Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1929, Page 20

20 DESCRIBES REPAIRS AT WHITE HOLSE (Grant Reports Many Jobs Done at Executive Mansion During Year. Repairs and renovations to the White -House during the fiscal year ending ,Jufie 30 last were describ2d yesterday in the annual report of the director of R“b“‘: buildings and public parks of the ational Capital and are transmitted to President Hoover by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d. Col. Grant advised the Chief Execu- tive that this work was accomplished @t the executive mansion: “walls, ceilings and woodwork of the eagt room, the basement corridor and wvamlous other rooms were cleaned and the woodwork of the State dining room wis cleaned and waxed. A composition tilg floor was installed in the kitchen. THe green room was refurnished. Brnze dowels were inserted in the pro- jecting portions of all column caps in the north portico. The bituminous paving in front of the executive office building was re- moved and a concrete pavement of larger area was laid. A new tin roof was constructed on the executive office building. A connection was made from the power lines of the Potomac Electric Power Co. in West Executive avenue to | grea the switchboard in the executive office building, for emergency use in case of failure of the supply of electricity from the State, War and Navy Building. The west wall of the west terrace was found to be in bad condition structural- ly and reconstructed. A washing ma- chine and an ironer electriaclly op- erated were installed in the laundry. The bottom of the fountain in the north grounds was reconstructed. “A contract was awarded to N. P. Severin Co. on April 18, 1929, for alter- ing existing rooms in the west end of the basement of the executive office bullding and constructing & new room, in order to provide additional space for the office force.” CONTRACTOR INHALES GAS TO END LIFE (Charles P. Elliott Found in Apart- ment With Rubber Tube in Mouth. Depressed over financial difficulties, (Charles Page Elliott, 35-year-old con- tractor, ended his life in his apartment at 311 First street southeast early this morning by inhaling illuminating gas. Clad only in pajamas, he was found shortly before 4 o'clock sitting in a kitchen chair with & rubber tube from & nearby gas jet in his mouth. The odor of gas, detected by Mrs. Margaret Metzler, an employe at the House Office Building, who has an apartment at the same address, led to the discovery. Mrs. Metzler's calls for the landlord aroused Mrs. Elliott, who ran into the kitchen and found her husband lifeless. Members of Fire Rescue Squad No. 1 and Dr. Louis Jimal of the Casualty Hospital staff attempted to revive the man. Mrs. Elliott said her husband had been worried about financial matters for some time. Elliott was born in Harpersville, N. Y., on August 14, 1894, and moved to ‘Washington about seven years ago. He ‘was 2 World War veteran, serving in France for 13 months. The wife, Mrs. Robbie Elliott; & daughter, Mary Louise Elliott, 8 years old; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Ellitt of Binghamton, N. Y., one brother and four sisters, survive. WIFE OF WYOMING SENATOR HELPED BUILD WESTERN CITY Mrs. Sullivan, Native of Ire- land, Has Lived in Ro- mantic Region. Home and Family Form Her Chief Interest—Enjoys Playing Bridge. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Mrs. Patrick Sullivan, wife of the new Senator from Wyoming, is one of those brave, indomitable women who helped in the building of the “wild and woolly” West., She has seen her home town, Casper, Wyo., grow from a little settlement of 500 people, walking over cow trails and crude dirt paths, to & modern, bustling eity of 25,000. As a young girl from her home in Cork County, Ireland. Mre. Sullivan traveled to that land of promise, the Golden West, where she found awaiting her romance and happiness. It was there she first met her husband, a young lad also from Ireland, and it was not long before they were married in the town of Rollins. All the scenes so eagerly read about by “Eastern tenderfeet,” such as the t round-ups, the village dances, where cattlemen and ranchers gath- ered, the traveling over many miles of rough country roads by stage coach and horseback, all_have been known and lived bn the Wyoming Senator's wife, who tells you she is one of the ploneers of her native State. Home Is Her Chief Interest. While the Senator has spent the greater part of his life in the manage- ment of his large sheep ranch, Mrs. Sullivan’s was devoted to the bringing up of & large family, with little time for outside interests. The Sullivans have four dnurhurs. three of whom are married and living In the West, while one unmarried daughter, Miss Marga- ret, remains with her parents, whom she expects to join shortly in Washington. Mrs. Sullivan is fundamentally and entirely domestic. Her love and her interests are her home, her children and her grandchildren, of whom she has four. Asked whether she thought the young mothers of today were con- fronted with greater problems in the bringing up of children than they were DO NOT FOOL WITH A HEAD COLD TAKE NO CHANCES Use NOZOL Now Follow this Advice: Break Up a Cold Before It Gets Started. ‘Avoid Dosing. ROP Nozol into the nose where it soothes irritation, fights cold germs, clears the clogged nasal it free breathing, and helpe guard you against more dangerous colds. Thousands of doctors presceibe the Nosol Formula in fighting under sbsolute money back guarantee. NOZOL ~&itReseny The Christmas Store < THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON dren and have never tried to raise those of other people.” Is Fond of Bridge. Mrs. Sullivan is fond of bridge and has a sweet, kindly manner which be- speaks & nature ~hospitably inclined. She is endowed with a remarkably sweet voice, which lends a certain fascinaticn to the strong Irish brogue which still clings to her pronunciation in speaking. Senator and Mrs. Sullivan have fre- quently visited Washington in the last 20 years, but have never made their home here for any great length of time. No plans have as yet been made by Mrs. Sullivan in regard to housekeeping or a germunrnt home, as she is await- ing the arrival of her youngest daugh- ter before she makes any decision in these matters. | American Ice Eaters. | ‘The annual per capita consumption | of fce In the United States has grown from 210 pounds in 1904 to 1,020 at the | present time. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO YOUR LIKING - . We are showing an_extensiv. MRS. PATRICK SULLIVAN. that make wonderful —Harris-Ewing Photo. when she was & young woman, plied with a twinkle in her ey do not kn 1 brought up my own chil: of articles ents. Prices are extremely low. 714 13th N.W. 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