sug- | gested the desirability of mixed mate- rials containing all three of the usual | elements—namely, nitrogen, phosphor- ous and potash. He recommended using in this region a 6-8-4 mixture or its equivalent, meaning thereby a material containing in each 100 pounds of bulk 6 pounds of nitrogen, 8 pounds of phos- Spading is at once the most laborious and prosaic operation in the garden- The illustration depicts the proper way of accomplishing the ply and breaking the clods as the work progresses. esy of the Extension Service of the Department of ing enterprise. task, that is, spading ds (Photograph by court: Agriculture. | per given area. In pruning, care should be taken to leave the strong live wood and cut the weak branching growth. The rose bears blooms on new shoots, so a rela- |tively small amount of old_wood can | yield a real crop of bloom. In general, | jGarden Club states that the annual former Senator, Rice W. Means. | overcome in part by having more bushes | heat and greater freedom from pests.' narcissus show will be held in the |S0¢ial efficiency contest was won by | n he big question, to date, has been cost of operation, which varles greatly | with the unit cost of electrical power. However, if the bed were carefully insu- lated and placed on the sunny side of a building, costs should not be unrea- | sonable and the uses which the flower , 1933—PART TWO. often more advisable to apply the con- | centrated materials in repeated small treatments rather than all at once. specialists. This practice has an added advantage ¢n that some forms of nutrients leach away rather rapidly and are lost to the plant.before they can be utilized. ‘Water may not be a plant food, but it is even more vital since all nutrients enter the plant roots in solution. This is one reason why fertilizers are of no benefit in drought periods. Fortunately, this season is starting out very favor: ably. Cool, wet weather in March and | early April favors plant life. | Early Spring is a favorable time for | setting out hardy perennials, but such | plants will not bloom very heavily the | first year unless one moves rather large clumps vithout disturbing the roots. | Regarding hyacinths, Dr. David| Griffiths, the bulb specialist, advises the purchasing of the smaller sizes if one | intended to keep them for several years. | ‘The very large bulbs divide after bloom: ing, with the result that one has sev- | eral small spikes the second year. | Crocus is often unjustly censured for its rapid disappearance from lawns. The difficulty is that gardeners clip the leaves off with early mowings and the bulbs soon perish. Delaying the initial lawn trimming is the obvious remedy. After pruning rambling plants, such as climbing roses and grapes, it is weil to tie the long canes to the trellis with soft twine. This practice saves the disappointment of having young shoots broken off just in their prime. Privet hedges may be cut back dras-*| tically at this time without serious in- | f, however, this task is deferred or June, the chances of re- covery are materially lessened. Hard coal ashes have practically no nutritive value, but are valuable as a soil amendment to break up tenacious | clays. THE GARDEN CLUBS, An announcement by the Woodridge | Woodridge branch of the Public Library on Saturday, April 15. i ‘That the local garden clubs are adopt- | ing the plan of setting dates for shows | considerably in_advance is attested by | | pianist, rendered selections. e [pmcnm‘ to take place tn May will be Macfarland, Montagu Free, Prank A.|started in the near future. 3 Wherry anc locel| Mrs. Dyer has appointed Mrs. Ellis s T Chrisman of Vincent B. Costello Unit, No. 15, as department treasurer %o suc- ceed Mrs. Charles Kohen. resigned, All . : of the above appointments were ratified American Legion by the department Executive Com- Auxiliary | mittee. e | _ victory Unit No. 4 met March 23 at | Sears, Roebuck & Co. Art Galleries, with The regular meeting of the George|(he president, Mrs. P. E. Doleman, pre- E. Killeen Unit, No. 25, will be held siding. Plans were made ro; the um;'s .| participation in the Army day parade £} Kio uow Sl Hone ’3;;04 2 ';"': April 6. Arrangements have been made April 12 at 8 o'clock. The president.