Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1889, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. UP THE METROPOLITAN ROAD. The Remarkable Growth in that Direc- tion. 4 CONTINUOUS CHAIN OF HANDSOME SETTLE- MENTS SPRINGING UP ALL ALONG THE LINE— THE DEVELOPMENTS AT ECKINGTON, BROOK- LAND, TERRA COTTA, ETC., ETC. The vast extent of the speculative operations in real estate in the suburban district north- west of the city has diverted public attention somewhat from the remarkable movement quietly going on to the north and northeast, especially up the line of the Metropolitan rail- road. This stretch of elevated rolling country, affording fine building sites, with abundant shade and excellent water, has long been a favorite region for those seeking healthful resi- dences within easy reach of the city; and the gradually improved facilities afforded by the railroad have been responded to by a rapidly accelerated growth all along the line. Of late this growth has assumed wonderful propor- tions, and, from appearances, the day is not far distant when there will be an almost con- tinuous chain of attractive settlements from Washington to the Point of Rocks. ECKINGTON. The first link in this chain is Eckington, where Mr. George Truesdell. with his electric railroad, his steam excavators and other appli- auces, is revolutionizing affairs in that hereto- fore quiet neighborhood, and is building up n important extension tothe city. The novel | plan adopted by Mr. Truesdell is doing its work well. Instead of persuading people to go out there and live and make improvements and be comfortable, he went ahead and made and is making the improvements so that those who purchase sites or residences will find the acces- wories of civilized life waiting for them. Those who have never been to Echington since the hand of man disturbed its primeval stillness a Year ago would not recognize it to-day. The old mansion, once the home of Joseph Gales.of the Nutwnal Intelligencer, is undisturbed, but it is about the only feature of the landscape that has not been changed. The electric road winds its way through the prop- erty until it almost connects with | the Baltimore and Ohio tracks. The | Glenwood spur passes between the Gales mansion and the Glenwood road. The hills | have huge pieces chopped out of them, and | their slopes and summits have been flattened to accommodate the houses to be built on| them. ‘The abundance of fine old shade trees | in this neighborhood lends attractiveness to the building sites. Material improvements | have beeu very heavy. More than 2.000 worth of residences have already gone up, to say nothing of the large buildings used by the Electric Road company. Three-quarters of a mile of asphalt have been laid in the streets, and before winter sets in there will be fully a mile and a half of it. As fast as the streets are graded the smooth surface will be put down. Of curbing, there have been three miles set. Five miles of sewer. ready for use, are in place, and five miles of water-pipe will be down in a little while; most of it is already underground. The streets are extended in exact ordance with the plan of the city, but the rule at Eck- ington provides that every house must be at back from the building line; ch front parking as ci this gives twice as m houses have. No building can be erected which will cost less than 000. Those want absolute quiet will prob- ably be able to get it for unalterable as the law of the Medes and Per- sians is the ukase which prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquors in Eckington, and equally severe is the regulation which says that ther shall be no mauafacturing establishments any- where within the limits of this addition to the city. The water supply is one of the strong points Of wie place. both in quantity and quality, One jone has a capacity of 15,000 gallons a yy. and when the contracts for driven wells have ali been filled Eckington’s water supply will be equal to a datly demand of about 270,000 A tine pump-house, fitted with | *X pump, throws 100 gallons @minute. The water will be piped into the houses and everybody will have more than pipe is being erected northwest corner of the d the pressure will be sufii- cient to throw @ large stream twenty feet higher than the roof of the highest house that will be erected in Eckington. ‘There will be but little if any necessity for the use of either coal-oil orcandles. Hlumina- tion—interior and exterior—will be by electric light. The subtle thud will be conveyed into each house aud run through a meter, just like gas. and its cost will be the same as that of gas in the city. Contracts have been made for neat iron poles which will be set, 150 feet apart, in the curb, and trom the top of each pole will depend a 25-candie-power incandescent light. The sewerage system is of the b and the work was done by the day and not by contract, About ten houses will be erected in Ecking- ton this season, six of them by Mr. Truesdell, the others by those who will live in them after they are built. ‘THE EXTENSIONS OF THE ELECTRIC ROAD— one to Glenwood Cemetery, the other to the Catholic university—will open up a great deal of what has heretofore been regarded as un- available property. The Glenwood branch switches off 3d street at T, goes west on T street to 2d. north on 2d to V. and west on V to the cemetery. The ath-s di home at treet extension to the Sol- atholic university isa mile and one-tenth from 4th and T streets, The contract calls for the completion of this road by July 1. but as the grading has not yet been completed it will probably be about July 15 before the cars are running. The wooden poles which have supported the running wires in Eckington have been replaced by iron poles of the latest and most ornamental char- acter, h as were erected a short time since on th ambridge division of the West- end road o! Boston. The university extension Will also have iron poles, so that the main line will be an iron-pole system throughout with heavy grooved rails the entire distance. The | drive from the city ade over cou- | crete, for Mr. Truesdell has concreted K street, from Lincoln avenue to the Brentwood road. The connecting aspbait link, trom Lincoln av- enue to Ist street west, will be forged by the Beale ueirs under an order of the courts. “This will give a streak of concrete from the Brent- wood road to Rock creek. Among those who own property at Ecki are the following: Dr. Byrne, U S.A. Mills, U. 8. A.; Prof. C. V. Riley, 8. W. ward, Ja Wainer, John H. Lane, Alden M. Lathrop. Dr. C. M. B. Harris, W.S. Chase, A. H. Woodall, Frederick H. Saunders, Thos.’ M. Walsh, Grenville Lewis, Jolin Rideout, D. Brit- well, L. N. Chappell, Mrs. Galt, and C. J. Ort- lep. BEYOND ECKINGTON, Immediately north of Eckington and near the line of the survey on the Catholic university eXtension is the old Sprague mansion. occupied by Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague: a beautiful home situated on a site superior in point of altitude | even to that of the Gales mansion, The prop- | erty has not been chopped up as yet, but the eat American subdivider expects, sooner or ter, to get in Lis work there. A large portion | of the land. expecially the high ground lying be- | tween Eckington and Brook's station, has been | purchased by real estate dealers. Of the t ‘To the east | ck 18 @ continuation of gradual! the slopes covered with gras | d by Leavy timber. It needs | to see these easy ascents dot- ¥ with comfortable homes, | are made ready for the market. nificent Washington. The railway has opened up & most attractive vista. Looking southward, in the foreground is the belt of verdure which connects Brookland and the city. Be- yond and confased in appearance is a mass of roofs and buildings. On the left and in the middle distance the classic dome of the capitol stands out clear cut against the summer sky and away to the southwest the great pyramidal shaft of Washington’s memorial rears its apex, and displays more than half its altitude above the would-be interven- ing tree-tops. Beycnd the little scrap of city which is to be seen is the gray and appar- ently motionless streak which divides Mary- land from Virginia, while stretching far away into the cloudiand are the misty blue hills o the state which boasts of her proud title—The mother of presidents.” Most of the houses will have ample shade, but the syndicates have gone so far as to plant shade trees along the edges of what will some day be sidewalks, The numbered streets will run precisely as they do in the city, and so will a the lettered ones, with this difference, that the alphabet being exhausted they will commence again and = run north. These northern streets will be readily distinguished from their city namesakes by the fact that A streetin Brookland may be Adams or any other such name as the Commissioners may decree. B street may be called Buchanan, and so on through the entire alphabet. There is but little more of Brookland to sell. The great majority of the lots are in the hands of those who will improve them. The growth of Brookland dates its com- mencement from the location of the Catholic university at that place, The university and the real estate will not, however, influence each other's prosperity to any perceptible extent. but it is certain that the erection of the big divinity building did much to call atten- tion to the eligibility of the building sites at Brookland. THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. That Brookland will, in the course of time, be thickly populated is almost certain, but there must be in its future, as in all other futures, an elementof doubt. There can be no doubt as to the future of that magnificent specimen of the art of architect and builder— the divinity building of the Catholic univer- sity. Approach from where you please. Look atitfrom any direction. View it as the first gray streaks of dawn are faintly visible; in the glare of the noonday sun; at eventide, it is always imposing. Five lofty stories high is the central portion of the great pile of George- town blue gneiss, and with the wings it has a total length of 226 feet. It is set on the upper edge of a long ridge. and it is the most promi- nent feature in the landscape, There is noth- ing gorgeous in its appearance. The cool blue tint of the stone is relieved only by the trim- mings of Ohio stone at the doors and windows. everywhere, but the building gains rather than loses in effect from this fact. Anything that would aid in removing the appearance of so- lidity, of massiveness. would be a positive de- traction, Seven other buildings, equally huge, will be constructed soon as possible, and when, by their erection, the university is com- plete, the aggregation of structures will be among the most striking in this or any other country. THE TERRA COTTA COUNTRY. Real estate between Brookland and Terra Cotta ceases to be active. It is valuable, though, but not for residence purposes, The soil is princiy including vast beds of terra cotta m: and out of that a large number of people make a satifactory live hood. Thousands more might do the same thing in this locality were the opportunity af- forded n. Dig ‘anywhere and there is clay. The supply is so enormous that sewer p stone-ware for the entire country could be mannfactured here for a generation without exhausting the great beds of merchantable earth, QUEENSTOWN AND TERRA COTTA. Queenstown depends entirely upon the peo- ple at Terra Cotta for its existence, and is really a part of the latter place. At Terra Cotta the manufacture of sewer-pipe and drain-tile flour- ishes, and, although there are but two firms in the business, they have a large and far-reach- sser-by on the railroad Terra Cotta appears to be constructed almost entirely sewer-pipe and other similar specimens of what man and machinery can do with clay, for on both sides of the road the brown cylinders are piled up mountains high. Of the two firms here the most ancient is ‘THE POTOMAC TERRA COTTA COMPANY, whose works are on the west side of the rail- road tracks. Here isa big building where the clay is ground and mixedand moistened;where it is moulded into all manner of tortuous shapes, and from whence it is conveyed to the kilrs to be baked. The company has ten kilns at Terra Cotta and four at Queenstown. The latter are not in use now, for the company’s property there—principally a brick-yard—was burned down in March . The capacity of the brick- yard was about 25.000 a day, and when everything down there has been rebuilt the output will be much greater than it ever was in the past. proofing was also made there and will be again after July 1. Three hundred acres is the extent of the company’s domain, It runs from north of ‘a Cotta down to Queenstown; part of the w: on both sides of the track.’ The regular output of sewer pipe at the Terra Cotta works 1s about 800 carloads per anunm, and it goes all over the country, The municipal authorities of Provi- dence, i. L, say they "t want any other kind of pip New Haven, Conn., takes some and the southern trade is large. In addition to sewer-pipe and tiles the company makes those terra cotta clectrie conduit-boxes, some of which have been iaid beneath the surface of Pennsylvania avenue, About fifty additional carloads have been ordered for use in this city during the present summer, experiment having shown conclusively that the baked dirt is the best, the only m terial out of which to make a satisfactory. lived conduit. The company employs about 100 men at the two places, nearly all’ of them laborers. The consumption of ‘coal averages fifty tons a week at the pipe factory, Hon. John Lynch, jr., (formerly Congress- ») is in charge of affairs for the company, in which he is a very heavy stock- holder. He located at Terra Cotta twenty years ago, when the brickworks were first erected there, and it is his boast that he, with s own hands, made the first sewer pipe ever burned in the District of Columbia. Business is continually increasing, and as soon as pos- sible the present factory