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altered house for much less than In the
small fat in the specially constructed
house. and for a little more than was
paid for a room in a boarding house.
So the drift from the Old World institu-
ton to the New World development,
which. SOW at first. has developed into
a~considerable movement
To better Judge the popularity of the
movement take trip through the Sew
entities on the West Side, particularly
between West End avenue and Central
Park West. and note, the alterations
which haye been made and those under
way in these blocks They are the de-
velopments Of the last few months. and
1t Is estimated that at least twelve fine
dwellings have been claimed for apart
ment suites OF one and two rooms with
bath. The former home Of Henry F.
Dawson. OF j. +. Morgan & Co, at IL
West Fifty-frst street, was taken over
recently by a builder who will alter
the five stories into apartments for
small families or single men and women
In answer to the needs for such homes
j. b. Werthem. who has occupied the
dwelling at SO East Sixtieth street for
the last forty years. has decided to make
1t over into studio apartment house.
At the southeast corner Of Madison
Gulden estate had several dwellings
which were not as productive as they
should be according to the valuation
which had been placed on the houses
by the Tax Department. They decides.
that something would have to he done
to increase the income from the prop
erty. The houses were altered into
small apartments. all the buildings be-
ing connected with the entrance through
an attractive little court on Seventy
sixth street. Stores were placed on tn.
street level. The report is that the
suites have proved very popular and
are renting for as much as $500 a room.
each suite containing two rooms
Study of the filings made each day
at the Building Department will show
that many well known dwellings in con-
scrvative sections are being changed
into homes for several families rather
than into fats for single folks or
couples without children. 1t will he
found that altered apartments in good
East Side sections cost more to rent
than the same accommodations on the
West Side. The difference Is as much
as 80 per cent. according to one rea
estate expert. This of course explains
the greater extent of the movement
west Of Central Park than east OF
the park.
gppsr West Side dwellings which
nave been taken for alteration into
} small suites include IA West Seventy
second street 3s West Seventy-second
street. ~ West Seventy-second street
SO West Seventeen street. 12l Yves,
Eighty sixth street. $50 Yves: Eighty.
sixth street. 305 West Eighty sixth
street and 333 West End avenue. These
| houses are being altered into suites Of
I two and three rooms with kitchenettt
and bath, renting for SOS to $50 3
month. \ single room in first class
boarding house costs from $50 to $50
! month. 1t lis the plan with single
| men for one or two to take an apart
! ment of two rooms. which brings dowr
| their rental fully SO per cent, besides
, giving them an opportunity to really
| enjoy home life. The kitchenette ar
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innovation has proved an advantage to
the tenant. the owner and tt city.
In other words 1t Is an all around ad-
vantage. The gain to the tenant is a
larger and a better home and for less
money than he or she paid In the board
ing house: the owner or the person who
controls the house gets a larger income
from the property than wi Ell used as
a private residence, the hoppe of sin
gle family. and the city gains through
larger taxes from the property, its value
having been increased by the improve
ment.
The changing of dwellings into fats
will greatly increase the housing facili.
ties Of New York. which are below the
demand. and the studio will / ave the ten
dency of improving the standard OF
home life. Hundreds of private dive llings
have been altered into studios In the
last few years.
The studio apartment first blossomed
out in the Washington Square and
Greenwich Village district and was the
direct result of the bohemian life which
had centred In that corner of the city.
The small fiat was designed to meet II e
wants OF single person of limited means
but with refined taste. The small fats
were tried in the Gramercy Park Sec
ton and with success and now they are
east and west of Central Park. with the
West Side the leader in the recent wave
of studio apartment development which
| has been encouraged by the unusual
housing condition the war has brought
to Il is city.
| The departure from boarding house
| life has been one OF easy stage, which
had its inception several years Ego. when
builders recognized for the first time
/ shnN ~ A.
| sirable people in this city, who could
neither use nor support the type OF apart
ment house which trey had been build
! ing. These folks as a consequence were
| forced to live in hotels or in the better
class of boarding house while awaiting
the awakening eof the building interests
| to their needs. The construction OF
! apartments OF one. two, three and four
rooms was an instant success. II as
tonished builders who looked at the inno-
walton Of small suites as an experiment
which would prove costly to tie builder.
The production of small suites, 1t will
be remembered, was the feature Of build
ing operations for at least two years
previous to the countrys entrance into
the war. High rentals were easily OBJ
tained. Even though small apartment
rentals were high they permitted big
saving to TIE small family accustomed
I to. large apartment. The saving ex-
tended beyond the rental -- a.
| The price builders asked for sinai,
| suites was too high for lot of folks
who wanted TO get out Of hotels and
! boarding houses. 1t was not however
until the war stopped building. and
builders as an alternative turned to the
making over of dwellings into apart.
ments. that these people got their chance
to get out Of boarding houses and hotels
II was the unsupported death blow OF
the high class boarding house.
Accommodation was to be mad in the
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STUDIOS REPLACING
BOARDING HOUSES
IN LIFE OF CITY
War Has Brought End to Century Old Institution
Alteration Of Dwellings Into Small Suites Attract
ing High Class Boarding Place Patrons g:

