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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-08-17

An exchange advises you not
to make the mistake of picking
a quarrel before il is ripe.
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Miss Josephine Kane and
young daughter, Sara. will

Miss Josephine Kane and
young daughter, Sara, will
leave next Monday for Wash
ington, ID. c., where they will
permanently reside, Mrs. Kane
having been appointed to a
lucrative position in the agri-
cultural department. Miss Esth-
er Kane will enter Sullins Col
lege for the winter, and Mr..
Robert Kane will again be in
school at King College. They
VIII not join their mother until
next spring, when they, too,
will go to the capital city. Mrs.
Kane and her interesting little
family have many friends in
this city who regret their de-
parture, and wish for them
much success and happiness in
their new home. Bristol News.
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SUBSCRIBERS are earnestly re

SUBSCRIBERS are earnestly re
quested 60 observe the date
printed on their address slips,
which will keep them at all
times posted as TO the date
of the expiration of their sub
scription. Prompt and timely
attention TO this request will
save all parties a great deal Of
annoyance.
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No question in the State OF
Virginia is receiving more at
tention right now than the
question Of good roads. Since
Wise county took such "A bold
step forward in the matter bet
ter highways, the good roads
fever has spread 10 the utter
most parts OF the Old Dominion.
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The Jonesville Star says it is
unofliciaily reported that the
Cedar Valley Oil Co.. near that
place, has struck twenty foot
vein of iron ore and plenty of
sulphur water.
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Mrs. j. II. Stephenson and
daughter, of Jacksonville, Fla. .
who spent several weeks ia the
Gap, were called home last
Wednesday on account of sick
ness.
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u your liver is sluggish and out of
tone. and You feel dun. bilious. consti-
patcd, take dose % Chamberlain a
stomach aud Liver Tablets tonight be-
fore retiring and you will feel an right in
the morning. Sold by Enterprise Drug
Go.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-28

