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| cite by any other name. say that of pam
| try, which Mr.. Dana calls It, cooks Just
| as well. The pantry in his plan has
every necessity for efficient small house.
keeping-sanitary ice box, dumb waiter
| sink with drainage boards, cupboard and
an electric stove. which is mudi cleaner
than a gas stove and not much more
expensive in the upkeep. The reason
there is no gas stove is that the laws
won't permit 1t in a small apartment
house which comes under the "remod
elled dwellings" law.
Here is the estimate, item by item.
which Mr.. Dana drew up for making
over four story and basement building
into ten apartments. lie did it after
thorough consultation with the Build
| ing Department:
Removing old stoop and putting in new
basement entrance ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
Painting window sash (front and back. 100
Pointing Up and cleaning down brown
Ten new bathrooms ali on one iae,. $3.50
each, fixtures and piping. ..........:... :, so
Ter Litchenette tpa''ry) enamel Iron
sinks and wash trays at $50 each. ...,. 600
Ten electric stoves and connections. ..... 400
TeN pantry or sitchenette dressers at
Ten refrigerators, including DRAINS. 400
New partitions On 1--WE floors at $500
floor Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Or throoms aud psntries to have no
ting)
Steam eating 0our radiators in each
aDaTtment ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
CThis includes heater in cellar.)
Ten new doors complete $50 each. ....... 800
New freproof airshaft complete. ..-.... 100
Twenty kalsomned windows TO airshaft. 600
Electric lighting at IS outlet seven
outlets per apartment. ................... 400
Electric lights in halls with switch ecu
lTdl '.s....'.ss. Observation-Disclosures. %
Electric fixtures. So each. 100
Electric bells to front door and letter
boxes, $50 each ....:.....,..,,.... ...... 200
New stairs from top floor to roof, com.
u .r........... sJJ
Patching old floors. Observation-Disclosures. 1O1
Tinisblng old floors. paint or STAIN. 100
SloreroCms in cellar lone for rarh apart.
ntnt with wood slat partitions ..... ion
Taking of old wallpaper and patching
falhtng-wood trim and doors. one cont
on old work. three coats on new work Ooo
'9pering walls. $50 apartment. .nN
Paintng walls in bathrooms and nan
tries, three coats washable paint. 200
Alterations TO front stairs ................ .nn
'hSEees to first floor vestibrle .......... IO0
Ilumbwater and freprcof shaft. ......, 800
Ten kalsomine doory TO dumbwaiter. go. go
A''o Slo.I59
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HAWTHORNE PARK
T TO Be AUCTIONED
Famous Curley Property in
j Wildwood Section Will Be
Sold Sept. 6.

Acting under preemptory orders from
The owners the Jere johnson Jr. Com
pany will sell at absolute auction on
Saturday, September 6, at 2 p. NJ, on
The premises, the famous Curley prop
erty known as Hawthorne Park. in the
Flatbush avenue and Avenue district
of Brooklyn, in close proximity TO the
Mill Basin and Industrial community.
The sos lots TO be sold are located
pnly block or so from the new park
recently presented to the city of New
York by Messrs. Pratt and White, also
within short trolley ride from the ter
minus at Flatlands and Nostrand ave-
nue. of the Nostrand avenue subway,
which 1t has been promised will be in
operation soon. Sxty-two of the lots
10 be sold front in Flatbush avenue and
fifteen on Avenue L, the two most i'm
portant and promising thoroughfares in
The Hawthorne Park district. The re-
naining lots are located near by in Ave-
nue It, HendriclSson and Coleman streets
Each of the streets named are now on
city grade. with cement sidewalks and
curbs built in accordance with the city's
Specifications. All subways lead direct
20 F1atbush avenue, which is the gate
way to the Curley property and to ia
maica Bay, through the Thirty-second
ward of Brooklyn. Flatbush avenue is
100 feet wide, and is to be extended to
Rockaway Inlet, with the probability
that 1t also will be eventually carried
across the inlet to the Rockaway coast,
in which case It will furnish an import
ant short cut for automobilists and
pedestrians to the ocean frontage and
beaches
So important. In fact. is the extension
~ F1atbush avenue that It has been in
cluded by the Public Service Commits
sion among It's routes for future subway
extensions Hawthorne Park would
then be closely linked up with the ocean
frontage. as well as with all the more
important city centres
Torrance Curley, the original owner
and developer of what to-day is called
Hawthorne Park, had such an affection
for his native land that he had shipped
from Ireland a great quantity OF young
hawthorne shoots. from which have
grown the trees, shrubs and hedges that
since have transformed the raw Curley
tract into the beautiful and we'll deveI-
oped parklike residential reservation of
to-day. Mr.. Curley was the founder of
The old established firm of ]. Curley &
Bro. dealers In cutlery
Every merchant on Fiatbush avenue
from Avenue u to the City Hall, more
than 1000 in all. has signed a petition
10 the Public Service Commission and
Board OF Estimate demanding speed in
completion of the Flatbush avenue ex-
tension which they regard as one of the
mcst vital important public improve
lments that has come before the city
authorities in a long time. Although
greatest benefit will come TO Brooklyn.
and especially the territory along Flat
bush avenue, It is more than a borough
improvement because IL dovetails with
system Of highways that lead TO all
parts OF Manhattan, and when the
ssehicle tunnel is built from Canal street.
Manhattan, TO New Jersey, into every
section or New Jersey,
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New York equivalent for ones own fire.
side. Careful estimates, approved by
builders, have shown that this can be
done by making over some of the old
houses, of which there are so many
on the middle and upper East Side, into
small apartment houses with two apart
ments on each floor Only they mustn't
be called apartment houses. because in
certain ways they cannot be made to
conform to the laws which govern those
buildings The details in which they
cannot conform are small ones, In no
way conflicting with tine comfort or
safety of the prospective tenants, and
the alterations would come under the
act regulating rsmodelled dwellings, one
of the housing measures which we're
passed at the recent special session Of
the New York Legislature to meet the
present crisis.
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DIG LONG ISLAND CITY LEASE

