Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1921, Page 14

11 REAL ESTATE. This Is a Shannon & Luchs Offering: | RS To Those Who Ought to Be Investors: Many a man has his money invested in such a fashion that it produces only a small part of its capacity for him—the larger part of its product goes to the man in whose hands he has placed it and who knows how to make it really work. mn Now, if you will ust take the trouble to put your money to work for yourself, you can get a return that is really worthwhile. For instance: This office has several apartment houses that can be bought with very little cash on most comfortable terms, and that will yield a handsome net income. Think It Over! Go Over the Figures Below: A new fireproof building for $115,000 can be bought with $15,000 cash. It has a total rent of $16,500 per annum; the total expenses (including collection of rents) are $4,200; interest on $100,000 at 6% amounts to $6,000. The net income, therefore, is $6,300—a mighty handsome return on the original investment of $15,000. (Note: All the rents fixed by the Rent Com- mission.) Phone our Investment Department. Main 2345. We shall be glad to give you detailed information. NON- & LUCHS 713 14th Street N.W. A BUSINESS PROPERTIES FOR SALE Connecticut Ave.—Modern building, ual about $11,000. Price $120,000. Wlndtmo‘fier..m N = oC&nnechcut Ave.—Modern building, rent $7,000. Price 14th St. N.W.—Modern building, rent $6,000. Price ,000. ‘l)g't)h St. N.W.—Modern building, rent $3,000. Price Pfi;l:tés, %'60 (in the Arcade block)—Modern building. over $3,000. Price $30,000, ki GARDINER & DENT, Inc. 717 14th St. N. Main 2345 e U A A QL E ' NEW HOMES 10 SOLD 9th and Longfellow Sts. N.W. Price, $8,350 $75.00 per Month Including all Interest Tapestry brick; varying architectural designs; six good size rooms; concrete colonial front porch; double rear porches; large tile bath, with built-in fixtures; hot-water heat; electric lights; %-inch oak floors downstairs; large coat closet with cheval mirror door in living room; large closets in bed- rooms and linen closet in the hall; roomy kitchen, with pantry, refrigerator, china cabinet and Pull- man service. DON’'T FAIL TO SEE THE PLAYGROUND SET ASIDE FOR CHILDREN e Take 14th St. car ynarked “Takoma” to 9th St., one square north; or Georgia Ave. car to Longfellow St., one square east. Open and Lighted 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. WM. S. PHILLIPS REALTOR—BUILDER 1409 N. Y. Ave. NW. i TR (R THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1921. 0Old Man Coyote Watches the Deer. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS, Impatience often costs a dinner Where patience would have been the winner. —0id Man Coyote. The snow lay deep In the Green Forest and over the Green Meadows and the Old Pasture. It had packed down, and Jack Frost had formed a crust over the top of it. Old Man Coyote could run on it now without breaking through, and this meant he could go where he pleased to hunt. For days he had thought about and dreamed about the twin fawns of Lightfoot the Deer and Mrs. Lightfoot. Could he but catch one of these, his stomach would no longer ache from emptiness. So just as soon as he was sure the snow would bear him he started straight for the Green Forest. He knew just where to go. Old Man Coyote wouldn't be the clever fellow he'is if he didn’t know all about the ways of his neighbors. He makes it his business to know all about them, where they live, what they do, how they keep watch for danger and in what ways they are sometimes care- less. So when he started out from his home in the Old Pasture he headed straight for that part of the Green Forest in which he knew the Deer family would spend the winter. As he drew near, he carefully tested the wind to make sure of the direction from which it was blowing. No one knows better than he how keen are the noses of Lightfoot and Mrs. Light- foot, and he didn’t intend to give any Merry Little Breeze a chance to warn them by taking his scent to them. So when he was sure of the direction from which the wind was blowing he was careful to keep it always in his face as he stole like a gray shadow toward the home of Lightfoot and his family. Presently just the faintest of odors tickled his sharp nose. Old Man Co- yote stood still with his nose held kigh, and his mouth began to water. That scent was faint, but there was no mistaking it; it was the scent of Deer. Then he sneaked forward rap- idly, and so presently came to a path cut deep in the snow. He didn’t need to be told who had made that path; he knew. “This is one edge of the yard of Lightfoot the Deer and his family,” muttered Old Man Coyote. “Now, I must find out just where they are and | keep watch.” He jumped down into the path and began to steal along it in the direction his nose told him Lightfoot and his family were. Now, as perhaps you know, the By Lucille THE SIXTH SENSE. OME people say the sixth sense is common sense. Some people say it's the sense of humor. But every successful wife learns, sooner or later, that it's the deft combi.ation of both—is known as