Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1930, Page 21

REAL ESTATE. NEW : CORNER COLONIAL North Cleveland Park Detached Handsome . center-hall colo- nial, brick and frame, on large corner lot with high elevation, near Bureau of Standards, schools, churches, new bus lines and the shops of Conn. and Wisconsin Avenues. 3 bright master bed rooms, big finished attic, 2 tile baths, cedar closets, handsome, fire- place, Frigidaire, pantry, im- ported wall private cement side porch, 2-ear built-in garage, double oak finest fixtures and Unusually well con- structed. An excellent value at $15,250. 4330 37th St. N.W. (Corner of Yuma) Go west on Van Ness from Conn. Ave. fo 37th and go morth. Open daily until 9 p.m. R.M. HOOKEA Tower Bldg. Met. 2663 938 Quincy St. N.W. The only Jameson-Built home in this section remaining uneold. AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY —to purchase a good house at the right price. 6 large rooms, 3 porches (rear up- stairs porch inclosed), modern improvements, garage, paved street. Convenient to school, stores, transportation, ete. Open All Day Sunday ,Wm. M. Throckmorton 208 Investment Bldg. District 6093 § An Exceptional Opportunity To purchase a beautiful stone home amid seiect surroundings at far below its value in order to close an estate. Pictures and Words Cannot Adequately Describe It Eight rooms, four bed rooms on second floor, two compiete baths, large recep- tion hall, cozy living room with Areplace, large studio or den. beautiful kitchen. screens. awnings and weather- ath, Stripping’ Easily accessible . wo-car sarage. 1614 Crittenden St. N.W. (Corner 17th, Crittenden and Argyle Sts.) Open Sunday 2 to 6 P.M. Walter A. Brown Exclusive Azents 1400 H St. N.W, Scmi-DeMche.d | Corner House 1702 C St. N.E. Adjoining Eastern High School and in a New Re- stricted Section. Seven large rooms, tiled bath and shower, hardwood trim and floors, paneled walls and artistic fixtures, screened and open porches, Frigid- f aire, built-in garage—paved ( alley. Undoubtedly -one of the outstanding buys in the city. Open Daily and Sunday R. E. Kline, Jr. | 718 Union Trust Bldg. Or Any Broker NA. 6799 To Inspect Drive North From 17th and East Capitol Beautiful Fairlawn Now Offers 2 Modern and Up- to-the Minute New Homes! Of 6 rooms, bath, 3 porches, built-in garage, paved streets. Especially convenient to Navy Yard, Washington Barracks, Bolling Field ard just a fow minutes from the Government buildings and shopping dis- trict. Convenient to Transportation ‘The price is exceedingly low and can be purchased on con- venient terms. Your Immediate Inspection Urged! Open Daily to 9 P.M. 1403 and 1405 Ridge Place S.E. (Cross 11th #.. Bridge SE to “8" St turn left to 14th Bt.—then turn Jeft 1 block to houses Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th St. NNW. North 0962. (OR ANY BROKER) OEHANERANTS SO0 PERMIS List of Building Projects for Past Week Includes 21 Dwellings. Bulldiog permits granted by the of- { fice of Col. John W. Ochmann, District | butlding inspector, this week totaled are included in the list. One of the larger projects approved is the St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church South, to be erected at 4700 Thirteenth street at a cost of approxi- mately $30,000. "The following permits were ssued: Thomas A. Jameson Co., Inc., owners and builders; George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect seven 2-story brick apartments, 4015 to 4027 Kansas avenue (lots 94 to 100, square 2909); to cost 0,000, $5%E. Kitne, ir., owner od l*::flder;' e T. Santmyers, architect; to erec s{:’erll-swry brick dwellings, 1720 to 1736 C street northeast (lots 251 to 259, square 4561); to cost $50,000. Hall to Be Erected. Nativity Chapel, owners; H. W. Cut- ter, architect; Morrison Bros., builders: to erect one 1-story brick assembly hall addition and make repairs and altera- | tions, Massachusetts avenue and A | street. southeast (lots 9 and 