Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1935, Page 24

REAL ESTATE. HOME ACTIVITIES CONTINUE GAINS Prince Georges Survey Es- pecially Optimistic Con- cerning Small Units. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., October 26.—A cross section survey of Prince Georges County real estate men indi- cates the prevalence of an optimistic outlook toward a continued upswing in home purchases and home building. The opinion of a marjority of the operators. it was revealed today, geem: to bear out earlier forecasts of an unprecedented boom, especially in small units and homes for families of moderate means. ‘While building records this year call for more construction than any like period in years, a contributing factor to the expectation of still great- er construction seems to lie in the rlans of the Federal Government to sponsor low-cost housing projects in this ares. The fact that the Resettlement Ad- ministration is building a 1,000-home development at Berwin Heights is re- garded among real estate men as a timulant to other private building. Other Signs Observed. Other indications of building are seen by real estate men who are stuaying the possibilities of ad- vantages to be gained under the Fed- eral housing act. It is known that | several likely projects are being tenta- tively worked out on paper, but whether they will get to the point of breaking ground and mixing cement will depend on other factors yet to be encountered. There seems to be a disposition among some reai estate men to question the advantages of Govern- ment aid in home building and Gov- ernment. ownership of housing proj- | ects, but the survey did not reveal the extent to which this disposition has spread among operators. In pointing to the upswing in Prince | Georges real estate men cite the fact | that 276 building permits, calling for units to house 285 families, were is- sued in the past six months for the metropolitan area of Prince Georges. A total of 326 permits were issued, 150 being for construction in other sections of the county. Perry Boswell, one of the real estate | operators included in the survey, in analyzing the past six months, re- garded the growth of the county as being sound and apparently perma- nent, with speculative buying and building at a reasonably low propor- tion. The percentage of brick homes is high and each subdivision has ap-‘; parently made progress. Boswel' noted a movement away | from the more congested areas of the county, a tendency having nnsen] to seek more secluded sections | Severa. subdivisions of this type are being developed, including Home Acres, a 500-acre tract being divided | into 3-acre lots under restrictions | which include a $4.000 mlnimum] house construction cost. This division is one of several in | the University of Maryland and Belts- | ville ares which are served by elec- | tricity and other modern improve- ments. ! | die was used to This Chevy Chase home, at 5607 Thirty-ninth street, was purchased by Joseph Y. Reeves, District proba- tion officer, through Realty Associates from L. H. Adams. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, ~—Star Staff Photo. DAILY SHORT STORY- CHANGED NAME By Frank Kern Levin. desk, mumbling one “Yes, sir” after another in answer to T. Z. Greys- beak’s short, snap- Py questions. There was an unforgettable mo- ment in Eddie’s life —briefly touched upon at the open- ing .of this story.| He had dared ap- | proach the sacred | inner office of the| “old man.” | He had dared to go into the office. | Hesitating and stuttering—he had | dared to ask for a| raise. After all, he| had been with the | concern for 10| years at the time| and he was doing his best and— “What's that? I| can get a dozen men to replace you | who are twice as good for half the | money. No, Snout—I can't see thngsi EDD].E SNOUT was & man with bright little eyes and a squeaky voice and he met Mrs. Greysbeak on a moving stairway in a Washington department store. Eddie s~ ' pa- tiently waitin: or the moving stai way to take him to the floor above, but Mrs. Greysbeak was not so patient. Ed- waiting patiently. It was his name, he guessed. On an unforgettable oc- casion he had been told by his employ- er how very un- important the name Snout was. Mrs. Greysbeak came bustling up, all 240 pounds of step after another, and just as the| floor was reached bumped against| Eddie so ponderously she knocked him | your way. and if you can't see them over and Eddie was hurt mine, I'm afraid—" declared old “Oh, I'm so sorry! Pardon me!”