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THIS week is a good time to plant
those so-called "summer bulbs"
many of which are not bulbs at all,
which will give the flower-loving woman
a wealth of blossoms from the time when
the roses' first glory is passing, until the
frost warns us of the dying year.
I have met some ardent rose-growers
who seemed to think It a sort of treason
to give attention to any othw flower; but
while I think I share and understand
their love and loyalty to the Queen of
Flowers, It seems a good thing, quite
literally to "consider the lilies" as well.
Roses and lilies have always been poetic
ally linked. Don't plant a single rose the
loss the Rose City wants every one you
can possibly raise, but Just plant a lily
(or whatever else your choice may be)
the more, and enjoy both kinds of beauty.
Lilies of the Valley should be set at
once, and will grow and thrive in shady
places where other flowers will not do
well. There are many desolate corners
that could be utilized In this way. The
"pips" are hot expensive, and once start
ed, lilies of the valley may be trusted to
Increase and multiply and take, care of
themselves In a most obliging manner.
One lady tells me that about this season
she quite often takes up a clump of these
lilies and keeps them In a very cool place
(even in the refrigerator In hot weather)
ro as to delay their growth. Then later,
when their proper flowering period is long
past, she gives them their chance. They
grow and 'flower very rapidly; and she
has a pot of beautiful . blossoms for in
door use, or to give away.
It is a little late for planting the tall
lilies. They are best started in the Fall.
They are hardy here and can be left five
years .in the ground without Interference.
An exception to this Is the pure white
Kaster llly. which "runs out," and has
to be renewed yearly.-
The "Mount Hood Tily" (native of Ore
gon; white tinted with lilac), the Japan
lily (spotted white) and the Lillum Spe
closum (white, .red or spotted) are favor
ite kinds. The Tiger Mly Is best in gar
dens where flame color and scarlet pre
dominate. Gladioli "soldier flowers," a small
friend of mine calls them are very use
ful and decorative. They may be planted
between young rose bushes without harm
ing them; or among early flowering roses
that want to rest just about the time
that the Oladiolus spikes are bursting
Into bloom. One experienced grower has
AMATEUR VEGETABLE GARDENS
Special Hints About Certain Plants That Every Novice Should Know.
OE.of the most delightful points in
connection with amateur gardening
effort is the feeling of neighborliness
and good fellowship that It produces un
less of course your neighbor happens to
keep hens and there Is a hole in her
fence. The amateur gardener is usually
Willing not only to share the product of
her skill, but also to share the knowl
edge that secured the good results; and
that apparently without the mental re
serve that sometimes accompanies 'rfhe
Riving of a pet cooking recipe. Where
the donor tells you the Ingredients, but
al the same time somehow makes you
feci that It Is utterly Impossible for you
to achfove equality with her specially
talented efforts. Here I offer you a mixed
collection of valuable special hints "in
gardening lore accumulated from vari
ous kindly sources.
8oak beet seed In tepid water and let
Hand over night before sowing. Give
wood ashes. Sow thickly in rows. Thin
out when the plants are a few inches
high, leaving the strongest ones six inches
apart. Use the "tr1mmings, for greens.
Combine them with other greens if you
have not enough; for it takes a big pile
of leaves to make a satisfactory dish
ful when they are cooked. You can
transplant some of the thinnings If you
like.
Sow spinach every ten days for a suc
cession. It needs rich ground. Sow a
"Winter variety in the Fall. New Zea
land spinach Is good for hot, dry weather.
You will find that children who ordinarily
refuse greens will eat daintily cooked home
grown spinach.- In limited space it is a
good plan to raise just one crop of early
Hpinach and then use the ground for
later crops."
If you grow beans, don't cultivate them
when the soil is wet, and don't allow any
of the pods to ripen. Give string-beans
he warmest place and the poorest soil
In your garden, and plant them late
rather than early. Next year, plant your
root-crops where you had beans and peas
this year.
