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ed Taffeta.
wen built, 50 perfectly designed. that
few taflors can excel, for as great
care Is given to detail as the master
makers themselves can show.
Some foreign critic has said that
there is such a monotony about the
clothes Of American women that 1t is
rs IL everyone were trying to be as
much like her neighbor as possible,
and originality is an unknown sar-
torial art In this country. I am sure
this critic must have referred to the
blue serge suits, for II Is undeniably
the custom to clothe ourselves in dark
blue, resting secure In the choice Of
color and its suitability for all occa-
sions.
Let none hesitate this spring, for
our favored blues are delightful to
behold and lovely to wear. The smart
little box coat with Its vest of con-
trasting material Is the model most
In evidence at the opening of the
spring showing. A new material COM
ing from London is dark blue basket
weave. loosely enough woven to be
almost transparent and resembling
the summer crashes of some seasons
back, except that 1t has a smoother
surface.
Plain and Marrow Skirt.
One suit of this material has the
same narrow and very plain skirt seen
fr IN ~ Tho o&har ,,odolS Tyt.o 49,.
is OF the box type. shorter than most
and with a rounding jacket and tight
he'll sleeves. With this coat Is seen
a vest Of gray surah silk shot through
with a scroll of darker gray. The
vestee il loosely hung over the bust
and at the hips is wrapped in a loose
sash effect, very baggy, and wen be-
low the waist line The sleeves are
finished with cuff placed inside the
blue and made Of the gray scrolled
silk.
OF course tricollete. tricoline and
other knitted fabrics ara newer than
all others and win be smart indeed.
Gabardine and whipcord are extreme
" fashionable as wei. and an old ma
terial. always a favorite and delight
fully exploited this year. is silk poplin.
This is particularly suited for real
warm weather. and makes a pleasing
suit with a siIken sheen that Is love
~. and it also Grapes gracefully.
observe tendency to much braid
ing. both In the fat, narrow siIken
braids, Of which row after row is used
and placed both on the skirt and coat,
and also the heavy silken cords are
much used. The latter appears In an
unusual effect in a tan whipcord. three
rows Of a heavy sflken cord Of dark
er shade being placed side by side to
form a collar at the back and extend
ing along the front side Of the box
coat. At the waist the cords pass
through a small Zap Of the whipc0rd
and end in an ornamental nat sllken
disk at the bottom
Gives the PulIed-ln Effect.
The fat SIX braid Is used TO give
the puIIed-in effect NJ the hotfom OF
the skirt, where one row win be placed
above the other nearly to the depth
Of the knees. Again wider braid APP
pears In a multitude Of small loops
set In rows along the bottom Of the
skirt and coat.
OF course We have al noted that the
vest. waisfcoat. gilet or blouse. what
ever one chooses to cnil the smart Ut
de THINGS we win wear underneath
cur box costs. are the distinguishing
festure Of this years model. These
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one.Eahrie Iailored ErncL..

In the latest showing Of tailored
frocks for street wear there Is a
growing tendency to feature one
fabric affairs. That Is. a dress win be
entirely Of. satin or entirely Of serge.
rather than a combination Of the two
materials, al In seasons past and dur
ing the first days Of the present sea-
son.
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Through the
Looking Glass
By EVELYN NEsBIT

One Of woman's exclusive preroga-
lives Is the right to have the blues.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Many Fine Suburban Homes
Entered In Tribune Contest
Small Houses of Every Design and Construction.
Costing Up to $4,000, Submitted by Proud
Owners; Should EnIiven Home Ownership Desire

