Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1926, Page 23

REAL HOMEINVIRGINA OF QUAINT STYLE +0ld-Fashioned Picket Fence Lends Air of Former Days to Pretty House. Two thoughts were uppermost in the planning and construction of The Star model home bullt at Lee Helghts, Va. by Ruby Lee Minar. At the outset Ward Brown, the archi- tect, thought it particularly fitting that the Virginia model house erected under the auspices of The Star should be typical of the old Virginia sountry homes, many of which are <till standing today.. As the Virginia house was to be a small dwelling of only six rooms, the architect worked out a design which might be almost a replica of some of the quaint old homes to be found in the interior sec- tions of the Old Dominion today. His ideas have been carried out and embellished in the land ping by Miss Rose Greely. The old-fashioned white picket fence inclosing a private h{:m, the vines, shrubs and flowers along the fence, the fruit and shade trees all assist in sustaining the at- mosphere of former days. Having settled the design and the {andscaping, those having the proj- ect in charge made the further de- cision that the house should be built with all the sturdiness that s gen- erally attributed to the construction of-a century or more ago. In conse- quence one finds extra bracing, tim- bers of extra number gnd size und other construction features, giving assurance that the house wiil be stanch and endiring. Cellar Is Dampproof. Specifications were set down by the architect of a sort det ed to make the Virginia house a ‘“‘model home” in fact as well as in name, Atten- tion was paid to little features of co: struction which frequently are neg: lected to the final detriment of house. In nearly every section of the country there is a high percent- 8ge of homes having wet or damp cellars ‘when a little foresight and a small extra expense will guard against this annoyance effectually. The Vir. ginfa house has outside drainage, as well as inside drainage, to insure that the cellar shall be dry at all times. 'The outside drainage was taken care ‘of when the foundation was laid. The excavation for the founda- tion was made nearly a foot wider than the house itself. Then, before filling in around the walls, a 6-inch drain _tile was laid continuously around the outside of the walls at their base. The trench was filled to within two feet of the top with cin- ders. The balance of the excavation was filled with earth well tamped and the earth sloped away from the wall In all directions. ' The effect of this device is that in a hard rainstorm a: water which seeps toward the walls of the house first will encounter the ecinders and, because of their porous quality, will trickle down into the tile at the base of the walls and be ‘carried- off, « Another feature of the Lee Heights house js its sheathing, a manufac- tured - product selected for its high qualities -of insulation. This sheath Ing, which takes the place of the or mary wood sub-siding, is designed not only as an insulation .against the penetrating cold of ‘Winter, but algo against the heat of. Summs Roof Is of Shite The roof af the Lee Heights ouse | - o slat Roofing prod ve’ undergone a remark- able change.in recent vears. An infl- nite. variety of new roofing materials has come into use to replace the old- fashioned wood shingles because of thelr somewhat higher inflammability and the slate roof because of its higher expense. But on the theory that & roof which is practically ever- lasting probably will prove an econ- omy in the long run, many builders and home buyers today are selecting the slate roof. The attractive appear- ance of slateshas been conceded for centuries. That its beauty still is admitted fs évidenced by the fact that many of the manufacturers of com- position roofings imitate in thelr ucts the typical appearance of he slate. Othet elements of beauty in the ex- terior of the Lee Heights house are ‘the old-fashioned shutters, the brick-floored entrance. porch and the covered porch adjoining. 