Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1923, Page 19

REAL ESTATE.’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY. APRIL 21, 1923.° "REAL ESTATE.' T e A _ REALESTATE" __ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 91, 198" REALFESTATE. "5 Retail Trade Back to Normal, |55i:stis 255 TWO ROWS OF NEW |52k % st s — —— — The Best Detached Homes homes contain six rooms and bath and | st epmerr: SYer T Meonen ol Y modern improvements. }lemumuun having once fallen for HOUsEs ARE SOLD| ™A sicnatey "purchasea tne prop- outdoor advertising myself.” erty at 4505 Arkansas avenue north- Would Study Chain S - 1\ Me. Bt &0 s d'"'," heer located in Petworth, together with a ‘ & word of cheer | gy, rows of new houses in the 4600 [ double brick garage. west, one of the D. J. Partello homes Babson Business Figures Show A six room and bath house, 4423 m 1hose retailers who fear the chain y“nd 4700 Blocica, of @R girest Torth> | west, facing the Argyle Country Club New Hampshire avenue, just complet- ed by Louis Beyers, was sold to Wil- Statistician Finds Merchants Doing Best ™" in Eastern Cities—Urges Liberal | Advertising BY ROGER W. BABSON. pecial Dispa The Star. WELLESLEY HILLS. Mass. April 21.—Roger W. Babson. who has re- cently been checking figures on the | retail trade of the country, today is- | sued a preliminary statement. Ac- cording to his analysis. retafl trade averaging all sections of the country is again back to normal »me sectlons are still behind the od years of 1919 and 1920, says AP, Babson, “but many other sections ave ahead. Retail trade was the last o feel the effects of the depression. When slack bu s hits a section the financial int the manufacturing and farming in- terests feel it second: the jobbers and wholesalers feel it third. and, finally, hear it Hence, although i 00d long after ect is blue it does not come in until some time after Wall ac There are. of firms, like Tiffany, the jeweler. who sell largely althy, follow close to novements, but 95 pes vetail firms lag a year or 1 Retail Trade Dext tn Kant retail trade ies like Pitts- their capacity. ¢ 100 per cent. | of unemploy "nt in the country, is now advertis- Detroit is again back lume of retail cities is equal to ‘or gr than it has ever been. Of course. this does not mean that i E The public is mination in s is shopping about me of retail businass. s back to normal in these concern in an industrial city | h is not doing a normal business should clean house and ascer- wherein the difficulty lies. Citfes | about’ to enjoy wage ad- 1ly favorable ts feel it first; | Campaign. | i position. The retailers of these ci ies should do the best business dur- | | ing 1923 they ever have done. The mill cities of New England are in this class. 5 | Conditions In Farming Sections. “The farming communities may not be back to normal, although statis- ticians differ greatly as to what is {normal. It we call normal the few boom years of the war, then the farm- !ing sections are still below and may | be for many years to come. If. how- ever, we consider normal as the aver- age for the past twenty years and in addition allow a proper amount for | growth, we will find that the retail | ! trade of most farm sections is now ! back to mormal or will be shortly Therefore, 1 say that something the matter with the retailer who i not now doing a normal business. Hi either is a poos buyer or a poor sales- | man. Either he is mixed up in some | outside enterprise and is not attend- | ing to business, or else is not posted | as to fundamental conditions. There is a ‘hole in his economics’ somewhere ‘ and it is up to him to find it. Trges Libernl Advertixing. “During the next few months local merchants should advertise. National manufacturers are utlizing the great | power of- advertising in the distri~| bution of their products. The suc-| cessful department stores are also | using large space in the newspapers; | hut the smaller retaller has yet | | tailed to~ advertise as he should Perhaps this is why he is small—one cannot tell. There surely is some reason why the people flock to one nerchant and pass by another. | Statistics certainly indicate that the reaxon s closely connected with the | advertising. “Let me also take this occasion to | urge retailers to use the newspaper. in a dignificd way rather than at- | tempting to use bill boards and novelty contrivances. During th. | past two months I have motored siderably throughout different tions of the country. At almost | every cross road is some sort of u sign, a windmill or something else | sold’ to some bank or merchant who thought he had discovered a cheaper or more effective method of adver- tising .than his newspaper offered. As a matter of fact. he unconsciously | | disfigures the highways. endangers | |life and makes enemies instead of friends. ‘ “Merchandising is a profession and should be treated in a dignified way. |—then the | they themselves “Instead of worrying about chain | stores,” says he, “the independent re- and avold their pitfalls. stores are revolutionizing retailing. They are introducing features from which ev should profit. But chain es many troubles ahead. \\hen HIPH‘ cmployes organize into a labor union —as is inevitable with such hig units independent will again have 1. however. do bel be wise for ln«lfl\(x\(lmn mer to get together more among them selves and form sn control. I sonally 1 should n nt to strug with one lone grocery store: but | just as sogn have a group of w ¢ grocery stores encral husiness.” stands P normal i cent below nc (Mr. Babson, the uoted statistician, who i | r The Star, will n business con grounds, have been sold recently by |lfam Johnston. | the Morris Catrits Company, Inc., it | tailer ‘should copy their good features | wa The chain | gq] reported to about $250.000. x | T White, Horace E. Wallick, Hugh F. 1 Danne, | Griffin 1 meluded Mr. || Bal . B The Babsonchart Tth street northwest was hought by | business buildings Premises 1204 Emerson street north- announced today. Additional ! west was sold to Dorothy E. Allen brought the total consideration | This is a detached home, built by F.