Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1932, Page 13

REAL ESTATE Home-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs REALTORS HERE PREPARE FOR NATIONAL SESSIONS J. F. M. Bowie Heads Convention Commiitee; W. C. Miller to Be Inaugurated as President. D ETAIL planning for the annual business session of the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards, to be held here late next month, was begun this week in earnest by local realtors, who will be hosts to hundreds of visiting delegates. J. F. M. Bowie, immediate past president of the Washington board, was named general convention chairman for the convention by H. Clifford Bangs, new head of the local board. Appointment of members of various committees to assist in arrangements for the sessions, to be held at the Willard Hotel January 26-29, is to be completed next week. National officials of the body now are | listing subjects to be considered. One will be determination of national poli- cies on important legislative matters to ccme before Congress and State Legis- latures. Forty-four State Legislatures will be in regular session during the next year. There also will be a number of special sessions. | Discussion of the real estate business | dtself will bring outlines of the type of | organization and the form of activity deemed best fitted to suit the needs and | demands of the current time. W. C. Miller of this city, the pres dent-elect of the national body, and other officials will be inducted into office at the inaugural banquet ta_be ! held the evening of January 28. L. T. Stevenson, retiring president, will con- duct the majority of the sessions. DOLLAR VALUE AFFECTS RENTS. Three Other Vital Factors Found That Cause Changes. The changing value of the dollar is | an important factor affecting rents, par- | ticularly so in periods following wars. | according to a survey finding reported in the journal of the American Institute | of Real Estate Appraisers, new profes- | sional division of the National Associa- | tion of Real Estate -Boards. | The declaration is made by Delbert 8. Wenzlick, president of Real Estate Analysts, Inc., engaged in a large-scale | collection and application of real es- | tate data in St. Louis, Chicago and| certain other cities. { He bases his conclusions on studies | of experience in St. Louis, examining not only the long-term history of the rent curve, going back to 1851, but also | the long-term behavior of certain ma- | jor factors which affect rent prices and realty values. Three Other Factors. 1000 10 SE SIS0 IPROFT i Building and Loan Groups Expected to Pay Dividends of That Amount. Dividends of building and loan asso- clations of the country for the last half of 1932 will reach $175,000,000 by Janu- ary 1, H. F. Cellanius. Cincinnati, sec- retary-treasurer of the United States Building and Loan League, reported to- ay. This distribution of earnings will go to appreximately 11,500,000 shareholders in the home finarcing institutions which on January 3 will celebrate the 102d anniversary of the establishment of the business in this country. He reported also that during the past year approximately $425,000,000 was distributed in the form of dividends to holders of building and loan shares. Because the associations are increas- | ing their reserves and adding to the safety of the funds of their saving mem- bers, the dividend rates of many of the associations have been reduced by 1 per cent or half that much for the semi- annual period endirg January 1, the nationnl official stated Repurts from associations say the | genera" attitude among shareholders to | In addition to the question of the be one of co-operation, Mr. Cellarius value of the dollar, Mr. Wenzlick finds | said. that rental and property values are affected by the following three factors: That the marriage rate, as well as the change in the average number of persons per family, must be consid- ered. That the marriage rate, when properly weighed, varies above and be- low_normal to the extent of from 30 to 5) ner cent. That its cycles coin- cd» almost exactly with cycles in con- : o foreclosures, rents, and_prices. new construction always 1s at the bit.” ready to go as orption, rent returns, give the the many factors bearing on te values, vicwed over a period o decades, and