Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1937, Page 28

C—4 NEWHOUSING NEED TOPIC OF TALKS Wagner-Steagall Law Al- terations to Be Discussed at Realty Convention. WNeed that local housing authorities ereated under the impulse of the new ‘Wagner-Steagall law be set up in such & way as to consider the city’s hous- ing problem as a whole, including the ralationship of new dwelling construc- tion, whether by public, private or public-controlled private agencies, to the general welfare, will be an im- portant topic in discussions of the National Association of Real Estate Boards at its annual convention at Pittsburgh, October 20-22 ‘The convention will study possibili- #es opened by the new law as one phase of the whole question of hous- g and of needed re-development of American cities. Paul E. Stark, Madison, Wis., pres- fdent of the association, will open the eonvention October 20 with an ad- drest on projects which the associa- tion has before it in its work for sound conditions of real estate owner- ship. He will continue some long-term objectives which should have a rec- ognized place in national policy. Thumb-nail sketches of real estate | sround the world will be given the eonvention at its closing general ses- | sion by Hyde W. Perce, Chicago, back | from a second globe-circling study *ip. As previously announced, Myers Y. ©ooper, Cincinnati, former Governor | of Ohio, president of the Cincinnati | Real Estate Board, will state, at gen- | eral sessions of the convention, Ohio's | experience under the over-all limita- | tion of 1 per cent it has put upon the | reel estate tax rate. Ohio wrote the | Ymitation into its constitution in 1911. R. L. McKallip, president of the Pittsburgh Real Estate Board, hosts to the convention, will conduct an open- #ng roll call by regions. Phillp Huss, Pittsburgh, vice chair- man of the Pittsburgh Real Estate | Board's Committee on Publicity and Advertising, will address the brokers’ dirision of the association on classi- | fied advertising. A. F. Mohl, Chicago, | will talk on hidden costs of poor real | eatate management at a luncheon | meeting of the Institute of Real Estate | Management October 22 | Real estate boards and State real | estate associations are invited to ex- hibit at the coming national conven- tion their work and achievements of the past year. Realtors are invited to | exhibit examples of their advertising, | houses built and sold in 1937, office | forms and procedure, sales kits, prop- | erty briefs, etc. Display panels are to | be 4 by 4 feet, exhibitors to use as many as they need. { : . | “Stretchable” Phone Cord. | A “stretchable” cord for hand-set felephones is short and compact when not in use, yet extends as required The insulated wires are braided around an elastic core. REAL ESTATE. - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Attractive Home in Northeast Section Mr.and Mrs. J. D. Garrison just purchased this new home, located at 2204 S street northeast, from the Carroll Construction Co., owners and builders. —Star Staff Photo. BY DOROTHY DUCAS AND ELIZA- BETH GORDON. F THE outside walls of your brick house need “pointing” you don't have to wait until Indian Sum- mer weather brings the tempera- ture up high enough to risk working | on it. For, contrary to general belief, | the filling-in of cracks in mortar be- tween bricks can be done when the thermometer registers as low as 20 degrees F. if you use a caulking mor- tar that does not require protection during its hardening period. “Pointing” is a word that has an awesome sound to laymen’s ears, but | it has won its impressive effect un- | fairly. For the process is not so dif- ficult but that the earnest householder | can understand it as well as house- painting, chimney-cleaning, or any of the other familiar jobs which he usually hires some one to do for him. “Pointing” merely means the scraping out of faulty mortar between bricks | and the insertion of new properly | mixed mortar throughout the whole | of the crack. Success depends largely | upon the choice of proper mortar and | show mottled gray in color, when fin- | deck roofs, or old roofing of any kind; | NEVER EQUALLED the close following of directions for | its_use, | The pointing mortar which needs | no coddling while it sets makes a sealed joint through which water is said to be unable to pass. It does this by swelling after it is inserted and | pushing into all the little pores in the bricks on all sides of the crack. | This means there is a strong bond | between it and the brick, and so it | wont' disintegrate rapidly. | It may be mixed by workmen on the One of 2 New Houses on Dicturesque Dale Drizve, I oodside Forest Paneled den 2-car bi Lot 80 t-in garage Jit- ft. frontage Carefree Comfort With Moderm Gas Appliances TO REACH: Out 1th light in Silver Spring St Owner FULTON R. Waple & James, 8433 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring Office Right Mrs. K’s Toll House Tavern, left on Dale Drive to home. iSEoor Maid's quarters in basement Paneled recreation room avatory or Georgia Ave to traffic on Colesville Pike to GRUVER Builder Inc. SHepherd 5200 1415 Crittenden St. N.W. 14th St. Offered at a —that stamps it as one of Washington. 