Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1940, Page 20

REALESTATE. Features of Two Types Are Combine In Fire Screen Problem of Leaking Faucets Solved by Ball-Bearing Washer By DOROTHY DUCAS and * ELIZABETH GORDON. When flames crackle on the hearth it 1s, as we all know, a good idea to have some protection against the possibility of sparks leaping out into the room. Thus fire screens. There are many types of fire screens, but in general they can be divided into two kinds—those that stand on one edge in front of the fireplace and those that hang down like curtains from the top of the fireplace. Believe it or not, we have found 8 fire screen that combines the salient features of both. These screens stand on one edge, supported by two small legs, one at either end, and from the top part of their frame hang two metal curtains which may be completely or partly drawn. Across the bottom is a panel of the ‘metal cloth permanently fastened to the frame and having slots for protruding andirons, to give positiye ‘protection near the floor. The screens are made in three sizes, fitting the usual fireplace openings: 31 inches wide by 31 inches high; 37 inches wide by 31 inches high, and 43 inches wide by 31 inches high. They do not have to be installed permanently like some curtain-type screens and they can be removed entirely, like portable standing screens, when you want to clean out the hearth. Sturdily constructed, with a heavy angle iron frame, the screen comes in several finishes—black, antique brass or brass trim. The curtains themselves are finished in black by an electroplated process, which | makes them rust resisting and | which will not peel or flake off, but | you can make your own choice of | finish for the decorative band across the top. The curtains are fastened to rings which slide along round | horizontal rods concealed from view behind the top of the frame. These screens cost between $15 and $20 in standard sizes and should last a long, long time. * K Kk ok Recessed Bathroom Accessories. Some of the news in new products | for new and old homes is not ap- parent in an inspection of the prod- ucts themselves. For instance, if | you were to look over the line of | recessed bathroom accessories—soap dishes. tumbler holders, combination | soap dish and grab bar for tub— you might say: “Very nice,” and miss entirely the real story behind | them. | For, although this particular Iine} 1s good looking, made of chromium- | plated brass simple in design and construction, the interesting feature is their size. These three pieces | have an over-all size of five and | one-half inches by five and one-half inches, requiring an opening in the wall only four and one-quarter by four and one-quarter inches. This means they can be set in a tiled bathroom wall merely by removing one square tile and putting the ac- cessory in its place. Almost all tiles installed in bath- fooms come in 4-inch squares. But up to now the recessed accessories measured 6 inches by 6 inches, re- quiring all openings 51 inches square. Therefore they had to be installed by cutting the four tiles surrounding the one which was re- moved and mitering the corners. | This meant extra work, and if the mechanic doing the job was not quite expert, sloppy work as well. But with the new size, there is no cutting, no mitering, no patching necessary at all. | Though smaller, the new acces- sories are large enough to hold any | regular tumbler or cake of soap, | and because they use less material COUN'"{Y CLUB VILLAGE $6,950—Easy Terms i gl St b Route: To N.W. end of Massachusets Avenue, turn right to River Road, then left to our sign. Open 9 to 9. YELLOTT & CO. NA. 0484 |tered on the stem, tighten it suf- & Cuvier A. Metzler. BUY ROLLINGWOOD DWELLING—This new home at recently was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Webb, jr., and Mrs. Gertrude Mangold. " WASHINGTON, 690 Rollingwood drive, Chevy Chasé, Md., It was built by —Star Staff Photo. they are cheaper -than they used | to be. All of this is the “news behind | the news” in bathroom accessories. * X X X New Faucet Washer. Leaky faucets, which waste water and stain porcelain sinks and wash basins, are ever-recurrent problems around the house. Wouldn't you like to fix yours—or have them fixed —once and for all? There is a new type of faucet washer on the market which cuts down or eliminates the washer- changing act in most homes. It is a ball-bearing washer which takes | up rotational friction and thus pre- vents the twisting and grinding of | washer against the seat of the| faucet, the usual cause of dripping faucets. The new washer is installed like any ordinary one. You insert the washer bearing on the end of the stem, insert the screw in place, mak- ing sure the new bearing is cen- ficiently