charted side by side, show a very oraerly behavior. ‘That this fact presents a challenge to the real estate appraiser of tomorrow &s never confronted appraisers before. While St. Louis figures are used in the study. preliminary work in other cities indicated that the behavior of the factors mentioned is much the same in those cities as it has been found to be in St. Louis, Mr. Wenzlick states. Family Is Proper Measure. Proper measure of demand for hous- ing accommodations is the family, not the individual, Mr. Wenzlick asserts. While in 1850, 1,000 persons comprised only 178 families, the same number of persons today comprise 263 families and require 48 per cent more homes than were required by the same popu- lation 80 years ago. Cyclic changes in the marriage rate constitute a factor often overlooked in estimating housing demand and sup- ly. Plirne marriage rate in St. Louis has been below normal since 1924," the article states. “At present it stands at about 50 per cent of normal. “The accumulated shortage below | normal since 1924 is nearly 17,000 Most of these marriages are delayed be- cause of economic conditions and will take place at an abnormal rate with the return of more normal employment. ‘Doubling up’ accounts for perhaps as much more potential demand as de- layed marriages. “Economic recovery will release these factors and the seemingly hopeless ex- re: cess of quarters will be quickly absorbed. | ‘When this occurs the present trend in rents will reverse itself, just as it did in 1900 and again in 1918.” HOUSE DESIGNS SHOWN Extensive Exhibition on Display During Holiday Period. An_extensive exhibition of drawings and photograps of contemporary house designs, as entered in an zrchitectural competition spensored by a national | to plans filed | Local |REALTORS FORM MORE COMMITTEES ON LEASES Groups Added to Study WASHINGTON, D. C, | Problem of Impending Bank- N PERMITS SOUGHT FOR 27 DWELLINGS Specificalions Filed Inciude New $49,000 Home for Alanson B. Houghton. Specifications for the erection of 27 ‘prlvnw dwellings in the District were | before Building Inspector John W. Oehmann this week. Nine were ap- proved and applications for 18 others were on file. Among those awaiting action were the plans for the new residence to be | erected for Alanson B. Houghton, for- | mer Ambassador to Great Britain, 3110 Massachusetts avenue, having construction cost estimated at $49,000. | | Projects for which permits were is- | sued during the past week, including | the nine cwellings, have a total esti- mated cost of $100,700. Specifications Approved. | Specifications were approved for the | following_items: B. C. Hunsinger, owner; George S. he WITH SUNDAY NORNING D! bening Star, Home Planned for Comfort CHILDREN'S NEEDS CONSIDERED IN DESIGN. | White, designer; H. J. Connors, build- | er; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, | 1376 Locust road; to ccst $20,000. | District of . Columbia, owners; to erect one 1-story brick foundry build- ing at Lorton, Va.; to cost $20,000. Seaburv Construction Co., owners {and builders; George T. Santmyers, | architect; to erect one 2-story brick | dwelling, 1642 Jonquil street; to cost $15.000. P | Paul T. Stone, Inc., owhers and | builders; W. N. Diehl, designer; to erect | one 2-story brick end shingle dwelling, | 133¥ Locust road; to cost $7,750. | Paul T. Stone, Inc, owners and | builders; W. N. Diehl. designer; to| | erect one 2-story brick dwellings, 1343 | ! Locust road; to cost $8,000. | | ~Albert Dade, owner; R. C. Archer, | ir., architect; L. L. Gray, builder; to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 504 and 506 Florida avenue; to cost $7,500. | Other Permits Issued. | E. E. Moore, owner; Clifton B. White, | | designer; H. Poretsky, builder; to erect | one 2-story brick and tile dwelling, 6358 Thirty-first street; to cost $7,500. | John Murchake, owner and builder; R. C. Archer, jr, architect; to erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 2139 and | | 2141 Ninth street: to cost $4,000. | A. Levy, owner; H. Monroe, de- signer; Kuldell Bros., builders; to erect cne 1-story masonry and steel storage | and garage, 1031 Third street; to cost | $4.000. Early B. Rector, owner: J. F. Calla- | han, designer; Martin Bros., builders to erect one 1-story brick gasoline