Louis Schlesinger. Inc, associated
with Grille Carreau and J. B. Roulett.
has leased the Kindel Bed building, at
Anablo avenue and Creek street. on the
Degnon tract, Long Island City. for a
long term of years, at an aggregate rem
tai exceeding $35o,0O0, TO Henry Waldes
The building is four stories and of fire.
proof reinforced concrete construction.
It will be used In the manufacture of
Koh-i-noor fasteners and paper clips
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TOY FACTORY FOR NEWARK.

The New Toy Company of Manhattan
has bought the plot OF 1000 square fee
at the northeast corner of Central ave
nue and Lock street. Newark. y. J., and
plans the erection of freproof factory
buildings. J. l.. Feibelman & Co nego-
tiated the sale. Land and buildings
will cost about $2bo,ooO.
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LEASES Old BREWERY SITE.

White-Goodman have leased for the
David stevenson Brewing Company the
buildings at l4l-42 West Twenty-sevcnth
street 10 Green & Porgus for a long
term of years at a rental aggrega1 ting
100000 The lessees intend 20 alter
this property into modern store and loft
buildings at a cost of $4,000 and WI
occupy the store. basement and second
floor
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SELLS so EAST 10TH STREET.

Mrs John II. Iselin sold the five story
American basement dwelling on lot lSN
so, at 90 East Seventy street
near Madison avenue. The property
was held at 100000. II is understood
that prominent business man of this
city Is the purchaser
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WEST 10TH sr. LOFT SOLD.

