Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1928, Page 20

20 BUILDING HISTORY OUTLINED TO GLASS Waverly Taylor Addresses Real Estate Students atY. M. C. A The history and development of the building business as applied to the con- struction of houses was outlined before the real estate class at the Y. M. C. A. this week by Wav- erly Taylor of the ‘Washington ~ Real Estate Board which is sponsoring the class. Mr. Taylor con- tended that the time is past when s real estate broker merely act- ed as an agent for the sale of ground and when the sale was consummated his services were ended. In times past, he seid, the prospec- tive home builder would seek the Waverly Taylor. services of a banker for his financing, then engage an architect to prepare plans and finally employ a builder to interpret those plans and construct the house. “This system,” he said, “was a rather long-dravn-out and frequently tedious process and uneconomical, due to the fact that definite customs had not been established to any degree in thse dif- ferent fields.” He contrasted the services of the modern realtor-builder who, he said, has within his organization experts in the various fields and departmentalized activities dealing in finance, brokarage and the handling of technical phases of bome planning and construction. “Through this combination of experts the modern realtor-builder organization Eerving as a single contact for the home buyer renders a complete service whether it is in the purchase of a fin- ished home or the purchase of a lot followed by the construction of an in- dividual home,” he said “Modern development in the building industry has the advantage of im- mense savings in costs by reason of wholesale production, purchase of large areas of ground and greater hdlme in financing due to the stabllity behind organized business efYorts. “It is sometimes heard that because of the speed of present day construction homes are not as well built as they were in former days when a longer period was required, but this is a mis- conception, as the difference in time merely comes about through improved methods which were not then available. “Increase in population has forced the operative huilder to seek land in suburban and sections for his developments and the advent of the automobile has made suburban devel- opments in all seefions of the country highly successful.” Mr. Taylor predicted that with the development .of ~aviaf residential areas would come into.existence miles away from the centers of population, stating that many beautiful sections of the Blue Ridge Mountains of la would eventually be suburbs of the Na- tion's Capital. ADAIR REALTY CASE REOPENS THURSDAY Foderal Court Ogders Recess to Al- low Counsel Time to Map Courses. )y the Associated Press. AINESVILLE, Ga., December 1.— Wuh Federal Court in recess here until were granted a respite to look over their respective standings and map out their future courses. Judge Samuel H. Sibley recessed court Thursday in order that members of the bar might attend the funeral of John W. Henley, assistant United States dis- frict attorney. Mondny two attorneys for the defense Wwill appear before the Supreme Court In Washington on the appeal of W. D. Manley, former bank official, who is under sentence in connection. with the failure of a number of Georgia banks. The Government for the past two weeks has spent much of its time in E;oducing testimony that hundreds of ndholders lost 88 per cent or more of their investments when the Adair Co. lqués_[ forced into bankruptcy March 31, The Government charges that the At- lanta company placed money derived from the sale of the bonds with its other income and used it to finance other deals, including the Whitfield Es- tates, at Sarasota, Fla., which was made the subject of a long inquiry. Attention Speculators and Investors A first commercial site, with wide frontage on North Capitol St., in well established business section, now improved with a brick building containing four ° separate five-room and bath apts. Plenty room to remodel and make two stores with two apts. over. A little money spent on improving this property will REAL ESTATE. Reichstag Prohibits | Bestowal of Titles By Sham Adoptions By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 1.