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added. except that it might not be pol
icy to do SOL -
They say the only part OF a pig the
packer can't use is the squeal. he con-
tinued. The same is true Of an old
building The only part there is no de-
mand for is the plaster. We leave that
on the ground for the diggers to cart
away. The sashes. doors, castings, stairs.
banisters, ,f1replaces, mantels. even the
laths. are all fish for our net. as are the
piping, bathroom fixtures, basins, tubs,
chandeliers, etc. =
Secondhand Sashes Cheap.
Secondhand sashes. that are as good
as new, you can buy for less than 1t
would cost to put glass in new ones. I'll
sell you a bathroom outfit for one-half
what you'd pay for new material. while
a door that would cost $40 new can be
bought for 50.
"Of course, 1t makes some difference
how far the material has to be shipped.
If you are building in Maine you can't
build so cheaply as you can on Long
Island, using the same material. A very
well known and very wealthy New Yorker
has just built a bungalow in Maine from
material I shipped there. Every stick
used I'm it is old. but none would ever
guess it. For $3.50 I'll sell you complete
bungalow. You can have 1t built for less
than 500. and you'll have place that
would have cost you up to $1,000 to build
OF new material"
Several dealers in secondhand building
material said that their wares frequently
were bought by dishonest builders, who,
being paid by the owner for new stuff.
used secondhand mater al and pocketed
the difference between the two, in addt-
ton to thir honest profit. OF course. the
owner is getting better material, but he
should be entitled to the saving in price.
they said.
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100 feet. will shortly be improved by q
dwelling costing in the neighborhood OF
$4,000. Just what viii be done with tbs
two lots at 38th and Jenifer streets has
not been announced by the purchaser, al
though they will doubtless be improved
IN the near future.
The work Of grading at Chevy Chase
Heights has been completed north OF Ingo-
mar street. and the work Of laying side
walks, macadamiSed streets. water ard
sewer mains. ETC., is progressing rSpidly,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-05
AT CHEVY CHASE HEIGHTS.
Sale of Three Lots Reported by
Thomas J. Fisher e. Co.

The office Of Thomas ]. Fisher & Co.
has just closed sale of three lots in
Chevy Chase Heights. one being the
northwest corner of Connecticut avenue
and Jenifer street, and two at the corner
of Jenifer and 3Sth streets The total
areas is over 10000 square feet of
ground The lot at the corner of Con-
necticut avenue and Jenfer street, which
has a frontage on the avenue of over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-05
25oS to 1914 Wisconsin Avenue NV.
Opposite Naval Observatory Park.
Strikingly Beautiful Homes.

THESE ARE ALSO Breuninger houses. They not
large the 18TH street houses but characterized by
the high standard workmanship and the
lous exercised in the selection of materials 1t
conceded by competent judges that they the best medium
priced houses offered for sale in Washington and it is
of surprise how houses combining many excellent
qualities and possessing much genuine worth be sold
for such moderate price
We invite attention few OF their features: Solid
strlction Hardwood Parquet floors Oak stairways
Handsome mantel Fine fixtures and decorations Electric
gas lights Hot-water heat Cabinet ranges Instanta
neous water heaters Well lighted cellars Tn
usual width Laundries. Broad front porches Two-stoy
porches. Large lots. Fine high location Good
roundngs Q,en for inspection.
PRICE S52,o REASONABLE TERMS
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Magnificent Homes.
Exceptionally Fine Construction

These remarkably handsome new houses were
designed to meet the requirements of people of
refined taste and good judgment. Imposing in
perspective, graceful and dignihed in outline and
elegant in all the details of interior finish and
ornamentaton. The location, near the National
Park, will grow in value and increase in attrac-
tiveness year by year.
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Elegant Homes.
Built by Lewis e. Breuninger.
3l45 to 3l5l Seventeenth Street NV.
Superb Construction.
Admirable Location.