8 rooms, 4 bed rooms. reconditioned throughout. conveniently located—between 16th St. bus and 14th St. car lines; near schools, stores and churches. Heights . Price the best Home Values in Thoroughly This home is most | this mortar is mixed merely by adding | scaffold in the time it generally takes to temper ordinary mortar. One man | can do the whole thing, unlike ordinary | cement which requires a mixer and | applier. Coming in powdered form,| clear water as needed. It is troweled | in place, the joints having first been raked out, all loose mortar removed | and the cavities moistened. The mor- | tar is especially intended for use in| this way, not in large masses, like reg- ular mortar, You can figure how much you need | for a given job by measuring the depth | of the pointing. For a one-half-inch | depth, 1 pound of this expanding mortar will be required for from 10| to0 12 linear feet. When mixed to the | proper consistency for troweling, 100 pounds of this mortar makes 1 cubic | foot plus of compounded mortar, as against the 150-160 pounds it takes| for a cubic foot of ordinary mortar. Its unusual consistency keeps it from | dropping off while it is being applied and falling to the ground. If you do not want the mortar to ished, you can use a coat of apecllli mixture made by the same company, and put the desired pigments in that finished coat. Should the bricks themselves be porous—which they are in most cases, allowing moisture to penetrate—the manufacturers of the pointing mortar furnish a penetrating transparent waterproofing seal that is brushed over the entire surface, thus rendering it impervious to moiature, frost or to the accumulation of dirt and soot. This seal is said to be unaffected by changes in atmospheric conditions, HY not make the most of any flat- surfaced portion your house has? The space over the garage, for in- stance, or the top of that wing you added a few years ago—they would be mighty handy if they were surfaced with & permanent good looking and durable material, requiring no upkeep or repair at any time. Most flat surfaces are finished with paper sprinkled with slag or gravel or asphalt-mopped, and you can't walk on such a surface without wearing it thin. But if you cover the top with slate roofing, you can use it for a lifetime without fear of damage. There is a slate roofing made in many colors and patterns for just this sort of flat-roof use. It can be applied over wood sheathed frame construc- tion, concrete roof construction, steel D. C, BATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1937. and when it is used correctly, with wire mesh fabric flashings, etc., it is guaranteed for at least ten years and probably will last thirty. In that time & whole new generation of roughhouse- makers will have sprung up, to at- tempt inroads on the durable stuff. The slate roofing we have in mind is made and laid by the same manu- facturer who has been doing this kind of work for forty-four years. The ma- terial, rain-washed, keeps clean, needs no painting and does not tend to rot and decay. YO!J'VE heard all about copper for roofs. Everybody has. Increased interest in Regency houses, with their high and gentle-slooping roofs, has brought copper to the fore as a roof- ing material. But maybe you heard of it without realizing that in its familiar, hitherto expensive form—in sheets—it has joined the family of moderately priced roofings. Standing seam copper roofing has been on the market for almost three years at a price generally compar- able to slate, somewhere between $27 and $35. They can be installed, according to traditional methods, at & saving of one-third over what copper roofs of the same general kind could be installed before. Don't confuse them with copper shingles, about which we wrote some weeks ago. Copper shingles also are eco- nomical in price, but they make a roof quite different in appearance. Sheet, copper in this modern day has much the same appearance it had | when it was used on Christ Church, | Philadelphia, in 1749, or on the State Capitol in Boston in 1855. | $8,950 402 Thornapple St. Chevy Chase, Md. A delightful Dutch Colonial 'l situated on a sixty-foot lot ~ell shaded by giant oaks ond dogwood. Complete recondi- tioning included a Quiet May oil burner. This is an excep- ]} tional value in o section where Il overoge prices ore much higher. ‘ Open Saturday Afternoon and All Day Sunday Thos. J. Fisher & Co. { INC. ‘[ Di. 6830 738 15th St. N.W, 6405 Western Ave. N.W. Chevy Chase, D. C. (Corner Upland Terrace) A marvelous brick home on a 120-ft. corner lot, in the best section of Chevy Chase, D. C. First floor contains large living room, dining room, electric kitchen, lavatory and