Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1926, Page 21

REAL- ESTATE., Decorating Walls of a Room : BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. .EFFECT OF ST Tt is surpel fects can be paper stippling of w one of several wa walls that homemakers themselves | can do. The importance of having the walls right cannot be overesti- mated. Therefore, in the room beau- titul let us have them decidedly at- tractive. If the paper is disturbing | either hecause of its color, its design, | or because of its bad condition, do not be discouraged. It can be reme- died. There are two regulation ways | of doing it. One is with paint and the other is with new paper. A woman of normal health and strength can paint the walls or re-paper them herself. She can transform them into delightful backgrounds or pleasing decorations. Today let us consider some easy stipple newspaper effects fn | painted walls. | The walls may have the paper re- moved or the paint can be applied over the paper. Of course, the first method is preferable, but it increases | the labor decidedly. The walls must ot only have the paper pulled and scraped off, but they must have holes and uneven places then disclosed filled | with plaster of and scraped while soft, until flat and even with | the rest of the surface. It is easy to| do, in {tself. fortunately, thou it does take time After pulling off all the paper that 18 loose, a zood way sto take off the | rest is to moisten a whitewash brush that has a long handle and, starting at the top of the wall. draw it down over the paper until it is wet (hrough., Then take a broad chisel and. scrape the paper off. being care- ful mot to let the chisel mark the | wall. Hold it as flat against the wall | ws vou can. If the water is luke | Warm it will loosen the paper best. | Any zood indoor paint can be used for the walls, preferably one giving a flat finish—that is, without the lossv | look. Probably two coats will he needed. It certainly will J€ the wall has not been painted hefofe, or if the color is much lighter than a previous tone. Allow the first coat to get ab- solutely dry before a second coat is given. Newspaper stippling is charming in effect, and is done while the paint is ng what beautiful ef- had in rooms by news- lls, This is but | IPPLED WALLS IS ARTISTIC. best advantage. follows: Crumble sheets of The process is as newspaper So of treating the |that each one is like an.uneven spongy | wad, soft and pliable. Paint a sec- tion of the wali, ner of the room and at the top of the wall. As soon as the paint gets just a trifle less moist than when first put on, use one of the newspaper <ponges and dab it lightly but firmly against the paint. Do not move it along the wall. but lift it straight off after dabbing. Continue this process over the entire wall su Fach pplication of the newspaper sponge should overlap the former one just enough for no smooth surface to be left. The unevenneess resembles a two-toned mottled or stippled paper or finish. Tt is just the thing to use on the living room or other main rooms of a house. It can be done over wall paper without removing it. A pleasing color effect is light buff paint with newspaper stippling, while that which resembles is done by stippling with the new: paper over a bluish white or an ivor white, the ink graving either just a faint bit. with either a pink or ellow trend is excellent so treated. Whatever the color, light neutral or pastel tones are correct for the hues before applying the stippling of the newspapers. HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. Saying Grace at Meals. The old custom of offering a short prayer before and sometimes after meals is. of course, in keeping with the example of Christ. But for the first “grace at meat” we must go back to a still more dis- tant, and. strangely, to a pagan origin. or it was the practice of the ancient Greeks never to partake of any meat | until part of it, corresponding to the “first fruits,” had been offered iwith | a short invocation to their gods. In this hectic day grace at meals has become almost a rarity. This | fact, however, does not detract from | The ink on the paper grays the wet paint just a tiny bit, and softens | it artistically. A number of papers will be required, and these must he | handy before the second coat of paint i« applied. If two persons woi wall it can be stippled in less half the time required by one