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SALES REPORTED
OF RESIDENCE PROPERTY
MORGAN Brothers Give List of
Transactions Involving
Realty Worth $45, 900.

Morgan Bros, Inc, report sales in the
past week of realty aggregating $4,000
in value. Included in the transactions
We're the following:
House at Friendship Heights, Nd, to
Charles II. Evans for 81, 800.
For A. J. Hartman, a nine-room house
and one acre of ground at Takoma Park,
D. c.. for 5000.
Residence No. 1886 P street northwest,
for 1000, to William Burke.
Two lots at Takoma Park for Carl
Davis, price s1.10O.
Two lots at Chillum Castle Heights for
the Washington Land and Mortgage
Company. for $500.
For Ottman Sonneman. residence in
Chevy Chase. for 5000
Two, lots at Woodbridge tc Frank Lem
mon for $3.50.
For James Young, the house No I31
C;irard street northwest. to an investor
for 1890.
For Diller f. Croft, No. 5256 Illinois
avenue, to Albert S. Thompson for 81
To Ashton Embry, a bungalow on Ore
gon avenue, Chillum Castle Heights. for
$1,000.
To Mrs f. NJ. Kincheloe. bungalow
on Willow avenue. Takoma Park, Nd.
for $500.
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AMERICAN INVADERS.
Impelled by Their Historic Sense to
Visit London.

From the London Express.
All good Americans come to London
So much Is familiar fact and it is also
SO well known as to need no repetition
that we are always glad to see them. The
American invasion, now in its full sway.
is not dreaded but welcomed, and this is
not SO much because it brings grist to
English mills as because we feel the ties
of kindship between the old world and the
new. The good American does not feel
a stranger over here. and we regard him
as one Of our own family. But why does
he come? Not altogether because the call
of common heritage impels him. not
entirely drawn by the attractions. COM
mercial. artistic, social and natural, Of
London and England. He comes chiefly.
perhaps. in obedience to the historic
sense which is innate in good Americans
Wherever the historic sense may best be
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satisfied-in Rome, Athens, Paris, Madrid
or Constantinople-the the American is
found. He may win his satisfaction in a
frenzied furry, with guidebook. and bin
Oculars, only half digesting the glories
that he scamps. That is the defect of
his quality, the consequence Of the habits
of life which America has thrust upon its
sons. But the historic sense is there.
and. even unconsciously, your good
American IS its obedient slave Many
LOndOners and Englishmen may be sur
prised to learn that no capital and no
country in the world can rival their own
in historic glories. If they were told
that weeks study of the Tower of Lon
don or a month of Sundays in Westmin-
ster Abbey would teach them more than
all the textbooks they would open aston
ished eyes. If Holyrood or Windsor We're
put before them as monumental histories
they would wonder why they had never
read a single page. That comes of the
familiarity which truly breeds contempt
1t is no less deplorable than natural. But
the American knows better. He comes
here to learn and to understand, to alb
sOrb the spirit of time and the genius of
place. And he does well.
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GENIUS NOT C0NCE|TED
Tennyson Did Not Think Much
of-"In Observation-Disclosures
less of Fame.
From London Iir-Bits.

