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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12

showing a lack of charity for war
stricken people.
The refusal of large loaning insutu-
tons to put out much money on specula-
tive building In the last year has mad a
salutary effect. Almost all the buildings
that have been put up have met an IN,
mediate want and have been financed
on sound basis.
The cessation of building has given
empty apartments chance to MI up
SO that the immediate outlook is Tor an
excellent renting season In fact' there
Is likely to be in some sections a larger
demand than supply. For tune there
Will be tendency on the part OF the peo-
pie who must economic to seek cheaper
apartments. The demand. therefore, foi
low-priced and medium-priced apartments
is likely to be strong.
Effect of Great War
The financial situation during the period
OF uncertainty and change because OF the
European war will affect real estate
but it may affect it in a curious and
rathed unexpectedly favorable way-tha'
is. a great many people who. being fearful
of the ordinary financial investment. are
likely to turn to real estate ana put thetr
money in it. This will have a tendency
to strengthen the real estate market.
L think that the man Who puNs real
estate now in good sections is sure to
reap a profit. l believe that when Sc
renity has returned shall find that
many of the wise ones have acquired val
liable properties which the. timorous let
go.
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Must Look to Us.

Europe eventually viii look to US to
supply her markets The falling off in
imports. be it only temporary. compels
us to produce at least what Of those i'm
ports are demanded by the necessities
of our life. American enterprises will
produce these necessities.
AS our trade increases our real estate
will grow more and more valuable for in
vestment. And thus may he whose eN-
istence depends upon normal realty
market come into his own again without
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an armchair that, like everything else.
is too big for the room, and realizes
that escape is impossible. because the
windows are too small to jump
through.
More Thought, Less Money.
Such an anti-climax. Certainly none
of this resembles a home in any sense
Of the word, and I am sure it is not at
al! what the people who live there want
but Is simply what they are obliged to
take. And yet it all costs money and
must all bring a return on the money.
How much better it would have been to
have spent little more thought ana a
little less money in getting little re-
senblance to the real home which we all
seek. but so seldom find.
Fortunately a movement in this d1rec-
ton Is already under way. In many
cities apartments are being built which
have these ideas as guiding principles:
where the money formerly spent IN os-
tentatious display without either CONNER
cal or esthetic ra1ce has given place TO
simple. but dignitied. treatment of brick
surfaces. window openings and entrance
ways. Builders have been brought to
see that the outlook of the tenant has a
bearing on the income OF the owner me
apartment that overlookS pleasing bit
Of well kept garden is taken sooner and
occupied longer than the one whose only
vista is against blank brick wall. 4
window box with little green in 1t. or
a few geraniums. has more home char
acter than any amount OF oNerWrouEht
carving in stone, and how much cheaper.
An honest use of material IS worth more
than all the imitation marble ever In
vented. And how much better 1t IS to
have no cornice at all, but simply a band
of ornamental brick inserts of deli
cately colored terra Gotta to mark the
cap line of the wall than it is to build
out a great overhanging affair made OF
galvanized iron that serves no practical
every year or rot to pieces like piece
of stage scenery pct UP out Of doors as
cheap makeshift for the real thing.
Tawdriness Losing Favor.
Owners and builders are beginning to
see the commercial value of simplicity
and truthfulness in their work. To begin
with, the real thing lasts longer and
wears better than any imitation. A
tawdry display may attract people to a
moving picture show, but that is no IN
dication they want to live in such a
place. The wide-awake owners are be-
ginning to see this point, and they are
employing capable architects and paying
them vel to properly design even the
they realize that the right kind of an
architect has his clients best interest at
heart and he wants to see him spend his
money where 1t will bring the greatest re-
turn for the longest time. It is his busi-
ness as an architect to know what ten
ants like best and it is his pleasure as a
designer to get that result in simple. in
expensive. but durable materials. There
is greater return on the architects
fee than any other part of the building
investment when the right architect is
chosen.
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Too Much Water.

