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however who prefer to remain in the city
and do not care to go out even when they
can get back and forth within half hour.
The demand for small homes for both
sales and renting purposes, dealers state,
will be far greater than the supply unless
there is some pretty rapid building in
the next year or two. The trend for homes
of modest design for the last three or four
years has been almost entirely toward the
nearby country. Now, however some of
the dealers claim that many people who
come here desire to remain in the city,
II they can do 80 conveniently, because of
the luxuriant foliage and beautiful lane
like streets, which cannot be matched in
any ordinary village. 1t is that type of
resident that affords the builder of small
homes such an excellent opportunity for
his investment
There nave been a number of two-fam-
lily houses built in the northwestern part
of the city in the past few months and they
have rented very readily at a time of the
year. the dealers say, when 1t Is not an
easy matter to put a new house on the
market.
One row of these houses near the termi-
nus of the Capital Traction line on 14th
street Is built with extra heavy timbers to
keep the noise of movements upstairs from
disturbing those that live on the floor be-
low and other precautions are taken to
preserve absolutely privacy. There are
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ORGAN TRUST AFTER HIM.
"Small Dealer" In Chicago Complains
That He's Being Put Out Of Business.

"Smau Dealer" in Chicago Complains
That He's Being Put Out Of Business.
From the Chicago News.
A fierce struggle for supremacy in the
hand organ music world is being waged ON
the South Side between the barrel organ
trust and one Anton Rocco, an independ-
ent producer, who has entered the field
with an improved music making device.
Everywhere that Rocco goes the trust
is sure to CO." is the slogan Of the>tfust,
and when Rocco backs his harmony ma
chine against the curb and begins to reel
off yard or SO Of 1.-THE Maiden's Prayer
trust machine Is quickly wheeled into
position alongside and let's fire volley Of
Alexander" AS usual in these fights of
combines. the consumers complain, the
public Is the victim
The scene of operations Is between 31st
and SD streets and Cottage Grove avenue
and Halsted street. Heretofore all barrel
organs used in this district were rented to
daily fee. but allows the exclusive privilege
of the territory to go with the machine
All went well until word was brought to
headquarters that there was a competitor
dustry. Not only does Rocco's machine
produce the familiar strains, but in the
popular songs the bars of the chorus are
punctuated by a brass drum and cymbals.
that Rocco must be made to leave the ter
ritory and he was told in no simple terms
to 'skiddoo-a," but he only smiled. Later,
he says. threats were made, but he con-
throngs of children. AS last resort the
idea Of sending another organ was formed.
His footsteps have been logged, he de-
clares. by trust hirelings. and when he
near as possible to his machine to confuse
his music.
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Blue Evening Suits for Men.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Once more the announcement comes from
London that the tailors have decided that
evening coats next winter are to be of blue
cloth instead of the conventional black. No
harm will ensue If the plan is carried out
but we have no faith that the change will
be popular 1t has been tried before with
out success. The change Is not radical
enough to appeal to many persons and 1t
involves a good deal of expense, SO that
it Is not cheering prospect for the dress
reformers."
A long time ago we were assured that 1t
took nine tailors to make man. Now
adays one does not even have to consult a
tailor at all, SO expert have the ready made
clothiers become. Moreover, man has been
so long accustomed to wearing black in the
evening that he has lost all desire to imi-
tate the butterflies and leaves that to the
tion. but often from necessity. as the
women can make use of all surplus funds
and generally good deal more Man prfdes
himself on the fact that his individuality
is greater because of the uniformity of the
clothes of his sex Where all wear similar
garments 1t is possible for worth to make
the man more effectively than If there were
a competition in garments.
1t il true that our ancestors used to wear
blue and plum-colored coats for best Pro-
fessonal men were accustomed to wear
'.swallow-tails. even in the day time. Rich
ard vaux was the last that this generation
remembers Of those who wore the dress
coat by day, and he never even wore an
overcoat to hide it. But the day when the
professional man wore a distinguishing
garb is past except for the clergy, and some
of them have become sartorially heterodox.
One sees lawyers In these day arguing cases
in 1annels, physicians driving around wear
ing gray sack coats, and even clergymen
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A NATIONS STRONG BOX.
American Savings in Banks and Life
Insurance Companies.