sta. tion, 5443 Conduit road; to cost $2,900 | __B. F. Saul Co., owners; William T. Harper, builder; to make repairs, 4711 | | and 4715 Brandywine street; to cost OTH floors of this Norman | adaptation have been planned | with an eye to the comfort of | a family with children. Downstairs there is an abun- dance of light and air and very well lanned entrances, front and rear. Children may go about their play with- out disturbing the bridge game in the living room. On the second floor, among other | features. there is a small chil cennecting th the master’s bed room | through the bath. Should the small room be needed for a maid, the storage space over the garage will make an equally good child’s rocm. Otherwise, should it not be wanted for storage, it has great possibilities as a play room. It will be noted that the front hall is the focal point of the house, any' New Home $1,050. | M. A. Leese, owner; R. P. Whitty Inc.. builders: to install steel radio A Co., Topiey Gy Turge Tenunis, tower, 726 Eleventh street; to cost $600 BANDIT GETS ONLY $400 Further progress in the organization of local committees of realtors in sec- tions over the country to co-operate with the recently appointed Committee | on Commercial Leasing_Policies Was| Denies Guilt When He Is Accused reported today by the National Asso- | ciation of Real Estate Boards. The National Committe> was formed | to aid owners of commercial proper- “ties in meeting complexities presented |in leases to a number of large retail | organizations which are said to be | facing voluntary bankruptcy. The Na- ktxonal Association of Building Owners ‘I!nd Managers is co-operating with the | realtor body. | to co-operate with the fact-finding Na- | tional Committee in 18 cities in Mas- | sachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois, Michi- gan, Ohio. Indiana. Minnesota. Mis- souri, Nebraska, Washington and West Virginia. The local committee, announced last week, includes H. Clifford Bangs, chair- man-elect of the brokers' division of the national association; Clarence Dodge of the firm of W2aver Bros. and Morton Luchs of the firm of Shannon & Luchs Co. Counties Reduce Taxes. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 24.—Three | Maryland counties have effected a re- duction in tax rates for the coming year, with a fourth one ready to oper- | ate on the same rate as it did the cur- | | Local committees have been formed | of Taking $1,200. | AKRON (#).—Wilson Kugler, 19, of | Atlanta, listened carefully to the read | ing of a charge of highway robbe: against him. “Guilty or not guilty demanded the judge. “Not guilt; said Kugler. “I only got $400 in that robbery, not $1,300.” He'll be back | next week for sentencing. | occupy NE\;V QUARTERS |3. Charles Shapiro, Inc., Move to| 1508 K Street. The building firm of J. Charles Shapiro, Inc., has leasad and occupied new and larger office quarters at 1508 K street. The company during the past year has engaged in two building | projects, one at Chevy Chase Parkway | |and Jenifer street and the other at | | First and Longfellow streets. Fifteen dwellings now are under con- part of which—even the garage—can be reached through its six openings. The kitchen is provided with two entrances, and the back entry, with space for storage and the refrigerator, | is a major convenience. There are innumerable details of value to the homeowner wishing to be truly comfortable. One is the bay window in the dining room and other the well placed porch, glazed-in and accessible to either din- ing _or living room. The kitchen is well away from the | dining room. The roof should be wood shingle, flat tile or slate, laid so that a rough effect is secured. Clapboards should be French gray, natural rough finish. Stone for the chimney should be local, of warm tone, and the top is of alter- nating squares of stone and red brick. A lot 60 by 75 feet, or more, is es- sential. in Virginia Dwelling at 115 Key boulevard, Lyon Village, Va.. which was custom-built | for Mr. and Mrs. C. Morgan Compher by Clarence Croft. | living room, dining room. kitchen, library, solarium and open porch On the first floor are On the baths. The lot is 60 by 115 feet. second fl WOMEN QUICK IN FIRE | re three bed rooms and two Five Credited With Carrying Piano. Other Furniture Saved. | CENTRAL CITY, Ncbr. (#).