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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
Jane Misses the Carriage.

Jane misses the carriage even more
than / do. for the lack of it leaves her
pra ctically shut up at home. The other
day when she had occasion to go drlV-
ing on some business of the Friendly
Neighbors Club--the time she saw the
house in a tree-she had to get MIS-.
brown to hitch up and take her priv
ing around among the neighbors has
been one of the chief pleasures OF
country life to Jane. and she doesh I
like to be deprived of 1t.
I don't want to put any more money
into a buggy than is absolutely neces-
sarv IL eur bad luck with conveyances
is going to continue. The first one we
had was a dayton wagon, which Jane
bought at auction with old biil. our
first horse. This was smashed up ~
the runaway, the time Ned got broken
arm through playing Roman charioteer
The second, which was burned UP with
the barn, was rather handsome two
seated surrey which ! got secend-hand
at a bargain. I have been waiting Tor
a chance to get another secondhand
one, and with that in view ! am going
To ATTEND a public sale which is ad-
yertised for September 10.
In addition to the buggy. severai farm
implements I think l would like TO nave
and a number of cows are advertised
to be sold If it hadn't been for loss OF
NV hay when the barn burned and the
damage to fodder as a result OF the
storm, l might have taken chance on
bidding in one of the cows, but as 1t Is
l recon I'll have to refrain. l may
bid, however, on one of three brood
sows that are advertised. Last spring
and a year ago l bought young pigs at
So apiece There isn't any doubt that
it would be much cheaper to raise them
Enough surplus pigs could be sold to
pay for wintering the sow, giving me
my own pigs practically without cost.
Another thing advertised that inter
ested US is Jersey heifer calf. We
have been very anxious to raise a calf,
and since the one we had persisted with
the burning barn the family has been
in mourning. Nothing l could get
would please Margery more, unless it.
would be pony and cart. but. Of
course, the feed question enters in with
calf as well as with an additional
COW.
Since the death of the calf Margery
has been centering her affections large
IL on the collie puppy. 1t is large
enough now SO it can run without fall
ing all over itself, and the little thing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
BUY BOULEVARD HOME
Mrs. Consaul and Miss Meyers Pur.
chase House From Lewis E.
Breuninger.

The sale of another one of the resi-
dences erected by Lewis E. Breuninger
on the north side of Harvard boulevard
leading into the Geological Park
grounds was reported today. Mrs.
Fannie NJ. Consaul and Miss Ida N.
Meyers have bought 1858 Harvard
boulevard. large detached house now
in the course of construction.
1t occupies lot so feet wide and
has a frontage of 50 feet. The house
contains fifteen rooms and three baths.
1t faces the small circular reservation
in the center of the boulevard about
half way down the hill leading into
the park. The sale was negotiated by
Moore & Hill, Inc
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TO BUILD GARAGE.
Three Story Fireproof Structure
Planned for William T. Davis.

A. II. Aylor has been awarded the
contract TO erect three-story garage
at 1867 P street northwest for William
T. Davis. Plans for the structure have
been made by n. T. Halter.
The building is to be of hreproof con-
struction. with concrete floors and
beams, steel window frames and sash
and terra Gotta partitions. 1t is to
measure 50x60 feet. An elevator is to
be installed.
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HOUSE BRINGS $4,000
Residence of DR.. John F. Anderson
at 1922 Kalorama Road
Is Sold.

Dr. John F. Anderson has sold to
Mrs. Julia r. Trumbull his residence at
1922 kalorama road northwest. The
house is of the semi-detached type, and
is of brick and stone construction. 1t
was built several years ago by DR..
Anderson.
The consideration is reported to have
been in the neighborhood of $4,000.
The sale was negotiated by Moore &
Hill This firm today also reported
the sale of small dwelling at 602
Gresham place to Anna G. Davis.
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BUYS THIRTY-FIvE LOTS.
Jacob S. Gruver Acquires Property
Near 18th and Quincy SITS, N, w.

