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REAL ESTATE. BUILDING STYLES FACE ADJUSTMENT Architects Say Short Week Will Produce Changes in Construction. Adoption on a more and more uni- wversal scale of shorter working sched- ules and the resulting increase in hours of leisure for ail classes of workers will bring a change to the fleld of construc- :lI‘on, both in kind and style of build- gs. ‘This belief is expressed in a report by the Committee on Industrial Rela- tions of the American Institute of Architects, headed by Willam Orr Ludlow. The adoption of five days for the working week is practically an accom- plished fact and “perhaps the four- day week is just around the corner, for ‘we shall keep on inventing ingenious machinery to replace hand work,” the cemmittec declares. “Whether the outcome is five days or four days, the average man and woman will have an unprecedented amount of leisure time that is going to be filled with, recreation and amuse- ment. Already the automobil> has nearly revolutionized our manner of living, end it will be the means of making the greatest use of out-of-doors and the buildings that go with it.” Process Started. ‘The committee finds the process of decentralization already has been start- ed in amusement, shopping and resi- dential building. Establishment in sub- urban towns of great branches of the large department stores, elaborate mov- ing picture houses and legitimate the- aters and the popularity of out-of-town apartment houses are cited as illustra- tions of the trend. The committee draws a picture of what it believes wilt come in the future :mh creation of more time for recrea- ion. “The additional leisure will promote buildings of many sorts for indoor recre- ation and amusement. Theaters and movie houses will flourish, great gym- nasia for foot ball. base ball, tennis, skating and the like will be built to make outdoor sports possible indoors for Winter and at night. Our_colleges, schools, hospitals and charitable insti- tutions are even now at full capacity and better times and more available money will bring about a great expan- sion of these and the new housing nec- essary to accommodate them. “Wiping out the eighteenth amend- ment, without the return of the saloon, but with more general leisure, may well bring about the European way of drink- ing, and we shall be building beer gar- dens, dance pavilions and music halls, and, of course, we shall do it in the American way—on a great scale. with very big buildings. Wide Activity Seen, “We shall also build many straight highways for travel and traffic and winding roads of scenic beauty for pleas- ure driving. Landscaping, planting, flowers, bridges, pavilions for rest, rec- reation and refreshment, public play- grounds and golf courses will, of course, accompany these in ever-increasing numbers. hat the effect of all this will be N us as a people is another question, s answer depending in a great meas- wre. perhaps, on whether we build aleng with our recreational facilities more schools, churches, libraries and charit- able institutions and whether we re- build our slums with decent habitations, “But architects, engineers, city plan- ners, landscape architects. builders, park boards and public officials will do well to_think a little in advance of the in- evitable trend of affairs. They should prepare for great building activity, tak- ing account of our rapidly changing corditions and probable mode of living, 20 that whatever is done shall not be done in the costly. haphazard fashion of former days, but shall be planned with careful study and comprehensive scheming for the greatest economic use :ed tt'}‘u most adequate future develop- nt. WHITE GIFTS OF FOOD WILL BE DISTRIBUTED Bpecial Services to Be Held in Bible School of Ninth Street Christian. White gifts of food for the needy will brought by each one cttending Bible t the Ninth Street Christian Church tomorrow morning and each de- partment will have 2 special service Wwhen the gifts are presented. The food will be taken to the needy homes of the church and community. At the morning communion service the pastor, Rev. Clifford H. Jope, will speak on “God With Us” and Mrs. H. B. Douglas will address the junior church service. The choir will sing. At the evening church service a geant, “Why the Chimes Rang,” will presented, under the direction of John Smith. The pageant is a drama- tization of the story by Raymond Mc- Donald Alden. Joseph Harrison, organ- 18t of the church, will assist. A Christmas program has been ar- ranged for the Disciples’ Home' Associa- tion Monday evening at the church. Christmas parties will be given by the Miriam class at the home of Mrs. Ger- trude Baird, 3621 New street, and