10, square §-1036) ; to cost $34,500. St. Paul M. E. Church South, owners; ! ¢.”R. Wire, designer; William' E. Wire | & Sons. builders; to erect one 1-story |'brick church building, 4700 Thirteenth street (lots 801 and 802, square 2812); to_cost $30,000. | Mitchell 'Quick, owner and builder; George B. White, architect; to erect one 2-story brick and frame dwelling, 3600 Military road (lot 74, square 1990); to cost $14,000. | M. W. Richmond, owner and builder; R. C. Archer, jr., architect; to erect one 3-story brick addition and make altera- tions, 1331 Q street (lot 71, square 240); to cost $13,000. John W. Glennan, owner and builder; G. N. Bell, designer: to erect four 2-story and one 2-story brick store and dwell- ing, 4810 to 4818 Deane avenue north- east (lots 50 and 71, square 5179); to cost $12,500. E. T. Lindner, owner and builder; A. P. Erb, designer; to erect one 2-story brick-and-tile dwelling, 3310 Porter street (lot 37, square 2067); to cost $11,000. ‘ F. L. Fanning, owner and builder; L. W. Giles, architect; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 1424 Juniper street (lot 20, square 2739); to cost $10,500. | L. E. Breuninger & Sons, Inc., owners | and builders; H. L. Breuninger, archi- |tect; to erect one 21;-story brick-and- frame dwelling, 1366 Juniper street (lot 10, square W-2774); to cost $10.000. J. H. Schwarzmann, owner; Prank Davis, builder; to erect one 1-story | brick " gasoline station, 1244 to 1254 Pennsylvania avenue southeast (lot part 28 and 1, square 1019): to cost $8,000. Edwin Jacobson, owner, designer and builder; to erect one 2-story brick-and- {frame ‘dwelling, 6323 Westcrn avenue (ot 30. square 2005); to cost $9.000. C. W. Williams, owner and builder; George T. Santmyers, architect: to erect one 2-story brick-and-frame dwelling, | 5822 Seventh street (lot 48, squarc 13157); to cost $8,500. Dwelling Is Approved. E. N. Hamilton, owner and builder; C. N. Norton, architect; to erect one | 2-story brick-and-frame dwelling, 3339 | Military road (lot 9, square 1992); to cost $8,000. C. W. McKendrie, owner and builder; {George T. Santmyers, architect; to | crect one 2-story brick, frame and stone | dwelling, 5343 Nevada avenue (lot 4, square 1991); to cost $8,000. Joseph M. Stanley, owner and builder: W. B. Honey, architect: to erect one 2-story brick-and-tile dwelling. 3355 Military road (lot 14, square 1929); to cost $7,000. Max Zitmore, owner and buflder; | W. Giles, architect: to erect one 2 | brick-and-frame dwelling, 5610 Thirty sccond strest (lot 29, square 2022); to cost $7,000. % ! G. W. Ohase, owner, designer and i builder; to erect one’ I1-story brick | dwelling. 6220 Piney Branch road (lot {12, squere 2942); to cost $6.000. | Joseph Cifala, owner; W. D. Taylor, i builder; to erect one 2-story brick ad- | ditien, make repairs and alterations, [ 3113); to cost 84,800, | $4,000 Frame Residence. Roy E: Guard, owner, designer and to erect one 2-st k (ot | bart 10, square 23); $4,000 M, Levitan & Co., Inc., owners: W. L. B:lt, builder: to make repairs. 3044 | Fourteenth street | to_cost $2,500. {__Henry Schaffert, owner and builder: i Thomas W. Marshall, desigor: to erect one 1-story brick addition, 709 H street southwest (lot 24, square 439); to cost £2.000. _— MODERN x room and bath dwell- ing, with hot water heat, electriclights and garage. 2410 10th Street N.E. In Absolutely Perfect Condition Price Reduced ‘EASY TERMS Weaver Bros., Inc. 809 15th St. NN\W. Dist. 9486 5 Sold 227 to 249 Concord Ave. N.W. Located on a 120-ft. boulevard All-brick construction. ing seven large rooms, bath with shower, buil General Electric Refrigeration and many uousual features found in higher-priced homes. zonty Corner Kansas and Concord Aves., §11500 Terms Arranged Open for Inspection Floyd E. Davis Co. Realtors 733 12th St. N.W. National 0353 $340,000. Twenty-one dwelling projects | 111 Rhode Island avenue (lot 94, square | frame | (lot 186, square 2672); | DAY, OCTOBER 11, 1930. REAL