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Belding banner., 1914-12-23

Miss Emma Williams of Grand Rap
ids will spend Christmas with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Williams.
Ed. Dickinson Of Ionia was the
guest of his niece, Mrs. Il. L. Strunk,
Sunday.
Mrs. A. II. Knight OF Mt. Clemens
arrived i'm the city Monday night to
spend the holidays with her son. Wal
ter Knight.
Miss Winnifred Werner OF Big Rap
ids is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Werner, and other rela-
tives this week.
Belding banner., 1914-12-23
BRINK

Mrs Rose King and Mrs Maud
Wycoff of Belding visited MIR. and
Mrs. w. T.. Leach. Saturday and sun
day.
Mrs. Alta Worthen of Elyria, Ohio,
returned Monday after visiting her
sister, Mrs. Charles Brink.
Mrs. Anthony Kohn will spend
Christmas with her mother and broth
er at Portland.
Fred Benton helped j. -. Strain and
Ernest Anderson butcher Monday.
Mrs. Frank Kemp will spend Christ
mas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Kohn.
Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Chase have
moved in with their son, Ed. Carpen-
ter and wife as Mr. Chase's health is
very poor.
Belding banner., 1914-12-23
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES
FOR BAPTIST CHURCH

The Christmas exercises for the
the church this Wednesday night, be-
ginning at 1880 o'clock The church
has been beautifully decorated for the
occasion and an excellent program has
been prepared. The program as ii
will be given follows:
Duet--Pianoi ana Drum, Charabell
...... Brockway and John Wheeler
Prayer ...... Rev w. A. Bliss
Scripture Lesson and song Good
Tidings" ... Miss Kelly's Glass
Recitation "He Gave Us Jesus :.
....,. .....-...... Helen Wilson
Recitation-"An Old Story" .......
............ Helena jerks
Song .......... Primary Department
Recitation-"A Trial" .Lottie Moore
Dialogue Santa Claus Land
............. Three Children
Song Little Empty Stocking.
Helena jerks and Ruth Hansen
ecitation-"Hanging the Stock
ings" .........,. Four Small Girls
Recitation-"old Kris Kringles
Coming ........... Ralph Deitz
THE Christmas Tree Makers" 80.
Twelve from intermediate Dept.
Violin Solo .......... Robert Moore
Recitation-'"The Voice of the. -.
Bells" ........ -Four Young Ladies
Santa Claus makes visit TO room to
distribute gifts from a group of Christ
mas trees.
Belding banner., 1914-12-23

spend the holidays with the formers
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Brad
shaw Of Lincoln Lake. They will go
Thursday.
Miss Ellen Petersen was in Grand
Rapids Saturday and Sunday, She
will spend the holidays with her par
ents near Trufant
After eight years residence as ten
ants in the house commonly known as
the Williams boarding house, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Williams will leave the
house and move To their own house
on May street. The boarding house
will remain without n tenant for a
while. 1t is operated for the bene-
fit OF the girls in the silk mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Dennlck and
daughter. Molly. Of Lowell. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Noble. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Noble and children, William and
Winnifred. and Thomas Brough OF
lonia, George Coates, Arthur Noble,
and Harry Roberts Of Lansing, will be
Christmas guests Of Mr. and Mrs John
r. Noble and family
Mr.. and Mrs. A. y. Johnston visit
Sd Mr.. Johnstons parents and other
relatives at Long Lake and Fenwick
Sunday
Mrs. Maggie Welsh is spending her
vacation al the NJ. Urch home
Miss Bessie Nicholai will spend
Christmas with her parents at Sparta.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Hall and daugh-
ter, Nancy Marie, of Lansing and Ray
Hubbard of Detroit will be Christmas
guests Of George II. Hubbard and Mr.
and Mrs. George +. Laws.
Miss Lizzie Wilson went to Saginaw
Monday TO spend Christmas with her
sister. Mrs. John Lemley
Rev. ID. G. Blair and family OF
Michigan City, Ind. will spend Christ
mas with Mr.. Biair's brother, Rev A.
j. Blair. Rev. -. q. Blair is pastor
of the First Congregational church of
Michigan City. He will probably oc-
cupy the pulpit i'm the Congregational
church here next Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Dalzel Of
Nermontville are expected TO spend
Christmas with Rev. and Mrs. A. j.
Blair. Mrs. Dalzell Is a cousin of
Rev. Mr. Blair
Miss Rena Angel came from La
Crosse, Wisconsin Saturday TO spend
Christmas with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. j. 4. Angell
Mrs. Clyde Knapp has returned
from several weeks visit with her
sister, Mrs. Harold Gardner of Smyr-
ma, and other relatives in Kalamazoo.
Miss Blanche Kinney spent the
weekend in Ionia.
Mrs Emma Fuller visited at Green
Vile Sunday and Monday
Miss Anna Earle will go TO Cedar
Springs, Thursday TO spend Christmas
with her parents.
Mrs. Rose Gleason and son, Harold,
are visiting relatives in Pentwater.
Miss Minnie Iteen has gone to Pent-
water 70 spend Christmas with her
parents.
Mrs. A. Peterson Of Pentwater is
visiting her daughter, Mrs Ed. Fur
man.
The Golden Circle Girls of the NJ. T.
Sunday school met at the home Of one
of their members, IneZ Marsh, on
lonia street, Friday evening. Games
were played and pictures OF those
present were taken. A japanese
luncheon was enjoyed by an
Miss Hazel Dutt is home from Ann
Arbor TO spend Christmas with her
parents, DR. and Mrs. w. A. Dutt.
Belding banner., 1914-12-23
Bouquet for Banner

