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The Washington times., 1915-07-24
TEN NOVEL HOMES
READY FOR MARKET

Ten move! homes are placed on the
market this week by the firm Of Phillips
& Sager. real estate brokers. with the
completion of their operation in Nine
teenth street at the intersection of Kill
bourne street northwest.
The operation marks a new develop
ment Of section that has been fast
built up in latter months. Its location
in vicinity Of Rock Creek Park and en-
joying a high altitude. the locality Is In
the heart of a residential district much
sought by home seekers. Several realty
firms have superintended the building W
Of this and adjoining streets lately.
Phillips & Sager offer an attra ctive
two-story and attic type Of dwelling
fronting for eighteen feet The building
lot has a depth of 10 feet. The archi.
lecture represents a pleasant colonia
aspect.
One Of the features Of their present
operation Is the two-bath convenience In
a six-room house. Floors are done In
hardwood. and the dining rooms have
ornamental beam ceilings.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

Midsummer housecleaning Is the by
word at the Capitol. Painters. deco
rators. cleaners. carpenters. nasons.
and men Of other crafts are preparing
with brush. hammer and saw to make
new the old and make spotless the
blemished wall. floor. and ceiling that
bear the inevitable mark Of time.
1t Is the annual housekeeping Of the
mighty home Of Congress. and this year.
II the plans Of the men in charge mate
rialize. the next Congress will have a
home as clean a. money and thorough
ness can make It.
The minuteness Of this task Is so we'll
observed that 1t Is carried out even to
the laying Of a loose tile in the Tagging
Of the most remote chamber Or. If n
spot has been found in an out -of-the-
way corner Of the labyrinth of rooms.
that. too. Is obliteratel by the painter 8
brush.
In their preparedness for this task.
Elliott Woods. superintendent Of the
Capitol. and his r ght-hand assistant,
David Lynn. foreman Of the work Of
housecleaning. have left nothing unob-
served this year.
Evidences Of the havoc wrought by
Hollis bomb in the Senate reception
room has already been wiped out.
Around three sides of the Capitol the
terrace Is being waterproofed. which
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
Improve Avenue Building
For Century Lunch Co.

Extensive alterations in the property
at l706 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
to accommodate the third establishment
of the Century Lunch Company. have
been completed.
The building has been entirely reno
waited at an expense OF $l2.5O.
The dining room will accommodate l35
persons and Is finished In marble. The
q the building.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
DR.. Edward Pickford Buys
House on Sixteenth Street

With the recent completion of an at
tractive four-storied English basement
residence at 1888 sixteenth street north
west for David Dunigan, the property
was sold this week to DR.. Edward Pick
ford. a local physician, the deed having
been placed on record. The purchase
price Is understood to have been about
$4,000. The new owner will assume the
property for his home.
The improvement represents one of
the attractive homes which line Six
teenth street in that locality. 1t is done
in light brick. ornamentally trimmed
with stone. The lot on which the new
home has been erected had been pre-
viously unimproved. Its location In an
stand out prominently In realtyintrsst
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
Rev. Howard l. Stewart
\ Second Baptist Church

The Rev. Howard I. Stewart. Of
ate of the Second baptist. Church
Fourth street and Virginia avenue
southeast, and will, preach his initial
sermon there the frst Sunday In Sep
tember. 81.
First Baptist Church Of Warren. and
during his ministry there OF less than
three years he has received about 25(
members into his congregation.
since the Rev. Ftnsor V. Hewlett
former pastor Of Second Baptist, left
the pulpit has heea supplied by the
aevs. r. J. I.ukens, George w. Alexan.
de-. Leland Smith. J.. II. Collins II
Pierson King. Walter 3 Dunlop. Fran.
els v. Atkinson. and. Howard 1. Stew
art. who received the cali.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
HOMES COMPLETED,
PLAN EIGHT MORE
Kennedy Bros, Inc., Build Dozen
New Structures on Irving
Street.