ESTATE. "B-S$§ {WURK WILL START | | Colonial brick dwelling at 1337 Locust road, Northgate, which was pur- chased recently by Horace C. McKelvy, senior highway engineer, associated with the Department of Agriculture. The house was designed for the North Wash- ington Realty Co., builders, by Howard Cutter, architect. \ urder at . gh.Tide ™ CHAPTER XXXVIII | THE TRIUMPH OF FLIQUE. | » ~ “That, monsleur, is the big They will escape— question,” e ' resumed, | ces If they should find him spreading his hands. “Until that M. | his soul becomes dust. Clearly, his new Johns died in my arms whispering to | personality must be a mask through me in the tongue of his mother I could | Which none shall see—none but Mon- ot have answered it. It was not much | sieur Anatole Flique, perhaps, and he is that he said, but enough. | on the other side of the earth. “After those infamous ones, le Bala- | What shall it be. Ah, he will become tre. Ciceron. Bec and Jules - Lacote | Professeur Herbert Johns, scholar and Bad' Toboed the Bangue o Midi they | Student of the eve of the jellyfish. Des- separated. . We of th police were ot tny could restrain its mirth no longer. benind. Was not 1 then an agent of | The obsession of M. Johns—how you say the Marseille Surete? Lacote had the | {t?—materialized; those little ones, le money—1.000,000 francs. Perhaps they Dalafre DS oo east off ticle " " i St - nds. N en le takes courage. e i perhaps it was the—eX"| Only monsieur knows. Monsleur wili e 5 b R o i not tell. And then Destiny laughs again. | times. ~ Man winds a little recl and the | TS e e i i trie AT KNG | years spin and he thinks he is hooked | monsieur finds one of them— |0 eternity. And then Destiny laughs| “I intended that he should,” and the thread is broken. | Parados said. | ,."Destiny laughed when Lacote bought | _“That was my belief. madame.” Flique the phoenix, and again when M. Para- | —— dos took it for himself, again when le Belafre and Bec departed from Ile du Diable and madame sent her writing to the Marseille journals, and yet again when Lum We stole the phoenix from its master, “Messieurs et mesdames, Lacote took the 1,000,000 francs to his room at the back of the tobacco vender’s shop. But his phoenix, which he had bought from | a merchant of antiques, stood on a shelf in his room. The vender of tobacco saw it. “Now, my friends, that vender of to- bacco had read of the affair at the Banque du Midi. A merchant of an- tiques, one of the patrons of the bank, had been shot, and with his last breath he had told M. Anatole Flique that his assassin had bought a phoenix of jade from him the day before. You see? “Destiny has laughed and the thread of that infamous Lacote is broken. And that vender of tobacco—who is he but | Monsieur Parados? And Monsteur, a | man of vision, begins to spin his little 1eel. “Monsieur approaches Lacote. Thal infamous one, who has 1,000,000 francs in his mattress, must divide his—loot, | | is it?>—with monsieur, the vender of to- | Pacco, who will secretly send to M. | Flique an information that will dispose Why not Jules Lacote, once the clever- est rascal of France? 1 the island. But his fear of those little ones monsieur sent to Ile du Diable by jon—a spegter that HY had Johns wi to kill Parados? dered. ed 20 years Flique pon- Mrs. Regular Delivery Over 100,000 familles read The Star every day. The great ma- jority have the paper delivered regularly every evening and Sun- day morning at a cost of 1% cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. If you are not taking advan- tage ‘of this regular service at this low cost, telephone National 5000 now and service will start AVENUE ‘ A new brick and tile home with 2-car garage. Equipped with copper gut- ters and downspouts, cop- per screens, metal weather- strips and Kelvinator. Con- venient to street cars, bus, churches and schools. Three Blocks East of Chevy Chase Circle Open Sunday 11 AM. to 9 P.M. Henry J. Connor of le Balafre and