Plant potatoes where you want straw
berries next year. But don't try potatoes
If your garden Is less than 50 by SO feet.
Potatoes ought to have at least 25 by 25
feet; although I know of a woman "back
East" who plants In a very small garden
Just enough very early potatoes to give
her a few dishes of small new ones while
they are still rather high In price in the
market. Give your cabbage some lime.
IX cabbage worms attack them, try sur
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a very effective boundary hedge of roses
and . pink Gladioli. As cut flowers they
are very effective and last a long time,
for new blossoms open on the spikes as
the lower ones fade. In cutting, remem
ber that you must leave some of the
leaves on the plant to mature the bulb
for next season. Do -not cut the whole
thing off close to the ground as one In
experienced woman did. When the stalks
turn yellow, cut them off an inch from
the surface, dig up the bulbs, dry In a
cool place, store in a warm cellar and set
out again next spring. In planting,' it is
rounding the stem with, a sort of little
petticoat of tarred paper cut like this.
Dusting with one part prelthum
powder to five parts flour is also recom
mended. Set out late cabbages in July
in places where you have had lettuce,
radishes or early peas. In transplanting,
If the plants are long and spindling, you
may cut back the outer leaves a little,
but be careful not to Injure the center.
Plant on a cloudy day or set them out
In the evening, and next day give them
a shade of folded newspapers. Remember
that they need air as well as shade. One
woman shaded them altogether too close
ly and was very unhappy when she came
to look at them.
If the cabbage heads show a tendency
to burst before you gather them, break
them a little at the root.
Plant cauliflowers early or late in the
season, as they will not do well in the
hottest weather. "When the flower is
about four inches across, tie the leaves
loosely over it to protect it and keep It
white; but be careful not to do this when
the leaves are -damp, or you may . rot the
head.
Plant a few Brussels sprouts to eat in
the Fall. They can be used effectively
in Winter salads and are delicious served
in a variety of ways both hot and cold.
They are improved by a touch of frost.
Don't forget to shade . your lettuce in
hot weather if you want to keep it crisp
and tender.
Use a little radish seed to mark , and
break the ground for the slower-growing
carrots. You can cat up the radishes
before the carrots need the space. Keep
the carrots well weeded when 'they do
appear. A few radish or mustard seeds
may often be conveniently employed to
mark the rows of any slower germinating
vegetables so that early cultivation may
be given between the rows without fear
of disturbing the seeds.
Start peppers in boxes indoors. "Kuby
THE SUNDAY OREGOJiTAN. PORTLAND.
" lUCk h0rSeSh0e " UttIe Blrl thOU8llt
-''.- ' ' ft'lltHl1' ' I that if you are planning a six-foot bed of I should have woll-prepared soil, treated 1 t- ' "--j ' ' ' 1
well to set them two or three Inches deep
so that they get a good hold on the soil
and don't fall over. They should not be
less than eight inches apart.
In ordering Carinas, remember to state
what heights and colors you want. The
heights range from two feet' to seven
feet and you can get magnificent tropical
effects. Much disappointment comes to
the inexperienced woman who vaguely
orders ""two dozen mixed Cannas." Get
solid colors, and use the majgniflcent
foliage of the "Canna Musafolia" for
background. It may be useful to know
King" is "a good kind. Give the soil hen
manure if you can get it. Set them out
in May.
Try the Swiss Chard if you have never
done so.. . The leaves make good greens
and the thick mid-rib is cooked like as
paragus. Did -you ever try, for a change, celery
cooked and served like asparagus? Don't
try to raise celery if you are a novice.
For a quickly grown salad and effective
garnish use garden cress.
If you like good horse-radish give It
rich, moist soli.
Start cucumbers early Indoors and trans
plant in hills when the fourth leaf Is out
Give manure and wood ashes. You can
have a succession, by sowing at intervals
of 10 days. If you have only a few cu
cumbers and want to pickle them, keep a
crock of brine with a few horse-radish
leaves in it and add the little cucumbers
as they come on. Keep a weight and
board on top and cover with a cloth.