The war has played havoc with Gus
toms and institutions as nothing clse
could. What. for instance, but the world
war, with its tremendous revolutionary
effect, could have weakened to the point
Of oblivion that century old institution
the boarding house? Every one who has
read history, whether of America. Eng
land Russia or any other country. must
have come across the word, or its coun-
terpart--the inn and the roadr ouse--
many times. In the fiction of the world,
for centuries and centuries, the boarding
house has been the stage of many fanci-
full tales of love and war, intrigue and
honor.
The semi-public living place was intro
duced to America almost with the first
settlers, and II has attached itself
strongly to American life. as may be
Judged by tine fact that the boarding
iouse has been lifted to a higher level
and attained greater popularity in this
country than anywhere else. Boarding
houses will be found in the country as
well as in the city.
In New York the days of the board
sng house OF the better grade seem to
be numbered. Unmistakable signs have
pointed to their near obliteration for
several years. Any doubt of the end
OF the high class boarding house in
New York tas been dispelled by the rev.
olutionizng changes which the great war
has brought In the life OF nearly every
one in the city. The high class board
ing house OF the future will be known
as a studio apartment, the change being
not merely in name but in other re-
spects.
RI e name has a much more pleasing
sound. which is sufficient reason in It,
self for the spread OF the popularity
Of the studio apartment house. With
economy OF living and greater opportu-
nifty for ideal home conditions and sur
foundings as additional attractions there
can be no doubt that the studio apart.
fnent house will increase in popularity
with single men and women and couples
while the boarding house will decline IN
favor In fact such is the case at II Is
moment. The war has brought folks
face to face with conditions which
otherwise would never have been con-
xronted. The war has struck hard not
only at the ethical side of the boarding
house but the material side as well
vi ich. perhaps. Is the feature which
looms largest in the comparison be
tween the old and the new.
The high class boarding house ellen
tele, the lawyer, the doctor, schoo
teacher, business man and high saiaried
clerk, who preferred the semi-publis
living place to the hotel because 1t wal
more like home. are now deserving TO the
studio apartments, which are spr,neinl
Up in the best residential sections of the
city like mushrooms In fertile meadow
They will continue to multiply until the
Government has seen Mt to release build
ers and building material that the con
struction of small apartments may b'
resumed. Even then 1t is a question il
the minds OF real estate men IL the al
teration OF private dwellings into studio
apartments will not continue. since tn,
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OPERATOR TAKES A DWELLING.

. James II. Cruikshank has bought
from the New York Title ~ Mortgage
Company the three story dwelling on
lot l6xlO0 Al 80 West 18TH street, be-
tween Ed .ecombe and Eighth avenues.
Harry Sugarman was the broker.
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IN FIFTH AVE. LEASE.

The Douglas Robinson. Charles :.
Brown Company were the brokers' in the
lease OF the dwelling at the northeast
corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh
street for Mrs Hermann oolrichs to the
New York Trust Company, reported yes
terday.
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STATEN ISLAND ACRES SOLD.

Samuel GinsberE and J. Sterling Drake
have sold for Theodore b. Comfort to
barnett Wilensky tract OF eight acres
and a large house on the south side of
Washington avenue between Van Pelt
and Union avenues, Mariners IIarbor,
S. |.
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"a WEST 72~o STREET
GREATER THAN PANAMA.
New Yorls's New Waterway Eight
Times ms Long.

