Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1932, Page 21

REAL ESTATE. e 1 THE EVENING 8§ TAR, WASHINGTON, . A, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1932 REAL 12 CHN VD ENGINEERS SPEED EMPLOYMENT PLAN Fifty-Two Committees Take Part in Program to Sta- bilize Industry. \ent is being cut down, ojects aggregating many and plans to stabilize are going into effect | of the country in accord ograms of 52 committees | Engineering Council, | de public by the cil, William S ess conditions | fons established co- | States and of rflmmvrm‘] odies, Federal agencies, | ident’s Organization | Relief, and civic Unemplc public works relief activity has! scores of cities work” programs factories, high- been stimulated, | encourage sound ncing have | Industries Are Surveved ands of industrial plants have Y. ‘and new policies to_ex- | ss, to effect operating and to prevent the further | ve been shaped. | ial management | of demand | development | nplification | 5 ilitation, re- | overtime, adoption of alter- ! g and temporary curtail- of the number of working days eek are among the reforms ac- 1sored by the engineers Everywhere engineers are opposing pauperizing' influence. ated as far as ial relief being e form of loans. funds are being rment work Charity diverted to com and other measu create J Engineers Employed. ssed that in most d States unem eers is compa to about 4 or the highly indus- percentage is 20 e disc ittees also are al legislation says, “will be of to the employment | vears to come.” t ssage of the bill| by Representa- and sponsore titute of Archi | thrilling passion . | this? CHAPTER XLI. Stan during Christmas hung | like an ugly cloud in Judy's mind all the long drive down to the Beach House. She had much time to think of it, for Mme. Carter— | accustomed outing wore off—slept much | of the way. \ Keegan drove and Martha, the Faith- ful, sat beside him. Tucked in the| tonneau, wrapped in her fur coat and | robes against the cold, crisp air, beside | the dozing dowager, Judy searched her | heart | It had hurt her pride that Stan| should elect to remain in Lockwood when she was going down to the coast. At this one time of the year—especially | at this critical period of their married | life—that he would refuse to forego a | hectic party to be with her . . . And she | couldn't stay there with the house full of guests; Stan should see that! In her condition—nervous as she was, still worn from that cold, dreary time in the city . . . to dance all night—play cards all day: to keep up the feverish pretense of 'gayety—the straining for constant high spirits—surely, Stan could see that was too much to ask. Apd Eunice . . . beautiful, insolent Eunice, s0 boldly in love with Stan. It was too much to ask of any wife, Judy thought resentfully. It mattered noth ing to Stan that he | had hurt her pride; Stan would always | be the playboy And then the full import of her thought struck Judy. Pride wounded pride! That was her strongest reac- tion to Stan's refusal to come down to the coast house with At one time the hot, flerce jealousy would have run through her blood like acid On that other house party—such a short time ago—Stan's attentions to Eunice had cut into her heart like a knife. Now it could only hurt her pride! Something sweet-—something precious gone from her life, killed by Stan's neglect. She thought of her marriage —that time immediately after, when the joy of belonging to Stan utterly was so keen it was pain. Oh, she had | brought him a full and beautiful love and he had killed it. This mild af- fection, this habit of living with him, was only the pale ghost of that sweet. Was it always like Did people always come down to this mild. taken-for-granted state after marriage? Was Stan’s wilfulness to | blame, or had she expected too much? Laid too much stress on romance? Asking herself the questions . . . grow- ing weary and a little pale as the car flashed along the road to the coast. Accustomed to the snow and ice of Summerfield, Judy was astonished at the mild California Winter. Winter to | this favored land brought only a deep- born of the e polished blue er green flush to the vearly rains. A sky Steel, empty of even one cloud. Ame- thyst lakes and emerald hills. Now and then they spun along a canyon | filled with bursting red toyon berries. Then they were on the narrow, steep grade, and Judy left T somber | thought and was seized by the terror public buil “bureaucracy” in also of urging the Representative establish an the piece of Got- the council SEASON FOR CARING | FOR PLANTS AT HAND! | | Root