Bec. Aiso, monsieur { will take the phoenix. ' If Lacote de- clines, monsfeur’s information will dis- pose of 'him as well. What can that | unhappy Lacote do? He yields. |% “Very well, Monsleur's destiny brings | him to Californina and Lacote comes ’ | with him. He dare not stay in Mar- | & | seille—and monsieur prefers to have | | {the eye on him. ‘And now in this en ( chanted land monsieur blooms like the roee. “But what of Lacote? He has blood | § on his hands, and monsieur has most ||| of his million of francs. Has not Des- | tiny laughed at him? : “Monsieur has $1,000,000 and soon he has two, He is a man of power and { sinister reputation. He craves an em- | {pire, 5o lue becomes le siegneur de San And that gives the unhappy ~ i his —um—inspiration. 3221 Conn. Ave. | “““He would live on San Lucas, he woul bury himself from the world and im. Clev. 4859 pose on his old self a new personality. || | That old fort—it must have a custodian, | fme: s e T T ' Meridian Mansion Hotel 2400 16th St. N.W. A few large apartments are now available, both furnished and unfurnished. A Ball Room, Palm Room, Dining Room, Garage and every service are available to the guest of this exclusive Hotel. For Reser-raticns—See W. P. DUFF, Mgr Phone Col. 7200 Inspect This Unusual Detached Home Sunday : Corner 33rd and Quesada 3305 Quesada St. NW. In best séction of Chevy Chase, D. C. Oout _Conn Chevy Chase on Western block, to Quesada St.. on Guesada to 334 'St. me. baths in- full are Six large rooms—two —2-car bullt-in garage cluded in this home. It is the little things, just out of the ordinary, that are the secret.of real interest and charm in this home. The well proportioned entrance with tiled vestibule and convenient coat closet is a real feature, and the very simple china cupboards in the dining room are especially attrac- . Ave. tive. circle, Ave. on The plan is a model of compact- ness and space economy and all rooms have cross-ventilation. Breuninger & Phifer 1103 Vermont Ave. NAtional 7713 | recently purchased at 634-654 Penn- | sylvania avenue, “And so that daring Lacote comes to | Chevy Chase, D. C.‘ ON THEATER SOON Warner Brothers to Build on| Site in Southeast Re- cently Bought. Construction of a new Warner Bros. theater in the southeast section of the city, which was forecast sometime ago, | Wwiil be started shortly on a large site | it is announced by the motion picture concern. When the new structure is completed |1t will replace the Avenue Grand The- ater, located across the street from the site ‘of the new building. The new buflding will have a front- age of 124 feet on the avenue and the site runs back to C street for a depth of 250 feet. The design for the build- ing, as drawn by John Eberson, Chicago theatrical architect, is to be of the “atmospheric” type.’ It calls for & one- floor structure designed to simulate in appearance the interior of a large Ital- 1an garden. It is planned to substitute | '(nr the usual silk panel walls a series | of building walls, balconies. . columns |and_statuary to carry out the idea of an Italian garden setting. The building is to be equipped with a refrigerating plant and the latest| “nund apparatus, Warner Bros.' officials | -re announce. Five or six stores will flank the theater entrance, which will be on the Pennsylvania avenue sid said. “What does monsieur do with his: clippings? rouriish fear in the hearts of those | aroupd him. Mme. Pargdos, M. Anners- | cy, Lum We, Mile. Jahries—they will | tell me what monsieur did with his | clipping. ~He presented it to M. le Professeur. “Ah it is the grand joke! That fim- becile Lacote building his citadel of jel- Iyfish eyes and lettuce for the rabbits, and he, Dan Parados, with a snap of the finger accomplishing its ruin! “Why should he not tell those little ones, le Balafre and Ciceron Bec, if they' come to San Lucas, that M. le Professeur, the authority on the eye of the jellyfish was their little pla mate? Eh, what is that? They