Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1925, Page 18

18 - REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING ' BTAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. C. BATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1925. REAL ESTATE. e R N WA NG N e AT R Y T N Do e e e DT e e H s I:.':.‘f-‘?? ShaTfoge Ras Dee bextoad T | | HEADING LOCAL DELEGATION TO REALTORS’ MEET In many cases it pays to ave floors N | scraped by an expert, who has the < 3 | proper tools and knows just how to|R 3 ‘ » - o } floors with chemicals is also hard : = 3 work, and must be done carefully, so Employers Took This Factor | ¢ : Soaris and moidings, Commercial var. : : | g i nish and paint removers may be Into Consideration When | : Soughi. but'are rather xpenaive, and | 3 iy : il | ¥ 7 t . The followi; ixt dis- Fixing Wages. | . e e = 23 . ening the wood or raising the grain: treat different woods. After a floor has been scraped, planed and sand- papered, it can be finished as though it were new. Removing varnish or paint from Four parts benzol, three parts amyl Rents in Germany - have, on the| « § o acetate or fusei oll, one part carbon whole. been low because of govern . :;‘I'.‘f":l':m""r: — b“;‘:‘m‘;‘;fl l:‘[‘;: ment rent restriction, but the working | 8 e 8120 classes have not actually profited by | 3 & % sroad nha SN el (6 SR or & Ko w low rents because, in fAxing wages, | | R < e e the emplover took into consideration | 3 LT DR e ML s T Sn i i rea er VIn om or s the low rents, according to the Bureau A i 3 . CRlae S ASaoLemRol f of e xomiates. - TL 4 oy of Labor siatistios of the United | % R T Shaee o e States Department of Labor. | i b type should be uSled onty where there “The Increasingly high cost of build. | e i b Leopem flame - : i y s | of any kind, - for they contain 4 Attractive fng and the uncertainty regarding the | " ' trend of prices of building material | ,:.Sm“n—*—hmmm' e 5 : 2 ’ . " of the currency. conpled with the low | ; rents, have resulted in almost no nnw‘ : Drive Out houses being buflt,” the bureau report - nd. Bl JN( ;AI OW g | Left to right: Tom Jarrell, president; John A. ty, secretary, and William K. Hartung, chairman of cenven- S|' ' ernoo { %o « M he working class also paid mare | tion committee of local real estate board's delegation, to Realty Convention in Detrolt. They leave fomerrow afer. \\I”D INA,!:F(_T i S A S T P — $7,450, $8,250, $8,500, $8,750, $9,800 G 5 ST U OLD FLOORS MAY BE RESTORED rencunzes= 34103 & 4105 o S e t— 82 taxen on thelr wages were levied |fo match the floor. Another good filler : Monthly P $65, $75, $85 efory e workers received them ay be made of cabinet glue melted 3 on aymen! Hierehs eprving e "Sorkers of the WITH HOMEMADE MATERIALS m be mue of copinet, gie melea N WL ; ¢ y E5365. %15, advantage of the depreciation of the B B SN | thickened with fine sawdust and col- e v ¥ . it~ 5 A 3 |t T e At b 2 DLOCKS WEST 16TH ST 7 ive and six rooms. built-in cases, steel medicine ~cabinet, oe 1 AT TAYLOR ST . B tubs, hardwood floors, open fire- large floored attic, cellar under currency which other taxpavers had | Pe used while hot and can be worked 8 | T 0 Hand e 4 i Sace. | Lpikce entire house. wash trays, lawn Was the paramount thought in the mind4 of the designer and builder of these Waces Are tower. — Dirt and Stains Can Be Removed With Soapsuds and | %55 ¥ el < e Sk ki aran, e vt Wt “While ni m N Kknife. S A rapidly. enl wa Bleachers, Tack Holes Can Be Plugged, and | A slightly worn varnished floor can| atache f r £ 'l’(;""'h“" ""h‘“'“"’;- _?