the Livewire class at the church house, both Tuesday evening, and by the Eureka class, also at the church house, Wednesday evening. The church night dinner will be served by Mrs. J. H. Beckwith and her com- mittee Thursday at 6:30 p.m.and there- after W. W. Kirby and the Timothy class will lead the prayer and praise service to be built around the Christmas YULE RITES TO BE HELD Bpecial Vesper Service Arranged in Cleveland Park. At the Cleveland Park Congrega- tional Church tomorrow at 5 pm. a special Christmas vesper service will be held. Music will be furnished by the church quartet, assisted by other mem- bers of the congregation. Dr. A. C. Christie will be the speaker. Mrs. William K. Cooper has arranged the service. Members of the quartet are Miss Aurelia Beck, contralto; Clifton Moore, tenor: Mrs. W. L. Gray, soprano; Horace Strickland, bass. Mrs. Robert Howard will speak at the white Christmas service at 9:45 am. At 6:30 p.m. the young people will pre- sent a play. The pastor, Rev. George Farnham, will preach at 11 am. on “Shall We Look for Another?” WILL CLOSE SERIES Rev. J. R. Duffield to Preach at Northminster Chapel. At Northminster Chapel tomorrow morning Rev. J. R. Duffield, acting pastor, will preach the last in a series on “Looking Again at the Figure of Christ.” The subject will be “As Seen ‘Through a Woman’s Eyes.” An Intermediate Christian Endeavor Soclety will be organized by Mrs. L. E. Greene at 4 o'clock. Boys and girls of grammar and junior high school age are welcome. At 8 o'clock Mrs. John Milton Syl- vest Madrigal Singers will gyve a cho: am of Christmes 1 iruusnmprf BUILDINGS SHOWN Models and Designs in Ex- hibition Are Based on Economy of Use. An exposition of models and large photographs of examples of modern architectural designs was opened here last week at the Sears, Roebuck Gal- leries, 1106 Connecticut avenue. The “pure functional” type of design is the keynote of the showing. In such werk, it is explained, the old concep- tions of beauty of lines in a building are entirely subordinated to economi- cal use of the quarters of a dwelling or_other building. With permenence of _construction, economy in cost and elimination of | waste space set up as dominating ob- | jectives of the designs. the results are | drastic and revolutionary in contrast to the houses based on the older forms. | 200 Photos in Exhibit. There are about 200 photographs in the exhibition. in addition to a num- ber of paintings and etchings and | abcut a dozen models of modern type | buildings, erected or proposed. The modern designs are the work of American architects. mostly of New York. Many of the exhibits were sent to Washington by A. Lawrence Kocher | and Albert Frey. | The illustration of a proposed com- munity art center, pictured above, shows the rectangular wall areas and straight lines which mark designs of this type. which is based, primarily, on steel frame and concrete construc- tion. Small Dwellings Group. The lower iliustration here is of a| group of small dwellings designed for proposed development in a subuxg of Cleveland, Ohio. These dwellings have an estimated cost of $4,000 and $5,000. They would be of modern, standard- ized construction, of concrete cn steel frame, and include six rcoms, with a Toof terrace and a garage. While most houses of this general “functional” type are intended for families in the low-income classes, de- signs have been drawn for houses which would have cost as high as $10,000. CHILDREN TO SING CAROLS TOMORROW Residents of Swartzell Home to Appear at Eldbrooke Methodist | Church Tomorrow. | Rev. John C. Millian, director of re- | ligious education in the Baltimore Con- | ference. will preach in Eldbrooke Meth- odist Church tomcrrow morning. Miss | Ella M. Hayward, superintendent of | Swartzell Home, will present a group of the children in the rendition of | Christmas carols and Scripture recita- tion The junior department of the church school will hold a special service at 10 am. tomorrow, to which the parents and friends of the »ubils are invited. At 2:30 o'clock Mr. Millian will hold & conference for church sctool workers in the social hall. The Young People’s Dramatic Club, under the direction of Miss Ada_Volk- man, will render “The Empty Room” in the social hall at 8 p.m. The midweek services have been omitted until the first Wednesday in January. The junior department of the church school, under the direction of Miss Hilda Volkman, will hold a Christmas enter- tainment Wednesday evening. After the program the parents of the pupils are invited to go to the departmental room, where gifts for the poor will be on display and where refreshments will | be served. “ MUSIC MUSIC CLUB PROGRAM. EMANUEL ZETLIN