Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1924, Page 18

1 NATION' SOAP B NOW 3120000 Consumption Shows Amazing Growth—Over 700,000 Bathtubs Made in Year. 8 BY J. €. ROYLE Soecial Dispateh to The Star NEW YORK July night b the of the week xome Americans, but to a fair m: still marks the arrival of a national titution—the Saturday night bath. American the most bathed people in the world, according to accurate statistics, and more of them do their bathing Saturday night than at any other time. More than 700,000 new bathtubs were made last year, and over a million expected t be manufactured before next January. Since, for the average bath i [t 40 und 60 g lons of wat are used, th tide Soaps ri: high. And it is at its tlood on Saturday nights. This is proven by accurate ure of the water drawn from city nrins and the addi- tional amount of gas consumed in the cities to heat the water to between 140 1o 150 degrees. It requires from 2 to cubie et of gas to rase a gallon of water 100 degrees 19. end Saturday u only for ority it are Enormous. tion of water ) o 300 per cent nn eities, this preentage is jed. The ordinary this country uses about 7.500 gallons of water a month presentatives of the larg rcers in this country assert family (av United pound and Sonp Consumptic The per ca American eities is ster than in isur on Saturday nights doubled or t householder se st soap that the eighty <umes at least during the 0 on Satur- her than on 000 pounds untry in which, at i cléan- liy. This R. Deupres consumyy even hi v 2,000, is ot amilie L bill annu to R Pr this ¢ sk means ord s ager of the bie Company. does not inclu used for manufacturing purpose Na 1 S312.000,000, n addi o home consumption, aid, “the soap used in industrial textile a4 that consumed 1dings, laundries nd on transports tion 1 another 500,000,000 pounds tp consumption, and raises the #oap bill of the nation to $312.000,00( The advance in habits of personal cleanliness is indicated by the demand for larze sized B% he and E toilet soap. ucually are used for buthing purposes. Consumption of soap in rural is nearly as high as in the citie it_formeriy was 23 per cent s This was due in large part fact that farmers were make their own soap. Apparently the farmer has quick to realize that it was not nomical to make his own soap,” H. S. Brutton of the Proctor & Gam- ble Company today. “Now, due to improved manufactaring conditi resulting in greater economie whereas waller. to the been and better quality, it is uncommon to find | a rural dweller who makes soap at home.” Soap Making an Ancient Art. The art of soap making is an old one. the first authentic mention of which is made in the writings of the elder Pliny, who died 79 A.D. Pliny said, however, that the product, made from goats tallow and wood ash was used by the Gauls and Germans only to give a red color to their hair. The first mention of its use for re- moving dirt from the ing was in the second ceniur not attain general use, howe about 1300, when the » srew rapidiy in Castile and Marscille, where soap was made of olive oil and Ive. " The introduction of showers in the homes, which has been a marked fea- ture of new building struction. 1t did has tended to ccnserve the amount of | water used for bathing, as a shower bath consumes less water than one taken in a tub Bathing has larg: wx In Popularity. the demand since they creased of soap, It for are fa. akes . with lather more quickly Hotel haths are used twice as often transient guests as by permanent s, aceording to hotel manaxers. would indicate that the daily is not vet b means uni in this country. investigation « employes wash their at lunch time, but at the end the This bath versal shows that ¢ hands iarly not lazly duy's URGES EDUCATION TO GUARD INVESTORS Banker Declares Laws Are Not So Effective in Saving Public From Fraud. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 1 about $700,000,000 a investors in the United States through purchase of fraudulent _securities, John P. Baer, chairman of the “blue sky” committee, speaking at a depart- ment conference of the American Banking Inatitute yesterday. declared that education of investors, more than law, is needed to fight age security sale “You cannot legislate greed out of the hearts of people.” he said. “And 80 long as peovle are anxious to get rich auick. you will find them trying to increase their savings by invest- ments.” Mr. Baer said that this trait of human nature and the fact that most blue sky committees created by law made “political foot balls” are > causes of the failure in States of mcasures to stop sales of Worthless In explaining that the blue sky committee in Maryland is merely a voluntary body., he said that it had been more effective than legally creat- ed_bodies i other States Banks, articularly savings banks, according to Mr. Baer, should assist in the education of small in- vestors against purchasing securities which have no market value and on which money cannot be borrowed. “Savings banks,” he said, “would be benefiting themselves as well as their depositors by warning against fraudulent stock in their advertising rather than telling of their deposits and growth.” GAIN OF $5.000.000. Western Canada Profits Greatly by Advance in Wheat. WINNIPEG, July 19.—Western Can- Rda has been benefited to the extent of about five million on that portion of the 1923 wheat crop remaining un- der the control of western farmers and dealers, through the recent ad- vance in prices, it was estimated here today. Figures show that on July 4 there remained in farmers’' hands, in evuntry elevator, en route and at <€erminal elevators about 53,000,000 Bushels. It was declared that on wheat of enll grades sold @t various times through the ensuing month there had been an average advance from mid- June price of about 10 cents. STUDEBAKER Just Drivg It; That's All | worth while to imitate the table manners of gentlefolks. | was handsome and well gre and | 4.3 persons) | DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX How to Correct Table Manners—When a Middle- Aged Woman Marries for Money, Can She Find Happiness? [DEAR MISS DIX: T have a boy friend of whom I think quite a lot. He Is a fine and ambitious man, with the highest of ideals, but he has no table manners. He uses his fork as he would a pitchfork. He is a cup cuddler, and you can hear him eat his soup across the room. He leaves his knife half on the table and half on the plate, and breaks most of the other rules of decent table etiquette. I could love him if it were not for this, and would be glad to marry him, but I cannot face a lifetime of sitting across the table and watching him eat. What would you do? DREAMER. Answer: 1 would buy the very best book on etiquette that I could &et, and 1 would mark the passagcs that dealt with the particular sins that e commits, then 1 would write him a little letter, because you can sa things in a Jetter that you cannot by word of mouth, telling him very frankly that 1 felt sure he did not realize his lack of table manners, and that I'was giving him a chance to correct them, If he is a silly, vain fool, he will never forgive you he is a big, broad man, whose early education in the nic neglected, he will thank vou for it. And. anyway, whethe xlad, he Will never eat peas with his knife again, because found cut that doing so makes him a figure of fun, and ther acquire merit. for this: but if ties of life was he is mad or he will have by you will Tt is an amazing thing that any one in this day and generation should ignore his table manncrs, for nothing in the world 5o surcly marks a man's breeding as the way he eats. Vet every day you sec clever, self-made voung chaps. who have had the brains and energy to forge ahead In their business who still feed like pigs. They realize the importance « and appearance. They are barbered up to the minute, and have copied the clothes of fashionable men about town. But they have never thought it fet to be able to eat like a genticman is one of the important factors In their success Last year a banker told me that he had been watching for several years the career of a most promising young man in his employ. The young chap sed, he had energy and initiative, he was faithful and so when the bank was goIng to open a new branch he was slated for manazer. On the day whe glad news was o be imparted the banker took the voung chap out to h. was their first social counter. und the first spoonful of soup wrecked the young man's carcer. We couldn’t send a man out to represent us with the table manners of a avage,” said the hanker regretfully I thought that the banker should have told the young man why he didn’t get the place and give him a chance to correct his faults, instead of letting them be a perpetual handicap to him. and that is why I am advising you to give vour sweetheart the opportunity to save himself. AR DOROTHY DIX: Some time ago you wrote an article on “Marrying ind trustworthy DIX. formerly accustomed to body and cloth- | sier to hold and cover the sur- | DOROTHY D* for Money.” 