Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1925, Page 13

REAL ESTATE BETTER LIGHTS SOUGHT TO CHECK BAD EYESIGHT Most of Cases of Defective Vision Result of Poor Engineers and architects are attack ing the problems of school lighting in an effort to aid the public authorities throughout the country in cutting down the percentage of defective vision among children. Improper il- lumination, a factor of developing importance in the building industry and in architecture, has, according to the sight Conservation Council of America, been a prolific source of poor evesight A popular version of the code of lighting school buildings, prepared under the joint sponsorship of the American Institute of Architects and the Illuminating Engineering Society, has just been issued by the Eyesight Conservation Council, the president of which is Lawrence W. Wallace, exec utive secretary of the American Engl- neering Council The new edition of the code is the work of a subcommittee of the sec tional committee of the American engineering standards committee, con- sisting of Mrs. Winifred Hathaway, New York, chairman of the national committee for the prevention of blind ness; Walter S. Deffenbaugh, United States Bureau of Education, Wash- ington; J Hannum, research engi neer, Evesight Conservation Council of America, New York; M. G. Lloyd, United States Bureau of g Washington: M. Lu Lamp Works, Cleveland: W, rill, United Gas Improvement Co., Philadelph Barrett, New York University Lighting Inadequate. urveys of the physical equipment of school systems made in different parts of the country,” says Guy A. Henry, general director of the Eye-. sight Conservation Council, which co- operated with the Ho ste com- mittee, “show almost i bly that the natural lighting facilities improvi and adequate artificial fllumination is almost entirely lack- ing “The principal reason for this con. ditlon is_that many school building: were built years ago when the im- portance and value of proper lighting were not appreciated and the science and art of lighting were very imper- fect. “This is particularly true in rural &chool districts, but exists to a prising extent in many cities. some of our more modern buildin giving proper consideration to the ar- rangement of windows, the amount of window area or the installation of edequate artificial lighting “Recently there have been greater demands in schools not only for im proved daylight facilities, but for mod- n systems of artificial I\:hting. Schoolhouse construction bae not pace with the increase in the population and the @trnsion of the curriculum. As a result many schools have been forced to conduct school Illumination, servation Council Finds. need | have bebn planned without | Con- to secure sufficient window area arti- ficial fllumination should be available to supplement the daylight. It is nec- essary as a safety measure in dark corridors, cloak rooms and stajrways. ““There is finally to be considered the improved standards of lighting estab. lished as a result of the rapid develop- ment in the art of lighting in recent vears. Systems and facilities that were considered adequate a few years ago are now regarded as obsolete even though the equipment may be in good condition. Business interests have found it worth while to provide light-{ ing installations according to the latest approved standard for indus- trial workers; it is certainly even more important to give consideration to the workrooms of children. “When new school buildings are be- ing constructed, adequate natural and artificial light can be provided with very little added expense. Wonderful improvements can be made in old buildings by properly finishing the walls and ceilings, by the installation of shades at windows, by the proper arrangement of desks and by equip- ping the present artificial lighting s tem with correctly designed reflecting shades and diffusing glassware. The low cost of such necessary changes warrants their careful consideration by school authorities.” The three important elements of lighting are declared to be amount of illumination, distribution of light and diffusion of light. Regarding the de- sign of school buildings, Mr. Henry said Use Daylight When Possible. “We are dependent upon the light from the sky for all our natural light- ing, and since it is superfor to any form of artificial light, every means should be provided whereby it may be utilized as much as possible. Window and skylights are the direct means by which daylight is admitted to the classroom. “The securing of an adequate amount, therefore, depends upon the design of the building. The architect who plans the building is responsible for this. He should design the school building so that each room will have windows of sufficient size and number. Furthermore, the windows must be praperly located and the rooms must be of suitable proportions. It is even important to consider the location of the building with respect to other | buildings.” Diffusion