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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
NEW G STREET BUILDING.
Two Stories, With Walls Thick
Enough for q Higher Structure.

The building 1411 G street. owned by
e. H. Snyder. is to be removed and
in its place is to be erected a two-story
structure which will be arranged for the
use of the tailoring establishment carried
on by Mr.. Snyder and now located on
Pennsylvania avenue. The architects,
Wood, Dom G. Deming, have arranged
to have the walls of the new building
Of sufficient thickness that in the
future, If it Is desired, the building can
be continued an additional height.
The same architects have prepared
plans for a residence Of colonial design
for DR.. Magee. which is to be erected
at 1923 Connecticut avenue. The house
will have width of twenty-five feet
and will be four stories in height.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.
John F. Wilkins and Robert Wilkins
Acquire PrOperty on n Street.

The two residences 1912 and 1914 H
street northwest have been purchased by
John f. and Robert Wilkins. 1t is the in
tention Of the new owners to remodel the
buildings and arrange them for use for
business. One of the properties. belong
ing to the estate of Mrs. Berry. has a
frontage of 24.5 by a depth Of Ill feet,
and contains 2.775 square feet. while No
1914 has frontage of 3O.7 feet by III
and contains 1884 square feet.
Both properties extend to a twenty
five-foot alley. AS the last of the build
ings on that block devoted exclusively to
residence purposes. they have an in
terest as marking the advance of business
in that locality. 1t is said that S77, 500
was paid for No. 1914 and 1900 for
No. 1J1c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
Situation in New York.

LET the student of conditions in New
York who realizes the tremendous con-
gestion of population in Manhattan Is
land, with all that that means in the way
OF insanitary and well nigh impossible liv-
ing quarters, study the map of the outly-
ing boroughs of Greater New York. or,
better STILL personally visit these sections
and see the hundreds of acres entirely un-
developed, which are still in the hands Of
estates. trustees, or individuals who are
either unwilling or unable to develop this
property in such a way as to make it
available for the building of homes to
house the constantly increasing popula-
ton Of this city. Aside from the con-
struction Of lines Of rapid transit, which
will take the people out of the congested
neighborhoods of Manhattan, the most
important single factor in solving the con-
gestion problem of New York is the real
estate manufacturer who is willing and
able to develop an otherwise unavailable
tract of land into its equivalent in city
lots thereby giving the builder the OPP
portunity to build new and better homes.
go to the newer developments of Long
Island, with their communities of de-
tached homes; go to the Bronx and see
the rows Of artistic apartment houses,
with splendid light and air, built in ac-
cordance with the latest tenement house
requirements. providing housing accom-
modations of the most approved type and
at moderate rentals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
To Erect Two Houses.

During the past week a deed was placed
on record by which the title to a fifty
foot lot on the north side Of lie Roy
place. west of Connecticut avenue. was
transferred to Anna Jenness Miller by
william s. Hume. 1t Is the intention Of
the new owner to improve the property
by the erection Of two twenty hve-foot
houses. ..-sa.-. s,.,s-.... .-..--~.s-.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
Dwelling in Southeast Sold.

Willige, Gibbs & Daniel, real estate
brokers, have sold for ]. Edison Briggs
the residence 634 South Carolina avenue
southeast. a two-story brick dwelling,
with seven rooms, bath and hot water
heat. 1t occupies a lot approximately
twenty feet front by an average depth
of sixty-five feet, to a ten-foot rear alley
1t is understood that in the neighborhood
of $1,000 was paid for the premises which
will be occupied by the purchaser, Mrs.
Josephine Hallam,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
Railway Official Buys Home.

The real estate corporation Of Boss &
Phelps has sold the semt-detached resi-
dence 1916 Park road northwest to Will
liam H. Gatchell Of the Southern railway
The house contains twelve rooms and
three baths. 1t was built by Richard H.
Bailey. The lot is about 30 feet wide
by about 1856 feet deep to a paved alley,
there being modern garage on the rear
The price paid for the property was
about $4,000. 1t was owned by S. w.
Augenstein.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
A Libel on white Magic. !"
From the London Express.