William T. Galliher and Allan L.
Walker, thirty-five lots north of Quincy
and east of 14th streets. The consid-
GRAFTON was in the neighborhood of
$4,000. Trusts amounting to $56,S75
were placed on the property.
1t is understood Mr.. Gruver plans to
improve the property.
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Advantages of Listings.

Another benefit is found in the sys-
tenn OF mutual listings or oral call, as
it is sometimes known, frequently car
ried on by an active board. This sys-
tenn varies in different. boards. but the
intent is to make available to all men,
bers the salable properties listed with
any one. Where it has been success
fully worked out, the benefits to mem
bers have been direct and tangible
Another benefit is the right to settle
and determine business controversies
| through the boards committee of ar
bitration instead of resorting to ex-
pensive and time-wasting litigation.
am aware that at times dissatisfaction
arises from such a committees awards,
but in the majority of cases the de-
cisions of a we'll constituted committee
of this kind will be fair, and their fair
ness will appeal TO the interested
parties, SO that no expensive litigation
ensues. And this, as already stated, is
a benefit which board members enjoy.
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Sells for $1O,W5.

4 deed has been recorded which
transfers the ownership of residence
al 1884 18th street northwest from
Charles F. Carusi, trustee to James r.
Skinker. The consideration was s10,-
G2J
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Come on, Blink let's sing" Jim will
call. producing his mouth organ.
The pup will take position in front
OF Jim, seated on launches and with
head thrown back. waiting for tho
music to begin. At the first note he
will begin to howl mournful lay and
will keep it up as long as the music
lasts. He always is willing to respond
to an encore but Jim hasn't yet been
able to teach him to bow acknowledge
ment to applause
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TAKING A FAMILY
BACK TO TIE SOIL
Being the Experiences of Gov
eminent Clerk Who Sets Out
to Lower the High Cost Of
Living.

We have been holding nightly coun-
ellis of war at Sunny Knoll. trying to
reach a decision on the most momen-
tous problem with which we have
been confronted since we moved to the
country. We have a chance to sell the
place at a price which would give us,
after allowing for all the improvements
we have made, a profit of nearly a
thousand dollars. We are to give an
answer not later than next Wednes-
day.
We don't want to sell That much
might as we'll be admitted at the start.
Nothing had been farther from our
thoughts until l found an agent with
the wouldbe purchaser waiting for me
when l got home from the office one
evening this week The agent. who
lives at the county seat, was known to
me by name. The would-be purchaser
was introduced as Mr.. Welson. He
didn't look like a farmer. and when
asked him where he lived he said he
was staying temporarily in Washing
ton. l was impressed with the fact
that he didn't seem to want to give
much information about himself.
Curiosity Is Aroused.
If he has the money with which to
pay, l suppose it is none of my bust
ness who he is or whence he comes, but
there have been several other happen
ings which have aroused my curiosity
and the curiosity of my neighbors. j
know that within the past week offers
have been made for at least two other
farms in our vicinity, and couple or
weeks ago party OF surveyors was
working a few miles above us up in the
country. They were very mysterious
about their work and refused absolute
ly to tell the purpose Of the survey.
Naturally, there have been all man.
ner of rumors afoat, the most persis-
tent one being that a new trolley line
is to come through our way. Should
such line be built it would add, of
course. to the value of all land along it.
But the building of 1t is only rumor,
and rumors are poor things to weigh in
the balance against hard cash. What
we have got to decide, / think, is
whether we want to keep Sunny Knoll
more than we want to make that thou
sand dollars clear profit, letting the
rumors go hang.
With thousand dollars additional
money for the investment and with
the knowledge we have gained in a
years experience, ] have no doubt that
we could get farm that would be a
much better value as business propo-
sitien. We are two miles from the
station now and by going a couple of
miles farther back we could get better
land at very considerably lower prices.
Driving to and from the station. a
couple of miles more, it seems to me,
would make no very serious difference.
In fact, l know of thirty-five acres
of cleared and level land. with house
practically as good as the one we now
have, which can be bought for only
$500 more than Sunny Knoll stands us
as an investment. That is seventeen
acres more land than we now have,
and every acre of it is ready to be
plowed. There is a barn with six
stalls and a commodious hay loft,
whereas. we have no barn at all. The
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Carries Stamp of Recognition.