From London 1it-Bits.
The first edition of Brownins's Paul
inc" was sold at auction for G4s0, yet not
only did Browning receive nothing for it
originally but he would have withdrawn
it from print If ii had been possible. Yet
highly did Rossetti think of this de-
spised masterpiece that, not being able to
find copy elsewhere, he went to the
British Museum library and spent several
laborious days copying 1t word for wordt
Mrs. Browning was SO careless as to the
fate Of her works that it Is a wonder that
any of them have survived. Indeed, if 1t
had not been for doting father befors
marriage and "a devoted husband after
marriage it is possible that the published
works of the greatest English woman
poet would have been nil.
"In Memoriam" in Cupboard.
Even Tennyson was careless with re-
gard to his manuscripts and seemed to
despise them. Some weeks after leaving
his lodgings at Mornington place. Hamp-
stead, he wrote from Barchurch to Cow
entry Patmore. the author of 1.-The Angel
in the House." asking him casually to go
along some time to his late lodgings and
a long, butcher. ledger-like book" as he
described II. Patmore went. and the land
lady gave him permission to search the
poets old rooms. There, in cupboard in
which Tennyson had KEEP. his tea and but
ter. Patmore found the book. full of
verses 1t was the unpublished manu-
script of In Memoriam." Tennyson's
masterpiece.
1nro
of his fame. He lived to be an old man.
yet not one in a million OF his fellow
countrymen regarded him as a poet even
If they had heard his name mentioned as
an old chum of Alfred Tennyson. Yet
he wrote THE Rubaiyat of Omar Khay-
yam" long years before his death. He
kept 1t "chucking about" apparently not
thinking it worth publishing and when he
did print "A few copies nobody took any
notice of it. Today Omar is one of the
most famous poems in the world.
Discovering "Waverly."
Scott was apt to despse his work. He
threw the original draft of 1.-The Lay OF
the Last Minstrel into the fire. and was
only persuaded to rewrite 1t by two
friends to whom he had read It; and
"Waverly"-or the first half of 1t. rather
lay in barrel for nine years before 1t
was exhumed and finished!
If John keble had had his way 1t is
possible that his famous Christian Year"
might never have been published He
was extremely averse to 1t. and only
yielded to the opportunities of his friends
and the pleadings of his father. Even
so. he refused to have his name on the
title page. In forty-five years 1t went
through 15S editions. and since 1t went
out of copyright they have ceased to be
counted.
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Coiner With q Past.

Paris Correspondence London News.
A remarkable story was told before the
Seine assize court Of the career Of a man,
George Dobri. charged with coming false
money.
It was stated that he was a doctor OF
law. doctor OF political and economical
science and bachelor Of arts. He had
held the position Of judge at Ruffes. COM
missaire OF police at Condom and clerk
Of the peace at Luchon. He had prac-
ticed as a barrister at Toulouse and had
been secretary OF the Toulouse bar.
He had been forced to leave Toulouse
in the first place, having given way to
drink. He spent some time in Algeria.
then returned to take up the position of
cOmmissaire Of police at Condom. He
still drank heavily, and in the course of
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BUILDING RECORDS OF JUNE
SHOW GENERAL DECREASES
Reports From Sixty-Nine Cities Compared.
Washington Figures Affected by
Arlington Hotel Permit.