The six story building, on plot 2sxlnO,
AZ % West Nineteenth street. opposite
the old Greenhut building, has been sold.
Title Is held by the Robert Hoe estate.
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This is,heme OF hers has twin scheme
whose object is to enable young women
TO get furniture without too much OF q
drain on slender means. She wants 10
establish or TO have established furni-
ture exchanges in New York, where per
sons with surplus chairs and tables and
so on can take them to be sold. This
was done in London during the war
by the Army and Navy Stores and sup
piled a means for women of the army
and navy wanting to raise money on
household furnishings they could spare
Tho things were sold at precisely the
sum the owner received for them. plus
the overhead charges. There must be
Mrs. Robinson thinks. many people IN
New York who have furniture they don't
need hut don't exactly know how to dis
pose OF and she is sure they would he
glad to take these articles to an eH-
change and sell them for prices which
would enable the young womer of whose
welfare she is thinking 10 fit up their
apartments-when said apartments are
available for them.
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and rear flats are. as will be seen nv
the plan, exactly alike except that thew
are reversed, and II the house chances
to be one of those with a back yard
with two or three trees in 1t. as many
have, and maybe an open space through
TO the next street. the rear fiat will be
the pleasanter of the two
The living room is a very good size.
eighteen by twelve, with plenty of room
for the divan at the side where one OF
the two housemates will sleep, and over
which in the day time pretty cover can
be thrown. The dining table can stand
in front of one of the windows and in
the corner near the other window il
space for desk. and big chair near
by. In one of the corners the girl who
sleeps In that room can have her bu-
reau. which can be disguised ~ one Of
the hundred ways clever p. lis know
srcriace for \ us sake.
Mr.. Dana says t;iat when he had n
studio In Washington Square. with bed
and everything In one room. he hid hi.
bureau with a gorgeous antique priests
robe thrown over it. II was some
trouble to take that robe off every time
he wanted "A necktie, he admits, but he
did 1t for arts sake. However. there
are dressers that don't look like dressers,
but like some attractive chest or cabinet,
and with one of these and a handsome
pier glass, such as can be picked up al
auction rooms sometimes for very little.
placed between the windows, a girl
would be equipped nicely for Sleeping
and dressing in room which In the
day time would show no signs of ever
having been put to such uses.
The bedroom at the side is six feet
ana six inches by fourteen feet, and back
of this are the two closets. ORC for each
girl Very tiny is the pantry. eight feet
by six feet six inches. but since every
thing is so compactly arranged that
makes il all the more convenient Think
of the saving of steps in getting meal.
Under the sink Is wash tray, which Is
available by simply lifting out the iron
tray of the sink and i'm which The girls
can wash their blouses and handker-
chiefs and so on with little trouble
much nicer than using the bath tub The
bathroom. FIVE feet by nine, has a linen
closet in addition to the regular fittings
The floor IL not to he tiled--thet would
cost too much--but Mr.. Dana says tuat
experience has proved to him that D..
nicely painted floor and walls are just
as sanitary and easy to keep clean.
Mrs, Robinson's heart is now set on
remodelling one house and when this is
done and a group of young women li"-
ing in it she trusts that people with
money to invest will come forward ant
copy the plan Money of course is VIVA
is required and even the first house
won't be easy unless some good friends
are raised up.
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ASOBURBAN PASTORAL
~ PART-26 AzA>a
NV, .L>AY1xS1Lea' IN
PART-26

lie looked at Ara bella. WAS that all
rlgiit%'
"of course" said Arabells.
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Q INGLE persons are not, as a rule,
y supposed to have many rights
The general feeling at the back OF
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17

Norfolk and regular styled wool MILDLY Suits
in dark blue, trimmed with all white braid and :.
large red and white emblerns at SIS co. You
may have the same suit trimmed in gold, with NJ
gold emblem and stripes the latest p
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
GRAND VIEW.

August 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. u. F. Matchette and
Lewis Matchette were visiting sun
day with MIR. and Mrs. J. d. Match
cite. Of AIishawaka.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Ransbottom
and children and Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Watlsiffs and. children. of near New
Carlisle. were Sunday guests at the
home of Mt. and Mrs. w. O. Sisk.
G. +. Rahsbottom. Ira BottOrff,
Sam Evers and their families at
tended the Miller-Nash reunion at
Hudson lake, Sunday. There were
about 40 members present.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Galeener and
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Chreist were
Sunday guests at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. d. Galeener of South
Bend.
The Dorcas Glass met Wednesday
evening at the home of Miss Hazel
Cabana.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. F. Hosteder have
purchased a new Studebaker car
Orville Jones. Of Donaldson. Ind,
spent the week end with his sister.
Mrs Ernest Sisk. and family
Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Ackley, of
New Carlisle spent Sunday at the
home Of their daughter. Mrs. John
Ayers and family.
Mrs. Charles Groves spent Wed
nesday with her parents in South
Bend
John Sisk. brother of W. O. and
W. f. Sisk. has returned from duty
overseas and is at the home of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. W. A Sisk. at
Ober. Ind
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17

Wool Middies In dark blue,
emblem, and white or gold
trimmed, $3.50. All sizes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17