will have added to it an extension 200 by 50 feet. New kilns will also be erected during the fall, On the east side of the railroad, a switch from which runs nearly up to the principal building is THE NATIONAL TERRA COTTA WORKS owned by Thomas Somerville & Sons, and op- erated under the supervision of Mr. W. H. merville. These works were established about a year and a half ago and are now grow- ing rapidly. At present there are two kilns muse, but ina couple of weeks two others, now being built, will be fully engaged, Twenty men are at work in the place and Mr. Somer- ville is especially proud of the fact that some of them are the most skilful operatives in the country. The ordinary amount of sewer pipe turned out each day is equal to 1,500 yards of 6-inch pipe. In addition to this, large quantities of drain-tile and terra cotta work ‘The main | building is modern in design and well adapted to the business for which it is used, but more room is needed and large additions and extra kilns will be erected before winter. The ma- chinery used is of the most powerful descrip- tion, similiar in most respects to that of the company across the way. The massive press BROOKLAND AND NEIGHBOKHOOD, Brookland, or Brook's station, a little more | than mile from Eckington. the next set- Wement, and here the growth is very vigorous, | Anyone who bas uot traveled over the old Bun- ker Hill road siuce 1888 would be more than | surprised if he drove out that way uow. The | harsh voice of the saw is to be heard | all the day long, while the song of the hammer sounds as though a myriad | of gigantic woodpeckers were engaged in tapping hollow trees from sunrise until eun- | down. “Houses are springing up rapidly. The | Material usea in one or two is hardiy heavy enough to withstand the force of a Kansas | clone. but the chauces are that it will never be | called upon to; so it is probably all right. | Brookland is not all one yet. There is a South | Brookland and there is a West Brookland, all | active. aud the promoters of each addition are | striving toexcel. The village site is one of the | asautest lmaginab! Commencing about | yards from the raflroad track, on the east | side. there is an ascent, sharp in some Places; then comes a little down grade and this is succeeded by an elevation. Rolling backward aud upward in this fashion the site | gives every lot-owner all the fresh air and scenery he can fairly ask for. Streets have been eut through in accordance with the plan of the city, so there will be no crowding. Everythin, is being done decently and in order, Sever: thousand feet of sidewalk have been laid and the | Becessity for such a protection is at once ap- parent to any pedestrian who tries after a smart shower of rain to walk through the sandy, clayey combination of soil which | prevails in the neighborhood. Those who will | own homes just where Brookland and South | Brookland join (two or three furlongs from the | railroad crossing) will have ample opportunity | to enjoy one of the prettiest bits of scenery to be found even in the beautiful suburbs of mag- | below this surface is a vast which squeezes out the pipe is, in Mr. Somer- ville’s establishment, one of the two largest in the country, it having a 44-inch inder. Its mate is in St. Louis. To aid the shaped clay in reaching that state where it can be placed in the kiln over 5,000 feet of 134-inch iron pipe is gridironed beneath the second floor, and through this pipe steam does the drying work. ‘The strips of flooring have spaces of fait es inch between each board, so as to allow the heat to ascend easily to the place where it is wan! branch of Mr. Somerville’s industry here is the excavation and sale of white building sand. The supply is almost unlimited. Above and beneath the sand, however, is the ever resent clay, of all qualities, varieties and hues. Callium clay, white, and ready for use in the manufacture of snowy porcelain, is not searce. Red clay, which is used for drain tile, is plentiful, but there is more of the blue clay than of all others combined. The Somervilles have 25 acres of land at Terra Cotta, and they are working the upper stratum of blue clay off for use in making sewer pipe. Fifteen feet ved ‘St feet deep! blue clay 45 ‘The only serious disadvantage under which the factories labor is the distance which sepa- rates them from their water supply, some of the precious fluid having to be pumped a dis- tance of 700 feet. A few rods beyond the little wooden shed which, when the wind is willing, artially shel- ters waiting passengers at Terra Cotta, is HISER’S POTTERY, one of the three establishments of the kind in the District. Twenty years ago Paul Hiser started a pottery on Wiltberger street, and thirteen years later the factory was removed to its present location. Now it is styled Paul Hiser, jr., & Bro. They started out with but four employes; now they have twelve, with Ornamentation is apparently at a discount | pe and | { | have been living in this cit lots of work for every one of them. They do avery extensive business in stoneware of all descriptions. All their goods are sold in the District. They make anything in stoneware from the harmless flower-pot, through the in- nocuous grades of milk pans and preservinj jars, to those suspicious-looking jugs whic! only need a corn-cob aoe to be refused ad- mission to the precincts of Washington Grove. In the factory there were but few potters at work when a Star reporter called. The ma- jority of them had gone into the city to invest their recently-received wages in somebody’ savings bank. A deft-fingered son of Connec- ticut toiled away at his wheel and evolved two- gallon preserving jars out of 13-pound lumps of clay with an pcencacy and speed which was hardly short of marvelous. Outside a decor- ator was at work upon a lot of ware, and as fast | as his skilfully-wielded brush completed its work on the numerous pieces the crocks and pans and jugs and jars were piled into a kiln and made ready for the final and fiery ordeal. A simple-looking piece of machinery was a ress for making flower pots, and when work- ing at top speed it can turn out 8,000 3-inch pots a day, LAMONDS. From Hiser’s up to Lamond’s, a distance of about 134 miles, the country is in the undis- puted possession of agriculturists and dogs, the latter noisy and in many instances ferocious. Passengers an the trains are safe from them, but he who walks the track alone will do well to fill his pockets with rocks. Afew of the city folks board at Stotts, about midway be- tween the two points. When Angus Lamond struck the place which now bears his name—back in 1876—it was by no means as attractive as it is to-day. The land, which 18 clear and grassy, was then covered with a heavy growth of forest. Neighbors were extremely scarce, and the nearest of them was acouple of miles distant. As soon as he could erect the necessary buildings Mr. La- mond commenced to make sewer-pipe and drain-tile, and he has continued to do so ever since, successfully in every point of view. Three kilns