Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1935, Page 24

HOME SHOVS A0D ‘O BULDNG UE Interest Growing in National Exhibitions—Baltimore Event Opens Jan. 4. Judging from inquiries and appli- eations from many sections of the country, municipal interest is increas- ing in the national home shows to be held this Winter and next Spring by local real estate boards and other civic organizations, and municipal govern- ments, co-operating with the Manu- facturers’ Housing Display Council. The 'first show, as has been an- nounced, will open in Baltimore, Md., on January 4 and continue for one week. This show, as are all others for which dates have been set and those which will be arranged for later, are being operated under the organi- wations mentioned and are furnished | with special display equipment by the Federal Housing Administra- tion. This will include ultra-modern talking towers, which will feature photographs or models of houses that can be built under the Federal Hous- ing insured mortgage plan, and space will be available where plans and specifications of these houses can be distributed. They also include elec- trical transcription records which will broadcast information on the various provisions of the national housing act, as well as talks on modern build- ing materials and housing equipment. Displays to Be Educational. The Federal Housing information booth will be devoted to illuminated educational displays covering the modernization features and insured mortgage provisions of the national housing act. The four shows for which dates Rave been set are: The one in Bal- timore, January 4 to 11: Houston, Tex., January 11 to 18; Fort Worth, ‘Tex., January 25 to February 2, and Miami, Fla., January 25 to February 1. In every instance the shows are being sponsored by the Real Estate Board of the city in question, along lines developed by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. The action of the Federal Housing Administration In supplying educa- tional exhibits for these.shows is in line with a long-established govern- mental policy, except that the condi- tions are somewhat changed. Ordi- narily the Government provides edu- cational exhibits for world fairs and expositions, to which the people must travel if they wish to see them. Under the new set-up the exhibits are made available to responsible local groups, for home-town showings, the expense, of course, being borne by the local groups. Standard Products Used. While national home shows are local undertakings, the displays are those of nationally advertised ma- terials, supplies and appliances which 80 toward making an attractive home and equipping it with those furnish- ings which give it not only com- and convenience but also luxury. AL ESTATE. Frederick Hatcher. NEXT? FORMER . Washington society girl—Mrs. Deering Howe, the | former Polly Brooks—is noth- | ing if mot original when it | comes to naming race horses. | Some time ago, Mrs. Howe sought | to convince her husband that sne ought to own a racing stable. The husband, & Wall Street man, finally agreed, but stipulated the stable should |- consist of just one horse. So she pur- chased 2 colt at Saratoga for $2,500 and, to josh her husband, named him | Only One. In the last year, Only One has de- veloped into one of the country’s best | stake horses. In about 30 starts,- he Washington Wayside Random Observations of Inferesting Events and Things. One of the outstanding features of | W8S out of the money less than half a |a man very often and what made it | the more interesting was the wooden cage carried by the owner against the | | time when the duck should get tired. | The man and the dog were very | poised about the whole thing: totally | oblivious of the attention they were | | receiving. The duck, padding along | | in a pair of soft black shoes, took it | | more self-consciously. An occasional | mischievous wink at his admiring | | audience told them that he, too, recog- nized the drollery of it all. * % * x | LADY’S BARGAIN. | TH!Y do make these Christmas goods. displays attractive; too attrative, COLONY OF STEEL Mr. anc Mrs. Aaron Tushin have acquired this dwelling, located at 4943 Massachusetts avenue, from R. The transaction was made through the office of Frank S. Phillips, realtor. The house contains seven rooms and two baths. ~—>Star Staff Photo. be 6 years old and seeing the United States for the first