In recent issue or the Belding
Banner" nearly five full columns
were given over to school items. Every
week the Banner" publishes school
Life" in its paper which is edited by
the students. This usually takes up
nearly half page. 1t is too bad
some of the other county papers do
not take as much interest in their
schools. - Pattengills Moderator
Belding banner., 1914-12-23
GAVE CHRISTMAS TREAT
TO HER CLASS OF GIRLS

The Laurel Sunday class ofthe
Methodist church was given a Christ
mas treat in the church parlors Satur-
day afternoon by their teacher, Mrs.
Edwin Bradshaw. Ice cream and waf-
Belding banner., 1914-12-23

ers were served as refreshments by
the teacher. A series of games were
participated in by the girls, who are
from nine to twelve years of age. Two
boobie prizes were given one going to
lrma Helm and the other to Beatrice
Ayers. over twenty of the little girls
We're present.
Belding banner., 1914-12-23
4 Perfect Pie

Miss Josephine Faftey who for a
score of years or more has been a
pastry cook at Hotel Belding received
the first prize for the best apple pie at
the Farmers Fair. Miss Faftey not
only received first prize but her pie
was adjudged absolutely perfect. Miss
Faftey has a wide reputation for
pastry work and travellers from all
over the country have borne tribute
her skill
Belding banner., 1914-12-23
AppRECIATEs RANNER

NIINLOul MICntl Itc. IL III n.
Editor Banner,
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find $500 for Ban
ner from June 1914 till the same
month 1915 with our thanks.
We enjoy the Banner and would not
know how 60 get along without it.
We think it improves all the time
Another reason why we take il is be
cause it reaches us on Thursday ol
each week instead OF Saturday.
Yours truly,
Mrs c. NJ TOwne
Belding banner., 1914-12-23
Pythlan sisters, Dancing Party

The Pythian Sisters invite you TO
attend a New Years dancing party at
the X. Of T.. hall, Friday evening, jan
uary /, 1915. Music furnished by the
Donovan Brothers-Adv.
Belding banner., 1914-12-23

Translations are dangerous. Gu
curacha Cut in the Panama Canal in
plain English is "Cockroach Cut"
Belding banner., 1914-12-23
Topics.

Mexico is undergoing it's French
Revolution; perhaps it's only half
way through.
Evening star., 1914-07-18

years and there undoubtedly will be use
for it still many years to come.
One with an ear for euphony might
think it applied solely to bungalows.
Many such are sorely bungled but the
creator of the term did not limit it to
that type or class. He was assured by
experts that it had far wider signifi-
canoe, for it might rightly be applied to
at least twelve million eight hundred
odd thousand of the thirteen million
buildings the nation has to it's credit
Naturally, we don't expect perfection
here below, and the minor bungles may
well be overlooked. but surely there is
something amiss when it seems agreed by
experts that ninety-nine out of every
hundred of our buildings might well be
labeled in large letters, "B. b." since
just about that proportion sin in major
ways.
Grave errors are common In every pro-
fession and trade, but it seems to me that
they abound in architecture. No other
profession involves so much detail. the
blending Of so many lines the keeping
together, the harmonizing of SO many diff
ferent forms of human endeavor, but that
all presupposes the greater skill and more
earnest preparation for that calling. Ex
acting as are its duties, no profession is
easier to butt into than architecture
hence the resultant bungles.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
NO RADICAL CHANGES
IN DUMB WAITER TYPES
Few Electrically Operated Devices
Installed in Apart
ments.