Building records for all of the large
cities OF the country for the month Of
June. 1913, have just been issued in add
vance proofs from Construction News
and as compared with the same month in
last year there is a general shrinkage in
activity. In June of this year there were
issued by the building departments of
sixty-ninc cities a total of 1865 building
permits, for new construction work of a
total estimated cost of SCI. 40. 1888. while
in June, 1912. the total of permits was
2O,237, involving new buildings OF an ag-
gregate estimated cost of SSo.639,JO6.
In it's analysis OF the figures Construc-
ton News makes the comment that as
between gains and losses in different
cities in the same section contradictory
conditions prevail, so that as result the
situation is somewhat complicated. The
American Contractor, another building
journal. in its comment upon the building
situation, declares that q moderate de-
cline is in evidence, toward which condi-
tons for several months have been
pointing.
Decrease of 16 Per Cent.
With Washington excluded from the
list, the building permits taken out in
sixty-eight cities in June totaled 1925.
involving a total estimated cost OF $685.
221,67o, as against 1858 permits, involv-
ing $76,295. 145 for the corresponding
month year ago. showing decrease
of 39S permits and $1O,O73. AIS In cost,
or 13 per cent. Placing the figures of the
building department of the District of
Columbia in the list the decrease in per-
mits was 2,Jit and $13. 164,323 in cost, or
Is per cent.
The local records for the months of June
last year and this show that in 1912 there
We're 554 permits issued for new con-
struction work of an estimated cost of
81, 344,361, and In the month just past
the permits numbered 40 for buildings
to cost $1.253, 513. or a decrease of LII in
permits and 5000, S4S 1t would thus
appear that the loss ratio in new build
ing activity in the National Capital in
the period in question totaled almost $50
per cent, and these figures when added
TO the totals for the country increased
the whole loss ratio by 3 per cent, or
from Is to 16 per cent.
Explanation Is Satisfactory.
Inquiry at the local building depart
ment. however, brought forth an entirely
satisfactory explanation Of the apparent
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she not infrequently finds a real lover
and a husband. Others there are who
find the favored lover an excellent means
of hurrying up a laggard wooer who Is
too long in coming to the proposing point.
Naturally the ideal "walker-out' is the
smart, well-set-up Mr.. Atkins, who cuts
such a brave figure in his regimentals;
and if he is disposed to enjoy an evening
at the theater at no cost to himself
while escorting a girl who desires his
company who shall blame him? But
whether he be one Of the kings soldiers.
q ,taiwart constable off duty. or a good
looking coster, the "walker-out' plays an
important part in the life Of hundreds OF
girls in the East End who, without him.
would lack male companionship. and
have to endure the pity or contempt OF
their more fortunate sisters.
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finery as their pockets can afford. ready
to act as squires of danes The girl
who wants their escort reviews them with
critical eyes, signals to the one who takes
ner rancy. and the couple disappear to-
gether to spend a few hours at a pictllre
palace or in listening to the latest comic
songs at a local music hall
OF course. it is all perfectly proper
The lady hands her purse to her swain
who acts as paymaster for the outin o
and receives a couple of shillines 40 the
reward of his chivalry. while she consid-
ers the money we'll spent for the company
of an agreeable escort and for the pleas
ure OF showing to the world that she at
least is not among the manless maids.
The professional "walker-out' is really
a man to be envied by his fellows He
gets abundant recreation and amusement
at no cost to himself. and he makes quite
ings in the most agreeable fashion. If
he Is a smart man, good to look upon-
the man of whom a girl may be proud
as her escort-he has no lack of engage
menus: IN some. fortunate cases he is
booked up months in advance. In one
case known to the writer a handsome
young factory worker, who is the proud
possessor OF frock coat and a tall hat,
Is SO much In demand that. as a rule.
he has no vacant date for fully six
months ahead; and his earnings make a
good addition to his wages.
Tommy" Always Popular.
But it is not every man who can
aspire to this honorable office. The pro-
fessional walker-out must be a man of
good character. The loafer and he who
is too fond Of his cups either has no
chance or gets short shrift He must be
an escort to be proud Of He need not
be handsome, but he must at least be
well dressed and an entertaining com
panion. The shabby man may look in
vain for employment: the dull dog Is soon
sent about his business
When money is scarce two girls will
combine to secure the company Of one
gallant, sharing the expenses and also
the fee, which Is no more for two than
for one. And. perhaps curiously, there
is little or no jealousy, although the same
man may play the squire to a dozen
maids on as many consecutive DAYS. In
many cases. too. the "wafker-out'' finds
regular employment by conducting his
employer nightly to the music hall or
theater. when she is playing some small
part, his usual remuneration being six
pence and glass of beer.
1t is by no means always the unattract-
i've girl who thus gets companionship in
this strange way. Many a pretty and
lonely maid finds this a useful avenue
to introductions to other young men.
friends of her chaper0n, among whom
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I Street Will Share Traffic.

That ] street will have a good share
of the traffic from Connecticut avenue
and from surrounding thoroughfares and
hotels is evident from the fact that II
street today is one of the most congested
streets in the new financial district.
The possibilities of this section never
appeared brighter than at the present
time when one considers that the tri-
angle now owned by John r. Mclean
ct undoubtedly no distant date will be
improved for business purposes, and
when that is done, on account OF the
present values of the land, IL is very
likely to be one of the finest improve
Inents In the city of Washington This
move will mark a climax to the pass
Ing OF the old downtown residence sec
ton to give way to new financial, COM
mercial and business center, which, from
a point OF convenience or location, makes
il stand out as the logcal center
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a discussion one day he stabbed a friend
To the heart. lie was tried. but seems
TO have escaped scot free, for he was
afterward i'm official position At
Luchon. Obliged To leave that town. he
came To Paris and started a newspaper
the Petit Liberal, which lasted a week
and brought him profit of -. Then
he became an anarchist, and after an
other term of prison he Joined "A gang
of coiners.
He will spend the next five years In
prison.
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Only Dared Think It.
From Town Topics.

FfOm Town Topics
Father" said a little boy, had
Solomon 700 wives?"
believe so, my son." said the father.
W Oh. father. was he the man who
death?''
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bEAUX FOR HIRE
"WaIking Out" at Two Shil-
Iings a Day.
CURI0sITIES OF C0URTSHIP
Girls in the East End Of London
Who Employ Escorts to Dance
Attendance on Them.
From London Tit-Bits.