The Panama canal is hrty miles long
and the New York state large Canal is
442 miles long, The former has lock
lift of TO feet and the latter a lock LIT
of 1850 feet. It cost s375,0oo.00o to
build the Panama Canal in ten years
and three months, while tn" cos of tho
New York state Barge Canal was Si65-
100000 and thirteen years and three
months were consumed In building II.
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l4TH ST, $40 W.-Rare opportunity; fur
nished room house now decorating. steam heated,
containing 20 rooms; will be finished TO suit
tenant; house open can he seen any time.
Apply HUGH KING, Is william st.
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TAKES CHARGE OF DEPT.

The George Eosenfeld Company an
nounCes that ]. c. Bauer il now associ-
ated with them In charge OF their in
surance department. Edgar u, Mibank,
vice president OF the firm. having en-
tered the Government service.
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Slawson e. Hobbs has sold for Theresa
r. hamburg 1871 West Seventy-fourth
street, n four story dwelling on lot2@x
l02 to a client for occupancy. 1t was
held at $4,000. Slawson & Hobbs were
the brokers in the recent reported sale
of l45 West Seventy-fourth street.
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2 g. 3 ROOMS g. BATE,

100 Madison Av., bet. 18TH and 18th SIS.
High class furnished mud unfuInishrd, non
housekeeping Apartment House unusually large,
light rooms, with open fireplace, aud containing
every modern improvement, Agent on premises,
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
More Women pentistsY

Dentistry as profession may have
few attractions generally, especially
for women. Nevertheless, 1t does af-
ford steady and, in many cases, highly
remunerative work, candidates for
which cannot but be reduced in num-
ber by the exigencies of the war. A
certain branch of dental work known
as dental mechanics offers a field
which seems peculiarly suited to wom-
en-, or, at any rate, to those who have
the natural dexterity and fineness of
touch usually possessed by them.
Dental mechanics do not, of course,
extend their training to the surgical
side of their undertaking, though
those qualifying as dental surgeons
have to be adequately expert me-
chanics-the greater includes the less,
here as elsewhere-but the work is
fairly lucrative and distinctly regular,
so that 1t seems certain that more and
more of it will fall into the hands of
competent women in the future.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Modern Military Balloons.

Great improvements have been
made in the construction of kite bal
looms in the past two years, according
to Henry Woodhouse, the leading
American aircraft authority. In
Everybody's he says: "The old de-
sign based on the original German
drachen balloon was sausage-shaped
and could stand little wind above 80
miles per hour. The present design
used by the allies, and to some extent
by the Germans, is based on the de-
sign of Captain Cacqou of the French
army. 1t is pear-shaped on one side
and has three huge fins, one on each
side and one underneath the aft end
Of the gas-bag. On the ground these
fins give it the appearance of a huge
elephant.
"This type Of military balloon is
much steadier and safer than the old
type and can stand wind of up to
60 miles an hour. They are from 20
to so feet in diameter, and have a
hydrogen capacity of from 10000 to
25,000 cubic feet"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Get New Kidneys

The kidneys are the most overworked
organs of the human body, and when they
fail in their work of filtering out and
throwing off the poisons developed in the
system, things begin to happen.
One of the first warnings is pain or stiff
ness in the. lower part of the back; highly
colored urine; loss of appetite; indiges-
ton; irritation, or even stone in the blad-
der. These symptoms indicate condition
that may lead to that dreaded and fatal
malady, Bright's disease, for which there
is said to be no cure.
Do not delay a minute. At the first in
dication of trouble in the kidney, liver,
bladder or. urinary organs start taking
Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules, and
save yourself before it is too late. Instant
treatment is necessary in kidney and blad-
der troubles. A delay is often fatal.
You can almost certainly find immediate
relief in Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules.
For more than 200 years this famous prep
aration has been an unfailing remedy for
all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles.
1t is the pure, original HARLEM Oil your
great-grandmother used. About two cap
sules each day will keep you. toned up and
feeling fine. Get it at any drug store, and
if it does not give you almost immediate
relief your money will be refunded. Be
sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand.
None other genuine. In boxes, three
sizes.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
The British Officer.