table upon the stage is the stage manager The pro-
Queer sits in the front row. The walls OF the stage
have their glory shorn from them now and are bare
and briced and white There iron rods suspended
in midair by wires and ropes They have supported
many gorgeous things in their time.
There is slight pause and the stage manager COM
mences briskly, Mary Ann, the maid he calls out,
lifting typewriter book from pile at his feet A
little dark girl looks receptive and it IS handed to
her, Ned Brinton,' he calls, and of the waiting
circle holds out his hand. And So sitting in the circle,
they read their parts. The stage manager corrccts
infection here explains the sentence there. Oc
casonaly the producer will order sentence out as
inconsequent
AS the rehearsals go on, the habit grows that at
the time of the production the original 189 pages of
manuscript will have shrunk to 90. The principals
read aboriously at first with but slight suggestion OF
spirit They like the members OF some pains
taking class in serious village school In a week,
with more spirit. The comedians beginning to
indicate extremity of infection, is their custom.
Some of the performers who know that they are not
in immediate requsition walk about reading and ges
tcuating they read The brettist sitting the
producer whispers frequently for the making of plays
is the result of many suggestions
THE MANY REHEARSALS
Thus for three hours daily, in the afternoon the
hbretto becomes diminished and shaped I'LL now
theater has been sufficient for rchearsals. In
week. however, will the classic show girls and those
lesser luninaries the chorus girls be called their
rehearsals all of which will necesstate another the
ater's accommodations. SO at 10 o'clock upon a
morning the smiling chorus throng meet elsewhere,
and there with discretionary eye are the dancing
director who directs the dances of the chorus, and
the who attends to the things of music. The girls
who provided with the words OF the songs sit
clustered about the piano circle while the musical
director plays the air for them. He sings first, they
follow till line by line the strains sink into that cho-
comprehension Thus for week it goes till all
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stage-a minute representation of may ba
These are, in their turn approved
In the meantime the costume designer comes to the
judgment and is shown the models for color
harmonics enter into consideration here His cos
tunes must harmonize with the sensitive sccneries
the sceneries with the He suggests changes
Il would rather have another color says he of
scene, whereupon again the faithful scenic man ap-
pears for further consultations and final decisions by
the Ultimate Parsonage Then the costume designer
is informed of the number of people" who will ap-
pear.
Sometimes FIVE hundred costumes are employed in
a production In order that they shall be made ex-
actly hundred and twenty of these gaudy gildcd
vivid little water color sketches must be made which
notice at the doors of theatrical vcstibues The
designer does them very rapidly, finishing four each
day The material of every dress used upon the stage
is further chosen by him, subject that certain
sary approval He designs the furniture used. It
would almost insult ask man like this what
he does with his spare time.
In the meantime the scenic artists fellows are get
ting to work. There five six of them in overals
and aprons, and they stand the little corr
doris made by the stretched canvases They keep in
the small models they reproducing on an in
hnitely greater scale Strange smells are in the air
here. There paint in most places and I'M
finished scenes in the remaining ones. The fellows
work surely with broad strokes of vivid coIors and
exact for appalling exaggerations of effect all of
which would appear, doubtless most rich and proper
upon The Night.
While this work is taking place, however many
things arc occurring in the managerial sanctuary.
Streams of the magnificent have been cntrant there
men actor folk in striking designs, folk
bedecked IN gay extremity. Engagements being
thought of Each is introduced by the stage manager
to whom they have made application i'll the first in
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reputation and the improving skill OF tno ~"
tried that.
'How MANY vamps have you got there-how many
bars?" he will say the musical Director ana Oes
told will try again Then he teaches his cnorus tAt
which he has just evolved and IN a rev WeeNS NJ
1.-The chorus is marching about and dancing 10 me
strains of the piano.
In the meantime the principals working nara y
songs among other things "Get more SWING there
the stage manager will say to lady soaring mo
song To illustrate he sings line himself mess
activities are carried with the renearsaiS Oh TIC
spoken parts For the latter the stage manager S0o
upon the stage He stands close to the actors anu
listens to each infection watches every expression
1t is three weeks before production. The chorus 10
it all the time The principals rehearSe IN the
afternoons The producer IS everywhere dlrecrng ns
chorus here the principals there and already thnnS
OF imminent ensemble rehearsals at nlgnt, Mo!e
humble workers. Also have been moving. The Wig
maker has measured each performer Tor wig the
costume man for suits and dresses, Tor the costume
department. will shortly be working with the full force
OF its $50 dress makers There are dresses OF .ns
chorus which will cost $50 each Every SILK and
satin which the designer selects must be matched ana
every dress Individually fitted The Chrysas IS form
ing the butterfly will soon be here.
But in all this time where is the star Dix weeks
before the production she has arrived from Europe
She darling of spectacular fate5, exception to tnea
rca rules. practices at first by hersei on the stage
upon which the production IS to be made one comes
from her dressing her pink tlghtS anu udnS-
er's shoes.
NEARER THE DAY
1t is now two weeks before the production. At ths
rehearsals in the afternoon compression, compression
compression are the words The iron handed pro
Queer Strengthening the lnnOCentS. lie SITS IN tho
back seats now, and the perspiring stage manager,
coatless but not without his cigar, frequently
for conference TrelesSly the sentences are repeated
the songs resung, while the inactive principals OF tho
moment sit about at the back OF the stage waiting
their
: Full rehearsals have come to be the order every
evening. The first two acts threaded through,
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stance. Only the cream" reach the sanctuary. SO
