Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1922, Page 17

'REAL ESTATE i 1‘ New Homes—Just Completed i 700 to 714 Kennedy St. N.W. i 2-Story Brick and Cellar Description: Cellar—Hot-water heating plant, laundry trays, servantis toilet. First Floor—Entrance hall, dining room, kitchen and pantry, fin- ished in hardwood and oak Second Floor—Three good size complete bedrooms and tiled bath, finished in mahogany and white. for vacuum cleaner or electric fans. 2-story rear porches. outlets 15-foot alley. | Price $7,950 (Except Corner). Monthly Payment Plan. Chas. J. Walker Owner and Builder . | Take Capital Traction Co. Car marked Takoma and get off at 7th | Kennedy or Georgin Ave. Line and 3 Colonial front porch. ITTLE STORIES S BEDTIME Farmer Brown’s Boy Goes Fishing. . BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. . ‘ The catch to fishermen most dear Is always made with eye and ear. —Farmer Brown's Boy. Early one morning Farmer Brown's hoy started out for the Green Forest, and as he tramped along he whistled {merrily. This was to be a, holiday | !and Farmer Brown's Boy was going | } fishing. 1 floors. Silver-finished chandeliers, Large- yard to $1,000 Cash and Open Every Day He dearl Boy. HE was on his way to the | Laughing Brook to fish for trout.{woman he had that perfect tale and loves to fish, does Farmer |that rare tale—the kimd wherein & man can make fun of his wife and at The Wife Who Wouldn'’t Settle Sequel We Never Make Mistakes. OHN LINDSAY dearly loved joke on his little bronsze-haired And when the joke on her was also a joke on the other wife. to “Brides Will Be Brides.” By Lucille Van Slyke. 1304 F St. N.W. Or Your Own Broker t oft at Kennedy St. St. and walk enst to 7 Now, catching fish isn't all of fish- | ing. No, indeed. Farmer Brown's Boy |able woman he has married. i Will tell you that. Of course, he likes | never missed n opportunity to he catches none at all he has a good time. It is the things he seces L 414 Luray Place N.W. Jameson-Built Homes First Time Offered 1026 to 1058 Quebec PI. NW North of Spring Road OPEN FOR INSPECTION 422 to 430 LAMONT ST. N.W. Between Park Place and Warder Street N.W. NEW HOMES Six Rooms, Tiled Bath, Modern Must Be Inspected to Be Appreciated Price, $8,450--Terms J. MANGAN Owner and Builder Phone Col. 4124 gome to "'E aukhthlrnmps down the | Munro Lindsay. ughing Brook, throughthe Green : go o Eoreut andiout ontha GrvsniMsatows | | DonBren Lot SRleldan that bring to him the real joy of { fishing. He began near where the Laughing Brook starts, deep in the Green For- est. The trout were not hungry. Pool after pool he visitgd without 5o much as a bite. Each time he was a little disappointed, but each time he felt that at the next pool he surely |y, would catch a trout. Once he caugat a glimpse of Billy Mink. “Ha, you scamp!” sald Farmer Brown's Boy. “I guess you have caught all the fiah. Anyway, if you haven't canght them, 1 guess you have frightened them that they have lost their appetites. You see. he knew what a good fisher- man Billy Mink is. At the pond of Paddy the Beaver, Farmer Erown's Boy stopped to see what Paddy was about. He hop ha might see Paddy. But he didn’t No, sir, he didn't get a glimpse of Vaddy. The fa Paddy wasn't that pond at all. He was taking h summer vacation and had gone e ploring. Butj Farmer Brown'’s Boy found other 'things that interested him quite as much. He found the fresh tracks of Buster Bear in the mud at the edge of the pond. He the lakeside inn. John rose, loath, toward Merriam. meet Lady Astol Dimples danced in cheeks of the heroine of his tale. “1 really was.” modestly as she could. hundreds of other folk.” Kirk Squires’in a stage whisper. “You'd hardly expect them to our lunch in a basket, announced with dignity. Young. Sheldon pn the table. say has the floor.” n her