—Sham adoptions by people of rank for the of conveying titles of no- gmzy was prohibited by the Reichs- “.T passing a law making such in- v It was sald that such adoptions have been sought eagerly by social climbers and threatened to become a nuisance. The bill also raises the status of illegitimate children by providing enforcement measures for increased liability by fathers and arranging other facilities in their behalf. MUSIC NATIONAL QUARTET AND FLORA' KEEFER. A particularly happy combination of Washington artists presented the pro- gram yesterday before the members of the Friday Morning Music Club. The National String Quartet played three selections and Flora Mnco 1 Keefer, contralto, was heard in two short groups of songs. In spite of the in- clement weather the audience attend- ing taxed the capacity of the Cosmos Club auditorium and showed marked enthusiasm. Mrs. Keefer has such a remarkable range of voice and such a thorough musicianship in her singing that it is always a pleasure to hear her. Also, she chooses songs that are not com- monly heard for the major part of her programs, and she sings always with finish in style and with careful prepa- ration. Mrs. Keefer has complete un- derstanding of the lyrics as well as the melody of each song. The remarkable flexibility of her voice and clear ring- g high notes featured this contralto’s presentation of Mozart's “Allelulia,” “Gesang Weyla's” by Hugo Wolf and Handel's “Furibonde,” folléwed as encore by the well known “Come and Trip It.” More dramatic and excellently contrasted songs mmposea the second group, Bral Maedchen Spricht,” “L'Heure .Buenclmue" of Vie- tor Staub, and a very new song by Frank la Forge, “Into the Luht ' Concerning_ this last song, Mrs. Keefer | explained that it was lnnplnd by Lind- bergh's flight to Europe. The words, by Marie Corelli, were found soon after that event, by Mr. la Forge, and his musical setting conveys exactly the stupendous character of the flight as well as suggesting the fight against the natural elements that brought vie- tory to the young aviator. As Mrs. Keefer coaches with Mr. la Nr‘e, it may be taken for granted that reading of this song is given his ofllcm sanction. Yesterday’s presentation of it was its debut on local concert pro- grams. Mrs. Keefer gave as encore Rachmaninoff’s “As Fair Is She.” The singer had completely competent and sympathetic support at the piano from Lucy Brickenstein. ‘Washington may well be proud of the National String Quartet, for every !El- son this admirable, sincere organizatios of talented musicians shows growth m stature in this, the most exacting of all types of musical performance. The quartet is composed of Henri Sokolov, first violin; Max Pugatsky, second violin; Samuel Feldman, viola, and Richard Lorleberg, violoncello. It seem- ed, yesterday morning, as though this | Gen. quartet never had played quih s0 well before. More and they are achieving that ulflmu goal of single- ness in blend of the four instruments, that is so much to be desired. The program opened with “Quartet in E Flat Major,” wrlmn by Karl Dit- ters von Dittersdorf (1739-99), who wrote a good deal of chamber music and also operas. Mr. von Dittersdorf played the first violin in a string quartet which included Josef Haydn as second violin, Wolfga Amadeus Mozart as viola player and Wanhal as violoncellist. It was fitting that one who played with two other immortalized composers should write so lovely a quartet as the one in E flat major. It is not often heard, but it is certainly full of rich, melodic material and a pleasing example of that period of quartet writing. The andante move- ment is unusually graceful and inspiring and the oriental color of the first theme in the finale, is brilliantly attractive. ‘There are moments of organ-like tone in this quartet and the parts for the four instruments are interwoven in a fascinating manner. Franz Schubert’s “Quartet Satz in C Minor” was particularly chnrml.n:. with the silver melody from Mr. Sokolov's facile bow. The Debussy “Quartet, Opus 10,” from which two movements were played, was given with a finish that showed practiced command over its intricate