will | avenge themselves on monsieur. Let them try that monkey business. Nothing can harm monsieur. Does not the lit- tle green god live in his house? While that is there nothing can harm him! “Monsieur’s faith is magnificent. Well, | he is not the first to put his trust in | that phoenix of jade. But that joke | 3020 Dent Pl. N.W, Just North of 30th & Q Streets 4 Rooms, Kitchen, Bath and Porch, $45 2421 First Price Only This well constructed b plete with screens, awnings, and western - :-ure, purchaser. Monsieur has a passion to, _ on M. Ie Professeur! §e loud i8 mon- sieur’s laugh that he does not hear the chuckle of Destiny. “It was the citadel that infamous La- coote had built around himself, not the fort of San Lucas, that monsieur threatened to destroy. M. le Profes- seur thought he would and that was enough. Had not le Balafre and Cice- ron Bec sat in his heart for 25 years? Monsieur is the only one who knows! It is an acid on his brain. And so he prepares his weapon and his alibi that no one shall break . . . no one but Anatole Flique. Afterward, he will go away. . . . “It was crowded, monsieur’s last hour, for Lum We and M. Annersley and madame also would have a part of it. But what of that, I ask you? Has not Destiny a fondness for "crowding her hours of reckoning? And so, mes amis, Destiny laughed again and monsieur's reel coased to spin, for the thread was broken. . . . We were silent for a minute or two. “‘Messsieurs et mesdames,” Flique con- tinued, “it is not possible for a man to hide the light of himself behind a mask every minute of the hour. The mask will slip. So it was with M. le Professeur. He had a passion for all living things, yet he forgot the goldfish in his pool! He was a notable scientist, yet he assured me that he had not the French. And then, when I spoke to him in the Prench, understanding was in his eyes. That was negligent! M. Johns was on the top of the island yesterday and he saw those little ones, le Belafre and Ciceron Bec, with the glasses. Had he not been watching? They had come for him and M. Johns made up his mind with a quickness. ;I;|hls evening hde gl'pprd away and found lem . . . an stiny laughe in. That is all. . . % T Samuels shook the little man's hand. “You've done a good Flique,” he muttered huskily. Flique bowed and twirled his mus- tache. “I am the principal agent of la Surete, monsieur,” he said. “Does one find littleness in high places? ! * ok ok % ‘Wedding presents should come after- See Our Charming Exhibit Home at 15 NORTH MANSION DRIVE WYNNEWOOD PARK “VILLA CARMEN" A beautiful Spanish bungalow, containing six rooms, two baths, breakfast room, porches, garage and ample closets. Copper screens, metal weatherstrips, draperies and an electric refrig- ward, long afterward, when people| are more likely to need their brighten- ing influence, Caroline says. I am in- clined to agree with her, as I am with everything Caroline says. There is some exceilent cutlery from the Annersleys and a little green god| from Lum We. Mrs. Parados’ gift al-| ready hangs in the liibrary. When Caroline comes into the room she stops and looks up at it, and I find myself | holding my breath. | An enormous parcel arrived from | Paris. As we tore the wrappings apar and dived through a tangle of packing material I don’t know what we expected to find—anything. I_imagine, except| what we actually did find. | It is a full-length portrait of a little stout man in elegant evening regalia, fingeying a carefully waxed /mustache. His right hand is on his breast ‘'which is adorned with the decoration of many governments, and his pink face beams upon us and seems to draw us into his friendly embrace. “Well, I don’t know,” Caroline said. She smiled at me and I knew I should agree to anything she suggested. Let's hang it opposite Grandmother Brent once a week every year.” She was looking at me tenderly now. “After all, Allan, it was you who found me just in time, not M. Flique.” I saw no reason