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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-28
A Real Estate Mans Creed.

real estate mans creed, con-
densed to tabloid form by W. S. Elwsll
at the Washington real estate conven-
ton in Tacoma a weeks ago, is as fol-
lows.
AN honest service,
IN an honest field,
For an honest fee
In his address Mr.. ElwelI said:
Il toast the self-respecting real es-
tate man. as a good and faithful ser
want of the community. He marches
through the wilderness, side by side
with the pioneer, and from the time the
first stone is laid until skyscrakers be-
gin to smile down on a teeming popu-
lation he is the real missionary of civil
lization. And he is not only a mis-
sionary, but he is a home missionary
at that. He Is the advocate. the capt.
taller. the publicist for the town. He
mfer advertiser of them all. His litera-
ture goes out by the ton-and he asks
no subsidy. but pays the bill and also
subscribes to the common fund
What does he do who plants tree,
with its hospitable shade. it's fruit and
its fine influence on the landscape?
And what does he do who makes
wage earners to breathe the influences
of the freside, each beneath his own
vine and fig tree? Thus he capitalizes
the efforts and the hopes of those in
humble circumstances and brings about
community citizenship that would
not otherwise be possible Thus / spell
his name in capital letters. because his
ence brings about such transforma-
ton"
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Rapid progress has been made IN the
erection of the new Columbia Hospital
for Women. on L street between cath
and 25th streets northwest, and 1t is
expected the building will be ready FOR
occupancy in a few months. The
structure has been built from plans
prepared by Nathan C. Wyeth. archi-
tect. The work has been done under
the supervision of Elliott Woods. su-
perintendent of the Capitol.
The new hospital is of modified
form of Italian renaissance architec-
ture; is simple In design and yet at
tractive 1t is of tapestry brick con-
struction, with limestone trimming and
roofs of red tile. The building is of
freproof construction throughout, De
ing built of brick and steel protected
with terra Gotta, and the staircases
and corridors have steel cut off" doors.
The structure consist of three build
ines connected by two short corridors.
The ground plan shows two f-shape
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Church, located at 18th and Meridian