time, and if he was learning any English. “Aw, nerts!” replied the young Latin American, “Why don't you be yourself!” * kK % NIGHT IN. THIS true story is about a “book- worm” who got locked into the Congressional Library at night after the lights had been switched off, re- sulting in terror, screams and eventual rescue by a much-surprised watchman. An expert genealogist gained admit- tance to one of the special stacks and became completely absorbed in search- ing for a certain ancestral line, hoping to trace it back to Adam or his near relatives. Closing time came, the lights in the main reference room were turned off, | and soon the whole building was in darkness. The lady in the book stacks had her own special light, so was un- | aware all the others had been dimmed. | Suddenly discovering her predica- | | one young lady shopper has decided. |ment the ancestor-hunter groped her i the shows will be the construction of a full-sized model home, plans dozen times and earned upward of ;350,000. while competing with Dis- being drawn by local architects and, ¢OVery, King Saxon and other cham- approved by the Federal Housing Ad- | pions.. There were few, if any, better in Maryland this Fall. Times, she figured the other day, way back to the reference room, are still pretty hard. She decided 0 | screamed for help, arousing the night n;mce the number of her Cpf{!"fl”;nechmm in another part of the gifts to one—male. On the* way 10 | pyjlding, who finally located the pris- select it she saw a counter displaying | oner and escorted her to the great out- | ministration. a0 FLORIDA BUILDING Realtor Reports Trades Working in Three 8-Hour Shifts. Real estate activity in Florida greater than that of the boom of a dozen years ago is predicted by a prominent realtor, who recently re- turned from the South. He visited Miami and Fort Myers and reported 7 new hotels and 25 new apartment houses under construction in Miami alone. He said builders were wotrking in three shifts of eight hours to catch up with the building demand. As a result of all this, Mrs. Howe's husband decided to let her buy another Thorse. She named the second colt Twice. * %k * X .. VARIETY! Maybe business is ting tough, or else the fortune Telling places around town are going in for va- riety. We saw one place the other day which advertised card reading, crystal gazing, palmists, trance me- diums and psychics. It has always been our impression that each was more or less of a specialization— however, the public has its vagar- des of taste, and this professional soothsayer was taking no chances of losing business. e * k¥ % Roofs Need Examination. Roofs suffer during the Winter from the action of snow and frost, so make yours as tight as possible before it has to withstand their attacks. Ex- ‘amine the roof carefully and replace any broken or cracked slates or tiles or shingles you may find. If your | roof is covered with paper or felt shingles in long strips, fasten down | with a little roofing cement any gaps that may have appeared. DROLL DUCK. e ONE touch of Nature makes the whole world kin--but the chap walking down Connecticut avenue the other afternoon had two, a dog and a duck. They made quite an attractive | trio and the somber faces of even the | passing Statesmen twisted into pleased | smiles. The world does not see the iecmbln ion of a dog and a duck and Sonnysayings 756 Quebec St. N.W. Near Ga. Ave. and Rock Creek Church Road A 22-foot-wide Kennedy- built brick home. 6 rooms, bath, large roomes, big closets, 1st and 2nd story rear porches. ' Garage. Reconditioned Like New Open Saturday and Sunday W orsos Oh! Ain't this comedown fo a1} Washington Bldg.—DI. 9486 feller like me? Playin’ house with baby! WESLEY HEIGHTS CORNER—OPEN SU Astounding Value at "m 4501 Cathedrol Ave. N.W. 7 lorge rooms, automatic heat, center-hall plan; home in perfect condition; 2-cor garage. 