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Weeds Must Be Kept Under Control
Constant Struggle Against Invaders Essential to Protect Crops
Weeds are usuallly looked upon as
a nuisance, pest and tribulation by
all gardeners, but If we did not
have them many flowers would suf
fer for lack of cultivation. Soils
would lack the humus furnished
by dead weed roots and many a
yard would be without a green cover
during the summer months when
bluegrass is dormant, if it were not
for the crabgrass.
Of course, weeds are injurious.
They rob our flower and vegetable
crops of needed food and moisture.
They smother plants through their
sheer vigor, and they serve as hosts
and food plants for diseases and in
sect pests. By binding the soil with
their roots they increase the labor
necessary for cultivation. And, of
course, they destroy the neat and
well-groomed appearance of the yard
and garden that we all crave.
Weeds may or may not be useful
plants, but regardless of their in
dividual value they are out of place.
That is why they are called weeds.
Any plant that interferes with the
growth of a desired plant is a weed.
Thus, we should never let a plant
run wild until it becomes a weed in
the garden.
May Be Grouped
In Three Classes.
Weeds may be grouped into three
classes—annuals, biennials and per
ennials. The annuals are most easi
ly controlled by preventing the for
mation of seed. Any plant that
depends upon seed for its propaga
tion as the annuals and biennials
do need only to be kept from going
to seed. But this may be a job as
in the case of chickweed and crab
grass. Most annuals are prolific seed
producers and because of this are
usually difficult to eradicate.
The biennials are those plants
whose seed germinates one year,
the seedlings live over winter and
produce flowers and seeds the next
season. We oftentimes overlook their
small plants and let them live over
winter. The next spring they usu
ally spring into flowers and form
seeds before we get busy with the
hoe. The wild carrot is the most
common example of this group.
The perennials are probably the
largest group of the common weeds.
It includes the dandelion, sheep sor
rel, plantain, Bermuda grass, dock
weed and the wild daisy.
As a group they are harder to
combat than the annuals because
many of them spread by under
ground root stems as well as by seed.
Their roots oftentimes are diffi
cult to kill. This is well illustrated
by the common dandelion whose
tap root defies our efforts to cut it
off at a point low enough down to
prevent further growth. The dan
delion, a prolific producer of seed,
is hardly in the same class with
the sheep sorrel whose underground
roots range far and wide, sending
up new plants every few inches. It1
is one of the most difficult weeds to;
eradicate from the flower bed, for
not only do many new shoots ap- !
pear, but seed are produced in great
number.
Hoeing Helps
Eradication.
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Annual, Dienniai ana perennial
weeds may be effectually controlled i
by careful and thorough hoeing.
The destruction of every bit of vege
tation above ground soon starves
the roots to death. However, this
method depends entirely upon thor
ough going, frequent cultivation. If
a single plant is allowed to remain it
provides food and life for the roots
below.
Hoeing is and should be the main
method of attack on weeds by most
gardeners. However, it is seldom
carried out with the frequency and
thoroughness needed for 100 per cent
control. This point may be ques
tioned by some on the theory that
the new plants that appear are
from seed blown in, or that are slow
in germination. Perhaps this is the I
case since few gardens are beyond ;
the range of windblown seed and
practically every soil contains quan
tities of ungerminated seed.
Another method of weed control:
is mulching. Mulches consist of a !
layer of some material that pre- j
vents the weeds from receiving sun- j
light and food. A layer of tough \
opaque paper may be used in place |
of the commonly used humus as a j
mulch. The function is the same.
X Most mulches are seldom put on
In thick enough layers to smother j
out the weeds, although if well done
they will destroy such persistent
perennial weeds as quack grass and
Bermuda grass. It may be necessary
to leave them on for a year in the
case of such persistent weeds. For
the killing of crabgrass they need
be left only for a week or 10 days—
just long enough to kill the crab
grass, but not to seriously injure the
bluegrass.
Before applying a mulch to the
garden for the control of weeds it
is important that the soil be thor
oughly cultivated and that all weeds
be cut down for if they extend
through it they will benefit from
the mulch the same as the vegetable
and flower plants. Well-rotted com
post, grass clippings, shredded corn
stalks, straw, and many other kinds
of materials are suitable for mulch
ing. Sawdust is oftentimes sug
gested. but rotted sawdust from
hardwoods is not always easily ob
tained. Sawdust containing resin
(pine) is to be avoided.
