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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-13

1t is painful to read the partic-
ulars of the numerous divorce
suits that fill the columns of our
daily papers. Many of these sad
events are from good homes aud
the interested parties stand high
in social life, aud not a few in
church life. This separation be-
tween husband and wife is one
of the sad scenes in human ex.
istence. Many times either would
prefer death to this unhappy part
ing. For years they have lived
together aud their lives have
been blended into one. They
have learned by bitter ex.
perience, as the years have gone
by, that they are not suited to
one another and, finally in a mo.
ment of discord and passion, the
sllken cord has broken and they
have separated forever. Let us
hope that in the world to come,
when they can all see things
palmer than they do in
this life, they may be united
again, but there is a probability
that unhappy marriages, result
ing from unsuited dispositions,
will not result in union or hap
piness in this world or the one t.
come. "What God hath ioinet
together, let no man put asunder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-13
LIABILITIES.

LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. .............. 100000 90
Surplus fund. 100000 %
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid..-...................... 1885, 10
National Bank notes outstand-
ng......................... .......... $500 90
Contingent interest account. $500 g.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-13

The average housekeeper in
modern circumstances spend
the most Of her time in the
kitchen doing work that might be
lightened if only she would bring
herself to think so. But the av-
erage mother of a family simply
will not spare herself. She ruff
fies and tucks the children's
clothing so that she may have
more ironing to do, and cooks
many more different dishes for
the table than is necessary for
wholesomeness, thus making her.
self much more work in this direc.
ton. Better spare yourself,
hOusemother, even though your
family lives simply. How much
more pleased will husband and
children be to see mother look
fresh and tidy than to see her
heated and tired-toO worn out
to enjoy the dainty repast that
she has worked so hard to pre-
pare. Some day they will miss
you, when it is too late, if you
give yourself no care.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-13

~
The test of our her0iSm must
come. Some time in every human
life this problem must be de
cided. That the world exists;
that stars CLEAN; that flowers
bloom; that men live; are not
more actual realities in the realm
of fact than that before every
enc is placed the choice of good
or evil. 1t is within the province
of every individual to say
whether his character shall be
luminous or lustreless, And in
the hour when the valley of de-
cisiOn is entered. and choice
must be made, comes the test
which must determine whether
lie or she is of heroic mould.
The pathway of human existence
is lined with wrecks of those who
could not stand the test when
the supreme hour came. When
they heard the call they could
not say: "Here am /; send me-
IL may have involved a sacrifice
which they deemed it cruelty for
them to be called upon to make.
Why tOrego the pleasure of the
moment with so little pros.
pect of satisfactory substitution
The opportunity lost--then the
long period of regret.
-.
We certainly are blessed with
an unusual number of bright lit.
tie boys in this community. Lit.
tie tots just starting on life's
journey. They stand upon the
threshold of life with foot up
lifted and hand outstretched
ready to begin the journey, and
happy in anticipation of the beau
tiful and wonderful things that
they expect to see. To them all
is bright and beautiful, no
thought of evil crosses their
minds; their imagination clothes
everything with rainbow hues.
They little think that every rose
has its thorn, every pleasure its
corresponding grief They are
eager to be off. The path is mar
row aud OH either side are yawn.
ling precipices which threaten to
iengulf them at every step, nu-
smerous and enticing by-paths
tseek to lure them from the mar
irow way that leads to safety and
Honor. Here it is that the cOun-
sci of Christian mothers take root
in their hearts, aud their saint.
like faces will go before them on
their journey, guiding stars
whose CLEAN cannot be extin.
I guished, no matter how hard the
storms of temptation may beat
! upon them. We wish that all
mothers could realize the import
ance of this safeguard so easily
reared in youth, when the heart
is innocent and the mind ready
to receive impressions. The in
fluence of a mothers tender love
will make itself felt long after
she is in the grave. The recolIec
ton of a mothers gentle love will
often serve to turn the erring fee
in the right direction. If all the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-13
y EPoRT OF THE CONDITION
Citizens National Bank
RESOURCES.

AT Frederick. in the State OF Maryland, at the
close Of business, June Is, 1906
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-13

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of 18th and U streets. where, owing mainly
to it's growing consequence as a street rail-
way center. it's development for business
purposes has gone on with rapidity.
The sale in question was of the property
of Mr. Joseph D. MCGUIRE. Nos 1881 80
and 81 having frontage on 18th street
of sixty feet and a depth of one hundred
and six feet. The improvements consist of
buildings that are used for business pur-
poses and the price was evidently based
upon the yielding ability of the
property. According to this estimate on
the sum paid, amounting to about So.
OOO the revenue produced is about 5 per
cent net.
The per foot value of the six hundred and
thirty-six square feet is about 81. A few
weeks ago the property adjoining. namely,
the southeast corner of 18th and u streets,
was sold by Mr. Anderson for $50, 000
Something over 50 per foot was paid for
the 4,240 square feet. In this case also the
price paid seemed to have been influenced
by the revenue the property yields, as it is
said that the net income is about five per
cent on that amount.
The northeast corner of 14th and U streets
Mr. Anderson sold one year ago at 50 per
square foot or $4,000
The northwest corner of 18th and u
streets was sold two months ago at SLIGO
per square foot, or $31 900.
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Why People Buy Houses.