best bib and tucker: A mild about the table. et dsay, leaning toward Merriam. _ What did Lady Astor wear? tion of being the dressiest gi H., elec. lights; rear porches. garage. Price Less FOR SALE BY Thos. A. Jameson 306 New York Ave. NNW. Main 5526 Owner and Builder Ask the Man Who Owns One FOR SALE New Semi-Detached Houses | %" 2945-2947-2949-2951 Upton Street Near Burean <f Standards & Holy Cross Academy 3 East of Connecticut Avenue. and attic: 2 stories cement front porches; 8 rooms, 4 rooms on first floor and 4 bedrooms and 2 baths on second floor; hardwood floors. Especiaily planned and exceptionally well built—particularly attractive. Have gas and electricity and hot-water heat. Wide Lot, 147 Feet Deep to a Paved Alley | Open for inspection and salesman on premises after 10 o’clock tomorrow, Sunday Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. - 738 15th Street N.W. Main 6830 Six large rooms, H.-W.- double floors, tile bath, servants’ toilet, wash trays; double Built-in Than $8,000 +f| M=aj. John R. Henley, appointed as- ille. looked in the movies? e doesn’t even demanded Fanny W arling! arton. Merria assured them. ¥ just_lost my heart to her! thigk, she has six children and; “Order!” cried the harassed toas! asked John Lindsay w? ill-concealed impatience, {telling this story or am I my heart and my finger: him, “I W breathe again until he was really vel John as tall, w ifully rumpled and his gray ey rkling with fun. SO _FARMER BROW. BOY THE TROUT ON THE TRL A TREE ABOUT SIX F THE GROUND. HUNG K OF FROM my story: | found a footprint of Yowler the Bob : 5 < Cat He found a slippery slide made | “That's not faif, of Yot Mo % ||| splendid returns on the i by little Joe Otter. He found the ‘V\n" the one who stopped you because vestments. footprints of Lightfoot the Deer. All | these things interested him, and he Imost forgot that it was to catch fish that he had come over there. A little way below Paddy's pond was a deep, dark pool. Farmer Brow Boy approached it very quietly. He took the greatest care not to jar the bank. He took equally | great care not to show himself to any smart trout that might be in that :pool. For a few moments he watched ! that pool. Suddenly a silvery: spotted fish came right out of the water and appeared again with a little splash. as a trout. He was jumping fo rudely ‘intel telling us Prof. Sheldo Lindsa: rupted her. Mr: gain she turned her speaker- her. ack wears, and did she really say th: her the pearls? Were they thr {looped, around and Seven men jter. | Ncw, Farmer Brown's Boy wae fish- | ing wlith artificial flies. These are | made with bits of feathers and silks | woung_ around a tiny |a way that they look like certain | kinds of fiies that are found on the water. Very carefully he cast his fly . so tht it fell on the water just where he had seen the trout jump. ‘had it touched.the water when out | came that trout again. He had been | fooled. Yes. sir. he had been fooled { with that He thought it was a real fly. | 'But he found his mistake. Y m. ‘Aren't men sllly?’ asked Esther. ped for order. clothe: by saying ‘aye’'” Seven vociferous *§ “All those opposed, ‘no.’ Five shriil “noes.” ““The es’ have 1t.” nounced imperturbably. your royal “Now, the same time show what a remark- John introduced him with a flourish to the gay party that was lunching on the porch at nothing and, assuming n Oratoricu attitude, folded his' arms and nodded t may I call your at- ibit A? A proud young rew her arms around my neck one day last spring to an- nounce that she had been invited 10 the blushing cried one of the Merriam put it 8§ “Along with “Ten dollars_per plate, eh?" asked iet Mer- pounded “The Hon. John Lind- ‘S0 on the appointed day, dressed feminine commotion swept did you wear?”" asked Rose manded Esther Winship, who had the really as attractive