From the Chicago News.
Tommy-Say, papa, isn't mamma just
a trile crazy?
Papa-Why do you think so, my son?
Tommy-Well, the other day / was
playing in the rain and she made NE
come in and take a bath.
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HOTEL Lorraine

ST. Charles pl.. first hotel from The beach: "A.
pacfty. 25u: fresh and water in baths. iri-
vate and public: running wnter in rooms ee
vator to street: Amer and European pisBs:
SPECIAL SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER TERMS:
charge for sea-watcr baths: booklet; bus al
train.
A. +. WAGNER. Prop. W. Il, LAYTON. Mgr
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HEIRS Fidjets' dinner was a eat
success don't you Think" She-Yes.
Were you there? Why, l took you in.
Life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12

Miss Achsah D. Robb and Prof Adolf
Schumacher of Annapolis, Md. were mar
ried Wednesday at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. James w. Owens.
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st. Charles place and Eeacii. The ponnisr
tion. within sight and sound Of the ocean, 40
large rooms: all open exposure: rrivat" hnths:
-rInning water in all roors: porc,,es elevator,
etc Cuisine and service hest ohtrt,,rhle.
American plan. Special September ra'es. Baokst
II. ]. DYSES
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Ell Der N

and Fireproof Annex. Tennessee Gear
Reach: central: open Surroundings: orpnstit
Protestant and Catholic churches; capacity 500:
new throughout: running in rooms. I-i
waite baths. metal beds. 4.Go0 feet q porrhes;
excellent table: fresh vegetables. windows
screened white service: booklet Special. SIS :"
$21 weekly; 81. 80 to $3.50 daily.
T. d. LUDY NJ. u.
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ATLANTIC CITY. n. J.

The Wiltshire dean ga a, T,.r and d Rsasi
improved Capacity. $50. Private baths. running
water In rooms. elevator. etc. Music. Specis
1880 up weekly. $500 up daily. Open all the
year BoOklet SAMUEL ELLIS.
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Builders Seek Variety.

It is noticeable fact that Washington
builders, in recent years, have devoted
much attention to the task of Individual
izing even those houses which are built
in seemingly endless rows. Variations
in the design of fronts: differences in the
location and style of windows and doors
and porches of varying size and shape
have all been utilized N the effort to do
away with the dreadful sameness which
in other cities makes monotonous night
mare of many streets and avenues.
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city's Shifting Population.

washington is peculiar. In respect 20
population. in the fact that a great
many of the city's residents, being gov
eminent employees, are rather migratory
here today and gone tomorrow, as it
were. Appointments. transfers, etc. brine
about more shifts and changes in the
population here, probably, than in any
other city of comparable size in the
United States. From every corner of
the country this population is drawn,
and the fact that its component parts
never know just when they mav be
drawn and when they may have inlpera-
tive need for home of some kind, makes
the semi-annual moving day rather mere
of an institution in Washington than
elsewhere
And perhaps no city in the country Of
fers wider variety of human habtta-
tons than does the nations capital Any
thing from a palatiai mansion on one of
the ctty's magnificent thoroughfares in
the northwest to five-room and bath
houselet in some remote suburb may be
had. 1t Is a peculiar fact that IN Wash
ington houses of six rooms. with bath,
are more common than those of ans
other size. Builders seem to have learne :,
that such a house affords accommoda-
ton for the average government ernpioye
better than dwellings of any other size.
In all parts of the city and suburbs one
room and-bath homes; some of them of
the semi-detached style, with larger or
smaller yards, and others in the conven-
tional rows, Of which Washington. shall
it be said, unfortunately, has its full
share
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one-Time Luxuries Common.

This same close attention to detail
is further shown in the interior ar
rangement and finishing of the more
recently erected homes in the National
Capital. Hardwood finish, once consid-
cred out of reach of any one but
person of means, has become a regu
lar feature, even of moderate-priced
| residences. Practically all houses built
| in the last few years are lighted with
| electricity, many having provision only
| for this form of Illumination, though
a majority are equipped with both gas
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the end. Here he falls exhausted. into
an armchair that, like everything else.
IS too big for the room, and realizes
that escape is impossible. because the
windows are too small to jump
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Leading H.gh-Class Moderate Rate Hotel.
ALBEMARLE { t.. Ss II S Ss::. 's II:
Coolies location:
1000 IT. porches. 100 cool front rooms: private
baths. elevator. exceptional table fresh regc-
tables and sea food. Specially catering to those
des'r ring superior accommodations. Reduced Sep
tember rates IS. 50. $40. SEQ weekly: So up
daily. Booklet. !. T.. core.
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HOMESEEKERSAWA|T
AUTUMN MOVING DAY
Houses and Apartments in Endless
Variety and Price Ready
for Occupants.