of light is called the most difficult problem confronting lighting experts. SEEK REALTOR SESSION. Tulsa and Atlantic City Bid for 1926 Convention. Invitations were extended the na | tional realty body to held the 192 THE EVENING STAR, W SHINGTON, C., SATU JULY 4, 1925 REAL ESTATE HOUSE PLANS FOR HOME PLANNERS The Beauty of Field Stone Charm of This Home. Design, Suitable for Stucco, ‘Wood Construction or Stone—Opportunities for Treatment. Your house may be quite as sub- stantial as the trees which surround it—perhaps more so; for field stone will rival the oldest trees in du bility and, with the varied tints poss! ble in stone, it runs a close second as to beauty. Build your home of | fleld stone in a setting of lovely old trees’ and you have attained the ideal. | Such a house as this should al- ays have the type of interestir setting that the owner of this hous illustrated today was fortunate in having been able to procure. To be sure, not all can have such a wonder- ful plot, for this house is set in the | midst of 40 acres of finely wooded | lands; but usually patient hunting— or often just a reference to the want ad columns of this paper—will re- veal a plot in your vicinity of fine bossibilities for a real home like « The house itself is of fleld stone and the more colorful stones have been selected. The doorway—which, unfortunately, is not shown in this photograph, which was taken from | the porch and dining room side—is one of the lovely features of this de- slgn. Should the house be built fac- ing the street, this doorway would ce‘rmlnly attract much attention. The windows with the arched stone tops are also an attractive feature. Both | the oval and the square topped ones | wre beautiful. The design s 56 feet wide by feet deep; o if one chose to build it as this house stands, a 50-foot lot could be used. If built with the doorway facing the street, it would require at least a 75-foot lot The porch is really another large room added to the splendid living room. All meals could be served on this porch if desired, as there is a door opening Into the dining room 5o that very few extra steps need be taken. Thus the porch becomes an all-the-year-round delight The kitchen is an ideal size for both comfort and convenience. There | is a roomy pantry between the kitchen and dining room in which all | serving may be done, dishes used in the kitchen stored and the ice box kept. There are two large bedrooms down stairs and bath. These bedrooms are divided from the rest of the house by a private hall which insures peace, quiet and privacy. Each bedroom has two windows so placed that there is a direct current of air through the rooms. And each bedroom has g0od-sized closet. The linen clc is in the private bedroom hall, eas: Winter furs and dresses and over- coats. The stairs are an interesting part of this design. They lead out of the hall. The owner has chosen to make a sort of grille work rising from the steps to the celling and it makes a very pretty picture as one enters. The coat closet is handy at the side of the stairs as one enters. The hall is_spacious and well lighted. This design is both extraordinarily attractive and very adaptable. With the introduction of a little individu- ality many other changes may be made suitable to the needs of each owner. Since the prices of labor and mate- rial vary so materially in different localities, we do not attempt to give you detailed information as to the cost of your exact needs to be in- stalled in this design. For informa- tion 28 to the procuring of the build- ing plans of this design, No. 76, send a stamped and self-addressed en- velope to the Real Estate Editor, The Star. (Copyright, George Matthew Adams.) FLYING ANT PEST IS WARNED AGAINST Insects Shed Wings and Bore Into ‘Woodwork of Homes, Caus- ing Damage. BALTIMORE, July 4—A warning against “flying ants” has been issued by Charles H. Osborne, inspector of buildings. These creatures, known more ex- actly as termites, live on wood, Mr. Osborne pointed out. They get into | frame buildings, as well as joists of other structures, and cause damage. LIVING-RO00M - 21182 work and timber. 3 They must be Checked, he declared, and he advo- this indication swarming of their FISCAL YEAR in City’s June, the final month of the fiscal vear, broke the year's record in value | of building construction and estab- lished the second highest monthly | total in the history of the building | industry of the National Capital. | With a total expenditure here of $8,839,382 June runs second only to April, 1923, the banner month, which showed a total of $10,402,836. . In April, 1923, however, $5,000,000 was | expended on the Mayflower Hotel, fand in point of variety of construc tion June is far ahead of April, 1923. | It was the huge building total in last | month that put the past fiscal year | over the top and established it with a total of $62,000,000, the record year | in the building industry of the Na- tional Capital. The total last