There has been no conspicuous de-
velopment nor radical change In dumb
walters for private and apartment house
work during the past two decades And
yet within that time there has been a
radical change in sentiment among archi-
tects, builders and owners on the sub
ject of dumb walters, says J. l. Wakelee
in Building Age. Twenty years ago ele-
vator apartments and skyscrapers were
attracting the consideration of builders,
and as the comparatively crude hand
not possibly meet the demands of mod
ern high buildings. the general impress
sion was that electric dumb walters
would have to be used.
An investigation now. however DEM
strates that the use of electric dumb
walters even in apartment buildings of
from ten to fifteen stories is compare
dumb walters are giving fully as good
results In these many-storied apartments
as are electric dumb walters.
1t is realized that electric dumb walters
cost several times as much as do hand
power dumb walters; and that the ex-
pense of maintenance is also many times
that of hand-power dumb walters
On the other hand, 1t is now realized
that the installation of the high-priced
electric dumb walters does not benefit
the builder. the owner nor the tenant
II there be any benefit 1t goes to the
butchers boy or the bakers boy or the
milkman. as it merely saves the de-
livery boy the effort required in operaI-
Ing the hand-power dumb waiter.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
GOLD-PLATED FIXTURES
IN GOTHAM APARTMENT
Annual Rental for Suite Of Rooms
close to $25, 5,ooo-occupies
an Entire Floor.

The most expensive apartment in the
world is a certain floor of the twelve
story building at S1st street and 5th ave-
nue., the rental of which is close to
$25,O0O a year. according to the Real
Estate Magazine. The building stands
on the most costly land available for
such houses, and contains every known
device to render it safe and comfortable.
The property represents an investment
twelve floors gives $25O.O0O a floor.
The apartment which. has set the high
record in rentals occupies an entire
floor. At the western end of the corri-
dor, which is thirty feet long, door
leads into the apartment. One enters a
vestihuie, at the right of which is a
conservatory. fifteen by thirty-four feet
light from the central court, which Is
thirty-two feet square. Every piece of
hardware in the room is gold plated All
eled sections. below the windows. the
heat escaping through grated openings.
The living and dining room, which is
twenty-one by twenty-five feet, Is a per-
feet example Of a seventeenth century
Adam room. The walls are solidly pam
eled with five-ply veneered wood. to
prevent warping or splitting. They are
fully as the finishing of an automobile
body Is done. All the rooms of the
apartment are furnished in the most law
ish style, and no provision for comfort
and convenience is wanting. 1t has sew
eral real fireplaces. and, unlike those OF
Evening star., 1914-07-18
TENTATIVE PLANS MADE
FOR EXTENSIVE HOTEL
Proposed Building to Contain Gym
nasium and Other
Features.

Tentative plans have been prepared for
the erection of an "all-men" hotel at the
northwest corner of New York avenue
and 18th street northwest. 1t Is proposed
to connect the new building with the
Hotel on New York avenue
opposite the Corcoran Art Gallery. Pre-
liminary drawings for the proposed struc-
ture have been prepared by Ward Brown
and H. A. Peaslee, architects. An option
to purchase has been obtained on the
property at 52S 17th street northwest,
which will be utilized by the hotel If the
present plans are consummated.
Among the features of the hotel which
are included in the tentative plans is a
large roof garden, at the rear of which
there will be q glass-inclosed dining
room. Each room in the building will
have an alcove balcony. which can be
utilized as a sleeping porch.
gymnasium will be another feature,
and there also will be shower baths on
each floor. library. cardroom. smok-
ing room and other means Of home COM
fort have been provided for. The struc-
ture is to be of cream-colored brick trim
med with Indiana limestone, the roof to
be of red Spanish tile.
An open-air restaurant on the New
York avenue side, on a terrace inclosed
by an artistic stone balustrade, will be q
distinctive novelty. There will be about
$50 rooms in the hotel, the erection OF
which will necessitate an expenditure Of
about $3OO,OOO, 1t is estimated.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
SAYS RESILIENT FLOORS
REPRESENT CASH ASSET
Said to Be Less Fatiguing to Work.
ers in Office and
Factories.