“‘_““‘h‘"‘:' fixtures. attractive ‘wall _paper, T bite s the wan, S Ak R : ; N & ; chen cabinet, built-in book- fresh air. sunshine, trees. ; . - generally be satisfactorily renovated | es e bricklavers, for exan “whic Varnish Applied to Cleaned Surface. by rubbing the scratchex with a soft o - 3 hefore the war had been A e sl i g HOW TO REACH PROPERTY cent higher than ~the . minimum —_— sl B censit. Sardnapering e iout mnall cost of exigtence, were lawer brushing on # fresh coat of varnish. than the minimum cost of existence | How to finish old wood floors or toajled or painted as though It were |1t a varnished floor is badly worn, the | in 28 of the 60 montys from January, |Festore the color and luster to those , .. ytiar the first coat of fnish | best wav is to remove all the old fin. | 1920, to Deeember, | 1 A comp: that have become dingy and worn is a hle and start anew. | 3 ey, | 13h D e = ood Batli Tt problem that often perplexes the |has been applied and allowed to dry, | g fon of wages in various Berlin Ind housewlite. = With the discarding of | cracks and h should be filled with | Varnish or paint can be rfemoved e T o or The marky | eavy carpets fastened in place has |Crack filler colored to match the floor. |from a floor by scraping and planing, whows that while in seneral there was | c©Ome the problem of finishing the Various kinds of crack fillers are|or by applving a chemical varnish re e I e el Yol | floor underneath so that rugs can be|used. but a simple and satistactory | mover. The first method, although L 2 \ ot {rades wera Used. Floors that have been covered |one may be made of genuine whiting | tedious and laborious. especially for T o e Tham with carpet are fn most cases of soft. | and linseed-oil puity into which is'an inexperienced worker, is better in prewar times, while in a few |W0od and have had no finish of any( — trades they were higher. S s e | —— — . “The revolution of 1318 led to the |, frst, Of all the Qocr o made aa general introduction of the maximum | &0 €V AN SEOTE BN m_'mnd'l at S our ea ome D oy oy SOVErnen. oo |papkred. T Al pemnantsiiof (tacks (ark . ally no opposition to the sight-nour | Wiy il e Tne wood 1a e | In buying a home, it is vour privilege to be par- "A‘”:""” ‘“’wm»“l"mhg\';“;;:"“f: h\;::: scriibbed elean with hot soapsuds or | fl ticulr —to choose a charming. cultured neighborhood in a big dro e some other cleansing agent and rinsad | 1 of ith vour ideals vironment, such as :m‘-i”?ud'» some groups of emplovers | Gith ‘elear wator. Stams mav. in harmony with vour ideals of environment, such a nxious 10 r ats by ing working hours. In Aug 21, { sol ; " at employers. especially in the P 4 or | Austries, hegan # movement 5 liquid, which is poisonous | } a e the eight-hour dav, and on De; nd musi be carefully handled, is 21. 1923, the government issued 8 ' spread on the wood and allowed to' [} decree. which. while it maintained the d overnight. Al traces of both [ It is likewise your privilege to buy or build 2 home that is principle of the eight-hour da per- cleansing agent and acid must be rve- Ji strictlv in accordance with your ideas oi architectural beauty- mitted certain exceptions by collective _moved. otherwise thev will injure | a home that expresses your individuality, irom the cellar to the agreement and by official permit.Tthe finish later. The floor when thor- |l itic. as weli as the exterior. Gl s e Sy De sapned. e 3 Vour Ideal Home may he modest irom the standpoint of size passed shows that the working time f or it ‘may be spacious. in any event, our Architectural Depart- varies from agreement to o 4 ment can help many providing for r 3 your most exacting requirements = hours per day or 48 per v ; And with our own cficiently managed construction force and the elimination of intermediate profits, we can build for vou at tmemplovment 1 the Winter ot § Store on Pennsylvania Ave. amazingly low prices, approximately Y s ationslly TS 207 Below the Open Market Prices : o conditions L l.et us help you plan and give vou an estimate on vour took a had turn the Winter - L n of 192324 unemploym w eate o il Ideal Home. than it has ever 500,000 I n by appointment