THESE SPLENDID HOUSES are truly representative
OF the best ideals of modern BODYBUILDING and furnish
standard of value that has rarely been equaed and
passed They erected by panstaking and practical
builder of long experience from plans prepared by leading
architect and nearly perfect highly developed skill
make them.
They contain nine remarkably handsome and
fine modern bathrooms; trimmed throughout in the best
lected oak and decorated with good and judgment
Massivey built oak stairways Hardwood floors Electric
and gas lights Artistic fixtures Beautifully arranged din
ing Huge closets and linen Howater heat
Spacious pantre Solidy built porches Laundrie and all
the requirements strictly hgh-cass modern homes.
Desirable and convenient location Close Conn.,
cars.
PRICE, $S,25o LIBERAL TERMS.
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A COMBINATION OF

EQUITABLE TERNS-tems that 500 of
each months payment
AN NORTHUMBERLAND PRICE = made
possbe only as a result of the size of the
undertaking. .ls
AND PERFECTLY CHARMING HOME that
in every way compares favorably with homes
$4,000 to $1,000,
Has Caused Over 90 Families to Locate Here
Corner Georgia Ave. and Lamont ST. NV,
Columbia Heights.
Price, $3.50.
Terms: $500 S2s Monthly
These of
that as matter of business
should see Them
To Inspect.
Take of Lamont Columbia Heights,
o Lamont and walk two
Sample homes gag Georgia and 645 Lamont
SHANNON s. LUCHS,
7l3 18th ST. NV.
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materials is caused by the lumber. In
these days of airships and two-mile-a-
minute autos we won't wait for lumber to
become thoroughly seasoned Take the or
binary beam that is used in a new house.
II Is still oozing sap. In the course OF a
few years it will shrink half an inch in
length or it will become warped. AS a
result great cracks open in ceilings and
In floors. Ceilings fall from this cause,
doors stick and windows rattle, all be-
cause the wood was too fresh
The speaker said that the prices OF
secondhand materials followed the f1uc-
tuations of the new; also. to a slighter
extent, they We're governed by supply, al
though seemingly there was no let-up in
the number of persons who wanted
houses torn down.
'tOnce in a while, when big municipal
improvement is under way he said.
''there may be opportunities to get GER
tain grades of material in greater guam
tity. but this is not reflected to any APP
probable degree in the price. for the
dealer must count on the average sup
ply rather than that of the immediate
present. If he cuts prices too much when
the supply is plentiful he would be out
of 1t when the supply was short. He
would have nothing to sell.
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How Money May Be Saved.

Comparing prices. you will see how
money may be saved. Secondhand brick
is sold at approximately % per cent
lower than new brick. This in spite of
the handling. for every secondhand
brick must be cleansed Of mortar. A
brownstone stoop which would cost you
$500 to buy new can sch for 800. 1t
will be just as good as new. too. and
none would be able to say from it's APP
pearance that it was not. -
ION beams the builder can save third
despite the fact that the second hand are
far better than the new,
The speaker went on to say that the de-
mand for the big beams particularly far
exceeded the supply. When the cid stock
exchange was torn down in Broad street
some years ago the beams were used in
the erection of a 9Th avenue mansion.
II could tell you whose it was he
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
Pays Herself by Taking Pork Chops

meat safe. and after working the COM
bination. distracted therefrom pork
chops and eggs enough to pay for her
wages and over.
She carried her palatable plumber to
the Hyde Park police station, whence
she telephoned her mistress early the
next morning that she had In her
desperation carried of Mrs. Bonner's
treasures. and would keep them for
ransom till her wages were paid. Mrs.
Bonner nearly tainted, and her board
ers threw old fashioned stage fits
when they heard what had happened.
When Mrs. Bonner had recovered she
made breakfast from such odds and
ends as the cook had set no value on,
and then obtained a warrant for the
Offending cook.
The story of how the Stevenson
woman laid violent hands on Mrs. Bon
ner's pork chops was told in court be-
fore Municipal Judge Fry of the Wood
lawn police station. and the court
fined the cook one dollar. Mrs. Bon
ner. who is a wise woman, Immediate
ly paid the Stevenson woman her
wages rather than risk a second mid
night raid on the treasures of her
kitchen.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
"ShowsMe" Tires Governor of Missouri;

10 De moral certainty that the same
old 'wheeze' will greet him. It is al
ways on meeting man. Aha, gov
ernor. suppose Wen have to show
you.' or on being introduced to an
audience: The governor of Missouri
will now show US.
And. OF course. he has to smile.
and to acknowledge the 'witticism' in
some apt way. There are only six or
eight forms OF the show me- Joke at
most. and he has learned to know, by
the way speaker starts. which one is
coming. and to have his jocose little
answer ready. And any one who sees
him bravely trying to be cheerful and
smiling in the face of the inevitable
bromides must sympathize with his
longing for something new.
His case is fully as bad as that OF
Gen. Sherman. Old Tecumseh once
said. you remember. that whatever
war might be, It was nothing com.
pared with having to hear Marching
Through Georgia played wherever he
went. and that II he ever had foreseen
his sufferings from that song he would
have marched not only to the sea, but
into T."
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
HEAVY CORSET LAcERs BEST
Last Longer and Are Infinitely More
Comfortable All the Time They
Are In Use.