The Tribune prints to-day pictures
and plans Of the first of the many
charming suburban houses which have
been entered in the suburban home
competition for the honor of being
the most attractive in the metropolitan
district. 1t is the intention of The
Tribune to publish illustrations of one
or more dwellings, each Sunday until
the contest is ended 1t is hoped Sin
this way 20 foster the home building
idea which is being urged by the ma
tional government as reconstruction
measure and to develop and encourage
the idea of home ownership by show
ing just what the suburbs hold in
the way of architecture and natural
and made scenic beauty
New Workers know too little about
their countryside. If they knew more
about sunny Long Island, undulating
Westminster and Connecticut, fertile
and beautiful New Jersey and the
ravines and hills of Staten Island thew
would not be fastened so strongly to
the canyons of Manhattan, the laby-
rinths of Bronx tenements and the
miles and miles of tediously monoto-
nous Brooklyn dwellings,
The herding Of humanity in linn
ated areas favored by geogra phical DO
sition as likely commercial centres
has stimulated the eagerness of the
family for the individual home. Eco
nomic circumstances holds population
to this limited area where realty val
ues have been lifted beyond the reach
Oh the average family by accessibility
to the business district, or by com
mercial possibilities.
In the less populated sections the
home ownership idea is very strong
Comparatively few folks are rent nav
ers. IL they are, it is only for lin
tied period, as the aim Of the family
Is to get rid of rent receipts. Snr;no.
time brings to the developer and the
nome builder many who want TO breaL
away from living in urban distr;cts
Dut nave not clear conception of tbs
'spe' tne construction, the size or the
cost OF the home they would like t<
own. aany do not know which wa,
70 fnrn first. They do not know
wnetner they would like to live in New
Jersey "estchester, Connecticut. Lone
island or some other section. All tho,
Know IS that they want to get away
rom apartment living and into tho
Gear air Of the country, free Of The
ho,se and duss that must be where
mhiions are gathered as in New Yorl
City. iofh
Ine Tribune's Country Home Com
pcs't,on viii help those who want to
ges INTO the suburbs, will eniighten
thcse who have little idea of the corr
sorts OF country homes and the attrac.
tions Of country life, and will awaken
~ others the desire to get homes Of
their own in one Of the many suburbs
sttaehcd to the TANKS Of the great
metropolis.
Entry slips received warrant the
statement that the houses to be Illus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Realty Is Dubious OF Relief
Promised by Commissions
Progress Cannot Be Ma de i'm Housing Situation
Until the Basic Causes Are Recognized; New
Construction Cannot Lower Prevailing Rents

Real estate interests are waiting
patiently for a clear. concise pictur,
OF the relief to be brought ato the
housing and building situation in this
city by the Reconstruction Commits
sion and the many other commissions
which have been organized to clear ur
the mess started by overspeculation
several years ago and climaxed By the
restriction placed on construction as
win the war" measure
Construction work, which had been
stopped naturally by overproduction
was about to be resumed. Lending in
stitutions were convinced that the sur
plus had been reduced to less than the
normal. They were ready to back
builders in business and residential
enterprises, when the possibilities of
the United States being enbroiled in
the war caused them to hesitate When
the country did enter the fight ma
terial was ordered conserved as war
measure. The money which was in
tended for building promotion in New
York has been put into Liberty and
Victory bonds. There is little avail
the banks and trust companies and life
insurance companies.
The Advisory Council of Real Es
tate Interests in statement issued
yesterday asks: "Will house con-
struction be resumed, will modern
rentable space increase, will rents de-
crease-as the result of any of the
HEARINGS the announcements tn,
plans reported during the past week :?
HAS any real progress been made
toward stabilizing what is at its root
a question of investment values like
any business proposition? Or, is
discomfort being encouraged by con-
tlnued disregard of actual facts and
simple horse sense?
New committees and commissions
begin Investigations almost every week.
each apparently intent on making M
Tor lost time by revamping the work of
It's predecessors and listening to more
OF the same kind of 'evidence.' aften
thoroughly unreliable and incompetent
Such statements as that there is s4.
oOO,000,00O in savings banks and in
insurance companies which might be
available for mortgage loans are far
from the actual facts. 1t is matter
OF public record that the total re-
sources of the savings banks of the
state amount to only 100000, of
which one-half is already invested in
direct loans on real estate and the bal
ance very largely in such secondary
real estate loans as railroad and gov
eminent bonds. AS to the life insur
ance companies, it is currently report
ed that they have been unable as vet
to pay all of their subscriptions to the
Fourth Liberty loan and ut the same
time meet their large subscriptions to
the fifth loan.
1T is nothing short of ridiculous to
say that the real estate interests are
not desirous of exerting themselves to
the utmost to increase their profits. !
Ian real estate firm profit from an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Home Ownership To Be
illustrated at Exhibition