and te \’“0000“000000“00“00“00“00“0' The Sales Tell This group of medern Homes for Cclored people— in a most attractive neighborhcod—are selling very fast. If you want one—inspect right away—before it is too late. Inspect at once—Open including B. B. 712 Kenyon St. 000000000000 0000000000000000 ONLY 2 LEFT S8th & Madison (3700 Block, 8th N.W.) Best 6-room hqme value in this section See Them This Week End SURE N. L. Sansbury Co., Inc. 1418 Eve N.W. Members Washington Real Estate Board "and death rates 154 W St. N.W. Is the Exhibit Home —with 6 large rooms, 3 splendid porches; elegantly appointed bath; hot-water heat; electricity; big closets —at a price you can afford—on terms less than rent. Special Price—Easy Terms Owner's Exclusive Representative the interest in the fact that a custom | which has for us a sacred siznificance should have been practiced first by a | pagan people! (Copyright, 19 . Mont had both the lowest birth 3. in 14 every day and cvening. Sunday PINN Col. 5817 0000000000000000000000000000 L 4 0006006000000 00000000000000000009 RN 72 7 7 2222277 Main 5904 :ginning at one cor- | French gray | ‘the one in Kimball House, S: THE EVENING STAR, - WASHINGTON, What Do You Know About It? Daily Science Six. , 1. What is the largest library in the country? 2. What is the second largest library in the country? 3. What is the largest library in England? 4. What is the largest library in_France? 5. What is the duodecimal li- brary system? 6. What is an incunabulum? Answers to these questions in Monday's Star. Librarian's Delight. A story is told of the librarian of Harvard that well illustrates the’ feel- {ing that people had about books in the early part of the last century when libraries were regarded as col- lections of books, like collections of jewels, to be kept in place. Some one asked the librarian on the street, “How's the library?” “Fine!” answered the delighted li- brarian, “I was never more pleased about it; every book in the collection is on the shelves execept one that | Prof. Agassiz has, and I'm going over to get that now.” Now what do you know about that? Answers to Yesterday’s Questions. | 1. Flles are harmful because, living in’ filthy places and then visiting { houses, they spread disease germs. 2. The tiny flies that swarm around fruit that was apparently free of flies when brought in are usually hatched | out from minute eggs laid on the fruit, | when in the orchard. | 3. The hest way to get rid of ants | when they get in the house is to leave dishes of molasses near their favorite | haunts; they will collect here in large numbers, and may all be destroyed at once with bolling water. 4. A catch crop is a cheap crop sown. early to catch harmful fleld in- | sects. "The crop Is soon reaped and burned, thus clearing the field for a | really important crop. . The latest method of combating | the boll weevil is spraying from air- planes. 6. The weak point in the li’e history |of harmful inspets is the chrysalis stage, when the larvae, often in large numbers, are dormant and can easity be destroyed. HOME NOTES BY JENNY WRKN. | Here is a_type of builtin cupboard which is seldom met with today, but ! which was extremely popular in Colo- {nial days. This one was copied after Salem. Tt | h of irs Is interesting to note that ea Baked Lentils. Pick over and wash one quart of lentils. Sonk in cold water over night. In the morning pour off the watet and put the lentils in a saucepan with two quarts of cold water and place on the fire. As soon as the water begins to holl the lentils will rise to the top. Take them off with the skimmer and put them in a deep earthen 4ish with six ounces of mixed salt pork and one clove of garlic or one small onion in the center. Mix one-half a teaspoonful of pepper and one teaspoonful of salt with one quart of holiing water and add. Put the dish in a moderate oven and cook slowly for about five hours. The len- tils must he kept moist, and it may be necessary to add a little water from time to time. If the pork is not very salty, the dish may require a little more salt. Stewed lentils are prepared in about the same manner, but using more water. Instead of pork, fat corned beef or the shank of a ham raay be used. three doors has 13 panes of glass sym- bolie of the 13 original States. The treatment of the interior of this cupboard was cleverly accomplished with the good effect on the whole room kept uppermost in mind. The wall- paper has a soft buff-colored ground dotted with tiny blue cornflowers. The woodwork is all ivory white, including the framing of the cupboard, and the cupboard sheives themselves are lined with a fresh apple green. Against this background the rich, rosy tints of an old pink luster tea set show to splendid advantage. On the low mahogany side- board bits of silvery pewter make a brave array. (Copvright. 