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REGISTERS OFFICE
is RUN AT A PROFIT
Brookiyn's Department Does
"Land Office Business"

Real estate activity In Brooklyn con-
tinues under high pressure, judging from
a statement Of the Kings County Reg
ister's office for the month of August
which has Just been issued by Register
Webster. August always has fewer pa
pers recorded than July and this Au-
gust was no exception, but the de-
crease was slight, and the figures f. =
the month were by far the largest ever
experienced by the Office in August OF
any year. There were 5,323 deeds re-
corded, 5,751 mortgages, 1857 satis-
factions and S2 miscellaneous papers,
a total Of 1913. This is more than
double the figure for August of last
year. The total number OF papers up
TO the end of August this year Is SS,-
251. which is more than 10000 in ex-
cess Of the total for the twelve months
of last year.
Perhaps the most interesting item
for the average taxpayer In Register
Webster's statement is the announces
ment that SO far this year the office
has paid a profit of more than $780,
900. The Register has turned over to
the City Chamberlain the sum OF s257,-
SS79s as the fees of the office for the
first eight months. The expenses in
the meantime have been s155,322.20,
leaving a net profit Of s102.565.7S.
Register Webster estimates that the
total profit for the year will exceed
S175,000, This Is the first time that
the Office has ever been a money making
affair for the taxpayers.
The mortgage tax receipts. which are
not included in the figures given above,
were $50, 9,6b6.51 for the month of Au-
gust, making a total thus far this year
Of 1870, ,S06.6t, which is the largest
eight months total for the office since
the mortgage tax law has been in ef-
foot.
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EXCHANGE COURT BUILDING, SOUTHEAST CORNER Of
BROADWAY sad EXCHANGE PLACE.

A year ago n sale involving $1,000. 900
worth OF Manhattan real estate would
have precipitated genuine market
sensation and would likewise have sent
the real estate editors scurIying about
the composing room In search OF some
extra black headline type, SO accus-
toned. however, has the market become
to accepting s5,000,0 900 deals that sales
like that OF the Astor property So Broad
way. known az the Exchange Court
Building. last Tuesday for $4,000 900
excites only little more than ordinary
interest
The taking over OF the Astor prop
erty, however. was the outstanding fea-
ture Of last weeks market At present
there is nothing TO indicate what dispo-
sition, II any. the City Investing Build
ing. Robert E. bowling president. in
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sized bungalow will make n so or
100 foot lot look crowded.
The sleeping porches and the inner
courts OF the California bungalow, ac-
cording to Mr.. Hodges. make 1t ideal
for summer home Since California
also has its cold season any plan for a
California bungalow provides for fur
mace so that the house is adapted for
all year use.
Details Govern Cost.
IT lcok toward the time" said Mr..
Hodges, when contractors will take the
small house out OF the hands of the
draughtsmen and turn 1t over TO the
architect The architect realizes that at
tention to details rather than a whole
sale duplication Of plans makes for the
inexpensive house. Personally / have
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PLAN TELEPHONE BUILDING.
New York Company to Build in
Newark.

Plans have been made for the erec-
tion OF three story hreproof building
for the New York Telephone Company
at 222 Morris avenue, Newark n. J. The
work will be done by the Union Build
ing Company, Morris Rachlin president.
The architects are John T. Simpson and
Brown Rolston. The structure will be
occupied by the auditing and receiving
departments of the company,
The desien calls for the latest type
OF nat ceiling reinforced concrete con-
struction, equipped with hreproof steel
sash and sprinkler system, The Nor
ris avenue front will be Of red face
brick, trimmed with limestone the ex-
terror of the balance OF the building will
be a combination OF concrete and brick
A portion OF the building viii be used
for recreation and rest rooms for the
employees.
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lords to make Of the purchase. An
nouncement was made at the time OF the
transaction by j. Clarence Davies, the
broker. that with. only one or two ex-
ceptions the leases In the building, which
are held chiefly by big banking and
brokerage houses, expire soon.
In parting with this long held and
conservatively managed property Capt.
John Jacob Astor son of Baron Astor,
disposed OF the second bit of realty in
the last six months. Tho other sale was
that or the Astor Court Building, at 10
Wall street which was taken by the
Bankers Trust Company as a site for an
addition to us imposing skyscraper at
sau streets.
There has been a great deal of gos-
sip lately about the division by Baron
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park treatment and the placing of houses
was planned in such manner that the
larger houses did not obstruct the view
of the smaller ones.
The first California bungalows to be
built In this part of the country were
erected at Park Hill Yonkers, by the Ill
fated American Real Estate Company
about ten years ago. A committee from
the company, headed by the president
and Including most of the directors,
made a trip to California for the purpose
Of studying the domestic architecture Of
| that part of the country.
On their return Ave bungalows of the
Swiss chalet type, SO popular in the foot
hills of California, were built at Park
Hill. The Swiss chalet bungalow is not
really a bungalow, for it has two stories.
] 1t is marked by a wide oYerhang of a
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DAY TO SELL QUEENS LOTS.
372 Lots at 81, AIhuns Win ne
AuctIoned September 20.

