Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1935, Page 24

B—6 R REMEDY 15 FOUND FOR WALL LEAKS Waterproof Lime Mixture Perfected—Seen Short Cut to Plastering. Leaking walls and cracking stucco will cease to trouble property owners, according to George B. Wood, Rock- land, Me., industrialist, who described for the American Chemical Society an effective process for making water- proof lime. A short cut to plastering may also result from this develop- wment, which employes a mixture of pulverized quicklime and fatty glyce- rides, he reports. Pointing out that extreme condi- tions of leaking masonry usually are caused by actu ' cracks in the mortar and also by improper adhesion of the mortar to the brick surfaces, which leaves openings, Wood explains that mortar without cracks which is per fectly bonded frequently absorbs cone siderable water through the almost inevitable pores of the masonry. It is possible that more than 50 per eent of the total water absorbed ene ters through the mortar joints, which deserve primary attention in any ate tempt to eliminate or reduce absorpe tion, he declared. Mortar is readily made impermeable by adding to the mix standard water proofing compounds, but these, he said, are found unreliable as practical commercial products. Fat or Oil Added. “Waterproof lime is a high calcium, hot slacking quicklime in pulverized form to which has been added, by & process of atomization and mechani| cal mixing, a relatively small per- centage of fat or oil of vegetable or animal origin,” Wood continued. “The permanent waterproofing | ability of this product has been | demonstrated not only by laboratory | tests extending over several years, but by practical use in more than 300 important new buildings. all free from | Jeaks and all practically free from efflorescence. The mortar has re- mained strongly water repellent after weathering, in the case of the oldest buildings, through five successive Win- ters. Outstanding examples are the | buildings of the Yale Divinity School | at New Haven, Conn, completed in| 1932." Desirable for Stucco. Btucco failures usually age attrib- uted to cracking, leaking and disin- tegration because of excessive volume | 308, T EC TR T & card | change, Wood stated. “A high-lime mixture is particularly desirable for| &tucco and the use of waterproof lime golves the one real problem by pro- viding & stucco which is waterproof in addition to having the desirable quality of relative elasticity and free- dom from cracking due to its volume change. | “Another use of waterproof lime | which may become a new and popu- | lar short cut in the plastering trade | is the application of a washable and | permanently waterproof wall finish | coat composed of the simple mixture | of colored waterproof lime putty and | & cement.” BORROWERS MAY | PAY AT ANY TIME| F. H. A. Answers Queries Regard- ing Advance Settlement of Insured Mortgages. Numerous inquiries have been re- ceived by the Federal Housing Ad- ministration as to whether payments may be made on an insured mortgage in advance of the time they are due. The answer sent to those who have inquired is that such payments are acceptable and that a borrower may reduce his indebtedness as rapidly as | he desires. The arrangement, however, is en- | tirely between the borrower and the | lender, and the Federal Housing Ad- ministration has no regulations on the subject. One method suggested is that the advance payment credited at the end of the period. Another is that it be prorated and the monthly payments reduced. The | chief interest of the Federal Housing Administration is that there be ‘no violation of the regulation fixing the | maximum rate of interest at §| per cent. | ‘To protect themselves it frequently eccurs that borrowers do not want to contract to make payments they might, under certain circumstances, be unable to meet. It then develops they find themselves in possession of surplus funds they desire to apply to the mortgage. In at least three in- stances payments have been made on this basis. From the number of in- quiries it is evident that interest on| the subject is widespread. | $6,850 REMARKABLE VALUE NEW BRICK BUNGALOW A Finest Construction ‘Wonderfully Finished Furred Walls Five Rooms, 1st Floor Electric Kitchen Latest Bath Pantry—G. E. Refrig. Beautiful Stone Fireplace Exceptional Cellar Brick Garage OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Go. Abe. to Siver Springviaduct urn . 13 miles over Sligo A r?.km.'yhui:“ ) o ‘GREENwOOD Flower Ave £ OPEN bggx'v‘ Flower Ave. SEE OUR FISCHER & COMPANY 907 15th St. MEL. 0045 fa————————— EAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, New Dwelling in Northwest Park Miss Ethel G. Christensen recently purchased this home, located at 4717 Forty-sixth street, Northwest Park, from the Cafritz Construction Co., builders. The home is Dulch Coloni: al in design. ~—Star Staff Photo. Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. NOCTURNE. was once the site of a ceme- tery and therein hangs a tale dent of the Capital. A group of colored men living near tions when they wanted to play cards. So they discovered an empty vault in the burial grounds and made use of it when they gambled. One night a policeman was stroll- ing through the cemetery, tapping | tombstones with his stick as he ambled | along. The eerie raps came closer room and the players became more and more alarmed. 4 ' It is doubtful whether the card players or the policeman were more scared as the former group dashed into the open and ran in one direction and the guardian of the law retreated hastily in another. * ok * X HERO’S LUCKY SEVEN. Detective Sergt. Earl Baker, who won himself a promotion recently by thwarting an attempted hold- up on Bladensburg road northeast, says his lucky mumber is that old demon 7. Baker was born at 7 a.m. on the seventh day of the sev- enth month of 1897; during the World War, his locker number was 70, while he was in the Coast Ar- tillery Corps, and 27 when he was transferred to the Infantry. And the number of his detective ser- geant badge is 42, which he looks on as siz 7’s. e NOTE ON KINDNESS. :A PROSPEROUS - LOOKING, el- derly man rode a Chevy Chase { bus Thursday morning as the guest of the driver after an argument over Semi-Detached Brick 523 Rittenhouse St. N.W. Only 35’950 Six rooms and bath in an ideal location. Automatic hot-water heat d Elec. Refrigeration. ‘:vutg:r- ce house condition. Open Today and Sunday Harry B. Pitts Co. 1015 15th St. N.W. Met. 0100 $11,250 7 16th St. te Sheridan & to house. It was raining hard when the man IRST street and Florida avenue climbed aboard at Sixteenth and K | streets to ride down town. He offered a transfer, but the driver said: recalled by a long-time resi-| “I can't take that. It was issued | by another line.” “All right,” replied the passenger | North Capitol and L streets used to| heatedly, “—but I won't pay another | be harrassed by anti-vice organiza- | fare, and I won't get off this bus!™ | The driver fumbled in his pockets, found a dime and dropped it into the fare box. | “I wouldn't put an elderly man off in this rain,” he said, as he threw the bus into gear. * x * % PASSING THOUGHT. | Why is it most motorists buy gasoline five gallons at time? We have noticed that most tanks in a big station were stopped at five gallons. and questioned an attend- ant. The man said he did not know the answer, but that four out of five customers purchased the amount in question. Adding another gallon would result in a saving of a cent, however. HITCH-HIKER AT 80. was stationed out on the Lee | Highway near Fairfax the other day. His age was conservatively esti- mated at 80 and he had & Santa | THE OLDEST hitch-hiker on record | Claus beard that flowed down to his waist, He propped himself on a stick and | waved his thumb in direction of the | virginia mountains each time a car passed. LI 1 AMOS 1S CURIOUS. JFREEMAN F. GOSDEN, who is Amos | | in the radio team of Amos 'n’| Andy, could not resist a wise crack| while J. Edgar Hoover, head G-man, was showing Gosden and Charley Correll (Andy) the criminal record of | Alvin Karpis, so-called “public enemy No. 1” during a visit to the Federal | Bureau of Investigation Thursday. | | Karpis is being widely sought by the | | G-men, Hoover® had answered numerous | | questions propounded by “the boys"— | | questions about Karpis' various | erimes, his companions and so forth—when Amos said: “Mr. Hoover | I've got just one more question about Karpis: Where is he?” * ¥ ¥ ¥ FOUND—A REASON. A PROMINENT illuminating en- | gineer has declared that the nearest perfect light for the Nordic eye is that of an open fleld on a clear June day. In making this statement, ' he declared that the lighting of the new Supreme Court building falls | far short of this ideal. | This is advanced by unofficial ob- servers as the reason why the august court has been unable to “see” some of the New Deal measures. ! Vermin Detest Paint. Fresh paint is one of the most powerful weapons that can be used against household vermin. Many in- sects will not remain in the proximity of paint, and it not only kills or | drives them off, but will prevent the | hatching of eggs, larvae and pupae. | Then, too, painted walls may be kept | spotlessly clean, thus removing the | food supply for the unweicome visi- | | tors. “CLARENFORD" REASONABLE DOWN PAYMENT—BALAN CE LIKE RENT D. C., Commercial Timber Lands’ day in the Southern States. 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