each nervous for once) and is regarded keeny
and with appraising eyes by the parsonage In such
fashion are engagements made.
During these days the stage manager has been ac-
tive too. Troops of Show ladies and Chorus"
ladies have been in waiting anterooS to be passed
upon. Much proportion and many feathers there.
The stage manager knows most IF these girls-knows
their points and their singing and dancing qualities
for they have perhaps been through his hands before
So they engaged propitiated with requests for
their present addresses.
WITH AK AND SAW
Our musical spectacular show is now humrning
with human activities. The scene models, the dress
designs have been KID by the ubiquitous producer,
whom every detail goes. There have been confer
with the lbretst, conferences with the musical
director, who has long since been engaged in
lating the orchestral parts of lyrics and ensemble.
The gentleman of theatrical properties has also had
pressed into his hands that universal scenario with
rough sketches OF furniture by the artist The
stage managers have been conferring too, with the
busy author to the lists of properties required.
Rough instructions all that are sufficient for most
of these.
So away goes the propert3 g.an to his workshop
among the dust and cobweb It is large and has
rough, red bricked walls F; cen to eighteen men
work here in the busy summer scason-feows in
blue shirts and overalls and the clothing of toll The
floors are bare and loaded up with dust, shavings,
paint unfinished carpentry finished chairs and statues
The practical propertyman would seem able to con-
struct most things. He makes machines for wind eff
fects he paints the odds and ends of scenery; he
builds furniture and electric light fxngs and makes
and carpets and door knobs and even paper
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the airs and many of the words have become memoir
lied. The dance director then upon the active
field of affairs.
From the morning of the first dancing rehearsal
the chorus has become worSmanlikc in appear
Many of the trappings of grandeur are thrown
off, skirts pinned up in preparation for the dance
There are assumed, too. short, knee high kmonoike
affairs called practicng skirts. Most of these girls
director stands before them and trains them in tho
dancing ways they should CO. 1t is his way to take
small companies and placing himself in their midst
emphasize each step by little exaggeraons of pose.
When these sections have been rehearsed separately
he takes them together. He tries them again and
again, repeating little words and phrases constantly
60 back-Go back familiar words. When all
have grasped movement the piano is brought into
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mache statues from his designs. In the six busy
weeks before production begins too, his work Is of
a feverish description. About 5000 separate pieces
are sometimes required The busy bee would appear
to come disastrous second to the propertyman.
1t is now about eight weeks before production, and
the wheels of the spectacular taking to themselves
intensit1cs OF impetus The first rehearsal of prn-
epals has been called In another week perhaps the
satuesque divnities of the choru. will assemble The
principals arrive to the characteristic accompaniment
OF patent leather suede shoes. They sit side by
side in the center of the stage. They are the same
divnIties so often in the grandeur of their habit
upon Broadway. With coat and ccliA< --H at little
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great at anything you induce potent theatrical
ayers TO think concerning you-for you attrac
ton So the producer often thinks of the star before
he reflects upon the show" The star having been
selected however that removed carpenter, the libret
fist, is called up the telephone. Shortly he pre-
sents himself You may ill his picture in also
So the producer briefly tells the playwright what
he desires "A shoW for so-and-so" the instructions
So the writer departs to return in some days
filed with those enlivening Thugs ideas. He states
them, while the manager listens and makes sugges-
tons.
Wouldn't it be better do such and such here SO
and there?" The librettist thereupon disappears
again more, this time with his seen
srio" brief description of the play, which after
attentive examination receives managerial approval
Get to work it." says the producer and the writer
goes, in the of few weeks with
lyrics, for sundry musical composers lowering
expectant
The eong words received the phone comes
into further requisition and the composing gentle
hover no longer. Seven or eight are summoned
and given lyric or two apiece Another gentleman
receives the order for what termed the ensemble
and the musical show is usually narrowing example
Of the effects of dividing up"
II is the composers time of energy They
evolve their melodies ensemble according TO their
several methods. They try out upon the piano or
write the air with pencil first if they very
soious of the dignity of their art They gather in
the producers Office to sing their compositions to
him, who listens and remarks, remarks and listens
ct should go like this" he will say or at should go
like that"
Hold hard there" he will say. You've got to get
snap there. Try it over"
More compositions played to accompanying
criticism. This number could be little brighter
There were two bright numbers coming together
there; another must be arranged.
CARPENTERS AND LYRICS
Thus the musical compositions are gone through
from first to last and begins TO understand the
carpentry OF lyrical production. So our composers
file out in their due order, 10 return from time TO
time with additions or variations which have been
required
The wheels are moving somewhat faster now but
yet have great impetus. 1t is coming though for
great spaces of waiting to be turned into
scenes and events crowd hotly in. But the scenery
next the frequent telephone whirs its call
and the painter enters with expectant eye He
is promptly handed typewriter scenario 'eWe have
three act play here" he is informed by the man
who pays First act, so-and-so second act, so-and-
When l the modcls?"
The painter receives his scenario rehectively
Say about a week" he ventures whereupon the
models" the next objects of the scenic artists
activities. The models really minute reproduc-
tons Of the actual of the projected play They
are painted in water colors the edges of their tiny
foliage cut deicately and they set into mimic
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W Broa0eDay ODenmq Night All Is Toll
Patient Effou and. Building Uo O, Destroying
By Garnet Warren