This is one benefit that must not be
minimized in considering our subjects.
for there is no denying the fact that
the real estate man prospers with the
development and improvement of his own
community, and it is, therefore, in
cumbent upon him to actively support
any real estate board that is either
directly or indirectly carrying on work
of this kind. There is a direct benefit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
IN A REAL ESTATE BOARD
Objects and Accomplishments of Such Or
carnations Are Outlined by C. D. Shepard
of Winnipeg Real Estate Exchange

I to a member because his election to
! membership carries with it a stamp of
recognition a reliable real estate
dealer. This results in an improved
business standing as a result of being
identified with a responsible organiZa-
tion of business men. Another direct
benefit is found in the added facility
of transacting business which every
active real estate board affords. This
Is particularly true where the board
holds meetings at regular intervals.
| thus bringing the members together
frequently and making opportunities
mutual interest to board members.
This regular weekly meeting of MEM
bers has frequently initiated and con-
summated important sales, as every
member of a live real estate board here
present can testify. So brushing aside
, all other benefits, here is direct tan
gible financial benefit which frequently
| accrues to active board members.
Cooperation Is Created.
Another benefit, quite as real, but
perhaps less tangible, is the better
feeling engendered and prevailing
among members Of the real estate fra
ternity wherever a board has been in
successful operation. A previous feel
ing of distrust among fellow agents
gives way to a spirit of good will
ground of mutual interest found in the
activities of live board. The estab
fishing of friendly business and social
relations with the leading firms in his
chosen line of business Is certainly a
direct benefit to a member.
Another tangible financial benefit of
membership is the right to charge COM
missions on all sales. leases and valua-
tions according to the boards stand
ardized schedule. This is benefit
which is perhaps enjoyed in some
measure by all real estate men. Cor
| non members frequently in commission
suits appeal to the established tariff
of the local real estate board to deter
mine the amount they are entitled to;
and in this way. even non-members
receive benefit from the board. In
return why should not they give such
an organization their support? The es-
tablishment of uniform scale Of COM
missions and fees has brought order
out of chaos in every instance when a
strong active board has been estab-
lished. Not only SO, but the tariff of
commissions and fees becomes, when
consistently adhered to, SO universally
recognized that courts accept it as evil
dence in commission suits, and have
frequently based their findings upon a
tariff adopted by a local real estate
board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