Chemical Control
Being Developed.
Chemical control of weeds is the
newest method but as yet is not
fully developed. It appears as
By W. H. Youngman,
Garden Editor.
though the most work has been
directed towards the control of dan
delions and crabgrass. However, it
is not easy to find a chemical that
will kill only the weeds and not
the desirable garden flowers and
vegetables. There are several chem
icals on the market that njay be
sprayed on the lawn killing the crab
grass and the dandelions without
permanent injury to the bluegrass.
None have been recommended for
use in the flower border or in the
vegetable garden.
The fourth method of weed con
trol is hardly practicable in the
vegetable garden during the present
emergency. It consists of growing
a smother crop—one that will choke
out the weeds. A heavy stand of
clover may be used effectively to
choke out crabgrass, although there
will probably be enough of the im
germinated crabgrass seed in the
ground to produce another crop the
following year. Or the ground may
be left unplanted but culitvated fre
quently the entire season. This
serves to encourage the germination
of weed seeds, but kills them before
they are well rotted. However,
few gardeners will wish to attempt
either method, the loss of the use
of the ground for an entire year
being undesirable. It is easier to
struggle along and fight the weeds
as best they can, always hoping that
the hoe will be used frequently and
thoroughly enough to get results.
Since hoeing will be the main line
of attack it is well to point out that
the best and most effective time to
control weeds is while they are still
too small to be noticed. Frequent
cultivation before the weeds have
developed a root system and made
their appearance above ground re
quires the least effort and time.
Once weeds have developed a root
system it takes more effort and a
sharp hoe. Stirring the ground
turns up the tender white roots of
freshly germinated seeds—and puts
an end to their growth. A rake
should do this job more quickly
than a hoe. Most gardeners will
find it easier.
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Weed control is essential if we are to raise good crops of flowers and vegetables. The
ordinary garden hoe and the hand weeder are effective tools for the job. However, they
must be applied regularly if real results are t o be obtained, and the best and easiest time
for action is when the weeds are smallest. j. Horaeo McFarland Photo.
Leaves From
The Garden
Notebook
The cool weather and rains of last
week-end gave most flower and
vegetable gardens a big boost. While
the roses are still backward in most
gardens, the iris and other peren
nials made excellent progress. Sev
eral flower shows held during the
past week were well attended, indi
cating that interest in gardening is
being well maintained.
★ ■it * *
Reports show that the bean beetle
and the potato bug are beginning to
appear and that Victory gardeners
should keep a sharp watch for these
pests. Any stomach poison put on
the foliage will kill the potato bug,
but the foliage of the bean plant is
too tender for lead arsenate. Use
either calcium arsenate or rotenone
on the beans.
* * * *
It is not too early to begin shift
ing the house plants to some pro
tected situation out of doors. This
move should be fairly gradual if
the plants are not to receive a set
back. They are quite tender from
being indoors and they are not used
to direct sunlight. This transition
should be gradual. They may be
left in their pots until fall or re
moved from the pots and planted
in the soil. If they are left in the
pots it is desirable to bury the pot
in the soil to keep it from drying out.
* * * *
It is high time that the home
gardener began giving his early
spring flowering shrubs their an
nual pruning. This should be done
as soon as the flowering season is
over. Remove from one-fourth to
one-third of the oldest canes each
year, cutting them off at the sur
face of the ground. This tends to
maintain the graceful habit of
growth and prevents their becoming
woody and barelegged. Diseases
tend to develop on the older wood
and this annual pruning helps to
avoid this condition as well as to
maintain a desirable balance be
tween the top and the root system.
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It is time to sow the seed of
celery. A well-prepared seed flat is
easiest to handle although a bed
may be prepared in the cold frame.
The soil should be well prepared,
but it need not be rich with plant
food. Sow the seed as thinly as
possible and cover with sand or
well-pulverized compost. The cover
ing layer of soil should not be more
than one-eighth inch thick. Cover
with newspaper or burlap to pre
vent the soil from drying out. As
soon as the i seedlings begin to push
through the' soil, remove the paper
or burlap. When the seedlings have
their first or second pair of true
leaves they should be transplanted
into a flat or bed where a good root
system may be formed before plant
ing in the garden.