why I should not agree with her. (THE END.) 1319 Shepherd Street Northeast An Idea ’ Home —amid the most satisfactory surroundings, and yet within 20 minutes’ ride of the heart of the business and shopping districts. Center Entrance Hall Two Large Side Porches, 9 Ft. x 22 Fe. Lots 40 ft. wide, garage, electric refrigeration, pantry with window, three bed rooms, all u ith access to porch: open fire $lace; choice of natural or cream and mahogany finish: up to the minute in every respect. CHARLES M. WALLINGSFORD Builder and Owner 1010 Vermont Avenue N.W. Attention! Nat'l 2990 If you are looking for a real nice brick home— 8 rooms, bath and Washington—inspect %-car brick " garage;, in N.E. at once! 624 14th St. N.E. An The home Unusual Home Value is well constructed, lo- cated in a section adjacent to all con- veniences. We' belicve " an’ inspection by you will enable us to dispose of this erator go with the home. Furnished by House & Herrmann Grand Piano by De Moll Piano Co. OPEN SUNDAYS, 10 AM. to 9 P.M.; Daily, 8:30 P.M. To inspect: Motor out Sirteenth Street Extended to District Line, turn right on mew boulevard which ex- tends into the Colesville road and goes direct to the home. Thos. E. Jarrell Co. EALTORS R 721 10th St. N.W. National 0765 Overlooking Beautiful McMillan Park St. N.W. 9‘10,000 rick home, containing 8 de- lightful roome, bath and garage, is in perfect condition and will afford some one a real home. It is most com- lovely yard and has eastern Convenient terms to responsible OPEN SUNDAY 2 TO 6 ALFRED T. CLEV. 1948 5308 13th 14th St. Splendidly planted lawn. MSKEEVE 1415 K St. N.W. 2 2042 Pierce Nearly rooms. screened bre porches. clear white tas; metal weather st heater, etc. and equipped with bu What a buy at §1 house might be considered in trade. OPEN S Reached vi R, west to P sulcysson ro/musine % 1418 Eye St. kitchen and bath room covered with Sani- In perfect condition, modern s 16th St. ifh] D NEWBOLD REAL ESTATE 5626 CONN. AVE. OPEN SUNDAY St. N.W. A Beautiful Detached Home In Heights 7 fine large rooms—1st floor tiled lavatory— Garage. * Price Only $12,750 Open Sunday 1 to 6 P.M. R&GOSS /. Nat. 4750 SEMI-DETACHED BRICK . . . Overlooking Rock Creek Park home immediately. Open ANl Day Sanday G PBreuninger & Sons Investment Bldg. L} il National 2040 tors This Outstanding V uls Individually built end planne tive first floor arrangement, with perfect condition throughout. Investment Bldg. AN UNUSUAL HOM 3708 Oliver St. CHEVY CHASE, D. C. Site 100x127 Ft. Above Price for a Quick Sale floor. Beautiful yard, 2-car garage. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Phillips & Canby, Inc. EXCLUSIVE AGENTS E ue Is Offered at the d, and.contains unusually atirac- 5 bed rooms, 2 baths on second All modern improvements, Nat'l 4600 Massachusetts [ J Mill Road w Gruver-built brick home, with permanent unobstructed view of Rock Creek Park. Semi-detached, with unusually bright akfast and sleeping oak floors, walls of rips, automatic h..w. ilt-in garage. 00—and a smaller UNDAY to Park lerce Mill Rd. aom_ggrgy National 5904 oAve. Heights $22,500 . . . SIX BED ROOMS; FOUR BATHS We have been authorized to sell remarkably low figure for a hon section. House has been comy in every detail, has slate root this distinguished residence at a ne of its type in this exclusive pletely reconditioned like new and 15 fully screened. [m- mensely large living room with massive stoie open fire- place” and built-in room, solarivm, room size porch; 4 bed rooms, sle baths on second floor bath on third bookcases, floor ; large bright dining ¢ kitchen, pantry, service eping porch and 2 tile 2 bed rooms and tile servant’s bath in basement; oil burner, large front and side porch, garage " largg lawn conta mens of shrub and shad Inspection Invited. Open Daily to match hou: ains fine speci s, evergreens e trees. Until 9 PM. 3418 GARFIELD ST. N.W: Overlooking Grounds of the National Cathedral Tower Bldg. R.M.HOOKER Met. 2663