Church. located at 18th and Meridian
streets.
be the first of a brief series Of sermons
on the general subject of 'Self-Mas-
terry by Rev. Bernard Braskamp at the
s o'clock evening service
1.-THE Conditions and The Rewards
! of Self Mastery" will be the special
subjects on the two succeeding Sunday
evenings.
Miss Beuiah Harper. soloist. will as.
sist in the morning service and Mr.. Ed
win Callow in the evening.
At Grace Reformed Church, 18th and
o streets northwest, the opening Of
the church year will be observed to-
morrow with the preaching of the ad-
vent sermon Mt II am. by Rev. Henry
H. Ranek. the pastor.
The evening sermon. on Joseph, the
Slave" will be second in special
course on the patriarch Joseph.
y i \
Missionary conditions in South Amer
lea will be discussed by Miss Elsie
Wood, who has been for some years
representing the Womans Foreign
Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Peru, tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock in Metropolitan
NJ. +. Church.
Miss Elizabeth r. Pierce VIII preside
at the meeting. which members Of tho
missionary society are expected to at
tend. The public generally is also cor
daily invited.
Two lectures on the European war
and its Significance as seen by New
Churchman are to be given in the New
Church by Rev. Julian K. Smyth OF
New York. the first tomorrow evening
at 40 o'clock and the second one at
the same time on the following Sunda,-
What Shall Be Substituted for War
is the question topic for the FIRST dis
course. when the speaker Will consider
NietZsche on The VIII to Power"
The second topic will be Love Your
Enemies" In ii he will consider the
law of Christian love assailed by the
new doctrine of might, as urged by
Treitzschke, Bernhard and others"
Jesus, Our Brother" will be tho
Sunday morning topic of Rev. ]. W.
Frizzell. pastor of Ingram Memorial
Church. the second of a series of ser
mons on the general topic. The Great
Forces of Civilization
The regular monty musical service
by the choir will be given at night un-
der the direction of Mr.. William II.
Starnell, choirmaster and organist.
Wednesday night. December ., Rev.
Sam Small will speak in the church on
Prohibition"
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kind bought, but because the type or
dinarily in use is expensive to install.
Use simple easement or hinged win
dows in place of double hung-they are
,, practical. Plan to use only stock
length rough lumber and design your
building for stock design and stock
sized millwork. and as far as possible
avoid exterior wood and sheet metal
work. though by all means try to use
the material your district affords and
do not plan to build of brick if you
have no brick in your vicinity and do
not build of stone if you cannot Sc
cure the material and labor at a rea =
sonable price.
Wood construction. though con-
slant source of attention, is the most
universally adaptable material Don't
build high ceilings; they cost more. in
the first place, and high ceiled rooms
are more costly to heat. decorate and
keep clean. There are entirely too
many laboriously workedout details
on the market today that do not even
deserve the name of "fads." such as
closets within closets, disappearing
furniture. doorknobs with electric light
in them-even the electric push but
tons for doorbells is Il wasteful thing
answers the same purpose. 1 have seen
people who were building a small
house selecting their lighting fixtures
in a chandelier display room, and it is
remarkable to see what elaborate, use
less things they often select: the sim
plest fixtures with the proper (and
cheapesp glass afford the best results
and give the most light at the mini
mum expense.
There was an old rule in the archi-
tect's office that a Washboard or waste
board in a room should be one inch
high for each foot of height of the
ceiling. In my opinion three inches in
height is ample. Lay your floors of
yellow pine and oil and wax them
then they are easily cared for especial
ly If you buy small rugs instead of
carpets. thereby saving in the equip
ment of your house as well as the after
expense of maintenance.
IF we are to build our small houses
so that the cost or the rental would be
within the reach OF all, then it will be
necessary to follow a strict line OF
economy by eliminating first such
things as have heretofore been thought
Indispensable, but which are really use
less. and then by carefully planning
and designing so that there is no
waste"
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buildings Of equal size which lie par
alIel to each other and are connected at
the rear by third unit The latter
portion is utilized for administrative
purposes. and the wards and private
rooms will be in the T-shape wings,
which face L street and have south
ern exposure. BY this arrangement
two sides of eactr portion will be ex-
posed to sunlight at all hours of the
day. The main entrance for visitors
and doctors Is In the center of the ad-
ministrative portion of the building
and within a court formed by the Y
shaped wings.
The ambulance entrance VIII be from
oath street and at the rear OF the ad-
ministrative portion of the building.
The dispensary entrance is at the 24th
street side, and service entrances are
located at the rear and in the basement
of the central portion of the building.
A novel feature of the interior ar
rangement will be a lookout room Tor
nurses in connection with each ward.
The room will be located in the center
of the intersection OF the wards which
form the Y-shape portion of the struc-
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ture On either side of the lookout
room will he large windows. which viii
command a view of both wards. BY
this arrangement one nurse can keep
watch over two wards at the same time.
and yet be in al separate room, which
may be kept at different temperature.
and in which record cabinets. desk and
telephone facilities can be provided
On the first floor reception and wait
ing rooms for visitors are provided. and
also medical and general board rooms
and Office facilities. The first and SEE
ond floors will be devoted to public
wards. the third floor to private rooms
of which there will be about thirty
five. and the fourth floor to operating
rooms, with necessary service rooms
adjoining. The kitchens and dining
rooms are to be located on the fifth
floor BY this arrangement the odors
from cooking and the noise from the
kitchens will be eliminated from the
rest of the building.
There are porches at the end of each
of the wards and a roof garden over
the administrative or central portion
of the structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-28
WRITER TELLS OF WORK
OF QUANTITY SURVEYOR
Believes English System Is I'm
provement Over That in
Vogue Here.