phrasing in the typical Debussy style. The National S Quartet received its interpretation of this work under the guidance of Charles Martin Loeffler this Summer. Mr. Loeffler played in the initial perform- ance of this composition himself, and so is an authority on how it lhn;m be ' Colored Value 1205 Girard Street Price $10,750 Three-story 9-room and bath brick, hot-water heat, electric ligh¢s and garage. Three Fireplaces Open for Inspection Sunday NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FLOOR PLANS OF HOUSE "exiyo KITCAEN §8x125 4.1VING /UN-PORC A i l 8x 1o | | “DoaM* 156 218 NO. 3158 | ‘Dro-2oom- 1162120 DED-D.ooM- 1023108 | /ECOND- TLOOD-DLAN, (Continued From Seventeenth Page). Trt quarry tile floor, marked at 2 in the plans, is suggested as appropriate also in the sun room. At 4 is the location provided for the refrigerator. Upstairs are three bedrooms of adequate size, al well lighted and cross-ventilated by windows on two sides. TLOORPLAN: The tiled bath is equipped with a tub shower, marked 5 on the plans, while the numeral 6 indicates placing for automatic closet lights. At 7 is a spot suggested for a bedroom fireplace, made easy of construction by the adjacence of the chimney. PORTES GIL NAMES CABINET MEMBERS New Mexican President Retains Three Who Served Under Calles. By the Associated Pr MEXICO CITY, December 1.—Pro- mlonnl President Emilio Portes Gil last ht announced the composition of his cabinet, which will Im:lu three mem- bers in the same positions they occupied under President Calles. These three a Gen. Joaquin Amaro, secretary of war; Jose Manuel Puig Casaurano, secretary of industry, and Lul.s Montes de Oca, secretary of The new membefs ‘and their portfolios are: Interior, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, former Minister to Germany; foreign relations, Genaro Estrada, undersecretary of the department during the last administra- tion; agriculture, Marte R. Gomez, pres- ident of the Chamber of Deputie: communications, Javier Sanchez Mejo- rada, an engineer, and education, Eze- quiel Padilla, who was attorney general under President Calles. At the same time the new President announced the reappointment of Primo Villa Michel as governor of the federal district and Fernando Torre-Blanca as private secretary to the President. New appointments were: Attorney general, Enrique Medina, former assist- ant prosecutor of the federal district, who presented the government’s case mlnu Jose de Leon Toral, assassin of Obregon; prosecutor of the fed- eral district, Jose Aguilar y Maya; rec- tor of the national unlnra ty, Antonlo Castro y Leal; chief of the military mlnuhctuu and supply departme: EXCERTI Arturo M. Elias, former consul general of New York and half brother of Gen. Calles; comptroller general, Jullo Fres- sinier Morin; chief of the presidential military staff, Col. Jose M. Tapia. and inspector general of police, Gen. Lucas Gonzalez. COTTON TO SILK TREND SHOWN IN CLOTHING Department of Agriculture Finds Southern Crop Used More in Household Articles, However. By the Associated Press. A trend from cotton to silk for cloth- ing was shown for the period between 1922 and 1927 in a report yesterday by the Department of Agriculture, on results of a survey of consumers’ preferences among 1,000 men and women representing all sections of the United States. The report showed, however, that an actual increase in number of cotton household articles in reports from 645 homes surveyed offset the cotton-to-silk clothing trend. Families with larger incomes, and in- dividuals in larger cities, registered a change from cotton to silk. Women reported that “silk and ravon are more DOWNTOWN WAREHOUSE For Rent Rear 927 D St. N.W. ELECTRIC PREIGHT ELEVATOR MERICAN SECURI /i‘:mmm:amm:'fi Real Estate Dept. 15th & Pa. Ave. VAL OPPORTUNITY for Experi enced Real Estate Salesman We have a splendid opening in our Brokerage Sales Force lesman. See Mr. McGarraghy o'clock on ‘Monday afterne SHANNON & 1438 K 8t. N.W. Three things are essenti: for an experienced Real Estate between 4:00 and 3:30 LLCII.