Kennedy Bros. Inc. builders. report
tho completion Of . dozen new homes
In Irving street. between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets northwest. and
the beginning Of operations on a new
series adjoining to embrace eight more
residences. The completed properties
number from 1901 to 1s45. omissions Of
numbers being due to the building of
the operation in rows Of six houses.
They are Of the two-story and attic
type Of dwelling. done In tapestry
brick, ornamentaI1y trimmed with lime
stone. Eight rooms are contained In
each property, four bedrooms occupy
ing the second story.
The first floors are laid of into a
living, reception and dining room. with
kitchen in the rear
A feature Of the new homes are the
commodious porches. in front and rear.
some Of them finished as half porches
to suit the taste of tenants.
A frontage Of 23h feet by a depth
Of 40 feet are the measurements Of the
Individual building lots.
This improvement figures as ono OF
the prominent realty improvements OF
that section of the city. 1t enters
into the trend Of building which has
featured property development Of Ir.
wing street in that vicinity consider.
ably Of late.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
Plan Big Garage for
Coal and Ice Dealers

Probably the largest Improvement
in garages in the northeast section
in prospect this year will be built
in the near future for l.. o. Stewart
Il Bro. coal, wood. and Ice mer-
merchants. on premises l43 Twelfth
street northeast. 1t is to be arrang-
ed to accommodate about fifty trucks.
Plans are being prepared by Archi-
tect Charles A. Ford
The improvement will he built IN
chants. on premises l43 Twelfth
OF twenty feet, marked by attractive
plate glass windows and a spacious
entrance. 1t will be built over about
10000 square feet floor space on an
irTeGularly shaped area which broad
ems gradually within the entrance.
FThe property Is estimated to cost
about $4,000 In construction.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
Commercial Congress
Plans Notable Session

When the Southern Commercial Con-
6ress commemoratlng fifty years Of
peace in the United States convenes in
Charleston. S. c.. December 13 for a
four days session many notable men.
including Secretary of War Garrison
and Secretary Of the Navy Daniels. will
be present. The two Cabinet officers,
one from the North and the other from
the South will appear on the same plat
form.
Among the speakers will be Kai Fu
Shah, the Chinese minister; Governor
Manning of South Carolina, Senator
Hoke Smith Of Georgia., Dr. Nicholas.
Murray Butler, president Of Columbia
University; James Brown Scott secre-
tary of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace; Col. John Temple
Graves and e. J. Watson, commissioner
of agriculture and immigration of South
Carolina.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
Tennessee Pastor at
New York Ave. Church

The Rev. Herbert Booth Smith. pastor
of the Second Presbyterian Church. OF
Knoxville. Tenn. has arrived in WASH
ington to fill the pulpit Of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church during tho
summer months. Tomorrow the theme
for the morning service will be Tho
Unconventional Christ" He will also
have charge OF the mid-week prayer
meeting service and will conduct q So
ries of studies in the life Of Christ
The trip to Washington from Ten
nessee was made by automobile. q dis
tance Of 975 miles.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
4 =, >" q. x = u
Success Assured E
>. For Church Fete
Carnival To Be Held Again To.
night BY Mt. Pleasant
10. Congregation.

The carnival and country store" in
augurated BY the women of the Mount
Pheasant NJ. e. Church South last night
promises TO surpass all the hopes OF
those In charge. '' =.
Tho fete will be on again this evening
in Irving street, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth. The proceeds are to 20 tc
the building fund for the church, to be
erected at Sixteenth and Lamont streets
All kinds OF farm produce, Ice crea m
home made cake. and other articles will
eb sold again this evening In the "coun
try store" which is-in charge Of Mrs
r. K. Hclfenstine, jr. Automobile ridel
will be given by members Of the congre
cation, who have volunteered their ma
chimes for the purpose Of swelling tn,
fund. '.'
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
Bids Opened in Chicago
For Ford Plant Here

Bids for the contract to erect the
building for the Ford Motor Company
at John Marshall place and Pennsyl-
vania avenue as a -sales room and
assembling plant were opened in Chi
cago yesterday.
The plans as prepared, it is under
stood. call for an expenditure of $500. 900.
The building will be of reinforced con-
crete with a white marble and terra
Gotta front and will be made to con-
form to the general style of architec-
ture of the Federal Government build
ings
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
Rev. w. L. Mcdowell to
Be at Foundry Church