are kept “busy all the time, and they turn out about four car loads of pipe every week. In addition to the manu- facture of pipe and tile Mr. Lamond doex a good deal of really artistic work, some of his large vases and similar decorative material being bot& pleasing in design and thoroughly finished, All of bis wares find a ready sale in the city, and asa rule he, like his competitors down the road, is unable to keep up with his orders, A TERRA COTTA HOUSE. Adecided novelty is the building in which the fuel isstored. It is made of hollow blocks of terra cotta, 9 inches square and about 1 foot in length. The blocks are perforated and when set in place the perforations are perpendicular so that crushing by weight is rendered impos- sible. The building is very attractive in its appearance, und it looks as though the shrewd Scotchman had made a modern application of an aged invention which renders the thing practicable for the first time. In the near future Lamonds will undoubtedly be subdivided, but the time is not vet. Mr. Lamond is in no hurry to have his pretty place cut up. He has waited for thirteen years, he says, and he can afford to wait a little while longer. From the elevation on which his house sits there is a fine view of the surround- ing country. Brightwood seems to be but a few steps away to the west. The Washington monument is visible over the hilltops to the southwest, and the Soldiers’ Home building is a prominent feature in a landscape which ends | just where the smoky-looking hulls of Virginia lend with the sky, There will shortly be a subdivision just south of Lamond’s. The tract contains 45 ‘acres and isthe property of Mr. Hagan, whose home is uponit. What will be its distinctive title and who will have charge of it are, as yet, matters for conjecture. The surveyors have not yet commenced their work, —— REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. Some Expert Viewsin Regard to House Rents. HANDSOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE CITY—THE Mc- KENDREE CHURCH ENLARGEMENT—ADDING TO THE PACIFIC BUILDING—SOME NEW HOUSES, “Are house rents coming down?” is a ques- tion that is frequently heard in real estate offices, There are alarge number of people who have a very lively interest in this matter. Their yearly incomes grow smaller or larger when rents go up or down and naturally they are concerned in noting the indications of the rental market. While this is not the season of the year for renting houses, yet attention has been called tu the matter by the activity in building and the additions being made con- stantly tothe resident capacity of the city. People conclude that as so many new houses are coming into the market that the supply is likely to bear sucha relation to the demand that rents will be affected. For this reason there are a good many inquiries being made just now, as has been stated, of those likely to now as to the prospects in this direction, A Sra reporter has put this question to a number of men who are engaged in building houses or have charge of the business of rent- Their answers may be found below: The tendency,” observed Mr, Washington anenhower, who builds a good many houses, “is toward lower rents. In my opinion, we are building too rapidly just now unless the population of the city continues to increase in proportion. T think that house-rents will be ower. Money is being loaned at cheaper rates, Five per cent is now almost the universal rate, although loans for £5,000 and less must be well secured in order to obtain that rate. This de- crease in the rate of interest enables people to build abeapey and, of course, rents will be cheaper. I don't look for any radical change but there will be a gradual lowering in rentals, and I think that it will have a good effect. In my opinion, property ean stand it.” Another extensive builder is Mr. Diller B. Groff. He does not reut his houses, but sells them, “Idon’t think that building is being overdone in this city. Ihave frequently heard that statement made during the years that I Since we have I have never pason is plain, begun to be a city, however, known this to be the case. The population of the city is growing all the time. If the city was standing still, that would be an entirely different thing. Then there would be no question of over-building, as building operations would practically come to astand still, A great deal of the building in this city as well as in others is due to the desire to invest money. If the prospect of a favorable investment is Wanting then the building is i ed, As to rents I think they are regulated entirely by the condition of the market. Some times a higher rent can be obtained than at other times. Mr. Charles A, McEuen, the real estate broker, thought that rents would be cheaper, because money is cheaper. He said that the scale of rents now prevailing could be reduced without injuring the prospects of property. The high rentals in the tral portion of the city would have a tendency, he thought. to push population out toward the boundaries of the city. “People,” he added, “have hesitated about going into the eastern part of the city to live, but they are getting over that now. The low price of ground enables houses to be built at a smaller outlay, and hence rents are cheap. The activity in building now noticed in East Washington shows that there is a steady in- crease of the population in that section.” Mr. Geo, W. F. Swartzell, of the firm of B. H. Warner & Co,, who is in charge of the rent de- I think that rents are coming ‘There will not. be any great reduction, I think, as the present margin of profit is not large enough to admit of it. One effect of this movement will oblige owners to keep their houses in good repair, The large number of new houses that are being built in all parts of the city has the effect of emptying the older houses unless they are maintained in good con- dition, ‘The placing of the new houses on the market is the main cause for the reduction in the rents, as it brings the supply of houses more nearly upto the demand. ‘The large houses, or those at large rentals, will be more affected than the smaller houses, as the latter require a larger margin of profit. Small property is al- ways more troublesome to manage than large property. ‘The rate of interest is less than it Peed to be, and that, of course, has the effect of bringing the scale of rents down.” cis F. Schgeider, who is an extensive builder, said that he had no trouble in renting his houses. ‘If there is a decline in rents,” he said, “I have not noticed it. My houses are all in the northwest section and t have no ficulty in keeping them rented at the rates ked, If the rents were advanced to an un- reasonable figure the situation might be differ- ent. There seems tobe a good demand for houses, As far as Iam concerned I anticipate no falling off in the rentals and see no reason why there should be any reduction. Consider- ing the kind of houses built here under our building regulations and the improvements of the latest and most