Later you can drain them from the brine,
just heat through (not boil) in special
vinegar and put up in bottles at your
convenience. Don't forget that cucum
bers are good cooked as well as raw.
Gather nasturtium seeds daily and drop
them into a bottle of vinegar to use later
for sauces or relish. You will have all
the more blossoms.
If you plant endive for Winter salads,
remember that the white kind is best for
table use.
Plant salsify (oyster plant) and par
snips for Winter use. Leaue both in the
ground until you need them. '
If you cannot grow all the varieties you
like in your own garden, make "a deal"
with a. like-minded neighbor. One can
grow early peas, the other late ones; one,
cabbage, the other cauliflower; one par
snips, the other salsify; and so on, to
mutual advantage.
In laying out a garden have it long
rather than square. Rows running north
and south are generally best. Don't have
rows running at right angles. Plant tall
crops at the north so as not to shade the
other things. -
Group your root crops together as far
as you can.
Give onions your best soil and thin them
evenly, by degrees, as you need the green
ones.
Use radishes, lettuce and spinach be
tween the wide rows of slower growing
things. l.
Remember that rhubarb needs all the
manure you can give it, and that the
roots should be divided every three years.
You can gain some time by starting
that if you are planning a six-foot bed of
Cannas you will need 18 plants. The
prices range from IS cents to. 60 cents
each. One of the largest new varieties
is the "King Humbert," five or six feet
high, with bronze foliage and .orange
scarlet flowers. The "Pennsylvania" . Is
another of the tall growing kinds and has
blossoms six inches across.
Dahlias nowadays are very different
tfrom the prim, quilled, old-maldlsh flow
ers that I feared rather than loved in
my childhood. They always seemed so
provokingly and reprovingly . tidy which
I was not, I am sorry to say. Then, too,
I had the proud responsibility of arrang
ing all the cut flowers about the house,
and It was almost impossible to fix up
those stiff dahlias in a way that did not
bring forth disrespectful fraternal com
ment about "colored cannon-balls."
The cactus and crysanthemum dahlias
of today are graceful and beautiful, and
are welcome for both house and garden.
The single dahlias, some . of which re
semble the cosmos, are also attractive,
but do not last quite so well. Dahlias
early corn indoors. Use paper pots, as
already described, cut them when planted
but don't disturb the plants.' Put manure
under each hill and set three good plants
in a hill. ,
The planting of some small fruits, rasp
berries, loganberries or currants . will
prove an excellent investment for any
garden. .
Finally consider these two aphorisms:
"Whatever is worth growing at all is
worth growing well."
"Show me a well-ordered garden and I
will show you a genial home."
LILLIAN E. TINGLE.
BROWN HAIR
THE FASHION
THE fashionable color for hair this
coming season is to be the pure sold
brown, beloved of youthful poets, writes
a "correspondent in Paris.
It Is always difficult to trace directly
back to the actual personage who starts
a new fashion; fashions very often seem
to start themselves. In the affair of gold
brown hair It is possible that we have
to thank two famous beauties one a true
Parisienne and the other a Parisienne
from New York City. Both these lovely
women have hair of delicious shade of
brown gold, absolutely and entirely nat
ural and difficult beyond words to imi
tate. On the other hand, it may well be
that some autocratic Parisian coiffeur
has, under the rose, given this new mode
a push forward. There is no color so
difficult to imitate as pure gold brown
and the attempt to imitate It is very
costly and elaborate business.
For the last two years the coiffeurs of
Paris have been complaining bitterly of
"bad times," etc.; they have found their
hands more or less idle since artificial
undulations began to go out of fashion
and coiffeurs are quite human.