A farmer named Gollup has been sem
fenced to twenty-four hours imprison-
ment by court in Syria for a curious
form of libel. When his young daughter
died recently he declared to the gossdps
that neighbor, Frau Holymann. had
caused her death by witchcraft. and stat
ed that she had been seen when she
visited the sick child to pierce a candle
with a needle and hold 1T in the fire until
II melted, muttering SPELLS the while.
Frau Holymann when bringing the action
swore that she practiced only white
magic, and that any charms she used
were with the object Of securing the
child's recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04

The brick building at the southwest
corner of 18th and v streets northwest
has just been sold by the real estate
corporation Of Boss & Phelps to the
Sanitary Laundry Company. After ex-
tensive alterations have been made the
company will take possession of the
building. The price Of the property and
improvements will amount to about
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
E. B. Butler to Build Home

A building lot at the southeast corner
Of New Hampshire avenue and r street
is to be improved by the erection of a
house for E. B. Butler. The plans are
being prepared by Clarke Waggaman,
architect, and the new structure will be
designed to suit the lot. which has
frontages on two streets and widens out
to the rear, where there is an alley out
LET
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04

John S. Williams has purchased,
through the real estate corporation Of
Boss & Phelps. the brick residence 1927
Lamont street for So, 500. This is the fifth
house recently sold by Boss & Phelps for
Kennedy Brothers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
S. B. Hege Sells House.

The real estate corporation of Boss &
Phelps has just disposed of premises
1896 Q street northwest for 1900, for
S. 3. Hege Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, to Mrs. Mary X. Dawson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
NEW BRIDGE AT Q STREET
AID TO PROPERTY VALUES
Residential Sections Of the City and George
town to Be Put in Easy Commu-
nication by Proposed Structure.

across Rock creek the makers of a city
that was designed for National Capital
deemed ninety feet the smallest street
dimension suitable. So 1t is that @
street on the east side of the creek is
ninety feet In width. while on the west
side 1t Is thirty feet less
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
Influence on Property.

In the meantime the lack Of facilities
Of communication beween the two Sec
tons of the city has had an influence,
1t is believed. on the course Of the de-
velopment of property. and also on
property values in Georgetown. It has
proved, in the opinion Of many, to be
discrimination which could not be
overcome, depressing the rental mar
ket and keeping away home seekers.
The difference in property values on
the two sides Of the creek is largely
accounted for by the difficulties and
annoyances OF getting from what is
called the city to Georgetown.
The Q street bridge is going to pro-
vide q new and desirable entrance to
Georgetown and furnish a direct con-
nection between two important resi-
dent sections. 1t is believed by many
that the region beyond the creek is in
many respects more eligible for resi-
dences than that on the east side of
that waterway. At any rate it Is felt
that with this better way of getting
to the center Of the city the two Sec
tions will be placed on a more equal
footing and home seekers will be left
free to decide the question on its
merits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
Land to Be Condemned.

The erection Of the bridge will be the
main item in the improvement. 1t will
be necessary, however, to condemn
land for tho necessary approaches. and
on the Georgetown side a large house
owned by Howard Hinckley. which is
directly in the proposed line of the ex-
tension Of @ street, will have to be
moved.
The line Of the Georgetown section of
the street runs more to the south than
the part In Washington, and in order to
join the two parts the new section will
bend somewhat to the south. This is the
plan as prepared by NJ. c. Hazen, the
the line Of Q street extends now practi-
cally to the banks of Rock creek, while
on the Georgetown side quite good deal
of ground will have to be acquired
Difference In Width.
There will also be difference in the
width, as the existing @ street In George
town is narrower than the portion In
Washington, as in the former case the
lines of the old-time Stoddert street are
followed. The generous provision for
streets which were made when Washing
ago finds an illustration in Q street as
compared with the now corresponding
portion in Georgetown.
The founders of Georgetown followed
what was the usual custom of the day
In providing city streets and limited the
width to what they looked upon as rea-
sonable for the uses proposed. In the
case of Stoddert street sixty feet was
regarded as sufficient width, while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04