to hold the bearing in posi- tion, attach the washer to the bear- ing base by bending over six metal clips—and there you are. If the cup on the faucet is too deep to permit bending the clips, you will have to file down the edge of the cup, that's all. Washers of any kind are inex- pensive, and this one, while slightly more costly than ordinary ones, is| only 35 cents, complete with ball- bearing part of monel metal and rubber cap. The metal ball-bearing part is non-corrosive, unaffected by temperature or water minerals, and should last a lifetime, we are told. The rubber cap, which is heat re- sisting, should last several years, and may be replaced for 10 cents. Almost every home has dripping faucets, which waste a great deal of water in the course of a year, even if they drip only 60 drops a| minute. It has been estimated 60| drops of hot water a minute can cost.a family from 12 cents to 41 cents a month’ for each faucet, de- pending on whether the family uses coal, oil, gas or electricity as fuel. But even if the economy involved does not interest you, a leaky faucet is a nuisance because of its discol- oring effects. And who can stand the sound of drip-drip-drip when-l ever the house is quiet? ik ok X For further information about products described’ here, write the Misses Ducas and Gordon, 230 West Forty-first street, New York City, and inclose stamped, self-addressed envelope. Architects (Continued From First Page.) professions, with other factors of the building industry, with realtors, investment bankers and society. The convention also will give se- rious thought to questions concern- ing the next generation of archi- tects, according to Mr. Bergstrom. | The program, he said, will give the profession opportunity ‘o refamili- arize itself with the trénds and processes of the training of that generation. Maginnis to Speak. Charles D. Maginnis of Boston, past A. 1. A, president, will addressq the opening session on “The Profes- | sion and Scciety.” Mr. Bergstrom | will deliver the presidential address on Wednesday, when nominations ‘for officers and directors will be an- nounced. H. Daland Chandler of Boston has been nominated for regional director of the New Eng- land district of the institute, and Clement R. Newkirk of Utica, N. Y., for regional director of the New| York district. | Informal round-table discussions will feature Wednesday afternoon’s| sessions., The topics include “The Field of Architectural Practice,” “Housing. Urban, Rural, Small 4510 Chase Ave., Westboro, Bethesda, Md. 7,990 Easy Terms Center hall, 3 bedrooms, 2 of which will take twin beds with full set of furniture; large living room, din furniture, full basement with recreat Open Daily and S ing room will take complete set of ion room, oll modern improvements. unday Till 9 P.M. Out Wisconsin Ave. 3 blocks morth of Bank of Bethesda, turn right on Chase Ave. to house. Owner— M. E. HYMAN —Builder Houses”; “Partial Services” “Re- gional Development,” “Rural Prac- tice” and “Relations of the Profes- sion to Soclety.” The first national symposium on new building materials will be held Friday afternoon in association with the Producers’ Council. Speakers and their topics are A. W. Varasse of the architectural relations de- partment of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co, “Glass Blocks”; Dr. Bruce W. Gonser, supervisor of the division of non-ferrous metals of the Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, “Exterior Decora- tive Metals”; L. H. Meyer of the United States Plywood Corp. of New York, “Plywood,” and J. Roger White, assistant to the president of the Formica Insulation Co., Cin- cinnati, “Plastics.” Britain obtained 18,000,000 tent | pegs by cutting off the top boughs of trees which otherwise would have been thrown awa; D ‘f;anjfii'u McDonald Predicts Greater Gains for Home Building Mortgage Insurance Applications Show Decided Pickup . Pointing to sfriking achievements in the home building field 4n 1039 Federal Housing Administrator Stewart McDonald has predicted that even greater gains may be ex- pected in 1940 on the basis of the Federal Housing Administyations current home-mortgage insuring ac- tivities, 4 At present, he pointed out, appli- cations for mortgage insurance cov- ering new homes are running 30 to more than 50;per cent ahead of the corresponding weeks a year ago, and the number of new homes being started under the F. H. A. program is showing weekly gains of as much as 35 per cent. In the week ended May 11, 4,377 new small homes were started under F. H. A. inspection, the largest number on record. In his annual report to Congress, Mr. McDonald summarized develop- ments, in the residential building field last year, and said the year was featured by the largest number of non-farm dwelling units