Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1928, Page 18

18 - » STAR HODEL HOME WL PEN TODAY Foxhall Village House to Provide Opportunity for Month’s Inspection. The public of Greater Washington today will be"given its fourth oppor- | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., NOVEMBER 4%, 1928—PART 1. THE STAR MODEL HOME IN FOXHALL VILLAGE RECLAIMED LAND POLICY 13 STUDIED tions—New Irrigation Proj- ects Slowed Down. One of the most Important questions from the Interior Department to come LEGION T0 GONDUCT ARMISTICE EVENTS Discussed by Civic Organiza-| National Commander o Be| Guest—Auxiliary Head Also to Attend. National Comdr. Paul V. McNutt of the American Legion, accompanied by | Mrs. McNutt and Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, B. Harper, le Chapeau Departmental, | are presiding officers of the respective organizations. Harlan Wood is the| commander of the department of the | District of Columbia, the Americen | lon. H unday afternoon at 2 oelock on| Armistice day these organizations will attend in a body the exercises to be held at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery and at 8 o'clock ceremonies will be held in the Washington Auditorium President to Speak. The speakers at the evening affair will_be President Coolidge, Gen. John J. Pershing and National Comdr Mc- Nutt. The addresses of these speakers | will be broadeast throughout the United | States over a specially arranged hook- | up of 80 stations. | ‘The committee in charge of the| Armistice day ceremonials is composed | MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHELL QUEST IS IN FULL SWING Buyers From Near and Far Fiock to Islands * for Harvest. PAPEETE, Tahiti (#—The diving season in quest of mother-of-pearl | shell is in full swing at the Island of Hikueru, in the Paumotu Archipelago. which consists of 78 coral atolls washed by the South Pacific. Pearl buyers from near and far are there, for while a large number of pearls of ordinary quality are found each season, there always is the possi- bility of the natives bringing up gems that will more than repay the long wait and the hardship which life on Hikueru | before Congress next month is the map- | president of the American Leglon | ¢ tre following members of the |and the other pearl islands imposes. tunity of the year to inspect a model home, erected for exhibition under the sponsorship of The Star, when the ! English group house at 4422 Q street, | in Foxhall Village. is opened to the public for a month of free inspection and study. | This house, erected for the dewion- stration by the firm of Boss & Phelps, from plans drawn by James E. Cooper, local architect, is the last of the 1928 | Star medel homes. It is the only one of The Star exhibition dwellings of this year of the group house type and in many other ways, also, differs widely from the three houses opened earlier in the Summer and Fall. The house is the central unit of a group of nine on the south side of Q street, overlooking a laige Government reservation just being completed in the center of the strec, and alsc affc a vista of the Foundry Branch Valley, east of Forty-fourth street, a part of which is being developed as an exten- slon of the elaborate Government park- way system. Suggestions Invited. The model dwelling will be open daily throughout the moath from 9 am, to 6 pm. and during this time visitors are cordially invited by The Star to inspect it for suggestions con- cerning the planning, decoration. tur- nishing, equipment and landscaping of | & house of this type. | The place may be reached by driving | out @ street to Wisconsin avenue, | north to Reservoir road. west o Forty- fourth street, south to Q street and then a half block west to the house. Foxhall Village also may be reached by bus from Dupont circle and by street car to Foxhall Station, about tnree blocks south of the yiliage. ‘The house is unusually large for a group house, consisiing ol tnree stories and containing 10 main rooms, three baths with shower equipment, a iull- size basement, and-having a 1wo-car garage at the extreme rear of the lot. The facade of the dwelling is featur- ed by a great gable and bay in the upper two stories which overhangs the first story in old English style. The bay is of stucco and exposed timber- work construction and other authentic English touches are use of large, mold- ed clay chimney pots on the brick chimney, stone balls on stone bases at either side of the main section of the facade. Interest also is lent to the front of the house by the double ter- raced lawn which is marked off on either side by neat brick retaining walls. The rear yard is as attractive as the front, having as its focal point an English rock garden, which contains a stone bird bath surrounded by flagging and gravel walks, lawn and shrub and flowers neatly arranged. The inner wall of the garage at the rear of the lot is in keeping with this garden, having | in its face three large recesses in which have been constructed Jattice work on which later will climb Tose bushes. | Running across the front of the | bouse is a large living room, at the right side of which 1s the winding staircase leading to the upper floors, and at the other, an English style fire place having a hand-carved oak man- tel and stone base. On either side of + the fireplace are buiit-in bookcases. Trimming Distinctive. Lending a distinctive tone to the house is the natural, light color, wax finish given the oak trimming through- out the lower floor. The h texture sand finish walls of this floor have english group house located at 4422 Q street, the fourtn and last of the 1928 demonstration dwellings sponsored by | The Star, which today will be opened to the public for a monthe of inspection. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. | —Star Staff Photo. | Hobadibidod]| CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. ‘The American Association of Univer- sity Women invites all .college women and their friends to meet at Bridge Station, 2:30 o'clock, to walk up the towpath to the Stone shack. Bring supper. Miss Edna L. Stone, leader. ‘The Wanderlusters' hike will start from Falls Church, Va. Meet at Twelfth and Pennsylvania avenue at 2:30 o'clock. Bring lunch. Coffee will be served at the clubhouse at Franklin Park, Va. The National Republican Political Study Club will have a “round table” 5 o'clock, at national headquarters of the Colored Women’s Clubs, Twelfth and ?dstreets. Mrs. M. B. Butler will pre- James A. Edgerton will speak at the Washington Open Forum. 3 o'clock, at 808 I street. Subject: “Why the Pro- hibition Party Is Again in the Field.” Smith Tassin will address the Wash- ington Lodge, Theosophical Society, 8 o'clock, at 1216 H street. Subject: “Spiritual Healing” Music by Miss Kathryn Beck, pianist. Mr. McGuire will begin class talks on “Paul, the Great Apostle and Initiate.” ‘The Concord Club will give a banquet, 8 o'clock, at the clubhouse, 314 C street, to celebrate the 245th anniversary of the landing of the German Pilgrims and the founding of the first permanent settle- ment at Germantown, Pa., in 1683. The old, famous Washington Saengerbund and the new Germania Liederkranz will | sing. ‘The Red Triangle Outing Club will meet in Rosslyn at the Old Dominion ‘Terminal, 2 o'clock. Buy one-way ticket to McLean. Hike across country to the Potomac and down the river to Chain Bridge, with extension to the clubhouse for a campfire party. Walk 6 miles with rough going in some places. Bill Richardson, leader. A morning walk, starting from Seventeenth and the Ave- 'fim ;e: 7:30, will be led by Waldburg FUTURE. District Council, No. 16, Loyal Ladies of the Royal Arcanum, will meet to- been painted a light tone to conform to_the color of the woodwork. The living room is connected by an :fen archway with the dining room the left rear of the building, which in turn adjoins the breakfast room.and kitchen at the center and right rear. There are four bedrooms on the second ' fioor, the master bedroom at the left front having an joini private bath; while the third floor is treated in an unusual fashion with a studio or lounge room at the front, which has an adjoining bedroom at the rear, reached through an open arch. ‘The_ bedroom also opens into the lat- teral hallL.in this floor. At the head of the stairs is & room furnished as a study or ‘office \while adjoining the studio is a large cedar closet. ‘The studio has the distinctive fea- ture of a vaulted ceiling in which show the lines of the steep-pitched gable and hip roof. Fromi the peak of the ceiling hangs an old English shop lantern. morrow, 8 p.m., at 24 Grant place. The National Museum announces an exhibition of etchings by Carl Strauss, an American residing in Switzerland, until November 25, in the Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Building. The Washington Society of Engineers will meet Wednesday, 8:15 p.m., at audi- ing | torjum of New National Museum. Dr. W. L. Calver, chairman of the field ex- ploration committee of the New York Historical Society, will give an illus- trated account of The Exploration of the Crusader Fortress of Montfort, in Palestine,” which was conducted in the interest of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Women invited. ‘The Advertising Club of Washington will hold a luncheon meeting Tuesday, 12:30 p.m., in auditorium of the Na- tional Press Club. Speaker, Hal Wag- ner of the editorial department, R. F. Houghton & Co., Philadelphia. Sub- INSTALL THAT HOT 'WATER PLANT NOW You make no mistake when you buy a plant from us. 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Hall, 1412 Pennsylvania ave- nue. Inspection of officers. The Sodality of Holy Name Church will give a Dutch dinner Wednesday and Thursday, 4:30 to 7 p.m., at Holy Name School, 1217 West Virginia ave- nue northeast. TOURIST GUARD PLANNED. Police Given Course in English to Aid Visitors. CONSTANTINOPLE,. (#). — Twelve Turkish policemen who have just pas- sed 2n examination to test their fluency in the English language have been ap- pointed to act as body-and-tongue- guard to American tourists to Turkey. They are the first graduates of the course in English, organized by the chief of police of Constantinople and taught by an Englishman, George Tully, known in Turkey as Tully Bey since his conversion to the Moslem religion many years ago. An American company which i8 con- structing the great central highway of | Hitt yesterday in Police Court, in over- Cuba js completing its work well ahead of schedule. $5.00 Gives You a Choice $833855388288882838222833323338883388338833: factory: JUDGE BACKS POLICE IN SPEEDING TRIAL| Busses and Other Public Vehicles | Under Police Regulation, Court Holds. Busses and other public utility vehicles | come under the jurisdiction of the Police Court and are amenable to the regula- | tions of the traffic act as applies to speed, it was decided by Judge Isaac R. ruling