To say that a thing meets q lons-feit
want has become a sort Of a cant phrase,
which has not usually much significance.
When, however, it is used in connection
with such an Improvement as the erection
of a bridge across Rock Creek on the
line of @ street, as is provided In the
current District appropriation bill, then
it is easily recognized as having vital
meaning. The present means Of communi-
cation between the portions of the city
on the west and east sides of Rock Creek
are so inadequate that the situation is
apparent even to those who only occa-
sionally have to pass from one part to
the other.
The Inconvenience and drawbacks form
a part Of the daily experience of those
who live on the west side of the creek,
and for years they have endured 1t with
the hope that some time relief would be
granted. 1t has been supposed of late,
however, the building Of the @ street
bridge would be delayed until the plan
had been agreed upon for the improve
ment Of the valley of Rock creek. But
the latter is large project involving the
expenditure of a good deal of money, and
although its execution is important, yet
no doubt because it is costly the District
legislators have been reluctant thus far
to undertake 1t.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21
Maine Nature Takers.

Maine is a great sttae for nature
takers" The Kennebec Journal puts
out the following: "Obed F. Stackpole
of Biddeford discovered on entering
his henhouse few mornings ago that
fine black hen of his flock had COM
mitted suicide. He found the hen
hanging suspended by her neck, and
her head slipped through loop in a
cord. which was attached overh cad in
the center of the coop. The cord which
figured in the event was one by means
of which Mr.. Stackpole had previously
suspended cabbage just aboJe tho
floor and small loop was left in the
end to which the stump of tie cab
bage had been fastened"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21
Foxes Made Bold by Hunuer.

Foxes seem to be unusually plenti-
full in the Blackmore vale this year,
and several instances of their remark
able boldness have occurred of late.
A few days ago Reynard had the hard
ihood actually to pay visit to the
kennels at Charlton Horethorne,
village in sheltered valley, in broad
daylight, between the Sherborne and
Wincanton, and carry off much.
priced cock belonging to the hunts
man. Apparently the marauder had
been lying up in hedgerow close to
the poultry yard and his tracks were
easily traced in the muddy lane by
which he safely beat his retreat with
his capture.--London Standard
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21

against a proposition like cocaine in
run for the fence. They are too
blamed seductive to fool with and
don't take any chances with them.
She has got the beauty and graces of
all the NEUROLOGICAL goddesses COM
bined. but that does not count for
everything. If l remember rightly,
those neurological goddesses were a
pretty bad lot"
With the instructive desire that
Clare had possessed to fly to his de-
Tense, l now felt myself surging to
Mrs. Daces. But | held myself in
leash. Even assuming for the sake
OF argument that l should desire to
make fool of myself over her, what
possible object could she have In en-
couraging me to such idiocy?" asked
He puckered up his mouth and thrust
his hands deep in his pockets.
We'll. now, that is one of the funny
things about women. OF course we
don't know much about them, but we
do know this: We know that the only
they can't get anything better. If the
gods came to earth, the only thing left
for man to do would be to cast him
self like swine into the sea. And
therein is where we differ from wom-
ankind. Man doesn't want angels;
plain mortal woman-provided she Is
not too plain, of course-is good
enough for him. But inasmuch as she
can't achieve the gods, on this earth
at least, she turns to man as the next
best substitute. Now you are a strap
ping young fellow, good looking and
all that, and such men have always
interested women from the beginning
But remember, there are women and
women. Take Glare, for instance.
She is beautiful, too, and keeps her
self looking as attractive as possible
in order to make people like her.
Yet she is as harmless as a butter
fly. Some others aren't. You ought
to know something of the species be-
fore you pick up thing just because
it is gaudy. You might get stung"
Absolutely without information con-
corning her beyond what Bruce him
self had confided in me, half angry
at myself that ] should take the
trouble to answer him, l nevertheless
yielded to my impulse to defend her.
With considerable emphasis told him
that | should refuse to believe any in
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21
Tree Made Lot Valuable.