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Bethesda Group to Hold Show;
Other Garden Club Activities
The Bethesda Community
Garden Club will hold its spring
flower and vegetable show on
Wednesday at the Battery Park
Clubhouse, following the regular
business meeting scheduled for
10:30 o’clock, with Miss Sue
Thomas, president of the club,
presiding.
Mrs. N. H. Topping, chairman
of the Show Committee, will
have assisting her Mrs. Arnold
Burr, Mrs. Alfred R. Golze and
Mrs. Frank Bennett.
Competition is open to all
members of the Garden Club.
Entries must be made before 11
a.m. Wednesday, and all con
tainers are to be furnished by
the exhibitors. One entry is per
mitted in each class. Specimens
may be exhibited, but will not be
judged. Prizes will be awarded
for the best arrangement and to
the exhibitor winning the highest
total of points in the show.
Judging will be by popular
vote of members of the club,
and will include the following
classes of arrangements:
Flowers
Class 1, Miniature, up to 3
inches. Class 2, Small arrange
ment from 3 to 6 inches. Class
3, Corsage of garden flowers.
Class 4, Arrangement inspired or
copied from another source, show
original and reproduction. Class
5, Roses. Class 6, Iris. Class 7,
Flowering shrubs. Class 8, Line
arrangement. Class 9, Any other
arrangement.
Vegetables
Class 1, Asparagus, 5 stalks.
Class 2, Lettuce, 5 leaves or 1
head. Class 3, Onions, 5. Class
4, Peas, 5 pods. Class 5, Rad
ishes. Class 6, Rhubarb, 3 stalks
with leaf. Class 7, Strawberries,
5, Class 8, Collection of any or
all. Class 9, Any other fruits or
vegetables.
Garden Plans
Your Victory garden drawn to
scale, indicating size, crops, etc.
Hostesses for the luncheon on
Wednesday will be Mrs. Eugene
Doyle, Mrs. James Hammond,
Mrs. William R. Teunis, Mrs.
W. C. Bashore and Mrs. W. H.
Nicholas.
♦ * * *
Prizes Awarded on
Recent Displays
Under the expert judging of
Mrs. Owen J. Roberts. Mrs. Clif
ford Mallory, Mrs. Chase Don
aldson, Mrs. Perley Nutting, Mrs.
Lomax Tayloe and Mrs. J. W.
Turrentine, the following awards
were made for outstanding flower
arrangements shown in connec
tion with the displays arranged
for the benefit of the Home for
Incurables, in embassies, lega
tions and private homes Satur
day, May 15, by garden clubs of
this locality.
At the Turkish Embassy first
prize went to Mrs. Joseph Boyd
of the Washington Garden Club,
second to Miss Nan Hollerith,
Georgetown Garden Club, and
third to Mrs. Curtis Munson.
First prize at the Greek Em
bassy was awarded to Mrs. W. E.
Croson and Mrs. Frank Ball of
the Neighborhood Garden Club
of Arlington, Va.; second, to Mrs.
Robert Fleming of the Chevy
Chase (Md.) Garden Club and
third to Mrs. William Schock of
the Neighborhood Garden Club
of Arlington.
Mrs. H. L. Garrett of the Wesley
Heights-Spring Valley Garden
Club took first place at the
Yugoslav Embassy, with second
being won by Mrs. Charles Par
doe of the same club and third
by Mrs. Joseph Jones.
At the Egyptian Legation first
prize went to Mrs. Reginald
Fiedler and Miss Isabelle Smith
of the Takoma Horticultural
Club, Second place was won by
Mrs. Corrin Strong and third
prize also by Mrs. Fiedler.
Mrs. Howard Davidson of the
Georgetown Garden Club took
top honors at the Luxembourg
Legation, with second place going
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to Mrs. Henry S. Hutton of the
Forest Hills Garden Club.
In the home of Mrs. Edwin B.
Parker, Mrs. William Ritchie’s
decorative arrangement won first
prize, with Mrs. Guy Lead better
of the Trowel Club and Miss Elsie
Deeters placing second and third,
respectively.
Mrs. Wendall Endicott won first
prize in Mrs. John M. Cabot’s
house, with Mrs. Henry Butler
taking both second and third
prizes. Mrs. William Newton’s
arrangement received honorable
mention.
At the home of Mrs. Charles
Stanley White first place was won
by Mrs. Ralph Torrey of the
Silver Spring Garden Club, sec
ond prize went to Mrs. White her
self, representing the Leesburg
Garden Club, and third also to
Mrs. White for a special arrange
ment.