From Moody's Magazine.
From 1883 to 1894 the net deposits in all
Of the national banks Of the country in
creased from a little more than 81, 600 600,
600 to $1,000, 100000. They fell away rather
sharply In 1897, following the bad year OF
1895. They rose from about 81 $50 600. coo in
1897 to more than IS. 600 OOO, 900 in 1905. The
increase in the eight years was not far
from 800 per cent.
If we add to this the $3.50, 900, 600 held by
the savings banks and the 81 ESQ, 100000 OF
deposits Of state and private banks and the
loan and trust companies we shall have an
aggregate of deposits Of nearly $13, 600, 900,
GOO. That Is an average bank account OF
more than $3.50 for every man, woman and
child in the country. or an average of $3.50
for every family, from tenement house or
fishing village to 100000 copper kings
palaces on 9Th avenue. There were in 1904
and 1905 nearly 100000 Individual deposi-
tors In the savings banks of the country.
Their deposits were three times greater
than all of the United Kingdom or Austria
or France, and half again as large as the
boards of thrifty Germany.
Neither the savings banks nor the total
deposits OF every sort of banking institu-
ton give any idea of the marvellous wealth
of the country More than 100000 indi-
viduals In the United States are paying In
annually to life insurance companies more
than $500. 0OO, 600 a year. This is more than
500 for each policy and represents in large
part a savings bank account. The growth
Of this form Of savings investment has been
especially rapid within the last eight years
Even the enormous business of 1897 (repre-
senting an income Of $500. OOO, OOO) has been
doubled within this brief period. The rev.
Citations of corruption and graft and the
still more serious fact of the prostitution
of their immense surplus accounts to stock
Jobbing purposes on Wall street, limited at
rather than laid bare. seem to have i'm
paired but slightly the general confidence OF
the people in the safety and solidity of the
companies. The accumulated force OF q
rising tide of four or five years sufficed to
offset the effect of the scandalous disclo-
sures. and the increase for the year scarce
ly fell behind that Of the preceding periods
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Busiest Street In the World.


West street In New York presents net
work Of piers and docks for Its whole
length. Most Of the great steamship and
railway transportation companies have
their pier terminals there. and other steam
ship companies have built their terminals
on the New Jersey shore opposite; SO that
all transatlantic and large share OF
the continental travellers must cross West
street in coming to or leaving the city.
When one considers the great number OF
short-trip travellers, including commuters,
who daily make their way in and out Of the
metropolis across this busy thoroughfare,
a faint idea Of its Importance may be
gained. Manhattan Island has thirty-two
miles of water front, and the city of New
York derives, approximately, So. 5OO0OO
yearly in rentals from its docks and ferries.
OF this great revenue the West street sec
ton, from the Battery to and including the
new marginal street which extends from
Gansevoort street to 23d street, yields al
most two-thirds. In this section the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company alone pays the
city more than $223. 900 a year for the
privilege of maintaining Its freight and
passenger terminals. The White Star
Stee n,ship Company Is paying $4,000
apiece yearly for two piers. These figures
give an idea Of the great value Of pier priv
ilege along West street.
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FINER HOMES HERE.
Beauty Of Homes in This City At.
tracing Attention Elsewhere.