month is more than twice the amount of June, 1924, which | showed a total of $4,077,880. It is! more than $2,250,000 ahead of July, 1924, the second highest month of the past fiscal year. Out of the 4,200 houses built during | the fiscal year 573 were erected in | June, at a fotal cost of $3,609,445. Out | lUf the tot: number of 119 apart- | June at a cost of $3,462,000. This | |means that in the past four weeks | | 87,171,445 of the total of $8,839,382 | has been spent to provide addition | housing units for the people of the | District. | The actual number of projects start- ed last month was 1,184, the most of which was residential properties. The | unprecedented boom started in full | force with the first week of 1925, when January showed the unusual total for that period of the vear of approximately $4,250,000. | first of the year each month has| hown increasing totals up to the end | of the fiscal vear. | | officia the office of the building | | inspector expect the monthly total to | | even grow higher. They base this on | the plans now in the office for in- | spection. building_inspector, predicts that not | | only winl th lender vear see the | $70,000,000 mark in Construction here, | ment houses erected 11 were built in |G Since the | Rej Col. John W. Oehmann, the | BUILDING TOTAL IS $62,000,000 All Records §hattered by Tremendou Boom—June Mark Second Highest History. | but that this fiscal year just beginning will leap ahead of the record break ing year ended last month by many millions of dollars As usual most of the improvements last month were in the northwest section of the city, where $6,156,410 of the month’s total was spent. The distribution of last month’s expendis ture in us sections of the city was as follows: Northwest, $6,156.410; outheast, $228,775; northeast, $1,443, . and southwest, $254,000. Repairs were distributed in about the same proportion. Number. Repairs . Apartments Garages Stores . | Offices Gas station Churches . Warehouse . Bublic garage . Power plant . X790 260,700 18000 Dwellings Repairs . Garages Seminary” ] Swimming ‘pool reenhouse Warehouse Sheds ... Retaining walls 18.000 3.000 Repairs . Garage Dwellings Repairs Garages . Garages .... Sheds .. Dwellings G: Elevators’ Totals .. Brick Stone E Concrete . Tile Frame . Totals . Massachusetts Park Washington’s most beautiful residential section of detached home: with six miles of improved streets. Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land, Includes what remains of The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Connecticut, Massac Over 200 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- improvements struction. Actual husetts and Cathedral avenues. and home values exceed two sessions a day in order to tuke tho aeionns | catea precautions suggested by the | Prompt action on the first Bureau of Entomology, United States | appearance of the ants may avoid Depastment 'of. Agcitties. much damage, but their continued convention in Tulsa, Okla, and At-|of access: from the bedrooms and| This is the beginning of the “ant lantic City, N. J. The board of direc- k"(f";:e:‘urs TURGLEaR : geason,” as Mr. Osborne called it; i g i S s ta Vi 0 S ave been ence the warning, S Cl y tors voted to defer. choice of conven- (g, pr o o® [ DELEROmES e P | henge th n“_:":"-‘g':j:”:?"%fi::';i el oty v : boring of minute tunnels in sills, tion city until the October meeting|the house as it has been built here, [done by the ants have been brought |y . o cou @dvises that all wood | posts, joists, etc., is certain to result A formal invitation was | the owner chose to make the storage | i his ttontio M Obory erousht | in direct contact. with’ the earth be |eventially in Important damage keltiiatora s r impregnated with coal tar (creosote) | “While the termites are insectorial A partitic Attack Woodwork. or such contact be avoided by build- | aviators at one stage of their careers, When the ants drop their wings |iDE foundations of concrete or stone. | aviation is merely a means of loco: they et Into action? aseocaing %5 | “Each Spring and Fall the termites | motion. and. mnot. of attack. They the building inspector, Attacking wood. | SMerge from the woodwork of in ys attack buildings ted bulldings as ‘flying ants, Mr. | terraneousl; $8,000,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots from 30 to 115 feet front. Park Office, 32d St. and Cathedral Ave. Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1899 Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 Need Lights in Da; “In the Winter months especially ans that artificial light will be sveral hours each day. Also| of the board. build are being utilized | received from Asheville, N. C., to hold [space into a malid's ore extensively for publ he annual business meeting of the |a pleasing added feature. entertainments and night | national body In that city. Action|has been extended from the one now school purposes. 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