From London Tit-Bits.
To the girl who is able to choose from
a legion Of admirers the man whom she
is pleased to honor with her smiles it
must seem incredible that there are hun
dreds of her less favored sisters who are
Rlad to pay for lover-like attentions such
as she can afford to look coldly on every
day of her life.
But after all. 1t is quite ineligible
when we consider that in this country,
as in most others. there is by no means
a Jack for every Jill. so far do the fe-
males outstrip the males in number: and
that It is as natural for girl to desire
a lover as for a duck to take to the wa
ter. It is at once her birthright and her
duty to have one; and If she fails she
knows that she will be a. object of pity
or ridicule to her more fortunate sisters.
In the East End Of London and the
featuring towns of England espe-
ciaily. the finger Of scorn is always ready
tn he pointed at the girl who has no
ontario to dance attendance on her, to
escort her to picture palace or theater.
ana this is a situation which no daughter
of Eve could tolerate.
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slump, because 1t was shown that in
June of last year the department was
called upon to issue the building permit
for the new Arlington Hotel, and this
structure alone is TO cost when built
about S3,OOO.00O. 1t happens, of course,
that nearly all of the money to be spent
in the construction of the new Arlington
Will figure in the actual building records
or this year and next, because only the
excavation has been completed up to the
present time. and the great hole in the
ground in the square facing Vermont ave-
nue. between III and 1 streets. is the only
evidence Of the proposed palatial Struc-
ture.
general survey of the building situa-
ton in the country by sections shows
that in the active cities of the middle
west there were losses in Chicago of 10
per cent; Milwaukee, ~: Indianapolis. 4;
Fort Wayne. 8: Kansas City, 81; Omaha,
Al; Davenport, 81: Peoria, 40; Springfield.
natl of II per cent: st. Louis. Il; Mime
apolis, 80: St. Paul, =; Des Moines. 15S;
Grand Rapids, 50; Toledo. Z.
In Eastern Cities.
or the eastern cities, Boston had gain
of A per cent; Philadelphia, 8: Pitts
burgh, 23S; Rochester. 10; Troy, 712;
Wilmington. 1O: Harrisburg. 33; Port
land, Me-, q, with losses in New York, So
per cent; Brooklyn. 5: Paterson. N. j..
SO; Hartford, So; New Haven, l.; Wor-
cester. 80; Springfield, Mass, q; Wilkes
Barre, Sc.
The North Pacific coast cities seem to
be doing a little better. a conspicuous
feature of the situation in southern Cali
fornia is loss of so per cent in Los
Angeles as compared with the. same
month d year ago. The gains in the coast
cities include San Diego. 10 per cent;
Sacramento. 255; Berkeley, Cal, II;
Stockton, 100; Seattle. a. Tacoma, 454:
while there were losses in San Francisco
of Is per cent: Oakland, AS: Pasadena,
AS: San Jose, 81; Spokane, 4; Portland.
Oregon, H.
With the exception of Washington the
southern cities make a good showing
with gains in Baltimore. 43 per cent;
Norfolk 81: Atlanta, IL: New Orleans,
174; Memphis. 1; Birmingham. 60; Char
lotte, 76; Chattanooga, 179; Tampa. 11s;
Dallas, 66; with losses in Louisville, "a
per cent Jacksonville, 81, and Rich
mond, 20.
r-1~r. - no4o:1oJ
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More than 300 poor children were taken
on the annual outing by the salvation
Army of Cumberland, Md, "Wednesday.
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To Supply the Cash.

From the Boston Transcript.
Gibbe-Dr. Smart says il requires lots
of patience to run an automobile.
Dibbs-WeIl, he's got the patients.
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The consequence is natural. The maid
ubo cannot attract lover by her charms
1. often very willing to pay for his COM
pany, and there is never any lack of gal
iants eager to play the role of squire
to her for a consideration. In the busy
streets on Saturday evenings YOU will
see them by the score, dressed in such
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Lonise--"IIas Pauline's husband q
horror OF debt?" Julia-"No; she j.
most happily married."-Judge.
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Provisions in New Law.

