Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1927, Page 21

THOUSANDS ATTEND " ONES EXPOSTION i Second Annual Display of.j Building, Furnishing and Equipment Opens. | | With several thousand first-nighters | In attendance, the Second Annual Bet. | ter Homes end Building Exposition, | conducted under ths auspices of the | Washington Real Estate Board in co- | overation with approximately 100 local | Suwinoss establishments and other or- | ganizations, was opened last night at the Washington Auditorium. The exposition will be continued through this week, running from 1 to 11 pam. daily, and special fea-| tures have beéen planned for each | night. On Thursday evening the Alexandria, Arlington County and | Fairfax Real Estate Board and the Arlington County Chamber of Com- | merce will be special guests and Fri- | day evening will be observed as Board | of Trade night. On other days there | will be lectures on many phases of home building, financing, furnishing | and equipment to he delivered by ex- perts in the several phases of the problems of the home. Larger Than First Show. Larger to a comsiderable extent than the first better homes show staged by the Real Estate Board last Winter, the exposition this vear is| an array of all manner of construc. tion models, building materials, house- hold appliances and furnishings, so that the visitor in passing through the Auditorium is given a visualiza- | tion of literally thousands of the | points to be .considered in the con- | struction of a home. i The national committee on wood utilization has one of the largest ex- | hibits in the show, presenting numer- ous models showing the approved methods of the use of lumber in the framing of a house, proper bracing, the Iaying of shingles, insulation and many other features df house con- struction. The Washington Public Library has an attractive exhibit showing the relation of the public libraries to home-making, with a great number of books and magazines on home building and related subjects on display. Real estate firms, members of the local Real Estate Board, have large exhibits of pictures of homes in their development as well as models and other illustrations of the tvpes of architecture and construction em- | ployed in their houses. Musical Features Displayed. ‘There are numbers of victrolas, radios, pianos and mechanical pianos on exhibit as illustrations of the musi- cal features of the modern home, and there are booths showing latest de- velopments ®h the heating of the house, electric dish washers, electric refrigeration, all manner of household appliances :and a varied group of ex- hibits by & large ‘department store. One of the outstanding exhibits is that of a landscaped garden prepared by a nursery concern. Located at the east end of the basement floor of the Auditorium, this exhibit contains a spacious lawn with real grass, a row of American box bushes, a pool with fountain and, against the wall, a row of arborvitae hemlock hedge .and other shrubs. An exhibit that aroused consider- able attention among the visitors at the show last night was a one-story Spanish bungalow erected in the cen- ter of the basement floor. This house was erected for the exhibition within a period of four days and is furnished throughout, ineluding many of the latest developments in labor-saving devices. Other Exhibits at Show. Other exhibits are thouse of the In- structive Visiting Nurse Society of the District of Columbia, a number of local life insurance companies, the | Red Cross, the Weather Bureau and ths Washington news- papers. The Evening Star Newspaper Company has a large booth showing interior and exterior pictures of the four Star model homes which it spon- sored in Washington and its suburbs this year. The Better Homes and Building Ex- position is being presented under the direction of a special committee of the ‘Washington Real Estate Board, con- sisting of A. N. Miller, chairman; Horace G. Smithy, Wilmot W. Trew, Thomas L. Phillips, J. Curtis Walker and A. C. Houghton. The committee is assisted by James P. Schick, sec- retary of the Real Estate Board, and J. H. Snyder, in charge of the Better Homes and Building Exposition office. Taxi Driver Overcome by Gas. Members of the rescue squad of the Fire Department, early last night re. sponded to a call recelved from 950 F street southwest, where Dallas P. Fisher, 36 years old, a taxicab driver, had been found in his room suffering from flluminating gas poisoning. Po- liceman W. A. Pennington reached the house ahead of the squad and took the sick man to the sidewalk. After being given first aid, Fisher was tak- en to Emergency Hospital, later being transferred to Walter Reed Hospital, as he had served in the World War. He will recov could multiply my contribution many at her home h Kennel Club Sees End to Cropping Of Canines’ Ears By the Associated Pres / ¥, N. Y. October tion of outlawing the p tice of cropping the ears of dogs will be considered at the December meeting of the American Kennel Club at New York, the headquar- ters of the American Humane As- sociation, A rule to be submitted to the Kennel Club for adoption proposes that dogs of several breeds that are born after July 1, 1928, must wear the ea bestowed ‘upon them by Mother Nature or he harred from the show ring, The r fect Boston terriors, viors, Manchester terriors, great Doberman pinschers and Atisers. Edw of Wales, s practice of ea a4 VI when Prince ecded having the r cropping aholishad gland more than 30 years ago. The crusade in this country was started by the American Hu- mane Association three years ago. D. I. WALSH STARTS BOYS’ CLUB DRIVE Donation of $50 First of Record in | $125,000 Campaign—Judge Mat- | tingly Also Contributes. Contributions tQ the $125,000 cam- paign for the Boys Club of Washing- ton are finding thefr way to headquar- | ters in the National Press Club Bulld in and David 1. Walsh, Interior De-| partment employe and club member for many years, has the distinction of being the first contributor. Mr. Walsh gave his check for §50 to Frank R. { | | Jelleff, chairman of the drive commit- tee, yesterday. { Judge Rabert E. Mattingly .of the | Municipal Court also contributed, with this letter accompanying his donation: “‘Check for my mite is given herewith for Boys Club of Washington. A worthy causé indeed. Only wish 1 times."” Woman Artist Dies. 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