Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1948 — Page 23

ice

for drunks. I unk? It's like erupt and the + feet. Isn't it ithizers flading

. He knows he ne on another, mily? No one, loes! How can an't. hbors? She is ove and you een the people it wrong ones.

e it’s the mother to and confide rl to go wrong. your advice to r” who said the though I usuale

p in a situation s this %girl has. yerfect, but my pay for every= won as I could didn't get my d a fuss I was ed. mothers ‘like ause they're ale 0t a teen-ager m married and . I'll never fore who beat me, give her. That but when you th until you're and are still 3 a little tough,

S READER. » like hearing of experience. 1 to a motherriend who will . They exist, know,

h a boy, 20, a

‘e only known '

but was sure look that feollucky. We're but he is exA boy, just a e we were toled, I cried, he we made up

playing games be best to give 1 find I can't, n for we plan I won't marry t trust me, but n't-love him. CONFUSED. have his own

him trust you

He probably in you but t, .and you're urself. Quar- ¢ up, married, ey are single, pin.

) to them and orgetting this having any

ers and readn share your answer your n care of The aryland St

h Handy

ed toothbrush out soil from ps of sturdy

hands. Dip the | ck suds and

uds into soiled

Py wl hy 4 a |! 11 DN 9g Na . ; rvice 4 |) Ir { ho J y 1 / I» ft AS

i -

LJ SE a

ho .

Gardening—

By MARGUERITE SMITH IF YOU WANT your Christmas ! poinsettia to

yourself adopted by a stray kitten. A few neighborly chats over the back fence

may help, too. . At least, these are parts of the story of a big white poinsettia now blooming in Mrs, Jennie O'Brien's front window at 1338 W, 27th St. The tall plant started out a couple of years ago as a pencil-sized slip. The parent plant had been a gift to Mrs. O'Brien's neighbor, Mrs. Rachel Batts, down the street at 1346. That's where the

chat over the back fence comes =

in. Mrs. O'Brien always finds poinsettias easy to raise. So here are her pointers.

“I water it every day now,

while it’s blooming, to keep the soil rather moist all the time. As soon as it's through I'll put it in a dark cool place to slow it .up. Otherwise it would just bloom itself to death. “You can break off slips then just as you would from a geranfum and stick them in the ground around it or ‘in other pots, to root for new plants. In the spring my poinsettias go outdoors, sometimes. under a shrub where they get part sun. They don’t need much water during summer.” Though you wouldn't believe it to look at the plant, it once “had bugs.” “They were little flat things

yout could hardly see. When I.

got one off to examine it, it didn’t even seem to be alive,” says Mrs. O'Brien (giving an excellent description of what was undoubtedly scale, the pest that kills your ivies). Her treat“ment—"I took it back to: the

sink, washed it off thoroughly then. _ sprayed it with Black Leaf 40

with mild soap suds, from my moth spray bottle, so I could get at the undersides of the leaves.”

‘Same Kindness Works “On Plants, Kitten

The poinsettia undoubtedly likes its company in Mrs. O'Brien’s cool, but sunny plant window. Jts companions include a beet growing in water, the rich red leaves bright as a flower. A red splashed caladium adds more color and a smile. “It was so pretty all summer.” says Mrs. O'Brien sadly, “I brought it in to enjoy just a little longer before I put it Away to rest. And now, do you know, I can't get'it to stop growing!” The stray kitten? Oh, that's Skidley, a black and white

~~ youngster who keeps ‘an inter

SUNDAY, DEC. 26, 1048 ay

BACKYARD ADVENTURES

“THE WIND'S from ‘the east —it'll be a big one.” The parking -lot-man;- though -hedidn’t know it, was conjuring “white magic to ride in on’ the wind. And by the time

we'd driven home the wizard’s *

cloak was flung over our “whole yard. By morning the young pine,

Want the Gift , Polvesettia To to

. ested eye on the plants. “I didn't-want a cat at all,” says Mrs. O'Brien, “but he was such a scrawny little kitten I felt sorry for him. Now I think he’s going to be an awfully big cat when he’s grown.” Judging by the. size of his feet and his appetite as well as the buzz of his motor I think Mrs,.. O'Brien's got something there. And it could be that cats, neighbors and poinsettias, all thrive under pretty much the same treatment,

