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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
ACTIVITY IN BUILDING.
Open Weather and Demand for
Homes RESPONSIBLE.

The open weather and the market de-
mand for houses have kept the builders
busy, even though it Is not exactly the
time Of year when Out-of-door work Is
carried on or projected. Some men in
this line of business are not taking the
usual holiday which is seasonable at this
time, but are finishing up work which
has been under way, and also are plan
ming new work Some of these projects
have passed the initial stage and are In
the course of being developed.
The building activity in the northeast
ern section Of the city. which. no doubt
has been stimulated in some degree by
the new railway line along Sth street
east, is to be continued. A very large
enterprise has been started by Louis C.
Farrell at Sth street and Florida avenue,
where he has planned to build forty
two-story houses which will cover a good
part of the square.
In quite another section of the city, and
in what may be termed the new portion
of Washington, in the region near the
terminus Of the Mount Pleasant line OF
street railway, is the scene of extensive
building. so that now the course OF
houses in rows is approaching the boun.
Diary of the park which extends alons
18th and 10th streets, where Kennedy 4
Davis Company has been carrying OF
large building operations, further ad
dition to the number of houses is to be-
made. 1t is planned to build eight houses
so that when that is done the company
will have to its credit some twenty five
houses in that block.
The building along 14th street extended
which has been such a feature of the
market for the past year. is going on
with what appears to be undated energy.
Plans have been perfected by Charles
E. Wire to begin large building under
taking on the west side of that thorough
fare a few blocks south of the car
barns of the railway company.
The property is to the south of where
Harry Wardman Is carrying out an ex-
tensive building scheme, SO that by next
spring the gap which now exists between
the city end of 14th street and the group
of detached houses in SauPs subdivision
will be reduced in size. At the present
time it is not long interval, in fact, a
surprisingly short one, when 1t is con-
sidered how but a brief time ago the
northern terminus of the city at this
point was practically Park street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
SHOWS CITY's GROWTH.
Increased Congested Condition of
WASHINGTON Streets.

The congested condition of the streets
in the business section of the city, al
though 1t sounds strange to the ears OF
Washingtonfans who have been immune
up to this time from that Ill Of city life
owing to the width Of the streets, Is,
nevertheless, a real and vital thing. 1t is
more apparent, this year than was the
case last year, and no doubt next year
such condition, will be still more APP
parent. In other words, the increase in
the population of the city is becoming
manifest in the throngs on the the streets,
and more especially in the business CEN
ter, where naturally large proportion of
the city residents find their way during
the hours of business or rather of day
light.
Although no actual census has been
taken to confirm this statement. yet the
fact is just as obvious TO the conscious
ness of those who are much in the central
portion Of the city as If 1t were supported
by the actual figures.
But it is not so much the throngs on tho
sidewalks that present the serious phase
of the situation as 1t is the large increase
in the vehicle traffic. The number of
vehicles of all kinds that glide and rumble
alc..g the streets is nothing short of be-
widering. and to residents who have been
accustomed to the easy Washington fash
ion of sauntering across the street
wherever they happen to be. without the
slightest attention to crossings, the
change that has taken place in the con-
dition of street travel is something that
is full of peril. There is also the habit
of taking a crossing cat-a-corner as for
example, when one wishes to pass from
the north side Of Pennsylvania avenue at
the northwest corner Of 18th street to the
southeast corner where New York ave-
nue. comes in
The distance here is not unusual in this
city, but very much SO in the average
city, and how it is possible under the
present conditions for people to make
their way in safety across this broad
expanse amid the darling vehicles of
all sorts. to say nothing of a line of
street cars, is at times mystery The
wonder is that accidents have not
occurred there. But that is not the
only place where the pressure upon the
space of the city roadways is apparent
1t is seen on the narrower streets, such as
F and G streets, but there the street is
taken up with lines Of vehicles that stand
along the sidewalks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04