The general beauty and architectural at
Effectiveness OF homes in this city is at
tracing attention all over the country. A
rea, estate writer in Philadelphia has this
to say recently:
The exacting building law in the Dis
trict of Columbia has led to the erection
Of a much better class of homes there
This, together with the growing confidence
in real estate as an investment, has caused
steady Improvement in realty conditions
in Washington. The number Of people who
own their own home has increased with
rapid stride. The easy payment plan has
reached the point Of perfection there. and
wage earners of all sorts art taking advan-
tage Of it as the best way to save their
money, and at the same time secure the
feeling Of independence which comes
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NO BR1sT1E IN PHILADELPHIA.
Henry James Found There the Only
Large American City With None.
Henrx Iamea In he Eorfni1htly ReYieT

Henry James, in the Fortnightly Review.
Philadelphia was the American city Of
the large type that didn't bristle, just rs
I was afterward to recognize in st. Louis
the nearest approach to companionship
with her in this respect; and to recognize
In Chicago the most complete divergence.
1t was not only that Philadelphia didn't
''bristle" then, but that she essentially
couldn't and wouldn't ever; that no move
ment or process could be thought of, In
fine. as more foreign to her genius.
Philadelphia was, beyond any other
American city, a society, and was going
to show as such, as a thoroughly con-
firmed and settled one-which fact be-
came the key to its having no pretext
for bristling.
New York, in that sense. had appeared
to me then not a society at ALL and It was
rudimentary that Chicago would be one
still less. There had been for Boston the
old epigram that she wasn't place. but q
state Of mind, and that might remain, since
we know how frequently states Of mind
alter.
Philadelphia wasn't a place, but state
of consanguinity, which Is an absolute final
condition She had arrived at it, with moth
ing in the world left to bristle for. or
against; whereas New York. and above all
Chicago, were only, and most precariously,
on the way to it. and indeed, having start
ed too late, would probably never arrive.
There were, for them, interferences and
complications; they knew, and would yet
know, other conditions: perhaps other be-
attitudes; only the beatitudes l think Of
that of being, in the composed sense, So
ciety-was lost to them forever. Philadel-
phia, without complications Of interference,
enjoyed it in particular through having be-
gun to invoke it in time. And now she
had nothing more to invoke; she had every
thing; her cadres were all full; her imagi-
nation was at peace.
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course, however. this building will not reach
to the great height of the Flatiron.
The new structure however. will, IL pres
ent plans carry. be a distinctly attractive
feSture of the business architecture of the
city. There are other plans under way in
the business quarter which will probably be
carried to a successful issue soon as the
rather lengthy vacation period is over and
the real estate clans get down TO the regu-
lar fall business operations.
While many of the younger and more
active of the dealers are confident about the
early beginning of the autumn activity,
some OF the older men in the business do
not think that the market will open up as
soon as has been predicted. The latter deal
ers say that there has been much money
made in the real estate line In the past
year, and that dealers and holders are not
going to get in the market before they
see how the land lies. There is every rea-
son to expect fine business, and a great deal
OF It, later. but the question is when the
market will open up.
Many Desire Homes.
AS prices now obtain there are sure to be
some buyers-perhaps in considerable num-
bers-in the next few days, but the real
thriving trade may not start in until Octo-
Der. At the same time the present interest
In the market il far from lax. A promi-
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MILLION ACRE RANCH.
Great Land Holdings Of Mrs. II. II
King Of Texas.