First and second prizes went to
Mrs. Charles Baker for her dis
play in the home of Mrs. Wayne
Chatfleld-Taylor. Third place
was won by Mrs. Herbert jgeis.
In Mrs. George Maurice Morris’
lovely Colonial house, Mrs. Floyd
Smith of the Silver Spring Gar
den Club took top honors. Second
place was won by Mrs. Slocum
Kingsbury and Miss Margaret
Gaskell, and third plize went to
Mrs. Swager Sherley.
Also at Mrs. Morris’ home
honorable mention was given to
Mrs. Robert Fleming, Mrs. Robert
Finkelhor, and to Mrs. Alfred
Clarke of the Bradbury Heights
Garden Club.
> * * *
Bradbury Heights
Planning Show
The annual flower show of the
Bradbury Heights Garden Club
will be held from 2:30 to 9 o’clock
on Wednesday in the Bradbury
Heights Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Mrs. C. Baumbach, vftb may
be reached at Lincoln 5324, is in
charge of all show details. All
residents of Bradbury Heights
are being asked to submit a
flower arrangement or a home
grown specimen bloom for ex
hibit, and displays will be judged
by Mrs. A. Hoyt Taylor, past
president of the Prince Georges
County Garden Club, and Mrs.
Richard Fay Jackson, past presi
dent of the Chevy Chase Garden
Club and one of the organizers
of the Bradbury Heights group.
Entries in the arrangement
class will include: Pitchbrs, from
3 to 5 and 8 to 12 inches; an
arrangement for a coffee table;
luncheon or dinner arrange
ment; odd container, miniature
not over 3 inches; twin arrange
ment; niche arrangement with
accessories; corsages; an all green
arrangement not over 12 Inches.
In the specimen class will be
one spray each of annuals and
perennials, roses (hybrids, ram
blers, miniature, polyantha), iris
and peonies.
Botulinus Scarce
This Locality
It should be good news
Victory gardeners who are planning
on canning the produce of their
gardens, that there is very little
infestation of soils in this area by
the - botulinus organism, which
causes food spoilage. However, this
reassurance should not lead any one
to use careless or Inadequate meth
ods in canning. Hood spoilage is
worse than waste this year, and
every effdrt should be made to
safeguard foodstuffs when preserv
ing them.
May Timetable
Make second sowings of the hardy
vegetables which were planted in
April.
Keep a close watch for insect
pests and diseases and spray or dust
to control.
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In Bridge
Circles
Notes on Clubs
And Tournaments
By Frank B. Lord
The open team-of-four game of
the Washington Bridge League
which was substituted for the usual
big May team-of-four match and
played in two sessions resulted after
a close contest in a victory for
the Diebert-Lanz-Byme-Athey four
some. They scored 35 boards against
33 V4 for the Duprau-Thomas-Ros
son-Rosson team. For third place
the Steinberg-Steinberg and West
rich-King team tied with the Sldn
ner-Skinner and Checks-Stone team,
each winning 33 boards. The prize
was the Eynon Bowl.
In the second section, which was
a benefit game, the Shelton-Coblenz
Thomas-Smith team won 35 Vi
boards, against 34 Vi boards taken
by the Golden-Grewe-Hodgkins
Mathews foursome.
The Federal Bridge League played
the first of its summer season of
pair games on Tuesday night at the
Wardman Park Hotel. North and
South winners were Mrs. L. Ehinger
and G. M. Richards, first, 150Vi
points; R. C. Wilson and F. J.
Hallauer, second, 149, and Mrs. Vio
let Zimmer and Sumner Bliley,
third, 141. East and West leaders
were Mrs. Frederick Eberson and
Charles A. Lyon, first, 65Vi; Mrs.
T. D. Shelton and Mrs. A. H.
Hodgklngs, second, 164, and Mrs. R.
Patton and Mrs. R. Baker, third,
163 Vi.
The league’s monthly master
point game will be played on Tues
day night.
How frequently will a deal of four
hands in a game of bridge be dupli
cated? Because of the possibility of
making millions, even billions of dif
ferent hands in the distribution of
S3 cards, the mathematicians will
say that a duplication of all four
of them would practically never
occur.
