| Show V 12 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE D Crass Yields Food Member of Firing Squad Humans r That Executed Emperor ForReports inExpert London Recalls Historic Episode : Human Brownsville Franco-‘Mexica- to death Five days later on June 19 1867 Guerrero says he and other members of the firing squad fired a volley into the bodies of the emperor And his two generals Some of their Tifles by custom contained blanks Si “I may have fired the shot which killed an emperor” Guerrero says jiis ton denoting wonderment over THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE Title Registered U substances yet erful health-givin- g produced The discovery which is of Importance to medicine and agriculture was made accidentally by C Good-a- ll a timber conditioning expert of Tutbury Derbyshire The substance obtained as a byproduct in the process of making for farm stock is rich in grass-meessential food factors — vitamins proteins and mineral salts — and also in sugars which are described as harmless to diabetics Hospitals are testing it and are said to be obtaining good results in cases of exhaustion and neurasthenia For the farmer it is said to remedy weakness in growing stock Withering grasB in the sun to make hay leads to the waste of much of its nutritive value As retaining the moisture would cause fermentation Goodall and two other experts devised a method of rapidly extractrock garden the rocks In a ing the moisture without damaging have the appearance ot natural occurrence being the qualities of the grass One of his assistants submitted what wa? left to technical experts who were surprised at its potency -- tenced APRIL 5 1938 S further mellowed Alpine plants by the carpeting foliage of Carden Questions Answers Antonio Guerrero Deafness Due to Bead - the tragic event In which he a A KANSAS CITY Mo (UP) humble soldier had been designated medical mystery was to participate The aged soldier wrinkled and solved recently when physicians exshrunken remembers that Maxi- tracted a small bead from the left milian gave each member of the ear of Anthony Krump 15 deaf in y firing squad a silver peso before he that ear since infancy An located the bead died 51 M Holladay writes: I have read with the greatest of Interest the articles you publish daily and have learned a great deal from them Now I wonder if you will come to my aid in a problem that confronts me? I have a beautiful Virginia creeper on the west side of the house It Is beautiful only until a host of sucking insects Infest it about the month of Then the May or thereabouts vine turns yellow the leaves curl up and by the middle of the summer there Is only the sad sight of a ruined vine Is there anything I can do to save the appearance of the vine? I would so like to ccn'mrs Dinwoodey’s Gift Shop offers Easter snggestions in decorative accessories — gifts that are modern and designed to fill modern needs There is nothing more useful than a Lazy Susan shown in honey color with hand decoration (1950) There is definitely something smarter about Sterling design with glass and the new wheat-strafrosted bottoms It’s the last word — highn ball or cocktail sizes (75c) Also shakers to match (1150) w old-fashio- For spring flowers let its suggest the new clear or tinted glass in useful shape or size The large vase for tall flowers in clear glass (295) Brighten your house with the new crystal or toleware cigarette boxes (225) Nothing could be more decorative than a new modern lamp with cut crystal base Yellow shade trimmed with large white grapes and crystal finial VORSE- - Rock' Carden PlansShould Be Made Now al well-arrang- By BARBARA Patent Office LONDON (UP)— beings soon may be "put out to grass” for their health For grass has been found to yield one of the most pow- Texas on— The only living member of the Mexican firing squad which executed Emperor- Maximilian at Quaretaro in J867 recalls that the proud Austrian died “like a brave soldier with a smile on his lips” Grizzled Antonio Guerrero ji veteran of the war lives quietly these home Cdays in his Brownsville t musing over the part he played in pending forever France’s imperialis-rti- c venture in Mexico " “Aim at my body and leave my 3eard and features unmarred" Guerrero quoted the defeated as saying when with his back 'gainst a brick wall he faced the "Tiring squad His armies vanquished by Mex- ican forces under Benito Juarez and other patriots Maximilian had surrendered at the battle of Queretaro But he was thrown in prison at Teresitas convent and later taken 'to Capuchinas convent President Juarez again the head ©f Mexico after French rule ceased ordered Maximilian and Generals Miramon and Mejia also captured court martlaled They were sen- SUNDAY MORNING 0 have the vine fresh all summer this year if possible I also have a Boston fern given me Valentine’s day It was very beautiful for a time I have to keep it in a north room where it gets Very little sunshine Is it well to put it outdoors on warm days in the sun or will it survive 'without much sunshine? How may one tell whether a fern needs to be repotted? Is it important to wash the leaves every day or two? If I was asked what 1 considered the most s at isfactoiy evidence of human success I would say “a man 60 years old who can ' thumb his nose at all Despite the fact that many atrocities have been committed in the name of rock gardening this phase of naturalistic planting is extremely poputarr and rightly