AS the season advances and the sum
mer wanes into autumn a goodly portion
of Washington's population takes up an
nually the task of the house-or apart
ment-hunting. Families that relin-
pushed last winters quarters May ] for
a summer sojourn in the country or the
suburbs return to the city, and October 1
usually finds them located III a new home
perhaps an entire house, perhaps an
apartment of a few or many rooms, ac-
cording to the size of the family. It
has been stated that in Washington nrettv
nearly everybody-that is, those who do
not own their homes-move either Nav
l or October 1, and from the BUSINESS OF
the transfer people. the numbers of
loaded vans one sees on the streets and
the general appearance of things, the
supposition might be justified. in a way.
.that many of the residents of the
capital take advantage of both dates and
move twice year; AS many, many. real
estate agents and landlords know. to
their sorrow. there are those who move
oftener than that, finding truth in the
saying that cit is cheaper to move than
TO pay rent" But, fortunately. this class
Is limited as to numbers
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Principles Always Same.

But the principles which should
guide us in the study OF appearance
are the same through all the category
of apartment buildings. They seem
simple enough when simply expressed.
and yet the average apartment house
seems to have been built not only
without regard for them. but with an
apparent desire to avoid any sem
blance of regard for them.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-10
HINTS AT WASHINGTON
AS SHIPPING CENTER
Official of Alaska Steamship Company
Seeks Information Regarding
Port Facilities,

washington as a center for freight
and passenger business to the Pacific
Ocean via the Panama Canal was hint
ed at in a letter received yesterday
by the Chamber of Commerce from
John H Bunch, general passenger and
freight agent of the Alaska Steamship
Company.
In his letter, Mr.. Bunch inquiries
about the port facilities OF Washington
and its harbor rules and regulations
He also asked for the names OF broker
age firms that he might secure adequate
information as to the amount Of bust-
ness that could be transacted from
here, including both passenger trafhc
and freight shipments and discharges.
The letter has been referred to the
department of ports OF Washington. 1t
reads as follows:
Dear Sirs: In view OF the possi-
bility that this company might send
some of its ships through the Panama
Canal to Atlantic Coast ports, We wish
full information regarding the wharf
age facilities and rules, regulations
and charges at Washington and the
rules and regulations OF the port II
you will arrange to have the proper
parties furnish Us this information
your action will be appreciated
I'VE will also esteem IT favor II
you will advise US the names and ad-
dresses of a few responsible brokers
or agents with whom We can cores
pond in regard TO securing cargo and
passenger business out of your port
The Washington herald., 1914-11-10
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago, Nov. s.-Nearly 3.0ooo bushels Of cash
wheat were sold TO importing countries direct Or 70
their agents today. These sales include the wheat
taken At the ssaboArd, and the larger part Of the
business was transacted hy Chicago houses with
banches in various markets Of the United States IL
may be said that Chicago is feeding the world.
The takings bere Of breadSunA, - vel As prO-
visions have been On an enormous Eaie ance tne
war broke out abroad and that a much Larger busi-
ness would have been seen IN cash wheat had there
been sufficient tonnage GEAlAble to take cre Of ne
business Offering message from New YORK sala
tonight that it wuuld be 4 much eaAG matfeI 70
forward.
wheat showed Iosses Of 4 TO &c today. and whis
the resting spots were &c below the hgheS lereiA
they were 4 to &C above the Lowest pTices Of The
day The market was q nErrUE one, compared with
many TreTious days The news and circumS ancA
surrounding the wheat market were mainly bniiso'
yet there was some telling items that were reoS-
nized as quite bearish- The buIish items were the
strength shown abroad and the upward trend Of
values in Liverpool London, and the smaller mar
Lets Argentine reported the weather there aS un-
favorable with too much rain IN secaons aoo lo'
rossibility Of damage BY recent neezs-
Corn was of y 70 &c. The excellent weather ior
curing husking. and moving this grain were me
urinciual bsarish helps II Is generzly expected
that the movement Of corn Wlh De On arSe - ~,
James A. Pztten ssid today that he expects not Only
the ice of this cereal to decline but also the p1ce
of oatA As TO wheat, Mr.. Patten believes II WI
seu much higher. The Official government repor'
n.krs the total cTop 2TB 692 900 bushels the quality
s1 and the amount in farmers hands 3.Oos 0O
bushels The yield per is placed At 3b onsnes'
Cash sales here aoyoo bushels. but II was gen.
.nv believed the transactions exceeded this amount
considerably. -
o,ts were Il to &c lower mainly in sympathy with
the other ErainA but the lack Of cash trade was aso
against the price. as the transactions were onS
ITb 00 buShslA
Tbose in want Of provisions were furnished win
an thcy cared TO absorb BY the larger pAc1ns
hoxlses today Commission houses led in the buy
ing Hogs at Western points were mgnG, Gho -. th4:
- al Probability was the cause for buying h5 that
section. Tpe lard trade was fair. and there "Aa
= rad
The Washington herald., 1914-11-10