The Rev. whitford l. Mcdowell. Dis.
trict superintendent. will occupy the
pulpit of Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church tomorrow morning, preaching
or 1.-The Proof Of Your Love-" At the
Bright Hour service IN the evaping
the quartet choir will present the fol-
lowing numbers: Anthems. Lift Mine
Eyes" (Davis): The Lord is Ny
Light" parker: TIE reum" tSchil-
ling); "A Song In the Night" Wood.
mani: bass solo. "Considrr the Lilies
(Bischor); duet. My Song Shall BE
Always Thy Mercy" (Mendelssohn).
The Washington times., 1915-07-24
CHURCH NOTICES
PresbyteriA

CHURCH OF THE COVENANT.
Gem. Ave. 18th and n Streets.
CHARLES WOOD. Minister.
HOWARD fAENAFORD. MinAtere Aoet
HIRRY BAREMORE ANGUS.
Minister -in-charss Of Peck Chapel
II q m, ming service Sermon ~ tns
Selishness."
1915 D. m, Christian Endeavor meeting.
500 p. m. evening seivtce In me Covsnaht
sermon by the Ministers Assistant: subject.
Mature Lessons in tho Bible-The Fig Trees
Of Palestine.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

Boy Scout Troop 45. located at the
Fourth Presbyterian Church. had their
first pathfinder hike yesterday after
noon. They visited the Monument for a
general view OF the city. and then took
n plunge in the bathing beach. Next
Thursday the troop will visit the Zoo
logical Gardens.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

The Rev. Dr. George T. Webb. Of the
Baptist Publication Society. Philadel-
phia, will preach at Emmanuel Baptist
Church tomorrow at both morning and
evening services.
The Rev. Cove G. johnson. pastor. Is
spending his vacation in tho Thousand
Islands. He will not return until Sep
tenber l.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

DR.. Edward X. Hardin. pastor OF
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
South. will deliver the last Of a series
Of three sermons based upon the word
Duty" tomorrow morning at IL. The
special subject will be. Desire and
Duty" Il,
In the evening he will conclude his
sermons on The Ten Commandments
and Present-day Life" with tho tenth
commandment as the text.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

DR.. II. NJ. Canter. president elder of
the prayer meeting at st. Paul Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South next
Thursday night. Immediately following
the prayer meeting DR.. Canter will hold
the second quarterly conference for the
current year.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

The Rev. William Wilson Will occupy
the pulpit at the Fourth Presbyterian
Church, Thirteenth and Fairmont streets
northwest. at both morning and even
ing services tomorrow The subject of
the evening discourse will be. THE Gift
That He Made" The evening service
will be in a tent on the church lawn.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

The women of Mt. Pleasant NJ. E.
Church will hold carnival tonight on
Irving street. between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets. for the purpose of
adding to the building fund.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

A teacher-training class will be or
ganized at Fourth Presbyterian Church
early next month.
Homer Edson. who is assisting the
Rev. DR.. Kelley. pastor. said that the
class will pursue a regular course of
study and that no department OF the
school will be omitted.
The class will be composed Of all the
teachers Of the Sunday school and any
young people OF the church who desire
to become teachers.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

The Rev DR.. f. J. Prettyman. Of Mt
Pleasant NJ. F.. Church. tomorrow eve
ming will continue his series of Illus
trated sermons, when his subject will! be
THE Trial and Crucifixion Of Jesus
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

The Rev. Frederick William Smith
ish. will leave the first OF next week fol
a months visit to. Haven, Me-, where
he will retoin his brother. the Rev. Her
bert Scoot Smith. rector of st. Mar
garet's Episcopal Church. of this city
q nd his sister
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

The Rev. H. L. Hout. pastor Of Cal
vary NJ. f. Church, South. Is spending
his vacation at Piedmont. w. Va.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

Mediterranean Seas will be the subject
of an illustrated sermon by the Rev.
Earle Wiley. pastor of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. tomorrow
night.
the Great War" series. which he has
held during July.
The Rev. Mr.. Wiley was In Rome
when the European war broke out, max
ing 1t possible for him to obtain the ma
terial for these talks.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