so for there is nothing lovelier than a Well designed and appropriately planted alpine garden The most desirable place for such a garden Is on a sloping piece of ground which has full exposure to the sun The reason for this is that most alpine plants are natives of open exposed places where there is plenty of sunshine and clear air There Is no use expecting good results if this planting is located under the shade or shelter of trees Such a condition is fatal to most rock plants The important thing in the design of this garden la to keep it natural Never in nature do we see an abundance of small sharply pointed stones placed on end in a regular fashion with a few trailing perennials groping arouhd between them In the natural Outcroppings of rocks that are prevalent in our canyons there appears mellowness of age as though time had worn away their sharpness Upon further observa- tion It will be discovered that most of each rock is securely anchored in the ground and in many cases only a very little bit of it is shewing Rock formations are either in stratified layers or are the result of being pushed up through the earth’s crust In placing rocks in an artificial garden these points should be kept in mind --so that the effect will The pest which has attacked your be similar to that in nature Plants Rather Than Stones Virginia creeper is the white fly It is a verp persistent pest and must A small rock garden can do with-- 1 be fought with the same persistence out very many stones After all it if any headway is to be made in is plants that are to be cultivated A miscible dormant it controlling and not a quarry A few good sized oil spray at this time of year may substantial rocks of the rfhme chareliminate some of the insects in the acter are all that are in necessary egg stage However as soon as the the average rock garden Rock garflies are noticed on the vines in dens composed of a stone from Can-- 1 May the best spray is nicotine sul- ada another from Virginia and othphate It will kill all insects with ers from various places that the which- - it comes In contact but of owner may have visited may make course many others get away so an interesting rock collection but as that spraying must be kept up not a truly natural alpine garden) long as there are flies Frequent The native rock typical of this rewashing of the vine with the hose is gion is the best material you could also beneficial possibly choose A Boston fern does best in a In grading the slope where the room which has plenty of light but rocks are to be placed do not make the fern should not stand in direct it uniform Let there be knolls sunlight I would suggest that you or rises and deep recesses This will put jt outdoors on sunny days for make the situation realistic There several months yet There is still is no set rule for arrangement Its a great deal of difference- between success rests with your thoughtfulthe temperatures indoors and those ness and understanding of the prpb-leoutside and anything a fern plant A certain professional designer dislikes is sudden change in tem- of rock gardens adopted the method perature It is also hard on ferns of taking pictures of many natural to be in direct sunlight?' A fern rock formations that he saw in the usually needs repotting when it mpuntalns then using these photoshows' signs of depletion or looks graphs as guides In arranging his in its container The site crowded The soil in this garden should foliage should be washed or sprayed with water every two or three days never be regular loam in Its raw This keeps the plant free from in- state especially if it is heavy The sects and furnishes it needed hu- best mixture for most alpines is that made of one-haloam midity sand and leaf mold If rotted leaves are not available then M B H Salt Lake City writes: very old manure mbfed with sand A few months ago I was given a may be substituted Some alpine) soon fine Boston fern It began plants require even a grittier mixto look rather badly and as time ture and for them crushed rock went on leaf after leaf dried and should be added to the soil In ordied in spite of all my care in der to be absolutely successful with sprinkling and watering many alpines it is necessary to acI on the discovered Only today quaint yourself with their undirside of the fronds horrible ments and then create the requireproper like little which look soil conditions parasites brown turtles and which are easily Plants for the Ga?rien crushed Please is there anything And now for the plant! Besides) I can do to save my fern? Can I the usual run of material such as spray it with anything? the arabis cerastium alyssum No doubt your Boston fern is at- which are of course very desirable tacked by scales which are brown there are many other alpines that d insects which adhere may be incorporated in this type themselves to the underside of the of garden One is the helianthemum e This shrubby Rttle fronds and suck the juices from the or foliage The best method of control alpine will grow in the driest and is to cut away the worst infested hottest exposures and is covered fronds and then spray the others with masses of bloom like single with an oil emulsion spray (there roses in many colors The plants are prepared sprays at any seed should be trimmed with the shears house) or fish oil soap one pound to early in the spring which will force two gallons of water A few hours them into growing stronger and after the treatment