|grayface Mr. Greysbeak. expostulated Mrs. Greysbeak. 3 _ oizod almost killed me,” .squea.ked‘} aases, ‘Eg‘furz::’w Ea “You poor man! Come along \‘.un! R E me and I'll get you a bit of refresh- ment—you'll feel better.” e EDDIE agreed that he would. had not had a bit of refreshment Eddie stared at the card. her, one moving Eddie | SNOUT—Ws your name. How can| a man with a name like yours| He expect to go places, eh? Answer me that?” and Mr. Greysbeak laughed. For it was just about this time he | addressed the Home Builders’ Another factor in the upward swing | for some time. But he misunderstood in Prince Georges, especially in the | Mrs. Greysbeak. She took him to the metropolitan area of the country, is | soda fountain and bought him a soda. | was getting married to & woman much ‘ younger than himself. Eddie slid away. the transportation system which pro- | vides facilities for quick commuting to Washington, the survey disclosed. Sonnysayings “Now do you feel better?” she asked. | “Well—a lettle better,” said Eddie, There was another unforgettable | | lifting an eyebrow. Mrs. Greysbeak | moment in Eddie's life. Just before | flashed diamonds from throat. ears’ Mr. Greysbeak had died, a year be-| and fingers. Eddie looked at her ner-| fore, Eddie had been advised that the vously. | Greysbeak Boiler Supply Co. no long- | “People are so careless. The man .7 needed his services, that they were | next to me shoved me right mlnst:@omll,W take a younger man. It was ! you. That's the way people are. My | Eddie’s first realization that he was Poor husband wasn't like that. Poor | 0ld. Here he was, at 46, with all life soul, when he was living he was so passed by—and old! considerate of everybody. He bought| Eddie was particularly careful about | | me everything I asked for." MIS. | his sartorial appearance when he went ek sniffied once or twice and | to visit Mrs. Greysbeak. The butler | 2 E where . Greysbeak awai im. | to have a wife like you,” said Eddie.| She was a jolly woman and Eddie | “and he would have been only 00| kept thinking of one funny thing | glad to buy things for you. | misfortune never to have married. | The right girl just didn’t come along, | I guess.” Eddie hung his head. “Oh, how interesting this is!” ex- claimed Mrs. Greysbeak. “Here we've | just met by accident and we're chat- | ting like old friends. You must come | to see me some time.” | “How about tomorrow?” Eddie asked. | “Oh, tomorrow—I was going out— but it's all right! You may come over tomorrow. I'll be expecting you at 8 sharp. Here's my card.” Mrs. Greys- beak handed Eddie the card, settled herself off the fountain stool and with |® bright, cheery nod was gone. | T A M:gh:r .hld the Isle and Caplee on her | EDDIE stared st the card. Greys- _ beak! Yes, sir, old T. Z. Greys- Who Are You? beak’s wife! For 20 years Eddie had worked in The Romance of Your Name. BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. the shipping department of the Greys- beak Boiler Supply Co. For 20 years he had slaved away for $20 a week. And every month or s0, when the “old man” deemed to inspect the shipping department Eddie would stand at his BEAUTIFUL ESTATES i TH!S surname is one of early Saxon origin and signifies “early gift.” 15 has been spelled Rathbourne and Rabun in some localities, ‘The coat of arms we give here was borne by the Rathbones of England. who came to America in the early part of the seventeenth century. The first representative of the family was It is my | ‘“THE BEECHES"®’ one of the OFFERED IN THE STAR OF OCTOBER I2TH after another to say to her. It was evident that Mrs. Greysbeak greatly enjoyed his visit. She invited him to | come again. | Eddie did—many times. They were standing out in the garden one Sum- mer evening and Eddie for once in his life threw discretion to the winds. He took Mrs. Greysbeak, or as much of