Stocks Should Be Separated and Repotted Now If Necessary. BY ELLEN EDDY SHAW. of the ng and otting aspidistra send out | stocks which cften | up through the top | il Wi h a plant | » large. knock it out of | cut the | igh, leav- | eces of oot stock | preferably not ed up in an ordi- [ such as two parts | part leaf mold and | vear som ne ccasionally eresting to know that example of & root ground buds are 4 when the root is jugug there is found a mass of this ot sick with buds here and there alom he stock. These may be cut hrow and planted again in the | prirg_Some people start cannas in ts iMarch and then set them out- joorsiter in the season Got back sgain to house plants, gsevieria, or snake plant, often little' plants near_the parent wckn the flower pot. These little )t may be cut right off and potted cutting apart of a plant e harsh treatment, but it s never the cut is made, if it | is & ean, sharp, well-made one, one neediever fear. A rge fern may be divided in the samevay, cutting down through the pare: plant and dividing it up into a yumr of smaller plants Ju about this time of the year the housplants begin to look weary. A greamany people think they need re- pottg. but this is not always the case. Apod rule to follow is to see first At ris coming through the hole in t! bottom of the flower pot. That is nienough. If roots are coming up all tough the surface of the sofl at the p as well, then the plant needs repang. UILDING IS LEASED | Foueenth Street Store Is Taken | for Term of Five Years. ng at the northeast corner h street and Spring road, a residence and recently re- | into a store with apartments aboy has been leased for a term of five ears by George S. Gatsinos Tk gross rental consideration for the serid was reported to amount to $10,- 00. Negotiations were handled by the fficeof Gilbert Dent Ffim@fimflmflmflffi e { the Extra Conveniences Spacious Dinette — Tiled Lavatory—Model Kitchen 5512 4th St. N.W. Take 14th St. Cars IX large rooms, tiled bath, h.-w.h., elec., Frigidaire, cedar closets, per uscreens. double _drainboard celain sink. built in: Sanitas wall s, linoleum on kitchen floor. rass lightini 5 fix- DETACHED GA- b 5 % $8,950 Better Values L. T. Gravatte 720 15th St. - Realtor Nat'l 0353 { cop | on_the seaward-gazing side. Ji of the heights. Hairpin curves and hilly passes the shelf-like road cut into the face of the cliff and far below the cold violet sea lapping at lcnely, tawny beaches She was ashamed of her childish ter- ro, for Mme. Carter had been awak- ened by the swaying of the machine and was gazing down the cliffs with perfect tranquillity At last, the old three-story house standing alone down by the sea. It was bleaker, more abandoned, than she remembered it from the house-party. for there was no Pon sent on ahead to open windows and set bright garden chairs on its warped verandas. Only a few late-blooming roses grew in the garden’s sheltered places, and Winter storms had blown down a shaky fence was surprised to see Mme. Carter's sharp eves misted with tears when the car drew up before the wood- en gate. Years since the old lady had been here. It was part of her past that she gazen on now—a past of which she alone remained. | It required little imagination for Judy to follow her thoughts . . . Not hard to see the vigorous, happy wife and mother, dressed in the basques and draped skirts of the 80s, busy around this house in its prime. The old house cchoing to hearty volces—to running | father HE thought of Eunice being with | early-doomed Nichol Her two sturdy boys, Stan's and the beloved and Judy's hand impulsively covered the small black-kid one and the old lady looked at her with sorrowful under- standing eyes “It's a mistake to live too long, my footsteps. Robert, after the first excitement of her un- | child,” Madame simply. But the next moment she was giving vigorous directions to Keegan about the luggage. Before the dark dusk fell they were settled in rooms which had been thor- oughly swept and dusted under Mar- tha's energetic attack. Judy had chosen the room which she and Stad had oc- cupled on the other occasions. She stood for long moments looking out of the window which gazed over the neg- lected flower garden, and the sea be- yond. The sun was sinking like a red wafer on the horizon and the wind came chill off the water—she could see it shaking the cypress hecge. But in here it was warm and cheerful with the crackling of the fire Keegan had kindled in the small grate. Peace and beauty and comfort thought Judy, her head leaning against the window frame while her