That characteristic of flooring mate
rial by virtue of which 1t RECEIVERS when
put to work. when a load has been placed
upon 1t. has much to do with the. tired
feeling In the foot traveller over its sur
face. Fatigue in material and traveller
are largely coincident. The desirable char
acteristic is residence. 1t is the most
pleasing feature under the tread that a
floor can possess. For restaurants. Offices.
factories and places where people are
forced to stand for hours at stretch
1t is cash asset. says H. NJ. Hooker in
the Real Estate Magazine. Composition
flooring here ranks high. Cork tile limo
leum. rubber tile when new. and white
pine possess somewhat more residence
and owe much of their flooring value to
this fact. Yet cork tile. linoleum and
rubber tile are slightly more tiring be-
cause owing to their softness they Of
fer more frictional resistance to the foot
or truck wheel passing above.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
SUBDIVISION OCCUPIES SITE
OF HENRY FOXALL'S FOUNDRY
Property Included in Foxa Heights Once Occupied by
Home and Factory of Cannon Manufacturer, Where
Presidents Jefferson, Madison and Monroe Visited

development up to the present time has
been confined almost exclusively to that
portion OF the tract facing the Foxal1
road and Immediately north of the cleo
trio line tracks. A force of men now
Is engaged in grading other streets
and soon the work of macadamizing
them is to start.
There has been considerable home build
ing to the west of Foxall Heights on
either side of the Conduit road. Property
adjoining the two reservoirs to the south
Of the Conduit road, which form a part
OF Washington's waterworks system, first
was thrown open for development about
twenty years ago. 1t was known as the
palisades of the Potomac. At the time it
was first developed number of resi-
dences were erected. During the past
year or SO there has been considerable
building activity in the neighborhood,
specially that portion lying to the north
Of the Conduit road. Because of its high
elevation this property is unusually de-
sirable for home sites. An excellent view
is afforded of the Potomac river valley
and the thickly wooded hills of Virginia
beyond.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
A Self-Made Monument.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.

from tne LOUISVILLE Courier Journal.
Melville Freas a Union soldier in the
civil war. is preparing to don his old
blue uniform and dedicate the monument
cemetery, Philadelphia. 1t is described
as being a likely monument, well cal
cuiated to impress future generations.
as well as to be durable. Seven tons
OF granite form the pedestal. Atop of the
granite blocks stands Mr.. Freas done in
marble, and weighing a ton" The
builder. subject and dedicator prospec-
tive Is quoted as saying that he observed
monument to civil war veteran in Ivy
Hill. although 492 soldiers were buried
there. So he determined to save every
cent of his pension money and build
one He decided to honor himself. know
ing his own record better perhaps than
that OF his comrades already with the
silent majority. He has had engraved
upon the pedestal He Was a Brave
Soldier"
To do it yourself is a rafting good
rule 1t is always better done than
il 1t is left to persons less interested
This applies generally and with pecu-
liar force to the- making of monuments
to inconspicuous. though deserving. war;
riors.
Persons who know nothing about other
times and manners than our own may
smile at Mr.. Freas and his self-made
monument. But he follows we'll estab-
lished precedents. The pyramid of Cheops
is one of the best known monuments
planned and executed at the order OF
the man who was to be immortalized by
IT, but 1t is one of many. And netahe
men Of ancient times had no nice scrlI-
Piles about where their monument fund
came from or whether the monumeni
builders were paid for their work mol
infrequently innocent bystanders were
called upon to contribute their labor
without remuneration and lashed to the
task with whips
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Benefits of Vacations.

From the Chicago News.
Sometimes it seems as il a course Of
instruction in the complications Of vaca-
tion-taking should be established for
those deluded folk who year after year
return more tired and less fit for work
than when they left Experts are need
ed to teach the philosophy of the vaca-
ton, to interpret it. to tell what 1t is
for and how 1t can be made most
effective.
A little light on the question is gained
by looking up the derivation of the word
vacation" in the dictionary. Its Latin
root means empty" Men first thought
of vacations as something that emptied
the mind Of routine problems. perplexi-
ties, responsibilities and worries. The
modern world goes further. and demands
that vacations be filed. The best vaca-
ton is that which fills every day with
the thoughts that people have no time
to think at home-thoughts Of woods,
fishing pools. green fields. the song Of
birds and lakes that simmer lazily.
Then from the vacation is to be expected
a regeneration that will send one back
to his work with song in his heart
strengthened to do useful tasks.
The most beneficial vacation is secured
by as complete a change as possible.
Mental and physical stimulus is born in
the shock of new things. new thoughts,
new sentiments and desires.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
SALE INVOLVES $110,0OO
Residence of Eldridge E. Jordan Is
Bought by Thomas E.
Pickford.