nonsense—and that at times a woman needs It more than all her other senses put together. The night that Merriam Lindsay discovered this fundamental matri- monial fact she had been snuggling under the bedclothes for hours, listen- ing for two sounds she wanted very, much to hear—the sound of her door| opening and her husband saying, “I'm sorry.” For Merriam had never lived near enough to any little boy to know that the male creature will endure almost any amount of being shut in the woodshed without admitting in so many words that he’s wrong. Merriam had exiled John to. the guest room. They had not quarreled, but they had reached a point where life was too complicated to be rear- ranged by argument. Very young and very unhappy, they had stared at each other when Merry had forced John to admit he was considering an illegal occupation. “Bootlegging!” She had flung the words at him bluntly. And delivered this ultimatum—that she would “tell on” him if he tried it. ° It seemed like ages since the guest- room door had closed. She could not hear a sound from behind it. But she could see & thin line of light un- der the door. Once before, when she and John had quarreled, he had gone to sleep while he was angry. But this time she knew he wasn't asleep. She could smell cigarette smoke. She was gloriously right. The law of the land said she was right. Her own heart told her she was right Her thoughts raced in eloquent phrases with which she would be ad- dressing John—if the door were open! “I'm not discussing the ethics of the thing,” she fancied herself saying; “I'm simply talking sense. It's a fool chance to take.” But she couldn’t yell that sort of thing through a closed door. Her thoughts became disconnected. “Three dollars and eleven cents. That's all we have in the world. I haven't a decent thing left to pawn. I dassent sell granddaddy's furniture, because dad only loaned it to me.” She stopped thinking and resumed listening. She gonld hear a freight train shifting at the crossing. She could hear her dog snoring. She could hear a mouse nibbling. “Gracious!” her thoughts began again. “Suppose that mouse nibbled at the fudge, and I couldn’t sell the fudge to the schoolboys tomorrow!” She reached out an appealing hand to John's bed before she remembered John wasn’t in his bed. She glared; at the guestroom door. She was very tired and very sleepy. More thoughts crowded. “] wish I hadn’t said I wouldn't speak to him until he promised not| to do it. Three dollars and eleven cents! But if the mouse doesn’t nib- ble the fudge, I will have fifteen times twenty-five cents and twenty-two timés fifteen cents. I wonder, if my baby is a girl, if she will ever lie awake at night worrying about her baby being a girl with no money to buy baby_ things with.” She felt so sorry for her imaginary daughter that she almost we, But suddenly, very whimsically, she remembered that once, when she was a little girls and was being punished by having been put to bed, she con- vulsed her stern father by remarking in & wee voice, “It was my feet really ran away, not me. And they| are 8o remote from the rest of mel” The little granddaughter that she might have was “remote” from the rest of her, but it didn’t seem fair to wish a bootlegger grandaddy on Big and blond and gaunt, he faced a future that seemed hide- ous. He didn’t khow that anything! g0 ghastly as this job-losing, job- hunting nightmare could exist. He had felt positively noble when he let the smooth-tongued agent present the wkisky distribution proposition to him. . “For Merriam’s sake,” he had dramatized the thing. It didn’t occur to him that his perverse wife would see it in any other light. Her attl tude put him in the devil of a ai- lemma. No man wants to let his wife bluff him out of a decision, not even from principle. He stared trag- foally at the door. Probably she was lecision. ‘weeping her eyes out. : . But an incredil ble sound seeped Brides Will Be Brides place where Deer have tramped out their path is called a yard. This is because when the snow is deep they cannot go outside those paths. It is Jjust as if they were in a real yard with a fence around it. The paths go in every direction, crossing and recrossing, “twisting and turning in the most confusing way. They look as if made with no purpose at all, but this isn’t so. They lead to every bit of food within the yard. Had you or I been in Old Man Co- yote’s place, It is_probable that we would soon have been quite lost in “PATIENCE AND WATCHFULNESS WILL GET ME THAT DINNER ¥8¥;fi“ THOUGHT OLD MAN CO- those many paths, and sooner or later Lightfoot's wonderful nose would have discovered our presence. But Old Man Coyote didn’t get lost. His nose kept him always in the right direction as caustiously he sneaked along those paths. Presently it warned him that he was as near as it was wise to go. Then he lightly leaped out on the crusted surface behind a little clump of hemlock trees, and, lying flat on the snow, peeked under the branches. Just a little way ahead he saw Light- foot, Mrs. Lightfoot and the two hal grown children. “Patience and watchfulness will get me that