Best Ways to Treat Holiday Gift Plants

“Treat your Christmas gift plants just the way you do ple,” says Mrs. Dora Powell, whose flower shop is at 200 W. 21st St. “They don’t like drafts any better than you do. - Keep

them cool, but not by a window ,-

where cold air rushes in.” Mrs. Powell didn't exactly say that plants also suffer from cold feet, but she did suggest warming water to room temperature before you pour it on the poor things. Here are other pointers on the more popular gift plants for Christmas, 1949, /) Your cyclamen 1 practical ly purr if you give it the atmosphere of a cool Turkish bath. If you keep it too warm, it may fold up with atomic speed. One way to prolong its

bloom “if “you have the average

tropically heated home — put it overnight in a cool (not freezing) place. Set the pot up on pebbles

or wood blocks in a wide bowl or plate. Every morning pour boiling water into the bowl." The steam rises to surround the plant with te moist air it loves.

+e. TWO hours of morning sun,

moist, but not sodden wet soil, are good for it. The poinsettia,

too, likes

Mrs. Jennie O'Brien (and Skidley, the cat) « . » enjoy Mrs, O'Brien's white poinsettia.

moisture but don’t.overdo it. - Give it full sun, Most folks see"

red for poinsettias. But they come also in pink and variegated, as well as the white mentoned. : “Your Christmas Segal” may rot if you over water it. Keep it on the. dry side. Then the everblooming begonia will live up to its name. Mild sunshine, even a south window in winter, makes it happy. \ The - Jerusalem . cherry is practically a duck. Give it plenty of water. It's cousin to eggplant, potato and bittersweet, Just for fun, gather its “cherries” after Christmas, and sow the seed about February. Its pet hates are gas fumes and drafts.

Strawberry Grower Shares His Ideas In the mail—a note from Mrs. Arthur Remler, 1347 W. 35th St., who says her sunporch decorations “reminded a neighbor of Sweden when he was a small boy.” And a Christmas card from--Mr. and Mrs. Dawn Snyder, 1235 N. Alabama St. is a delightfully unusual booklet made up of colored sketches of Christmas flowers with the

legends that have grown up around them. : Also a nice helpful note from Harry Hart, 2447 8. Delaware St, who read the account of Mrs. James Bay's (2515 8. Randolph St.) strawberry problems “with interest.” He writes, “I've been doing a little experimenting for the last five years, with my small strawberry bed. I don’t set myself up as an expert but I believe this method is less trouble, cheaper and in the

. long run more productive than any I know of for backyard i

gardeners. “My berry patil is 8 by 17 feet, plants 12 inches apart. (18 inches would be better for poor soil.) For the last three years it has averaged around 40 . quarts each year,

“After the plants are through |

bearing I shear off old foliage, then cover ground between plants with about an inch of rotted manure with a little high phosphorus chemical fertilizer added. I hoe this in, keep weeds down and runners out for the rest of the summer, “Early in the fall I put a heavy mulch between plants, then ‘after two or three hard: frosts cover the wholé bed with four or five inches of clean straw. In spring I merely uncover the crown of the plants. This method has produced some of the finest strawberry plants I've ever seen. A bushel basket would barely cover some of the plants.”

ingness to share his good ideas.

expecting you fcoliege tham—

snes oll nnn

pad

usually soldier straight, was salaaming to the magician’s power. appeared even before we were up... Small fernlike prints under bird feeders. ditto marks leading up to a protected shrub. Later a foot

more serious tale than a

Dishing the Dirt on Gdrden Problems

~ Cabalistic writings Tiny

path by the fence told no

If you have a question on; gardening, send it to Marguerite] Smith; The Indianapolis Times, |: Indianapolis 9. give additional information from

your own gardening experience, let's have that, too.