3 ‘Within the house the architect has maintained the simplicity of former ears, but has introduced all the con- miences of the sent day. The tiled bath would have aroused the envy of even the wealthiest people not 80 many years ago before modern plumbing had been developed. Heat- ing another problem that was not sa orily solved until recent years, “The model house has its mod- ern hot-water heating plant guaran- built-in “ESTATE. FARM VALUES DROPPING IN WEST|z: e AND RISING IN EAST, SAYS BABSON| THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1926, Business Ekpen Foresees Same Sort of Evening Up of Conditions and Advises Both Politicians and Business Men BABSON PARK, Mass.. July 10. First, Jet me say that the crop uation is not nearly as bad as the headiines in the papers would make it out to be. is* true that the Spring wheat is below the 10-year average; but Winter wheat, owing to the larger acreage planted, may ex- ceed last year’s production. The crops differ, some showing an improvement over last year and others showing a decline It is too early to mkel any definite forecasts regarding corn or potatoes; but apples, peaches, pears, grapes and most other fruits should have a good year. So much for the general crop situation as a whole. Not only will there probably be fairly good production, but, owing to for. eign conditions, the tol value of the crops for 1926 should compare favorably with 1925. When one studies definite localities, however, he finds the country very S . Certain sections are doing well, while other sections are doing poorly. South Dakota and adjoining sections, which had considerable im- provements in conditions a year ago, are again in trouble. I belleve that the farmers of South Dakota feel even more discouraged today than their Northern nelghbors did a few years ago at the height of their radi- calism. Although then suffering from poor crops, vet the latter were hopeful that certain _socialistic experiments would bring them safely through, They started State n elevators, farmers’ banks and other experiments, but these failed. Hence the North- western farmers today are not only up against a bad agricultural situation, but have no remedy in mind to stimu- late them for the years to come. This same situation is spreading to Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma and other states. Although we may see no economic solution for the farmers’ troubles, these troubles, nevertheless, are very L vere we in the shoes of the average Western farmer we ‘would be radicals ourselves. High Expenses the Trouble. The farmers have not been bother- ed with droughts and pests, as in the old days. Crop faliures, such as oc- curred in the nineties, have not been the cause of their troubles. The good work _of agricultural partments, both Federal and State, and that of agricultural colleges, agricultural journals, etc., has caused the farm- ers to diversify their crops and to farm more intelligently. Moreover, the prices which they receive for the crops are fairly good. Of course, the prices of crops today, with all Europe farming, do not compare with prices of ‘crops when all the people of Eu- rope were fighting. ', however, we eliminate the five years of the war, we (will -find that prices today com- paré very well with a 10 or 20 year ———— teed to maintain a temperature of 70 degrees in gero weather, and the plant is equipped with a still more modern innovation, & seif-regulator. One problem of the housekeeper, that of a constant and ample supply of tresh hot water at all times through the day 1s solved by the installation of & storage gas water heater. A ther mostat maintains the temperature of of the water. A‘.l&'th‘ar lumnMxe of the house —is the clectric erating plant. In a refrigerator size. of the ordinary. family ice box 'ice manutactured and the food ments are kept at a tem to be bly lower the refrigerator iced by ordinary means, The architect has designed this house to be both comfortable and at- tractive. No feature, perhaps, gives more the atmosphere of a coziness than the old-fashioned open fireplaces. In the model house there are two, one in the living room and another dai- rectly above in the master bedroom. Bookshelves are built in ‘on-each side of the downstairs fireplace and closets in the room above. All the bedrooms have spacious closets. Sleek oak floors upstairs and down contribute to the well built appearance of the house. Only the finishing touches remain to be put ‘on the Lee Heights house and the landscaping. Although the extra measures for strength and dura- bility and the extra equipment for || convenience have resulted in an ex- pense_running well above the usual ‘construction cost for a house of this size and type, the builder has the satisfaction of knowing that the house should be standing and in good condition, assuming that it has had average care, Wwhen many other homes built &t the same time will have depreclated to a serious extent. - Bullt' ‘Homes. garage es ¥he high temperature | | to Reef Sail.’ average of elther cereals. or other , such as , copper, lead, etc. The farmers’ troubles are not due to either crop failures or low The farmers’ troubles are due to the fact that their expenses - oy r have in- the tarmers’ cest. of production produ was sudderly raised to a much higher ‘basis. Since the