Austin Cor. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Owning a ranch of 1000 200 acres-twice
as big as the state of Rhode Island. and as
large as the entire state of Delaware-Mrs.
H. M King is one of the richest women in
the world
BY the purchase Of the Los Laurelos
ranch. which is adjacent to her own ranch
at Santa Gertrude, Mrs. King becomes the
largest ranch owner in the world. The
Los Laurelos consists of 10000 acres.
She has more than 100000 head Of beet
cattle, and the st. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico railroad runs through her property
for more than 100 miles.
&, 900 acres-35, 900 for the building of the
railroad and $1,000 acres for the town OF
Kingsville named after her husband. At
one time 1t was estimated that 1t was nifty
odd miles from her doorway to her front
gate.
Mrs. Kings ranch. the Santa Gertrude, is
an enormous revenue producer. While the
most of her land is used for stock raising
practically every acre is susceptible OF the
years the land has increased In value from
Is to 20 cents an acre to SIS to $40 1t Is
all in tho artesian water belt and can be
irrigated. Such land under cultivation Is
Mrs. Kings plan to reclaim all the grazing
land she owns and by boring artesian
wells irrigate 1t and rent and lease 1t to
progressive and practical farmers.
Mrs. King is product of the southwest.
and practically all of her life has been
spent on the Texas frontier. In the early
days, when she went there with her hus-
band, Capt Richard King, Indians roamed
at will on the land which she now owns,
but far worse than the Indians as neigh
bors were the border desperadoes. Next
can outlaws, smugglers. cattle rustlers and
the renegades of society who sought an
asylum In the southwest.
Capt. King and his wife lived in Browns
vile, the very center Of the border ruffian-
age. He soon established a reputation for
fearlessness and for his ability to take care
of himself in a business transaction. Capt
King fought his way through the period OF
terrorism, and stories of his conflicts with
the bands Of desperate men who preyed on
his roaming herds are now told about the
campfires by the cowboys of his widow. He
added to his land, section by section and
tract by tract until he had half a million
acres and his herds had grown from q few
hundreds to thousands of head.
Although seventy-three years of age, Mrs
King Is as actively engaged in the manage
ment Of her vast property today as she was
twenty years ago. The routine management
Is in the hands Of her son-in-law, r. J.
Kleberg, but he has no authority to close
any important business transaction with.
out the approval Of MRS. King.
Mrs. King employs more than 500 per-
sons on the ranch, a majority Of whom are
Mexicans.
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through the management of ones own

through the management of ones own
property.
Another. reason for many people putting
their money in homes Of late years Is the
great improvement shown In the quality Of
the new houses which are being built. The
Improvement Of course. Is due to a great
extent to the exacting provisions of the
sometimes much-abused building regulations
of the District. There was a time when
realty Spectators put I'D cheap boxes of
houses. and by exerting their best sales
manship showed them off on the innocent
layman.
Things have changed now, and the strin-
gent inspection of buildings In the course
Of erection makes unsafe and poor con-
struction almost impossible.
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The Indispensable "Well."
From the London Chronicle.

rEom tne LONDON chronicle.
Across the club luncheon table a man
looked up from his grilled sole and pro-
claimed that no man in England can carry
on conversation without saying well"
The usual bet was made. For a week the
two friends glared at each other knowing
that well is the beginning of most casual
sentences. You may not have no.
ticed that! Dumbly they parted day by
day, with handshake,~ and the word well
=" frozen on their lips After a week one
of the two had to confess that the Ian
guage had got the better of him. WELL"
he said, "Pd rather drop a sovereign over
that dinner than choke that we'll l can't
talk without ft!'
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growing annually and this Is no doubt the
most favorable time to inaugurate Its be-
ginning, when SO much Is being done to
channel; such an organization properly
conducted would bring together those espe-
cially interested in maintaining and fur
real estate.
1.-THE success Of real esta' exchanges In
other cities should be sufficient evidence of
the advisability Of esta blIshing one here,
and believe it would be an attraction
and 1nducement to residents of this city,
rs well as these GU. of town, to invest
their money in Washington real estate.
They would feel that they we're protected
when dealing with a member of the ex-
change. and furthermore, that they could
realize readily on thet- holdings and prices
and values would be more staple. Now
that SO many non-residEts are investing
in Washington, with tie prospects Of rapid
multiplication in the future, 1t is a good
idea to afford such persons every facility
holdings. as by SO doing the number Of
investors will greatly increase.
Real estate throughout the country has
shown In the past years greater en-
and the vast amount tina, has been writ
ten by newspapers and magazines about
the advantages of Washington will surely
:.:trsct non-residents to buy real estate
here and make Washington their home and
add substantially 20 the growth and popu-
lation.
II further believe that legitimate brokers
Will profit financially by being identified
with real estate exchange, as both own
ers and buyers " u;d feel the Importance
and advantage In dealing with an agent
who Is member OF thu exchange.
PROPER rules could be adopted by the
excha nge that ald encourage brokers to
regularly attend the meetings, which
would add to the already existing good
FEELING among brokers. and the sales Of
real estate would be more numerous I
believe that it is duty Washington brok-
ers owe % the property owners of this
city. as we'll as all advantage to keep real
Change should be located in the neart
future"
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Two of a Kind.
he Westminster Review