That is why there is mystery
among local players concerning a
hand that was played here recently
in the open pair game of the North
ern Virginia tournament. The pat
tern of the hand was a bit unusual
and it was necessary for the de
clarer to exercise a high degree of
skill to make the maximum contract
of six spades. Only two of them
were successful. They were George
Rapee of New York, one of the co
winners of the open pair champion
ship, and James G. Stone of Wash
ington. More than 30 failed to do so.
Because of its exceptional char
acter the deal was published in this
column and the play explained in
some detail. Thereupon Frank A.
Albus, a prominent attorney and ex
pert bridge player, although he sel
dom participates in tournaments,
announced that he had seen the
same hand printed a short time be
fore in the Newark News, where it
was described by Richard P. Frey.
Investigation developed the fact
that the two deals were exactly the
same. From the court cards down
to the last little pip on the deuce
of cluhs, the respective hands were
identical. The hand pictured by
Mr. Frey had been played in New
York two or three weeks before it
occurred here.
Seeking an explanation of the
duplication it was pointed out that
Russell J. Baldwin who directed the
tournament here had conducted a
similar event in New York and it
was suggested that when he brought
the boards to Washington they were
played, or at least the one in ques
tion, without having been shuffled.
This theory was somewhat dis
counted by Mr. Baldwin himself
who was certain that the boards
must have been played several times
between the two tournaments. He
was further sure that he had di
rected the players when they sat
down to the open pair game here,
to shuffle all boards. That is an in
variable practice.
Then there was another develop
ment which tended still further to
rule out this explanation. Mr. Frey’s
story narrated that the hand had
been played in New York in a rubber
game; in that event there would
have been no boards to which the
cards could have been returned.
That entirely absolved Mr. Baldwin
from any responsibility in regard to
the duplication. Further, Mr. Frey
stated that the deal had been dis
covered by Harry J. Fishbein, a
New York expert who had exhibited
it to several of his friends as an
exceptional one and had asked them
to figure out a way by which the
declarer could make a small slam
in spades. Some of them found it
very difficult to do so.
William Cheeks, who supervised
the Northern Virginia tournament,
has offered this explanation: That
some New York player familiar with
the hand had spread it out before
the game here and invited a solu
tion that would produce six spades
and had then inadvertently placed
it in a board without shuffling the
cards. That would mean that Mr.
Baldwin’s injunction to shuffle all
boards had been ignored. At any
rate, the deal was exactly the same
as the one which had been played
several weeks before in New York.
With the exception of the open
pair match, practically all of the
honors in the Old Dominion cham
pionship tournament held last week
at the Wardman Park Hotel went
to local players. Dr. Arthur Salasky
and Mrs. J. E. Folline of Richmond
captured the Richmond News
Leader Trophy in this contest. They
are both from the Virginia capital.
Other results were: ,
Men’s pair—J. D. Boyd and Tom Wal
lace, first, 147 points; J. G. stone and
John Darsey. second. 139%; Gene Her
mann and William Cheek, third. 138.
Women’s pair—Mrs. Tom Hamlin and
Mrs. Irene Ourcuy, first, 160%: Mrs. Violet
Zimin*'- and Mrs W. S. Athey, second,
183 Mrs. R. Richards ol Los Angeles
and Mrs. J. C Seabourne. tied for third
place with Mrs. Peyton Blamlre and Mrs.
C. S. Meissner. 151%.
Mixed pair—Mrs. A. P. Stockvis and
Capt. R. L. Watson, first. 300: Mrs. L. L.
Oibson and Dr. C. C. McDonnell, second.
276: Mrs H. c. Wolff* and Roy ThurteU,
third. 267%:
. Open pair—First session, section A. Dr.
Arthur Salasky and Mrs. J. E. Folline.
first North and South: Mrs. Breckenrldge
Long and Mme. Georges Poulleff, second;
Alfred Stidham and Robert Thurreli. first
Cast and _West and William Cheeks and
James G. Stone, second. Section B. Dr. and
Mrs. A. J. Stelnburg, first: Mrs. Violet
Zimmer and Tom Wallace, second; North
and South, Mrs. Irene Surguy and Gene
Hermann, first, and Dr. W. H. Gorton and
Dr. N. J. McHugh, second. East and West.
Consolation special—Mrs. Katherine
Fenton and H. E. Eddelson of New York,
first, North and South: Mrs. Marian Barre
and.Mrs. Roy Haekett, second: R. B.