Lazarus when the raps came upon the
table.
And Jared heard and saw these things
over at Lorain and came home-to tan
Of them and to assert his firm belief
It wasn't a week before a medium
turned up in his home town. and thea
Miss Hyacinth saw her chance She
had a private interview with him, ana
as a result the sum OF 80 changed
hands.
There was q public lecture and than
two or three private seances. and thus
the ground was prepared Jared and
Miss Hyacinth were present at all the
seances. At the third one the fakir an
nounced that at the next sitting he would
call up the Spirit Of Cupid and have him
announce the engagements and marriages
| for the coming year. This produced Q
grand futter, and thirty people paid .
dollar a head for the privilege Of being
present
How Jared schermerhorn scented out
the colored man in the woodpIle Is not q
detail to be given here. but he also made
call on the falir. On this occasion it
was IS that changed hands, and he went
/ away with a grin on his face
, Tho evening arrived. So did the thirty
people. So did Jared and Miss Hyacinth.
ladies and gentlemen" began the
fakir, we are all aware that Cupid Is the
/
never die. He Is here, there and every
where: but will come at my bidding and
\ answer as the spirits have answered
We will now proceed:
| Hello! / want the spirit Of Cupid
A wait Of thirty seconds and then cana
rappings-
| is this cupId?''
rs there as much love in the world a.
ever?"
A thump instead Of a rap-to signify
! that there was q heap more than there
used to be.
Are you busy all the timer
Two raps, a knock and a thump-to sig
nifty that It was a job that kept him busy
twenty-four hours out Of every day in the
week.
Are you giving the town Of RawsoR-
vile due attention.
| One rap-"You bet ann
will there be any marriages here with
| in the next year?"
| One rap-"Yes."
DO you know Stephen Dittson?"
| One rap-"Yes"
And Alice Roper?'
The same.
viii they marry?'
One rap-"Yes."
And do you know Jared SchermerA
horn?''
One rap.
And Hyacinth Jones?"
The same.
| And will they marry?'
| In reply there came a dozen knocks h--d
thumps. and the table tried to stand on its
/ hind legs while the fakir explained:
mo, they will not marry, but Jared win
| wed Adellna Perkins,
! Then he had to fee to escape the claws
of Miss Hyacinth, and there was never
! another seance in that village.
| Jared married Miss Perkins.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-10

the same time it would clear up the
situation here.
The Federal Reserve Association win
release funds about that time and this
VIII no doubt permit New York brokers
to help them. Should the Interstate
Commerce Commission grant an In
crease in freight rates marked i'm
provement in speculative circles is ex-
pected to follow.
At Paris. preparations are under way
for the reopening Of a cash stock mar
ket and the records Of the Official body
of French brokers have been brought
to Paris from Bordeaux.
Local money rates were steady at
per cent for both call and time funds
with freer offerings to stock brokers.
There is q more hopeful feeling In
the iron trade, with an Improvement
In the incoming business OF small or
ders which covered demand from
wide territory.
Copper was steady. about IL Ia cents
per pound with a good demand from
abroad that cannot be filled owing to
the lack of shipping facilities
The Washington herald., 1914-11-10
DAILY SHORT STORY.
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAID.
BY JOHN DARLING.

