The Washington times., 1906-03-11

Thomas r. Martin, the senior mem
Der of the firTu of Martin Brothers.
has lived a busy life Irrespective Of
real estate lines, which he follows with
great persistency. Mr.. Martin is a na-
tive OF Washington, and was educated
| in the puoIic schools OF this city. after
ward taking a course in the Column
| bian Law School
| For some years, he has maintained
| a legal residence in the State of Mary
, land. where he has held several elective
! offices
! Thad B. Sergeant has become so inn
pressed with some of his own wares
that he has purchased. partly for his
| own occupancy, during the past week.
one OF those delightful apartment
| buildings on Thirteenth street. just
above Otis Place. in Holmead Manor.
Mr.. Sergeant is much convinced of the
prospects Of Immediate and rapid ad-
vancement IN Mt. Pleasant and Hol-
mead Manor. owing TO the extension
of the excellent Fourteenth street car
service. which will be IN actual opera
tion through and beyond these suburbs
within the next three months.
David Moore Is telling a good story at
the expense of his friend James j.
hampton AS the yarn goes. Mr.. Lamp
ton, following long-estabiished custom
Of his, was standing, watch in hand. IN
front OF Mr.. Moore's office gazing In
tently westward up New York avenue.
He was waiting for the ball to drop on
the State, War. and Navy building. For
full seven minutes the Cardinal stood.
when. realizing the situation and unable
TO longer contain himself. Mr.. Moore In
Quired:
Say. hampton. what on earth are you
looking at?'
I'm waiting for that ball to fall. SO I
can set my watch. II seems to be
wrong" replied the watcher.
Don't you know that ball fell ten
minutes ago. You watching bird s
nest in the White House grounds, and
the lunch is on you concluded Mr..
Moore, as he prepared ais appetite.
The florists did a good business last
Monday-that Is. If the bower of grow
ing plants and cut flowers that literally
banked the new Offices of shannon 81
Luchs may be taken as a criterion OF the
other business of the day.
George p. Robinson Is a good-natured
man. If anybody ever had any doubt
of that fact he should now stop doubt
ing Here is the proof: Mr.. Robinson
and his wife were on their way to the
theater the other evening. and he. un-
willing TO abandon a good cigar. was
standing on the back platform Of the
car. The car stopped. and a ladv with
several bundles-one OF them a cooling
baby-started TO get aboard. Without
any special ceremony she said 90 the
pleasant faced broker, Hold this" and
she handed him the baby. Mr.. Robin
son took the oonsignment-ft comes nat
ural for him 10 accept responsibility.
Then the lady quietly entered the car
with her bundles and sat down And
there she sat. apparently oblivious 10
Mr.. Robinson's existence. The embar-
rassment of the situation grew more and
more tense and corner after corner was
passed. and II was especially intensified
by the humorous way In which the mat
ter seemed 10 appeal TO Mrs. Robinson,
Finally the theater was reached. and
then. in desperation for a better cIi-
max. Mr.. Robinson approached the lady
with the bundles and. reaching In her
direction, said:
Here It Is" The lady took the in
1
Mr.. Robinson said nothing and nobody
knows Just what he really thought on
the subject.
Z P Schwartz has been making
new record for himself-sening on an
average OF one house a day for about
a month, SO one Of his friends says
j. Louis Wiflige reports activity IN the
department Of loans during the past
several weeks, due not only to the
active sales business experienced gem
orally by brokers during the exception
ally mild winter season. but also TO the
early plans for building operations
proportions Mr.. Wfllige's company has
he reports. placed an aggregate of NS5,-
700 during the past week for builders.
E Fl Pillsbury, bead of David Moore's
sales departm ent, was In New York
TWO days within the past two weeks.
This Is the second sims he has jumped
into the Gotham whiTI lately-and stiH
nobody can ind out what it's all about.
"A deal is the only explanation vouch-
safed by the genial Ned"
Charles w. Fowler. who is making
himself felt In tie suburban branch of
the sSdt estate DsiSi0eSSs mas 80GGU an
other room to his offices. He says he
is ready TO meet the boom that every
body looks for this summer
Arthur J. Hendricks says that the
horse is too slow for him nowadays He
is unable to attend to the demands OF
his man customers with the old-fash-
ioned style of locomotion, and has been
provided by Willige, Gibbs & Daniel
with a fine new automobile of the most
approved pattern. His scene of troubles
will now be transferred from his impa-
tient customers to the bicycle squad.
This is the sixth automobile added TO
the garage of Willige, Gibbs 81 Daniel!
Robert II. Stone, of the office of Stone
& Fairfax, has a new auto, and figures
on getting around to about twice as
many customers as he used to reach
Charles +. Stone is having his auto
mobile painted. His friends say he is
getting ready for the I7tn of March.
Elmer L. Rogers, a new man in the
real estate field, has associated himself
with the sales department OF Willige,
Gibbs & Daniel People who know Mr..
Rogers say that his personal manner
and apt conversational style make il a
sure thing that he will make good IN
his work.