mot long ago." says Fred A. Man
chester, one OF Cleveland's best
known real estate men, II had an as
signment to sell certain number or
lots In new Cleveland allotment.
In this allotment there was exactly
one tree. The lots ranged in price
from $3.50 to $500, but for the lot on
which was located this particular
tree the price was $500. And do you
know that this one little tree made
this one little lot more valuable by
far than any of the rest? Folks would
hesitate about paying $3.50 for a pref
ty little lot on side street, but no
body objected when asked to pay $500
for this lot away out of the ordinary
run OF travel, simply because there
was big shade tree in the back
yard. Cleveland Leader.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21
CHAPTER v.

The love of man for a woman is
strange disease. Its methods of
attacking it's victims are varient; it's
effects manifold. 1t may be spasmod-
ic or insidious, acute or chronic. vio-
lent as the toothache or unsuspected
as slow fever. It's subjects may be
melancholic, exhilarated, tormented
soothed or affected in any one of a
dozen other different ways. In my
case, to start with, 1t was both insid-
ious and exhilarating. l was some
what like a man who has been shot
through some soft part by a modern
high-power rifle. He perhaps does not
feel it at the time and may run on for
a considerable distance before a sharp
pang notifies him that he is badly hit
indeed. Then he sits down in consid-
cradle establishment and wonders
just when he got it. / had felt no
shock as yet, and had no doubt of my
ability to run out of danger at any
time. / made an engagement to call
upon Mrs. Dace, and then dressed my
self with particularly as to details.
hdS uohC, l. SQudicu MY Stl UClOi
the mirror for view of the general
effect.
/ could not help but feel that Bruce
had spoken only the truth regarding
my personal appearance. I am six
feet tall, and when l was in college
was a scintillating athletic star of the
first magnitude. Nor do l believe
that 1 am any vainer than the average
man, but il any woman whom l hap
pened to be with was ever displeased
with my physical parsonage, l never
became aware of it. Mrs. Dace had
evidently approved of it, for she paid
me the roundabout compliment of
confessing in a general way her adj
miration of tall, well-set-up men, AS
surfing myself by a last sweeping
glance in the glass that I could do
nothing more to improve my toilet, l
departed
The Arcadia was one of the modern
palace apartments that are springing
up so magically in our greater cities.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21
"a Hope You Will Not Forget Me-"

It's entrance was castle like; its outer
court bower; its walls glistening
marble. It's height was great and its
general effect imposing. There were
private garages on each floor for the
cars of its tenants. went in at the
entrance where l had left her, took
the elevator. to the fifth floor and
rang the bell of her suite. The door
was opened by an inscrutable-faced
mulatto maid who surveyed me up
and down with a quick keenness that
made me feel that she would never
forget me. inquired for her mistress
and was Immediately shown into a
handsomely furnished reception par
Tor. Promptly Mrs. Dace came float
ing from between the portieres.
/ viewed her with refreshed admira-
ton. Her gown though of angelic
simplicity was yet a triumph of art
fulness. The cunning of master
hand was revealed in each smooth
curve and the delicate tracery of lace
work through which the white flesh
cleaned. Her figure was exquisite,
and seemed TO have been nodded
within this creation of a genius. She
approached me with hand extended,
her smile a witching thing.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21
Pleasant Praise.

A local painter spent three months
on painting. He spent a good deal
of money on models, but the finished
product justified all his expenditures
and all his time. Everybody told him
SO, when his picture was exhibited.
Everybody but one. The lady whose
opinion he valued most was the one
he took to the exhibition with him.
81 can hardly wait" she dubbed.
(Which is your picture?" This one"
he told her-and waited She studied
it critically. What is it called?" She
wanted to know "'Wood Nymrhs.'"
How silly Of me to ask! They're 60
natural. Why. anybody would think
they were really made of wood."-
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21