Smith and R. A. Owgn of Lynchburg, first,
East and West, and Mrs. Neta Davis and
Mrs. Tom Hamlin, second, East and West.
In the men’s game at the Na
tional Press Club, the McIntyre cup,
presented by Col. M. H. McIntyre,
White House secretary, was won by
Oliver Hoyen and Prank B. Lord.
They had 14% boards against 12%
for Dr. P. A. O’Donnell and Ned
Brooks. A women’s game played
simultaneously was won by Mrs.
Jean Henry and Mrs. Elsie Shepard.
Among the Stamp Collectors
News of the Philatelic World, Its Interests and People
Kent B. Stiles, philatelic editor
of the New York Times, writes:
“More than 120 collectors and deal
ers in all parts of the country have
thus far contributed about 150 lots
of stamps, covers and other phila
telic material, which will be sold at
public auction at the Collectors’
Club, 22 East Thirty-fifth street,
New York City, on June 30, for
—•
By James Waldo Fawcett.
the benefit of the United Service
Organizations.
“The auction will be under the
auspices of the American Stamp
Dealers’ Association, with the sup
port of the National Federation of
Stamp Clubs, the Society of Phil
atelic Americans, the American Air
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Hobbies and Hobbyists
News of Group Meetings and Locai
Exhibitions
By Edmond Henderer.
juacK in Marcn we wrote aDout
Roy A. Wiseman and his connection
with the Friendship Fire Associa
tion, the local amateur fire-fighting
enthusiast group. Since Mr. Wise
man is secretary of that organiza
tion the story was at least as much
the history of the FFA as of the sec
retary. Now we would like to tell
a little about another of Mr. Wise
man’s hobby interests.
Mr. Wiseman has reversed the
usual order of things in that he now
follows as a hobby a line which once
was his business. Most people con
vert their avocations into vocations.
This interest is music. Mr. Wise
man was formerly connected with
the business side of the National
SyVnphony Orchestra. He chose that
line of work because of his love for
music. His connection with the or
chestra gave him ample opportunity
to hear good music and to know the
musicians. Now that he is working
in a different field he still follows
music, but as an amateur.
Much of Mr. Wiseman’s spare
time is devoted to his activities in
the FFA and most of the remainder
goes to music. He has an extremely
fine library of recordings. The best
of the commercially produced discs
are there, supplemented by some
according to his own ideas.
Being thoroughly familiar with
the commercial technique of produc
ing records, Mr. Wiseman has one
mai nobjection to certai nones. Re
cordings of operatic pieces are made
in the studies of the recording com
panies just as with other music. All
extraneous sounds are carefully
eliminated. Nothing but the music
goes on the disc.
If you attend a performance of an
opera, or even listen to it on the
radio, you hear a definite pattern of
background sounds in many cases.
These are caused by the action ac
companying the music and are cer
tainly a part of the opera. Of course,
if your only interest is the particu
lar aria being sung, as a separate
composition having no connection
with the opera, then the absence of
attending noise is desirable, but if,
as in Mr. Wiseman’s case, you are
familiar with the story being por
trayed and want to visualize the
action as you listen, then the lack
of these sounds spoils the illusion.
He mentioned this point to the
officials of a recording agency, but
they wouldn't agree with him as to
the desirability of recording all these
sounds, so his only recourse has been
to make dbme of his own recordings
of the broadcasts of favorite operas
by the Metropolitan.
Through the courtesy of friends,
Mr. Wiseman has been able to make
some of these records on equipment
capable of making recordings of
technical excellence. These add
considerable interest and originality
to his collection.
Besides his library of recordings,
Mr. Wiseman has examples of early
types of musical reproducers. He
has an old phonograph which util
izes wax cylinders and a still older
music box. It is quite interesting to
compare these with modem music
reproducing devices.
New officers for the Metropolitan
Society of Model Engineers were
elected at the May business meeting.
They are: President, Emil Press;
vice president, Chester E. Tyne; sec
retary-treasurer, Edmond Henderer;
corresponding secretary, Dan H.
Wade. Two additional members
elected to the board are Ralph Boyd
and R. D. McElroy.
These officers will take over their
duties in June.
This is the time of the year when
folks with outdoor pools begin to
give some thought to the inhabitants
of their ponds. If you have goldfish
in a deep pool they have probably
spent the winter there. If your pool
is not deep enough to protect the
fish through the winter, goldfish
may, in fact, should, be put out now.