Many things can be done at home by
amateur hands, but hair tinting, except
with henna, is not one of them. To
tint the hair with henna is a horribly
dirty piece of work, but it can be done at
home with the help of a clever maid
or obliging sister. On the other hand, it
Is impossible for an amateur to make her
hair gold brown otherwise than by the
use of peroxide, and peroxide can only be
used in small quantities and with the
greatest care, for it quickly gives a
glittering, unpleasant tone of color which
is clearly artificial by daylight.
Apropos the hair on the head of a
prettv woman the fashion In the matter
of hairdressing Is slowly but surely chang
ing the low natural looking headdress is
coming in again. We have for some
little time back been swaying in thla
direction; picture hats and dresses, have
dominated picture headdresses, and more
and more it has ceased to be correct to
dress the hair stiffly and in artificial
undulations, and every effort is made to
produce a natural effect
APRIL 21, 1907.
should have . well-prepared soil, treated
with well-rotted manure and stirred to
a considerable depth, so that there will
be' good drainage during excessive rain
and so that the roots may go down deep
after moisture during ' dry weather. .The
novice often makes the mistake 'of plant
ing the stem vertically with the eye up,
as shown In figure 1. This seems the
obvious way, but it gives extra trouble
to the roots when they begin to grow.
A sloping or horizontal position, as in
figure 2 is the proper way.
Dahlias and caladiums are often planted
with a slight depression round the root
so that abundance of water may be sup
plied during the Summer. Even more im
portant with Dahlias than watering is
thorough cultivation. The soil should be
thoroughly stirred around them while
they are growing. They need less deep
but still frequent stirring when they are
in, bloom. Never allow the soil surface
to become hard. Give soapsuds occa
sionally. ...
By removing all but the strongest
shoot, and pinching out the center of
LARGE FORTUNES FROM FEES
Lawyers and FhjsicianS AVho Became Rich Quickly One Fee of a Million Dollars.
A MILLION DOLLARS for a fee!
As much pay for a brief transac
tion as the owners of some of
America's largest industries are able to
make in a lifetime!
It is a well-to-do citizen in this country
whose total earnings through life reach
$50,000; what of fhe man who, in payment
for a single service, taking only a few
weeks or days, may collect as much
as 30 prosperous men earn in long lives
of toil?
That the day of the million-dollar fee
has come is shown by one bona fide and
another partially authenticated instance
recently disclosed. That James B. Dill,
of New York, received a cool million for
settling a steel corporation dispute has
been asserted as a fact; that "William
Nelson Cromwell made tl,000,000 or possi
bly 12,000,000 by negotiating the sale of the
Panama Canal is a sub rosa assertion.
One of the most difficult achievements
of the century was the selling of the
Panama Canal to the United States, and
, well-informed persons agree that even if
William Nelson Cromwell did get $1,000,
000 or J2.000.000 for it he earned it.
He even risked his life to make his
negotiations successful. One day while
the treaty was under discussion in Wash
ington it looked very much as if the
whole project would fall through. But
one man could save it.
Arose From Sickbed.
Where was Cromwell? Friends of the
canal found upon inquiring at his hotel
that he was In bed very ill with a tem
perature of 103. Yet upon learning of the
situation he arose, drove to Secretary
Hay's office, stayed "with him an hour,
then returned to the hotel and lay bat
tling with typhoid fever for six weeks.
But the canal was bought.
Before a Senate committee Mr. Crom
well admitted having received $200,000 and
said he expected more. How much? Only
the gossip of Wall street attempts to an
swer and this places the" total amount at
almost $2,000,000. The canal cost $40,000,000.
This is not Mr. Cromwell's first big fee.
For reorganizing . the firm of Decker.
Howell & Co. In 1831 he received from
the court $260,000. He is said to have got
a $100,000 fee on another occasion.