approved kind, which le expect to find in a house, I don’t think SY pote ay city can be regarded as high.” . MICHIGAN AVENUE. One of the most important street improve- ments now being made by the District govern- ment is the grading of Michigan avenue. This isa new avenue, which starts from the junction of the Bunker Hill road with Lincoln avenue, and, running west, follows the south- ern boundary line of the Soldiers’ Home grounds, The western terminus of this new * | driveway will be at the new aqueduct, which skirted by a broad road. Michigan avenue will | be 120 feet wide, and, owing to its proximity | to the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home and the beauty of the surrounding country, will be one | of the most attractive drives in this vicinity of the city. The ground for the en- tire length was donated to the city by the Glenwood Cemetery company and a client of A. L. Barber & Co, e extension of 4th street east, which is now being done by the District authorities, will terminate at the new Catholic university grounds, which is the eastern end of Michigan avenue. First street } also being extended, and its northern | limit will be at Michigan avenue. As the latter | is along the line of the Soldiers’ Home property it will be the northern terminus of all the streets of the city in that locality when they | are extended. The Beale properties and other | tracts of land on the northern bounds of the city, between Lincoln avenue and Le Droit park, will, before long, be subdivided in ac- cordance with the plan of the city. The open- ing up of this section of the suburbs to settie- ment is regarded as an important step in the development of the city. IMPROVING THE SHARON ESTATE PROPERTY. The executors of the estate of the late ex- Senator Sharon have begun the erection of a row of small houses on the north side of P street, between 2ist and 22d streets. The round, which was some distance above the | level of the street, has been graded down. It is not the intention to improve the entire frontage at this time, but the architect, Bruce Price, of New York, has prepared designs for quite a number of houses to be erected in this locality. It is probable that the entire plan of improvements will be carried out at an early date. The builder is W. P. Lipscomb, A HANDSOME IMPROVEMENT. Mrs. Wylie, the wife of Judge Andrew Wylie, prefers her home on Thomas circle to any other in the city, So the sile of this property to Chief Justice Fuller will not be consummated. The Chief Justice is now engaged in looking for asuitable residence. As has been stated in Tae Srar recently, Judge Wylie has purchased the residence at the southeast corner of 15th and K streets, which was formerly owned by Mr. John B. Alley. He has also purchased the | adjoining house, fronting on 15th street, and the architect, Mr. T. F. Schneider, is preparing plans for improving the entire property. The corner house will be extended b: to the alley, making the entire frontage on K street 100 feet. ‘The entrance will be from this street through a massive arch supported on stone pillars, and approached by a circular driveway. The old fronts of the two houses on 15th street will be with carving and stone colonnades, be a high tiled roof and a circular tower on the jcorner, and two other circular projections at | the extreme ends of the building. The K- street front will be of stone, and will be one o! the largest private residence fronts in the city. ‘Yhe architect in making this design has treate both houses as one large building. When com- pleted this new improvement will add much to the appearance of that handsome section of the city. REMODELLING A CHURCH EDIFICE. Plans for the improvement of the edifice of the McKendree M. E. church are now being considered by the congregation. The archi- tect, Mr. T. F. Schneider, has prepared two plans, By one plan stone will be the material used inthe reconstruction of the front, while the other plan proposes the use of brick. The congregation have not determined which they will accept. but it is the intention to modernize and improve the exterior of their church edi- fice. As the parsonage adjoins the church the architect's plan includes that building in the design, and its architecture will harmonize with that of the reconstructed church building. PRETTY SUBURBAN HOMES, Two pretty suburban cottages are being erected on Binney street, near 14th street, by Mr. William Harper, The architect, W. Bruce Gray, has used wood exclusively as a building material, and has introduced a number of odd and pleasing variations in the design which makes both the houses very effective speci mens of architecture, Frame houses built on dry-goods-box patterns have not been ears in the suburbs, as the cluster of cottages and villas on Lanier Heights, Washington Heights and in other sections of the suburbs very pleasingly demonstrates, ENLARGING THE PACIFIC IBUILDING. The Pac building on F street, between 6th and 7th streets, which was built several years ago for office purposes, is now found to be too small. Plans are being prepared by Mr. T. F. Schneider for an addition in the rear, which will be six stories high, Although the present building is very deep, yet there is still room in the rear which Mr. utilize. When the new portion is completed the office facilities of the building will be greatly enlarged, THE ACTIVITY IN BUILDING, The records of the office of the building in- spector show that from the Ist of February up to date permits for the erection of 961 houses have been issued. During the same period last year permits for 750 houses were allowed. These figures inciude all kinds of houses, both great and small, and they show that 211 new houses have been built in this city during the present season more than during the cor- responding period of last year. SOME SMALL HOUSES, Trumble & Gibson, builders, have just com- pleted two houses on 6th street, between B and Massachusetts avenue northeast, for Mr. Wm. B. Marche, which are complete small houses, They are two stories high, with basement and bay windows. Each house is 17 feet front and 30 feet deep, The fronts are of press brick, relieved with fancy and molded bricks, and trimmed with Ohio nd-stone, 18 seven rooms and bath, hot and cold water, iking tubes, and ele They are ined in oak throughout, One of the hous 6 been sold to Mr. Goodwin D. worth. Mr. Edward Woltz is the architect, Joseph Forrest has purchased of Jno. FP. Waggaman, for 4.858, a frontage of 136 feet on 4th st ast, near F, wh he proposes tat an early day a block of eight at- tractive dwellings, TWO NEW RESIDENCES, Ahandsome residence is built at the south- east corner of 16th street and Pierce place. It will be three stories high, and the front will be built mainly of brick, with stone trimmings, At the corner there will be a rounded projec tion, which will terminate above the roof with a tower. The main entrance is marked by a deep brick arch resting upon stone pillars, There will be a bay window in Pierce place and arounded projection at the rear of the house. Messrs, Pitney & Bradford are building the house. Mr. T. W. Grime: 8 is having a house built for his own use on De Sales street, just east of Con- necticut avenue. It will be three stories high, andthe bay window will be finished at the third story with a balcony. The house has a frontage of 27 feet, and the interior arrange- ment is spacious and convenient, ——_——._ ‘Washington Produce Market. There is little difference from last report. Fancy creamery butter is down, and buyers in taking advantage pass over the lower grades, Fancy creamery, 18421; choice dairy packed Virginia and Maryland. 