Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1929, Page 17

REAL HEAVYBULDING PROGRAN 5 SEEN Prosperity During 1929 Is| Predicted—Federal Work Is Big ltem. Business is swinging into the new year with bright prospects and there is | every indication of sustained prosperity | in the opinion of A. E. Dickinson, pres- | ident of a national building material concern. “Looking into the future of any in- | dustry is certain to disclose both light and dark patches. In the construction industry the dark spots are excep- tionally few,” he declares | “The huge total of $7,200,000,000 has | been invested in construction in 1928, against approximately $6,900,000,000 in | 1927. This, together with the large totals | of the past three years, makes an ag- gregate expenditure for the entire coun- | try of $27,270.000,000. “Not only has there been a marked ont_the building industry is on a more stable basis than ever be- fore. There has been an absence of speculative building and a definite movement - toward better construction. “While there is some doubt regarding the possible consequences of high money rates, it seems more than probable that | 1929 will show a building total close to that of 1928. Increase in public works and utilities projects in prospect for 1929 helps justify this belief. “The Government’s five-year program of public improvement construction is just getting under way. An appropria- tion of $269.000,000 is available for this work. Establishment of aviation fields also will require new buildings. “Residential building, which showed a renewal of activity in 1928, amounted to 45 per cent of the entire construc- tion program. It is estimated more than $3,000,000,000 has been spent for this type of structure. Increase in population and rapid suburban develop- ment are two major factors in the home-building activity. “Hotel construction has gone forward in good volume and many large projects are planned for the near future. Pub- lic works came next to residential build- ing in point of activity. Commercial and industrial construction was on a broad scale and educational structures llkt::lise helped to swell the grand total.” GILDA GRAY ON WAY TO SECOND DIVORCE Shimmy Artist Likely to Win Sep- ' aration From Gil Boag by I Default. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis, January 5— Gllda Gray, who shimmy-shook her ‘way to fame, may win her divorce action against Gil Boag, her second husband, through default. Boag wired his attor- mey at Port Washington, Wis., yesterday to withdraw counter charges against the dancer. Miss Gray, who as a girl was known in Milwaukee as Gilda Michalski, . She returned Europe, and is staying with her par in Her 14-year-old , & suburb. with he ‘Withdrawal of his counter suit, which have meant a jury trial if it said he had been set upon by two and beaten. ‘“Just a little Christ- present from Gilda,” he was quoted .Gray made vigor- ying. of any part in the affair. No indication 3 CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE. Parents Visiting Nearby When Flames Destroy Dwelling. EMINENCE, Mo., January 5 (#).— ‘Three children, all boys, were burned to | dsath yesterday in a fire that destroyed ‘their home, five miles south of Emi- nence. ‘The victims were sons of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hicks. The parents had gone to the home of Mr. Hicks' mother, only 400 feet away, and did not notice the fire until the dwelling was envelop- ed in flames. The father suffered burns on the head and face in an attempt to enter the building in which the chil- dren had been trapped. ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY REAL ESTATE. 5, 1929: b APARTMENT COSTING $1,100,000 NOW BEING ERECTED { Architect’s sketch of the apartment development being erected by William S. Phillips, local real estate operator, at | Junuary 20 she would attempt to regain 1650 Harvard street, between Lanier place and Quarry road, at a cost estimated to total $1,100,000. As designed by Louis | the ¢ndurance flight record for women. | Justement, local architect, it will contain 148 apartment units of one to four rooms, bath and kitchen. bbbk bbb bbb (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) INSTALLMENT XXIX. HERE was the roar of the mo- tor high above the field where Yvonne's old grandfather and grandmother were tilling the the soil. they always did; the airplanes were no longer the excitement they once were. “But look!” exclaimed the grand- mother. “He descends.” “Perhaps he is in trouble!” said the grandfather anxiously. They watched the birdlike: thing come closer and closer to a flat meadow next the field"they were working. Mak- ing sure that the plane was about to land, they ran toward it in great ex- citement, stumbling along as fast as their old legs would carry them. As they clambered over the low stone wall the plane slithered along the ground and came to a full stop. A man, the pilot, got out and turned to assist a young woman who seemed impatient to alight. ‘The old people looked at each other in amazement and some horror. Young