a motion to quash the informa- tion charging Henry C. Leonard with speeding. Leonard, a bus driver for a company operating in the District of Columbia and Virginia, was arrested several months ago for exceeding the speed limit on Pennsylvania avenue. Through his attorney, John Paul Jones, he con- tended the traffic act did not divest the Public Utilitles Commission of its au- thority, and as the commission had approved the schedule under which the busses were operated they were em- powered to act in speed cases rather than the regular court. The schedule as approved calls for an average speed of 12 miles an hour through the city, but it was testified at the hearing on the motion that at times a speed of 30 miles an hour had to be made in order to maintain that average. In overruling the motion Judge Hitt sustained the contention of Assistant Corporation Counsel Chester H. Gray. who appeared for the Government, that in_arresting Leonard for speeding the | police were within their jurisdiction. NAMED HORTICULTURIST. | Dr. Eugene C. Auchter of the Uni- versity of Maryland, yesterday was ap- pointed principal horticulturist in the Department of _Agriculture to _take charge of the new office of horticultural crops and diseases. | This was accentuated yesterday by Dr | ping of the Nation's palicy of reclama- ' tion, in the light of the depression in agriculture and disinclination of mod- ern_people to endure the hardships of settling on a tract of reclaimed land.' Elwood Mead, Commissioner of Recla- | mation, who pointed out that during | the past few months some of the lead- ing civic organizations in the country have been studying and _discussing pxroblems relating to Federal reclama- tion. Whether the Federal Government should cease building works to irrigate more land until the present agricultural depression has been alleviated and there is need for more crops is a ques- tion that the Chamber of Commerce of the United States is endeavoring to find an answer to through a question- naire to its member organizations. Suspension Recommended. Suspension of construction of ‘new works until projects now under con- struction have been completed was rec- ommended by an investigating com- mittee of the American Society of Civil Engineers at San Diego last month. In an address before the San Diego gathering, Dr. Mead called attention to the point that irrigation of new lands by the Government or by private en- terprise is being automatically slowed down by the unwillingness of people to undergo the hardships and privations, which, under present laws and condi- tions are inseparable from making | homes on the unleveled sagebrush | lands, 1 Change in the mode of American-liv- | ing, with the attendant comforts of new inventions, Dr. Mead said, makes life on an irrigated tract unattractive in- deed. Further, he declared, the cost of changing a piece of raw land into a farm costs three of four times as much as it used to and city wages are far greater than the income from a par- tially developed farm. Questions Considered. The American Society of Civil Engi- neers was advised by its investigating committee that had the subject under consideration for about two years, that it had considered the question of whether settlers on Government proj- ects should be required to pay interest on the cost of works, and also whether the Western States should not take a larger responsibility, both in the loca- tion and construction of new projects. Heads of the engineering departments of the 17 arid and semi-arid States, comprising the Association of Western State Engineers, discussed this question October 29 and 30—just a few days ago—Dr. Mead explained at a meeting held at Salt Lake City. This meeting, too, reviewed the relation of the State and Federal Government to the works to conserve and bring into use the idle land and wasted water. Secretary West, who soon after his appointment as Secretary of the In- terior, made an extended trip over Fed- eral reclamation projects to enable him to become familiar with them at first | hand, is expected to have important recommendations to make to Congress next month on phis topic. Aircraft Parking Place. LONDON (#).—Prospective aerial commuters to London are welcoming the construction of London’s first aerial | He will begin his new duties Novem- ber 16. PE88e888888888888888888888888888838388838888838888888228888383388: : 8th & E Sts. NN\W. Nachman Furniture Co. 8th & Pa. Ave. S.E. 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At the conclusion of the reception the guests will proceed, at 9:30 o'clock to the willard Hotel ballroom to partici- pate in the joint ball of the veterans of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. J. O'Connor, grand chief de gare of the Forty and Eight. and Mrs. Dorothy with HERE, at the lowest tich . . . deep light socket. tuver offers! An entire sample line of a well known —no two alike. Twenty-one suites—all beautifully tailored and con- structed. No more when these are gone. Suites worth from $195 to $225 PAY $5.00 CASH AND TAKE American Legion: Wallace _Streater, chairman; Walter Woods, L. E. Atkin: | Theodore Cogswell and C. H. Hillegeis In connection with the coming visit of National Comdr. McNutt, Depart ment Comdr. Harlan Wood yesterday appointed the following members of the national commander's reception committee: Julius I. Peyser, chairman; | Watson B. Miller, Carrol C. 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