There is some talk of introducing
into this country the "quantity-sur-
veyor" system Of England. It will be
an improvement on our present system
Of contracting, as far as the contractors
are concerned. but the building owners
will still be the sufferers from the mis-
takes of the architects, says F. w.
Fitzpatrick in the Real Estate Maya
zine.
Briefly, as things are now, plans and
specifications are made and a lot OF
contractors figure and estimate upon
the work and put in their bids. The
plans may be SO vague or the contrac-
tors so wild in their figures that there
may be a very wide variation in those
bids. hundred per cent difference be
tween lowest and highest is nothing
extraordinary. and the lowest is gen.
orally away above the estimate Of cost
the architect has made at first, and
that the owner was led to believe
would be the limit
There is something to be said in ex-
tenuation of the architects offense. II
contractors, experts in handling costs
can differ SO widely anent the cost OF
a given building, reasonably fully plan
cusable for hoping and estimating an6
guessing that he can build that struc-
ture for even less than the lowest bid
der offers-particularly as the archi'
tect's low estimate is the bait thai
generally brings the client to his net
Should Know About Costs.
| But the architect should know more
about costs, and the one who has hat
large experience and keeps in toucf
| with prices and conditions and whose
estimates generally average prett,
| well in among the actual bids received
| is the safest man to handle an impor
tant building project. Well, the bid:
are received. the owner is surprised
that they all run so high. SO mucl
| more than the architects estimate, ant
| the pruning and pairing begin. FINAL!
a contract is made with the loves
bidder Cat figure even lower than hi;
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Additional Church News.

Rev Dr. Lucien Clark of the Chevy
Chase Methodist Episcopal Church Will
exchange pulpits with Rev. w. A. HaS-
eerty of Petworth NJ. f. Church to-
morrow at II am.
Dr. Clark, while pastor of Hamline
Church, was closely identified with the
Petworth organization in its early
days. as the latter church is branch
of Hamlins.
George c. Whiting Lodge. No. %. f
A. A. NJ. and visiting Masons will at
tend a special service at Calvary Meth
odits Episcopal Church South. 1895 Q
street northwest tomorrow evening at
1880 o'clock.
The pastor. Rev. H. L. Hout. will de-
liver the sermon of the occasion
Il 4
Mr.. William Stansfeld. the organist
and choir director of the First Congre-
gational Church. has arranged the fol-
row:
dante" Sonata No. 6, Opus u.s.; an
them. And the Glory of the Lord
cMessiah'D. Handel: soprano solo.
THE Ninety and Nine,' Campion; Of
fertory. organ solo. "1ntermezzo" topus
l16. No. 81, Brahms; organ postlude,
"Hosanna," Dubois.
Evening, S p.m.-Organ prelude. AN
dante Con-Moto." Gleason: anthem.
Savior. When Night Involves the
Skies" Shelley; offertory, contralto
solo, The Publican" van de Water.
Musical half hour after the service.
pm-Finale, symphony No. A." Widor:
"Lamentation." Guilmant Tin memory
of friend lost in the siege of Paris);
theme (varied) in T. fiat, Faulkes; So
prano solo, selected. Miss Helen Todd !;
Magnif1cat in D Minor" Lemaigre.
X
The sacraments of baptism and the
Lords supper will be observed for the
first time tomorrow morning at the l l
o'clock service in the new building of
hut erin 4,
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dining purposes in summer. Between
this porch and the kitchen there is a
smaller porch which is separated by a
latticed partition. This is designed for
use as a serving room where the porch
dining room is used.
On the second floor there are three
bedrooms, Il sewing room and two
baths. There are two outside sleeping
rooms measuring IA by &c feet each on
this floor They are covered by con-
tinuation of the main roof, which is
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To Stop Leaks.
From Construction News.

FROM io1strucrlon >cNr
II skylights leak because the glass
has been put in with ordinary putty.
remedial measures may be taken h"
making a paste OF oil paint and ap-
plying it, This may he made by using
paint skins that have been run
through a grinding machine or boilet
in a kettle and softened by linsecd oil
This material remains elastic and
does not crack. 1t must be thinned
If the glass has been tapped without
frames, then apply strip Of SENT
paste to the end of each underglass.
When the paste has set tho two past
ed layers must be touched up a bit
to insure perfect tightness. The re-
suit is almost a rubber glaze that Will
stand the effects of the weather far
longer than ordinary putty. II IL
necessary first to have all parts that
/, the glaze Is supposed TO protect thor
oughly cleaned and all traces of ior-
mer putty removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-28
KEEPING down EXPENSE
Elimination the Keynote in Prevent
ing Excessive Build
ing Cost.