Women should learn the value of
adding pair of extra thick wide silk
corset lacers to the price of any cor.
set they buy. 1t is remarkable how
much easier the corset is drawn to-
gether with these and how much more
comfortable is the pressure Of silk
against the skin than that Of cotton
or linen.
Every one knows the truth of the
last statement. but they do not always
know there are two grades of these
lacers, slightly different in cost. and
that the length of life of the expensive
one and the way 1t enables one to lace
the corset properly are easily worth
twice the difference In nickels.
The new corset is long over the
hips and II 1t is laced with a thin
string 1t will bulge in an ugly curve
over the lower part Of the spine. The
thin LAGER is not strong enough to
hold the bones in place and they take
on lines that are ugly. to say nothing
OF being uncomfortable.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01

Never sleep so that on first awaken.
ing the eyes shall open on the light
of a window.
II the wind has Redeemed the eye
lids. wash them In slightly sailed
warm water (using common salt)
To reduce the temperature of a fe-
verish cold, moisten a sponge with
either eau de cologne or vinegar and
water and hold 1t In the hand for a
time. This reduces fever due to a
cold in a marvellous way.
To remove blackheads, wash the
face in tepid water. dip finger tips in
to green soap. sold at all druggists,
and massage the face. Rinse the skin
and apply toilet water to kill the aka
II and prevent burning.
Rough elbows. a condition by no
means uncommon. usually soften and
become smooth and white after few
applications of almond OIL To apply,
1t must be gently warmed by setting
a cup containing 1t into basin of hot
water. The grease then is placed in
a receptacle sufficiently large to per-
nit of putting in the elbow and the
joint is kept in the bath for five min.
utes at least. Afterward a bandage
of cheesecloth is wet with oil and
bound on for the night
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01

last of June. to find that the commo
dore and general had at last found
something worth wrangling about.
1t had been discovered that a Ger.
tain cherry tree that gave promise of
a great yield stood about on the line
between their two residences. That
is. they agreed on the about" and
then each claimed it was on his line.
They began in argument and ended
In an uproar
The commodore secured the serv-
ices of a surveyor. and the man of the
chain and theodolite found that the
tree stood full inch on the naval
mans land. Then the general
brought out another surveyor, and aft
er two surveys 1t was found that the
tree was his by two inches.
"Egad. but I'll go to law" exclaimed
one officer.
And I'll defend my rights with
shotgun" exclaimed the other.
Each one announced and declared
and commended that it was the prin-
ciple of the thing and not the cherry
tree he had at stake, and each one
had purchased the wire to run fence
along and take in the tree. Thus mat
tiers stood when the young folks came
home for the summer vacation.
why, poppy. all the cherry trees
around here are not worth your quar-
REL" replied Miss Eunice after hear
ing the fathers story.
but principle, daughter-principle
I have lived up to 1t all my days. and
I must uphold It now. Think of an
army officer trying to claim my tree,
and he belonging to the very troops
we saved from capture by sinking
Cervera's fleet! shall stick to my
guns-to my guns!"
"You officers are acting like a cou-
pie OF boys, dad" was the comment
made by young Fairly. You've got a
dozen cherry trees on the grounds;
why fight about that one?"
Grant. you must look at the prin-
ciple of the thing. Am I to be bull
dozed and walked over like child? It |
would be bad enough If any other
man tried 1t. but he-supposed to be
an officer and gentleman! II
The army hadn't been at Santiago the
feet wouldn't have been there. /
shall defend that tree with my Iife."
AS the days went by the young peo-
Pile heard so much about that cherry
Tree that they instinctively began 70
'ske sides. They had heard of each
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01