Under the new law, if an author wants
place a notice on it that it is copyright
ed. That is a precedent He must do
that before coming to US. But if he de-
sres a record to establish his right In
case he ever wants to sue for an in
fringement he must show that he has
been to US and has received a certificate
of record. He must register with us.
The law says that there shall be
prompt registration. The word prompt
is the word used. II an applicant for
copyright lives In Washington or Balti-
more prompt would mean that he ap-
plies for his certificate of registration
within day or two of having put the
word copyrighted on his production. If
he lives in Alaska, two years. SO far as
some parts of that territory are concern
ed. could be considered as prompt If.
however. an author Is not as prompt as
he can be he runs the risk involved that
some one else will come along and pro-
duce a certificate that he has registered
q copyright in advance OF the man who
Is not prompt on the production the lat
ter wishes to copyright
Mr.. Solberg added that the copyright
law which went into effect last August
has greatly facilitated the work of his
office. Before the new law there were
thirteen different pieces of legislation in
regard to copyrights. A group of famous
authors and prominent publishers, how
ever succeeded in getting the law
changed and made simple and protective
They were added by the late Seantor
Howels were among them. AS well as
Edmund Clarence Stednan. when the
latter was preside \. of the Authors Copy
I.sht League
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Growth Not Spasmodic.

That this growth is not spasmodic. but
that il i likely to continue until the en-
tire neighborhood will be utilized for
business houses. is strongly evidenced bs
1he present building activity In the con,
s,rnction of the New Arlington Hotel
nj me Real Estate Trust building
street is an example of the perma-
peucy of the growth OF this Sectioh, as
,nnch trading has occurred OF this par
1i.uIar street during the past le"
years. the prices in many instances eA-
ceedins the prices paid seven or elShe
wears ago for similarly situated prop
erty on II street. The safes Wnich nav e
been made have gone on quietly, now
ever so that no unusual attention mas
been attracted The first OF these sales
iryoIyed the corner of 14th ana L
srreets which was sold to Gen. Bu-
chanan several years ago at about sS1
per square foot. Following this came
the sale of the residence OF Gen. John
W. Foster at 1405 / street, winch
sold at about $4,000 less than nve
years ago. Some improvements were
made on the building, and this year re-
port saws it sold for $4,000 to John w.
Childress, who moved his ONCE 10 the
building. Another sale involved the
property west of the alley, winch was
taken by Hugh Reilly, and the improve
inent and development OF this property is
understood to be in contemplation at this
time. There have been several offers
recently for the Donnelly property. at the
southwest corner of 18th and l streets.
In all there have been more than FOUR
teen parcels of ground sold in this square.
the last being the premises first men
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Table of Detailed Figures.

Detailed figures for all cities. showing
the records of June, 1913, and June, 1912,
comparatively, are included in the fol-
lowing table:
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TRANSFER ANNOUNCED
OF |,STREET PROPERTY
Potomac Electric Power Com
pany Sells Land in New
Business Center.

The sale has been announced by the N
L.. Sansbury Company for the Potomac
Electric Power Company of premises
l4l2. 1414 1416 and 141S l street north
west This property has frontage OF
ninety-one feet by a depth of ninety
three feet, and contains about 1900
square feet The lot is especially desira-
BILE. being bounded on three sides by al
levs. The purchaser was a local bust
ness man. and the \. L. Sansbury COM
rany will continue to represent his inter-
ests Since the sale offers to purchase
and also to lease the property III certain
improvements were added nave Deeh
made. Consideration is now being gwen
by the owner TO pending propositlohs' out
no decision has been reached Inc ten
ants have recently been required TO Va
cate. SO that the property could De .oe-
yeIoped without any delay
The location Is just OFF 14th street, anu
IN a section whose growth during the iast
decade mas practically changed the aspect
az the financial. commercial ana business
section. improvements in the same
neighborhaad have included those on II
and surrounding streets, where the Co
loniaI Hotel was replaced by the Ch.ol.
trust building. st. Matthews Church by
the southern building. and George WASH
ington University by the Woodward
I,Ifldfpg. These improvements have made
the corner of 18th and III streets, the most
desirable in the city But the grown
has proceeded northward. eastward ana
westward several new buildings Deiiis
erected, notably the Wilkins, Corh"eh
and Equitable.