II houses are to be planned SO that
they can be owned or rented at a price
consistent with the merits of the
scheme, there should be more curtail-
.uc of the really unnecessary and i'm
,ractical things now in common use
nd thought to be Indispensable. says
u. A. Crone in the Pittsburgh Gazette
times.
"A few of these are as follows: There
re districts where the fireplace ques-
ION does not seem to have much i'm
nortance but in Pittsburgh the cabinet
antel in nearly every room seems to
ae a necessary mark of social distinc
ION. while the most economical tnlnS
% do would be to heat the house from
one fire. in a furnace. and still main
tain one fireplace instead OF three or
four ] have yet TO see the usefulness
or the beauty of the abominable plate
rail so many people insist upon-it had
it's origin and practical use among the
Tyrolean peasants. and perhaps if the
American users of it knew exactly why
II has been used in Europe they might
be willing to dispense with 1t here.
Too Many Closets.
"Buiit-in bookcases cost more than
the ones you buy and in rented prop
erty you are paying interest on their
cost indefinitely long. Why must we
have so many closets There should be
enough, but no one seems to be actual
V satisfied unlo they have too many,
and that Condit means work for the
tenant or own nd the expenses OF
he original ms. ;lation. How many
peoplc plan to get their plumbing on
the same stack in the first and second
story and to have one set of risers with
prorer stop and drain cocks?
There is entirely too much money
pent on hardware, not only for the
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To Cleanse Waxed Floors.
From Record and Guide.

From Record ana ''uHt.
Waxed floors can be cleansed by
washing Off thoroughly with turpeu-
tine and benzine, after which they can
be rewaxed II desired. Desks. chairs.
etc. IN Offices which have been scratch
ed or damaged by wear may be mads
almost as good as new by washing
thoroughly with lukewarm water ard
then rubbing with piece of cheese
cloth in which some prepared wax has
been placed. After this has been ap-
piled. IL a vigorous rubbing is admin
istered by hand the surface viii b.
come perfectly smooth and its original
gloss will he restored. Floors finished
in plain oil only can he refurbishrd
with mixture of turpentine and lir-
seed Oil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-28
Excellent Fishing.

