Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1927, Page 22

4 Be REAL ESTATE.’ CTOBER 29, 19°7. REAL ESTATE.' THE EViC T STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, O FURNISHING MALL GARDENS FUNDMAY BEASKED | Fine Arts Commission Studies| Plan to Complete Washing- ton Monument Area. BY ELIZABETH STETSON AN the | Conaress may be asked during coming session for money to carry out the McMillan plan of 1901 for finisi g the surroundings of the Washir Monument by constructing the | nent gardens provided in that 2 and completing the arca of the lying between Fift and the Lincoln Memorial. rday, s mem of the Commi of Fine Arts con: i n their studies of Mall develop the foundation the towering shaf of the first Pres ABETH STET the libra per tly from it, is the | is cheerful little room | most a necessity of late build our houscs closer erected ir sl which uplete the Congress laps openin : sun porel at the base of the ) necessary zrading of the shaft has not yet be m the re of re-| gpenings 1 drawing | the | n easily house has to be bright ong th tf | | tal of the sum into the roon sce, this part of th furnished in gay additional w the Mon ground surroun > the force of {light. A very simple example 901 | comparison out of doors of bright and | ¢|aull toned cretonnes. It will be scen istantly that the soft-colored one xis | scems washed out and faded _[the other. So m: sun pe wi e sveral hundred feet from the Monument beside ¥ e becan has etching the truth of 1 few hundred feet to | ciple. Provision is made in the M for an additional reflecting pool ol , hetween Seventeenth street and the| While the function of the st Monument and for drive and |is always the same, it may 1 walks surrounding the gardens and|in various styles to go with th the Monument on the north and south. | 0f the house. At the prese, The Commission of Fine Arts con | the fashion in houses is to siders the Washington Monument a neral type of decorating and inished picce bf work, even though [ furnishing throughout the entire in- 1 grandeur and its sim-| terior, not to have each room done in Plicity it is recognized as one of the|a different period, as was customary outstanding works of man. Additional[10 or 15 ve ornamentation at its base by means of | should ‘cor: torr and gardens will finish off the [one gets from the exterio; mighty shaft, members of the commis- | rooms may be of different types but sion hold, and bring the Monument |carry out the same feeling—f and its immediate surroundings into|ample, a house of delicate harmony with the general Mall plan. | nial lines should never have Styles Offend. Finest Homes in Marietta Park Semi-detached 3 Large Bedrooms Hardwood Floors Beautiful English Design Built-in Tub and Shower Paved Streets and Alleys 8,950 On Easiest Possible Terms! 423 Madison St. N, Open Till 10 P.M. _Shapiro 1416 Eye St. N.W. @ Main 8949 “BEYOND COMPARISON” Exhibit Home furnished by the Peerless Furniture Co. Inspect Them Sunday Take 1ith St. car to Gk and Kennedy and two hiocks north to Madison. or Georgin Ave. car 1o Longfeilon. est 10 ith and north to Madison, or drive out 1610 or Georgia Ave. 10 Longfellow. east 1n 5th and north to Madison. or vhone us for automobile. 2] INCLUDING BUILT-IN GARAGE The Best Buy Offered On the Market Today Your Rent Money Will Buy This Home Con Streets, Sidewalks & Curbing 4 crete bl 1600 to 1636 Eames Place N. E. (At Sixteenth and E Streets N. E.) Be Sure and Inspect Today or Sunday These homes contain living room, dining room, complete kitchen and coat closet on first floor, and two bedrooms, bath, linen closet and large closets in bedrooms on second floor Large front and double rear porches, laundry trays in cellar, BUILT-IN GARAGE. Conducted for The Star the | & THE HOME tagger” the attend | endeavoring to ance by having large groups from the various departments come on certain days as much as possible. Show Is Unusual. The showing this year is pronounced | by experts in the Department of Agri culture and the leading commercial growers to ba the best the Govern ment ever arranged. There are varietics of Japanese “mums” in the show tl of which are new vi than 400 varieties of pon blooms. Included in the show are 18 new | Japanese “‘mums,” two new mone anthemums and three single anthemums, follows: 2 anemona chry ptivation, mahogany 1 UM EXHBITION WILL OPEN TODAY |James River Garden Club ' Guests at Private Preshow- | ing of Blooms. D GENEVIEVE HENDRICKS themums— | More than 300 flower lovers from e na Virginia who are members Japanese chrysanthemums rystal Do hade of | twenty h pink- | of the in the B to o' today and 4 1 thousand_eniployes |« rtment and the Bureau of | der-pink with s and Printing. Glow, ruby erimson; the increasing number of | wine-purple with silver rever: this big free flower show rosy_mauve with than ta available | pale gray reverse, and Mrs. Charles golden yellow with orange-red formal opening of the annual chrysanthemum show Department of Agriculture sreenhouses at Iourteenth The show 4 ish buff Harvard pink; Mrs Car 3 bronze; Ada bronze with crimson | Quay Franks, the public at viewed by Becau itors to s more its rooms furnished in the heavy early Italian renaissance style. We are £ he various of treating sun porches so that may harmonize with the different ural styles of the houses of wrysanthemums —Touise Ricei, pink with and Vietoria Mori, decp red with gold zone in center. 0Old Types on V wooden trim around them and the sash is painted the same color as the | walls to give a further sense of space. | The only drapery on these windows iey form such an attractive |are. 1ant curtains of eold " Talan The room we have chosen for | aauze Fhes hant by menne of Hings i the opposite of the example | and may he pnshed fo each side of the ' is in an Italian | goor lights when one wants the un- re . reminis- ned sunlight. [ on exhibition, small room can hold only a [l settee and chair. The settee, an over- | M stuffed piece with subdued lines, is | upholstered in a heavy damask, red | s | the attendance figures on a tan ground. The renais | the Attendance of - tho sance chair is co rd with red velvet brings groups of th | glows with broken notes of red, blue | inc' yyder expert cultivation | and gold. .| A schedule of special days for the gs a beautiful | capinet ¢ of one of the | eollomes dull blue fig- | Walter R a vellow zround. swers and plants add they neces- | oucl of green to this cheerful w. Practically varieties |in other all of the old standard ioned ahove <e are for the prominent Govern nd persons prominent : An_interest reh senth centu The room,is a sort of opening from one end of an alcove the great ave of rough color, and quite 10 ceiling is of | principal he of those for whom named, who ends to Ko h dark w are improv- | painted ol and” semin: patients in ced Tospital and other larg being mranzed. The show will remain from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m, her 6. ins of Gold Gaunze. Three large arched windoy the further wall and there is a These have SOAEABARY open_ dail until Novem no t roc | T AR Chevy Chase Priced Unusually Low at 14,500 I Offered for a Limited Time at This Price l OUR large bedrooms, modern bath with up-to-date fixtures, large reception hall and living room with open fireplace, immaculate kitchen, full width covered front porch, detached garage, hardwood floors, hot-water heat, ete. Runnymeade Street Chevy Chase, D.C. Lot 100x105 Wonderful shrubs and lawn, with shade trees. Inspect Today or Sunday Drive east from Chevy Chase Circle on Western Ave. two blocks to Runnymeade St., then east to Home. 9. €. Douglass Co. Realtors—Builders Successors to Douglass & Phillips, Inc. 1621 K St. N.W. Frank. 5678 A Charming Home n the igly Drble Grant Circle Section of Petwo'rth— NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. Exhibit Home, 1602 Eames Place N. E. (At Sixteenth and E Streets N. E.) Always Open for Inspection Winfield Preston 1010 Vermont Ave. Main 6307 and WEBSTER ST. 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