syringe the blooming more profusely than ever One thing should be remembered in fern with water and many other regard to alpines they should be starved If they are expected to flower In the dianthus family are sev'ekcA-- i eral members that look well In drifts of large clumps Dianthus alpinus is perhaps the loveliest Its large brilliant rose crimson flowers are carried on stems three to fouf inches high It blooms in June and occa- sionally repeats with a few flowers later in the summer The Cheddar pink D caesius is very compact in -- m lf one-fourt- one-four- th hard-shelle- sun-ros- CMAOIR Of The sun-ros- MdDMTDD Ji4' ferry's We are" again featuring the chair of the month and have chosen a fine reproduction of the Eighteenth Century barrel themjost-decoratichair which has been selected and useful design The height of this chair will help break the monotony in your room and can be used in pairs by the fireplace or in a grouping with a table and lamp Every woman will agree that this chair is built for comfort SEED First I like lots of flowers and with Ferry’s seed Ian grow plenty at very little cost Then I know what freshness man to germination and that purebred quality means I get what I plant And it’s so convenient so interesung so satisfactory to make my selection at the colorful Ferry Seed Duplays ve -- Qioose fresh Dinwoodey’s have made a special purchase of these chairs constructed to our own specifications All hardwood frames hair-fille- d and dovfm-filleseat cushions An array of covers in all of the new pastel colors Be sure to make your se- SEEDS PUREBRED at your nearby C fftealers SIND SOK yv Rp sail DARDINHIIPS ud D Flower Gttderw Old Fuhioncd Nnr D How to Have Beautiful town C Getting the Mom from Your Vegetable Garden Hmt ?7 ICT ts i r kUdposaurdetawpMW FUST 50UTH tfOR 80 rose-color- ed gray-leave- d Con- lection early venient terms may be arranged its growth making a cushion of gray green foliage from which in May spring the sweet smelling flowers It grows all the way from four to ten inches in height D deltoides the Malden Pink is a beautiful little prostrate plant with narrow leaves and bearing a profusion of small crimson flowers during June and July Forma Cozy Tufts The trailing gypsophlla or baby’s breath G cerastioides is' entirely different in appearance from the other gypsophilas It forms neat cozy tufts bearing a profusion of dainty white blooms Veronica Incgna a d plant with violet blue spikes is a most striking subject for midsummer bloom It looks well near the pink coral bells heuchera sangulnea which thrive anywhere In narrow pockets where a mossy little carpeter Is needed any of the thymes are useful These plants are low creeping perennials with fragrant foliage T serpyllum grows about ten inches high and may be secured with either White or red 44 Pm! Am Sm YEARS IMPROVING Fmosn SEEDS old age pension distributors and go on eating three meals a day under hi? own roof paying cash as he goes” Viewed from any angle success is not a fixed state but a widely relative one Success to many is based entirely on the degree of accomplishment in their chosen profession and often with complete disregard as to what they eat or where they sleep while to another success is power and an-- other wealth and luxury and so on through a long category that la never ended could If the youth shade his eyes from the glamor of his own youth and see in the future what the man “of 60 sees in retro spect and then profit by the vision individual success" would be the portion of all who are worthy but youth is denied this glimpse of tomorrow and often disregards the voice of experience believing that the yesterdays of the old man lack the vivid coloring that will characterize his own more venturesome pilgrimage through life But sixty comes so soon This short span of life is like the flicker of an eyelash in the plan of the universe and when you look back perhaps through a haze of poverty and disillusionment and exclaim that you are what you are through force of cir- cumstances over which you had no control wilVyour statement be honest? Will you be sure that when opp o r t u n i t y knocked at your door the din of jazz and gin did not drown the messenger’s call or are you even sure that when you were stalked by the circumstances that you claim played a dirge to your success you were not making 70 on the way to a roadhouse and had no time to even give the circumstance a fight? Are you sure that in the thoughtlessness of youth you did not squander when you should have saved and are you sure that if you thought at all abouf your future you did not end the momentary digression from affairs of the hour by shrugging your shoulders and exclaiming “Oh well the world owes me a living anyway so why worry let’s on with the dance”? The fact is the world doesn’t owe you a living at all unless you work hard for it and the living the world grudgingly gives a pauper is very meager indeed and you won’t like it so why not try digging in while you still have strength and courage with the determination always present that at 60 you Will have three a roof and friends to help you enjoy the fruits of and sacrifice the price you cheerfully paid as you battled your own way to an outstanding squares self-reSpe- ct self-deni- al success flowers The alpine aster grows about eight inches high and has single daisylike flowers in white lavender and rosy lavender shades during May and June ' Sktf UYvL CT |