her as he could, boldly in his arms, kissed her and in his squeaky voice pronounced the three magic words. At first Mrs. Greysbeak hesitated, | & little frightened, but Eddie, em- | boldened, carried his point. And then Eddie waited until after they were married—just one hour after, in fact. “Now, Mrs. Snout,” said Eddie, “for you're Mrs. Snout now—and how do you like the name?” “I like it,” said Mrs. Snout. “I'm glad you do,” said Eddie, “be- cause we're going to change the name of the business your husband left you from the Greysbeak Boiler Co. to the Snout Boiler Supply Co. at once.” (Cepyright, 1935.) NEAR WASHINGTON Realty Sessions (Continued From First Page.) | | of real estate the basis for arriving at tax valuations. Florida Man Honored. Walter W. Rose, of Orlando, Fla., was elected president of the associa- | tion yestrday afternoon and will take office January 1. He succeeds Walter 8. Schmidt of Cincinnati. Mark Levy of Chicago, was re-elected treasurer. The Capital placed one realtor on the | board of directors when Waverly Tay- lor was named to & two-year director- ship. Joseph W. Catherine of Brook= lyn, N. Y., was elected regional vice president for the section of the coun- try which includes Washington. The location of next year's convention was not decided | The Washington delegation of 60 real estate men and Government hous- ing officials was one of the largest at the convention. The majority of the delegation returned to the Capital last night, although some remained here for the week end. Capital realtors played important roles in every phase of work taken up by the convention, although only one, Mr. Taylor, was formally listed as a speaker. Taylor and Land Developers’ Division of the asso- ciation on “Practical Uses of New Ma- | terials and Equipment.” | The program for the three general | sessions of the convention as well as the programs for the meetings of 10 specialized groups affiliated with the association was generously sprinkled with speakers from Government hous- ing agencies in Washington. A half | dozen officials of the F. H. A, includ- ing Aseistant Administrator J. Howard | Ardrey, and Miles Colean, chief of the technical division, delivered addresses. | The H. O. L. C. likewise was well | represented in the list of speakers, | with Fred W. Catlett, member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, mak- | ing the principal address at yesterday’s sessions. William Ellery Sweet, a for- mer governor of Colorado, and now with the Rural Resettlement Admm-[ istration in Washington, spoke before & session of the Institute of Farm Brokers and Managers on the work of the R. R. A. | Saperstein a Speaker. David Saperstein, director of the Trading and Exchange Division of the | Securities and Exchange Commission, | Semi-Detached All-Brick 8 Rooms and Recreation Room $7,650 Suitable for two families, n c nd bus lines, within walking distance of schools, stores and churches. Entire house i tion. new condi- 6316 8th St. N.W. Open 9 to 9 Harry Wardman, Inc. 1512 K St. N.W. Dist, 3830 addressed the convention on “Real Estate Bond Issues of the Future.” OCTOBER 26, 1935. from 33 States, the District, Canada and Hawail were in attendance. Dele- He told of the steps the commission | gates brought word of optimism and is taking to protect the mortgage in- vestor from fraud, and declared that in “no other fleld of investment was the purchaser so completely betrayed” as in the real estate mortgage market in boom days. He predicted a great revival of building, but stated that before promises can be translated into realities three essential factors must be introduced. He stated the cost of housing must be brought down in re- | lation to other costs; a new technique | of real estate financing must be in- troduced to “take the curse off the| mortgage,” and confidence of the in- vesting public must be restored in real estate securities. President Walter S. Schmidt in his opening address, Gov. Harold G. Hoff- man of New Jersey and Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wis- consin, both of whom spoke yester- day, supplied the fireworks of the convention. ~Schmidt criticized all encouragement in regard to the