\ INC. Main 3148 in window shades—I wear, harmony with the room color and furnishings, an smooth precise operation. Now you are assured these quumu with The Shade Shop’s factory-made TONTINE window shades. attractive and easier to handle than cotton.” Men based their preference for silk and rayon socks on style and comfort. In household articles, the re- port continued, “cotton is more than holding its own. Plane Reaches Aquas Calientes. MEXICO CITY, December 1 (#).—El Universal prints a dispatch from Aguas Calientes saying that an airplane carry- ing passengers from El Paso, Tex., has arrived there from Chihuahua and will remain overnight. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1928. BERLINSHOP SIGNS BAFFLE STRANGERS Butchers, Barbers and Danry-l men Cling to Century-0ld Trademarks. BERLIN (#.—Signs and symbols | displayed in front of German shops are |quite as baffling to the stranger as was |the Indian before an American cigar |store or the red, white and blue pillar before a barber shop. Butchers, barbers @nd dairymen are among those in Ger- \many who have clung to century-old | trademarks. ‘The spectacle of a kitchen chaif draped with a spotless white apron hanging out in front of a butcher shop causes no end of amusement in Fall and Winter. It means that fresh, warm sausage is for sale inside. The aproned cheir had its origin more than two centuries on the farms which surrounded the numerous villages. Farmers, their wives and hired hands, having finished slaugh pigs and cooking up meat and bl for sausage, washed out their aprons and hung them over chairs to in the sun. City folk happening by soon learned to realize that the aproned chair was a never-failing sign of fresh sausage. 3 Dutch Bautter Sign. ‘When a shop dis) P]Iyl what looks like a large golden apple, but is in reality a gllded ball, it means that butter is sold there. The gilded ball idea was ob- tained from Duwh dairy farmers who at the invitation of King Frederick William I settled in the valley of the grants from the Netherlands brought their butter to market in balls. A barber shop can be espied half a block away by the brass soup plate which dangles from a rod extending over the sidewalk. This sign dates back ‘before the invention of the shay- ing mug. Tonsorial artists of old worked up a lather in a shallow platter Six and Seven Rooms—Enclosed Porches “Jameson-Built Model Homes” Now Ready for Inspection 1524 D St. N.E. 919 Quincy St. N.W. 510 Central Ave. N.E. 315 18th St. S.E. 255 11th St. S.E. 1814 D St. S.E. 2620 6th St. N.E. 412 Douglas St..N.E. The architecture of these fine homes has been carefully designed and selected by our experts of superior home designs. The material also has been carefully selected. All labor furnished by skilled mechanics of the best grade. These homes have been personally -supervised by the owner, aifd money can be saved by buying direct from us. These homes contain six and seven large rooms, tile bath with built-in tub and shower, garage, one- piece sink in kitchen, ex- tra large porches front and rear. Oak floors, lat- est fixtures, floor plugs in each room and built-in ice box. It will pay you to inspect these homes. Built, Owned and for Sale by Thos. A. Jameson Co. 906 New York Ave. NW. Main 5526 “Ask the Man Who Owns One” Havel River near Potsdam. The immi- | REAL ESTATE. resembling & soup plate. Some of these fine old china plates are still in use today. They furnished the inspiration for the gilded platter. Barber’s Soup Plate. Barbers catering to American trade han( out n small red nnd whlte :trlped ‘soup pla mnnum ot chmzing the emblem be. cause of the number of feminine visitors now frequenting barber shops have been turned down by overwhelming majori- ties in master barbers’ meetings. Berlin's official sign is a black bear sitting erect on his haunches, his red tongue curled out of his mouth. It is a sign which appears on all tourist literature distributed by the munici- pal tourist bureau. The bear has fig- urcd in the city’s annals since its founding, about 1134, chiefly because of }u prevalence in the surrounding orests. ‘The bear in walking was chosen for the officlal municipal seal when various towns about 1709 united to form what is now the heart of Berlin. — Plane Passenger Injured. WHITEVILLE, N. C. December 1 (#)—While at first belleved to have escaped with only slight