eyes followed the red course of the sun. And such a short time ago she had been sunk in the gray loneliness of the city—ground cown by fear and went . . . After all, she had much to be thank- ful for. One would be a fool to break her heart over lost love . . . After all, life was compromise . . . They ate in the big dining room Madame wrapped in & warm knit shawl, for all of Martha's conscientious efforts could not shut off the draught which crept in from the ocean. Ghosts sat at tre table for the old lady. She spoke of them to July. Spoke of her lonz- dead husband. Spoke of her boys more particularly of the well beloved Nicholas “He loved to come down here—wild for the sea. even then. Robert didn't care for the water—he was all for books, all for adding figures—but Nich- olas—I couldn't keep him away from the beach. All for out of doors—for adventure. Nick is like him. It will be like having Nicholas here again when Nick comes down." Nick coming down here! But, of course, she might have known that Nick would never let Christmas go by with- out coming to see the old lady who idolized him Mme. Carter was explaining that Nick would fly down—would fly over the house, and this was sald with pride for the old dowager was “alr minded” to an extreme—and h~ would land on the flying field of a small town some 15 miles further down the coast. She was going to send Keegan to bring him back in the car when she heard the motor A pleasant warm glow in Judy's heart It would be good to see Nck again Dear old dependable Nck Twice in the night she woke With a start, thinking she heard the roar of n motor over the deen boom of the surf But 1t was not until the middle of the next morning that they caught the hum of a plane overhead Rushing out onto the front veranda in the thin bright Christmas sunshne, Madame’s face glowing like a girl's who greets her lover as she waved her wrinkled hands vigorously at the tiny speck up there in the sky Gleaming in the sun like a silver scale—like a swift darting dragon fiy Impossible that that increasing roar could come from that small object! Greatly Reduced 1419 Spring Road N.W. Attractive six-room tapestry brick home, situated on a nice terrace with southern exposure Built substantially of the very best materials. All modern fea- tures are installed You will like the beam-ceiling dining room, the new papering and large kitchen. The garage is bullt-in The neighborhood is most con- venient and especially well de- veloped. Small initial cash payment and monthly install- ments like rent. See this today or phone office for complete in- formation Robert W. Savage 717 Union Trust Bldg. NAt. 6799 112-LUCKY WINNER-112 (W. O’Callaghan, 4217 32nd St. N.E., wins the Electric Percolator Set—holding the Lucky Number.) BUT THE REAL WINNERS! Will be the OWNER of one of these Modern and Com- plete Homes that cannot be duplicated at the low price of *8,250 Open to 9 P.M. Daily Your Inspection Invited! See It Furnished! Fireplace with “Radiant Heater” paved alley. 1226 14th St. N.W. Small Cash Payment Monthly Payment Like Rent 13 Built—4 Sold Sample House Completely Furnished Some Interesting Features: 6 large, well plarned rooms, hardwood trim, oak floors throughout, abundance of elec- tric outlets, best of electrical fixtures, wall brackets. Beautifully Equipped and Arranged Kitchen! Sanitas on walls and ceilings: inlaid linoleum; cabinet gas range; electric refrigeration; Oxford kitchen cabinets; trimmed in two-tone Duco; foldaway dinette; Colonial front porch, screened breakifast and sleeping porch; large bright cellar; deep lot; garage; THE CLOSE-IN NEW HOME SECTION—NEAR ALL CONVENIENCES. JUST A FEW MINUTES TO ANY SECTION OF CITY PROPER! WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. MEMBERS OF WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE BOARD Coming closer, sliding down the sky 8o that they could see the gleam of sun on | metal—could see the black letters paint- ed on the wings. Nick—Nick up there in the blue sky—Nick, like some man- . magnificent—free. Judy felt an excited choke in her throat. Had t. 1k to keep the sudden tears from her cges. Then_her heart leaped . . . seemed to stop. The plane—acting so queerly, dipping—piunging. Its roar swelling— | | dying—swelling—— | y was astonished ton hear Mme. Carter laughing in high shrill happiness. “He sees us! He's zooming to chow that he sees us! He always signals me {hat way. ... Oh, my boy, my precious Keegan was already dashing around to the rear for the car. He started it with a roar, plunged down the road in a | | blur of dust. | The