The reason why people buy houses at
present instead of. as formerly. buying
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can be offered within that range. In trying
to solve this builders have been on the hunt
for ground which can be had on such
terms as to bring the cost within such
limits This fact of the demand for houses
and the efforts made to meet it explain the
remarkable extension of the city in all di-
rections. New sections of the city have
sprung up with rapidly that seems al
most marvellous. and a person who does not
move about good deal with his eyes open
Is apt to find in the city where he lives
good deal that Is to be seen that he never
saw before. ~
Land Values of Importance.
In this period of the city's growth there
seems to have been but very little question
as to the market for houses when once
blu 1t. The principal question is the secur-
ing Of ground on such terms as to make it
possible to put up houses that can be sold
so as to showsa small profit. The latter is
also feature of the modern movement. for
that has been the practice right along, and,
in fact, in view of the competition and the
advance in wages and in materials, the
ma n source of profit from such enterprises
has been in the land and then also the
saving due to the wholesale method Of
building. -..-.--..
A Business Building.
Arrangements have been made by kingan
& Co. of Indianapolis. independent dealers
in meat to erect large building at $50
Pennsylvania avenue, which will be the
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sales depot of the concern in this city. The
new building will have frontage of % feet
and depth of 115 feet. and, according to
the plans prepared by Appleton p. Clark
architect. it will be three stories in height
A feature of the new structure will be a
cold-storage plant. The front, which will
be in the French style of architecture will
be constructed of brick and stone of light
color. The new building is to be freproof
At the present time the headquarters Of this
firm is on street near 9Th street.
A Large Residence
Mr.. l.. f. Breuninger's residence from de-
signs made by n. r. Grimm architect is
now in course of erection at the southeast
corner of 18th street and Park road.
1t will be two stories high with attic and
cellar. colonial in design. with wide porches
on three sides and open balustrade verandas
above. The frontage on 18th street will be
fifty feet and thiIty-twO feet on Park road
The attic story will be slate pitch with
dormer windows on all sides with open bal
cony balustrade over main entrance.
In the basement will be the hot water
heating apparatus. coal rooms laundry
room. drying room. Storage room, etc. On
the first story will be entrance hall
twelve feet wide. with broad stairs leading
to second story. On the left of the hall
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and especially houses. is usually looked upon
as one of the features Of starting new
town. This phrase is not employed general
ly when reference is made to the ordinary
excavations that are constantly going on
in all centers of population In the latter
sense the dirt has been flying to great
extent lin this city for several years. and
the indications are that this form of activ-
ity is going to continue.
What was meant was the large opera
tons which are involved when extensive
tracts of land are subdivided into building
lots and the land is graded in conformity
with the street levels so that building can
go on. In this respect it is sometimes
thought that the period of subdividing
land in and about the city is past. and
when one looks at the man and sees to
what extent the surface of the District Is
gridironed with streets and these not
merely confined to n paper existence. he Is
apt to conclude that here is not much left
to be done.
Building UP the Territory.
There is good deal OF truth in this view
of the situation. for. a rule. most of
this preparatory work in reducing acreage
property to building lots has been DONE
The streets have been defined and the lots
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individual builder. and as far as the more
elaborate houses are concerned they are
still put up directly by the people who in
tend to occupy them. 1t is also possible to
build houses of more moderate character
and at an expenditure that II show some
profit to the builder when he comes to place
them on the market. This is espec ally the
case when people own the ground. and it is
In this way it is thought the single lots
scattered throughout the resident part of
the city, ard for VIII Oh there seems to be
such narrow market long as they are
unimproved. are to be made marketable
Unimproved Land
1t is believed that the best way to dispose
of such single lots is TO build on them
There is more demand for houses than for
lots and with the advantage of being able
to put the lot in cheaper than any one else
can the owner can afford, so it is ella
to pay little more for building the house
as he would have to do for erecting a Single
one. as compared with d row. and still he
able to compete with structures put up in
quantities.
OF course. the main call for houses Ies
within the range of prices from four thou
sand to eight or nine thousand dollars and
the problem is how to furnish houses that
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no less anxious to impress him with their
wisdom and tudgm4nA n property affairs.
The brokers' main .---- I'm such case is
to get next" to the cherished adviser and
instruct them in the way they should
argue to his customer.
Buy when everybody is selling. and sell
when everybody is buying" Is maxim
that the man with. mo mind of his own sell
dom heeds. He must have company In his
deals. If nobody is buying and the real
estate market Is apparently in the dumps.
he is afraid to venture even 4 few hundred
dollars. because his friends tell him that
there is no money in it." When sales
are brisk and prices are going up with big
bounds, he fairly hunts out chances to in
vest his cash, often at figures that he cam
not hope to realize profit on for years.
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open places. and ii seems a pity to one who
loves to look at an attractive landscape
that the necessity should exist for chang
ing all this into the Uniformity and the ugli-
ness of city streets. Such. however, Is
the growth of the city II is evident that
that is the fate of that locality. except. of
course. the portion which IT is proposed
to take for the park.
Advance of the City
Another handsome portion of the suburbs
is the Connecticut avenue territory. which
is gradually being subdivided. 1t is likely
that another piece of property belonging to
the company that owns practically all the
land on each side of that thoroughfare viii
be subdvided into building lots in the near
future The tract that is in view for this
the land occupied by the bureau of stand
ards and on the west side OF the avenue.
Further to the east one comes TO the Sec
ton which is reached by 10th street and
18th street, and its development is going on
rapidly Then comes the 18th street region.
which has now extended to Brightwood, and
still farther to the east is the Brookland
region.
Advertising the City.
The publicity which is being given to this
city by the Greater Washington special
train that is now travelling through me
country adjacent to this city will undoubt-
edly have a favorable influence on the busi-
ness of the city in all its various depart
ments. The growing reputation OF WASH
ington as a handsome city and desirable
place of residence, which mas spIedu
throughout the country, has, without ques-
ton been the cause, to large extent at
least of the remarkable growth which has
been in progress for several years past and
which is still going
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lot and building a house. IS accounted for
by the fact that the practice OF speculative
building as II is cllled. has increased to
such an extent that 1t is now claimed a
man can buy house already built SO much
cheaper than it is possible for him to build
one that. naturally. the great bulk of peo-
PIE do the thing that apparently gives
them the most for their money.
In other words the individual builder
of houses has disappeared and the large
houses has taken his place. 1t H.. of course.
said that houses put I'D in this way are
not we'll built and the same might Re said
of a good many of the houses built by
people for their own use: for. while Il man
who is building house which he intends to
occupy as his home is supposed to have
stronger res son for making II substantial
than one who is merely building to sell,
yet that docs rot always prove to be the
case.
Increase in the Cost.
It will probably be re rcgnized as true
that in proportion to the entire number
built there were quite as many Shoddy
houses put up under the old system as is
the case at present. foT the building regu-
Iat.ons are more stringent and eXacting
and run into mora money than these which
were enforced some years ago. Then. Also
materials are higher and labor is better
paid so that altogether it costs more to
build now than it DID Il few years ago.
But the cost is still not prohibtive to the
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will be the parlor. 14x17 feet, and library of
same size. with open hearth chimneys- On
the right of the hall will be the dining room
14x1S1s feet with bay window facing south,
connecting with buffers pantry and Kitchen
and servants stairs from rear hall.
The first floor is to be finished In quar-
tered oak, walls paneled three feet nigh.
with ornamental ceilings and cornices. The
second story will have five bedrooms. sew
ing room and two bathrooms. There will be
large closets, linen closets. etc. This floor
will be finished in brentwood and yellow
pine In the attic will be the servants and
trunk rooms.
At the rear of the house facing 18th street
there will be a two-story stable of design
to correspond with that of the house. On
the ground floor of the stable there will be
space for automobile and carriages. with
harness room and two stalls. with loft on
the second floor. The whole will cost about
SD 900.
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HOUSES OF CINDERS.
Liverpool is Making Useful the Re-
mains of Its Garbage.