situations against her until / had pos
tive knowledge of their truth. He
listened silently, growing suddenly
sober at my warmth, and when | had
finished addressed me with a mollify-
ing pat upon the back.
"Whew! / didn't think you were
going to get so warmed up over lit
tie thing like that. But you may be
sure / have no desire to disparage
your lady. I told you to start with
that / knew almost nothing about her
except by hearsay, and you know as
we'll as I do what that sort of evil
dence is worth. They won't listen to
it in law. She may be pure gold for
all ] know; but / was just warning
you to keep your guard up until you
have tented her out. But now I'll tell
you something which l do know to
be a fact. If you expect to hold
princess, you have got to be a prince
of good fellows yourself and go out
and buy her a new castle every few
days. Furthermore, in this case, you
are going to run up against a real
dragon" / smiled.
Dragons always get the worst of
1t in the story books; fire, smoke and
ALL" | returned with touch of sar-
casm But Bruce seemed very much
in earnest.
We'll, you won't find this one any
fairy tale beast that you can chop up
with a tin sword He Is an up-to-date,
high-geared, sixty-horse power. mile-a-
minute juggernaut and you had better
keep out of his way or you'll get
smashed"
And the dragon Is who?"
Richard Mackay. boodler prince
and political boss who was indicted
by the grand jury in connection with
that thirty-million dollar franchise
grab from the city; and who by some
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21
CHAPTER llI.-(Continued.)

my God! My God. Forty thou
and schemed and saved for gone into
the pockets of loafing thieves. And
I was going to put it in the bank
the first thing Monday morning. Oh
it's terrible-terrible." He fell to roll
ing his head and cracking the joints
of his fingers in his mental agony as
the officers looked down upon him in
mingled pity and contempt. Present
1y he recovered himself with start
and demanded to know about his pa
pers; and this time I was glad to be
able to tell him that so far as l had
observed in my hasty scrutiny, moth
ing had been taken but the money
He seemed a trine relieved for the
moment at this information, but soon
fell back into his lamentings. It was
one of the most lamentable sights
that / ever looked upon, exhibiting
as It did all that was deplorable In
his nature. The captain cleared his
throat and began his examination.
"We have made thorough inspec-
ton of the premises and cannot find
that anything outside of the front
rooms has been tempered with. All
the windows Of the unused lower por-
ton are nailed down and the shutters
fastened from the inside. The burglar
alarm is in perfect order and would
have notified the station had anything
been forced open. The locks on the
doors have not been broken, and they
are of an intricate Yale pattern that
could not have been picked. Every
thing goes to show that whoever en-
tered did so by means of key to the
front door. since the rear door was
bolted from the inside If he did not
unlock the front door it must have
been left open, or else he was Sc
creted in the house beforehand" He
turned to Mrs. Tebbets. Are you sure
that everything was locked up last
night when you retired and that no
outsider was secreted anywhere?" She
burst forth eagerly.
And indeed l am, sir. was down
stairs all the evening, and if the front
door had been open by so much as a
crack / would have known it, l al
ways notice such things. And there
was not anybody in the house besides
Mr.. Halliday and myself, either. l
swept the whole place yesterday after
noon, closets and all. If anybody had
been under the beds my broom would
have found him quick enough. the
rogue" Noting these facts iE his
memorandum book the officer contin-
ued dogmatically:
Then II comes down to this. Who
ever did this must have done so by
means of a key to the front door. The
back door Is still securely bolted from
the inside. and your housekeeper says
she has not had occasion to use 1t
this morning. Therefore, It still re-
mains as It was during the night. The
lower windows are securely fastened;
the upper ones could not have been
raised sufficiently to admit a person
without setting OF the burglar alarm,
and there are no other means of en-
trance. II could not have been done
otherwise" There really seemed no
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-21
SYNOPSIS.

Abner Halliday. a misery millionaire
Is found gagged. bound and insensible in
his room. his safe -rifled and $4,000 miss
ing. The thread of the story is taken up
by his nephew Tom. Living In the same
house are other relatives; reckless Bruce
Halliday and pretty Clare Winton. Bruce
who is a bond broker. has been trying to
raise $4,000 to put through a deal and
save himself from finacial ruin. He has
applied to his misery uncle and to others
for the loan but has been refused.