was the recipient of a real ovation yesterday. at the Friday Morning Music Club, where he gave an interesting program, which was shared by Dorothy Neff Tyler, soprano. In the first place, Mr. Zetlin chose some rarely heard numbers, wkich were in themselves attractive, and he l\sol played in a decidedly temperamental way which was refreshing. Ove can hear the Handel Sonata in D Major many times and always find something new to enjoy in it. Mr. Zetlin played it beautifully. His rich, broad tone be- longs to this type of music which needs just such an organ-like quality. Strange to say, in the Bach Chaconne, there was a lack of unity that distracted the attention and a pinched nature to his tone, quite the contrary of the warmth and dignity he had just displayed in e Sonata. mfla was himself, however, in the final greup, which comprised “Maedchen im Brautgemach” _and _“Marsche der Wache,” from Erich Korngold's suite; «yie) Laermen um Nichts,” “Lullaby for a Modern Baby,” by Delius; “Aria (The Orphan) Valse Mignonne,” by Juon and Brahms' Hungarian Dance in D Minor. The two Korngold numbers have orig- inality and color, particularly the “Marsche der Wache,” which has an effect seldom attempted by the violin. Mr. Zetlin's delicate treatment of the “Lullab;” and the “Valse” and the flery vigor of the Hungarian dance proved him an excellent craftsman. Dorothy Neff Tyler sang two sets of songs. Mrs. Tyler has decidedly ar- tistic feeling, and she sang with excep- tionally good phrasing and modulation the “Il mio bel foco,” Marcello, and “Stornello,” by Cimaro. She handles her voice without strain and could do | still more with it if the changeaklenzss of quality could bz evened out The seventeenth century “Be Gone Dull Care” was the most attractive of the English songs and her singing of it pleased greatly. Her success with the audience was a decided one. Two helpful ond under- standing accompanists aided ihe artists, Kathryn Rawls playing for Mrs. Tyier and Fanny Amstuts Roberts for Mr. Zetlin, A E THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, View of a model of a proposed art center building, designed in ultra modern | style (upper) and a perspective of a group of proposed dwellings, also in the functional architectural form. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. ler-Cover Man” at Earle, Sylvia Froos on Stag OMANCE in the midst of the fight to a finish between police workers and large- scale criminals is to be ob- served in “Under-Cover Man,” which is the week’s attrac- tion at the Earle Theater. Unlike some plays which deal with the un- derworld, this production keeps the remance untainted by the violations of law. George Raft and Nancy Carroll are en- gaged in the joint task of avenging deaths for which t h e criminals have been re- sponsible, a n d their attack calls for the finesse that is overlaid with the meth- ods of the ruth- less. Mr. Raft is distinctly a stage type which fits into such c irc umstances, and his clear-cut maneuvering in t h e enemys country is the kind of acting that has contributed to his popularity. Miss Carroll gives her own distinctly feminine char- acterization. with its breezy method and unrestrained enthusiasm. ch is as marked when she is deceiving a group of shrewd specimens that prey as in other more tranquil cir- cumstances. For a study of these two actors, “Under-Cover Man" is well adapted to their respective places on the screen, while the plot As a large assortment of narrow escapes from violent death to meet all the requirements cf the crime play. Others who are largely concerned with_the development of the story are Roscoe Karns, Gregory Ratoff, Lew Cofy and David Landau, while the remainder of the cact includes Noel Francis, Paul Porcasi, Layland Hodg<on, William Janney and George Davis. The stage performance at the Earle is headed by Sylvia Froos, radio star, assisted by Charles Ward at the pis Her songs are finely done, and Mr. Ward, in zdditicn, his accompaniments, plays a Pade- re! selection. One of the novel- ties of the program is that offered by Donatella Brothers and Carmen in a variety of instrumental sele>- tions and feats of contortion, with the introduction of their parents, whose ability in playing and rhythm completes an impressive showing. Si Wells and Joan Davis are en- titled to credit for originality in an act which has numerous strong fea- tures in comedy and music. The Three Olympics are expert skaters, with a varied program. D. . “Night After Night.” With Mae West and Raft. QU con't get away from the fact that Mae West is a novelty. More than that, she is a personality. Her words, while they are not music, are nevertheless curiously alive— and while her voice is akin to the