One of the deepest muddles In American
industrial history was the series of dis
putes between Andrew Carnegie and
Henry C. Frick over the transfer of the
properties merged in the United States
Steel Corporation.- There are those who
say that James B. Dill he has since be
come a Judge on the New Jersey bench
at a comparatively small salary was the
only man in the country who could have
untangled the mess; that the job was
worth the $1,000,000 he received.
The group of attorneys who secured
payment by the Government of the long
lieferred claims of the Cherokee Indians
ZZALMA
it, but a trap to catch the wily" earwig
that seems to nourish an unrequited
passion for dahlias. It is not safe to
leave the roots in the ground all winter.
They should be lifted and stored when
the first frost comes. - One Portland
some time ago. amounting to $15,000,000,
were allowed 15 per cent of the whole,
or nearly $750,000. Of this fee. It is said,
a great part went to one man or firm.
Broke Will for $800,000.
A fee of $800,000 is said to have been
paid to a New York lawyer, Wliliam D
Guthrie, for breaking the will of the late
Henry B. Plant, owner of a system of
steamships, railways and hotels. Of the
$24,000,000 estate the widow's share was
$8,000,000, and as this was tied up in trust
she engaged counsel 'to secure its release,
giving him 10 per cent of her share.
Another large attorney's fee recently
granted in a court decision at Seattle,
Wash., was that of United States Senator
S. H. Piles, who will get $450,000 In the
famous John . Sullivan will case. The
estate Is valued at $900,000 and two of the
heirs gave deeds of conveyance to their
tounsel for half the amount.
Modest In all things, the city of Milwau
kee. Wis., would, of course, be expected
to furnish examples of modest legal fees.
Witness these charges in the Schandein
will case,, recently closed; Frisbee & Red
field, attorneys for Mrs. Clara S. Heyl,
$107,000; Quarles, Spencer & Quarles. for
the proponents. $150,000; Winkler, Flan
ders. Bottum -& Faweett, for the con
testants. $60,000: A., W. Hard, guardian for
the Frank children, $20,000. and George P.
Miller, guardian for Erlck Heyl. $15,000.
For a single argument before the United
States Supreme Court Joseph H. Choate,
ex-Ambassador to Great Britain, once re
ceived $200,000. The effect of the argument
was the declaring unconstitutional of the
Income tax.
It has been stated repeatedly that At
torney D. M. Delmas was assured of a
$100,000 fee for his work in defending
Harry K. Thaw.
Big Foes of Doctors.
It is not alone the law that offers op
portunities for making tremendous sums
quickly. Medicine is a profession quite
as rich In possibilities. A Philadelphia
physician, the late Dr. William Pepper,'
It is understood, charged Robert Simpson
$1500 for an examination lasting about a
minute and Dr. S. Weir Mitchell Is said
to have been given a fee of $15,000 by one
patient.
When America learned that Dr. Adolph
Lorenz, of Vienna, received $59,000 for set
ting the hip... of little Lolita Armour, of
Chicago, and later pay for further atten
tion swelling his total fees to $78,000, there
was amazement, and yet this would not
create surprise in Europe, especially in
court circles.
When the present King Edward of Eng
land, then Prince of Wales, was seriously
HI years ago. Dr.- William Jenner pulled
him through and for his four weeks' at
tendance was paid $60,000. The physician
who attended the father of Emperor Will
iam of Germany In his last illness Dr. S.
Morrell Mackenzie rexenled a. hill Xar
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grower lost two-thirds of his plants last
year through overconfldence In Port
land's mild climate.
You will certainly be repaid If you
plant the beautiful Japan Iris, and now is
the time to do it. Moist soli is preferred,
but almost any except dry, gravelly soil
will do. It Is a little late for the Eng
lish and German Iris, but don't forget ti
secure some of these graceful flowers In
the Fall. The German iris will flourish
even in poor soil and without special
care. There is a beautiful Spanish Iris
with a delicious odor which is the par
ticular fad of one friend of mine, but
which I have never met outside her
garden.
