Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1926, Page 16

16 MANY TO ATTEND REALTORS' SESSION Capital Will Send Large Dele- gation to Tulsa Conven- tion in June. ‘The Washington Real Estate Board will endeavor to have the largest dele- gation it has ever sent to a conven- tion attend the nineteenth annual con- vention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards at Tulsa June 3 to_11, inclusive. This gathering is attended by about 5,000 real estate dealers from 556 real estates boards throughout the country. The local delegation was particularly econspicuous because of its size at the Detroit convention last year, and one ©of the interesting features of the con vention was the special train that took the local realtors to Detroit. It is expected this year that the train will be much larger. The special carrying the local realtors will also be enlarged en route by sectfons from other cities. A convention committee soon will be appointed. Besides the hueiness sexsion, which deals with all eal estate problems, there 2 number of social features, sa stampede,” a rodeo that aw the roping and riding talen: of the Southwest, is planned for the convention week. Indian dances and races and live elk and buffalo will by other features of the enfertainment program. Lncheons and sightseeing tours are planned for the wives of the realtors who attend the convention. SALES. $250,000 Transfers Are Mostly in Suburban Property. $250.000, property, were by Maddux. Marshall, Mos lory, realtors. The sales announced include Thompson, lot in Garrett Park: J. Bray, house in Garrett Park: John A. Lund, house in Garrett Park: Lieut. Harry G. Montgomery, house in Gar- ret Park: Maj. Glenn 1. Jones, house tn Edgemoor; Otto G. Jansen. house at 3708 Thirty-fifth street northwest; ©. D. Kraft. lots in Edgemoor; Mrs. Nancy E. Weller, lots in Edgemoor; Bancroft C. Davis, Kingerest, at Her- bert Springs. Va.; William M. Bride, lote in Edgemoor; Edward M. Wi'lis, 3r., additional lot to home in Edge- moor; W. B. Connell, house at 211 Vernum street northwest; J. B. Boone and J. Lowndes Jackson, lots in Edgemoor; F. 1. Ray and P. R. Souder, lots in Edgemoor: Vernon R. , lots in Battery Park: Lieut. Theodore E. Cox, house in ¢ Chase Terrace: Mrs. Mabel H. apartment at 1303 Clifton : Mrs. Grace Parkinson, house at 1707 Q street northwest; Col. Wal- lace Craigie, additional ground to home in Edzemoor; W. H. Howard, lots in Battery Park, and C. H. Hites, home in Battery Park. Maj. Auer Ordered to China. Jarry A. Auer, judge adv been relieved from ¢ Department and order Tientsin with the st mill 2432 Tracy One short block from Mass. Ave. b g ] B R T HIS thoroughly modern home, Eng- lish in design with Tudor influence, is particularly appealing. On the first floor are a reception hall, a living room with open fireplace, ler’s pantry and kitchen. There are two master bedrooms, two guest rooms and two baths on the sec- ond floor, while on the third floor are two bedrooms and bath. A two-car garage completes an un- usually high-class residence dt a very $33,500 Open Sunday for your inspection NHANNON: & LUCH Exclusive Agents low price. 713 14th St. REAL ESTATE. THE ! PLANTING PLAN FOR COLONIAL HOUSE FRONT l 4 Key to S8hrub Planting. 3 1. Buxus Sempervirens Suffruticosa, |4 Syringa Vulgaris 5. Clematis Paniculata, Sweet Autumn Clematis. Dwarf Box. 2. Symphoricarphos Racemosus, Snowberry. NOTES CHARACTER OF PLANTS ADAPTED TO COLONIAL HOUSE Landscape Architect Gives Directions Regarding “Foundation Planting” and Tells How Setting of Shrubs and Evergreens May Be Made Effective. BY ROSE GREELY, Landscape Architect. The foundation plantings, the shrubs planted immediately about the base of the house, are used as a setting. To properly fulfill their function they must be in keeping with the house. But, unfortunately, the character of he house is no more frequently con- sidered in Virginia cottages still testify. deep rich green and dense texture give an impression of dignity not inconsist ent with simplicitv. slow growth, particularly in the case of the dwarf box (buxus suffruticosa), hox Ir. plants of any size is expensive. But it the owner {s too restless to walit for small plants to develop, he can often justify the cost of a pair of rranging its planting than | hLox bushes Its Because of its by cutting down the her figure is considered by the woman | amount of planting around the house. who insists on wearing unbecoming slothes because they are in style. 