| o the unit to give a card and bingo Mrs. Leon Arnold, will preside. | party at Mount Alto Hospital on April The post will hold a bingo party ‘at | 17 under the direction of Mrs. Willilam the hall April 4 at 8 o'clock. The |Oley, rehabilitation chairman president, Mrs. Leon Arnold, has been | Miss M. Edna McIntosh, chairman of made an honorary member of the |the Birthday Dinner Committee, an- Democratic War Veterans' Club. nounced the unit will celebrate its birth- Poppy meetings will be held twice a | day with a dinner dance April 18. week by the unit, beginning the middle | Mrs. J. Byron White was presented of April. with a picture of the unit’s color bear- RS | ers in uniform, a gift of the unit. Th Henry C. Spengler Unit, No. 12, cele- | presentation was made by Past Prest brated its twelfth anniversary last|dent Mrs. Marion Martin. | Wednesday evening with the Gold Star | Mrs. Mary Schweitzer was welcomed Mothers of the unit as honor guests.|into membership. The unit entertained | After a short business meeting, President | several distinguished guests, - including Lillian Regan presiding, Mrs. Jennie | Mrs. Gunn, an auxiliary membes frou Klight, past president and chairman of | Cedar Rapids. Iowa; Mrs. Julia Flan- the celebration, introduced the follow- | ders, from Melrose, Mass., and Mrs. ing Gold Star Mothers: Mrs. John |Edythe O'Connor, past department vice Spengler, Mrs. Clara Doocy, Mrs. Clera | president and past president of Ser- Sonneman and Mrs. Ethel Nock, all of geant Jasper Union No. 13. A social | whom were presented with corsage bou- | included games of cards and bingo. quets. | Dr. Laura S. Brennon gave readings. Mrs. Lenore Harnsberger Stone, national | = ASTI N AWAY president of the American War Mo(.huz. | st}-fl.flfi ol mlnx howTA ww‘ ‘IB“R:::‘,;I Lander, Wyo., extended greetings an . sters immune from Wil was presented with flowers by Mrs. J. | ing a World-Wide Test and will send Same Jerome Lightfoot. Miss Marjorie Wil- | ple (60 seeds). _Giant Double Flowering Mix- | ture, 20 colors. Free for Trial if stamp is en- son, violinist, and Miss Hannah BOooth, | 7ty 1or bostige. Bargain Seed Book Free. F. 11 Rose Hill, N.¥. FARM AND GARDEN. _ pien o e Mrs. Vigla | B. Seed Grower, Box 330. gave a humorous reading. Mrs. Rice W. Means presented the | SPECIAL birthday cake, following a custom of | NORWAY SPRUCE C many years, as her bn;ithday anniversary | 3 Feet High is also on the same date. Mrs. Means ¥y d. also gave a resume of her trip to the | Pvvamiini Arborvitae, Ciove Arsor: §OC Pacific Coast last Fall The post joined | vitae. Moss Cypress, Creeping Juniper. the unit and were addressed by the | e/ CLINTON NURSERY CLINTON, MD. _7 Miles from D. C. on Leonardtown Pii Mrs. Ethel Strong. Many other guests ke were present, including Mrs. Marie Dyer, acting president, Department of the District of Columbia. Colesville Nurseries ‘The Executive Committee, Depart- | ment of the District of Columbia, held REMINDER Due to weather conditions we are " a footnote to the effect that the '.\l“pil special meeting Monday, with ths continuing our rade and from the disbandment point, | lesson which is to be discussed. phoric acid and 4 pounds of potash, |t 18 Well not to touch the climbing for vegetable grower could make ‘of & (PTG 2 Wi 8HATe "Gl will be | The battalion will be a part of the Ist | Division in the parade, with the Regular ‘ forces, it was announced: Lieut. (Junior Grade) Jasper S.| Hunt, Medical Corps, former assistant | medical officer of the local battalion, has tendered his resignation, it was | announced at the local Reserve head- | quarters. He has moved to Charlotte, N. C. | Francis P. Tuel attached to the 1st Fleet Division, has‘ extended his enlistment for a period of four years. ) George H. Boyd, chief quartermaster, | has been ordered placsd on the retired | , fireman, third class, | s Naval Reservists express the hope that, despite the present era of econ- omy and retrenchment in governmental expenditures, that Congress can be pre- vailed upon to provide for the annual 15-day training cruises this year and t0 maintain the drill schedule on a basis of 48 drills a year. Reservists have been urged to keep the matter constantly before Congress, in New York the support of the land forces, the National Guard, has been sought. It was pointed out there that the militia has been more fortu- nate in the obtaining of funds, as the training camps were held last year, while the sea forces were required to forego the cruises. | varieties at this season, but to wait « : roses, as purchased from the stores, well rooted or as strong as those re- have generally been pruned severely ceiving the mixture. For the lawn of only average fertility, the use of 25|FY the grower and need mo additional pounds of the above