Tuberoses will do well if planted now.
They are favorites with some people,
but their fragrance is oppressive, and
to my mind carries always a faint funeral
suggestion. If you plant them, see that
the tip of th bulb is Just level with the
soil.
Amaryllis will be good cither in open
ground or in pots as porch plants.
Caladium are useful In providing
the foliage relief and background
that is sometimes forgotten by the novice
who is striving for brilliant effects. The
bulbs should be stored in dry sand and
kept from year to year. These also make .
handsome' porch plants.
' The tigridias, or shell flowers, are easy
to grow,, and appeal to those who like
gorgeous and slightly bizarre effects. Cin
namon vine bulbs can be started this
week. They want rich- soil, but are
hardy and will increase in growth year
by year. Remove the vines when they
die down and cover with manure for the
winter. - -
The Japanese anemenone is not among
"Summer - bulbs," but I cannot resist
mentioning it. It is one of the cosiest
perennials for the beginner to grow and
ought to be more freely used. Its blos
soms are very graceful and abundant,
lasting from August until very late in the
Fall. It Is one of the most satisfactory
flowers for cutting, lending Itself to very
artistic arrangements . under skillful fin
gers. If you have never . tried it, get
one and plant It now.
LILIAN E. TINGLE. . .
$100,000, which was paid without a mur
mur. Professor Zacherine of Moscow, got
$76,000 for two days' attendance on the
father of the present Czar.
Dr. Thomas Dimsdale, for vaccinating
the Empress Catherine I at St. Peters
burg, got $60,000 and a pension of $2500
for life.
A bill for $190,000 was sent by Dr. Walter
C. Browning, of Philadelphia, to the es
tate of Senator C. L. Magee at Pittsburg.
It was brought out in evidence that Sena
tor Magee had once declared his intention
of giving Dr. Brown a fee of $1,000,000, and
had added: "I intend to beat Peter Wide
ner's record. Widener, you know, paid
his doctor $800,000."
Grateful Fathers Liberal.
A review of high voluntary fees seems
to show that a father whose child has
been saved by a physician Is especially
liberal. Gratitude of the Chicago father
to the Vienna "bloodless" surgeon was
eclipsed by that of Mr. Flagler, of New
York, who gave Dr. Shelton securities
worth $87,000 for curing his daughter. The
late Shah of Persia paid Dr. Galezowski,
of Paris, $25,000 for curing his son of an
affliction of the eye.
After the death of Marshal Field, the
Chicago merchant prince, his 'physician.
Dr. Frank Billings, filed in the Probate
Court a claim for. $25,000. a bill for seven .
days' service.
For 100 days' attendance upon 'the late.
William L. Rainey. a millionaire cork
manufacturer in Philadelphia, Dr. Samuel
T. Barnes made out a bill amounting to
$33,000. This charge of $330 a day can not
be noted as among the modest claims of
practitioners.
That payment of large fees may be ex
acted even when cures are not effected
was shown by the recent decision of a
French court in the case of George
Crocker, of California, against Dr. Doy
en. Mr. Crocker sought to recover a.
$20,000 fee which he paid in 1904 for having
his wife treated for cancer treatment
which he asserted was unsuccessful. Tne
court held that the Paris physician had
done his best to fulfill the contract and
that he was entitled to the $20,0u0 fee. .
Mock Bisque Soup.
Meat stock soups are a trifle heavy for
Spring. Here Is a Spring soup that Is
easy to prepare and because of the acids
In the tomatoes, most palatable when
Spring fever begins to be felt: One-half
can tomatoes, one and one-half table
spoons butter, one and one-half table
spoons flour, one quart milk, salt and
pepper. Stew and strain tomatoes; scald
milk in double boiler and thicken with
the flour and butter; season tomatoes
well and reheat. Take both, from the
fire and mix together.. If tomatoes are
acid add pinch of soda. If mixed on fire
sous is ant to curdle.
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