sand dollars Of that in the first-named
transaction.
Income-Bearing Property.
1t was last spring also when the prop
critics Nos. 1213-13 Pennsylvania avenue
were sold, with a frontage of 60 feet and
containing 1923 square feet In this
transaction the per foot price was $50
Farther to the east and at the northeast
corner of the avenue and 11th street the
oeed transferring that property was re-
coroed the first month of the current
year. although the sale had been actual
ly negotiated during the closing months
or the previous year. However, the price
PAID for this property, which contains
o,o4Z square feet, with frontages on the
TWO streets. was $35 per square foot
On the square between 9th and 10th
streets, and of course on the north side,
curing last spring, a deed was placed on
record transferring the property, Nos 927-
20 pennsylvania avenue, having a 'front.'
age or - feet on the avenue, extending
back to D street. The total area is 3,O75
square feet and the price said to have
been paid was s2s per square foot.
Inc hgures given In the transactions
mentloned nave been on the square-foot
basis. and 1t might be inferred that the
property was stripped bare and only the
land was involved. The fact is, however.
that In all cases the value of the i'm
proVements was included in the figures
mentioned, and as they weld a revenue
they are necessarily an important part of
the property.
1t may be concluded from this record of
transactions for year that Avenue prop
erty Is rather firmly held and also, for
the most part, that it gives a good re-
turn to the owner. The scale of prices, it
must be admitted, is not what 1t once
was. while transactions in F. street and
also in G street property show a .ligher
range of figures than is now recorded as
taking place in the case of Avenue prop
erty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
Travelling in Central Africa.

From the Wide World Magazine.
How many people are there who realize,
when they read of some explorers travels
In Central Africa. the method In which
those travels are usually conducted?
There are hundreds. nay, thousands, of
otherwise well informed persons who
think that the middle of Africa Is will
derness of sand. across which the dusty
traveller wanders from oasis to oasis on
the uncomfortable hump Of the drome-
dairy. There are many others who have
the equally mistaken idea that. if the
Uganda railway will not take them most
of the way across Africa. at all events the
Cape TO Cairo railway will set them down
within a few minutes walk of most places
on the dark continent. Need it be said
that neither of these ideas is anywhere
near the actual truthg In that part of
tropical Africa which lies to the south of
the Sahara sand Is conspicuous by its alb
sence. and the 'commissariat camel
would very soon get his feet wet and die
In the swamps. The Uganda railway
which. by the way, is not in Uganda at
all-has length of less than GOO miles
from the east coast, and the Cape to
Cairo railway exists at present chiefly on
paper and in the imaginations of it's pro-
motors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
BLOCK CORNER SOLD.
Ground to Be Subdivided ant
Dwellings Built Thereon.

Robert A. Golden has transferred ia
James r. Ellerson and Thomas H. Pick
ford lots having frontage Of ninety feet
on LIST street and PAL feet on @ street
northwest. comprising the entire south
east corner Of the block, and containing
an aggregate of 2O,69O square feet. The
plot of ground will be resubdivided at
once and improved by the purchasers
with a row of colonial brick dwellings,
having six and eight rooms. respectively.
The sale, which represents a considera-
ton of approximately $2S,5O0, was negoti-
ated through the offices of Willige. Gibbs
G. Daniel real estate brokers. who are
agents for Mr.. Golden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
PROGRESS OF THE
CITY'S BUILDING OPERATIONS
Soldiers Home Grounds Being Inclosed by Dwell
ings--- Increased Use of PorchesLiv-
ing Room Supp1ants Parlor.

District line, is now before the court and
it is likely that a decision will he reach
ed SO that this important thoroughfare
can be joined together.
The section of the avenue west of North
Capitol street is now handsomely improv-
ed and the appearance of the houses is
enhanced by the broad parkings and the
excellent condition in which they are
kept.
An addition to the building is being
made at this time in the shape Of an
apartment house which is being erected
al the southeast corner of Rhode Island
avenue and I'd street northwest, where
Thomas H. Melton is putting up four
story structure. To the east, Mr.. Blum
don is building some houses while at the
northwest corner of the avenue and Sd
street the foundations for block of
houses are being prepared which are to
be built by Thomas W. MacCubbin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
Two Sales Recorded.

ThOs. ]. Fisher & Co have just sold for
the trustees of Woodiey Park lot on
Cathedral and Connecticut avenues to
Moncure Burke, for about s., 800. 1t is
understood he will erect a residence on
the property i'm the near future.
They have also sold for knight &
house 1217 l street northwest, for about
$3.50. 1t is Mr.. Burchs intention to i'm
prove the property and hold it as an in
vestment. The improvements consist of
large three-story-and-ce cellar, ten-room,
brick residence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
Transfer of Acreage Propertv.