future of the building business from all sec- tions of the country. The consensus was that the depression has been broken, and that new construction is on the increase nationally. There is a general shortage of residential space, and most realtors predicted that the next two years will witness a return to normeal construction and real estate activities. Among those Washington realtors who attended the convention were: P. Eliot Middleton, president of the | Washington Board; John L. Weaver | and William C. Miller, both former presidents of the national associa- | tion; Clarence F. Donohoe, J. Mc- | Kenney Derry, Charles J. Rush, sec- retary of the Washington Board, and | Mrs. Rush, Percy H. Russell, R. Mar- | bury Stamp, C. C. Koones, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Gravatte, Mr. and Mrs. | useful purpose, | vate business. Gov. | raising revenue and indorsed the as- | tralization Government housing agencies with the | H. E. Doyle, A. C. Houghton, Morton exceptign of F. H. A. and the H. O.|J. Luchs, Frank J. Luchs, William L. C. The latter, he said, served a Shannon, 2d; Waverly Taylor, A. D. but should be dis- | Crumbaugh, Norman C. Brown, Joseph continued as soon as possible and its| A- Herbert, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. H. Clif- remaining work turned over to pri- | ford Bangs, H. L. Thornton, Mr. and Hoffman de-| Mrs. Ben T. Webster, Homer Phil- fended the sales tax as a method of lips, Donald L. Luxford, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Buchanan, Mr. and sociation’s fight for limitation of levies | Mrs. Roy G. Fristoe, Edward R. Carr, on real property. Both Hoffman and, H- L. Rust, jr; G. Edward Altemus Dr. Frank flayed the Roosevelt ad-| &nd A. H. Shillington. ministration, the latter holding that - continued policy toward absolute cen- | o Wox) G(.vpmmemwm:?,! Weather Affects Painting. would end in tyranny. Before undertaking an exterior Successful Convention. | paint job study the local weather The convention was pronounced to | forecasts. Even the best paint can be the most successful since pre-de- | be ruined quickly from moisture on pression days. Nearly 1,200 realtors ' a freshly painted surface. For Sale or Rent SILVER SPRING, MD. No. 14 Toll House Road 4 bed room house—2 baths. Large concrete porch. Built-in garage. frontage. average depth 210 ft. with shrubbery. Cost $14,000 to build. venient to schools and chuiches. Third house from Mrs. K's Toll House Tavern on Toll House Road BAINS REALTY CO. 8113 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Md. Shepherd 1392 SHEPHERD PARK Another New Brick Colonial Built by BIRON BROS. 126 ft. Con- 1428 JUNIPER STREET Overlooking Rock Creek Park A beautiful, modern home-—3 large bedrooms and 3 beautiful baths—finished third floor —2 fireplaces—Ilibrary and lavatory on first floor—recreation room—oil burner— Will Consider, Trade Open Daily 9AM. to 9 PM. DL 3100 y Us At $9,750,000 o REAL ESTATE, PUTTY GROWS BRITTLE IN CONTACT WITH WOOD ‘Window Frames Should Be Coat- ed With Linseed Oil or Paint Before Application. In wood windows the glass is se- cured by small metal triangles driven into the wood, and putty is used to make the joint tight. If the putty has hardened, it will crack off and the window will leak. Properly applied, putty should last for long periods. Cracking is often caued by the application of the putty against bare wood, which absorbs the | ofl and leaves the putty brittle and | crumbling. Before putty is applied the wood should be given a coat ol" linseed oil or of thin paint to seal the pores. | Work the putty in between the! edges of the glass and the wood, for 1t is that joint which should be made tight. A beautiful new colonial brick on @ wooded lot 50x100 in select AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK 4723 48th St. N.W. $8,950 © Pinest construction throughout lurge rooms. © Tiled bath with 3| ® Screened and weather-stripped n: sulated with 4-inch ruck wool. ® No. 1 Black Bangor slate roof. ® Copper gut- ters and downspouts. e G E refrigers ion. 3 tion. SF TSTANDING VAL OPEN TODAY Open Evenings, 7 to 9 Drive out Mass. Ave. to 49th St.. turn right to Davenport St. right to 48th and right to property. SALE BY OWNER - BUILDER THE CHEVY CHASE LAND COMPANY presents 4510 Time T ioad - = lock = between aua/om/e ¢ l%ran{l/wmp‘ Su. F 0P NEWBOLD BUILT IS An Exhibit House in Wakefield FURNISHED BY SCHUYLER & LOUNSBERY et O S This house has four bedrooms, two tiled baths. attic, twe car heated garage, all electric kitchen, recreation room, basement lavatory and walled kitchen garden. z@rl’r(.’ 