nasal twanging of a guitar, it jolts you into attention the first moment that you hear it. nd, With When Miss West_comes into “Night After Night” now beitig shown at Loew’s Fox, the film suddenly picks up and the audience begins to_take notice. While females previ- ously had been interested in biack - haired George Raft, and males in the very lovely Constance Cum- mings a n d much - grease- painted Wynne Gibson, it is not till Miss West heaves into sight that the picture amounts to anything. Not that it does, even then. But between the generous yowlings of her words, and the slouching around of herself, and the drinking bout that she has with amusing Alison Skipworth (not at her best in some- what scant retiring garments) she makes much of what is comparatively little—and while you may not ad- mire her, you are bound to admit that she s a different creature— brach and homely, but interesting withal. For a time this film threatens to be highly diverting. At its finale, though. after the radiant Miss Cum- mings_has broken every picture in Mr. Raft's bed chamber and told him that she didn't love him, and then flung herself willy nilly at his neck, there seems to be a curious rush to get the film over with—and it ends on a jarring note of haste and unreality. However, you will be delighted at the naturalness of Miss Cummings, t Miss Skipworth teaching Raft lish (he appears as a speakeasy proprietor who falls in love with “Miss Park Avenue”) and at Miss West's answer to the girl who says to her: “Goodness, what beautiful diamonds,” to which she replies: “Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie! The stage show is noted for the smooth music provided by Jacques Renard and his orchestra, in which the added singing teams of the Eaton Boys (the best of their kind) and “Do-Re-Me” put the entertain- ment up another notch; the husky, but not in best voice chantings of the popular Lee Morse; and those lunatic comics, Miils, Kirk and Mar- tin. The bill is opened by a slack wire artist, Maximo, and also in- cludes Frank Davie and Delia Dar- nel. Before that there is to be heard 8 noisy but -effective overture by Phil Lampkin corralled from the music of “Carmen.” E. de S. MELCHER. “Scarlet Dawn” At the Metropolitan. ARNER'S METROPOLITAN, shorn temporarily of one of its features yesterday—tne picture of the Notre Dame-Southern California game—went bravely ahead and filled 1n the gaps with a series of “shorts.” ‘The main picture, it seems, is wing- ing its way eastward via plane—but was snowed under. Officials have stated that the chances are good that it will be shown today and sub- sequently throughout the week. There is need for this flim— " Scar- let Dawn,” a midget-sized based on a novel, “Revolt,” being the other half of the bill. Without being unnecessarily rude, it can be said that devotecs of bad acting, bad direction and poor cinemaship will get their money'’s worth if they watch this. Whether or not the censor came along and snipped out some of the sequences, or the pro- ducers just got tired and decided to call the whole thing off, almost to the dot of 60 minutes— after proving approximately nothing. The actors include the usually pleasing Douglas Fairbanks, jr.; the sometimes pleasing Nancy Carroll and the siim and always trim Lilyan Tashman. Mr. Fairbanks appears as , who escapes from admiring Georze Raft. Naney Carroll. “Uptown New York” Shown at Columbia. O place makes a better setting for a small-town story than New York. There is so much of what the writing boys call “character stuff” floating around in the neighborly subdivisions which make up the city that any of them who have the time to walk about a bit with their eyes and ears open usually get back to the garret laden with more ideas than they can shake a stick at—or a pen either, for that matter. At that point they have to decide which inspiration will make the best story. Usually they select the wrong one, but Miss Vina Delmar, who re- solved some time ago to find out what goes on inside shop girls and the boys who spend their youth draped arcund the lamp posts of drug-store corners, seems to have made a felicitous choice. Her tale of “Uptown New Yark,” playing at Loew's Columbia this week, is set in the rustic domains above West One Hundred and Tenth street. Embellished with realistic dialogue and the sincere mummery of Jack Oakie and Shirley Grey, the history of a penny chewing gum magnate and his working girl sweet- heart, who love each other both wisely and well, overcomes its occa- sional faults of direction and pathos to become a pleasant program piece. While there is no explaining why Shirley Grey can get smacked by a five-ton truck without besmirching her smock or turning