Thos. j. Fisher Co., have just
sold for A. r.. Wingate. trustee Of the
Guilliland estate. fourteen acres of
ground located on the Jones Mill road,
east Of Connecticut avenue and near
the Chevy Chase lake. 1t is understood
the price was about $500. DR.. McPher-
SON intends to hold the property as an
Investment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04

sand dollars Of that in the frst-named
tranSaction
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
THE TENDENCY TO BE QUEER
Every Community Has individuals
Whose One Idea Is to Kick
Over the Traces.

While the majority of people are In
clined to think and act like one an
other, thus keeping the social order
from violent commissions, there is on
the part Of great many native ten
dency toward the queer; they are con-
tented only outside of the traces. In
every community small enough to be
aware of its own Municipalities people
in general know who are the natural
born" me-outers-which man and
which woman is likely to take up
with the newest fad in dress, doctor
ing, means of grace, political econ
omy, social science" and the true
authorship of Shakespeare's plays.
There are certain persons destined
to progress from one sO-callsd reform
to another more extreme as quickly
as the reform shows itself They are
pretty sure to box the compass of re-
ligiOns, passing by gradual or violent
stages from absolute irreligion to the
narrowest dOgmatism, or with great
raDidity the other way around. Or
they gravitate once and for all into
the most irrational and absurd re
ligion" which happens to be forced
upon their attention, and stick con-
tentedly to it's EXTREMIST tenets and
practices. The more occult" and, to
the ordinary mind, prepOsterOus the
new religion, the greater the attrac-
tion it has for certain minds. The
new religion is apt to be founded on
some one phase of the old-a phase OF
it which by very TeiteratiOn and use
has become trite. In its new and fan
t2stic dress the old principle strikes
the new adept as something in the ma
ture of a fresh reVelatiOn-Century.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
COlOredSkin MadeLighter

The Chemical Wonder Company of New York manufactures sever
Chemical Wonders which coored people to improve their appear
nce These wonders 50 each White people spend millions
- o;f themselves Colored people should make themselves attractive
&C ooes Colored men who wonders better situations
Cooed women occupy higher posi-
ions socially and commercially, better get along better
~ COMPLEXION makes dark skin lighter coored not
with artificial white naturally makes the skin itself gh coored
every time il applied skin healthy SOFT hne Makes any
d face more attractive Improves any cooe countenance like
magic v,-, 60, - !, ,o+od r.
f onetoetac comb called Wonder Comb can be heated be-
fore nsing and will saghten any hair VIII last lifetime
( Pomade called Wonder Uncur uncus kinks in hair and keeps
STRAIGHT Iustrou and Wonder Uncurl heated into the scalp
Nth Wonder Comb will knkest head of hair look handsome
~ Wonder Hair Grow Fertilizers in corn fields makes conSa
co this fertilizer the scalp makes the hair grow longer
+en the scalp so hold the hair from falling out 1t can De
Lotd into tte scalp with a Wonder Comb.
IlOdo Wonder Powder instantly destroys rpraon odo lhou
J Of men are barred good salaries because OF this unseen nor
ds of women are off from marriage and social lie by
M invisible barrier People cannot detect persPaon door On e
s Fyerv living being should this powder.
6 Oor Wonder Liquid delightful toilet water can be USED
with Odor Wonder Powder separately SURROUNDS te Ouy Will 6
anca A great luxury for those who afford it.
~ This mink variety of Complexion Wonder Creme No is call
81 Gives lovely pink cheeks light brown or mulato col
- Tib brown complexion pink cheeks mark great per
sonal beauty , s r,a ard vour adj
. AGENTS wanted everywhere Can business with $500
DevTv free Applications for considered M berger
Rector Street New York City, selling agents for Chemical Wonder
Company" w ,. n r
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
NORTH ADVERTISTNG FOR