A young American soldier, writing
home to his mother, and referring to
the British officer, remarked that he
always thought Of him as a monocled
dandy, too effeminate for hard usage /;
but never again. He found him cool,
resourceful, and unaffected in danger,
taking his daily hazardous duties as
a matter of course, and setting an ex-
ample to his men, and solicitude for
their welfare, that inspired the utmost
confidence in them. 1t is no new pic
ture, but fittingly portrays his charac-
ter, for generations past.-Toronto
Mail and Empire.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Mud Baths.

Representative Capstick was talking
about airplane production.
"Our airplane production has been
slow" he said, "but 1 really think that
too much abuse has been showered on
the men who inaugurated it.
"One of these men was recently TAX
en- down with rheumatism. AS he hob
bled on his two sticks across the We
randa of a seashore hotel a sympa-
thetic lady said to him:
"'Have you ever tried mud baths?'
"Yes, indeed he answered. Didn't
you know that served on the aircraft
production board till they kicked me
outT"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
GermanY,s Case.

Representative Kahn said in Wash
ington the other day:
an the German reichstag Secretary
Kuhlman has been thanking the neu-
trails for their courtesy and kindness,
Germany is now in position where
she's grateful for kind word, no
matter how gruffly spoken.
Germany is like the lady who sang
'Juanita' at the concert. She sang so
badly that she was interrupted with
a volley of catcalls, but in the tumult
man yelled fiercely:
"'Order, orderl Give the old COW
a chancep
"'Oh,' she said, I'm so glad to see
there's at least one gentleman in the
house,"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
FOUND ONE SENTRY ALERT
Captain Satisfied No Enemy Would
Get by the colored Soldier Who
Challenged His Commander.

II was recently breaking in squad
Of raw country negroes" remarked
Captain c., stationed at Virginia
camp not far from Washington, land,
despite their and my good intentions,
1t was not proving the easiest task in
the world, since most of them knew
much better how to follow band than
military rules. This particular group
gave me lot of hard work and ]
kept pretty close watch on them. One
night l decided to give my sentries a
surprise visit. but had not got far ON
my rounds when l was stopped with
a peremptory:
Halt Who goes darY
Il gave the word, but was again
brought up with a sharp: Halt agin
/ wants to know who you isp
"'Your commanding officer was my
answer, which did not suffice, as my
sentry came back quickly with:
"Dat's all right, sub, but is you
got de right to go traipsin' roun' camp
at dis ungodly time O. nightT
"Don't you know whether or not
have such a rightT 1 answered him
sternly. It's your business to know
Excuse me, Cap'n, but i wash
quite sho',' he said-and in a perfect
ly respectful tone-'an' ! axed you fer
information when wanted to know
eff you did have de right to go prowl,
in rOun' dis here camp like er hant
(ghosDY
"He got his answer, and 1 am sure
of one Of my sentries at least"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Costly Bachelors Hall.

Finley Peter Dunno said the other
day:
Its folly to say that two can live
as cheap as one-two can live far, far
cheaper than one.
"'Are you sending your wife to the
shore this AugustT l asked married
man.
"'No,' he answered. Il can't afford
1t. 1t costs too much
"'But,' l said, your wife's tastes
are simple. Surely she can sojourn
at the shore without spending any
great umOuntT
"T know that, all right said he
but last August, while she was al
the shore, spent over two hundred q
week."
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Lemon Juice
For FreckIeS
GlrlsI Make beauty lotion at
home for q few cents. Try ltl

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons into
bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake well, and you
have quarter pint Of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion. and complex
Ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces Of orchard white
for few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands and see how freckles,
sunburn and tan disappear and how
clear, soft and white the skin becomes.
Yesi It is harmless.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Measure Socks With Ruler.

A ruler and not "a tape measure
should be used in determining the
length of socks knitted to Red Cross
requirements.
Feet must be from IL to liz inches
long. Socks should not be larger than
standard in one place and smaller than
standard in another. However, socks
that are well propOrtioned are accept
ed If they are slightly over or slightly
under standard.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19

Plans for railway tunnel. costing
approximately $7,OO0,0OO. and extend
ing more than seventeen thousand feet
under the sea for about one-fourth Of
its length, have been made in Japan.
The bore will pass beneath the Moji
straits, connecting Shimonoseki and
Dairi, making possible junction with
the railway trunk line of Kiushu. 1t is
estimated that five years will be re-
quired to complete the project.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
China May Restore Canals.