1 quite agreed with you then, and was ready to condemn any man or woman who would do such a thing.” Now 1 find myself engaged to a man I do not love. He is rich, loves me, and will give me everything meney can buy. I am 2 middle-aged woman, and bave always worked for my living. The man I am engaged to knows what my sentiments are toward Lim, but he says he will teach me to love him, and that everything will turn out ‘all right. Would it be safe to marry the man to whom I ind am T not justified in marrying for money? on the price you set on yo ost in the world. and very much on the Kind of man you are marr; deciding this question "vour age is a most important factor. U no circumstances shonld a young girl marry for money, because youth must have romance an ns and fire and passion. And the girl who does not love her hush: rtain to find some man whom she does love. When a vounz w marries for money she sells her soul. But with a aed woman the matter is different. Life has long ago dissipated her ron i ns. Romantic love is done for, for her. She can neither feel it, nor inspire it. but she is capable of a fine and splendid affection for a man, 4 glorified friendship that is more fortable than any romantic love can be, and there is no reason why financial consideration should not enter into the forming of this friendship. Answer: It depen rself, on what vou care for 1 Such & woman would not actually marry a man for his money, though undoubtedly it would be a great attraction to a woman who had always been poor and worked hard for her living. A man who has made a fortune practically always interesting becau energy, a man who has selt-control, And all of these qualitics go to the making up of the kind of a husband who is interesting to live with, of whom his wife can well be proud, and to whom a woman can be a good pal And there is no discounting the fact that the flesh pots are mighty handy to have around the house, and that a lovely home and a position in society and all the luxuries and pleasures that wealth can give are com- forting things for women to have in their middle age and old age. DOROTHY DIX. [DBAR NISS DIX: For the last few years my life has been 50 unpleasant. Tam a boy of eighteen and have no friends. I make friends. but cannot | keep them. Within a week we break offl. Do they get tired of me, or do | | | is generally personally likable and it takes a man of intelligence, of man of force and power to succeed e they think too much of themselves? Can you tell me what to do? R. b Answer: 1 wonder if the ca not in yourself, R. P.? Honest. now, aren’t you high-tempered and irritable? Don't you expect the other bovs always to do vour way? Do you try to be friendly, or expect them to run after you? Do vou play the game fair and square? Do vou brag? Boys won't stand for any of these things, you know. You have to be friendly | yourself. You have to have the sporting spirit if you want boys to like you. | There is just one unfailing rule for winning and keeping friends. It is the golden rule. Follow that and you will never be friendless | DOROTHY DIX. | TAXES CUT DEEPLY INTO FARM RENTS Large Proportion of Income Absorbed by State and County Levies Since 1920. State and county realestate taxes since 1920 have absorbed a large pro- portion of the income from rent on tarms in varfous parts of the coun- try, a study announced by the De- partment of Agriculture discloses. Basing their study on taxes for 1919, the experts found that in Sout orn areas real estate taxes absorbed wout 10 per cent of the net cash rent, in North Central States 12 to 25 per cent and in Western States 10 o 3% per cent. Since 1919 taxes gen- crally have increased, while rents have been reduced; and there is rea- ‘on to belleve, the depart said, chit taxes on many less fav arms have absorbed all