There are 59 Ne0roes employed here Washington by the
Government alone and these 9 Negroes draw salaries aggregatng
Soo4 These than three millions of dollars spent right
here Washington scattered the hundreds of adesmen
Is this amount of money worth bidding for 1t certainly and
not even the largest stores this city would refuse the big
end of did they but realize how much money Negroes
y spending
Now The Bee is the only Negro publication this city stands
without rival competitor ancovers the field like blanket If
few of the merchants in this city will patronze advertising col
of The Bee presenting the attractive bargains they may have
these Negroes these 490 Negroes who draw annually from the
Government three millions of collars will assume that b
onizng edited operated by OF their that
such deserve their patronage And such firms viii
receive the the millions of dollars received
spent by the Negroes of Washington
What clothing stores what furniture stores what dry goods stores
and what other lines of will make effort to divert
themselves these over three millions If dollars spent by Washington
Negroes by advertising in The Bee?
Place your advertising The Bee and watch these apprea
rive NEGROES spend their over three millions of dollars with YOU
Now the time to The Bee the newspaper that goes
.vev Negro home Washington Remember merchants OF
it's what advertising pays you, not what costs
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
A Good-Wish Rose,

"A clever idea was carried out at a
recent shower for a bride-to-be," "
says Woman's Home Companion. In
the invitations each guest was re-
quested to send in, prior to the party,
a wish for the bride. The hostess
made a beautiful large white paper
rose, and before putting it together
she wrote on each petal wish and
the name of the wisher. AS is usual
in most cases, some of the guests for
got to send in a wish, but brought one
with them, and others wrote them
after they arrived. For this purpose a
large paper rosebud had been made
into which the wishes were slipped,
and the bud twisted up again. The
guest of honor was charmed with the
rose and rosebud, and said that she
should always keep 1t as a pleasant
reminder of her friends, whom she
was soon to leave for a new home in
a distant city"
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
tory symptoms OF 1ocKJaw.

tory Symptoms OF 1oCKJaw.
Il was alarmed, naturally, but
thought perhaps l might be mistak-
en-, so visited a physician and told
him how I felt. He did not think
seriously Of the matter, and l be
Iieved / might have been mistaken,
but nevertheless I was worried, and
when that night the symptoms grew
more pronounced and became more
peTceptibIe I watched them all the
more closely.
That night I got a real shock. /
observed a growing rigidity OF the
muscles OF the jaws. II 1t kept on
they would become locked beyond
all hope of unlocking them.
"In one day I had 5000 units.
about q fluid ounce, Of the serum
Injected. My jaws continued slow
Iy to grow more rigid, but we fought
the disease with the serum until at
last we saw that We had the disease
going the other way. aHd we fought
It ont
The germs OF tetanus may be in
any manner of dirt. II you have
wound Ia your finger aHd go out
into the garden and stick It into the
fresh earth you stand . chance Of
getting lockiaw."
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Don't Forget How to Walk.

The trolley car, the automobile and
the train have made transportation
so easy that people seldom walk any
more. They ride to business, to the
theater, the store, the resort, from the
country into town, from one street to
another, until walking has become al
most a lost art. In a generation or
two more we will forget how to use
our legs. Man is by nature a walking
animal. He was never made to sit
still and be swiftly moved from place
to place. And he is beginning to show
the results of failure to use the motor
muscles. He is becoming too fat
and pudgy, and no small portion of his
i'll health might be traced to this fail
ure to develop his muscles and use his
physical faculties.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
THE COUNTRY'S MANY VOICES.
Noises of pastoral Repose" Respon-
sibIe for Slang Term Applied
to Londoners.

The city man came down to break
fast red-eyed and pale.
"a quiet country vacation?" he
grumbled to the farmers rosy daugh-
ter, why, the pandemonium was un-
exampled. Nothing like it is ever
heard in town. Dogs barking, pigs
grUntiAg, sparTows chirping, crickets
and tree frogs pegging away, rOosters
Growing, horses neighing- didn't
sleep wink"
The pretty daughter of the farmer
gave a merry laugh.
"YOu city people have such nerVes!"
she cried. None of you can stand our
pastoral repose. You are like the cock
ney."
What cockney?" he asked, smiling
at his sOft-boiled egg a little anx-
iously.
''The first, the original cockney,"
she replied. HE went out from Lon
don, just like you, to spend his yaca-
tiOn in the country, and just like you
the noises wouldn't let him sleep. He
said at breakfast that the wild beasts
roaring had been something frightful.
And as he talked, a cock crOwed-
That's the one, he said excitedly.
That's the feller. He's been neighing
like that all night"
The intelligent young girl laughed.
And ever since that time" she
said, "LOndoners have been called
cOck-neighs. Buffalo Express
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Two ApoIoaies for 4 Hat.