F'ron the Westminster REVIEW
The Rev. Mr.. Robertson was called upon
to attend to two workers who had received
fatal injuries in a riot. The reverend gen.
tleman was most anxious that the men
should confess who had been their ac-
completes. One of them died without ut
tering a word on the subject. AS the other
lay at the point of death he beckoned Mr..
Robertson, who FASTENED to his side in the
full expectation that he was about to learn
the fateful tidings. This belief was
strengthened by the first words of the suf-
ferer. "Can you keep secret?" he gasped.
II can," was the eager response of the
clergyman. so can l." said the dying
man, and Immediately afterward he calmly
passed away.
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London Not Decadent.

From the Saturday Review.
The commissioner says that 10000 cases
of drunkenness in London are dealt with
every year. Here is hope still for those
who believe we are becoming race of
maudlin decadent teetotalers. Sixty thou
sand people run in for drunkenness in Lon
don alone. Say the police arrest one in
every four drunken people-this yields,
from the alcoholic point Of view, a COM
forting total of a quarter of a million
drunken people a year, to say nothing of
mildly tipsy people indoors.
Also there are some drunkards of spirit
left to London. The commissioner states
that every year between $50 and 300 con-
stables are put on the sick list through In
juries received at the hands Of the drink
erS,
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in Norfolk jackets. Man has veered
around to the Conclusion that clothing Is
OF comparative unimportance. while the
women have taken the opposite view ana
consider raiment as the main thing In life.
We think the masculine view is saner and
safer. 1t Is certainly more economical. II
is all very well for women to waste time.
energies and hubby's money on hne raj
ment. We all love to see it. but We do not
love women for their clothes-not very long
at least. Wherefore we are not Interested
in the London reforms all the more because
we believe they will be utterly inenectuai.
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West Virginia Farm Sold.

The Soule Company has sold for DR..
David P. Fry OF Hedgesville, w. Va, his
farm in Berkeley county, valued at $12 600,
to Mrs. Kate B. Walsh of Washington. The
property contains 472 acres and is Improved
by colonial brick mansion of eighteen
rooms, tenant house. numerous outbuild-
ings and large orchard of standard fruit,
embracing $500 peach trees in full bearing.
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A Kindly Wish.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
AS the dignified and ponderous police
man connected with the slip of banana
peel and sprawled on the pavement, one
of the bystanders breathed regretfuly, Il
wish Tom Lawson had been here to see
thati'
why do you wish that?" asked one who
overheard.
Because" returned the first, at would
give him such pleasure to see a fall in any
copper security"
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Getting Into the Swim.
From Ladies' Field

From Ladies' Field.
The social climber In London must start
equipped with mansion In one of the most
fashionable west end squares, a place in the
country, five motor cars, several horses and
carriages, three tiaras and very thick
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FOR A REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
Necessity for Such an Institution Said
to Be Important.

Mr.. Charles W. Fairfax. of Stone &
Fairfax. thinks the suggestion for a real
estate exchange in this city is an admir-
able one. In an interview recently he
said:
1.-THE Importance of the establishment OF
real estate exchange for this city IL
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HALLHURsT SOLD.
Big Tract Near Naval Observatory to
Be Improved,

Be Improved.
The large tract Of land opposite the
naval observatory, on Wisconsin avenue
northwest. known as Hallhurst has been
acquired in its entirety by Mr.. Philip T.
Hall. Mr.. Hall says he will improve The
property, and that he has already received
numerous inquiries from prospective pur-
chasers.
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Helps His Business.

From the Hartford Times.
Recklessness is great friend of the
American undertaken.
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Suburban Advantages Offered.

In addition there have been number
of subdivisions laid out in Virginia and
Maryland which bring the list up still high
err Because of its almost matchless street
railway system the dealers who have been
giving the matter their attention say that
large number Of people doing business
in this city entirely willing to go out
Of town. There are a great many others,