—The Central City Ladies’ Aid Society lives up to its name. | It was meeting at the home of Mrs. | Charles Matthis when some cne rushed in shouting that the house was afire. Five ladies are credited with carrying out a piano. They saved all the ~other furniture, too, except a dresser. struction at Eighteenth and Upshur | streets and at_Second and Longfellow streets. The firm conducts a general | realty business in addition to the con- | struction projects. rent year. Those with the reductions are Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Har- ford Counties, while Carroll will have | the same rate as now in effect. $11,000,000 in Dividends. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 24 —Approx- | imately $11,000,000 in dividends will be | distributed by the building and loan | assoclations of Maryland for the last | half of 1932, according to C. Philip Pitt, secretary of the Maryland League of | Building Associations. About $200,000,- 100) is invested in the Maryland Associ- ations, it was stated. $7,000 Dwelling Planned. is_to be J. Thomas according ict govern- A two-story brick dwelling erccted for Miss Hecter E. at 5355 Twen:y-ninth street th the Dist: magazine, has been opened for the hol- | mont by Paul 'T. Stone, Inc.. builder. iday period in the art galleries of Sears, Roebuck & Co. at 1106 Connecticut avenue. i The competition was divided into three classes—one for the best house ‘west of the Mississippi, one for the best east of the Mississippi, these being lim- ited to 12 rooms each, but having no cost limit, and a third class for any section of the country and having a maximum cost limit of $10,000. | There are 46 large frame present- | ments, one for each house. Each con- tains three or more photographs sho ing one or more interiors and twe.~x.e- riors. sh Floor and plot plans ako are | own. | The exhibit is open to the public | daily from 10 am. to 10 p.m. with a showing Sunday afternoon, and will | close January 2. A New Group of Model Studio Homes At 14th and Sheridan Sts. N.W. Overlooking Rock Creek Park and 16th Street N.W. $9,350 Terms Seven Rooms -Down Living Room. Beamed -Coll Tile Baths, Mod- Built-in Garage. . 2. ern | Kitche Recreation Furnished Home 1387 Sheridan St. N.W. BIRON BROS. Builders GE. 9622 en. Room. The constructior cost is estimated at $7,000. Dwelling for Tennyson Street. 1. Bliss Hill, as swner, and the Chevy Chase Construction Co. as builder, have applied for permit for_erection of a two-story dwelling at 3206 Tennyson street. The building is to be of brick, tile and frame construction Buy Noow in FOXALL @ Higher prices are on the way. No longer is there intelligent ex- cuse for DELAY. Your family deserves a home of its OWN . . . you know that economies can be effected by the purchase of the RIGHT one in the RIGHT place at the RIGHT time. FOXALL is the place and the time is NOW, before real estate values once more follow the general procession UP- WARD. ® Visit our Model Home at 4422 Volta Place, three short blocks south of Reservoir Road, and see_what FOXALL really offers. Open to 9.30 p. m. WAVERLY TAYLOR. = 1522 K Street Nat'l 1040 e | Building Institute to Meet. As many as 300 building and loan | executives of the country may come to | Washington to attend the tenth annual Winter conference of the American | Savings, Building & Loan Institute. | | an educational unit of the home finan- | cing industry according to Clarence T. | | Rice, Kansas City, Kans, institute | president. Swedish Women Win. | STOCKHOLM, Sweden (#).— Swed- ish women employed in governmental | enterprises have won a battle. The government has decreed they are to be accorded equal rights with men in Claim Healthiest City. SYDNEY, Australia (#) A'Eusidems; of Sydney claim their city is the healthiest in the world. This year the | death rate dropped to 8.71 per LOOD,I The infant mortality is 44.38 per 1,000. | The teaching of personal hygiene in the schools is said by the municipal doctor to be responsible largely for keeping Sydney residents healthy. - o+ Elephant Won on Vote. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (#).