anty £30,000 short-time workers receiving | = | ) unemployment benefits on January 1 ¥ ORY l 1924, By the end of 1924 the number - - | & MAIJ_, ’ nc. of totally unemployed and et R | 1108 Sixteenth Street Main 8970 With Large Livable Rooms 14th St. car line marked Takoma, get off at Third and Quack- Now Ready for Occupancy i GOOD SIZE LOT WITH 3| . . - SEE THEM TODAY OR SUNDAY BEAUTIFUL SHADE TREES Donnelly & Plant Inc. REALTORS 3123 14th St. N.W. Cel. 838 Representative on premises every day from 10 teo 5:30 TERRELL & LITTLE, Inc. 1206 18th St. N.W. Main 3285 Evening Phones: Adams 6549 or Adams 3285.W et e el o el e 3 asenm L R R N T T T R R R R R e BROOKMONT vou realize just what vou have in mind, following On the Conduit Road - - Just Over the D. C. Line A Real Estate Investment Opportunity ~ Seldom Offered to the Public Many Out of Work. workers combined rec ; 14th & K Main 9080 benefits had fallen to & 458,000. '] [ [l [ - L n [] & s . . L] [ [ [] '] L L] o 4 . It is not necessary to go out- = side of our own Capital to find - a real investment. The prop- - erty we are selling is what we : believe to be the best opportunity x : : e ever offered a home seeker in & ; « sy Washington. We back this . ; L] [] [] [ [ n - L - . [ n E n 1] L} [] LJ [ L] n - [ L] L] - FOR SALE Very Reasonable A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HOME SEVEN MILES FROM WASHINGTON—ON THE ROCKVILLE PIKE FIVE MINUTES’ WALK FROM STEAM OR ELECTRIC CARS statement with years of experi- ence in the real estate business. We are offering graceful, sloping homesites at a cost no greater than you usually pay for ordinary flat lots. By a stroke of good business, which some people describe as luck, we acquired this fine piece of property on the Potomac at a price so low that we are able to offer choice home sites and camp sites at prices which you will never again be able to buy them. ; Entrance to Brookmont Showing Improvements. Our only regret is that we have not an unlimited acreage. The fact is that we have only a limited number of home sites and camp sites to offer. 3 Over 200 Lots Already Sold 80 Lots Sold This Week The above facts show what local buyers think of this property. It has been on the market only three weeks and the choice lots are going fast. More than 65 per cent of the possible buyers that have visited this property have purchased lots. i 5 Cents to 15 Cents Per Foot Good Roads, Sidewalks, Water, Electricity Incladed No other place in or near Washington can you buy choice lots at such low prices. You need only to hold them for a short while before you realize a handsome rofit, and in the meantime you can live in Brookmont if you wish to, in a home that we will build for you, or help you finance if you prefer to build for yourself. Sqlesmen On Property Daily Till Dark | 3 . n - - ] - & . . ‘ | . E OUT T ' ON VERY EASY TERMS A BEAUTIFUL, UP-TO - DATE, CONVENIENTLY LOCATED ] = U Take Cabin John Car and get off on HOME, consisting of about fifteen acres of well shaded ground, grown with : property, or motor straight out Conduit ; H . . " - . [ [ [l n . ] b = 5 o e Sk : and select your site before it’s too late. These Road and stop at Brookmont just over fruit trees. A house containing tw elve large, airy rooms and hath (as illus- lots can’t last long at these prices. b Dhtit T trated), with electricity. Two smaller tenant houses, a well house, garage and " A. J. Watkins Realty Stock, included in the sale, consists of one work and one good saddle horse, a Owners and Developers pony, two milch cows, and farm implements. There is also a large garden, all planted with a fine assortment of vegetables. ® . 1407 New York Avenue N. W. Main 4799 % Members National Association Real Fatate Boards 4 > MAY BE IDENTIFIED BY SIGN ON ROAD E R R R R R R R E R R e R R R R R S R R R R RN R R RN N NN RN E NN RN ] TERMS TO SUIT PURCHASER