Plans for the Gown Your Home" Elk
position, which will be held in the list
Regiment Armory, June % to July g
nave progressed to that point where j!
is certain that the exposition will be
success. The own your-home campaign
is concerted drive to revive the build
ing industry. 1t has the approval Of
the Own our-Home section Of the
United States Department of Labor
real estate associations, chambers OF
commerce, -your-home campaign
committees, state and financial inter-
ests
Everything that enters into the Sc
lection of building site, the financing
of building operations and the con-
struction ard furnishing of the modern
home, from the modest bungalow 10
the palatial apartment house types. VIII
enter into the character of the exhibits
and it is hoped that through this es'
position some of the present housing
problems will be solved.
Several novel features will be held 10
conjunction with the exposition, one'ol
which will be contest for the plat
ming of model kitchen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Francis P. Caravan Buys
Stanley Mortimer Estate

Francis P. Garvin, the Alien Prom.
erty Custodian, has purchased the Stan.
ley Mortimer estate at Wheatley Hills
which consists Of more than 100 acres
and IS considered one of the SHOW
places of the North Shore section. The
property has been held at 100000.
Mr.. Mortimer began assembling this
property for an estate in 1890. The
house, which is of the Elzabethan tyne
OF architecture, was designed by the
firm of Brown e. Lord, architects. and
1T stands on an elevation of 800 feet
above sea level, affording a view of
both Long Island Sound and the At
lantic Ocean.
The gardens contain one of the finest
collections of box>trees, rhododendrons
and rare trees. The main gardens are
laid out with a seties of terraces. II il
surrounded by the estates of Henry
Carnegie Phipps, Alfred I. du Pont.
Harry Payne Whitney, W. Goadby Loew
and Thomas Hastings.
The brokers in this transaction were
Henry A. Rogers, who represented the
buyer, and Worthjngton Whitehouse,
me-, VINO represented the seller.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Receipt for on
Attractive Y'Oas,,,

Form Civic Realty Companv,
with real capital and many propertv
owners as stockholders.
Form the company with the idea
that the stockholders will ult;-
mately get their money back in full
with, perhaps, interest but nr;-
manly the dividends will be the
: advance in value of all the town
property, owing to the activities Of
the company in making the place q
more attractive one to live in.
Horm company to take I'D some
particular work, then follow with
Whatever comes up. For instance
suburban town is in the making
II has been served by neighborinp
place and stores are wanted. If =
guiding hand is not EMPLOYED the
result Will be one-story flat-roofed
sAacKs, brick stores with apart
ments upstairs, or some hideous
cohtraptlon planned by grocer and
executed by contractor with no
idea OF the fitness of things, and, in
snort, the civic centre becomes q
sore spot in what might have been
choice little town.
Elect the directors from s+,oL
holders who you know will keen
up their interest in spite of the
monotony which follows the first
flush of enthusiasm.
Such realty company becomes
working, financially responsible
heip to the town government. The
Township Committee, or the Town
Council, or whatever it is called
can only do certain things to help
the town, but this private public hclp
can buy places that arc a menace:
put on them the sort of buildings
the town happens to need and keen
inc architecture in harmony with
the civic idea the town is trvinr
to maintain.
IF the realty company is COM
posed of large number. of towns
people, even though they only have
one share of stock apiece, public
sentiment is with them, because
they are the town. Such a companv
thus becomes civic realty company
and is great Improvement on
It. l. A. or Civic Association.
American towns are usually at
their worst near the station. If the
inhabitants want the town to grow
with the right kind of people they
should make the first impression
good. This costs money, but by
working as above outlined the
money is not a gift and brings
more lasting results than subscrip
tons taken up for this, or that
little park or other beauty spot
while in between some inartistic
meanwell, perhaps, has ruined
section.
'As an example of a Civic Realty
Company Glen Ridge, N. j., shows
what can be done with even small
company in few years"
OBSERVER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Resale of Apartments
Brings Quick Profits
Operators Sell Property in Lex
ington Avenue; Investor BUYS
in l63d Street