Or, if you can

neighborly it that ended ina whirl of dog talked to her friends from across the street. - » » ENCHANTMENT turned the peak-roofed bird house “Thto a Hansel and Gretel witch's hut . . . the bird bath into a giant birthday cake on “a standard, with frosting to be found so. thick only at a fairy festival. =ne trees were no longer plain apple #nd cherry trees, but decked

plastic conjured up scientist's laboratory. “Not content with touching the eye, the magic affected ear as well. That. was surely" no radig, not even the choir from the little church nearby, that was singing Christmas carols when you stopped Quite still and listened. HUA must be that ‘a supers"

yaupersonic Achievement -had ag - pound. That might be the

original song of the angels. And you, you were merely —the tiny figure in"a living breathing - enchanted Christmas card.

y as our Sally |Q-—Maybe you can tell ‘me what

A~—The time when plants will bloom is. determined. by their].

Yor CRYIStHias by soe wiper 1

. fine print.) The small wax-leaf good Christmas

Rowers until

A—Ask at, any seed store or plant

to do with my begonia, writes

Mrs. R. O. Mason, Greencastle.)

I wanted it to bloom for Christmas. It seems very healthy, I use plant food in the water.

natural jblooming period as well as warmth and moisture. The nearer they.are to that natural [flowering period, the easier it fs to-hustle-them up. If this is a Christmas blooming . begonia| about all you can do is keep it] growing and healthy. Be sure the fertilizer is a high phosphorus type. (The formula is always on the original container, though often in very

begonias; bloomers; are often sulky about they're pot

d._ Your «pain but if it's growing well, .repotting now might spoil “bloom you could Have tater in the winter.

Tone can T get rooting”

| powder, asks a beginning gardener.

A—You can propagate barberries

Q—Will you please give me advice! plant may be Over-\.. om. growing houseplants, writes,

SAY IT WITH...

—for every occasion!

Now Is the Time to

Place Your Orders for exquisite . . .

NEW YEAR CORSAGES

. fragrant fresh-cut FLOWERS and decorative Blooming Plants!

‘% Deliveries

“counter ‘for these trade-named|

powders. Many seed catalogs

also list them. You might also

_ stimulant. Pour a wgak solution over your cutting bed.

Q—I would like to know how to get starts or young plants from Japanese barberry, writes Bernice Carr, Homer. I have five old bushes but they never seem to start any new plants.

from cuttings, or. from seed.

try "vinégar as a root forming)

mine.” No gas leaks. A—Too many cooks spoil the

plant, ong bit of advice at a time. The poor plant can't ad-

changes. too warm? thirst?

Is it dying from (They take a lot of water.) Or did you try to be good to it and follow inevitably mistaken procedure of repotting it the minute you got it home? You can raise

Late summer is a good time to! almost any plant under a whole

start cuttings. One local gard-

ener Simply Sticks thé trim=|"

mings from her barberries in the ground around them—they “invariably root! Use six to}

mass of unfavorable conditions “(Pve-got a thriving ivy right} over a radiator)—if you give it a Since 1" adjust itself Brady

“We have steam heat and’

‘houseplants! Try one kindof

just to too-many and too rapid Is your philodendron

the |

eight-inch cutting. Insert one-

half to two-thirds Tts Tength un- | “aerigroumnd. ~Or-to-start: some

from seed, you might gather the berries now, clean’off seed, | sow it right now with a good, covering of leaves (four to six! inches) over the seed bed until} spring.’ Or if ground is ? sow seed in sand, put box out-| doors, cover with leaves. |

Mrs, M. M. Lytle, 2006 N. Penn-|

FrSylvania St. I bave tried to}

make vines and other foliage _grow but to no avail.