12a14; store packed, 10, with few buyers; eggs doing better, 16; spring chickens, large, 20421; small, 17a18; old fowls, 10. Hay and straw market’ overstocked and low. Grain and flour dull, and going lower. Cattle market fully quoted elsewhere, ee The Columbia Democratic Club. The Columbia democratic club at a meeting last night elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Lawrence Gardiner; first vice-president, A. St. Clair Denver; second vice-president, C. W. Bennett; secretary, E. W. Anderson; corresponding secretary, R. W. Fen- wick; financial secretary, Frank S. Parks; treas- urer, Julius Hugle; sergeant-at-arms, J. W. Harkness. —_.—_ Independent Order Mechanics. Columbia lodge, No. 1, held an interesting meeting Tuesday evening. The following nem- bers were present: B. Olive, R. P. Beatty, G W. Berry, M. W. Plager, J. A. Flather, Theo. Tiverney, W. M. Ashley, J.S. Layman, Otto Schleuter, P. Hahn, J. H. Sisson, E. Troth, W. L, Courtney, H. E. Weaver, B, R. Mortimer, W. Palmer. D. G. Eichelberger, R. E. Durrah, A. C. Winston and E, H. Tompkins; also J. Glasel, of Friendship lodge, No. 7. . Christensen, who was injured at the B. and O. depot, as stated in Tue Stak last Saturday, was reported to the lodge as being seriously hurt. Bro. E, P. Pollard was re well, J. H, Webush was initiated and G. J. Roach elected. The committee on by-laws and excursion re- ported that the by-laws and tickets for the ex- cursion would be at the lodge-room for distri- bution next Tuesday evening. The ice cream supper will take place at the next meeting. ——.__ Trrovor StErrixa Cans To St. Lovin. Sepecmes, Saturday, June 1, the Baltimore and Ohio rai d will place a Pullman buffet slee hed on their “vestibuled limited,” Tonvir at 3 p.m., running through to Bt. jis without c! . This, bos nfs 3 with the express, leaving at 11:15 p.m., give adouble iy service of through Pullinan sleep ing cars between Washington andst. Louis, replaced with handsome stone fronts, enriched | There will | ritton proposes to | h_ house | | interesting. THE CARROLL INSTITUTE. A Sketch of this Large and Prosperous Association. WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DURING ITS SIX- TEEN YEARS OF EXISTENCE+A FREE NIGHT- SCHOOL FOR POOR BOYS AND YOUNG MEN—ITS PRESENT HANDSOME HOME. An association which has done a great deal of good in the community in a quiet way, and Yet of which comparatively little is known, ex- cept among those who are familiar with its ob- jects and its workings, is the Carroll Institute. The splendid reception which the institute gave to Bishop Keane, the rector of the new Catholic university last week brought it promi- nently before the public and a brief sketch of its history will prove of interest at this time. Its origin dates back to September 7, 1873, when a meeting was held in Carroll Hail of members of the Young Catholic’s Friends society and others who were interested in the formation of a literary society to be composed of Catholic young men, for their mutual enter- tainment and improvement. Among those who Rarticipated in this preliminary meeting were lessrs. J. Carroll Brent, John’ Bingham. E: mond Mallett. James Lackey, Thos, J. Myers, Daniel McMahon, D. L. Murphy, George Bogus, and W. J. Quinn, and it wes to organize the “Carroll literary association” for the purposes “of mutual improvement and social inte course, the dissemination of Catholic literature and the furtherance of Christian education.” A week later a constitution was adopted aud officers elected, Mr. Daniel McMahon being chosen president and Mr. D. I. Murphy secre- tary. Stated weekly meetings were held, at which essays were read and other literary exer- cises, including debates upon selected subjects, were indulged in for a couple of months, when Rey. Father Walter, who had taken a deep interest in the new associatien, tendered to it the use of the three-story building on G street, next to Carroll hall, THIS GENEROUS OFFER afforded an opportunity to enlarge the useful- ness of the society by opening up additional ways in which to carry out the objects of its formation, and on the 30th of October a new constitution was adopted and the name of the society was changed to that of ‘The Carroll Institate, The institute at once moved into its new quarters, which were fitted up with library. reading and chess rooms, and later a school room was added. A nucleus of a library was formed by the donation of the library of the | St. Vincent de Paul society, and a gift of about 700 volumes by the Masi family, A FREE NIGHT SCHOOL, for boys and young men, whose duties would not permit them to study during the day time, was organized, which has been one of the dis- tinguishing features of the society ever since. Hundreds of young men now successfully en- gaged in professioual and mercantile pnrsuits owe the foundation of their education to the Carroll institute night school, While it was originally intended to teach only reading, writing and the rudiments of mathematics, the desire for knowledge on the part of the pupil has compelled the enlargement of. this educa- tional scheme, and French and have been for several yeurs taught to those who desired to acquire a knowledge of these languages. Tuition at this night schocl is absolutely free, DISSEMINATING LITERATURE TO SOLDIERS. Another good work performed by the insti- tute has been the dissemination of literature to the Catholic soldiers and sailors wherever sta- tioned. This was commenced in 1877, and papers and periodicals were mailed regularly to every army post throughout the country and to such naval stations as were within easy reach, At that time there were no_post libraries, and the soldiers had to depend for their reading upon the kindness of their personal friends or the philanthropy of organizations similar to the Carroll institute. Thousandsof papers and periodicals were yearly sent to these army posts, and in that way the name of the Carroll institute became known from Maine to Califor- nia and from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, ITS NEW BUILDING, The institute continued to prosper, and in 1884 it was found that it needed more commo- dious quarters than those which it occupied on G street. Besides, it felt itself then in a posi- tion to seek a home which should be its own. A committee was appointed, and it was finally decided to purchase the building No. 602 F street. This had been used as