When two peppery old chaps like
Commodore Renshaw and Gen. Fair.
ly-one from the navy and the other
from the army-both widowers, and
one having Z son and the other Z
daughter-both parents aching to ar-
que and discuss. and neither willing
to give an inch-are set to live side
by side, what's the natural conse-
quence?
wrangIe? why. they wrangIed
from the very first day. That was
about the Spanish war-as to whether
the army or navy brought about
peace. The next was on politics, the
next on religion. and they got SO they
wrangled about the weather. They
wrangied. and yet they visited each
other.
"Egad. commodore, you are an old
fossil. and your words don't count,
and I'll never darken your door again.
sir!" Gen. Fairly would exclaim a.
he left the house OF the former in .
hun; but he would be over again next
day with something new to argue
about.
'Egad. sir. but for the navy and
Santiago where would you dough-
boys have been-where, sir?" the COM
mgdore would exclaim with very red
fal I'VE saved you, sir. and here
yoN are. pretending to tell me Of war!
Yes. sir. and I'll go home. sir, and
want you to keep your hens at homo
or I'll shoot them, sir!"
But the hens continued to roam in
his garden, and he didn't shoot. They
thought they we're in deadly earnest
those two old heroes-but they
weren't They were bluf1ng.
The spring that both reached the
age limit and were retired they went
up the Connecticut shore and bought
villas side by side. At that time Eunice
were abusing the government instead
of each other At that time Eunice
Renshaw and Grant Fairly, the re-
spective daughter and son, were away
at college. and both came home the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
Whisky Gives 100 Sick Chickens Gag"

heated SO Rhoades built charcoal
fire and went away. He returned
shortly after midnight and took look
at his coop.
One hundred chickens were
stretched on their backs with their
toes up. At first their owner thought
them dead from the charcoal fumes,
but he discovered that they were un-
conscious.
The first thing he did was to get
them into the fresh air and call to
Mrs. Rhoades to bring the whisky
bottle. Chicken after chicken got its
allowance and soon they all were on
their feet, staggering around the yard.
eackling In uncertain fashion.
They were too intoxicated to stay
on their roosting perches. SO Mr..
Rhoades kept watch. and as a chicken
seemed to recover he chased It into
the henhouse to sleep the Jag" OF.
BY daylight they were all sound
asleep.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01

CHCAGO.--Lena Stevenson. negro
- cook employed in the fashionable
boarding house OF Mrs. d. Z. Bonner.
1899 Oakenwald avenue. must have
read in the newspapers about hogs
soaring in price above anything known
In 40 years. for when she set about
recompensing herself for wages she
thought were owing her she passed by
the family diamonds and plate and
looted the ice box OF pork chops.
Tho cook had tilt with her mis-
tress. and they separated at night
without. havihgscome to an agreement.
But the cook had no idea OF losing
any Of the fruits OF her labors. She
Knew where were stored the vaiuables
Of the Bonner household and during
the night following the quarrel over
tho wages. dark and mysterious per-
son stealthily approached the Bonner
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
How Deaf Mutes Use Slang and "Cuss'

with their slang and bad expressions
that we do not wish them to use. !,
Is not the slang of those who car
speak. 1t is never spelled out.
There are 500 boys and girls or
this train. and II you knew the deaf
mute alphabet you would see very few
words spelled by the hand. with
their signs. however. they can con.
verse raster than you and ! are speak
ing"
But how about the slangi" asked
the interested passenger. =
Part of It," said the instructor, 'is
common to most deaf mutes who are
somewhat In touch with the speaking
world, as these boys are. You know
how q slang word or expression ap-
pears. has its run and disappears.
mot long after II has taken it's
place in speech the deaf mutes have
their sign for II. and 1t Is more quick
ly said by sign than In words. For
example. told the boys to cut It out.
for when see them using slang find
II more effective to reprove them in
slang. II reminds them that the in
structors understand all that they say
yet. as l said. they keep us guess
ing. Sometimes a group of boys in
conversation will throw in here and
there sign that is puzzle to US.
TN a largo school the boys invent
some Of their own slang. Once in
while II is so expressive that 1t
spreads to other schools and even
throughout the world Of deaf mutes,
as some Of the slang of speech
spreads among all who speak the
tongue in which It originates. and is
even translated into other tongues.
when 1t comes to cuss words and
other bad language" the instructor
said in reply to qeustion. "the signs
ire nearly the same all over. A
-oguish boy will swear like pirate
behind an instructors back, but the
profanity of the mute world is de-
ioted by signs that for the most part
10 not change"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
CARE OF THE NECK
kEAUTiFUL THROAT COMPARE
lively EASY TO ACQUIRE.
Present Vogue Of CoIIarIess Frocks
Makes Its Possession Imperative
--Polse Of Head Must Be
Carefully Looked To.