a hair, why Hero Oakie can wear $150 taflored suits when his chewing-gum income ceems to be about $40 a woek, or why, of all things, in this day and age any one would faf! to shear and make a bonfire of the slushy hagpiial scene in this picture, the higher ights of “Uptown New Ycrk” are swell comedy, indeed. If you fail to get enough laughs from Mr. Qakie's pleasant imper- sonating, or sufficlent heart throbs from Miss Grey’s lazy languors, W. C. Fields is appearing at the C: lumbia in a short comedy which will fill the former nced and a travel picture full of clouds and mountains located “up the Wank” somehow manages to be rather exciting. There is also & R.B. P, Jr. picture a dashing baron, Russia with one of his servant ladies (Miss Carroll), whom he subsequently marries in Constan- tinople, only to leave her, get a job 8s a dishwasher, try to sell a string of imitation pearls to a rich Amer- ican and then go back to her. A few scenes of Russia as it was in revolt. some Russian hooplas and some weak-kneed moments of “love” constitute what or may not be amusement—depen on what you like. E. de 8. M. “Red Dust” Continues at Palace, Tnehemufllm:mm Jean D. C, ] ON LEASE PROBLEM National Drive Progresses to Prevent Harm by Bank- ruptcies. Progress in the national campaign organized by the National Association of Real Estate Eoards, seeking to pre- vent harm from threatened bankruptcy of large retail concerns, was reported today by H. Clifford Bangs, president of the local board, a member of the national committee. Realtors are finding the financial in- terests ready and willing to co-operate to the end that a plan satisfactory to the property owner, the tenant and the financial bodies may be formulated, he said. Owners Interviewed. ‘Throughout the country property owners have been interviewed by mem- bers of the Commercial Leasing Policy Committee of the Brokers’ Division of the national realtor body. Capital Board commitiees are bzing appointed to co-operate with the national committee on this subject. Mr. Bangs, who is chairman-elect of the brokers' division of- the national association; Clarence Dodge of Weaver Bros., and Morton J. Luchs of the firm of Shanron & Luchs Co., are members of the committee here. After the granting of a temporary restraining order by a Philadelphia court_preventing the filing of a volun- tary petition in bankruptcy by a chain concern, the court called for a report to show whether the landlords through- out the country were prepared to give as much relief as would be recom- mended by the Commercial Leasing Policy Committee. it is reported. Concerned With Focts. ‘This committee of leading realtors from 60 cities acts only as a fact-find- iny 2 In the Philadelphia situation the special committee co-operating with the court includes Roland S. Morris, Phila- delphie, chairman; Mr. Bangs: John A. Brown, Detroit; Roy A. Heymann, New York and . Philadelphia; ~Albert Schoenberg, Kansas City; Stephen W. Sleeper, Boston, and Frank S. Slosson, Chicago. China’s rubber country. “Red Dust, which continues to stir willing audi- ences at Loew's Palace. Miss Har- low, snatched temporarily from the qualms of being a low-brow sob- sister, emotes in a' more amusing manner, and gets her man with more of a smile than she has ever been allowed before. As a foil for strong. silent Mr. Gable, and as a contrast to brown- haired and lady-like Mary Astor, Miss Harlow puts in her best acting moments up to date—duc to some salty comments provided for her by Writer John Mahin. Although her garments may still be said to be scarcely garments at all, and al- though still somewhat submerged by excessive make-up, she is a tempting temptress, and has definitely put to shame most of her sleek rivals. The story being well known. and the juiciest bits ditto. it remains only to report that while this is not one of the best films, it is an en- tertaining one—for thosg not want- ing spiritual entertainment. E.de 8. M. “Unwritten Law,” at Keith's, Is Strong Dramatic Piece. JFEAR of retribution. oldcst of emo- tions on the stage, creates for Lew Cody, an actor of many parts, a role which demands the highest pro- fessional talent in “The Unwritten which is presented at R-K-O Keith's Theater. H~ is the man without conscience, violator of every rule in the code of honor, fearless in the face of most perils, but face to face with relentless fate in a form which cannot be averted. The fig- ure of such a man which is shown by Mr. Cody with the capacity that enables one to watch the thing that creeps upen him. crushing his bold and stolid pride of success, is worthy of attention, for it is notable screen acting. It is as if a piayer who has superficially tossed off a succession