a quiet wedding took place sat
urday evening al s O'Clock at the
home Of ar. and Airs. J.. 3. French.
21z s St Peter St. when their
daughter. Miss vIvien Esteue French
was united in marriage to Louis r.
Schleiger son Of AIR and Mrs.
Charles +. Schleiger SOC r. Jeder-
son blvd The ring ceremony was
performed the Rev o. J. Jordan Of
Rotating The bride wore white
gown Of georgette and valenciennes
lace and carried "a bouquet OF pink
sweet peas and roses. Following the
ceremony a weddi ng luncheon was
served. The bride was "a member OF
the class Of 1917 Of the South Bend
high school ard the groom was "a L..
s. guard iu the great world war.
After "a short stay in Michigan. Mr..
and Mrs Sehleiger VIII make their
home IN south Bend
As "a courtesy 20 Mrs W. 7. Gun
ter OF Toledo Ohio. Mrs Roscoe
CuIlar. 1911 S. Carroll ST.. entertain
&c al a luncheon. Friday. a large
bouquet Of snap-dragons formed the
centerpiece Of the table Mrs. Gun
ter who was formerly OF this city.
has been visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Eugle. Nutwood I'd.
Tor the past three weeks
The Smoke reunion was held Sat-
urday at Silver Beach. st. Joseph.
Mich. The party Of Il motored
there. Three generations were pre-
sent. the oldest being 68 years old
and the youngest. 1 year. A picnic
dinner was served or the sands at
noon. The out-of-town guests were
Dir. and Mrs ID. H. Smoke, Of Indi-
annapolis. Ind
Mrs F. Stricken, $50 Lincoln Way
W. entertained at dinner party
Friday evening in honor Of Miss
Alice SchrOf. who is leaving the city
10 accept a position at Kokomo, Ind
Covers were laid for eight. The
table decorations and centerpiece
carried out a pink and white color
scheme.
Miss Ruth Kemerley. 701 y
Michigan ST. entertained Friday
evening in hon. Miss Alta Rid
die OF Kalamazoo. Mich. and Har-
vey Sprackeen, Of the Great Lakes
naval training station. Music in
cluding several vocal selections by
Miss Kemerley and Miss Riddle
and dancing We're the diversions Of
the evening. Luncheon was served
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
Personals

Harry Stems. 1929 Campau St.
Will leave today for a two weeks
vacation at Indian lake
Miss Vera Mentel. col f. LaSaue
av., left yesterday for "a weeks visit
In Chicago
Mr.. and Mrs. w #. Shelton and
family. OF River Park. leave Sunday
for Chicago from where Mrs Shell
ton. her son and her daughter will
go 20 the southern part OF Illinois
90 visit relatives. Mrs. Shelton will
return home the first Of the week.
Mrs. W. W. Wood and daughter.
Miss Miriam Louise Wood. OF De-
fauce. O.. returned 70 their home
Thursday after a weeks visit at the
home OF Mr. and Mrs. l. G.. Mason.
529 :. Carroll ST.
Albert Rachel. SPA Forest av. who
has been spending the past six
weeks al Baraboo. Wis. returned
home Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. Walter r. Higgins.
O. Chicago are the guests of the
Iatter's aunt. Mrs :. G.. Mckee. slO53
Woodward av. Mrs Higgins was
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17

formerly Miss Pauline Minner Of
south Bend
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Logan. OF
Rockford. III. formerly Of this city.
visited friends here Friday
Mr. and Mrs. l. G. Mason and
children. 529 S Carroll St. have
gone 90 Kalamazoo. Mich. for a ten
days visit with the formers par
ents Mr. and Mrs c. b. Mason.
Mrs A. Never and daughter. Miss
Florence Meyer ga f. Colfex av..
and Miss Leah Lowry 702 y. Hill
ST. left for a two weeks outing at
Paw Paw lake. Mich.
Miss Retha Pratt OF Rochester
Ind. has returned home after spend
ing the week with friends here
Lester Fenner. son Of Nh. and
Mrs John d Fenner zoos Ernsper-
ger ST.. arrived home this morning
after j 4 months service overseas. He
was in the heavy artillery OF the
second division, taking part I'm four
battles
Howard Allen Of Bedford. Ind.
cornet soloist with the Kryl band. is
the week end guest Of Henry s. Chill
las. 51I S. st. Joseph ST. Mr.. Allen
and Mr.. Chillas are fraternity bro
theirs Of DePauw university
Miss Lucy Laclan, of Washington.
d. O. who has been the guest of
Mrs r. NJ. Hamilton. SOS \. Scott
St. for the past week, returned to
her home today.
Mr.. and Mrs r. A Wood. of
Woodlawn farm. have moved 10
Crossway, r. r. ?.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Drain and
daughter. Mary Catherine. 1915
Miami St. motored 10 Fish lake,
Marcellus. Mich. for a weeks out
ing.
Mrs. George Mayr. rs y William
St. who has been doing Red Cross
work overseas since last summer,
has returned 10 the United States
and is now resting at Atlantic City.
y. ]. She is expected 10 return 10
South Bend within the next month.
DR. Helen L. Murray and Miss
Emma Gallert. 500 W. Jefferson
blvd, have returned from two
weeks trip 10 Mackinac Island,
Petoskey, and various northern
points
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
Philanthropy