1ing | With a large pair of box bushes by The | the front door he will often find that Usual consideration is not for a plant- he needs only a vine or two and groups ing in keeping with the house, but for | of lilacs at the corners of the house a planting In the latest style. For (his reason we have been deluged w foundation plantings of small ever- greens, regardless of the house against which they were used, simply because hey were the fashion. Some houses need just this treatment. The Italian house, large or small, can- not be made to conform with an Amer. ican setting without a liberal use of all, narrow evergreens, resembling in form and color the cypresses of Italy. But the type of house that predomi- nates in America is not Italian, but colonial or a modern style more nearly allied to colonial than to any other. It is this that most concerns us, and the question, “What shall be planted against a colonial house?” brings a different answer. Shrubs of Grandmother’s Day. The ehrubs that look best with a colonial house, those that complete the colonial atmosphere, are the shrubs of our grandmother’s day—lilacs (Syringa vulgaris), in purple and white; syringa (Philadelphus coronarius), with sweet- scented white flowers like orange blos- some; double-flowering almonds (Pru- nus triloba floraplena), with tiny rosettes of pink blossom; double kerria (Kerria japonica floraplena), with blos- soms like round yellow buttons; rose wron (Hibiscus syriacus), with flowers of pink and white and ike habit of growth; and, above all, bex, unquestionably supreme among shrubs. These few items from | the list of colonial shrubs suggest a decided contrast, hte flowering shrubs open, irregular and informal in habit, and the box with round, even habit of growth ven when unclipped. Infor- mality or formality; the houseowner can take his choice. But the touch of formality given by a box bush at each side of the front door is of a type that is appropriate simplest house. as scattered e ) a dining room, but- Main 2345 anese to make the planting complete. Substitutes Available. ‘There are, among the needle ever- greens two species, slightly less ex- pensive than box, that often can be substituted for it in a_doorstep plant- ing with good effect—English or Jap- vew (Taxus bacata or cuspi- EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! data) and arbovitae Clipped yew has a depth of color and texture more like that of box than any other needle evergreen, and is excel- lent wherever a formal pair of shrubs is desired. Arbovitae, more yellow-green in color and with flat foliage. gives a very | different either box or yew, but sometimes ex cellent when formality is desired. steps may Fairfax Farms Nursery in globe form. | The Japanese variety ha vantage of perfect hard r north than box will grow. | effect, more precise than The pair of evergreens by tke front be the only note of for- DOZS Your Hause Look Like i Let Us Help You With Plants Clark, Stabler & Co. Fairfax, Va. Phone Fairfax 4-F-4 “WALTER A. DUNIGAN BUILT” s mality, or they may be omitted, and unly shrubs of Irregular growth used. If the house s of white clapboard it will make an excellent background for lilac or crepe myrtle, but if it Is of brick avoid flowers of strong color unless you are sure that they will har monize with the color of the brick. White flowers are especially effective against red brick, and in Winter snow- berries (Symphoricarpus racemosus) and English ivy against its warm col- or make an excellent combination. It is not always mecessary to plant the whole base of the house. If it is set low on the ground, shrubs, either singly or in groups, by the front steps, and larger groups at the corners of .| the-house to blend it into the ground, with vines, are often enough. If the basement windows are exposed or the house seems high, a planting along the whole line will do much to soften it. Consider the heights of the shrubs that you plan to use and plant the larger ones like Rose of Sharon and lilacs at the corners and by the door, filling in between with lower plants like snowberry and kerria, which wil' not grow as high as the sills of the first floor windows. Study niso the habits of the vines in order to choose the right one for the place. English ivy for an evergreen clinging to a brick wall, wistaria or bittersweet for a strong climber to grow to the roof by twining (and note that wistaria is so strong that unless kept on a single strand of wire it will de- stroy whatever it twines around). “limbing rose for rampant growth and beauty of bloom, and feathery clema- ts for light growth and delicacy of oliage and flower. PSSO, VIAYAN PYRAMID STYLE URGED FOR U. S. _(Continued from_Fitteenth_Page.) tion and of expression. Mr. Bossom has colored the background of terra cotta on the Petroleum Building ir Texas in order to make it darker against the light parts. Apparently it has remained for Mr Bossom, born an Englishman, coming to this country 23 years ago, to realizc the great basis of original America art that has just been touched upor in_architecture. he work of these native peo not cut short by pestilence THOS, A. 906 New York Ave. N.W. LARGE TRACT SOLD Contains 73,172 Square Feet on Georgia Avenue, Adjacent to Base Ball Park. The Cafritz Co. has just completed the sale of the large tract of ground | on Georgia avenue, below W street, adjacent to the Washington Base Ball Park, to J. Frank Kelley of the Tay- lor-Kelly Lumber Co. ! This tract, containing 73,172 square | teet of