Announcement has been made of the
sale Of the residence of Eldridge E. Jor-
dan at the northeast corner of Massachu-
sets avenue and Goth street northwest
to Thomas E. Pickford. The transaction
was negotiated by Bert T. Amos & Co..
real estate brokers. and is one of the big
gest deals in residential property that has
been reported for many weeks. The con-
sideration is said to have been approx
mately $4,000.
The house is of drab colored brick con-
struction, with brown stone trimming.
1t occupies a lot having a frontage on
Massachusetts, avenue of about 55 feet,
and 80 feet on Goth street. The house
contains about fifteen rooms.
Bert T. Amos & Co. also report the sale
of the premises 1917 Vernon street north
west for George E. Shake. and 1920 9th
street northwest to Harry G. Laycock.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
new BUILDING PLANNED
FOR 7TH STREET FIRM
No Interruption of Business at
Kings Palace by Con-
struction Work.

An interesting piece of construction
work is about to be started at Kings
Palace on 7th street which was recently
damaged by fire. Without interrupting
the business Of the store, practically
new building is to be erected. Plans
for the work have been prepared by
Frederic B. Pyle. architect.
A new front of artistic design is to
replace the present one. and extensive
alterations and improvements are to be
made in the interior. The front of the
building will be of glazed white tile.
The more daylight" idea is to be car
ried out to its fullest development. The
frontage will be largely Of glass and
the second floor windows will extend
from floor to ceiling. Spacious windows
also are to be provided on the third
floor of the building.
The show windows on the ground floor
are to have a total length of seventy
eight feet. A number of innovations
will be provided in the alteration of
the interior. These will include rest
rooms, employees dining rooms. and
other similar features will be installed.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
GLASS HOUSES PREDICTED.
Believes All Furniture Will Be Made
of Wrought Iron.

From the Dayton Journal.
Paul Scheebart. says a Berlin writer,
phophesies that the architecture of the
future will be of glass. and that the
world will be inhabited by happy race
living under the good influence of light
THE houses will be of glass; he says.
with all wood eliminated. The furniture
will be of wrought iron and the frame
work of the buildings will be Of iron
and rustproof, while the walls will be
of double glass to insure warmth and
of many colors in order to battle inquisi-
tive persons. The buildings will be heat
ed by electricity and the walls decorated
in Tiffany majolica effects The porch
of every home will have three sides of
glass and there will be glass garden
houses. where one may live in the SUM-
shine by day and the starlight by night.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
IS SHOWN
IN BUILDING OPERATIONS
Reports Received From Sxty-three Cities Throughout
the Country Indicate Gain of Per Cent in
Amount of Permits Issued During June.


official
total Of ses with seoessoso the corresponding
8 a 4
pared with the less favorable months As shown
of
Bend,
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with
afemen is lau
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applied to concrete.


THE action Of free lime developed in
concrete is to combine with the sulphuric
acid portion of the zinc sulphate, and
precipitate calcium sulphate or gypsum
while the zinc itself is thrown down as a
hydrate.
1T is thus evident that there is precipi-
tated within the pores of the concrete
two pigments. both neutral, and which
tends to fill up the voids and pores-this
may be safely applied"
Many other excerpts from trade and
scientific journals could be given show
ing that a number of years ago Mr..
Macnichol first advanced this method
born of his experience. and given to the
world gratuitously. Its use is under no
restritcions-there are no patents. but we
are jealous that credit be properly given
to our fellow-citizen.
w. F. ANDREWS. Secretary.
Master House Painters and Decorators
Association of Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Old Folks in Mexico.

Mexicans, il they escape the i'll chances
of war and revolution, are a long-lived
race. Humboldt wrote: 1T is by no
means uncommon in Mexico to see ma
tives and especially women, reach 100
years of age" and his statement has been
corroborated by more recent travellers.
The president of an American life assur-
ance company told the author of Mexico
Today" that he had met and conversed
with Mexican woman in her 134th year,
and that her age was attested by church
register.