—Freak election bets had their counterpart in 1892, the Chattanocga Public Library has found. Hal Divine won an elephant {rom a circus man in Chattanooga when Grover veland wen. Later Divine | every way thority or prominence. The Most Complete Small House You Can Find 7605 13th In Our Beautiful Shep USUAL den room with all modern equipment qn.fi?y" e Nat counts i a_home and outstanding. w;e want Jou to ree this seeing the very best in cons i tte den. Be sure to see o Drive out 16th St. to Alaska Ave. Inves. Bldg. in earning positions of au- | was scrry he wen and the elephant was | returned to the circus. Street N in basement—breakfast alcove—beautiful porches, and rear—ettractive lighting fixtures in addition to 6 rooms Come out Sunday. line with foday’s idea of eronomy Furnished by ‘hristmas spirit prevails in this home. See our Christmas Tree in roras o lighted Christmas Tree on Mor: W d Park Development front and 2’ baths. in kitchen and bath rooms—but after is this home quality in construction is newer, better home—to treat yourself to D. S. Pool e to 13th St, turn left to our home Drive. PAYS 4,689 PENNIES Dairyman Carries 32%-Pound Bundle to Meet Taxes. SHELDON, N. Dak. (#).—It was a load off his mind, to say nothing of his arm, said E. E. Good, Sheldon SATURDAY¥, DECEMBER 2, 1932. | BUILDING NEWS ,B—I HOUSING SHORTAGE FORESEEN FOR 0.5, Apparent Surplus to Disap- pear.When Business Re- vives, Says Architect. As soon as there is a general pick- up in business and employment, an| actual shortage rather than an over- supply of housing in American cities will be revealed, according to George H.| Gray, a director of the American Insti- | tute of Architects. “It is a mistake to assume that every- where in the country the communities are overbuilt,” it is asserted by Mr. Gray of New Haven, Conn,, in a review of architectural and building progress | in New Engand during 1932. | Shortage Exists Now. “Were it not for the doubling up of many families into one household, there would be a marked shortage, but the actual shortage will not appear as long as the present financial stringency lasts. “Again, when we consider the illegal | occupancy of obsolete, insanitary and indecent tenements in the slums, it be- | comes even more evident that the ap- | parent adequate housing supply is due to present low standards of living. Judging by our customary standards, | there exists a very real shortage. |~ “Meanwhile, the growth of the popu- | | lation is accentuating the potential de- | mand. The fact remains to be faced | that the return to normalcy will be | gradual. Clearing out those slum areas which are an economic burden to the public would seem to be a first step in | the direction of sound economy.” | Have Proved Value. ‘Building 1nvestments of the right sort, he conciudes +have proved their value during the depression. The irrespon- | sible speculators of the past, he adds, | will find credit more difficult to obtain in the future. | | T> show the value of carefully se-| lected building investments, Mr. Gray | | cites the case of one New England col- | 1 lege which, he said, has gone through | the depression with no diminution in income from investments because they | were largely in high-class building mortgages. FURNISHINGS HOLD GAIN Index of 73.5 Reported for Week | Ending December 17. ‘The wholesale cost of house furnish- | ing goods during the past week re- | tained a slight advance gained in the | preceding week over the level of a number of earlier weeks. The index for this group of com- | modities was computed by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics to be 73.5 for the week ending December 17, the same as for the preceding week. The level for several earlier weeks was 25 The index numbers are based on av- erage prices of 1926 as 100 in the index | seale. The wholesale cost of building mate- rials also remained steady at 70.6 for the past week, the same as for the week ending December 10. This was a point above the level for December 3. but a point lower than the index for Novem- ber 26 and November 19. NAME IS T0O LONG | Indians Unable to Use Tribal Word for Rebuilt School. | | | MUSKOGEE, Okla. (/) —The Chero- | xee fathers who co-operated in moving ! and rebuilding the Wells Hollow Rural School =o their children wouldn't have | so far to walk wanted to rename the school with the tribal word for co- operation. But the word is “dee-leestalur-dee,” which they decided is too much of a mouthful. So they named it the Mor- dairyman, as he deposited a 32!