as she And is it true powder her The Hon. John Lindsay has| Tih you noa el Investments y proud of her she watched him standing, so h his blonde-brown halr beau- So. as I was saying when I was 0 rudely interrupted by the heroine of 1 wanted to know \:‘hllL{:flddy Astor v Mrs. , was e A et Sheidon radely inter- If Interested, Phone Onblhel ‘do go on telling us about N L b C Were her pearls lovely, and is o Lie sans ury 0. it true that that's all the jewelry she she only wore those for sentiment? And do you know whether he gave separate strings or just a long one ! burst ipto ribald laugh- Five puzzled women stared at impromptu toastmaster "All those in favor of hearing the story first and discussing Lady As- Y ignir afterward please s sn» yl FOR SALE Sheldon an- chatterboxes will keep L THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 192. - Down! 15till for just @ moment ‘more the Hon. John Munro Lindsay will John Lindsay reached out his righ :\It.m'l and covered Merriam's ps. “It you six strong men can hold th other three,” he suggested, some ‘time before mornjms. wise 1 can't promise. But, as I w: appointed day my wife forth in her simple best to meet th. “Peffect dcluge,” Merriam nodde her cortoboration, a decent umbrella in . 1" Sheldon warned he a drop falling when I got in town.' “So she entered the dear old B dorf and checked the non-decent um brella. John wedged in twelv words. “It was simply awful—one ri broken, cotton covered. “I said she checked it, ed above the giggles and laughs. ber!” Merry cried. “That's a very im portant part of the story. check No. 68" “Sixty-six! her. “The party over.” he continu !in so rapid a staccato that nc woi could stop him, “my wife digcov an old friend and they sat down t discuss what Lady Astor wore for s long that my wife the woman to hand her check to th check gisl. “A very snippy little blonde,” riam informed them. what do you think out the spiffiest silk ever saw! Cinnamon ivory tips and ivory carved handle, and when I trie to give it back and exvlain that it wasn't my umbrel her that the check on it s not G6. she said to m a vo brown, witl d 99 an the last umbrella h yours!” So it still i r1|ed dreamily Lindsay. m | your wife home?" 1| “Well, we never make mistake: t- Profitable E HAVE several ex- cellent Business Properties and Apartment Houses for sale which show es at INC. Business Properties Dept. 1418 Eye St. Main 5903-4-5 ee | prety He reached out his left hand and pretended to gag his sister Rose. T11 finish ! Other- | battleship Delaware and ordered to saying an hour or so back, on the’ lJahn assured him. (Cupyright, 1922.) (Continued in tomorrow's Star.) COL. LANDON RETIRES. \ Col. Edwin Landon, Coast Artillery Corps, will be placed on the retired list of the Army November 10 on his pplication, after more than thirty years' service. Lieut. Col. Ar- jthur P. S, Hyde, .Coast Artillery Corps, at San Francisco, has been or- dered to his home to await retirement “for the convenience of the govern- ment.” DETACHED FROM SHIP. Lieut. Creighton C. Carmine of the Navy has been detached from the ti e this city for duty in the office of gun- nery exercises and engineering per- “And we have | . REAL ESTATE. ON CHESAPEAKE BAY The ideal site for your summer home. sandy beach. Wonderful old shade trees. Two miles of Only 31 miles from 1 BAY RIDGE wide Washington by New Defence Highway, now under construction. Over $90,000 worth of lots sold in 70 days. Many new hoines planned for immediate building. Beautiful lots, 50x200, $500 up. Easy terms. < DRIVE DOWN SUNDAY _ Take your lunch and spend the day and select your lot. This wonderful water-front property is attracting the best people of Washington. Bay Ridge Realty Corporation, Owners Washington Representatives first lady member of parliument. But, I even ms_she wus setting