of the inc rent. Local rather than S wre held responsible for the part of the burden Present taxing methods, which take land valuations without considering “arm earni . Dusis for tixa- tion, are depart- aid. and pointed that 1 include anticipations of future 01d residence at 1310 34th strect, former home of Milton Hopfenmaler, built in 1701, which hax been purchaxed by Charles Wallace Collins, deputy con- troller of the United States Treasury, The bullding is built in Englund ond brought to Geor; ballast in th welx that entered that port. Mr. Collins’ wife, a well kn vixed itx interior decoration and restored ftx early colonial effect. wax completed through the office of rrett. which may never be real- verag: casn renes are o | HOWENSTEIN.TO BUILD Mistook His Man. index of the carning power of | From ¢ ! getete, the exparis BIG APARTMENT HOUSE Didn't you hear me call truest measurc of the $600,000 Structure Will Be Erected farmer is carrying average taxes and av- at 16th and Harvard greater super- lhe =ale st farm | ‘ is an‘t know it was you | ome one I run | of more than 100 | department said. | of taxes o rent threefold from 1914 study covered t survey Indiana farms, the showed the ratio inereased almos 1o 1923, The 19 States and indicated that farm re ate bore heavier taxes than me in teal estate in the countie er Streets, . Siyteenth of another house. H. R. Howens [ $600.000 structure | street, just | bassy, that is now G street will soon e erection ce apartm in will build a 1613 Hurvard the Ital the process of ruction | new apartment house will artments of from 1 te in The dimensions of the ne building are 247 by 111 feet. It wil | constructed of Indiana liniest hop. Assistant—Very llkely, sir. | be five stories high with We have no rule against giving bent | wings coins to customers. The architect is Stanley man Park Hotel Wil well tuilt—a lome son'lt auned at v of in aths, sleeping porch for d in Chevs Does Not Work Both Ways. From the Edinburgh Scotsman Shop Assistant—Pardon me, sir, but »ur rules forbid us to receive bent or battered coins from customers Customer—But I received that very coin here as change north an em In ex t jon. Ope day purcha Chase Edw. w | three H. Jones & Co., Inc. v (hase Bank Bldz. Cleveland 2300, | “Everything in Chevy Chase’” B. Simmons Colored Homes of Unusual Attraction— Once you have scen these splendidly modern Homes you won't be satisfied with anything less. They are so convenient in planning and arrangement that your Housekeéping dutics will become a pleas- ure instead of -drudgery. And the location in Northwest Washing- ton is of the best. If you don’t want to be disappointed you'll see these Homes today. 4th and W Streets NW Six rooms, bath and kitchen, thoroughly up-to-date—reliable Hot-water heating plant —attractive electric lighting fixtures. "!“hcrts plenty of closet room. Front and back porches—hardwood loors, Open all Day Sunday, with a represent- ative to show you through—see them For Sale by B. B. PINN (Cwner’s representative) 712 Kenyon Street N.W. Phone Col. 5817 ATTRACTIVE OFFERINGS INSPECT AT ONCE 6101 FOURTH STREET N.W. B tiful suburban detsched home of 8 rooms; large porchies; modern in ever respect over 14,000 square feet and re set out wit shrubbery. A hume worthy of your prompt. ins 1217 EIGHTH STRE downtown hon 1 In good condition ps 3618 ALB Price reduced for quick ttractively finished brick containing 7 rooms and ba garage and, in fact, every conye home. A home that should be MASSACHUSET brick rooms 4 bed- contain tul trees and and hatl Substantial irs, of roo purchased & 2 STREEN sale. One of detached houses ping por ience th inspected i } AVENUE HF ete. ' This he zarage for n active price. N.w. he most utiful h and L ilt-in 8 ™ 3 SIGH Attractiv o dnd commands « won View over W condition. Posse n at Price d NEAR WARDMAN PA Owner leaving ecity, has place vit his beautiful b n garage for 2 cars: slec ¢ Your prompt inspection of t ) WARDMAN 1430 K St N.W. derful pric built We u “How Dear to My Heart Are the Scenes of M ildhood” Think of Your Children In making your selection of a home. The neighborhood, the environments, the outdoor advantages, their safety while at play should be considered seriously— IT°S YOUR DUTY Then, too, the character, attractiveness, convenience and price of the home are some other features that demand careful consideration. IN n 3 (Copyright. BUILDING BOOM KEEPS UP. | Baltimore Feels General Prosperity | From Heavy Expenditures. | BALTIMORE, July 19.