war the income has dropped off, but the cost of produc- tion has kept up. There is no ques- tion but that today the farmers have very little net income and many are operating at a.loss, The difficuity, however, is not ‘with the quality of the - or the price recelved, but increased operating expenses. These increased expenses apply not only to the business end of farm, but also to the personal end. The farmer’s wife and children will not, themselves, work as they did before the war; they require better homes, more conveniences, newer clothes and many other things about which they knew before. The automo- bile has taken the family about and thus aroused the desire for more things and to live like other people. In even this our sympathies must be with the wives and children who ralse our food and who should have just as good things as we who eat their food. East Against West, These Western farmers would feel very much better if we Kastern people were suffering at the same time from industrial troubles. The fact is that while the Western farmer has been working hard and running into debt, his Eastern friends have been laying aside money. This is due to the fact that the price of manufacturing mate- rials has “Wmf increased as the cost of production” increased. Although the manufacturing costs and the personal expenditures of East- ern people have Just as much as in the case of the Western farmer, yet the Easterners have been able to provide for these increased costs by securing increased prices for their products, Not being trained in world economics, the Western farmer thinks there i3 some hokus-pokus Intion in Neiping the Bast recher than n 2 e - unfortunate situation is 2 gravated by what has Mpum-t.o land values. If farmers had. been obliged to keep books the same as business men, many farmers would probably have found that-they made money on the actual produc- tion of crops. Hven in the good days farmers made their money by having all the family at work without wages, and by enjoying 'the sensation. of constantly increasing land values. ‘In other words, the farmer looked more at the price of his land than he did at his business profits. Se long as he could get on without getting into debt and the price of his farm was con. stantly jncreasing s; value he was ¥, ve of whether he made money in the wo:nn:: the farm. rs who bought land at from $5 to $75 an acre saw it con- stantly increase in value to $100 or $300 per acre. When I used to argue R, Attention of Yacht Clube, Fisht Clubs, Shooting Clubs, s,,...." ing Clubs and Other Organizations % POINT LOOKOUT, MD. PR iy Tovea” < f Free Use of the Company’s Bath Houses Speclal priess, terms and inducements POINT LOOKOUT CO. | 913 15th St. NW." Open Eventogs Until 0 0'Clock. I Have Planned These City View Heights —to Lift the burden of re Suitey arm tells . the real money changed. values have heen steadily declin- since 1918, whil as the price in value. story. Thi to whether or not they they wor th West, uld | operating costs o the -dissatis- care nothing about your o o g prospe: i ‘waa | Interested in ern has been | half pro: faction which. comes fromliving: with rous. No one is more of the West , but he must farmers and temporary is not_ going say that 2 plus 2 make 5, Every farmer 'should. respect him for his honesty. ‘What the ultimate result of this unfortunate sitnation will be no one can tell. It is certain, however, that the present inequalities between the Bast and West, cannot continue, coln said that a country cannot live one-half ‘free” and one-half sla say that a country cannot live of rous ‘and one-half ther the West must feel tter or the East must feel worse. A leveling-up process is inevitable. Land cannot continue nvgo up in the East and down in the West. =Labor | cannot - continue to go up in the Bast, with the taking away of people from the farms, without the price of food products going up 1 . believe that the solution to the prob- lem will come about through a general business readjustment throughout the country’' as @ whole rather than CAFRITZ Announces the A ppointment.o[ | Mr. James H, Pugh | As Manager of the Settleinent 14th and K " Department A Real Corner Home Near Sherman Circle , Number 4826 Sth Street Northwest, corner Sth and Delafield Streets. Seven spacious rooms, two tiled baths (one with shower); concrete front and side porches; best of osk flooring; splendid Hot- water heating plant; attractive electric fixtures and built-in garage. Attractive price and terms, And 4822.5th St. NW. —an eight room house, with built-in garage and other conven- iences. Price only $10,950. Open all dey Sunday. 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