mixture per 1,000 | TEANCTE B LIS SUDANEOE, L e square feet of surface, about the middle |y, which to fertilize the rose beds. For of March, and 15 pounds agzin in the | years gardeners have considered, and middle of'September is not too much, | yightly enough, that stable manure is he said. Lime was considered useful |tho best fertilizer. In its stead, the if used at intervals of four o five years. | garqener must use a ready mixed fertil- The practice of annually coating the | jzer of good quality or commercial lawn with lime was deplored with the | prands of dricd manure, but because of pointed suggestion that the money | their repeating habit of bloom, roses | might better go for fertilizer. In re-|need further fertilizidg during the | sponse to a question as to the value of | Symmer. | list upon completion of 30 years of service, 20 of which were spent in the | The Army has made Plflnsmfsof the Regular establishment and 10 in the 1and forces to go to camp this year, Reserve. |and it is hoped that provision also will 3 SLi | be made for annual cruises for the offi- Instruction courses were issusd to |cers and men of the Reserve, with pay. all enlisted men of the battalion during | Although the cruises were abandoned the past week. These are a part o([ms' year, the Navy Department has the new educational system which has | provided opportunities for some officers been inaugurated by the local battal- |and men to take cruises by offering jon. It was said that these coursss|them places on ships of the regular are intended primarily for home study | fleet without pay and with the stipula- and chould be followed closely by men |tion that they pay the expense of in all ratings. | transportation to and from the ports Examination questions, it was an- | where the ships are located. ‘Community Chest News Information regarding questions asked | planned for the boys during the week. of Community Chest speakers during | Tomorrow night a group from the C. J. the campaign is being supplied to|Club will visit the fire boat and the speakers at the forum meetings of the | City Morgue and on Thursday night a speakers' unit, held monthly at the Y. group of the C. J. Juniors will visit the W. C. A. The March meeting was held during the past week. | Central Applications Bureau. Removal of the central applications | bureau to 1018 Vermont avenue has been followed by a decrease in the num- ber of applications. Council of Social Agencies Community Chest agencies are bene- fitting from the establishment of the volunteer service bureau at council | headquarters, 223 Investment Building. Miss Virginia Christia is in charge of the bureau. Efforts to obtain more used clothing are being made by the Clothes Conservation Committee, lo- cated at the old Ford building, John Marshall place and Pennsylvania ave- nue. Men's clothing is particularly needed, but any and all garments can be used. Boys' Club of Washington. A Spring program has been worked out for the members of the Boys' Club by Charles M. Fyfe, director of the club. Athletics of various kinds, new games, new books and a variety of other entertainments are included in the pro- gram. The club will have an active part in the celebration of Boys’ weck. April 29 to May 6, inclusive. Travelers' Aid Society. The Travelers' Aid Society has moved from 1418 I street to 1018 Vermont ave- nue, which it will share with the cen- | tral applications bureau. | Northeast Boys' Club. | Thomas J. Groom, member of the board, will be present Thursday night and will throw up the ball in the final basket ball game for the trophy which | he donated to the club. Two trips are | Organized Reserves Plans have been completed for the participation of every Organized Re- #erve unit of the District of Columbia in the Army day parade, April 6. Maj Gen. Paul B, Malone, commanding gen- ral of the 3d ‘Corps Area, will be the grand marshzl of the parade. Col. Leroy W. Herron, Field Artillery Reserve, nding officer of the 313th Field r , a_District Reserve unit, will command the Reserve units The parade will start at 1:30 p.m. District Reserve units participating in the parade will include the 320th In- 428th Infantry, 313th Ficld Ar- 315th Field Artillery, 913th Coast reraft), 364th Medical 3d Engineers, 376th En- 2d Squadron of the 306th Cav- d Signal Troop, 80th Signal 407th Pursuit Squadron, Re- cers as ned to other units not listed and those local Reserve offi- cers unassign arms and serv- ¥ on E street scutheast betwee Jersey avenue and South Capitol