92715t st. NW. ' ERANK S. PHILLIPS District 1411 REALTORS—EXCLUSIVE AGENTS wrapping paper, ribbons, seals, etc. It was too much. She stopped and bought enough to wrap a dozen gifts, | maybe more. But it won't do the other 1l1—or more—persons any good. VERNACULAR. A woman who has been studying Spanish put her proficiency to the test the other day in the lobby of a hotel here when she was intro- duced to the small son of a Latin American envoy, rounding out his first week in the United States. She addressed the youngster in her best text book phrases, asking, among other things, how it felt to Detached All-Brick Corner, Home of Distinction Six large rooms, fwo tile baths with showers, tile lavatory on first floor, large concrete porch on south, rock wool insulation, furred walls, built-in gorage. Beautifully lundscaped fot. Truly @ beoutifully finished home of exceptional value. ad ] chaic Erroums| HEALTH HOME 7101 8th St. N.W. EUGENE H. PHIFER 3814 20tk 8t N.E, North 5800 doors, unharmed but still greatly | frightened. * X ¥ % NO GRAVY. RmTAT[V! VIRGINIA E. JENCKES of Indiana and William | ‘Tyler Page, clerk of the House and | widely known as the author of the “American Creed,” marrowly escaped a gravy bath the other day in a Cap- | itol cafeteria. In this particular eating place there | are no tables. Guests sit on stationary stools around a U-shaped bench, and | rub elbows with each spoonful of soup. | In Select EDGEMOOR $7,850 4810 North Lane This home of homes, far be- low the average price in this section, is a value you can not afford to miss, Center Entrance Living Room 30" 8- deen o ok % HOUSES STARTED Two More Near Completion in Bethesda—Layouts Are Different. leeway in bolting the frames to the | foundations and to each other without | great attention to accuracy in setting the bolts. Change Made in Bolting. In the first houses the floor girders were fastened to the foundation and the wall frames to the girders. Under the new construction the frames are bolted directly to the foundations and the girders bolted to the fames, in- creasing somewhat the rigidity of the strueture. In the first houses the steel window frames were welded to the wall frames, making these wall frames rather difficult to handle. Under the new method, the steel inside trim is welded to the wall frames and the steel sash bolted into place by means of prefixed holes. | The houses, including the land, were | sold for $7,800 and $7,950. The differ- ence is accounted for by the fireplace installed in one of the houses, During the rush hour there is hardly room for any one to sit. | Anyhow, Mrs. Jenckes and Page were | seated at the northeast corner of the U-shaped bench, discussing politics, | the weather and whatnot, totally ob- | livious of a careless waiter who, in the rush, became a little more careless | than usual and shoved a fresh pork | sandwich covered with gravy in front | of a customer. The plate, with its| sandwich and gravy, started to slide. | 'fllewd(zrmbhedfm‘l‘,butitw‘ too late. | The sandwich and part of the gravy dropped into the customer’s lap. He | jumped off the stool. So did Mrs. | Jenckes and Page, seated nearby. For- | tunately, however, Mrs. Jenckes dis- | covered that the grease had escaped | her dress, and about the same time | Page found out that his immaculate cut-away coat also was untainted with | pork gravy. | will find the house that offering, beauty o embodying every essential of the ideal A Delightful Section of Woodridge 2632 Newton St. N.E. A beautiful all-brick home on rooms and tiled bath, detached v gt frigeration and range. Close to All Conveniences and Rhode Island Avenue large lot, containing 6 large .gnme.o’}"hoswroomm Il‘l'i- and equipped with the most modern re- $9,500 PHILLIPS & CANBY, INC. Investment Bldg. - Nat. 122. 14th St. NW. THAT INSURES AEE Q& ¥ 7 Bedtime Just in BY THORNTON W. BURGESS, B i 4 f e S ZEEEEE that shell would open wider, for he very much wanted that clam. You HE COULDN'T SHAKE THAT CLAM OFF. see, he was very, very hungry, and, although he had never eaten a clam, he had seen Jerry Muskrat eat many of them, and he knew that it would | be good eating. “So at last he had taken a chance, expecting to drive his bill into the opening of that shell and get the clam therein. But that | shell had closed just as. the tip of | Rattles’ bill had entered, and there | he was held by the tip of his bi]l. | Frightened? Did you ask if Rattles was frightened? He was so frightened that he really didn’t know what he was doing. He beat frantically with | his wings. He splashed the water | and made a great commotion. Fortu- nately, the clam was not too big. In | the struggle Rattles pulled the clam | out on the shore. The clam still held | on. Rattles shook his head, or tried | to, with all his might. He couldn't | shake that clam off. He tried to fly up to a perch in a tree, but that ‘i clam pulled his head down so that || he couldn’t do