Mosquitos have already started to
breed and a pool without fish is
heaven for them.
Before you put anything in the
pool it might be well to examine it to
be sure it is in good condition.
Sometimes ice will crack a concrete
pool, causing a slow leak.
As to the type of fish used, plain,
old-fashioned goldfish will serve as
mosquito destroyers just as well as
anything and they cost little. If a
cat or a frog eats a couple, you'll
not be out much. The goldfish
grows large enough to easily be seen
in a pool, another advantage.
If you favor so-called "tropical” or
"exotic” fish, it’s still too early to
put them in a pond in this vicinity.
One cold night might easily destroy
several dollars worth of fish. More
suggestions on the use %f exotics
will be given here shortly.
NO MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
News From Dogdom
Notes on a Variety of Subjects of Interest
in Washington and Vicinity
By R. R. Taynton.
xiic uni r uuu, zokj i-ara
avenue, New York, announces that
the New Jersey Beagle Club has
100 per cent enlistment in the stay
at-home ranks of the K-9 Corps.
Every one of its members has one
or more dogs enrolled in ranks, from
private, at $1, to general, at $100.
The money paid for enlistments is
used to support Dogs for Defense,
which procures all dogs for the
fighting K-9 Corps.
Registrations in both the Field
Dog Stud Book and the American
Kennel Club Stud Book are begin
ning to show the reflection of these
troubled times. Both are down
somewhat from the all-time high
marks established last year. These
are the days which will determine
who the serious breeders are. Those
who entered the sport at the height
of its fashion and the peak of its
prosperity will doubtlessly drop out
when the going gets tough. The
real breeders will fight it through,
and because of their efforts, the
purebred dog of the future will be
many stages ahead of his progeni
tor of 1943.
The essence of an article on the
"Care and Feeding of Dogs in War
time," by Drs. H. E. Robinson and
L. D. Frederick in the June issue
of Veterinary Medicine, is that the
present formulae used in dry dog
foods of better grades are totally
adequate for grown dogs when fed
in sufficient quantities. However,
for pregnant bitches, nursing bitches
and growing puppies, such foods are
inadequate and need to be supple
mented with meat and vitamin con
centrates. It is found that larger
quantities of dog foods as now man
ufactured are needed for adequate
nutrition of even grown dogs, since
the lower protein content does not
satisfy the dog's hunger as well as
a feed with higher protein content.
The net result is that there is no
saving either in cash or proteins,
although mtne feed may be manu
factured.
Add to the ranks of Washington’s
educated dogs, Rajah of Vakek,
C. D. X. and U. D, as soon as he
can nna a tracking contest for his
mistress to take him to. Rajah,
better known as Caesar, is a harle
quin Dane who qualified for his
three degrees in 11 trials, only two
more than the minimum of nine
essential. This is a record for a
dog of this breed. He is owned and
was trained by Claire Sperling.
Washington will have no dearth
of trained dogs, judging by the keen
interest exhibited by youngsters
now enrolled in the obedience train
ing clubs of the city. The Capital
Dog Training Club has 10 members
under 16, all of whom own and are
training dogs. Some of them have
made outstanding records in the
obedience tests at licensed shows
and now own dogs ■with the equiv
alents of college degrees.
Could the child's natural love and
natural aptitude for dogs be utilized,
as it is in the case of these more
fortunate children, much of the
present juvenile delinquency prob
le mcould be solver. Civic and ken
nel clubs could well undertake a
community project of this sort.
The Washington youngsters now
engaged in training dogs are Flor
ence Montfort, 16, German shep
herd; Mary Montfort, 12, cocker
spaniel; Paula Johnson, 12, French
poodle; Patricia Pierson, 12, cocker;
Barry Goodman, 11, cocker; Suzanne
Walsh, 12, wire hair; Elizabeth Fos
ter, 13, cocker; Mary Duer, 11,
cocker; Albert Brown, 14, German
shepherd; Marjory Horning, 12,
chow.
Entries for the Big Three snows
next week end, Devon, Bryn Mawr
and Delaware County, must be in
the hands of Foley, dog shows
superintendent, 2009 Rinsted street
Philadelphia, tomorrow These
promise to be the biggest and most
interesting shows of the summer.
All three are being held on the
Devon Horse Show grounds on
three successive days, Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. Many spe
cialty clubs are holding their shows
In conjunction with these all-breed
events.