| Glesler. Tho purchasers of the new houses |~ A dwelling at 1523 Upshur street John F. Stasky, Charles H.|northwest, built by the Joseph Phillip A Latimer, Joseph, L. (piro Company, containing seven r H. Davison, George H. Whel- | and two baths, was purchased by Mason, Coleman H. Dameron, | R, W. Savage. atin, Florence M. Berlin, John B r',’:.';"f-""\%'x‘”ss 646,300 IN CONTRACTS Isabelle M. . Martha V.| BALTIMORE, April 21.— March U= ar J William O. ne awarded in Balti- k, Jr.; Catherine Neale, Lida M. | more amounted to nd Ruth M. Koppialky. crease over the pre corner center hall houses, AI’MH' cent and over March, 1 on two streets, recently per cent v the Morris Cafritz The first quarter of this were sold, as follows: No.| cording to a report issue den street northwest, to 1L, | bullding Inspector’s offi ; 801 Crittenden !!I'QP(‘D"I‘ cent ahead of the t. to Charles H. Dieck, and |1922. Last month tr street northwest, to Har- | included $1,745.000. residential buildin Two new homes, built by William | per cent, for publ and ut Phillips.. were sold. Preinises 5507 | ties, and $782,000, or 11 per cent, for New Homes Just completed. six attractive homes. containing all modern convenience- On Today’s Market . ONLY 6 BUILT . We rightiully call these houses homes, because we have succeeded in building an atmosphere into them that makes them distinctly It will become apparent to you the moment you enter the .~pz|cim|§ re ception hall. The living room with open fireplace and built-in bookcase is most appealing, the dining room is large and bright, the kitchen is nothing less than a triumph. Upstairs there are 4 generously sized bedrooms, bath and glassed and plastered sleeping porch: attic over the en- tire house. \ more than houses. The Semi-Bungalow Type with 5 rooms and bath on the first floor and 3 rooms and bath and qn:m for kitchen- ctte on the 2nd floor makes an ideal 2-family arrange PRICED RIGHT ment. ny unusual features. Each lot is 50 feet by 150 feet deep; each hou-e rge. bright rooms, tile bath with built-in tub, hardwood floors. open e, concrete front porch, copper screened throughout; so arranged ize housework and increase comfort; concrete sidewalks and sodded To Inspect Take 9th Street Car Marked “Takoma Park” to 8th and Butternut Streets N.W. OPEN DAILY AND SUNI See This Home i e 3014 PARK PLACE The location is unusual, two blocks from the car line; has all the advan- tages of being in the suburbe, vet convenient to the city. Chain stores, schools. churches, ete., nearby. Facing Soldier's fiome Park ke the Wisconsin avenue car, get off at Chesapeake street, walk two e Sqareq West A delightiul home of 6 rooms and bath. A in excellent condition, All modern and Representative on Premises WM. S. PHILLIPS Now in Qur New Heme—The Phillips Building Main 4600 15th St. at K St. N.W., Possession at Once I ' P . . - Price $9,500.00 Convenient Terms i R H. L. RUST COMPANY L. E. Bl'e . er & Som " Main 6888 912 15th Street N.W. M. 6140 ’ Colorado Bldg. DON'T WAlT ANY LONGER FOR THAT PREDICTED SLUMP IN WASHINGTON REALTY VALUES, THAT IS, UNLESS YOU DOUBT THE GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES. REMEMBER! AS A NATION GROWS SO GROWS ITS CAPITAL CITY IN PROPORTION. FMAKE IT YOUR AIM TO OWN WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE---THERE IS NO SAFER INVESTMENT An Exceptionally Attractive Home and Two A Real Bargain This Splendidly Built Corner Brick Residence, Acres of Ground Situated in Beautiful Bradley These Twin Apartment House Buildings Near Wardman Park Inn, on Conn. Ave. Hills, Adjacent to Fashionable Edgemoor, Md. B o Peominent Mth Steast Careny: . to Be Sold for About $10,000 Under Its On the Bradley Boulevard Leading to the That is Rapidly Enhancing in Value Real Value to Settle an Estate Montgomery and Congressional Country Clubs - - Wonderful Proposntlon for a Doctor This splendid home offers all the convenience of the city and the delights of the country. It is of npenor construction and design and contains all modern appointments. It is of the center-hall plan and on the first.floor there is a beautiful large dining Toom 15::1.&. attractive living room ap- proximately 18x27-ft.; music -in sun parlor; kitchen and pantryv. On the second floor there are 4 b.s'ooml, bath, lavatory and an unusually large sleeping pordl The house is completely ureened and weather stripped and has an ex y economical hot-water heating plant:with a heat regulator. In the rear of the property is a 2-story heated garage for 2 cars and a 3-room and bath apartment for servants’ use. Inspestlon by Appointment Only This home is of the center-hall entrance type; also has a side entrance, and contains 14 rooms and 5 baths and built-in garage. There is a back stairway from the first to third floor. Hardwood floors, open fireplaces, gas and electricity, instantaneous hot-water heater. Interior trim white and mahogany. - This property is ldeally adapted for entertaining, and contains Northeast Corner 14th and Clifton Streets. Lot 106x129 Feet Containing Over 14,000 Square Feet These Two 5-story Buildings containing 20 apts. of 5 excephonully large rooms and baths, are located in that rapidly growing business section of Mt. Pleasant and it would be impossible to build one of the bualdmgs today for price that both can be bought for, in fact the ground value is worth asking = every appointment necessary in a high-grade home. Absolutely in residence TO ARRANGE FOR AN INSPECTION OF THIS VERY DESIRABLE Foy Full Details of This Splendid Proposition Phone GE FOR INSPECTION OF THIS DELIGHTFUL HOME PROPERTY PHONE ON SUNDAY, CLEVELAND 2310, MR. WALKER. This Office Sunday From 1 to 5 P.M., or Any Week Day ARRAN ' OHN F. MAURY 1731 K Street N.W. 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