'Nb'NAh''hA
Joseph p. Day yesterdiv amn. Z
the sale by public auction Of 81 n...-
ate priced lots at st. Albaus I.r "a
Of Queens, near the ST A!Dans IA
Of the Long Island Railroad pHa 10
st, Adams Golf Club The lots .
sold are located in Farmers. lr.m =
Mayville ana Fletcher avenues al" 'H-
iacent streets. Farmers avenue ."'
principal thoroughfare in the 50. s. la-
Jamaica district ana ~ Wvu u,u.. .!
with a large number OF attI..I... oct
moderate cost homes
st. Albans Is twenty-siX minute. '5
the PENNSYLVANIA Terminal iu Mani an
and the Fla tbush avenue torr q. ia
Brooklyn, AND has been benefited ..
high class development ~ A.. -
which is one Of the most prn-l."-.,e
and best developed Residential ''-Hs
in the Borough OF Queens In a0
will be held on SATURDAY "' y,
at 2 p. NJ, on the premises. tn" "'No.s
have arranged 10 leave Ga per ..'' "
the purchase price on murtEa@a u"
three years at 5h per cent ana
supply title policies free to 'acn P"'
chaser OF u let.
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her own work as rule. and she well
comes anything that will save her steps.
She prefers the bungalow type OF house,
because she has no stairs to climb"
All three Of the bungalows planned by
Mr.. See are on sloping ground. This
would make the back Of the house higher
than the front so ground is saved by
building the garage under the front. The
garage entrance is hidden by the skill
ful winding OF the driveway and the
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P. S. STRAUS ESTATE SOLD.
GreendIinEer Buys Country Home
in westchester,

One of the most important West
chester County realty sales made this
year is announced by Chaunoey D. Grif-
fen & Co, The Percy l, Straus Estate
on ossining road, between Briarclin
and Pleasantville, has been sold to Leo
Greedlinger, secretary and treasurer Of
the Alexander Hamilton Institute, who
will make extensive alterations and oc-
cupy the property as his country home
The estate consists of thirty-siX acres,
a main dwelling of sixteen rooms and
six baths, a large garage and a cottage
1t has an elevation Of 600 feet, overlooks
the Briarcliff Lodge, is in the immediate
vicinity of the estates OF Walter W.
Law, James A. Stillman and Mrs.
George c, Choate, and is considered one
of the most picturesque residence prop
critics in that section. The estate Is
understood to have been held at S75, 900.
This is the fourth sale made by the
Griffen Company in that section of
Westchester in the past few weeks at
prices aggrogating more than 100000.
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They are designed TO fit comparatively
small plots. Two are on lots 35x50 and
one is on a lot 22hX36h. They have
n vacuum system OF steam heating and
are provided with incinerators. Mr.. See
estimates their cost, exclusive OF the
land, at $1,000 each.
THE best thing about a bungalow,
aside from Its low cost, Is that II SIM
plifies housekeeping" said Mr.. See. 1.-THE
woman who lives in small house does
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never built two houses In the same part
of the country from the same plans"
Another architect who advocates the
use OF the California bungalow in the
nearby suburban developments is Milton
See of Milton See & Son of Is East
Fortieth street. He has just finished
the plans for three houses of this type
near Mount Vernon, n. Y. They each
have six rooms and bath and are built
OF spruce timbers with stucco exteriors
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placing of a pergola at the garage en-
trance.
Mr. See admits that only the most
careful landscaping permits the building
of bungalows on such small plots. He
has had charge of the landscape work
of the whole development where these
houses will be built. The roads were
planned so that the small plots would
show to the best advantage possible.
Every scrap Of waste land was given a
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.chitect Says 1t
Is Best Kind of
House for Small
Iot---Ten Types
10 Choose From