China, in its pressing need for trans
portatlon facilities, is considering the
restoration of its Old-time system Of
canals, of which there were at one time
10000 miles within the empire. Cen
turies before the Christian era the
great rivers of the celestial empire
were diverted from their natural
courses to form these ancient water
ways.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Must Salute Women.

British naval officers have to salute
the "Wrens," women in the royal naval
service, when the women are higher
in rank than they, and the women
must return the salute with bow. The
women seem to be given considerable
liberty in regard to saluting one an
other.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19

Burn and disfigure quickly soothed
and healed by hot baths with Cuti-
cura Soap and gentle anointings of Gu
ticura Ointment. For free samples,
address, "Cuticura, Dept. x, Boston"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
25, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Not Quite Extinct.

"What's become of the old-fashion-
ed person who used to say motion pic
lures were injurious to the eyesH"
"How do l know?" replied the
irasclble man. ~ don't even know
what's become of the old-fashloned an.
tivampire prude who used to claim
that motion pictures were undermln.
Ing morals of the young thing. "--Blr-
minghnm Age-Herald.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
That Depends,

"You must be patient and bear all
these pin pricks of married life. "But,
great Scott, mani My wife uses a
hatpin."
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Inevitable.

swell I'll be blamed" |" said the ordi-
narily meek little man in great sur
prise.
"Why, Henry Peck Such language !"
"Well, know will, so why not ac-
knowledge it at once"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
No Proof.

Bacon-I see statement in the pa
per that the Chinese cultivate odor-
less onions.
Egbert-But how can they tell they
are onions, then?
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Not This Year.

"What If baseball closes for the sea-
sonr
Nobody can deny that we might
have won the pennant"-LouIsville
Courier Journal,
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
SATANIC, THE GREAT TONIC

and blood purifier. Quickly relieves
kidney troubles, stomach and liver COM
plants The great home remedy. Every
bottle guaranteed or money refunded
Satanic Medicine Co., 1924 Butts Bldgr
Wichita. All druggists.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Groves
TaSfeEeSS chill Tonic

possesses the power to entirely neutraize the mala-
rial poison. The Quinine in GROVES TASTELESS
chill TONIC kills the germ and the Iron enriches the
blood.
You can soon feel the Strengthening, Invigorat-
ine effect of GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. It
is an exceptionally good general strengthening tonic
for the Child, for the Mother and all the Family
Pleasant to take. Price 6Oc.
Perfectly HARMLESS. Contains No
Mux-VOnifca or. other Poisonous Drugs
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Absolutely Nothino

"There is nothing common about
that young Plunger."
mo, not even sense"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19

Some men lose their hair by buttlng
in at the wrong time.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Necessity.

NGCCbbILys
E. Berry Wall, accompanied by his
sorrel chow, was walking on the Biar-
ritz promenade when young lady in
one of the new 1918 blouses passed
The blouse was cut very, very low in
the neck, the short sleeves did not
reach the elbow, and the material en-
ployed was Of the finest, sheerest
gauze.
''There goes the young countess de
la Tour" said Mr.. Wallis companion.
"What airs she puts oni"
SWELL" said Mr.. Wall, with a
blouse like that it's necessary to put
on something, isn't it?"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19

Folks who drop hints never stop to
pick them up.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
- Groves chill Tonic Tablets

You can now get Groves Tasteless chill Tonic in Tablet
form well Syrup the kind have always bought The
Tablets are intended those who prefer to swallow tablet
rather than syrup and convenience for those who travel
The tablets are called GROVES chill TONIC TABLETS and
contain exactly the medicinal properties and produce
acty the results Groves Taeess chill Tonic which IS
put up in bottles. The price of either is 6Oc.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19

A face that cannot smile is seldom
worth while.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Uncle Eben.

"Food will win de war;" said Uncle
Eben, "but 1t don follow dat de man
who eats de most Is de best fighter"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19

SLOWS his credit?"
ut must be good. / understand
he owes everybody money"