forth, rain | to catch some fish. But even when |the world, or any portion of it that|did desdud from heaven.” cod I would listen, the story of the check hears and the pleasant thoughts that | sirl at the Biltdorf and Mrs. JUTin [wasn't John shout- ‘But you didn't tell the check num- It was roared John, glaring at | Mer- dears, nded me ferrule and a real to her. and show “We never make mistakes, madam, and that is 50 it must be Merriam end Amidst the shouts from fhe men Kirk Squires' drawl arose. “Wonderful story teller. you are He slapped John's back. ‘Only could you tell it if you'd left Jjourneyed | formances, Navy Department. al Nearly Ready for Qccupancy ) Two-story ~ brick, cont. pi] wood floors, H-W.-H.; C porches. Paved street alley. buying. Terms if desired. 7th and E S.W. ® Main 353 712 Otis Place N.W. | ing six rooms, tile bath, hard- nial front and two-story back See this_home before Floyd E. Davis LANHAM & HILL 1400 H St. . N.W. Main 366 By Auto via Marlboro and Annapolis A Well-Located Building Suitable for Garage, Warehouse, Laundry, Dyeing, Cleaning Es- tablishment. , Covering lot 65x147 to 30-ft. paved alicy. 10,000 square feet. Semi-fireproof brick construction—well Tighted. Electricity, steam heat. Near Conn. Ave. and L St. NNW. Can be leased or ain- olo- and e u h d d highest type in NOW OPEN FOR Valaable for Business ° Purposes it 915 “E" street, the coming whole- { that trout found his mistake. was a hook in that fly, and right | away he was In trouble. Back and forth ana round and round in that pool raced that trout. But all the : fime Farmer Brown's Boy kept a 1 ut couldn’t get ! W he was tired out Far- | mer Brov : im ind his eves shone as he | beautiful prize. trout that Billy Mink won't have.” said he. “My. how good it e' 1 haven't had a taste of trout for so Almost forgotten what it i caten three or four more we Wil have trout for supper tonight i1 don't wan tc tole this alons with me® and as I am coming back this | way 1 will just hang it on a tree here In the shade and get It on my way back.” So Farmer Brown's Boy hung the trout on the trunk of a tree about six feet from the ground.and went on his way down the Laughing Brook. (Copyright. 1922, by T. W. Burgess.) ALBERT VICTOR SEARLES WED LAST NOVEMBER: i i 5 | Artist's Attorney Confirms Report of Marriage to Miss Boulister. | Inherited $6,000,000. Semi-Detached Remarkable Home Value Do Not Fail to Inspect 1343 RANDOLPH STREET N.W. & ROOMS—2 BATHS MANY PORCHES Complete in Every Detail EASY TERMS Must Be Seen to Be “The By the Associated Press. . BOSTON. July 29 Appreciated Searles, er and art of the late Edward F. Searles, Met millionaire. was married to Miss Char- | lotte Boulister of Lowell last Novembh News of the marriage, which took place | in Pennsylvania, was confirmed today | by Attorney Sherman L. Whipple, coun sel for Mr. Searles. Mr. and Mrs. Searles are now on a pleasure trip in| Nova Scotia. Your Own Broker or Thrift Building Co., Owner Union Trust Bldg. Main 768 - sale and jobbing section; magnifi- cent lot, 24x159, to a 30-foot alley, with an alley immediately in the rear running out to “F" street; improved by a large brick building with store and apartments above, easily converted for business pur- poses; selling at a very low figure. The adjoining property, 913 “E; can also be bought, giving a front age of 48 feet for large business houses, For full particulars, terms and price, apply to STONE & FAIRFAX 1342 New York Ave. i Open Searles several months ago received | $6.000,000 from the $50,000,000 estate ofl his uncle. He was recently made th defendant in a $2.000,000 breach of promise suit brought by Miss Mary | Johnson of Rockport. MARINE CORPS ORDERS. Col. Dion Willlams. at marine head- | quarters, this city, has been ordered | to_Quantico, Va. < i Lieut. Col. Richard