A Kansas City man, who had lost
his hat at public function in that me-
tropOlis, caused the following unique
advertisement to be published in the
local papers:
The undersigned will deem il a
great favor if the gentleman who in
advertently took the undersigned's s
new silk hat On the occasion of the
reception of the Lotos club, leaving an
inferior headpiece instead, will have
the goodness to return said silk hat
Not only will the gentleman receive
the undersigned's waTmest thanks for
his kindness, but the apologies of the
undeTsigned-the apology for the trou-
bic the undersigned may have caused
him, and the apology for a hat which
he has conferred upon the under
signed. The Sunday Magazine
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
HCTIh TELLS HOW LOCKJAN FELT
Doctor was Worried When His Face
Began to Stiffen-FOught Disease

Doctor was Worried When His Face
Began to Stiffen-FOught Disease
St. Louis.-Dr. F. w. GTundmann
of Washington avenue, who was pro-
nounced out Of danger from lock-
Jaw, after suffering for almost three
weeks. described how he felt during
his Illness.
n diagnosing my own symptoms
a week after the germs of tetanus
had entered my blood, I thought
had the disease, but l was not sure,
said DR.. Grundmann. "One day, as
l was stepping OF q street car, 1t
started permatuTely and threw me
on my knee on the street. A hole
was ripped in my trousers. and a
cash cut in the flesh Of my knee,
into which earth from the street
was ground.
''It gave me no trouble. panied
nae very little and 1 gave it no fur
ther thought. About a week later
I found that l had fever and that
the muscles of my neck panied me
and were CONSTRUCTED. Next l OBJ
served spasmodic jerking Of the
limbs. These knew to be Fremont
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Names that DOn't Name

Many chemical names convey ne
exact idea of the things they stand
for. OIL sf vitriol is NO oil, neither
are ellis Of turpentins and kerosene.
CopperAs Is an iron compound ana
contains no copper. Salts Of lemon
is the extremely poisonous oxalic
acid. Carbolic acid Ia not an acid
but an alcohol. Cobalt contains
none Of that metal but arcensic. Soda
water has ne trace OF soda, and su-
gar Of lead has no sugar: cream Of
tartar has nothing Of cream, ner milk
CT lime any milk. German silver
has no silver and blacklead ne lead.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
ADEPT IN LOVES LANGUAGE.
Prize Won by Young English Woman
Seems to Have Been Awarded
with Due Discrimination.

Australia is a great country for
competitions. The Victorian mining
city of Ballarat has had a love let
ter competition, which proved so at
tractiVe as to draw competitors from
all over the empire. 1t closed a few
days ago, with the interesting result
that the first prize was awarded to an
English lady, Miss Gertrude Leighton,
Black End, Cornwall The letter
judged to be the best ran thus:
ITO an imaginary correspondent
You ask me to forgive you. What can
you ever do, sweetheart, which for
one moment could make me forget
what you are to me, or that love
which has made earth heaven, and my
life a joy? Have to forgive the sun
for lurking behind the clouds when
he has shOne on my days and made
them golden, or shall l welcome him
the less when he comes forth to warm
me again? Beloved, if l have aught
to forgive 1t is that you, hold, have
asked the question. | have no desire
to know anything, except that you
have loved me and love me still. My
faith is unquestiOning, for have l not
crowned you king, and the king can
do no wrong? These eyes of mine,
which have closed beneath your
kisses, are sightless until your lips un-
seal them. My ears are deaf except
to the magic call of the voice of my
beloved, and my heart has ceased to
beat until it can throb on yours. I am
sleeping, and shall awaken but at the
sound of your footsteps"
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Everyone of Them q Bird.

A current newspaper item is az
follows: THE wife of 3 soSnodist
minister in West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her first huB-
band was named Robin; her second
husband, Sparrow; and the present
ones name is Quayle. There are
row two young Robins. one Sparrow,
and three little Quayles IN ths family.
One grandfather was = Swan, and
another was q Jay; but he's dead
and now 8 bird of Paradise.
They live on Hawk-ays,, Eagle
Vile, Canary Islands. and the fellow
who wrote this article is Tyre bird
and an interesting relative of the
family"