—Continuance | of unusually heavy building opera- tions in Baitimore is still adding to the general financial prosperity of the city, and is ‘being watched with | 1924.) COMMODITY NEWS | | WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY | | CHICAGO, July 19. production of 9,842,000 bushels of Irish potatoes is estimated for Illinois this year. This is slightly over the production | interest by leaders in financial and S . | industrial circles here. In 1923. The sweet potato produc-| 0L s {scucd during the first six tion for the State is estimated at|monthe of this yenr tiaire 495060 7.000 bushels, compared to 880,000 650, or $5,478,541—27.85 per cent—greater Nt than during the corresponding period | | trade —Stating that | ar are lost by | | satisfactory profits resulting to manu- |and terry most | of 1923. The figure is the largest| 3W ORLEANS, July 19.—Manu- ! ever recorded br the building in- facturers of summer clothing here spector’s office for a period of this are winding up the best season they lencth. ever had, with sales about 40 per| June permits. totaling $4.147,700, cent ahead of last year. showed an increase of 85.91 per cent. - as comrared with the corresponding PITTSBURGH, July 19, h buying continues in the coal month of last year, although a decline in this district. .Inquiries for of 34.02 ver cent was noted, as com- small lots ranging from 500 to 1,000 rared with May. The largest single item is building tons are the general rule and most of those are for prompt shipment construction, which is 45 per cent of Local sellers report that a number the total. of plants which were closed down some time ago are preparing to re- sume. BOSTON. July 19.—Heads of large textile concerns here declare the tre- mendous curtailment in manufacture of cotton goods must be I, foundation for better busines: fall. Mills are less inclined to ac- cept orders at current prices, which in many cases mean losses. SEATTLE, July 19.—Sales of heavy duty oil-burning engines in the sea- son just closed, for use in Puget Sound and Columbia River waters has broken all previous records, with Hand-to- m BRICKS SHOW DECLINE. Go to $18 Per 1,000—Lowest Since | November. The New York brick market shows a decline of $2 per thousand on com- mon brick. This is the lowest this building material has been since last November. Brick is now selling at $18; in 1922 it was $17, and the lowest point touched since the war has been $14. The highest price ever reached in the New York market was $25 per thousand in 1920. The lowest ever touched was in 1909 and 1911, when they sold at $4.75 per thousand. The in tugs, craft. new fishing, engines ‘are facturers. freight being used Thirty thousand cubic feet of air weighs, roughly, one ton. ATLANTA, -July 19.—There have been indications of a stiffening of lumber prices in the Southeast in the last few days, which has added im- petus to building operations. ~Small saw mill _operators, many of whom had closed down, are reopening their plants. NEW ISSUES MOUNT UP. London Securities Heaviest Since Last October. NEW YORK, July 19.—New issues of securities on the London market during May exceeded $194,640.000, the highest since October last. This com- pares with only $32,116,000 in April, and is not far short of double of the monthly average in 1923, $115,811,000, according to the Bankers' Trust Com- pany of New York. In the first five months of 1924 new issues (totaled $523,582,000, against $780,506,000 in the corresponding period last year. Flo- tations on behalf of foreign borrowers, however, show an increase over these periods from $101,699,000 to $168,850,~ 000. ® Takoma Park Homes New home of 6 rooms. floors; close to car line on Dis- trict side of the park. Every convenience—Oak floors, fire- place, hot-water heat. This is priced at a low figure for quick sale. $9.500. Near Washington Sanitarfum: 5 rooms, sleeping porch, stucco finish. ~ Has electric lights, sewer and water. Hot-water heat; oak floors. Very attra tive setting. Concrete roadway. $7.500; small cash payment. Very substantial 7-room house, of hollow-tile construc- tion, white stucco finish. House will be sold at less than cost. Rooms are extfa large. Has oak floors throughout and hardwood trim. Fireplace. Tiled bath. Mirror doors in closets. Large Rlazed sleeping porch. Hot- water heat. Toilet and tubs in basement. Good neighborhoos near cars. Garage. $1,000 cash. Small five-room home, with bath, attic and dry basement. Has all improvements and has just been newly decorated. A #mall but very well built and attractive home. Garage. $6,500; terms. 