med down There were deep lines
on his face. too. which TO a casual
glance told Of suffering. But 1 had
learned many curious things dur
ing the never-to- be- forgotten expe-
dition with Lillian and Katherine
TO the cafe where we had seen
Harry Underwood and Grace Drap-
er. I remember so distinctly the
cosmetic tricks Lillian had used IL
transforming JUS into middlc-aged
american women that I rec
ognized at once the marks Of their
use upon the face OF the man be-
fore me.
The man was an impostor. ] said
TO myself with a little shiver OF dis
gust. one of the professional mendi-
cants who made it so hard for real
" deserving peddlers to get hear
ing. AS 1 looked more closely at
him / saw that his hair, too. was
false. a wig covering his entire head.
He might be any age un Ter his dis
guise. Probably he was a strong,
young man who ought TO be doing
a mans work in the world.
"Pleez kind lady, looka da tings."
His voice was a whine. his accents
plainly intended to be Itali"n. But
had heard toe many Italian
voices in my school days ever to
mistake this mans tones for the
musical Latin accents. I had no
clue TO his nationality. But that he
was not Italian I was certain.
What Madgc Saw.
! was turning away in disgust
when I happened To catch sight Of
the stuff in the small basket he un-
covered and held out before me. II
was the usual collection of notions.
pencils, thimbles. pins. things use
full and things which never had a
use.
But among them I saw three
small pencil cases. with tops which
could be removed and then screw
ed on again. The remembrance of
my we'll nigh hopeless quest for
something suitable in which TO hide
the secret paper my father had
sent to Lillian made me turn again
toward him. / was about 10 pick
up one of the pencil cases when
sudden cautious intuition led my
hand toward the thimbles instead.
How much are these?" I asked.
"Ten-a cent apiece" the man re-
piled fawningly
had a sense Of something
hauntingly familiar in the voice.
And then my eyes fell upon the
hand holding oct the thirnbles. It
was glovedl
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
WHO Is THE PEDDLER WHO
Rigs so POORLY

/ looked around my room search
ingly. thoughtfully trying TO dis
cover the best hiding place for the
important paper ! carried in the
back of the trick wrist watch Lii
liam had provided.
The wrist watch Dicl1y had given
me which had no room in it's back
for secreting even anything so thin
as the rice paper upon which my
father had written his message. lay
upon my dressing table 1t must
be upon my wrist when Dicky
reached home. only one hour away
! did not dare risk the casual in
spection which his propensity for
examining watches or delicate ma
Chinery of any kind might lead
him to bestow upon the one l wore
II would be an easy matter to
dispose of the trick watch. Any
box in my locked trunk would serve
for its keeping until l should need
it again. My anxiety concerned the
paper it contained. which my
fathers urgent message and Lii
lian's anxiety had shown me to be
a most important document.
/ went over all my small posses
sions hurriedly, trying 10 find any
thing OF the proper size TO hold the
precious paper. and yet he easily
secreted either about my person or
in some absolutely undiscoverable
place in my room.
Katies knock sounded dpor my
door as / was about 10 give up the
search in despair.
Deere sooch a poor mans down
stairs at the door. lie selling tings.
says he have sick wife and four.
five, leetle children. He look jOost
awful. You want me give heem
something. buy hees tings?"
Signs That Surprise.
Katie's voice was low and hur-
ried. unlike her usual loud preface
of ooh. Missis Graham" ] under
stood the reason for her subdued
manner as ] saw her glance fur
lively at the door behind which Cou-
sin Agatha was nursing my mother
in-law's broken arm. Katie not
only dislikes Cousin Agatha. and
with reason, but she stands in
wholesome awe Of her. l realized
that she instinctively felt that my
mOther-in-law's tyrannical old cou-
sin would frown upon lndiscrinir-
ate charity such as Katie was pro-
posing.
1 don't know what impulse made
me rise from my seat and TO follow
Katie down the stairs. Ord'na rily
1 would have given the girl a coin
and told her 70 give it to the mendi-
cant. together with such food as she
could gather together. Bat one of
the unaccountable impulses 7 have
always found it safe TO follow
seemed TO beckon me forward
Katie's comment, He look joost
awful" was certainly justified. This
was my mental comment as | sur
veyed the man at the door. He
hadn't been shaved for several lays.
his clothing was Of the most nom
descript character. and his hair
was a tangled mass OF gray wisp.
over which an old hat was jam
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17

Red Flannel Regulation Middies, with
white and red on black emblem, white braid
trimmed, $3.50. All sizes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
announcements

The Walther league. of the St
Paufs Lutheran church will give an
ice cream social. Tuesday evening.
August 1s, at 40 W. Jefferson b!yd.
The proceeds will go 10 the Wheat
bridge sanitarium for tubercular pa
tients at Wheatbridge. Colo.
The Ladies' auxiliary OF the Ma
tlonal Association OF Letter Car
riers will meet Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Floyd Fulmer.
1925 Nassar av.