The congregation Of Gun:on Mem
orial Presbyterian Church has accepted
an invitation to unite with the con-
Fgregation Of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church during the absence Of the Rev.
DR.. Granger. who has left on his va
cation.
The Washington times., 1915-07-24

At Centennial Baptist Church tomor-
row night. Should Washington Preach
crs Dancer" will be the subject Of the
Rev. F.. Hez Swem's sermon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-04

the very essence OF melancholy.
In Care" he gives that curious sense
OF brooding something over us" from
which 1t seems impossible to escape, and
in conscience" grotesque as It Is. he
seizes upon the panic OF the erring soul
when the tongues Of conscience have
awakened It. Look. there may be dan.
ger here"-"Look there may be danger
therc"-each head seems TO be saying
while the harassed spirit PUSHES blindly
onward.
In Our Sins" there Is the overpower.
ing suggestion OF the fear that the guilty
feels. Geiger shows the soul as
creature in its bed with a little candle
beside 1t. Outside the door Is figure
half man and half beast that has the ma.
terialization OF the sins feared.
81 knock, I am coming In" growls the
beast without. And the soul. trembling,
lights the little night lamp to assure It.
self that the wall still stands between
itself and the wrongs It has done.
The Dance" Is frankly a grotesque.
Yet 1t conveys at glance the Spirits
frantic effort 10 drown foreboding in q
mechanism Of gayety.
In the last picture OF The End OF All"
the inherent pessimism Of Geiger hnds
its apotheosis. 1t shows skeleton sit
ting on the world while It's head rolls
from its shoulders of into nothingness.
1t Is the logical conclusion OF all pessi.
mism. II is grim and ugly with the for
bddingness of the utterly lost-and 1t Is
NJ tN he &c no Nli II.
clmax-of the soul when 1t becomes soul
less!
Dark. almost insane. these soul con-
ceptions' undoubtedly are. But they are
at the same time full OF power and OF
mysticism that is compelling.
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wearer comes out Of the
water, moreover, the coat is
usually dry. and even if the
material has been soaked through 1t
would receive no damage, for it does
not decompose.
The material has marked health.
preserving qualities for several rea.
sons. The fibres composing it are
deprived Of their protoplasm and
reduced to membrane Of celllose
with a slightly polished surface, a
substance which offers no nutrition
to microbes and insects, whether
they be moths or other vermin.
The Kapock trees grow naturally
In nearly all tropical regions. They
may be also cultivated artificially,
and II is said that their cultivation
will prove a very important source OF
wealth in tropical countries. They
begin to yield about the fifth year or
sooner and produce about two pounds
oil hbre per tree. At the season OF
maturity the five sections of the fruit
open and the hbres scatter every.
where, covering the surrounding
ground with yellowish white layer
or an incredible thickness. some.
what after the manner of certain
poplar trees in Spring, hut to an i'm
mensely greater extent II this scat
tering takes place the material Is en-
tirely lost.
To obtain Kapock for industrial
purposes it is necessary to pluck the
fruit at the proper time when 1t
Copyright
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-04

kapock is of extraordinary light
ness. for a bale of il, n cubic yard
In size and very tightly packed. only
weighs thirty pounds Perhaps it's
greatest quality is that it is a remark
ably preservative OF heat. so that it
makes the wearer warmer than he
would be IN a woollen suit, while It
Weighs six times less. This advan-
tagc is felt even when one wears an
overcoat merely lined with Kapock.
The warmth produced Is also said to
be much more agreeable than that Of
WOODEN garment. because the fabric
is OF vegetable and not OF animal
origin and because OF the air 1t con-
tains.
The scientific explanation OF the
hcat-preserving power Of Kapock Is
That there is layer of air between
the fibrcs OF the material and also
in the interior Of each fibre.
This abundance OF air, an extreme.
" hygienic quality, gives kapock the
valuable property OF floating In the
water and Of supporting the wearer
in the water. Experiments by NJ
Jean Mondamert dc Saint Rene, of
France. show that in fresh water Ka-
peck supports hundred and seventy
hVc times its weight. A man provided
with a coat of this material floats
IKE cork. This Is very valuable
feature for soldiers who are frequent
~ called upon TO cross rivers, anG
also for all persons who may be
subject TO shipwreck. When the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-04
Making Clothes Lighter and Cheape,
Than Wool, Out of Vegetable
THE authorities of the French
army in searching for suit
Il ahlc mntnrinl for rnnnairn