Here. here / live with what my board
CUh with the smallest cost AFFORD;
Here we rejoice because no rent
We pay for our poor tenement
Wherein we rest and never fear
Tho landlord or the usurer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23
The Telephone Strike.

The new social unrest" socalled, made
its first demonstration in Rock Island yester-
day afternoon and last evening. The parade
of the striking telephone workers brought home
to this city what many another center of pOpu-
Iation has ceased to regard as novel.
With reference to the issue involved IN the
strike. especially on the part of the operators,
there is no question where public sympathy
lies 1t is conceded that the minimum wage
of the girls who tend switchboard is too low.
They cannot live and dress themselves, at
present prices, for 50 per week and the won
der is that those receiving the maximum man
age to get along. Their demands are reason
able and the people would like to see them
granted.
Few will concern themselves with the finan-
cial troubles, real or fancied, of the company.
Employees as rule are without resources to
carry them over the present emergency of high
prices. Their need for relief is imminent, but
the company-welI, it has been getting the
money for a good many years and it already
has advanced its rates in anticipation Of such
an emergency.
Those who have been paying the higher
telephone bills of the last two months will take
special pleasure in applauding the strikers
when they appear in public.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23
HEALTH TAH ks
sY WILLIAM ss!a y! BRADY no.

Quoted will remove the ataxia, and
restore to the patient a surpris-
ing degree OF control. This method
OF treatment has proved remark
ably helpful not only for the ataxia
or tnco-ordiEation of tables, but
also for chronic cases of chorea
| lSt Vitus dance), habit spaems
(tics) and even for suffering.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Bob Wants a Bike.
am IL years old, fifty inches
high and weigh 60 pounds and
want bicycle awful bad. But my
father says 1 am too delicate. What
do you think about It? (Robert W.
ANSWER think father should
get you a bike on condition that
you drink at least a pink Of fresh
milk and punish a slice of bread
and butter and brown sugar on
every afternoon about time school
is out. You should be 55 inches
high and weigh 80 pounds, Robert,
and the bike, bread, butter and
sugar will help some.
A Lady Feels Tired and Looks Blue.
Have suffered with headaches for
a number OF years-sometimes my
or purple and feel very weary
and lack strength to do any work.
ANSWER-Perhaps you are in
dulging in headache powders or
tablets, containing acetanilide or
phenacetin or some other coal tar
derivatiVe, which would produce
the blush appearance by seriously
impairing the oxygen-carrying
power OF the blood and depressing
the heart. Headache is a symp-
tom in so many different conditions
that it is impracticable to give
satisfactory advice without a dag
nosis.
Exercise or Rest2
Is there any danger in too much
exercise during menstruation? Cd.
b.
ANSWER-Toom much exercise is
inadvisable at any time. AS a gem
eral rule the daily routine should
not be altered because of men
situation Menstruation is not
disease and it is usually unwise
to interrupt daily exercise at that
time-Mrs. Camp and Old Coddle
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23
Birth Registration Neglected.

That many parents in the United States fail
to recognize the importance of registering the
births of their children is shown by the fact
that in October, 1918, only 20 states and the
District of Columbia had met the ''over 80 per
cent" birth-registration test required for a
states admission to the birth-regfstration area
established by the United States bureau of
census to stimulate public interest in this mat
ter. Women who have been weighing and
measuring babies during the children's year
campaign conducted by the children's bureau,
United States department of labor and the child
conservation section of the council OF national
defense. have frequently found that the ques-
ton rs the birth registered?" which is listed
on the record cards. has to be answered with a
No" In some cases the question was left
unanswered because the parents themselves did
not know whether \or not the birth had been
registered.
Sir Arthur Newsholme, the English author
ity vital statistics and measures for the
prevention of infant mortality. who spoke at
the childrens bureau conference recently held
at Washington. has stated that it is the prompt
registration of births in England that makes
it possible for the public health nurse in that
country to go at once to the aid OF mothers and
babies who need her, and to make sure that
everything possible is done to insure the moth
er good care and reasonable rest before she
resumes work. 1t was Great Bfitain's good
vital statistics that enabled Sir Arthur to point
out more than ten years ago that the infant
mortality rate in England was very much high
er in certain congested and unSanitary districts
than it was in the well-kept districts, where
the well-to-do people live.
According to this child welfare expert an
important step for the United States to take
in saving it's chiIdrens lives is to to it that
every birth is promptly registered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23
Woodmen County Picnics.