str Members of tt hold their instruc * Reserve headquarter. under the direction Charies B. Moore. ol. duct the 32 Sth Infantry will onal conference at tomorrow evening of Lieut. Col Moore will co: rs headquarters Wednesday evening under the supervision of Maj. John M. Mc- Dowell. Maj. H. C. Dagley will conduct iClub, Mrs. Ethel Graham is visiting in Naval Observatory. Friendship House. Four new volunteers are enrolled at Friendship House. Miss Sally Harrison is assisting in the Nursery School, H. E. Simmons is instructing members of the Men's Club in chess, Mrs. W. W. Spaid is directing the Girls' Explorers { homes. Members of the Girls’ Adventure Club were entertained at dinner Wednesday at the home of Miss Emily Storer at ‘Wardman Park Hotel. Dr. Edith Allen of the Department of Agriculture gave a program of motion pictures at the meeting of parents of the day home children last week. Southwest Community House. Girl Scouts at Southwest Community | {Ure, 1s suggested as a reference read- | House were entertained at a party in connection with National Girl Scout week. Miss Gladys Ward, Scout leader, gave a history of the movement. Girls of the Southwest Community House have organized an aircraft class and a trip to Bolling Field is planned. The girls plan to study aviation and model building. Florence Crittenton Home. The Crittenton Club has taken for its social service work the ward for con- | tagious diseases of one of the hospitals and the first meeting of each month is | devoted to making toys, scrapbooks, illustrated alphabet cards and jig saw puzzles for the youngsters in the ward. Y. M. C. A. News Page McK. Etchison, religious work director of the Y. M. C. A., will speak 2t a special Lenten service at St. Mat- thew’s Lutheran Church today at 8 p.m. The Religious Work Committee will meet at lunch tomorrow at 12:15. The chairman, M. O. Chance, will preside, and Dr. George S. Duncan will be a guest of honor. Dr. Duncan is leaving April 18 for a four-month visit to the Holy Land and Egypt. There will be a big volley ball round-up and bean feed at 7 pm. in the Sir George Williams room for the purpose of organizing six volley ball teams to play during April and May. A motion picture, “The Liv-| ing Christ,” will be presented in the lobby at 7:15 p.m. The Dramatic Club will hold its week- | ly rehearsal in the assembly hall at 8 p.m. under the direction of Miss Lillian Krause. A rehearsal of the Glee Club will be held in room 217 Wednesday at 8:15 pm. The Y's Men’s Club will hold its luncheon at the University Club Thurs- day at 12:30. The Department of Phy- 1 Education Committee will meet at | 30 at the Monmouth Hotel. William Gordon Buchanan, certified public accountant, will deliver a lecture before the vocational guidance group | Friday evening at 8 o'clock on “Ac- counting as a_Profession.” The Y. W. C. A-Y. M. C. A. dance will be held at the Y. W. C. A. at 9 o'clock. The District of Columbia A. A. U. four-wall hand ball championships, sin- gles and doubles, will open on the Y. M. C. A. courts Saturday, April 8. The In- ternational Sunday School lesson will | be given from Station WMAL by Mr. Etchison at 5:15 p.m. | | { in the proportion of three parts to one and applied at the rate of 12-15 pounds per 1,000 square feet of lawn. Bermuda and quack grasses, two other lawn weeds of considerable worry to home owners, were briefly discuss>d with the suggestion that digging them out is about the only practical solution except seeding the lawn to a hoed crop, such as soy beans, for a season, ad- mittely an unpopular treatment. For grass seed, Mr. Enlow favored a mixture by weight of 9 parts of Ken- tucky bluegrass, 9 parts of Chewings fescue and 2 parts of colonial bent. {avorable seeding date in this vicinity because blue grass germinates so slowly that Spring seedings are often unable to compete with weeds and droughts. far the best species for growing under close shade, but that for ordinary shade the seed mixture before mentioned was perhaps best. Itallan rye grass was described as an excellent temporary grass to sow in Spring when one germnnem species at the optimum Fall ate. Weak lawns, unless containing large to the mixed fertilizers mentioned, but spaded and reseeded. Clippings of blue pings must be removed to prevent diseases getting a hold. That home gardeners are keenly in- terested in lawn management was evinced rby the large number of ques- tions propounded by the speaker. Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1677, lanting and Care of Lawns,” by H. L. Westover and C. R. Enlow and published by the United States Department of Agricul- ing. THE ROSE BED. In late Autumn many experienced rose growers mounded their tender varieties with soil or peat moss to pro- tect the plants from extreme tempera- tures. Fortunately no such troubles were experienced and now the soil should be leveled again and spaded lightly: in making preparation for Spring growth. Roses never really rest in this climate and each extended warm spell of Winter causes the buds to ex- pand and even break into small leaves. For this reason it is well to defer final pruning until about April 1, so that one actually survive. ing depends greatly on the type of rose and the purpose for which grown. Hard pruning means less blooms, buf longer stems and larger flowers, and i necessary for the produciion of speci men blooms for the flower shows. Th reduction in blooms per plant can IN —We can never rem tremely low prices. Special This Complete Early October was considered the most | Chewings fescue was described as by | planned to rework the soil and sow | bare spots, often respond very favorably | if gone too far, must necessarily be | grass may advantageously be left where | | they fall, but on bent grass lawns clip- | can be assured that the buds left will | The degree of prun- | NEVER Optical Department could offer EYEGLASSES in the new styles, of such high quality at such ex- KIxamination, Lenses cottonseed meal, Mr. Enlow said that it | AFTING TREES was_valuable, especially if mixed with | sulphate of ammonia or nitrate of soda | Suburban gardeners sometimes pur- | | chase fruit trees which, on bearing, | prove untrue to the variety for which purchased. This is always a bitter dis- | appointment, further accentuated by the fact that, with some apples and | | pears, one has to wait six or more years | before finding out the truth. Rather | fortunately, there is a way out beside | | that of cutting down the tree and re- | placing it with another. Grafting, that is, the insertion of twigs of a desirable variety into the branches of the unde- sired tree, offers a practical way out. ‘The simplest style of grafting is prob- ably that known as cleft grafting. Branches one-half inch in width and up are sawed off squarely and the end split open with a knife or chisel, de- pending on the size of the limb. Whiie the split is still open, twigs, or scions as they are called, taken from the de- sirable tree are placed in positién, that is, with their inner green bark contact- ing directly with that of the split limb. Withdrawal of the chisel causes the crevice to close down tightly on the | scion, holding it in place. All exposed surfaces are then sealed with grafting wax or paraffin and the task is done. | The scion is generally a three or four bud length section of last year's wood of about pencil diameter, with the pase shatpened 2nm a long wedge shape to | fit_the cleff. | _ The number of grafts per tree will | depend on the size of the tree. Whether | | the scions are all of one variety or not | can suit the worker's whim. There are | | records of a single apple tree bearing dozens of different varieties of apples. Grafting is, however, limited to species, that is, one cannot graft apples on peaches. | The whole process of grafting is so simple that any one handy with a knife | can easily perform the operation. This | is the best season of the whole year in | which to accomplish the task. | THE ELECTRIC HOT- | BED. | The hotbed has always been considered | a desirable asset for the gardener. It enables him to lengthen the season at both ends and is especially valuable in early Spring, when days are cool, as a place in which to start seedlings. In the old days of abundant stable manure, | hotbeds were rather common in the larger home gardens, but have grad- | ually disappeared or simply reverted into cold frames. There is now a promise that the hot- bed is to come back in a more useful | ‘agd easier handled form, namely, the electrically heated bed, in which the soil is warmed by shallowly buried re- sistance cables. The advantages claimed | for the new bed are many, including | uniform heating, automatic control of | Such Styles! Such Quality! Such Values! OUR ember a time that we Week Only! Glasses— Frame & Case the Cavalry conference at headquarters | ‘Thursday evening. First Lieut. J. L. Burgess, Second Lieuts. J. M. Michael- | son and S. B. Smith will lecture. The - medical meeting will be held at head- All Parliamentary Mandates Are| quarters Friday evening ufider the di-| Revoked in Bulgaria. rection of Maj. H. L. Kraflt. Cavalry Reservists will meet at the Fort Mycr| SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 1 (#)—The Riding Hall next Sunday at 9:30 a.m.