tCOpJnght. TsiLl
Jared Schermerhorn was . strappinS
Young farmer whose lands were on the
outskirts of the village Of Rawsonville.
He had a house. cows. horses. hogs, and
chickens.
Jared didn't graduate from an agricul-
tural college, but he was up and at work
before the lark had shaken the dew on
its tail q.
He didn't know the names OF the plan
eta. and he wasn't 80 sure about there
being A south pole, but his wheat was
a humping yield, and the way his corn
stalks bore ears and his potatoes rolled
out Of the ground in the fall were the
envy Of all other farmers for miles
around.
Jared was not a vain young man He
had large ears. but ne did not seek 70
curb them. His nose grew red and
blistered in the sun, but he did not seek
the drug store for cold cream Nature
had given him large hands and feet
but he felt that he needed them for farm
work.
A young man Axed as this one was
need have no trouble in finding a wife
but at the age OF twenty-four he was
still kinder looking around" That Is
he was attending writing school, singing
school and a lasses candy-pull or husk'
ing-bee now and then to wear on bis
natural bashfulness
It Is idle to try and give the exact
number Of women that could have beer
coaxed to bake Jared's bread and make
his soft soap and put up his picked
peaches II he had come courting, but
why shouldn't there have been half &
dozen at least? He had come to q GER
tain decision before he had thought much
about marriage, and II was an unwist
decision. Under no circumstances would
he marry a widow. He didn't exactly
know why, but that was his decision
Had he gone to Deacon Shadrack and
asked for advice he would have been told
"If you can marry a widder with less
than five children-a widder wuth at least
81, ,OO0-a widder who IL a good house
keeper-a widder who has carried hel
children through the measles and tht
whooping cough, and is as sound as q
dollar herself. don't you let the gras:
grow under your Ieet!'
But Jared didn't go to the Deacon, and
thus missed a good thing. What he did
do was to go right on saying to himself
that he'd never marry a widow. an6
somehow his decision became known anc
three or four would-be contestants die
not enter the race.
The farmer bachelor had had a bowinE
acquaintance with Miss Hyacinth Jones
| for a year or so. He had been intro
duced to her at Sunday school picnic
but they had not wandered under th'
green trees together.
Instead of referring to Miss Hyacintf
as an old maid, which Is always an un
gallant thing to do, she may be spoker
Of as a rather old girl. It was her name
more than her looks, that left her or
Jared's list OF eligibles- In case she be
The Washington herald., 1914-11-10
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York, Nov. s-MIL1FEED-strunE; demand
quiet spring bran. in oopOund sacks. 800. to ar
riTe; standard middlings. to arrive. SO; Western
red doV q so; winter wheat, in loopound s1cla. to
arrive, so; city bCsn, IN bulk, 80.
RYE FJOUR-Fim; demand is fam. Good to
choice, 6l0a550.
CORNMEAI-steady: trade Is inactive. Kiln
dried for export, S in sacks; coarse meal in bas1
l.6lAl6S
BUCKwHEAT FLoUR-Frm; choics sold In
small lots at so12.6.
HAY-Receipts SO tons; higher, owing to onldal
embargo on hay from States where foot and mouth
disease exists. Prime timothy. l.S; No. timothy
lI5aI %: No. 2 l-l0al-l5; No. ), l!0al.6.
STRAw-Receipts, % tons; nm; trade qulst
Long ne quoted at 65s75.
PORK-Fimt light trade. Mes. n!0z2-9; fam
ily q ooaas5O; clear. 2os5O.
BEEF-Firm. sczrce; PACKET, Soua2L0; family
2LO0a5m.
LARD-Inegular; business inactive. Prime Wesk
en, Ills; refined continent, l2l5; South American,
l265; refined Brazilian, in kegs l3e5; 6eef stearne,
.; lard stearine. quiet; New YORK, m.