THERE is glow of changing light upon the
stage and the moving hosts of beauty divide.
There varieties of march and intrcacies
of formation, while the fash tho
many colors of that mysterious stageland.
1t very easily this thing which Broadway
endearingly terms "a musical show" and it hutters
its butterfly wings if they had always their
empire OF sheen and had never known the chrysas
which once they Yet they toilsomely con-
structed, indeed, and with patience may
them in the making.
Let me then induct you to the first preparatory
scene At a square desk covered with books and
papers sits each day that sacred parsonage the pro-
Queer. Fill his parts in for yourselves. Many men
TO that room, too, to him, and all defer.
For he 1t IS from whom salaries and all the
pleasant paythngs in the game called life. He dis
tributes orders and engagements and is great
1t IS the star who frequently inspires the machin
cry OF theaters to When you get to be very
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HERALD BRANCH OFFICES:

NORTHWEST.
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Bureau.
GOLDENBERG' Information Bureau.
HECHT & CO. Cashiers Office.
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S. KANN. SONS * CO. Information Bu-
T. A. wILLBoURN. 1914 Wisconsin ave
MODERN PHARMACY, eth and Z SITS,
CARPENTER & DUNLOP, l4th and Cir
NICHOLS PHARMACY. 18th and Pa. av
BUTLER a FIELD Sd and Indiana ave
Prop, Isle New Hampshire ave.
CHARLES G. HORNUNG. Chrlstlanl
Pharmacy, sw. cor. 7th and NJ SITS.
S. NJ. WAGNER. lst and II SITS.
SIMPSONS ) PHARMACY, cor. Tth st
and h. !. ave. and r ST.
JOHNSTON'S S PHARMACY, 121 y. j. av.
+. p. WELLER'S PHARMACY, 1884 NJ.
ATKINSONS PHARMACY, 1lth and q.
ASTORIA PHARMACY, Sd and G SITS.
KENESAW PHARMACY. Mount Pleas
McNULTY's CifGAR STORE. 1896 18th st.
TAYLOES PHARMACY, Sth and p SITS.
DAVIS PHARMACY. 9th and S SITS.
ASQUITH'S PHARMACY. 1915 14th st.
T. IT, L d.-.I FURTHERMORE 6l6 18th St
STOTT & SNYDER, 18th and q SITS.
NEW YORK AVENUE PHARMACY,
cor y. y. ave. and y. Cap. St
DAY e. CO. s PHARMACY, 5th and G.
1ARNOLD.S ) PHARMACY, 34Ol l4th St
KINGS DRUG STORE. Vermont ave.
and I 81.
NORTHEAST
JOHN T BUTLER. 40l Stanton place.
G.. T. kRATSE. 9Th and X SITS.
y. y. COURTNEY. 10 North Capitol St
McCHFSNEY e JOACHIM % and r SITS.
McCHESNEY & JOACHIM Sth and T SITS.
G J. GEIGER'S PHARMACY. corner 9th
and r SITS
CHARLES J. FUHRMANN'S PHAR-
MACY, Sth and East Capitol SITS.
BLUMER's PHARMACY. y. Capitol and
Il SITS.
SOUTHWEST.
Y HUGO EISENREISS. eth and = SITS.
MILBURN'S PHARMACY. 7th and II SITS.
SOUTHEAST
BURROWS PHARMACY. 1901 Pa ave.
ROACH DRUG Co. Sth and G SITS.
r. p. WELLER, Sth and SITS.
GUY ". NEELEY. l1th and g SITS.
BROOKLAND.
CHARLES G. LENNON. 18th and New
ton SITS.
ANACOSTTA
g. p. RTRY'S PHARMACY. cor Monroe
and jefferson SITS.
ALEXANDRIA.
WILLIAM 2. TAYLOR SIG King St
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COLONIAL BEACH PROPERTY.