TTHE authorities of the French
army in searching for a suit
! able material for campaign
Uniforms have discovered a ycgc-
table fabric which il is said is much
cheaper and more satisfactory than
woollen cloth /, is warmer and
much lighter than wool. 1t is com
monty used for Innings, but may be
made into whole cloth.
This fabric is called "Kapock." 1t
has been used for overcoats, canes
end underclothes for soldiers, and II
has already become quite popular
as a material for ovcrcoat Innings
for civilians. Many OF the mat
tresses furnished 10 the soldiers are
stuffed with Kapock, ana it is proph-
csied that this new material will
soon be used FOR every purpose ror
which wool is now employed.
Kapock, which is also called vegc.
table eidcTdown and tropical down.
Is silky and downy material similar
to cotton, but having many great adj
vantages over it, kapock in its nat
ural state is kind Of padding which
surrounds and protects the fruit Of
various trees Of southwestern Asia.
Malaysia and other parts OF Tho
tropics. This downy material is not
produced by the seed itself, Us is tho
case with cotton, but by the interna
walls OF the friit. Ii is a fclty mas:
in its original state in which are
lodged the bare seeds
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-04

Is about the size Of hand. It
may be forwarded in its natural
state to Paris or to some other centre
where the manufacture OF the cloth
IS practiscd. In some cases the ma.
tives Open the fruit themselves,
throw away the shells and the seed
and spread the down in the sun to
dry. After drying they make bales
OF 1t. which are then forwarded TO
the factory.
At the factory the down is cardcd,
but not the cotton, for that process
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would break the f1bres. which are
very fragile, but they are parallel
tied" by process invented by NJ. de
Saint Rene. The Kapock thus OBJ.
tanned may be used in mattresses.
cushions, cloth. etc. in any fabric, in
fact, from muslin TO silk. The flbres
are inserted in various directions
forming a downy lining. 1t can be
applied to garments Of all kinds and
also to bandages for dressing
wounds, sleeping sacks and the
wings of aeroplanes.
I'm Rights Reserved.
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The Weird Drawings
of a German Artist
Who Strives to Portray
the Hidden Storms
of the Spirit


~ this page are shown for the
I first time in America some OF the
weird drawings by Will Geiger,
German artist who, even In this time
of war has created an enormous sensa-
ton in art by his soul" pictures
Geiger has taken the place left vacant
by the famous Spanish artist Goya and
the Frenchman, Felicien Reps He
aspires to be a symbolst OF the moods.
the storms and stresses Of the struggling
spirit Of man. These moods and emo
tional disturbances he personifed in fig-
ures terrible, grotesque and sometimes
hideous He takes the abstract and en-
beavers to personify it-just as In an.
other way the dramatist who writes
miracle or morality play personifies the
abstract
Not everyone passes through the soul
phases which Geiger depicts. but all Of
us have seen souls passing through these
struggles, and to everyone a study of
these curious pictures is we'll worth
while-whether one agrees that the soul
phase has been truthfully pictured or not.
In his suicide" the loneliness, the
futility and the horror that must sweep
the soul at the moment OF soul destruc-
ton is symbolized by the gigantic Death
which plays upon a harp OF hui
manlty and the little figure dang
N ling from the end of the snapped
IN string.
SsA In his melancholy" the sad fs-
<; ~ ure sitting upon
lin ~ the coffin-shaped
ifk TasSAN throne | ook in 6
iE& XaXy through the lonely
4 ANE2sx,A avenue whose tree
SlSA trunks are like
86 81 ><i ~ - :, bones is strongly
ISA typical. 1t carries
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-04

ure sitting upon
the cofhn-shaped
throne ook i n 6
through the lonely
avenue whose tree
trunks are like
bones is strongly
typical. 1t carries
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-01-08

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