T'vé tried everyone's advice. A]

philodendron just folds up foryj

me and the leaves begin to drop in two to three days after it's ————— .’ |

% Flowers Telegraphed

anywere . . .

e -fo any part of city|

| Beauty Salon Hours: 9:30 to 5

| RL 3507

Special! PERMANENT

Complete with Personalized Cutting and Styling

Choice of Machine or Machineless

LL 1701

MORRI

20 West Washington Street

}

“100%, Wool in g

Terrific Buys! Tremendous Savings! Store Wide!

"MAIN FLOOR BARGAINS

SKIRTS $2 > $3

Were $3.98 to $8.98

Gabardines, wools and crepes. Slim-line and flaring styles.

BLOUSES 2-93

Were $298 to $5. 98

Dressy, casual and tailored styles. Crepes, sheers.

SLIPS 53

Were $4.98

Lacy trims and tailored styles. Rayon crepes and satins in white, pink; blue and black.

Were $298

Plastic leathers, suedes, failles and broadcloths, Wide variety of styles,

‘Sweaters Hp 50

“Were $198 to 529 9%. |

tel colors. Classics nd nov.

LINGERIE

Special. Group

34 1, OF

Gowns, pajamas, slips, panties and girdles. Slight. ly mussed or counter: soiled.

Go Save

Casual and Classic

| COATS

Were $39.98 to $49.98

Warm, wonderful go-everywhere coats of 100%, wool. Popular new flare-back syle, belted and fitted types. Fashion-right colors. hock a an

Furred and Untrimmed

COATS

Were $49.98 to $69.98 |

Handsome all-wool coats . . . some lavish with fur . . . some splined classics +cat f— remarkable values. Junior, Misses' and Women's sizes,

: Fyrred and Untrimmed

From our—finest

Group includes zip-liners, classic styles and dressy coe Junior, Misses’ and Women's sizes.

MASH!

Winter Coats

* FOURTHFLOOR = |

On Sale Tomorrow! up to 3 and MORE

“29

Were $75 t0 $99

coat stocks. Beautiful 100%-wool fabrics including Gabardines. ts luxurious with glamorous

I. Tax Included on AN Press 1. Te

Sensational Reductions!

| ENTIRE STOCK of FUR COA

Marked Below Cost! 5 _ 3 Value-Packed Grou

Hore are glamorous Fur Coats &t rock-bottom prices . . . shed to below their achial

se “sought-s hr

seni morse

eg ete smbmescningyon iets tle eee

one is a terrific buy! Choose from a wide selection of the season's © ia : ¢ furs in lavish new styles. Take a year to pay. ~ yu Prices Include Federal Tax

Second Floor SAVINGS

. %8-°10-°12

Wer 3s. on to $35

Glittering sequin trims, rich satins ond

gabordines. Junior, misses’ ond women’s sizes.

MILLINERY .

ond brocades gay woolens end rm

: 119

Were $2.98 to $12.98

Sparkling new styles . . . gay new trims in en enciting array of lovely colon.

Third Floor SAVINGS

DRESSES : . . .....'%|

Were S109 to $14.98 : 1 Gay holiday dresses, smart classic styles in a wide choice of colon, fobries J

ond styles. SUITS . "= aw o ss v 29 i Were 34 fo $59.98 ou ote | gabovdines ond

mehlen bargoing. 100% wool menswear womteds.

_—-

satins,

HOLIDAY FORMALS .Y4-13-15 OFF

Gola gowns for’ Pow. Years partie. Toffetas, Moires, velvets, qropes, Entire Stock Not Included

ROBES & LOUNGING P. is 14-13-12 OFF.

Quilted robes, cozy shanilles, Howary towery crepes. and sating a husssriom Quited colo. :Stunning Pajame Ei

7 fa

USE CHARGE-BUDGET_LAYAWAY j 244 S 7 a