COLONIAL BEACH PROPERTY.
For sale cheap a splendid winter or
summer home: S large rooms and sum-
mer kitchen; completely furnished: over
half acre; fruit and shade trees. Address
or call Mrs. J. SANDERS, Colonial
Beach, Va. Ia9
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.

FOR sALE-No. 1909 A ST. Sc. co,
LOOK AT IT; NEW GROOM. GEL
LAR, FURNACE-HEAT RRICK
RESIDENCE OF ROOMS AND TILED
BATH; LOT l6xsS TO loft. ALLEY.
S,0O-S500 CASH, BAL. $25 PER MO-,
INCLUDING INTEREST.
CHAS. A. SHIELDS, 1886 NY. ave. NV.
151
FOR SALE-S2,75Q ASKED; OFFER
WANTED: A 7-ROOM AND CELLAR
FRAME HOUSE (RENTED AT SlS.5O).
on LOT 2OX9O. ON MD. AVE. NE.
NEAR THE CAPITOL: To CLOSE AN
ESTATE.
CHAS. A. SHIELDS, 1886 Ny. ave. NV.
III
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II YATT SVILLE BARGAINS-FOR
Sale-PriCe. s. 200. G-acre farm. s-rOon
house. barn, and outbuudings: $500 cash,
balance monthly. Finest dairy farm In
Prince George County, large route will
90 with place, can be bought on very
easy terms. We can rent or sell yOu q
suburban home on very easy terms
SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE co. Ky
attsville. Nd.
FOR COLORED PEOPLE-SO DOWN
and SO a month. We VIII build you q
Groom house. lot 5'xln. minutes 10
steam and electric r. r SUBURBAN
REAL ESTATE CO.. Hyattsville. Nd.
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10l4 y Ne
10 r.. D.. furnace heat
Possession June %; per mo. 5000
1921 . NV
r., b.. steam heat
Balance OF lease term
Possession June I: per 1850
2lH - NV
2 r, b.. furnace heat
Screens and shades FOR entire
mouse. per uo----..-....-. $500
+. II. TOWNSEND & Co,
1913 II ST NV. Phone ". 1892
T-1
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THIS IS THE HOME
To PLEASE YOU.
SamuLa HOUSE.