6812 Eighth Street, within half square of car line, midway between Takoma and Walter Reed, stucco house, with five rooms and bath first floor, and 3 rooms, kitchenette and bath second floor. Hot-water heat. Oak floors. Fireplace and built- in bookca: and cabinets. 2 1818 Vernon St. NW. Just West of 15th and You Sta. Building Recently Completed Two Rooms," . Kitchen and Bath, THE GARDEN SPOT OF We offer these and many other attractions, in the are building and offering for sale in this “Miller-Built” community of moderate priced homes. Loca- tion, construction, quality, artisticness, convenience and price have been thoroughly and conscientiously studied out and applied. Come out and see for yourself. homes we TO INSPECT—Motor out Mass. ave., or by Wisconsin ave. trolley to intersection of Mass. and Wisconsin aves., thence west along Cathedral ave., which leads to property. BUILT AND FOR SALE BY W. C. and A. N. MILLER Realtors 1119 17th St. Main 1790 1927-29-31 2d Street N.W. 112 Blocks North of Rhode Island Ave. The embodyin moderately TERMS. ~Wide, every appointment GARAGE. utmost in a new tapesiry brick dern AL BUILT-IN Sriced priced ' VERY LIBER udir repro. BRIEF DETAILS splendid rooms: beautiful hardwood ending actoss e-t're housc: b cabinet: Detroit Jewel gas range with built-i ed elec water hemter Last but not least—b: fieo: toilet: Lyon mostat attachment. OPEN FOR INSPECTION ALL DAY SUNDAY “Owner-builder’s representative on premises” Brand-New Cottages and Bungalows at 3110-3128 Newton St. NE Just off Rhode Island Avenue in the District of Columbia These Homes are of Kite designing and construction, which is a guarantee of unusual quality. They are planned and arranged so scientifically and practically that making your Home here will be a real pleasure instead of hard work. With every modern convenience at hand you'll thor- oughly enjoy your Home. The location, too, is unusually desirable and handy, the nicest in Northeast Washingtén. Cottage and Bungalow types with hot-water heating plants, fully equipped bath, up-to-date kitchens containing all the improvements for which Kite-constructed Homes are justly famed. You won’t find anything at our price to compare with these Home_ The Prices Are Attractive And the Terms Will Be Most Satisfactory to You Open for inspection every day and evening. Our office representative is on the premises. Built, Owned and for Sale by House must bé sold, and terms to suit may be arranged. Lillie & Hendrick Citisens Bank Building End of 14th Street Car Line, ‘Takoma Adams 4542-3 $57.50 ; Open for Inspection” B.F. Saul Co. 1412 Eye St. NW. Harry A. Kite (Incorporated) 1514 K Street Phone Main 4846 2L Ty LT L LA L L L Ao AT /7 AT ON SIXTEENTH STREET Strategic Location, Splendid Construction and Appointments ZZZZZZTT y UL111 7111 LA LLEL LAY, Open 9AM. to 9 P.M. Exhibit House 4211 16th St. $3,500 Cash Will Be Accepted Down See Them Sunday Without question, the low- est-priced homes on this beau- tiful Avenue. A sound invest- ment and a real home. We ad- vise your immediate inspec- tion. Many exclusive features, as massive concrete porch, beautiful roomy living rooms with real fireplace, French doors to commodious dining room, double French doors to sunlit breakfast room. Spot- less, thoroughly equipped kigchen. Four master bed- rooms, two complete tile baths, marble shower, finished attic, Pittsburg instantane- ous heater, servant's room and bath. Three-car, built-in Or Phone for Auto garage. Spacious lawns. Any Week Day “%JVYIDPU SUAPIRO CO 10 _19™ _~Teet nw 9 Qflm mn nqc_i. A “When Better HOMES Are Built—SHAPIRO Will Build Them” /1177777277771 777 1ELRI I IF I TT I 1127 T LTI 27 LT E7 77 2227 2720 P2 AT PP 2775 T, 2T 2 2T 2T 2T 2222 77Tl VLI LI LIS LTI I LTI AT IIII I I P P2 LTI P2 22T 2 2T T 2277, S e