a public school, and was somewhat out of repair, but it had a good frontage, was eligibly located and was considered desirable as an investment. One of the prominent members said in speaking of this purchase: “We bought the building when we didn’t have a dollar, but we raised $3,000 by subscription in thirty days to make the first payment.” The ease and celerity with which this amount was raised showed the confidence of the friends of the institute in its stability and in the wisdom of its management.” Many repairs and improvements were made upon the building to render it equal to the needs of the society, but nowit is as well equipped as the home of any similar association, The cost of the building to the institute was $15,000, to which must be added some hundreds for repairs, but the value of its p enhanced that it is easily worth #25 Toaid the building fund a fair was held | under the auspices of the institute in 1885, which was very successful, realizing something near $8,000. THE “CARROLL INSTITUTE GAZETTE.” A feature of the history of the society has been the Carroll Institute Gazette, a paper which was originally prepared for reading at the meetings of the institution, but which devel- oped into a publication that was exceedingly The late Francis McNerhany was for man ars the editor of the Gaztfe, and with him was a corps of bright young men’ who wrote well and made the reading ¢ ns of the paper attractive, During the fair the Ga- zetle was issued daily in eight-page form and wasa highly-creditable publication, THE LIBRARY OF THE INSTITUTE now numbers some 3,000 volumes, but it is one of the most valuable collections of Catholic books in the country excepting, of course, those in the theological schools and Episcopal libra- ries in the older bishopries. It is particularly rich in catechetical and controversial works,re- ligious biographies. histories of the church in the United States, the writings of the fathers of the church, and general ecclesiastical history, Besides this class of books it has a large array of works covering every department of histor) science, travel, and also the best of the lighte literature and modern fiction. During the in- cumbency of Mr. M. W. Saxton as librarian a neat catalogue of the library was published. THE INSTITUTION IS CLOSELY IDENTIFIED with the Catholic Yor Men's National union and annually sends delegates to the convention of that body, When the union met in this city the institute was the host of the delegates and entertained them very handsomely, It has done a great deal of charity in a quiet and un- ostentatious way, and its members seem to be thoroughly imbued withthe spirit of the motto, which is the guiding principle of the associa- tion, It has attimes borne upon its list of ofticers the archbishop of this diocese as hon- orary president, and others who have filled the chair since Mr. Jefferson, alluded to above, are J. Howard Bushuell, John T. Fallon, D. L Murphy, E. W. Sturdy and E. J. Hannan. Its resent officers are as follow President, eury W. Sohon; tirst vice-president, Thos, J. Sullivai second vice-president, George Bogus; ‘secretary, Richard J. ‘Donnelly; treasurer, Edward Voigt; librarian, Na- thaniel TT. Taylor; editor, Matt B, Johnston; associate members of the board of directors, Ed, J. Hannan, D. L Murphy. F. B. Clarkson, J. L. Burkhart and RB. E. White. At present its active membership is about 200, and some library members, a small nomber being ladies. Its roll of ee num- bers tifty including ex-officio the archbishop of Baltimore and the clergy of the District, The present handsome home of the institute shows what can be accomplished by earnest endeavor and united action, and there is every promise that the future prosperity of the society will be even greater than the successful career which it has enjoyed during the sixteen years of its useful existence. ee Robert Ferris was instantly killed and three men fatally wounded by the explosion of a boiler in a saw mill at Crophead, Ark., yester- day afternoon. What to Read and When to Read it. it {Mictions grimly lead ‘To nerveless discomposure; ‘Then is the time you ought to read Our hope-reviving brochure. ‘This brochure contains 200 and is free to you. It is filled with such ments as the following: > Dns. STARKEY "ALEN:—“Since using your . nm my health is simply ect.” F.H. EMERY, Gorham, Me. DRs. STaK- pis pment — ee a of his ts owes, Yygen Freatment”” ‘Miss H. A. THoMasson, hi Ark. Drs. Starkey & Palen’s office records show over 45,000 cases in which their Compound Oxygen Treatment has been used in their and invalids tly. ‘Their oe of by ee be for- Brake & Pauas, No. 1500 Arch sttect Philader D. C.. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1889—TWELVE PAGES. PPP. A L PoP AA L ee aah f, Sas5 aA 3 FRE a FE a3 3 ‘Jad ERE S33 AOL ERE - - ‘i, Stk OE 719 BARGAINS IN 719 AAA L E = wa A 4 a mes S BEMSTITCHED FLOUNCINGS aT BBI A uu MMs; ™ 385 aND Rg +: AA ct co WAM bad Pe as 8 5 Bae 3 BLACK DRAPERY NETS. BBB aa A) tutti WE 8x58 ‘ POPULAR SHOPPING PLACE WE HAVE NOW IN STOCK AN ELEGANT ESTABLISHED 23 YEARS) ASSORTMENT OF THESE VERY pps! BLE GOODS, WHICH CANNOT BE EX. ‘The store wil! be more lively than usual this CELLED IN STYLE AND FINISH PkKICES coming week. The sale will be a memorable one, @: the cuts have been deep, some guing straight to and, in many instances, into the cost. To mention all departments and to do each Justice in a column is an impossibility. We name a few only. ‘Those we do mention will need all your atten- tion. ‘75c. Summer Ventilating Corset, 69c. a pair. 5 Cases of Mackinaw Sailor Hats, feather weight, black and white. These are worth every mill of 45c. It would be of no interest to you how wesot them; they're herefor you at 23c. each, A line of Ladies’ ¢2 Flannel Blouses, laced front, cuffs on sleeves, nicely made, pink and blue striped, $1.49 each. 75 Challe Dress Patterns of 15 yards each. ‘The designs are large or small. Cream grounds, exact duplicates of the finest goods, Can't tell them apart. Worth Sc.a yard. Special, 15 yards for 75c. These four itefs are merety to give you an ink- ling of what is in the rest of the column; just as large bargains, some even more extraordinary. You can’t afford to miss reading a line, FOR THE MEN. Not one-eighth mentioned. A window full of Others; see that, then come in the store, we'll surprise you. 25c. full-rerular Half Hose, Plain colors or Fancy Stripes, 15. a pair. 35c. Ribbed, Unbleached Half Hose, extra fine, 25c. a pair; 6 pair 81.25. $1.25 best quality Outing Flannel Shirte,new stripes, Y2c. each. 50c. Outing Flannel Shirts, 46c. 1.75 Plain or Fancy Striped Flannel Shirts, 81.48, 50c. B. & D. Jean Drawers, Ribbed ankle, tic. each. 50c. French Balbriggan Vests, long or short sleeves, 1c. each. Gauze Vests, French neck, 450. $1 “Famous” Unlaundered Dress Shirts, Plain or plaited bosom, 65c. each. 68c. Famous Unlaundered plain bosom Dress Bhirts, 50c. each. 75c.