library. Second floor—3 large bedrooms, 2 complete baths. Third floor—2 large bedrooms and bath. Insulated with 4 rock wool—furred walls. Automatic heat and refrigeration. attached garage. We Have Never Offered a Home of This Value Before Phillips & Canby, Inc. : NAt. 4600 6638 32nd Place BARNABY WOODS Open Daily and Sunday 10 AM. to 9 P.M. AN ELECTRIC GARDEN HOME Rock gardens, pools and rambling stone walls, etched in the magic of modern lighting—a perfect setting for this New England farm house. There is little one could desire in the home or garden that is lacking. There are four bed Recreation room and bath in basement 2-car THIS 1S AN ELECTRIC KITCHEN HEALTH HOME 1012 15th St. N.W. Two things have made it possible | to get aheet oopper reasonably: First, the sheets have been narrowed to s width of 18 inches, reducing the seam spacing to a point more in keep- ing with small roofs. 8econd, the thinner metal weighs only 10 ounces to » square foot, as against 16 ounces formerly. Copper has many sdvantages be- sides economy and sppropriateness. It needs no upkeep. It eliminates fire hazards. Snow and ice do not cling to copper. It is lighter in weight than wood tile, asbestos or slate, thereby requiring s leas costly support- ing structure. It protects the insula- tion in the house, being completely water-tight and moisture-resistant. If your roof needs doing over don't overlook copper. You will need s complete wooden deck to apply the copper on, however, as you do with slate. But when it's done it's on to stay & lifetime. Synthetic Varnish Durable. ‘When you're considering the pur- chase of & plece of furniture and the salesman says that it's finished with synthetic varnish, the word “synthetic” doesn’'t mean an inferior substitute at all. Good-quality synthetic varnishes are usually extremely durable. HUDSON SUPPLY Announcement! REAL ESTATE. AN Achievement N DESIGN and VALUE—$8,250 This home, locoted in beautifui wooded Sonoma, weerents yowr immaediote and critical inspection. A duplieate of one of the monthly selections of Better Homes and Gardens, it has 5 large rooms—breakfost room—ettached gorage—basement—dining terrace—large, wooded lot, 60x141; siote roof— copper metal work, insulated ottic ond side walls, eopper plumbing, full- length bronze screens, automatic heat, weather-stripped ond eoulked, ex- ceptional kitchen equipment, tile and monel metal sink, ventiloting fom, § large closets, paneled fireplace. Stop paying rent and stert owning & home. 1214 KEUKA LANE To Reach Property: At Bank of Betheida bear left to Georoe- town Road, thence 1Y% miles to Sonoma Road, left to Keuka Lane. “Carefree Comfort With Modern Gas Appliances” A. H. SODERSTROM . wner-Builder 4115 Wisconsin Ave. 5 Clev. 6500 FIRST SHOWING Of 4 Distinctive Detached Homes, located on o High Elevation Overlooking a Wide 120-Foot Boulevard ve. N.W. Built by and Personally Supervised by Louis A. Stein, Builder of Fine Homes 7 Rooms 4 Bedrooms 2 Baths Recreation Room 2 Fireplaces Garage Paved Street and Alley Furred Walls Fully Insuloted Slate Roof PRICE $10,750 Reasonable Cash Poyment Eosy Terms. Located near schools, atores, and fast bus service, only 18 minutes from downtown it indotibindighie-hsoindeeiel Stebet el i bbbt kst etub e butembeichbendiind OPEN DAILY 10 TO 10 Drive straight out New Hampshire Ave. to 5600 block and Homes. BAKER REALTY CO,, 1420 K DI. 1311 play home at 408 Furnished ?Gfm’één Hemes Ine. —extends to you a personal invitation to visit their autumn dis- Clark Street, Northwood Park, Maryland. It is a charming five-room studio bungalow furnished in a modern version of those most favored periods—early American and Co- lonial. You will like it because it is livable, practical, and rea- sonable. This home is built on a spacious one-hundred-foot cor- ner lot and features carefree comfort with modern gas appliances. e icvae X > b 408 Clark Street NORTHWOOD PARK, MARYLAND under the direction of Mary Annette Chittick through the courtesy of The Hecht Co. of Washington. To reach: Drive out Colesville Pike 2'; miles beyond Georpia Aveniie Stiwer Spring trafic light to Four Corners, Our Homes are Priced From $6,500 to $9,750 Open Till 9:30 O'Clock Every Evening James Wilson, President Turn left on Wheaton Road one block $o home. Telephone ORURUBBUB S rooms, 2 baths, recreation room, maid's room and bath and two-car garage. Decorations by Sarah W. Moody, furnished by Potthast Broth- ers of Baltimore, “Makers of the True Antiques of Tomorrow.” THOS. J. FISHER & COMPANY, INC. 738 15th St. NW. ~ Agent. Dis. 6838 Thomas E. Clark, Vice President Shepherd William Walter Smith, Treasurer 4330 “The Woodland Community TO INSPECT PROPERTY Because directional arrows are prohibited lease follow these directions earefully. Drive out Conm, Ave, to Nebraska Ave. rnht to Utah Ave., left to Barmaby St.. take first right turn on Barnaby St. % block to $2nd PL Open Daily 10 to 9 Harry Wardman, Inc. 1512 K (Agents) DI. 3830