Liverpool has put other cities In Its debt
by showing how the problem Of disposing
of CITY rubbish may be made to solve it
self. In its simplest terms the solution is.
BURN the rubbish; build houses of the cin-
ders."
Concrete is already considerably used in
this country In building, and bids fair to
perform a useful part in architecture by
outstanding wood and sparing the forests.
A part that is likewise performed by
artificial stone, but In Liverpool the
cinders left from the burning of rubbish
at the municipal "destructors" are
crushed and nodded with cement into
great wall slabs. each with its door and
window openings nodded In place, and even
an interior iron framework for putting the
whole together. The slabs. some of them
weighing eleven tons. are handled by der
ricks. When set up the iron frames are
bottled together and the Jennings closed
with cement.
An entire block Of buildings has thus
been erected upon the site of dilapidated
quarter which was destroyed as a measure
of necessity. The new houses are described
as neat. healthful and very cheap, and are
expected to yield to the city per cent
upon its investment.
American cities throw away every year
elements of great value which European
cities use on their sewage farms. If ashes
of burned waste may be used in archi-
lecture. what limitless field opens to the
economizine of such debris.
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REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
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Rentals a Striking Feature of
the Local Business.
THE SEARCH FOR HOMES
Mr.. Perry Belmont's New Home in
Northwest Section.
PROPOSED USE OF VACANT LOTS
Demand for Houses Points to a New
Method of Disposing Of
Single Sites.
PROPOSED USE OF VACANT LOTS