-pound | ris-Vann School in honor of two prom- bundle in the Ransom County court house. “Here’s my personal property tax payment—count it.” Good told offi- cials. They did—ail afternoon. were 4,689 pennies. Ther months. —_— = Will Construct 14 Buildings. Plans for the construction of 14 brick dwellings in the 1900 block of Second street northeast have been filed with the District building inspector by the Harvard Development Co. @ Good said he's | been saving the coppers for three lJobless Seaman Has Odd Penchant. |the Jast time,™ } inent families. | = | | STEALS BABY CARRIAGES " | Faces 'Prison Again. ‘ A jobless Liverpool seaman with a | | penchant for taking baby carriages is | being held in bail in New York City. | William J. Clare was arrested while wheeling the carriage at 4 am. He previously was sentenced to 60 days on 8 similar charge. \ LET US MODERNIZE YOUR | advance in_this survey, crease in this field was found to be | ADEQUATE TEST SOUGHT FOR HOME LOAN BANKS United States Building and Loan League Asks Con- gress to Co-operate in Developing System. PLEA that the new Federal an adequate length of time Home Loan Bank system be given to demonstrate its usefulness was laid before members of Congress this week by officials of the United States Building and Spokesmen for the league also law. Loan League. asked the co-operation of Congress |and other public officials in developing a true understanding of the ‘The Home Loan Bank System was designed as a permanent system of sound mortgage-discount banks, providing funds to com- munity home-finance institutions. It was not intended as a home- owners’ dole at the expense of the taxpayers,” spokesmen for the league declared. NEWU.S. BUILDING TOTALS §16.233 31 Contracts Awarded During Past Month Aimost Double Those in October. Various agencies of the United States Government awarded contracts during the past menth for buildings in | the amount of $16,233,951, nearly twice | the total of contracts awarded in Oc- | tober and nearly $2.000,000 higher than the total for November, 1931. Private construction over the coun- try also showed an increase last month over October, according to reports to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics from 350 identical cities. The total for this list of cities was 18.3 per cent greater last month than in Octcber of this year. the building | permits issued in November carrying a total expenditure estimate of $38.- 562.330. Non-residential building was the only class of private work to show an but the in- nearly 73 per cent ‘The volume of private work started Jast month, however, was far below the level for the corresponding month of last year. DRAMA OFFiCE RENTED Clifford Brooke Academy Takes Second Floor Space. ‘The second-floor quarters in the busi- ness building on the northwest corner of Connecticut avenue and K street have been leased for a period of three months by the Clifford Brooke Acad- emy of Stage Training in the Dramatic Arts through the agency of the Randall H. Hagner Co The space leased consists of zbout 1,200 square feet. A PROFESSOR WON'T DO Most College Girls Take Problems to Their Mothers. When it’s a problem of the heart, the | college girl runs to mother instead of the psychology professor. Sixty-six per cent of the girls inter- viewed at Syracuse University, New York. admitted this, according to a study of “problems of freshman college | girls,” made public by Dr. Eugenie A. Leonard of Columbia University. SLAYER'S LAST PLEA Up for Sentence in Wife's Death, Plays “Woman Is Fickle.” Will Be Self-Sustaining. _“If it was the intention or expecta- tion of Congress that the Home Loan Bank system could and would lift that portion of the $20,000,000,000 mortgage | debt from those homes w have mortgage obligations approahing the value of the property and who, on account of unemployment and like rea- sons, do not have the ability to repay | advances, would not Congress have di- rectly appropriated at least two or three billion dollars for the enterprise, rather | than lending, through the Reconstruc- ticn Finance Corporation, $125,000,000 to initiate the Home Loan Bank sys- tem?” the league officials asked. “If the building of the system should continue upon the sound