574,250 Cpen _for inspection every day until 9 p m THOS. J. FISHER & CO. INC.. AGENT - 738 FIFTEENTH ST HONESTLY BUILT FIVE SOLD Here is the Reason room photographed above. Heve will delight you. cluttering has been carefully NEW Exhibit Home—120 South Chelsea Lane. nished by HUTCHISON, INC, Completely fur- Let’s Step Inside a “THRIFTEE-STEP Home” In Newbold’s Glenbrook Village Bethesda, Md. Economy, Efficiency and Beauty are exemplified in the Here is achieved a spaciousness but compactness that would dwarf many larger rooms by means of intelligent planning. The unusual, but sensible, arrangement of the living room and dining room we be- Notice the lovely fireplace, the bright, cheery windows, recessed radiation, the splendid hardwood floors. Unfortu- nately, the picture can not show the built-in shelves on either side of entrance nor the “hidden points” of Newbold construction. There are THREE BED ROOMS, each with ampie closet space, and TWO BATHS, all on one floor. The kitchen is a genuine treat. utmost in fingertip convenience, any sense of crowding or For, while permitting the avoided. This, as all other “Thriftee-Step” Houses, is designed from the inside out to provide greater comfort, less labor, more beauty and true permanence. HOMES PRICED $7450 TO $8450 ‘Wiliam Rathbone, an author. His writings were not in accord with the strict ideas of the Massachusetts Col- ony and he was barred from the New England Church and from participa- tion in public affairs. We next find the Rathbones in Rhode Island, which, under the influ- ence of Roger Wiliams, was more tolerant. We find here the record of John Rathbone, undoubtedly the son of Wiliam, who was admitted to full political rights as a freeman in 1664. John was one of the original 16 pur- chasers of Block Island, where he established his home. He occupied a place in Rhode Island General Assem- bly in 1682, 1683 and 1684, represent- ing Block Island. (Ooprright. 1936.) Each home inspected and approved during construction by Architectural Section of Federal Housing Admin- istration and is eligible for loans under the F. H. A. Plan. THIS freshly-painted. well-planned. well-bullt residence, in a setting of lovely trees makes an ideal home! . . . T FLOOR: Center hall, living room. library. dining room (each with fireplace). inclosed breakfast Boreh, kitchien, paniry and bath and sich delightful open porches! . . . 158 Custer Road, Battery Park A house of unusual refinement. A center-hall type on a generously wooded lot. The house is of all-brick construc- : bright bed rooms. two tiled baths and sun porch with tion u‘_ contains six very large rooms, two lovely tile baths; insulated throughout (furred walls and 4" rock 8 Zondertul view. _ - o JHIRD FLOOR: Four fuished rooms. . - The wool), Gilbarco oil burner, G. E. range and refrigerator, slate roof, copper water pipes end metal work. through the Winter. . . . The excellent outbuildings and - - beautiful. fertile land completes the setting of ‘The answer should be “Yes.” for_ii Open Daily and Sunday DRIVE OUT to Entrance ond Office of Glenbrook Village, 7611 Wis- consin Avenue. This is one-half mile beyond the Bank of Bethesda s0m¢ s you have Jocation. n % acter and value. The Federal Housing's appraisal exceeds the price of the property. For detail and appointment to inspect call FRANCES POWELL HILL, Dist. 6563. Eve., Sun., Wal. 9330-J i ASSOCIATED WITH . W. S. HOGE, JR., HOMES AND ESTATES Drive out Wis. Ave.. turn left on Wilson Lane to Custer Road—turn right on Custer Road and 9o to last house on right One 4-bed-room house available at @ few hundred dollars advance BY ALL MEANS INSPECT SUNDAY PHILLIPS 8 CANBY e Newsowo Deveropment Co. 7611 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, Md. Wisconsin 5286 Investment Bldg.