The renting departments in real estate
offices continue to occupy the center of the
stage and is likely to for some days yet,
until either the supply is exhausted or else
the demands are fully met. 1t Is still too
early to determine which of the two con-
illusions will be reached in regard to the
situation. OF course. it Is liable to happen
that the number OF houses and flats that
are available for rent may be about equal
to the number of people who are looking
for places to live. it may turn out that
there are too many houses and flats.
The indications at the present time do not
point however, to the latter alternative.
In one large office. where there is a pretty
good list of houses for rent. besides suites
in apartment houses. II was found that the
offerings for the current week. as shown
by the printed list, new edition of which
Is issued weekly, were quite as large as
that of the previous week. On the fac of
such showing. il looked as If the rental
market as far as this office was concerned
had come to a standstill. but it was recalled
that the vacancies made in the list OF the
previous week had been renewed from
those for which leases had expired. In
other words while a great many people
looking for houses had been supplied. the
changes in the list had been made up in
this way so that apparently there was
little doing.
But it is stated that the new additions
to the Est are finding customers. and if
the present rate of renting goes on the
visible supply will show considera BILE
shrinkage in the course OF the next few
days.
Mr.. Perry Belmont's Property.
There is naturally a good deal of interest
TO know something of the house which Mr..
Perry Belmont is planning to build on the
property acquired by him last spring in this
city He bought then entire square.
1t is officially named, but in point of fact it
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Ii triangular piece of ground with 'front.'
ages on New Hampshire avenue. 18th street
and r street and with the sharp end point
ing out toward the plaza formed by the in
tersecton of New Hampshire avenue. 18th
and q streets.
1t is understood that Mr. Belmont has
French architect at work preparing the
plans. and when he returns to this country
in November il is expected that they VIII be
in read ness to be placed in the hands of
contractors so some estimate can be had OF
the probable cost. The details about this
proposed addition to the more elaborate
homes OF the city are, of course, but little
known. 1t is supposed, however. from the
fact that a Frenchman is To make the de-
sign that he will select something typical of
the French style IN architecture.
A Large Building Site. .-
The site is such, with its generous 'front.'
age on the three thoroughfares and the
plaza, that very effective grouping can be
made. The new structure it is said, will
cost in the neighborhood OF $500 900. and as
Mr. Belmont paid So, 900 for the ground it
will be seen that the entire investment of
money will place this building among the
high-class residences of the city. The To-
cality is already one of fine houses, al
though. as is common here it Is not so ex-
Clusively. 1t is one of several localities
which may be described as place of hand
some homes.
In addition to the homes already there. an
sentative George Huff of Pennsylvania on
the site which he acquired some time ago.
comprising wide frontageS al the northwest
corner of New Hampshire avenue and Q
street. Some of the additions that are being
made to the number of the larger residences
of the city is the house which is being built
for MIR. Clarence Moore the north side
OF Massachusetts avenue between 18th and
18th streets
Mr. George Howard is also to build for
himself on the northeast corner of 10Th and
NJ streets The home of Mr.. Jennings. on
Massachusetts avenue near Sheridan Circle
and the one of Mr.. Williams at the north
west corner of I'D and r streets, will also
section of the city.
As to Vacant Lots.
According to the experience of those who
are familiar with the realty market in it's
latest phases. there is no demand at pres
ent and has not been for some time for
unimproved property. The only exception
that is claimed to exist is where there Is
a considerable block of land and it is of
fered at such figures to make IL attrac-
tive to a builder. The single lot or small
portion of land is very little In demand
The change In this respect. which this
statement implies. is q remarkable one
when it Is considered that some time ago
the principal feature of the market here
was dealing In unimproved property. The
buyers were of two kinds. those who were
merely specializing and those who wanted
10 build houses. 1t was of course, the
latter class that really provided the mar
ket. and it is the lack today of the indi-
vidual house builder that makes the DIFF
ference above noted.
Why People Buy Houses.
present instead of. as formerly. buying
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BUSINESS PROPERTY SOLD.
81 Per Foot for Frontage at 18th and
u Streets

A transaction of considerable interest
has just been concluded by Dwight Ander-
son, real estate broker, involving the trans
fer of property the east side of 14th
street. adjoining the southeast corner of U
street While this location. generally speak
ing, is one of residences. yet along 18th
street, practically for it's entire length, BUSH
ness has become established.
This is especially the case in the vicinity