dinner now,” thought Old Man Coyote. “Sooner or later one of those youngsters will be careless and drop behind or wander off alone, and that will be my chance.” So patiently, hour after hour, Old Man Coyote watched the Deer family, stealthily moving when they moved, so as always to keep the scent of them In his nose and his own scent away from them. (Copyright, 19 by T. W. Burgess.) Van Slyke. ‘Merriam's voice muted to through. a childish sing-song: My mother's a chocolate fudge maker, My dad tried to peddle some gin; My mother was not scared of prison; She sic-ed the cops onto himi ‘With a boyish whoop, he made for the door. Not to say he was sorry, but to shake her and kiss her. “Threat or promise?” his voice was trembly. “Oh, I don't know where you get all your nonsensical sense, carling; But, gee! we certainly couldn’t keep house without it. You win! TI'll be a shipping clerk, or dig ditches, or any old thing you say! ‘We shall be inconspicuously poor and inconspicuously honest. e “And—and inconspicuously happy!" sobbed Merry.. “You blessed old peach! All my life long I shall be vain remembering that you were will- ing to be wicked for my sake!” Another episode of this story in Monday’s Star. PLAN FOR CENTENNIAL. A meeting of all descendants of the Austin colonies and those of the republic of Texas, as well as inter- ested friends, Texans and veterans of the world war, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Austin’s first colony in Texas, De- cember 31, 1821, was held in Statu- ary Hall of the Capitol. Follow- ing informal greetings, Mrs. John A. Shirley, whose great-grand- parents were among the original colonists, placed a laurel wreath on _the statue of Stephen F. Austin; a Bible that was carried to Texas by the great-grandparents of Violet = A. Haynes was uncovered with the Lone Star flag of the re- public of Texas; J. F. M. Bowie sang “My Mother's Bible,” and Mrs. Cordelia Branch Stone, who was born in the republic of Texas, spoke on_the early colonies of that state. Representative Lucian ‘Walter Parish of the thirteenti Texas con- gressional district was present. PUPILS GIVEN CANDY. The Providence Helghts Baptist Mission Sunday school, located near West Falls Church, Va. celebrated Christmas by a literary and musical program followed by the distribu- tion of boxes of candies and presents to the pupils and friends, Exercises were held in the Industrial School building which is being used tem- porarily for_ the county school. Rev. A. A. Lott is superintendent, Miss Marie Nickens assistant superin- tendent and Miss Helen Jones sec- retary. Epitome of Events Up to December 381, 1931, FOREIGN. Troops intervene in disorder in suburbs of Cairo. Lenin says $30,000,- 000 worth of grain is not enough to feed starving Russia. Germany ex- ports engines to Russia. Economic and financial conference to be called next year by allied supreme council; to invite official representatives from the United States. Demand sald to be growing in England for Irish treaty. Five-power parley to revive Europe is proposed in England. closes doors in Rome, causing stir. Chile breaks off negotiations with|, Peru regarding disputes over DProv- inces. NATIONAL. United States proposes limitation on submarine tonnage. Thirty-six killed in storm at Memphis. Federal personnel board ordered formed by President Harding on recommenda- tion of budget bureau. Secretary Hughes announces plan for 60,000-ton limit on submarines. Christmas cele- brated throughout the nation. Crime runs wild in New York city on Christ- mas eve. KEugene Debs, set free by President, comes to Washington for conference, then returns to his home at Terra Haute, Ind. Submarine is- sue big problem before delegates to arms conference. New trial denied Italian slayers at Dedham, Mas: Christmas gale sweeps San Francisco, killing two. Willlam A. Ketcham, former head of G. A. R., dies at In- dianapolis. Limitation of submarines goes by board when French delega- tion informs arms conference that its government would not accede to less than 90,000 tons of submarines for France. International purity confer- ence at Chicago assails the word “jazz.” Judge Edward of the circuit court of Lake county, Ill, upholds indictment of Gov. Small and orders trial for January 9 on $5600,000 em- bezzlement charge. Failure of sub- marine agreement clouds arms con- ference. Prince Louis de Bourbon hit by automobile and seriously in- jured in New York. Ten thousand- ton limit agreed upon for all craft except capital ships and airplane car- riers by arms conference. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Shoppers throng streets in final Christmas rush. Adolph Gude dies after long illness. Charles S. Baker and Frank J. Kelly named to ald United States Attorney Peyton Gor- don. National Capital celebrates Christmas. Ball to be held January 2 to aid Children's Country Home. Five thousand dollars will close “fourteen Christmas opportunities” of the As- sociated Charities. Twenty thousand school children are eligible for The Star's prize essay on the subject, “The Arms Conference and Its Sig- rificance.” Leader Mondell urges im- mediate betterment of public school conditions in the District. Bread prices increased by 1 cent. Children's Hospital announces need of $20,000 to help care for sick children. “Oppor- tunity” fund still needs $2.6: Gen- eral Federation of Women's Clubs plans national clubhouse here. White House plans reception New Year's da Eighth blennial exhibition of ct temporary American oil paintings a tracts thousands to Corcoran Gallery of Art. “Christmas opportunity” fund now near goal, with $2,302.75 lacking. Senator Ball of Delaware, chairman of the Senate District committee, tells the Federation of Women’s Clubs that he would vote for any proposi- tion that would give the District the vote for President and a repre- sentative in the House and Senate, but would not change the present form of government. The Associa- tion of Oldest Inhabitants favors memorial to the original parking commission which established the tree system of the National Capital. Bank |~ General clean-up of District property, both government and private, urged in Congress. gasoline tax under advisement. High-Class Homes Overlooking the Park 8 rooms 2 baths double inclosed shower, garage, sleeping g orches, open replaces, uartered oak loors, excellent equipment and fin- ish. Wonderful values. Easy terms. Open daily till 8:30 P.M. 20th and Park Road Kennedy Bros., Inc. Owners and Builders 2400 16th St. —_— 1418 Eye Street N.W. ~ INSPECT TODAY! Beautiful New Homes Nos. 1758 to 1768 Lanier St. N.W. (One Block North of Columbia Road) Eight well proportioned rooms (finished in white and mahogany) and two complete baths; hot-water heat; electric light; oak floors; attic; glass- inclosed breakfast porch; Pittsburgh instantaneous water heater; laundry facilities; large sleeping porch; lot 224x142; brick garage. Only three left. Price Reasonable—Terms if ‘Desired Sample House No. 1760 Lanier Street Open, Heated and Lighted Daily Until 9 P. M. Neble e e Lt e e D ) N. L. Sansbury Company, Inc. " “Everything in Real Estate” Exclusive Agents Heads of District ukel Phones Main 5903-4-5 Abe Martin Says: Ever’ time we think o’ prohi- bition we recall th’ classic lines spoken by George Harris, th’ fugitive slave, back in th’ fifties, | when he drew his wife, Eliza, t’| his bosom an’ said: “Be brave, | darlin’, we’ll soon be safe on th’] Canadian side.” Mrs. Tilford Moots’ niece that | wuz engaged t’ a brakeman has | switched t’ a marine. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) HACKER STRICKEN DEAD. George C. Buchanan, partner in a' firm of hackers at 1402 Pennsylvania avenue, died suddenly yesterday | in the Albe building from acute dila- tation of the heart. Coroner Nevitt issued a certificate of death from natural causes. Buchanan was twen- ty-seven vears old and unmarried. Let us manage your Rental Prop- erty. Over a Quar- ter of a Century Experience. B. F. SAUL CO. 1412 Eye St. N.W. Main 2100 Experienced man, to take charge of Insurance Dept. of large real es- tate office. Fine opportunity for right man. Address Box 156-K, Star Office RENTING Apartments and Office Buildings a Specialty 1719 K Street “In Business Since 1856 oIS SOUTHERN BUILDING REAL ESTATE. TELEPHONE M. 2265 ESTABLISHED 1904 ANNOUNCEMENT Wm. T. Ballard, Real Estate, Loans and 'Insurance, 1214 New York Ave- nue N.W., announces the removal of his office to 1217 Eye Street N.W. on January first, 1922. G- [———] T- s- Formerly 727-729 14th St. N.\W. GRAEME T. SMALLWOOD Now 1022 Vermont Ave. N.W. Our Facilities ha Same Phone—Main 5070 and room, and we are prepared to serve an ever-increasing Real Estate Sales, Rents, Investments The growth of this Business has manifested itself in the ve advanced with the demands for location Clientele with a promptness and dispatch that is not only grati- GRAEME T. SMALLWOOD removal to even better location than before fying but profitable to our Clients. 1022 Vermont Ave. N.W. The one last 0pportunity If you want to see a wonderfully planned—and a thoroughly constructed Home—of unique exte- rior design and superior interior completeness— hurry out to 7, 3214 Macomb Street Cleveland Park It’s the Sample Home of our latest group and the only one remaining unsold. Hollow tile construction; Spanish Villa type—situated on a double terrace. There are nine comfortable rooms (including the combination dining and sleeping porch-rooms)— unusual number of exceptionally spacious closets; lighted and floored attic; best of hot-water heating systems—with separate instantaneous heater— and a double garage—opening on a wide alley. Price and terms are very attractive. One of our office staff is at the houme every day and evening—to give you all the details. Take Chevy Chase car to Macomb Street—walk- ing west to 33d Place." Owner and Harry A. Kite Builder Member Washington Real Estate Board 1514 K St. N.W. Phone Main 4846 o' On Tilden Street Excellent condition; contains nine rooms; gas, electricity and hot-water heat; lot is 25x139 feet to an 18-ft. alley; ample room for large garage; terms can be arranged. $12,000 Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th Street N.W. Phone Main 6330