S. Hooker, from | Quantico to Camp Benning, Ga. ' Lieut. Col. Henry C. Davis, this city to Camp Benning. Sell Your Property in « 7 Days At Your Price H. R. SMITH & SON First Lieut. Lucas L Bruns, from | 1219 Otis Place N.W. | Quantico to Bosion. y First Lieut. Harold F. Swindler, | Washington, D. C. trom || Dear Sir; Quantico to Newark. N. J ] First Lieut, Albert B, Parris Island to Quantico. First Lieut. Andrew L. W. Gordon, resignation ncqopfad. Capt. George . __ Bpotts, ' this city to Haltl. First Lieut, mes A. Mixson, from from the battleship Wyoming to this . ity : » & i| Address. .... from sistant adjutant and inspectoer. Capt. Raphael Grimn, from Quan- tico to Camp Benning. Capt. John F. Blanton, from Quan-~ tico to Parris Island, 8. C. { ‘Sage, from in 7 days. Name.....oovee ORDERED TO SCHOOL. ° ! Bige of Property.........ceeeeees Maj. Leon E. Lyon, at Philadelpht Maj. Maicolm Elliott, at Wheeling, W. Va., an Willtam L men, i Jacksonville, Fia., all g Corps of Price. 5 . Geaidin i Advise me without obliga- tion your plan of selling property THE L L L LT AL L L el Exceptional conveni Built-in tubs, with showers; private telephones, etc. Early Inspection Swartzell, Rhe Sunday New Chevy Chase Homes 39th and Keokuk Best Buy In This Beautiful Sgctiqn‘f THE PRICE } - 1$11,500 and $12,500 TERMS : $2,000 Cash, $100 per Month Are a Revelation ROBERT E. MITCHELL CO. 1405 Irving St. N.W. The Tiffany 1925 16th St. N.W. —an apartment building of the Washington's exclusive residential district— INSPECTION 4 rooms, bath and break- fast porch,i$125 per month. 5 rooms, -two baths, $155. tric vacuum cleaners; floor plugs; Reservation Suggested & Hensegy Co. 727 15th Street N.W. Telephone Main 378 R sold. For Further Particulars Apply Sulu;k:n};, Lcanl and lnm;ancz Exclusive Agents 913 15th Street Main 617 " Reasonable Little Homes IN THE Pleasant Virginia Suburbs. is the pick of its t. and we suggest to get full de- Any one of the following seven offerir class. They are too good*to stay on the ma that you call Clarendon 220. our Virginia office. tails and arrange for an inspection. MAYWOOD (CHERRYDALE) $3,800 A 5-room bungalow with electricity, gas, gara EASY TERMS. lot 60x120; - CHERRYDALE An attractive 6-room-and-bath house: hot-water heat and electricity; lot 60x125; in excellent condition. Price, $6,500. PARK LANE $6,850 A colonial home, full height pillars and center hall planned; 7 rooms and bath; hot-water heat and electricity; lot 50x100;7 within 15 minutes of Washington. NEAR VIRGINIA GOLF CLUB $7.950 You should certainly see this colonial house, with its 34 of an acre grounds! There is a full-width porch and a side porch; house on center-entrance plan; large living and dining rooms; breakfast and sfeeping porches; 4 large bedrooms;: hot-water heat and electricity : 3 open fireplaces; stone foundation ; garage. A REAL BEST BUY! CLARENDON New 5-room bungalow with electricity and gas: cellar. PRICE, §5850, ON EASY PAYMENTS. LYON PARK $7.250 2 new bungalcws of 5 rooms and bath; furnace. gas and electricity; large lots. ences. elec- anJ concrete em CLARENDON A 2-story brick house in first-class condition, on 175 acres; 5 bedrooms; electricity, gas and furnace; convefient to bus lines; lot of fruit and garden space; several outbuildings. HANNON - & LUCHY Virginia Dept., Rosslyn, V. Phone Clarendon 220 713 144h St. N.W. 1736 Corcoran Street N.W. Just off Dupont Circle Main 2345 Ty N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N /§ Attractive seven room and bath house, with electric lights and vaporized heat; hardwood floors, also large. double garage in rear. PRICE, $9,750 * ON EASY TERMS hm;odl'dc Pcssession, Vacant and Open for Inspection. Lighted Each Night IBENTON, TRENHOLM - 924 17th Street N.W. Telephones Main 4826—Main 502 R e, 1L AL IO O AL LI A A A £ 3 L o ek - e e e