| government last night announced revo- L cation of all parlamentary mandates e oowag i s inal held by Communists. Al Communists cated: Capts. Frederi R | . br(ive affine And Artillery Reserve; Charles A . Reciort Pty party itself will not be dissolved Judge Advocate General Reserve, and |, TU° Pary fteell will ot be dissolved First Lieut. Sterling P. Eahleton, In-| It o fantry Reserve, all to the 80th Division; | ¥ould g “‘5;“‘&;" the “"‘YI' i3t Lieut, Donn V. Smythe, jr.; Ord- | PRme Tir-one Depitles wero af- nance Reserve, to 62d Cavalry Division; | 1e¢t¢d bY the government ban. First Lieut. William H. Fowler, Quarter- | master Reserve, to 466th motor repair| Sweetwater, Tex. citizens send an section;_ First Lieut. Howard M. Payne, | old1fashioned “chuck wagon” to other Medlcwleserve, to 428th Infantryy, communities to advertise their town, rve officers of the —White gold filled, pink gold filled, plain frames, engraved frames. Fitted with deep- curved spherical lenses. Our regular scientific examination is included and our glasses guaranteed! Astimatic Lenses, $1.00 extra. (Bifocals not included.) (Dr. DeShazo in Attendance) Optical Dept. Street Floor f-The Avenwa'=Tin. #in sna © W such & bed go almost without saying. GARDEN NOTES. Discarded metal cans are fairly de- sirable cont.iners, according to the re- sults of comparative tests of various types of plant containers at one of the agricultural experiment stations. The metal side walls prevent a loss of mois- ture very noticeable in the ordinary flower pot. This evidence supports the statement of H. C. Heflner, who re- ported at the January meeting of the Takoma Horticultural Club that he had found glazed pots much superior to | porous pots for plants in the home. The only objection to tin cans is their ap- pearance, a condition that could be remedied by selection of uniform cans and painting the exterior surfaces. Tin cans should be punctured through the base to allow drainage. As a good beginning in the battle against Tose blackspot, it is well to gather the old leaves and prunings rather carefully and burn them. By so doing many of the hibernating spores will be destroyed. ‘The hardiness displayed by the nar- cissus, tulips and other Spring bulbs is truly remarkable. The early yellow trumpet narcissus, golden spur, has been in bloom since February in sunny locations, and in the meantime has withstood safely all the various types of weather. The snow of last Saturday caused no Snjury to any of these early visitors. . Garden fertilizers are, of course, highly beneficial when used in proper quantities, but may, on the other hand, be actually injurious if used too frcely. Don’t Take Chances When You Paint staged on May 1. The regular monthly meeting will be held Monday evening, at which time the films, “The Parks of the National Capitol” and “The Realm of the Honey Bee” will be shown. H. C. Heffner, chairman of the Ex- hibition Committee of the Takoma Hor- ticultural Club, announces that the narcissus show will be held in April and at the Takoma Park branch of the Public Library. Interest always runs high in the first®show of the season, and should be unusually so this year because of the many new varieties pur- chased last year. The exhibit is opened to all local growers whether or not members. Local garden club members are show- ing keen interest in the school to be held April 1, 2 and 3 at the University acting department president, Mrs. Ma- | rie E. Dyer, presiding. Instructions were given department officers and unit | presidents relative to participation of | the American Legion Auxiliary in the Army day parade April 6. All auxiliary members wishing to march will meet to fofm in line at Delaw: eolvenue and p.m. Mrs. Dyer has appointed Mrs. shee-‘ han of Vincent B. Costello Unit, No. 15, as poppy chairman to succeed M Mary K. Killeen, who resigned. Prepa- rations are under way to start the making of popples immediately, in or- der to insure an adequate quantity to place poppies on the graves of all the World War dead in Arlington National Cemetery on May 30. ONE CENT SALE Also Seven Day Sale Free deliveries on purchases of $3.00 or more Colesville Pike, ten miles north of Silver Spring on Route 27. 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