Every girl has q yearning for good
looking neck. She knows no style Of
frock is more becoming than one that
reveals the throat, and the fashion
for collarless frocks shows how rare
are lovely necks.
A neck to be beautiful must have
more than lack Of bones. The head
should be well and easily poised. the
neck full and flexible. and flesh f1rm
and fine.
While much Of this IL not to be &C.
quired by art or exercise, being de-
pendent upon the shape of the struc-
ture of shoulders. much can be done
to improve upon nature.
Thinness is about the easiest fault
to overcome. Plenty Of sleep and
abundance OF milk and raw eggs
should fatten most necks along with
the rest of the body.
A roughened skin Is harder to over
come. but can be done by care as to
diet. A daily scrubbing with flesh
brush will do much to conquer the
rough, scaly flesh commonly known as
goosefiesh. so often found on the back
of the neck. and a nightly cleansing
with cold cream does wonders.
Before one is to wear low gown
II is well to have the neck carefully
gone over with green soap. which must
be then rinsed of and the neck mas
saged BIT with cold cream. This
should be done early. SO the skin may
have time to resume its wilderness be-
fore dressing.
The polse OF head is harder to ac-
quire. Many an otherwise lovely neck
is ruined by the poise of head. Per-
haps 1t Is thrust forward. or is carried
to one side or hunched into the shout
ders. Any Of these habits is insight.
ly. and should be fought.
This must be done by neck and head
exercise. One of the best is to sit
and walk with book on head each
day. Do not stiffen the muscles to hold
this weight. but manage It by balance.
Practice will enable one to move the
head and neck freely. with no thought
of the head weight.
A good neck depends largely upon
the general health. Deep breathing ex.
ercises are excellent. The windows
are raised and one loosens the collar
and rotates the head and neck in
every direction at the same time hold.
ing the breath or drawing in long.
deep breaths. Not only will the neck
improve but SO will the nerves.
No woman can hope to have a good
neck who insists upon wearing high
stiff collars. Except when on the
street the woman who lives at home
should wear collarless gown that
leaves the throat free. When collars
must be worn they should be soft,
loose. and lined with white SO as not
to discolor the skin.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01

CT. LpUIS.-The reason Gov. Hadley
y wants a new nickname for Mis-.
souri, Is because he has become weary,
on hisStravels outside the state. of
the ''sho1 mel" line of conversational
and banque. humor.
A man well acquainted with the gov.
ernor. who has been also on some OF
his journeys. explained the situation
several days ago.
you can't blame Hadley." said this
friend. HE has a strong sense OF HUI
NOR and he used to enjoy the show
me- jokes. and used them in his con-
versation and speeches. But since
he has been governor he has found
how easy 1t is to get too much oil a
good thing.
wherever he goes he has found It
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
A Knitted Costume.

A new costume for walking is a
skirt and jacket of hand-knitted wool.
1t is of a soft cinnamon brown and
fits the figure snugly. A high collar
buttons at the side, from which the
long jacket is fastened in a straight
line by bone buttons. A wide leather
belt below the waist gives Norfolk
effect To complete this costume,
which Paris has accepted. tiny wool
en- muff edged with fur is carried. 1t
is in direct opposition to the huge
holsters. but Its recommendation lies
in it's lack of weight, very important
consideration for walking tours.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01

MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.-As a chick
lvA en- doctor, Joseph J. Rhoades. ape
cial policeman. residing at 201 Church
street. southeast. Is something Of q
success. But all his 100 chickens had
headache one day recently, for In
the early morning hours they all be-
came gloriously drunk. The chickens
we're not to blame, for they we're all
fed whisky when unconscious.
Rhoades works nights. Just before
he left home one evening. Mrs.
Rhoades suggested that as the chick
en- house was cold she feared the
chickens would freeze II 1t were not