lines clearly intended by Congress when the act was passed, a ready market will be de- veloped for the sale of its bonds. The | system will be self-sustaining in the me manner as the Federal Reserve Y em. If, on the other hand. it should be- | come the dumping ground for unsound | mortgages which ind:viduals and in- | stitutions may want to unload, no market can be developed for the sale | of bonds and it can exist and grow only by direct Government subsidy, at enormous and growing expense to the taxpayers of the Nation. As repre- sentatives of the building and loan ase sociations of the country we are une alterably opposed to such a subsidy Can Solve Problems. One of the two really pressing prob- lems in the home financing field, the league officials said, is to take care of the individual with a short-term mort- gage which has been called and the indivdual who has a good real estate securty, who can repay and who merits further funds. The Home Loan Bank system can solve this problem effec- |t . they declared. | “The second problem is the property | owner who does not have employment | 2nd has not been able for many months, if not years, to pay interest, taxes and insurance,” the statement continues. ' “Further loans will not assist this individual and most advances made under such conditions could never be repaid. The Home Loan Bank system cannot deal with this problem.” C. Clinton James of this city, chair- man of the Federal Legislative Com- mittee of the League, was a member of the delegation. headed by Ward B. Xv’hnlock, Springfield, Ill., league presi= ent. RADIO LIBEL IMPOSSIBLE Australian Court Limits Actions for Damages to Slander. MELBOURNE (#).—A person cannot be libeled over the air in Australia, but | he can be slandered. This is the effect of a decision by the Victoria Full Court, dismissing an appeal by Max Meldrum, artist, who sued for $10,000 dameges from the Australian Broadeasting Co. ‘The Full Court held that it was not possible for any one to be libeled by | wireless broadcast, and ‘that aggrieved persons Were restricted to actions for | slander. | Dwelling to Be of Brick and Tile. Mrs. Grace O. Lowery plans to erect | a_two-story brick and tile dwelling as 1723 Thirty-fourth street. according to Max Gronwald, 61, a Berlin musi- | Specifications filed with the District by cian, up for sentence for his wife's slaying, was asked if he had anything to say before sentence was pronounce “I should like to play m: he said. The request was granted. He played “La Donna e Mobile” (“Woman Is Fickle”) from Verdi's “Rigoletto.” y trumpet for d. | | Sears, Roebuck & Co., builders. Garden Inside Squésh. } ADRIA, Italy (A —A garden wos found inside a squash grown here. The seeds had taken root in the soft in- | terior and produced small plants, with | leaves. An Evening Drive Through Wesley Heights and Spring Valley KITCHEN WITH A BUILT-IN KITCHEN CABINET Designed at LOW COST by a Barber & Ross Cabinet Expert Few people know how MANY home services we maintain, and what a difference in home comfort and economy the few dollars they cost can make! Our Kitchen Modernizing Plan, for instance ... 1% Street at G.A.L. A cabinet expert will inspect your kitchen, create a design for, and sub- mit plans and costs on a kitchen cab- inet that will completely change the aspect of your home’s busiest spot— with no obligation (we’re glad to SHOW you) . . .and subject to your THE GARDENS OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES —will ‘reveal to you these charming communities, artistically illuminated. The pride of home ownership and the unusual community spirit in these sections are again evi- denced by the manner in which the residents have decorated their homes for the Christmas Holidays. VISIT THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL OF MODIFIED COLONIAL INSPIRATION 4935 HILLBROOK LANE Completely Furnished Available for Inspection Daily During the Holiday Season A DEMONSTRATION OF THE FINER ART IN HOME BUILDING AND INTERIOR DECORATING GENERAL ELECTRIC KITCHEN Fully equipped with the most modern electric appliances through the co-operation of the— National Electric Supply Co. and The Potomac Electric Power Co. approval. Just 'phone NAtional 8296 at your convenience. * W. C. and A . N. MILLER Developers 1119 17th ST. N.