second commercial ground,: has a frontage of 257 feet on Georgla avenue and 55 feet on W street, run- ning back to the Washington Base Ball Park. The recent paving of Georgia ave- nue has enlivened property activities ' along this thoroughfare. and the invasion of the Spaniards, It would probably have gone on to a much finer and more complete de- velopment,” says Mr. Bossom. “As it is, America can now look at home for artistic inspiration. We are now in a position to evolve things wholly new, not only in architecture but in all the allled arts. Our research should extend to music, dress, pottery, home decoration and the other arts of iffe that have so long been dominated by foreign influences, Our aepirations, it must be con- ceded,” Mr. Bossom continued, ‘‘are different. The towers and pyramids uflt by the Mayas and Incas are the natural expression of man’'s hope or omnipotent mercy. Ours is the axpression of a desire for beauty and ‘he dollar. America is a commercial Nation with powerful artistic tend ‘neies. Commercial buildings have ¢ »e commercial; competition has mi hem so, and beauty is often subs: lent to the production of mon ortunately for the appearance of oL ‘itles, the zoning law has opened th. | ivenue to beauty in architecture, and iuite paradoxically has brought us ack a thousand years to the beautiful rchitecture of the Mayas. We are dlol:xg by law today what they did by esire.” 920 to 924 Quincy St. N.W. Only 2 squares from 14th St. car line. Inspect at Once Six large rooms, tiled bath, h.w.h., electric lights, hardwood floors and trim, one-piece sink, builtin ice box, instantaneous water heater, and other extras. Double rear porches, cement front porch. With or with- out built-in garage. “Ask the man who owns one” For Sale by SON COMPANY _Main 5526 “Home Buyers”—Do you realize these homes are only two blocks from the 14th St. carline? Close walking distance to 14th and Park Road. You want accessibility to Transportation—we have it here. Your choice of 3 car and 2 bus lines. “Remember—These Homes are the Last of an In-Town Localty.” If you are a Real Buyer—Here is a Real Buy for You. Sink, Concrete Street Main 4555 and many other new features. These Houses are 20 ft. Wide and 32 ft. Deep. Owner and Builder 18 Sold—7 Left 6 large Rooms and Tiled Bath, 3 Large Porches, Hot-water Heat, Electric Lights, Concrete Porch and Ballustrades, 74-inch Clear White Oak Floor, Walnut Border, Instantaneous Heater, Walls Tiled around Attractively Priced—Reasonable Terms - Sample House, 3823 10th St. N.W Always Open, Heated 'and Lighted To Inspect—Take 14th Street car to Randolph St.—walk two blocks East. WALTER A. DUNIGAN D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1926. TIPPING RATES FIXED. T0 J. FRANK KELLEY | probiem for Pastors in German Railway Stations Simplified. BERLIN, February 27 (#).—The tipping probl —_— REAL ESTATE. stations has been simplified by law. The legal rate station porters may ex- pect in tips is about 7 cents for carry- ing baggage weighing 56 pounds or less from the station platform to a cab. For an additional 55 pounds or lem in German railway | fraction thereof, the law reads, a por- ter is entitled to an extra 4 cents. It a traveler takes up more than 15 min utes of a porter's time the tip ought to be 50 per cent more The law requires porters or em ployes to explain the legal tippin: rates to any traveler who asks th: porter how much is expected. 925 15th St. N.W. When we say honestly built, we mean that we have selected only the best materials and labor for its construction, just as you would have done Then we have picked a location second to none— just off Massachusetts Avenue—north of the site of the new British Embassy and adjacent to the new Cathedral. - You must see this home to really appreciate its many livable qualities and distinc tive features. Center entrance hall effect—eight well proportioned rooms, two tiled baths, and, in addition, maids’ quarters and complete bath, large glassed conservatory and on the rear of a large lot a 2-car garage. We also have under construc tion in this immediately neighborhood several center-hall colonial brick residences. Our repre sentative will be pleased to tell you about them Hedges. & Middleton, Inc. REALTORS Deal With a Realto Honestly Built-- Admirably Located-- Open for Your Inspection TOMORROW After 10 A.M. 1412 Eye St. N.W. Franklin 9503 BUY WITH CONFIDENCE—BUY A DUNIGAN ALL-BRICK HOME Save Those Wasted Dollars STOP PAYING RENT AND BUY YOUR OWN HOME See These New Dunigan Homes in PETWORTH Washington’s Most Popular Home Section BEST LOCATION IN PETWORTH - - - Two Blocks One Block East of 5th & Buchanan Sts. N.W. SAMPLE HOUSE, 4603 5th ST. N.W.—Open and Lighted Till 9 P.M. | $ * . @—S—H MONTH These homes have more conveniences than most homes which are selling for hundreds of dollars more. An inspection will bear out this statement. Convenient to cars, busses, churches, schools, stores, etc. D. J. DUNIGAN, INC 1319 N. Y. AVE—~PHONE MAIN 1267