Friends of the Modern woodmen Of America
will welcome return to the custom Of holding
county outing or picnic as an evidence OF
restored harmony and cordially Of feeling
among members. and promising sign for, the
future prosperity OF the society.
Time was when the annual county picnic,
with its barbecue, its Foresters' competition
and its other hearty herman diversions was a
leading summers event not only here, but all
over the jurisdiction. 1t helped to develop
community spirit, widened opportunity for as
pirtng and perspiring politicians and withal
gave the organization most effective and de-
sirable advertising:
About the time agitation for higher rates
became necessary the yearly outing went out
OF vogue. for obvious reasons. II it can be
brought back now it will be a good thing for
the county and a good thing for the Woodmen.
Perhaps the form will have to be changed to
meet present demands in the way of popular
diversion. At any rate it IS worth trying.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23
In the Days News

Brand Whitlock. who has been
named to succeed Thomas Nelson
Page as United States ambassador
to Italy, has been minister to Bel
GUM since December, 1918. Dur
ing the German occupation of Bel
GUM he remained in Brussels as
supporter of the relief commission
administered by citizens OF the
United States. Mr.. Whitlock is an
author and reformer who had won
considerable prominence in the
middle west prior to his entrance
on a diplomatic career. A journal
ist, and later a lawyer by calling.
with experience in both vocations
In Chicago and Springfield, Ill, he
arrived in Toledo, Ohio, in 1897,
and there began to disclose his
progressive theories of government
and social reconstruction. His
Identification of himself with the
interests of the masses, and his at
lacks on the political machines led
to his election to the mayoralty
in 1905. He won against four 9TH
er candidates, and was reelected
three times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23

Templar, 243,590; Knights OF
Pythias, 122,075.
Q. Should gasoline be used to
clean a raincoat? J.K.
A. Gasoline so used will injure
the rubber in the fabric. The prop
er way to clean a raincoat is to
lay the coat out on a fiat surface
and scrub lightly with soap and wa
ter. Do not wiring. Put on a coat
hanger to dry.
Q. May a naval officer in a for
eign port accept personal presents
G. s. L.
A. Such presents are often Civ
en- naval officers by individuals and
governments and are always gra-
ciously accepted. There is a law,
however. which prohibits the officer
from retaining these presents per-
sonally. and he must deposit them
with the government.
@. Who baked pork and beans?
G. F.
A. An eccentric Englishman, Dan
iel Day Good, is accredited with
this accomplishment. The first
Friday in each July he would as
semble party of friends under an
oak in the forest and feast them on
bacon and beans. From this festi-
val grew the popularity OF the dish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23
Marring a Beautiful Scene.

Several thousand Rock Islanders went to
Long View park last night to witness the pag
cant given under the auspices of the Commu-
nifty Service league. They saw a pretty and
inspiring spectacle enacted in a natural set
ting the beauty and appropriateness of which
scarcely could be excelled anywhere on earth
The northwest corner of the park, with the
soft green grass and the foliage of trees for
background and livened to the eye by the color
full costumes OF the actors and to the ear by
the music of the band, was veritabIe fairy
land. Thousands saw and heard and felt en-
nobled and uplifted and their patriotic impulse
intensified. They congratulated themselves
and each other that they were permitted to
live and to enjoy such beauty, rhythm, harmony
and peace in a world elsewhere so troubled and
distraught-and then two out OF every three
present got up, walked away and left the lawn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23
Today's Anniversaries