1926.) COLORED Six-Room Brick House, Tiled Bath First Commercial Zone 43 Florida 0 If you're paying rent now it means that each month you help to make the other fellow a property owner. As each vear passes the other man-— not you—is increasing his equity in the house you are buying FOR HIM. uch philanthropy ix not at all Stop! b Start_looking - For only philan out for 500 ment_on tive well notmoney vested—10 time you epent be gotten want it hack The, any «mail Location: Go_out Michigan Cniversity 10 Monroe 18t one biock to Newton. tand car to 12th and Sample house open from 9 a.m $7.950 $350 Cash bal. easy Ave. NW n Sat. & Sun. Buys This Home! monthly pavments are just like rent -—except that a good portion of it represents s0 much money saved— so much toward increasing YOUR ownership. It's a great thrill to live in YOUR OWN HOME. Especially when it's a home Iike one of these. and _decorations. ving dining _rooms have stippled walls—Iike most high-priced honses. Cheerful. ¢ hedrooms. _Back porches. back yard. = Public school on next corner. And many other features. Be sure house—TH Don't delay week-end. vigit the ! DECIDE To “BUY Come out over THIS to 18th St. N.E.. between Newton and Otis Sts. Ave.. past St.. and turn left at Or take Brook- Newton and walk east to 10 p.m Carhotic Rrookiand bus runs to 18th and Monroe Sts. N.E.—one biock from house d.,’f:ph“‘ha 019 15th St. N.W. Main 8949 D. . €, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1926. SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Milk-Sick. In the rich, cool woods along the Potomac and in many glens and thickets of Maryland and Virginia grows a little plant, innocent enough in appearance, inconspicuous even, which can cause an infinity of misery and is sometimes even fatal. This is the white snakeroot, a plant knee or waist high, with triangular, dark green, toothed leaves and heads of creamy white flowers. If eaten by cattle this plant will poison the milk and that poisen may | be transmitted to humans. It imi- tates lead poisoning in producing violent cramps, whitening of the tongue and in having a cumulative effect, and there is a superstition in the mountains that the cows have then eaten grass growing where there is lead in the soil. Grass never Lakes up lead, however, and. anyway, the gullt_has been quite definitely fixed on the offending white snakeroot. Milk from reputable dairies need not, of course, be suspected of con- veying “milk sick,” but in country districts where the home cow is just | turned out to graze where she can, milk-sick may easily occur. I have known of several fatal cases, and a | celebrated historic one s the death of Nancy Hanks, ! from the effects of the snakeroot in milk. It is just as well to learn to know this plant, as one should know poison whether susceptible to it or not, to warn others in certain cases. Dear Ann: ! Three guesses as to why one dress | V3 is a bad choice for the tall woman!|“° With its broad bottom band, it starts out well, but it needs a belt in front to break up her figure. Yours for belts when wise, LETITIA. (Copyright. 1026.) sliced meat, place the meat between | slices of unbuttered bread and pour hot gravy over it. | tatoes this makes a fine dish, or cold ! meat may be chopped fine and be put hetween slices of bread. (i may be served in the same w +hot sandwich. Real Homes in CHEVY CHASE HEIGHTS 3806-3810 Gramercy St. NW. ~ Detaclied residence of solid brick construction, containing 19 yooms, 2 baths, large attic, built-in garage, hot-water heat. gas and electricity. LARGE COLONIAL PORCH Take Chevy Chase_car or drive out Connecticut Avenue to Harrison Street, to 38th Sirect, then one block south Gramercy Street. to Open Sunday and Monday Representative on Premises THGCMAS J. FISHER & CO., INC. 738 15th Street N.W. See this Spanish Home on 38th Strect N.W., between Van Ness and Veazey Streets. Get there by going out Wisc. Ave. to Van Ness and turning east to 38th, or _go out Conn. Ave. to Bureau of Standards and turn west. If