From the Indianapolis News.
He had just returned from Lake Man
itou. and. of course, was telling hts
friends of his success at fishing
Are there many fish up there asked
one friend.
Thousands of them" replied the an
gler.
VIII they bite easily" asked an
other friend.
viii they? Why. they're absolutely
vicious A man has to hide behind 4
tree TO bait a hook
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bid). for neither architect nor owner
can resist the temptation OF trying to
get some advantage.
Mr. Contractor finds how the other
bids ran and naturally fears he has
made a mistake. so from the very
start he's hard at work to make sure
he'll play even. Every advantage Is
taken of the architects mistakes, or
good nature. or lack of watchfulness.
extras pile up. changes are made with
zest and generally the contractor Is
smart enough to get out of 1t whole
In most cases contractor and owner
start out to do each other, but II s sell
dom that the owner doesn't have 10 pay
Just about what the building costs and
a fair profit besides. But he always
feels he's getting the small end of the
deal and that every penny he spends
for the architects mistakes or his
thearchitect's first estimate, is just
so much loss, and therefore his griev-
ance against the whole profession.
English Method Explained.
The English way is this: An archi-
tect makes his plans and specifications
and the quantity surveyor" goes to
work and tabulates all the items in
that building. There'll be so many
bricks. so much plastering. etc. This
data is given to the contractors and all
they do is to add the prices for that
work, SO much per 1000 bricks. so
much per yard OF plaster, and so on.
There is bound to be less difference IN
the bids, greater uniformity. but II is
no assurance that therell be no eN-
tras, items forgotten. architects mis-
takes, as under the other system, and
| the ultimate result in cost to the own
| er is very much the same.
Owners and architects believe greatly
| in the potency of the contract clause
generally incorporated. that provides
that omissions and errors in plans and
specifications will be rectified by the
| contractor and at his cost. such a
clause Is really an attempt to defrauo
the contractor, making him buy "a pig
| in the poke" and won't be enforced py
any high court in the land
"Relics Of Ancient Customs"
| The whole scheme of contracting. the
architects relationship of Judge be-
tween the owner and the contractor
and yet in the employ of the former. is
all wrong, a travesty, made up of rel
les of ancient customs. unbusinesslike
and in sore need of revamping.
| One of the most sensible schemes
evolved is that of some of the big
| reputable construction companies II
the bigger cities. They take an archi
tects plans and go over them care
fully and contract with the owner thai
the building will not cost over sucf
| figure; that's the owners safety maxi
mum cost. Then they go to work witt
their own plant. labor, experience anc
all that and erect the building at exact
ly what it does cost, plus reasonable
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closest to the intersection of the two
streets. which will form the termination
of a wide porch across the front. The
body of the house has been erected. but
the porte coehere yet is to be built. Work
on it probably will start in a few days
The house, which occupies an irreg-
ular shaped lot. has a frontage of about
thirty feet and depth of about sixty
eight feet. On the first floor there is a
wide entrance hall leading to a stair
way To the left of the hall is located
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the living room. a den and dining
room. The latter room will be finished
in mahogany throughout, and the
other two rooms Will be finished in
white enamel with mahogany doors. In
the living room there is large fire.
place with seats on either side in
alcoves.
Adjoining the dining room at the
southwest corner of the house there
is an arcaded porch with five curved
archways which may be utilized for
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ceiling must be first pressed back firm
ly into place. To do this take two
pieces of scantling long enough 70
reach over the defective part. Nail
upon them laths about two orthree
inches apart Place this framework,
lath side up, against the plasterins
above them.
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margin of profit. a percentage. 10 per
cent or less. as agreed. Or In lieu OF
the percentage. 1t is agreed that they'll
get half Of the difference between tho
actual cost and the maximum agreed
cost. as a bonus or profit, on the trans
action
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at night and doing great deal Of dam
age at the very start. The extra cost
of this work when the building is going
up pays me handsomely. for 1 seldom
have a report of a leak from my tenants"
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Walking Advertisement.

From the Kansas City Journsl.
What do you do during the winter
months?"
"Oh, I'm we'll fixed" answered the
famous base ball player. The manu-
facturer of Ell Punko cigarettes pays
me a salary for smoking them pub
licly."
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John R. Mclean BUYS
TRACT IN BRADLEY HILLS
Will Build Bungalow for Entertaining Near
the New Montgomery County
Country Club

we're So prominent in the Chevy Chase
Club before the death of Clarence
Moore which occurred in the Titanic
disaster, when he was bringing back
from England large pack of English
fox hounds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-05
NURSES HOME AND
RETREAT COMPLETE

LYNCHB15RG. VA. May THE
nurses home which has been under
construction tor some months al the
Home and Retreat is Cow com pleteG.
and Is being occupied by the nurses
there, The building, which ls eon-
nected with the hospital by col
onnadc is made up Of three stories.
The nurses study-room and dining
room is on Inc lower floor. Each floor
Of the building is provided with a
bathroom. and in each room is a
wardrobe closet. which is sufficiently
large for the accessories Of the nurses
1,ne rooms are nearly finished IN
new furniture. and the entire build
Ing is complete and modern ln its
equipment and appointments
The removal OF the nurses from the
main building VIII give ten more
rooms for patients in the hospital in
Guiding large double room. and a
mems ward. with a capacity Of forty
five patients, The building will also
nave another operating room, WATCH
Will make two, The hospital lis be-
ing repainted, and when the work is
completed the home will i,c IN Il most
excellent and modern condition