Following is the text of paper by
c. D. Shepard of the Winnipeg Real
Estate Exchange which was read at the
recent convention of the National As
ISOLATION of Real Estate Exchanges at
Los Angeles.)
The objects of real estate board are
usually set out in more or less detail
in it's articles of association or char
ter and bylaws. They embrace such
matters as: The desire of the members
to better conditions in the real estate
business and place it upon more
equitable footing: to record and pub
lish statistics and acquire and dis
tribute information respecting matters
connected with the business of real
estate; to provide and regulate suita-
BILE offices, to encourage the centralza-
tion of real estate business; to pro-
mote the establishment and mainte-
nance of uniformity in the business or
it's members and those dealing with
them: to adjust. settle and determine
controversies and misunderstanding
between persons engaged in the said
business; to advance the real estate m
terests OF q city and its citizens py
fostering public improvements ana an
taxation. and the enforcement of laws
for the protection. welfare ana con-
yenience Of real estate owners. and gen
orally to devise, advocate and support
legislation calculated to Improve the
city.
How Benefits Are Derived.
These are some Of the matters fire.
onently set forth as the objects OF
real estate board The benefits depend
on how actively it's members follow up
these objects and achieve them real
estate board may have a list OF objects
in its charter as long as the moral ia"
and as well conceived. but II It's MEM
bers are Indifferent to the organization
and the things it stands for, that board
will be a failure and membership In 1t
will not be a benefit to any one. But
this. fortunately, is not the type of
BOA most frequently met with in the
membership of this national associa-
ton, though 1 am sorry to say that
there are a few slumbering ones. as 1t
were, among us. Those. however. we
of local real estate organization. :
Let US then turn to the live real es-
tate board, that is not only living up
to and fulfilling the objects of its char
ter. but is constantly enlarging its
scope What are the benefits of MEM
bership in a board such as this? They
are in exact proportion to the enthusi-
asm that it's officers and members put
into the organization and thus fulfill
the objects for which it stands. In
many communities the local real estate
board has initiated and carried on pub
licity campaigns with credit to itself
and benefit to all. A large measure of
work of this kind seems to fall upon
nifty everywhere, and an active board
can successfully deal with it and there
by benefit not only it's own members
but their entire community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

From 20 cents to % cents a day is
paid the women employed in the rubber
Industry in British Guiana.
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is developing an amazing amount of
intelligence.
In fact, 1t is quite a musical pup.
For month or moro Jim has been
making himself a general nuisance
around the place with a mouth organ.
He was growing quite peeved because
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People who pay compliments never
wait for the bill collector to call.
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Madge-The old farmer said it was
five minutes to the station.
Marjorie-Then we'd better hurry up.
We've less than half an hour to catch
the traip.-Judge.
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no one was willing to listen to his
music. until he discovered that the pup
always would furnish an appreciative
audience. Then Jim was seized with
an inspiration to teach the pup to sing
Now they entertain US with duets
which are as agonizing as they are ex
cruciatingly funny.
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entire place is fenced with barbed wire
and the road, except for the last half
mile, is as good as the one we now
use to the station. l am confident |
could go on that farm and, with a
thousand dollars working capital, make
a good living from the start; giving up
my government job without taking any
foolish risk.
Arguments on Other Side.
But there are some arguments on the
other side. We are genuinely attached
to Sunny Knoll because it is the first
real home" we ever have known; we
are genuinely attached to our neigh
bors, some of whom, during the past
year, have become the warmest friends
we ever had. These neighbors would be
practically lost to us, as it is six miles
to the place l described above, it being
in the opposite direction on the other
side of the trolley line. No doubt
there are worthy people out that way
and when we come to know them we
might prize them as highly as we do
the neighbors here-and then, again,
we might not
Jane is violently opposed to moving
except for the one reason-the chance
to make a thousand dollars. We have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

The more money a man has the more
he dislikes to waste any of it paying
taxes.
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A woman doesn't want the last word
she would rather keep right on talking
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had to scrimp SO all our lives that it
seems almost criminal folly to pass up
the first chance we ever had at easy
money" We argue the thing up one
side and down the other and across
the middle. but always we get back
to the starting point: Why is Mr.
Welson willing to pay US thousand
dollars more than we paid for Sunny
Knoll? Unless he has inside informa-
ton that the trolley line or some other
development is assured, there is no
should take such a sudden jump.
Despite assurances of the man from
whom we bought, we didn't get any
great bargain in Sunny Knoll. / don't
think we were "stung." but Mr.. Brown
and others who ought to know tell US
we paid all the property was worth
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The man who does his fighting over
the long distance telephone evidently
believes that discretion is the better
part of valor.
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Unexpected simian Tendency.