bruises and lacerations when an Army plane in which he was a passenger was forced down one mile from here early yes- terday, Capt. D. R. Blakely, U. 8. A, was last night reported to have prob- ably suffered serious injury. He was taken to the Army Hospital at Fort Bragg, where a thorough examination of his hurts was to be made. Lieut. M. Huggins, who was piloting the ma- chine, was uninjured. New Colonial Bricks *12,750™ In Chevy Chase, D. C. A well known Washington operator, identified with builders of homes of the better class, opening his first Chevy CI operation, which is to be of large propomom. is offer- ing his first group at a low mlmductmn price. Large Landscaped Lots Covered Concrete Veranda Double Rear Porches Detached Garage Electric Refrigeration Exhibit Home Attractively situated in this 4505 RIVER ROAD exclusive and convenient all-resi- dential section; spacious living room with open fireplace, outside pantry, modern kitchen, three bedrooms and sleeping porch; full tiled bath, hot-water heat, etc. Drive out River Road from Wisconsin to homes 1621 K St. N.W. 1429 Van J.6.Douglass Co. Exclusive Agents Buy This Home Buren St. —and you'll not only get a wonder- ful home—in a wonderful location— but you'll actually save $5,000. It was built to sell for $20,950—but the owner insists on disposing of it regardless—and that’s why it is offered at *15,950 Almost no cash payment; and terms less than rent. It will pay you to “talk terms” with us—you'll be sur- prised what arrangement you can make. I’s a splendily built home—the founda- tion hewn out of solid rock—and every bit of material entering into the construction and finish is of special selection. A superb location—just off upper Sixteenth Street, opposite the entrance to Rock Creek Golf Course. Open Every Day and Evenis Pn.:l’fl.\om and All D: lyllll":‘IlII-S i) EEVER:-&GOS [REALTORS ] D'n. With a Realtor Another Successful Year Now Closing—A Pleasing Record of Three Major Home Operations All Open 9 am. to 9 p.m. Parkside 60 Built—49 Sold Prices $13950 to $19,750 Exhibit Homes 1814.1752 Trving Street Northwest R Marietta Park 27 Built—18 Sold Prices $8,950 to 510,950 Exhibit Homes 413 Madison St. N.W. 421 Marietta P1. N.-W. Brookland 44 Built—41 Sold Priced at 58,950 Exhibit Home 1913 Otis St. N.E. Representative on Premises J. Dallas Grady 904 14th St. N.W. Main 6181 Office Open Until 9 P.M. make it worth about double the bargain price it can be bought for now. CHEVY CHA! CHASE Md. Charming Corner Home Answer quick for full infor- mation. Address Box 274-K Star Office This appealing corner home, located just one square from Connecticut Avenue, midway between the Country Clubs, must be sold, as the owner has already purchased a larger home. 101 SHEPHERD ST. Corner of Delaware Street 2 Rooms 2 Baths | Hardwood floors and trim; steel casement win - ldows. Wrought iron stair rails. A Charming English Home Beautiful New DETACHED HOMES . 5 in This home is constructed of brick to the second floor joists, Chevy Chase Terrace with Cre-o-dipt shingles above, copper gutter and downspout, and all details typical of high-grade home construction. Center en- trance hall plan with a very pleasing and practical first floor arrangement ; 4 bedrooms and 2 tile baths on the second floor, and large attic with maid’s room and lavatory. Copper screens, awnings, metal weatherstripping and garage that matches the house are part of its equipment. Beautiful landscaped grounds with a combined frontage of 158 feet. An inspection will convince you that this home is unquestion- ably the most attractive ofienug in this section. ONLY $16’850 TERMS Turn east one square from Conn. Ave. on Shepherd St. to property Open Sunday All Day Hepces & MIDDLETON, INC. 1412 Eye St. N.W, Realtors Franklin 9503 Picturesaue colonial and Enslish o detached home: fisurhan ommunity ~everiooking the Chevy Chase Country Olub. 6 Large Rooms—Tiled Bath Seplrllse Lavatory 2 4 Attractive Landscaping $13,500 Convenient Terms. Drive oyt Connecticut guenus to Bradley lane. west to avenue, south to Noi gF motor out Wisconsin, ’f ™ *the ey EXHIBIT HOME 4609 Norwood Drive rwood Trom °the Deart of oo CAFRIT, [ 1415 K St M. Main 9080 4752 The Standsrd of Comparisen e