Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19

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several years ago. and MS ".!lIr gLlgSS ~
aeTsP; tA's' N"l"'"',,,, -9,.'5,.i, d,ia To
,,I -. ~ fs vas husy making money
and LAD 70, time 10 think az house de
signs
2rersi1irp Fashion.
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NcwE.atS n i-r American 'd' '"si'
time tu devote 10 such detail q hNIn&' Ms
~. las and So Il ha0peEs that archI-
--s ave- called lluou 10 exercise their
.-,,.s--,,-e faculties IN suggesting forms
vrIct are ,.a- merely pleasing and suit
..rr- ne IL must he confessed. in som"
distances largely because they are differ
,..' F-,m ANYTHING else in the vicinity,
In other words. the average citizen in
1rffEt.g or luyIuE a house wants soma
t.!-l tus- q is not quite like the ns!eH-
tols' and. il must also h" again Goa
"ssscd. uus that looks as If II cost every
..eut or tas money that was used IN tda
erection. AMI possibly something more
This change in taste, or perhaps II
wnulG BE- NOR correct 10 say th.S IN
- o- q d,yaIIinF has had on result.
and that s the practical abandonment OF
tie practice ~ 'lalns n1uS II i I"~S
a. en- mi, 6gt the design slows an
..fr,-- H. INTRODUCE variety to avoid the
s4msr-ss which uniformity in the fac3d"s
would .-adIr.
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lH1iFiuuaI Du44H1-9'
This is seen now in most American cit
a.. .,r .,--- 81, Nv York where the
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SORT az a f9iicH IN the eyes OIL mousse
holders. a change has come. ana houses
are no longer built as If they were mere
I.r-s tu q stone or brick cliff In Ills CITY
the row with pue house just like the next
has never beer popular. Years ago com
rgrat.ve Y few house rows We're buitt as
such. The practice oc individuals building
Their homes instead Of buying them pre-
vailed here 1.3 10 recently and To such
an extent that the large builder did not
cut much Of figure in the market
Now. however. since the rise in the cost
If labor ara material and also since the
growth of the citv has reached such YEAR
II proportions. the custom has arisen Of
luying houses rather than building To
meet tats demand the business Of bu Idirg
onses for sal. ass Te7eng4 arg o.men
bear .le same PROPORTIONS - the total
volume as was formerly the case.
Care in DESIGN.
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the genera! ot.IH't mas J"h'h the pace OF
the individual the design OF houses has
lost thai dis urtiyr Styla which comes
from mo ryrrc-ee Of the taste and iudu-
nert 80 diffe~en. ueanlc. rather than that
Of - C.w persons End thosa whose ONLY
interest was commercial But instead OF
sI1h rssul; tie general builder has rec
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49, ~ '"' - - o. '"dSeS. Gnu as a
-, ~ ~ az, 20 MAKE tHtIt
a. - - Ha,', .. oi',H "uiu hueh As
i.'-sE "4a = S''Pd'a'e enterprise.
eI1 .- ,-"S ~ aN'iH 'h3 nonntoNy "n'ch
.U.i'fS 'i"." throwing up hu. dlnSs accord
".E ., '''rieSS and rude plans
-. ,.,S '"ti'' = posSiote 10 fnd In
''''7 ''iit TO- safe, as Well as in those
.'t are erected ny 'he Individual for his
U.s." " record az the prevailing fashion in
domestic arch lecture At the present
UNI The colonial and also the French
e,1es ~ bort s.'1tg ~ 'si , one , ,,1s
for 50 e. and even those In rows There
g.S" nose wa" IKE for this climate
go , ','.'.'r : ~, Ml,h us s,u''o walls
q. .rr,.. 80 - .-SI - 80 ~" me ouiders
-''' 'T'"sl'IH' 'Hat laH-
Variety Found Here
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' ''' g. ''-''' '.'A "e i'dhd III TINS city
tFp'S 81 all the varying styles % do
TurSt.c architecture that have had tbaf-
dav I'm this ,o5Ir.~, ~, l.-,,--,,,,,,
Tor variety as yeI pc eco, t,,,.
ar--Ir.rtrIr-l forms .r.. .,,,,,,.,,I 49, = III
owing mainly IN he w. s+ra-. ',.S