I have read and more or less sub
scribed to Darwins theory of the evolu-
ton of species. and have often heard
of reversion to type and such things,
but l never had suspected Jane of pos
sessing more than her share of similar
tendencies.
We have been talking a lot. Jane ar
CUES. of building an outdoor sleeping
porch, and she insists the house in a
tree would be much more practical and
desirable. The thing that makes a hit
with her is the notion of making the
house secure at night merely by pull
ing up the ladder, instead of having to
worry about locked doors and fastened
windows.
Maybe we'll build the house in a tree
some day, but even in her enthusiasm
Jane admits it perhaps would be better
first to build a barn to replace the one
destroyed by fire.
The barn building, however. is to go
over for another year. Lee Gusts has
about completed shed for sheltering
the stock that will do very well for
while. The framework is of oples
cut from our own woods. l bought
lumber for the sides and We are using
patent roofing. 1t is large enough to
accommodate the horse and two cows,
with plenty of room left for a couple
of vehicles and farm implements. The
only vehicle we have had since the hre
is a springless wagon, but l am gong
to get some sort Of a carriage soon.
Riding to and from the station in
that bumpy old wagon is getting to be
a GOOD deal Of bore.
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Every time some people bury the
Ratchet they dig up hammer.
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Would Mean Big Increase.

If the trolley line does come through,
the increase in value would be a good
deal more than thousand dollars.
Land two miles from us, on or close
to the trolley line. sells at from $500
to $500 an acre-though no land in this
country, of course, is worth that much
as an agricultural proposition. If the
trolley line doesn't come through, we
might never again get chance to
sell at even for what we paid, to say
nothing of at q profit of q thousand
dollars. So. from a purely dollars and
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It's no use in trying to convince ;
mule that he is stubborn.
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cents standpoint. 1t is largely case
Of making guess at what Is the
wise thing to do.
We find it hard. however. to con-
slider the proposition solely from the
standpoint Of dollars and cents, at
tractive as that thousand dollars ap-
pears. Sentiment enters in SO largely
that it is likely to prove the deciding
factor. Had it been left for the chill
dren to decide, the offer would have
been rejected on the spot I don't
think they would be willing to leave
Sunny Knoll to go to live in palace.
view of the fact that they always be-
fore had lived in a fiat. with not a
single one of the interests that now
keep them busy and contented. All
past year they associate with Sunny
Knoll. and they are afraid to risk
finding the same opportunities for
good times anywhere else.
A consideration aside from sentiment
that holds us back from accepting the
offer is the knowledge that on a new
place there would be another period of
experimenting and uncertainty as to
the program to be followed. After more
than year of foundering around, Of
going forward and backing up. we
finally have agreed upon a policy to be
followed which seems workable and
adaptable to our circumstances.
Need of Settled Program.
And we are convinced that If we are
going to get anywhere it is high time
we were making a start in that direc-
ton. Isn't 1t possible. we ask ourselves
and each other, that by making a
change in base and working out new
program in the long run we would lose
more than the thousand dollars of i'm
mediate gain now offered?
On top of this there is the hard-to-
get-away-from fact that at Sunny
Knoll we are happy and contented On
some other place we might not be happy
or contented. thousand dollars
would be entirely too low price for
which to barter away these chief of
human desires. The man is to have
his answer by Wednesday. and in the
meantime ! am trying to keep myself
In as commercial frame of mind as
possible. There are a lot of things one
can do with a thousand dollars.
When we are talking of selling
Sunny Knoll we are just as busy as
ever with plans for improving it. Jane
went driving the other day over road
she had not previously Travelled. and
came home with brand-new ideas She
wants house in tree. She saw one
built up in the limbs of a giant chest
nut. and immedia tely made up her mind
that our place would not be complete
until we had it's duplicate. We haven't
any giant chestnut. but there is a big
maple with spreading limbs which she
insists would answer the purpose
equally as well.
Naturally. I was curious to know to
what use she intended putting a house
in a tree.
Wen sleep in it. of course" Jane
answered.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

One can't expect mummers to keep
mum.
Kissing is dangerous; the result is
a wedding.
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When an opportunity occurs for
Kind words deliver the goods.