“Famous” laundered Dress Shirts, plain bosom, 62c. each. ‘The best values we bave ever offered IN HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR. ‘That's saying a great deal, but the depart- ment as never been so attractive; our importa- tions have never turned out better, You're the gainer as well as we. 150 dozen of Children’s Black Ribbed Hose, Black or White feet, sizes 5 to Sig; very cheap at 18c. Special, 2 parr for 25c. 75 dozen of Ladies’ Balbriggan Hose, un- Dlesched, all sizes, worth fully 25c, ® pair— special 2 pair for 25c, A line of new patterns in ladies’ 25c. striped hosiery are unusual values, come in new color- ings, black feet, striped uppers; pin stripes, with unbleached grounds, &e, &. Aline of Ladies’ Black Lisle Thread Hose, in either plain or drop stitch, 3c. a pair,a re markable price, Aline of $1.25 Plated Silk Hose (Ladies’) in biack and new shades—special 82c. a pair, 50c. Ribbed Top Hose in either unbleached or black (black, warranted last color). There are no need of garters with these hose, being very desirable for stout ladies. Special price, 370. THE LOWEST OF THE SEASON. BLACK, BLACK AND WHITE AND WHITE DRESS GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY aT EXCEEDINGLY LOW PRICES. GREAT BARGAINS IN ALL-LINEN, FANCY-BORDERED HANDKERCHIEPS, As TO SEE THEM AND COMPARE QUALITY AND PRICE. FEW MORE OF THOSE FINE FANCY FRENCH RIBBONS, SECURE THEM WHILE YOU CaN. STOCK COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPART- MENT. RELIABLE GOODS AND LOW PRICES aT FE. @ Davis, 719 MARKET SPACR myl6-lm Wax Suocupyr Tux Bovs, LARGE OR SMALL, HAVE VERY LIGHT- WEIGHT, ALL-WOOL SUITS, AS WELL AS THE MEN? THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY GOOD REASON, BUT THE MANUFACTUR- ERS SEEM TO BE AFRAID TO MAKE Boys’ SUITS OF VERY LIGHT GOODS, UNLINED OB HALF-LINED, IN ANY QU. NTITY. OUR BUYER ‘SPENT SEVERAL DAYS LAST WEEK IN PURSUIT OF THESE PaR- TICULAR GOODS, KUNNING ALL OVER NEW YORK. OF COURSE HE FOUND THEM, FOR THEY MUST BE HAD, AND BERE THEY ARE THE NEWEST AND BEST THAT THE NEW YORK MARKET AFFORDS. WE MENTION ALSO: LONG PANTS SUITS OF FLANNEL LONG PANTS SUITS OF SERGE. WHITE FLANNEL AND SERGE SUITS, WITH SHORT PANTS, VERY COOL AND VERY DRESSY, MADE UP IN “NORFOLKS” AND “SAILORS.” SAILOR SUITS apair, IN PLAIDS AND PLAIN COLORS, 35c. Swiss-Ribbed Vests, Jersey shaped, good texture, 25c. each. WHITE DUCK SUITS, 50 dozen of 50c. Swiss Ribbed Vests, extra- fine cotton, has the exact feel of wool and can hardly be told from it. Special, 35c.,3 for $1. 100 dozen of Extra-fine Swiss-Ribbed Vests, either V or square neck, finished with silk shell stitching and sik tassel, value 75c. Special, 39c. each 75e. Lisle Thread Swiss-Ribbed Vests, in Ecru or White, finished with silk ribbons, Special, 53c. each. All of our Ladies’ 25c. Gauze Vests,in five aif- ferent styles, 21c. each. UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS LADIES’ NECKWEAR. 1 line of Embroidered “Fauntleroy” Sets (collars and cuffs), worth 50c., for 25c. a set. A line of Beaded Rufiling, in six different styles, worth 25c. and 39c., for 15c. a yard. AND BROWN LINEN SUITS. = B BARNUM & Co. my30 $31 PENNSYLVANIA AVE TN | mhere are about 150 pairs of thone fine Pants left in Black, Brown and Bi whic 275 Suits for Bors,5 to 13, will be sold at 1,000 boxes of Flat Silk Cord, Tourist Ruf | Scrih ica than $990" Auplondid line of Basie Lata fling, all colors, 4yardsina box, 25c., worth 1.20 up. on.s0, 50e. Extraordinary values in Mull Ties, at 8c, | guitin the mig, SUM for this price lay over any 810 12}c., 16e., 18e. and 25¢.; worth from 12346. 0 to 50c. Our Popular Suit at #: NEW THINGS IN DRAPERY NETS AND Lace | “S09 suit shown at o FLOUNCINGS. Take the Nets first. These are now exten- PT eae a sively worn, and make the prettiest and most 26.50 stylish dresses, For an All-Wool Serge Suit, We are showing new effects in White Nets, 750. which we don't think you will find elsewhere. The prices mentioned below are very cheap. The goods come in either Chantilly, La Tosca and Fish Nets, all silk: BLACK OR WHITE. We were fortunate to get dozen of those White and F ucy Vests, which we sell at 75c., not one among them worth WEYL'S ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, apl0-3m 311 7TH ST. N.W. Great Har Sate ar Make your comparisons with other houses. Ex TORRE &% FT sSs We willingly dtund the test. BX H FRE Sa, S385 FLO @8, in either SPANISH GUI- KK U ON ONN S558 PURE or CHANTILLY, all silk,incomparsble | ppp ,q 5, in either price, quality or patterns, Wecouldn’t per Pye write enough of either, #0 theless saidthe | P AAA - better. P aa > ‘These will do the talking— 814 Seventh Street Northwest. BLACK CHANTILLY FLOUNCINGS for@1, | Remember Name and Number. Store extends from $1.25, $1.38, $1.50, $1.85, $2, 82.25 and €2.98. BLACK SPANISH GUIPURE FLOUNCINGS for 85c., 98c., $1, $1.25, $1.50, 81.85 and ee. 7th to Bth streets, TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS st the fol- Jowing prices: TRIMMED HATS. Trimmed Hats, former price @5, are now reduced to ‘We'll not tell you what they are worth; you'll | @2.50. find that out soon enough. Zxtmenel Mite, Seemer peieo GT :e00 now reduced to es. 2 pieces Chantilly Lace Flouncing, 60 inches Wide, sold for #3 and 83.25. Special, $2.18 _ Trimmed Mata former price #9; are now reduced to —: UNTRIMMED HATS. STACKS OF EMMROIPERIES AT UNHEARD OF | Leghorn Hats, former price $1.49; are now reduced to Tae. ‘We've just opened these and they are the best Children's Hate, all shapes and colors, former price values for perfect goods we have ever come $1, are now reduced to 450. across. It's a chance purchase and don’t come Children’s Hats, all shapes and colors, former price often, so make the best of it. You will besur- ‘7T5e. ; are now reduced to 35e. prived as well as we were. ‘Children’s Sailors, all colors, at 146. Swiss Flouncing, worth 75c., for 50c. Ladies’ Untrimmed ae colors, Swiss Flouncings, worth $1, for 62340. former price #1 50; are now 7 Ladiew Untrimmed Hats, all shapes and colors, Mateciicdis'sh B06, 258 GOESie. ee | aches eeemee een teas, pear Ladies’ Straw Hats, former price Tie; are now That don't ¢ive you much of an idea You reduced to 8c. ‘Will have to see them yourself. Ladies’ and Misses’ Straw Hats, former price 50c.; Big cuts in are now reduced to 25c. Our entire stock of Hats must be sold, so come early WHITE GOODS, LINENS AND DRESS: and get your choice. S00ns. ‘Remember name and number, and be sure you 1,200 yards of regular 12%. India Linens, | come to in plaids or stripes; special at 10c. a yard. 1,000 yards of 10c. Linen Gisss Toweling at ‘Tie. & yard. 5 pieces of All-Wool Cream Dress Flannel, 36 inches wide, worth 60c. Special 47¢ » yard. GG. RR g°% x Me Sse Kl 'S A A Our 55c. quality of Cream Silk Mobair, 32 #& iy’ e°S inches wide, Special 423¢c. yard. a4 Fr % 2 90c., 40-inch wide, White Mohair, Special - 814 SEVENTH STREET N.W. vane meme Gaear Reoveroxs. ‘Tie. 8 yard. Any of the above items will certainly interest you. They are fit comparisons for those 50c. CHINA DRESS SILKS and 20c. KOECHLIN'S FRENCH SATTEENS, Its your own fauitif BAUM'S Ea