1s36-The first passenger-carrying
railroad in Canaga, the
Champlaip C ST. Lawrence,
was opened to traffic.
1S44-Christian Gobrecht, the cell
ebFated engFaver TO the Unit
ed States mint, died in Phil
adelphia. Born at Hanover,
Pa, Dec. 25, 1874.
1869-Henry H. Grape, governor OF
Michigan, 1868. died. Born
at Dartmouth, Mass, May %,
1904.
1S73-A railroad connecting the
City. of Mexico with Vera
Cruz was opened.
1S92-Czar of Russia received DIR.
T. Dewitt Talmage, and
through him extended thanks
to the American people for
their aid to the famine suf-
ferers.
1Se4-Governor Tillman OF South
Carolina issued a proclama-
ton reestablishing state con-
troll of the liquor traffic.
1915-Lieutenant Colonel Kemp,
Boer rebel leader, sentenced
TO serve seven years in
prison.
19I6-British light squadron re-
PEELED attack by six German
torpedo boats.
1917-United States treasury de e
partment asked for $5,000,-
100000 as a new war budget.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23
Demoting Army Officers.

Reduction Of the standing army Of this
country, with the accompanying reduction in
the rank of officers will be something Of hard
ship to men who held commissions before the
war, but it will mean good deal more to the
non-commissioned members Of the old regular
army who were advanced in rank Most Of
these face the prospect OF going back to rela-
lively humble positions, with q corresponding
reduction in pay. That will be real sacrifice.
The same thing happened during and after
the Spanish-American war. Some Of the older
non-commissioned men among the regulars at
the beginning of the war against the central
powers remembering what happened in '9S,
refused to submit to an examination for an
officers rank. They would welcome the pro-
motion, but dreaded the loss OF their shoulder
straps later. In the light OF what is about to
happen they will hardly be blamed for their
stand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23
TlHIlE DAILY SHORT STORY

daughters of a rich man. I don't
want to lose them for a long time
yet, but sooner or later both will
get married. In regard to this fea-
ture l wish you to bear in mind
their different characteristics /:
study them, analyze them, and Sc
lect for them only such acquaint-
ances and friends as are tempera-
mentally in accord with the same. I"
81 think comprehend you,
brother" said Miss Martin thought
fully. She was well fitted to un-
dertake the charge committed TO
her care.
AS their father had told Miss
Martin the girls were Temperament
tai, each in her own peculiar way.
Edna was q fitting. flashing beam
of sunshine, merry to the point of
innocent folly, SWIMMING the reali-
ties OF life careless and free, her
ringing laugh a constant accom-
paniment Of her volatile presence.
Grace on the contrary was ser
Gus, sedate. emotional1y impress
sible to the point OF emphasis.
Tears came readily with her. The
soErows and troubles OF others af-
fected her as though they were d.
rect relations.
Hyacinth Lodge became an en-
livened center of enjoyment for the
sisters, and within q month after
their new installation was the cen
ter Of a new coterie OF friends.
There was q select group OF young
people whom Miss Martin favored.
and the lawn Of the lodge was a
pretty sight afternoons and even
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-23

ings. with its pleasing array OF
youth and beauty. Mr.. Martin
came to Acton one week end and
seemed to take pleasure watching
the group at tennis, archery and
other engrossing enjoyments.
81 have noticed two of your
young men friends who seem to di-
vide their attentions between Edna
and Grace" he said to his sister
THAT bright fellow, Roy Blake, is
an exact counterpart of Edna in
his light. free-hearted way. There
is a temperamental blend there
that suggests perfect harmony as
to tastes and ideals"
"And what do you think of his
rather serious opposite?"
Sidney Morton is for Grace,
declared Mr.. Martin. do you know
Emily, I think one-half of the
trouble with Grace il that people
do not understand her; therefore
she does not meet with that atten-
tion and sympathy a man like Mr..
Morton is likely to award. They
mate very prettily, this quartet"
Business kept Mr. Martin from
visiting Hyacinth Lodge for nearly
three months after that. The warm
greeting he received from his
daughters, however, something in
their manner and looks indicative
OF q subtle change for the better,
impressed him. Once alone with
his sister. shs made the remark:
We'll, Waldo, You have arrived
Just in time to receive Emporium
tiles from Mr.. Blake and Mr.. Nor
ton"