three women went into the house | and the pride and affection which | beamed from Madame's old face was re- | | flected secretly in the girl's heart. | Something magnificent about this Nick \(Lhn dropped so casually from the (Tomorrow—Nick’s Christmas Gift) | 'DR. W. E. CLARK BUYS ' SPRING VALLEY HOME Silver Star Project of Norman-Eng- lish Architecture Is Featured | | by Spacious Library. Dr. and Mrs. Willlam Earl Clark have purchased and recently occupied the large stone residence at 4929 Rock- { wood parkway, in the Spring Valley section of Wesley Heights, which was one of the Silver Star homes selected by a committee of specialists for public | demonstration and sponsored by The | star i The house is one of mansion-like characteristics, reflecting the influence of the Norman-French architectural motif. It has a woodland setting. | Thousands of visitors inspected the house during its month of exhibition— in December. It was built by W. C. & A. N. Miller, community developers | The spacious library is a feature of | the house. This room has paneled walls | and a richly designed mantel and mar- ble fireplace. There is a large recrea- tion room in the basement story. : Pepco Plans Addition. | An addition consisting of a one-story brick and concrete building is to b> erected by the Potomac Electric Power | Co. at its property at 1300 D street | northeast .according to plans filed with the District building inspector. The | cost is estimated at §10,000. | | | the Washington Real Estate Board, said | versally FREE-LOT SCHEME WARNING [SSUED Realtors’ Official Advises In- dividuals to Find Out Real Cost of “Gift” Land. Due to the lack of real estate brokers’ license law here, “the District has be- come the seat of activity of a number | of ‘free-lot’ operators, who conduct thelr business within existing law,” John A. Petty, executive secretary of. today in a public statement. “Through the operation of license laws and court actions it is becoming increasingly more difficult for free-lot | operators to continue many States,” he sald. He advised individuals to obtain ad- vice from the Better Business Bureau, from banks or the Real Estate Board, particularly as to the total cost of the| acceptance of & “free” lot, before en- tering into such a transaction. “Free-lot schemes have been uni-| condemned by real estate| boards and better business bureaus ! throughout the country. The stand| taken against this form of lot selling is based on the fact that the methods and tactics pursued have a tenden to mislead the public and investigations very frequently have revealed losses “Prospective purchasers of lots are obtained in various ways. Some pro- moters use the telephone on much the same basis as high-pressure stock-sell- ing operators and horse-racing rackets. A battery of telephones is installed and young women and salesmen spend practically the entire day in calling people promiscuously to secure their interest in obtaining a free lot. Others ! distribute cards at moving picture houses and other places of public as- semblage. These cards indicate that the holder will win, receive or be in business in|p awarded a free lot. Each holder is re- quested to send in his name and ad- dress. House-to-house canvass with the | same type of approach also produces large numbers of prospects. In each instance these prospects subsequently are notified that they are entitled to| receive a lot upon payment of the| necessary costs of preparing the papers, | surveying, title, etc. Very often this initial charge is in excess of the value of the lot.” | CHIME To t nspecting_Our A ing the month will give a Buyer and register your The Model 1804 C inspect Capitol _Street north on 17th to GRUVER & OWN NEW HOMES—That Justify Their Locations lgi[ F Chevy Chase, D. C. More house for your money. 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Or have I permitted my vision to be blurred by a thinking process insufficlent to throw off dis- couragement, discontent, ill-will, lack of faith in my fellow men or in the iness which is my life’s work? “Have I been tidy in appearance punctual in appointments, endeavor, or otherwise? Have I be- lieved in myself and the objective I aimed to attain? Have I been true to myself and to my business in striving fully to see and do the things that are needful to accomplish results? “These and similar questions should spur us on to know our business and to meet its requirements and responsi- bilities in serving promptly, efficiently and with absolu integrity. 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