of indifferent characters had derived from each cne a bit of reality in life and crystallized the whole into person who has an undying quality as a stage symbol of the destruction of évil Reality and fiction have found a moving basis in the common con- ception of the unwritten law—that rule which demands a life for ce- grading a family. In this instance there are violations of friendship and hospitality. A victim who has been robbed of his wife and left to die in a far-off country seeks and finds the offender. The latter has selected a young woman, and a boat- load of voyagers is intent upon sav- ing her. It is when the murgerer and seducer has been recognized that the action of the play becomes tense and mysterious. There is suspense to the last moment, because several persons are suspected of having pun- ished the fugitive from justice and all of them have reasons for inflict- ing death. There are others in the company who have been provided with strong roles and have performed their re- spective tasks well. Chief among them are Greta Nissen and Mary Brian, while Louise Fazenda has one of her most effective comedy parts. Hedda Hopper's performance as the mother of the young woman of the plot is very convincing. Skeets Gal- lagher and Theodore von Eltz do some real acting. Other contributors to an_excellent play are Purnell Pratt, Mischa Auer, Arthur Rankin, Wilfred Lucas, Ernie Adams, Howard Foshay and Betty Tyree. An_extremely realistic film pur- porting to show the perils of climb- ing the Matterhorn is a feature of the Keith program, while several other short films are shown. The Aesop Fable puts remarkable life into Egyptian antiques. D. C. C. SATPRDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1932. BEN T. WEBSTER. and the latter by Mr. Brodie. REAL ES L. H. BRODIE. Among ccmmittees of the Washington Real Estate Board recently appointed | to serve during she new year by H. Clifford Bangs, president, are the arbitra- tion and membership groups. The former committee is headed by Mr. Webster BOARDS T0 STUDY - REALTY TAXATION | National will | Weigh Proposals for Se- curing Relief. Association Proposals for relief of owners of real estate from some of the burden of taxation it now carries will be among matters to be brcught before: the an- nual convention of the Natiopal Asso- | ciation of Real Estate Boards here next month. A preposed national real estate tax | program now is being drafted by the | | association, on the basis of an extend- | | ed study of a mass of details of ex-| isting systems of taxation. | Gasoline Tax Funds. One of the subjects studied was that lof the application of gasoline tax | funds. Herbert U. Nelson, executive secrctary of the national body, this week made public the findings of a re- | cent irquiry addressed to State high- way commissioners of the various States. In 25 States some expenditure is mede from State-collected gasoline and motor vehicle taxes, either or both, for the construction and maintenance of city streets. he reports. In 23 States, the cities get back noth- ing whatever from these State tax| levies, even for that portion of their | ttled streets which are connecting links for | trunk line State highways. One of these | States is soon to join the list of 25. Allotments Mount. | | “Recent Iegislaticn, yet in effect, has broug] the proportion allotted to the cities,” | Mr. Nelson reports. “Already, | number of States, there is a fairly dis- | ght increase in | tinct recognition of the principle that | | DR. DUNHAM TO PREACH 1 —_— streets in cities are the State highway country roads, and sidered. |~ “We ‘are entering | largest portion of building is behind us. This fact is changing the whole situation in regard ' to the feasibility of using gasoline and vehicle tax funds for street mainte- nance as well as for the maintenance of rural highways.” District Situation, In the District of Columbia the whole of the gasoline tax is used for street and highway improvements and the tax on motor vehicles. both license and personal property taxes, goes into th District's general revenue fund. |~ The situation is different in both Maryland and Virginia. The City of | Baltimore gets 20 per cent. both of the | net gasoline tax income and the motor | | vehicle tax total of the State, the| | realtor survey shows. The Baltimore hare cf the gasoline tax alone for the | ast fiscal year totaled $583,731.89. | Virginia is listed by the realtors as one of 12 States in which expenditure | of State gasoline and motor vehicle | taxes for street purposes is limited to | | such streets as are connecting links of he State's highway system. | In Virginia. the report continues, | cities of more than 3,500 population get | $1500 