A
mail Society and the Collectors’
Club.
"With ‘Send Your Stamps to War’
as the campaign theme, Emil
Bruechig, president of the ASDA,
renewed his appeal last week for
donations of material of the char
acter that inspires competitive bid
ding at auctions. He emphasized
that the entire expense of gather
ing the material and holding the
auction will be paid by the ASDA
and that the gross receipts from
the sale will be turned over to the
USO.
“No goal has yet been set as to
the amount of the fund to be
raised, but Mr. Bruechig hopes, on
the basis of contributions already
received and others promised, that
thousands of dollars will be philat
ely’s tribute to this war effort.
“Mr. Bruechig announced that
June 9 has been set as the deadline
for receipt of all donations. They
should be sent to him at his office
at 522 Fifth avenue, New York City.
Each contributor will be given a
certificate which he can mount in
his album as evidence of the fact
that the philatelic piece missing
went to war.”
Difficulties implicit in the short
age of efficient labor have become
part of the problem of the Philatelic
Agency. If the office eventually is
closed, the excuse given may be that
it was impossible to find trained
and experienced help.
Letters to men in the British Navy
who have died in the service of
freedom are returned to senders
with a label reading: “It is with
the deepest regret that you are in
formed that the addressee is miss
ing or presumed killed.’’
A jubilee issue of the Air Post
Journal, edited by L. B. Gatchell for
the American Air Mail, Society, has
appeared. It marks the 25th anni
versary of bginning of United States
postal service by plane.
The American Bank Note Co. is
working on stamp orders from Para
guay and Honduras.
Paul L. Compton suggests a stamp
to commemorate the victory of the
United Nations when at last it has
been won. The design, he believes,
should depict the figure of Liberty
and the flags of the Allies actually
engaged in the struggle. A similar
issue was brought out March 3, 1919,
to mark the successful outcomd of
the First World War. The postal
label proposed by Mr. Compton
w’ould be twice as large and, for
that reason, a more attractive work
of art.
The Associated Press Feature
Service reports: “Syria, one of the
first Vichy French colonial posses
sions to fall to the British and
Fighting French in World War II,
has issued two interesting sets of
regular postage and airmail stamps
which have just reached this coun
try. Apparently to commemorate a
'proclamation of unity’ soon after
the republic was established late
in 1941, one set of five postage and
four airmails carries the picture
of the late President Sheik Tajje
dine El Hassani, a map of the na
tion and the words, in Arabic and
French, ‘Proclamation of Syrian
Unity.’ The same set of nine stamps
also has been issued with a black
border because of the death of Sheik
Hassani. w'ho succumbed to pneu
monia in Damascus, January 17.”
Behind the censorship Imperative
in wartime philatelic history goes
steadily on. New stamps are being
issued; old stamps are being changed
to meet the requirements of armies,
navies, provisional governments, po
litical developments of every sort.
The same phenomena characterized
the period between 1914 and 1918.
Not until peace has been restored
and communications are normal
again can the chaos be resolved.
Niel W. Vooys, 40 West Main
street, Mohawk, N. Y., is compiling
a list of philatelic libraries and
would like to hear from other per
sons interested in that subject.
Hungary, according to the New
York Times, has brought out a
mourning stamp in homage to Nich
olas Horthy, jr„ son of the regent,
killed in action on the Russian front.
The War Department soon will
release to the Post Office Depart
ment six or more planes to carry
airmail letters within the United
States.
Gerard Gilbert, 63, formerly a
well-known stamp dealer in Paris,
died in New York City May 6. He
was identified with the sale of the
Ferrary, Mirabaud and Chiesa col
lections and wrote for many phila
telic magazines.
Louie C. Bean, 5412 Belt avenue
S.E., reports that he has received
an acknowledgment of 546 dimes
from the sale of philatelic covers
during the President's Birthday
“Mile o' Dimes" campaign last Jan
uary. He will sponsor two patriotic
covers for Memorial Day, honoring
the Army and the Nhvy. Send
name, address and 10 cents for each
envelope wanted. Proceeds to USO
Philatelic Fund.
Stomp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tuesday evening at 8—Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street N.W. Pro
gram, exhibition and bourse.
Wednesday evening at 8 15—
Washington Philatelic Society ’ Lee
Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth street
N.W. Exhibition and comments on
recent foreign airmail covers by
J. O. Peavey.
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