you're looking for a home of most unusual design and interior finish, genuinely distinctive throughout. and reasonable in price, THIS IS IT! Sample house open daily from 9 AM. to 10 P.M. “Jameson-Built Model Homes” Now Ready for Inspection SELLING FAST 1301 to 1333 E St. N.E. Thos. A. Jameson Co. Invites the Public to Inspect These Fine ‘““Jameson-Built Model Homes” The architecture of these fine homes has been care- fully designed and se- lected by our experts of superior home designs. The material also has been carefully selected. Al labor furnished by skilled mechanics of the best grade. These homes have been personally supervised by the owner, and money can be saved by buying direct from the owner. These homes contain six large rooms, tile bath, with built-in tub and shower. One-piece sink in kitchen, extra large porches, front and rear. Front porch built of ce- ment and steel. Oak floors, latest fixtures, floor plugs in each room and duiit-in ice box. Deep lots to wide alle 2 THOS. A. JAMESOYN. Pres. . These houses are in the most desirable section of Capitol Hill, convenient to churches, schools and stores. It will pay you to inspect these homes. Built, Owned and For Sale By Thos. A. Jameson Co. 906 New York Ave. N.W. “Ask the Man Who Owns One'™ Lincoln's mother, With mashed po-_ i 1 Tnstead of serving a cold roast as | REAL Good Vegetable Soup. Wash and scrape a small carrot and cut in very thin small slices, or put through the food chopper. There should be one-third cupful. Prepare one-third cupful of turnip and half an onion in the same w Put in a kettle with four tablespoonfuls of corned beef fat or other dripping, and cook slowly for 10 minutes, stir- ring frequently. Wash, pare and cut in small pieces enough potato to make two cupfuls, and add to the other vegetables with one teaspoonful @ ESTATE. 21 of ‘celery seed. Cover and cook for two minutes. Add one quart of corned beef wafer If it {s nbt too salt, or one quart of water or meat or vege- table stock and bring to the boiling point. Cook for one hour or longer in a fireless cooker. Season to taste with salt and pepper and add one | tablespoonful of chopped parsley. % Vanity cases of enamel, only 3 inches long and containing a watch and full make-up outfit, are Seen in Paris. New Brick Never Occupied and floors Six rooms tile bath; oak hot- water heat; electricity; double porches, Built-in rage, complete in every detail. Price, $7,850—Easy Terms EXHIBIT HOUSE 1114 Holbrook St. N.E. One square from Florida Avenue and 14th Street N.E. Open Sunday and Daily Until 9 P.M. Wm. H. Saunders Co., Inc. Realtors—Established 1587 1433 K Street N.W. screened. ga- | Main 1016-7 No. 1 West Irving St., Chevy Chase, Md. Exceptional New Home (NEAR) CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE New Residence of Modified Spanish Architecture in an Exclusive Location This home is most practical in plan and finished in unusually good taste. Has 4 large bedrooms. Situated on a beautiful lot with wide frontage enhanced by artistic planting and large shade trees. Driveway at side of house to 2-car garage. Open Sunday All Day M. J. Sheehan & Sons 1010 Verment Ave. Franklin 209 Come and see these spe- cially planned communities where I've given practical demonstration of my housing idea Tomorrow—or Monday—when you have the leisure—it’ll be well worth your while to see City View Heights—if you like a Brick House—or Quincy Terrace if you like Bungalows. In both developments I have put-into reality what my careful investigations have told me was needed in Washington. Homes of homey character —with room endugh to be comfortable—and the price low enough to be able to buy without effort. They'll surprise you—and I know you'll agree with me that I have produced exactly the kind of Homes that are wanted. N . Quincy Terrace Quincy and 22nd Sts. Street improvements are all but finished. Take cars at G and 15th opposite Treasury Dept.. to 22d and R. 1. Ave. N.E., walki west, or the bus goes within two squares Or phone our Mr. Ham- ilton, Cleve. 1490. City View Heights Bladensburg Blvd. at L St. N.E. Take car at 15th and N. Y. Ave. N.W.—riding to 15th and H Sts. N.E transfer to north 2 short squares. bus, or walk Exceptional prices—unusual ferins Open for inspection every day and evening including Sunday and Labor Day " Built, Owned and For Sale By Harry A. Kite Member Washington Real Estate Board. 1514 K Street Main 1816