since 1929, with an estimated 465,000 units built, Altogether, the report said, ap- 7,350 sold wher antially built, Towtor $15350, They " surely’ Bav deteriorated %o such an extent. Real value, and opportunity is here! 1217 Hamilton N.W. Just east of 13th St. tive lot 159 ft. ‘.'B' churches, street cars, et Open Sunday L. T. Gravatte 729 15th REALTOR NA. 0733 SURPRISING VALUES Be Sure to See These New 5 & 6 Room Brick Homes in Decatur Beights, Ad. Good design—complete equipment. including ga- rage, rch and automatic heat—large landscaped lots—homes of exceptional quality on liberal purchase plans. #7,450 |13 ° i Note at 3% for Balance With 20 Years to Pay NO COMMISSIONS NO RENEWALS schools. Drive out to Peace Cross in'Bladensburg., Edmonston Road block to home. TO REACH con- 2 blocks beyond to Beach Avenue, left 1 Served by 2 bus lines and 2 Defense Highway Robt. N. Taylor & Robt. G. Van Vranken 1512 K St. N.W. AGENTS District 3830 Wesfourer Alexandria, Virginia ONLY 15 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN ROOMS (2 BEDROOMS) ® OIL BURNER © TILED BATH WITH SHOWER © ROCK WOOL INSULATED NN TMAY 18, [ repair provisions of the National Housing Act. Continued progress was achieved during 1939 in making the F. H-A.'s underwriting, appraisal, architec- tural, land planning and technical services valuable to the public, the report said. Progress under the F. H. A, Mr. McDonald declared, has been accomplished at little cost to the Government, with charges against its insurance reserves re- maining extremely small at the end of the year and with its income ex- ceeding operating expenses, Star Home (Continued From First Page.) A door from the library leads to a screened porch and garden. To the right of the entrance hall is the dining room with its two large win- dows, including a bay window on the front. The kitchen, having a full com- | . One wall kitchen has been treated with mod- ern glass brick. The master bedroom, almdst 19 feet long, is directly above the din- ing room and kitchen. It hasa pri- vate bath and two large closets. The second bath is at the front of the upstairs hallway and is com- veniently placed in relation to. the other two bedrooms. The basement, with its open fire- place, affords ample space for a family recreation room. A two-car built-in garage also is provided. This residence, which was fur- nished and decorated by J. Harold Gooding, was selected as the fourth Silver Star Home by the five housing experts who comprise the Silver Star Homes Committee. Window Decorations A deeply recessed window lined with beige pink mirror glass gives & warm and sunny effect to a break- fast room. Four glass shelves hold- ing small potted plants further deco- | te the window. - Picture Shows House i - Built Into Heart An interesting fllustration of ¢h deep interest taken by the family when & house is being built is made by photographs taken by Creighton Peet and reproduced in the June is- sue of House Beautiful. Mr, Peet has photographed two little boys who follow with eager attention every step taken for his book “This Is the Way We Build a House.” The pictures illustrate each step fiom the poring over original blue- prints to the point where the house is completed. The boys not- oniy develop an intelligent interest in house building, but also learn a great many facts about good con- struction’ that their elders would do well to know. Watching the house grow, first on the architect’s drawings, then in the builder’s plans and finally, board by board, brick by brick, is & sure way of imbedding that house in the hearts of every member of the family. ':.*********************************** TODAY’S ® New house condition ® 6 large rooms ® 2 tiled baths ® Full attic TO REACH: Out Conn. Ave to property. * . one block north of Bradley Lane, turn right on Raymond St. Insurance Company Says Sell! OUTSTANDING BUY — $8,950 $1,500 Cash—$60 Per Mol’h 219 RAYMOND ST., CHEVY CHASE, MD. CORNER LOT 60x150 @ Large modern kitchen and pantry ® New 6 cu. ft refrigerator @ New insulated gas range @ Delco Oil Burner OPEN SUNDAY 10 to 6 A Planned Community of 400 Al- Brick Homes—Most of Which Are Semi-Detached. 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Corner 30th St—Chevy Chase, D. C. = Beautifully mellowed in its setting and shrubbery is this story and helf home with five large rooms on first floor, open fireplace, beautiful bath, with one room upstairs with running water. 9 450 New oil burner, 2-car garage. Ample allowance will be made for redecorating. ’ FURNISHED EXHIBIT HOME Drive out Washington-Mt, Vernon Blvd. to Bashford Rd.—First street before um:u Alezandria, Right one block to Aomes. Open Saturday P.M. and All Day Sunday. §f\ PHILLIPS & CANBY, INC. 1012 15¢h Se. N.W. President, Foxcroft, Ine ME. 1143 | NA. 4600