much in the way of | flying, and he was soon back on the ground, struggling. | Now, it happened that Reddy Fox | was not far away. Perhaps you re- || member how Rattles had dropped a | fine trout while flying over the Green | REAL ESTATE. Stories Time. he fortunately hit a tree and knocked Reddy sprang just the fraction of a second too late. He missed Rattles, b;;l he just missed him and that was all. NATION-WIDE ETHICS CODE HELD NEEDED Establishment Is Within Power of Heal Estate Boards, Pre- views Head Says. A code of ethics, as binding on the real estate broker in Maine as on the broker in the soithmost corner of California, is the instrument which will 1ift the real estate business to & level which will win the respect and the confidence of the public and at | the same time attract the best brains | in the country to this field of enter prise, according to C. T. 8. Keep, president of Previews, Inc. Mr. Keep believes that this is within | the possibilities of the National Asso- ciation of Real Estate Boards which | has member boards in every leading city of the country, with the possible | exception of Manhattan. | Every person in the market knows | where he does not want to live but what he wants to know is where he should live, and it is the job of the real estate broker, the man who is supposed to know everything about property that is in the market for sale or rent. EDGEMOO R, MD. Up into & tree flew Rattles, and | then when he could get his breath | how he did scold in that harsh, rattling voice of his! Reddy Fox looked up at him and “Your good luck was my grinned. bad luck, Rattles,” said he. “I thought | I had you that time. But tell me, what under the sun were you doing with that clam! Or was the clam doing something to you?” Rattles made no reply, but flew away to nurse his injured feelings where there was no one to see him. Reddy walked over to the clam lying on the ground. He picked it up. | | | 6909 Beverly Road Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Bank of | | Bethesda, lest on Edgemoor Lane. A house of smart address snd dis- tinctive charm, close to the city's || business in an invigorating coun- | o | wonder,” said he to himself, “just how | it is that Jerry Muskrat manages to open one of these things.” (Copyright, 1935.) Liquid Plant Food rig_ . success with HOUSE PLANTS New. scientifically prepared, com- Dletely baianced fertilizer. CONVENIENT—ODORLESS Breakfast_room Electric refriger ion Lot 50x150. tifully wooded s 5 z&m HEALTH HOM Open Daily and Sunday GOSS REALTY COMPANY 3. 8. Eaten, Sales 1405 Eye N.W. Na. 1353 I AN OUTSTANDING VALUE (Corner House) Forest and it had fallen right in front || of Reddy. It had seemed to the latter | Built By Luchs & Wulf 2 WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. MEMBERS WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE BOARD WITH MODERN GAS PLIAN Stove Parts: Boilers, Furnaces, Stoves Capitol Rock Wool Insulation Air-Conditioning Furnaces Fries, Beall ¥ Sharp 734 10th St. N.W. Nat. 1964 | o large corner lot. This house is in | and bus line within one block. Open 1512 K ST, | An unusual corner value, 6 Rooms and Tiled Bath, with Built-in Garage, on 6401 9th St. N.W. HARRY WARDMAN, INC. new condition throughout. Stores, car | 10t0 9 A Value You’ll Like! Corner Rock Creek Ford Road 5625 New Hampshire Ave. At Madison St. FACING WIDE BOULEVARD in one of the foremost residential sections of Washington. on an high elevation commanding sweeping you will 0 E been combined with lifetime construction home. views of the ecity. be proud i In this ETACHED Garage . « « #ns heat . , . rock wool insulatie + copper . . » Elees trolux refrigeration . . o large finished attic. Open Daily & day to b District 3346 THE HOME [UM;O'?/\ l planned center-hall real value on today’s market. six large rooms, two baths, inspection. A RS04} o b 5801 Nebraska Ave. N.W. Quick Access fo Downtown From Rock Creek Park's Many Drives HE location . . . the construction . . . and the-con- veniences embodied in this Distinctively designed and Colonial residence make it a Outside, it’s grand looking. The lot is large and it’s beautifully landscaped. Inside, you'll find finished attic and many other worthy ‘features. There’s gas heat. Today—rain or shine— is'a GOOD time to see this home. It will stand your critical OPEN EVERY DAY 10 AM. TO 9 PM. J. Wesley Buchanan, Inc. 916 15th St. N.W. MEt. 1143