ladies had never dropped out of the sky in this unaccountable way when they were younger. Then to their even greater amazement the young woman began calling, “Grandfather, grandmother, come, oh come—is Rich- ard here!” Astonishment held them still. They could not move. Then the young woman was holding them both tight, kissing them, asking them questions, shaking them in her joy and excite- ment. At last she asked and waited for an answer. “Has Richard, my hus- band, come?” “No, my daughter,” said the old grandfather patiently. “We have heard nothing from him.” “Then let us hurry to the house at once. I must change; you have one of my old frocks here, I know.” She waved good-by to the pilot of given of any [pnancial settlement having been effected. "fmthe “l’n.ne .lle‘d'benn to ht.he h&nds of old people, urry them toward the house. Rapidly she sketched her story. They nodded, trying to un- derstand. But one thing seemed clear to them, they must on no account re- veal to Richard when he came that Yvonne had not been with them for months past. “It must be as though I had been here, with you, all the Spring,” Yvonne insisted, and they promised. At the house Yvonne hastened up the wooden ladder to the loft. There against the wall hung a coarse peasant frock, the very one in which Richard had first seen her. She hurried into it, smiling at the thought of the fine silken underwear she wore beneath it. Down the ladder again and into the yard where once more she tried to tell the ;ld people all that had happened to er. Richard did not come that day ana Yvonne was very glad. She was tired, worn out, and, now that she had ar- rived before him, she was content to wait until he came. She saw him mounting the little hill just before sunset the next evening. Seeing them in the field, Yvonne and the two old people, Richard felt his heart contract. This was just as he had found them four years ago. Time seemed to turn back as though life » (Copyright, 1928, by Public Ledger.) i FFRERR AR R R PR R R R R R R R R R R R They looked up as| dbdebddd bt bbbt bbbt d bbb b bbb b bbb bbb bbb d b b bbb bbb ONE MAN’ BY BARBARA WEBB S TR itself had been stationary for a long time. He went slowly toward them. Yvonne greeted him sedately, putting up her cheek for his indifferent kiss. The grandparents shook hands and ex- pressed pleasure at seeing him. Truth to tell, they had been a little uneasy about Yvonne, but, now that her hus- band had come, all would be well again. They walked back to the house, Yvonne this time at Richard's side. He tried to talk to her, and he found he had nothing to say. The silence grew a little oppressive and it was with a sigh of relief he he threw himself on the grass under the poplar and waited for Yvonne to bring him a long drink of the cool, red wine. She smiled shyly at him as she hand- ed him the mug. It hurt him. This smile, so trusting, so pure. He saw with amazement how like she was to the other, the woman he loved. % “Have you been happy here, Yvonne?’ he asked at last. “If not happy—then content,” Yvonne answered. o “Do you wish to return to America? he asked. “That is for you to decide, my hus- band.’ Richard turned his troubled gaze from her. How could he tell her, this modest, sweet child wife of his? He clenched his hands. Love for dancer had grown on him like a fever in the days of their separation. Abruptly he got to his feet. “I think T'll walk down to the village,” he said. “I want to talk to you, Yvonne, after supper, when the old people are in bed.” “I will come to you here,” she prom- ised. “There is a moon and we can talk in quiet.” He nodded and strode away, while behind him Yvonne danced her way into the cottage. . e s o . e in the village, sat smoking shadow of the lombary poplar. He was waiting for Yvonne to appear. Much as he dreaded what he had to do, he was now in a fever of im- patience to begin, to tell the truth, to shrive himself and throw himself on his wife’s mercy. did not appear he fell into a half- sleeping state where he fancied himseif back in New York, calling on Made- With a The door Coming moiselle in her apartment. start, he opened his eyes. to the cottage had_ opened. sheen, stepping like a fairy across the grass. He made an exclamation. dreaming, of course. But how strange a dream. This figure came nearer. It put its arms about his neck. Its soft lips were pressed against his own. And yet it could not be real. Suddenly he was frightened. He must waken him- self. Roughly he loosened the -clinging arms. He pushed the phantem away, only fo hear it laugh and say, “You do not know me, Richard?"” He staggered back a . are you?” he said huskily, his hand to_his face. Yvonne threw back her head and cried. “I am Yvonne—your wife—and I am also Mademoiselle, the dancer. Believe me. Richard, for I love you.” She sobbed and her crying woke Richard to some realization of the miracle that was taking place. He touched her timidly. “Yvonne~—Mademoiselle—-"" he fal- tered. “I do not understand. ‘The story came in a rush. 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