per mile for State highways | passing through them, one-third of | this sum coming from automobile li- | cense fees, and the rest from the gaso- ( line tax. In smaller cities the State builds such stree as much a part of system as are the should be so con- a period when the | essential highway Announcing A New Group of Model Studio Homes At 14th and Sheridan Sts. N.W. Overlooking Rock Creek Park and 16th Street N.W. [ J $9,350 Terms Seven Rooms Step-Down Living Room. Beamed Real Bullt-in BROS. GE. 9622 Recreation BIRON Builders mple oule, 1824 Bay S. S.. "Between 18th and Salesman on Premises Daily Until 9 P.M. Front ai AT porches Ba tile and showers TEUART 19th, B and C S.Z. G. Eleetrie clock Hot-water heat (oversize boller) H BROTHER Incerporated Real Estate—138 12th St. N.E. in a|be | the light of the fireplace, GARDEN CLUB MEETS Winter Shrubs Discussed by Chevy Chase, D. C., Group. Discussion of Winter shrubs marked the December meeting of the Chevy Chase, D. C., Garden Club, held Mon- day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Galliher. Talks were given by Mrs. E. N. Bunting and Mrs. J, W Manning, club members, Mrs. G. W. Davis, president of the club, presided. The hostess was assisted by Mrs. W. A. Kinnan, Mrs. F. Mc- Manamy and Mrs. Manning. A social hour followed the business session, CHURCH TO HEAR GRANT M. HUDSON Ex-Representative From Michigan Will Speak Tomorrow at Chevy Chase Baptist. Grant M. Hudson. former Represent- ative from Michigan, will speak at the Chevy Chase Baptist Church tomorrov morning on “What Ceme Out of a Hat” A story sermon entitled “How Frances Served Her Mother” will be given to the junior church by the pastor. In the evening the pastor, Rev. Ed- ward O. Clark, will preach on “God’s Secret.” The song service preceding the sermon will feature Christmas caro ite gifts Christmas service en- ‘The Bethlehem Inn.” by Fred W. Wolfe, will be rendered Thursday eve- ning under the auspices of the Sunday school and the pageant is being directed by Miss Mary Pearce. A chorus will as- sist in the musical numbers. Mrs. Grace me of it not ,Jackson is the organist. Gifts from the | Sunday school classes, Boy Scout Trcop 54 and other church crganizations will presented for various Christmas causes. An early service at 7:30 o'clock will be held Christmas morning. Two services will be held at the Western Presbyterian Church tomor- row. The pastor, Dr. J. H. Dunham, will preach in the morning “After 45" and in the evening on “The Clangin Bells o Timer e o1 ik . The Christmas praver meeting will | be held Thursday evening, when, in the Christ- mas songs will be sung and the story will be ‘told. Refreshments will served at the close of the meeting. FOR SALE 1354 t. hree-Story ms- LET US MODERNIZE they cost can make! for instance ... aspect of with no approval. TATE. BUILDING MATERIAL - STEADY IN' COST Index of Wholesale Price De- clines, However, From November of 1931. The index of the wholesale cost ot building meterials as a group remained steady for November at the level of Oc- tober, but showed a decline of a num- ber of points from the costs of No- vember of last year. ‘The current monthly report of the United States Bureau of Labor Statis- tics shows that brick, tile, paint arnd paint materials and other items moved upward slightly, while cement, lumber and structural steel showed no change in average prices during the past two ' | months. Cement Shows Gain. Cement was the only product, how- ever, which showed an increase in wholesale cost comparing the levels of the past month with November of last year. For the group of building materials as a whole the index number for the past month was 70.7, the same as for October, and as compared with 76.2 for November of last year. The index numbers are based on ‘a\‘elrlge prices of 1926 as 100 in the scale. Brick and Tile Index. The index for brick and tile was 75.4 for last month, as ccmpared with 75.8 for October and 814 for November of last vear: cement, 79 for last month. as compared with 79 for October and 74.6 for November; lumber, 56.6 for last i month, the same as for October, as ! compared with €5.9 for November of Jast year; paint and paint materials, 68.5 for last month, as compared with 68.3 for October and 77.5 for November, 1831; plumbing and heating, 67.5 for | 1ast month, the same as for the preced- ing month, as compared with 81.4 for o November, 1931; and structural steel, | 1.7 for the past two months and for November, 1931 —e Slayer Put to Death. EDDYVILLE, Ky.. December 17 (#). —Jeff Covington, 30. colored. died in tize electric chair at Western State Peni- | tentiary shortly after midnight last | night. 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