THIS Is THE HOME
To PLEASE YOU.
Sample House.
2711 NORTH CAPITOL ST.
PRICE. $3.50
The architectural plan OF these
houses will appeal 70 you at once.
Built on the receptiou-haU plan,
with six large and beautiful
rooms, finished throughout with
the most exquisite taste and pa
pered as beautifully as though the
houses were worth double. Mas
sive and beautiful mantels, gas
fixtures OF the latest style
Special care has been taken IN
the designing and the eguipping Of
the bathroom. Il is a model Of
sanitation and convenience. and
Will please YOU. The kitchen is
ideal in every reSpect-rOOmy. well
ventilated, and Thoroughly modern.
Large back yard. leading 20 alley.
THE SITE COULD NOT BE
BETTER.
These houses are near the Sol
dierS' Home grounds. whose beauty
need not be mentioned. You know
II as well as we.
Come out and inspect Sunday.
FRANCIS A. BLUNDON,
I0I G St
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FOR sALE-GOOD INVESTMENT.
5000
$500 cash and So monthly notes Rents
Tor N2 per month. This IS not an Old
dilapidated building, but practically new,
and in good northwest locality.
AN ATTRACTIVE HOME.
$3.50
A detached colonial style residence. To-
Gated on avenue northwest; beautifully
decorated: heated by hot water, attrac-
tive lawn and shade
Only $500 cash required.
10 PER CENT NET INVESTMENT
A 2-stOrv bay-WlndOw presSed-br!ck, 10
Gated on 18th 81. NV. Price, $3.50. Rent
ed at $3.50.
STORE AND DWELLING SOUTHWEST
Located on ~ 81. Sw.. s rooms and
bath, cellar; good condition; good stand
Tor grocery store. lot 20Xl30. stable on
alley. Price only S3s5o.
on THE HEIGHTS.
Price, $3.50
A very pretty and coy little home.
NORTHWEST HEIGHTS. Varlor. din
ing-TOom, large kitchen. bedrooms. and
bath. concrete cellar. furnace heat. deep
PeoIches, 500 CASH AND 80 PER
MONTH.
y ST. NORTHEAST.
S2,I1d
Pretty little home, located On y 81. ne .
rooms and bath. hot and cold water.
rented az $3.50 month. side and rear
alley l5xS0. Terms very reasonable.
SMALL INVESTMENTS
IWO-stOry brick, rented $3.50: price S2C00
Iwo-story brick. rented $500. price 81. a1o.
Z-StOTy frame. rented 81 50. price 8 ClJ.
WM. II. SAUNDERS & CO.,
1907 / ST. nv.
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NEAR BRIGHTWOOD AVE. AND IA
koma station and the new government
buildings. costing over a million dollars
Ihls property is increasing greatly in
value and / will trade property men
cumhered. for a city property. Bon s..
Herald Office 14--tf
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IN PETWORTH-49Os STH ST. NV.
Built for owner: attractive 7-room and
bath attic and cellar dwelling; hOt-water
heat; eastern exposure; large front and
back porches. This house has every con-
venience. nickel plumbing, laundry tubs,
and laundry range. Price, $500.
Inquire OF OWNER, upon premises.
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FOR SALE-BY OWNER, NO. 1895 3
81. SEA Groom double brick corner
house low price; reasonable terms.
Apply
l.. G. FERRELL,
Apt q Columbia.
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FOR SALE-SUBURBAN.

THIS ATTRACTIVE BUNGALOW.
situated on Columbia pike, Ar
Hngton, Va. 8 minutes walk from
W, A * T. 9. Rwy. and 3i min
Utes from center Of city: lot 51xia0.
rooms and bath. hot-water heat.
open fireplace. shed, and chicken
yard. $500 Apply
II. WILSON PETTY, Arlington, w
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FLOOR OILS.
MOVING.

MoVING-CITY OR COUNTRY. LARGE
three. CD horse padded vans Estlmates
or oy & ,He load. LIT ILEFIELD. ALVORD
* Co. Colorado Bldg Telephone W
.s.-o-s, 12l-6mO
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1881 VERMONT AVE. NW.-lO ROOMS
and bath; perfect condition. front and
rear yards ......................S40 $40. 90
NEW HOMES FOR COLORED TEN
ANTS. I3 nth ST. Sc, 5 rooms and
bath large rear yard.........,.....,Sl5 ,Sl5.50
kARRICI< 81 METCALF, 1920 NY. nv.
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