l.. A. Pincus and M. L. Gold
stone have resold to the 231 and 233
Lexington Avenue Corporation Oscar
Levcnson, presiden) the six story
elevator apartment house, on plot
89.3x75, at 231 and 233 Lexington Ave
nue. The property was acquired bv
the sellers last March from the Metro
polltan Life Insurance Company.
The Nehring Company, jules Nehrinp
president, has sold for the Julie g.
lsmay Realty Corporation 54S and 552
West 163d Street, two five story
apartments on plot 442x99.l1 each.
Inc buyer is an INVESTOR The prop
cry was held at $4,000.
Wadsworth Av. Corner Sale
Charles S. Kohlcr has sold for Sam
uel ID. Kupferman 24S Wadsworth Ave
nue., adjoining the northwest corner
OF 1Soth Street, a five story modern
apartment, on plot 5Ox115, held at
$1,000.
Sale in Ninety-third Street
Morris Polsky, represented by Ben
jamin Antin, has sold to client of
the Finance Mortgage Company the
five story apartment at 81 West Nine
ty-thrd Street. The new owners will
alter the premises into small suites.
House in hath Street Sold
Charles f. Hall has sold the five
story fiat at 100 West 134th Street, on
a lot 25 by 99.11 feet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Home Building Campaign
Foreshadowed at ArdsIey
Purchases of Sites Have Been
Numerous This Spring; Old
Golf Links To Be Built On

Reports of purchases at Ardsley- on
Hudson would indicate builders will be
busy in this section Of the city's at
tractlve suburbs for some time. Arson
r. Robinson, president of the Lorena
Company, controlling restricted Ards
ley Park, announced yesterday sales of
acreage to Robert j. Eidltz, II. O.
Hemmingford, Stanley C. Wiley and
M. B. Sellers.
The resident headquarters Of the
company is to be located in an Office
now being erected on Broadway at the
entrance to Ardsley Park
The new golf course of the Ardsley
Club will be ready for play about July
l. The old course will be subdivided
into building sites. From inquiries it
is believed that hill sites, formerly
part of the old links, will be snapped
up as soon as they are released.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Something Worthy
of Consideration

Until war showed us the neces-
sity for thrift there were as many
examples of wastefulness in real
estate as in other directions.
Because they were little out
OF date in convenience or architects
ure and it seemed easier to sun
plant than conserve, manv sound.
we'll constructed homes have been
neglected, left idle or virtually dis
carded. Many of these are on OK
ceptionally fine sites or tracts of
land.
Now when building costs have
risen to abnormal figures. whom
housing is short and rents are high,
these properties offer opportunity.
Generally their construction is of
solid and superior type and their
lines such as lend themselves read
NY to undermining changes. And the
thlng that counts is that you can,
IN so many instances, purchase and
improve them for fraction of the
cost of producing a new home of
similar character.
I'm these half neglected older
houses are some of the big real
estate bargains of to-day. Their i'm
provement and conservation means
THAT neglected values are utilized
there is thrift
"That the ncighborhood is i'm
proved~the community becomes
more attractive to homeseekers-
"That you at once have property
worth more than it's cost-you
profit.
"HOWARD GOLDSMITH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
= SNUG AND HONEY LITTLE
HOME IN THE COUNTRY

TN PLANNING to build our home,
Philipse Manor, just north of his
toric Tarrytown, was picked as
an ideal development. considering
the mode of living, amount to be spared
and accessibility
Selection of the site was made be-
cause it commanded delightful view
OF the Hudson, it was convenient to
trains and it boasted of three trees
the one in front being beautiful old
giant
In picking orr architect we selected
Dwight James Baum, who had had con-
siderable experience in designing
small houses. Our home was COM
pleted approximately five months after
ground was broken and we have never
regretted the move we made in seloc+-
ing either site or architect.
Our little home is as simple as pos
slble and designed to give the appear-
ance of smuggling down on the ground
and having honey look. 1t has been
greatly admired by all who have seen
It, Charm is possible in a small home
II the problem has been carefully
studied. This is proved by the fact
that the architect has received up to
the present forty-one letters of in
curry regarding the cost. details of
construction. etc, and these have come
from all part of the country, from
California to Maine
Although we have not as vet built .
garage, we have our plans laid out so
that during the next several years we
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

trated each Sunday in The Tribune
VIII represent every style of archi-
lecture, every character of construc-
ton, every level of cost up to S25 900
and every kind of country.
1t does not necessarily follow that
an expensive home will have a better
chance to win the honors than the
cheaper home. Cost will be considered
by the men who will judge the contest
Whlms are costly, although not always
beautifying. The we'll designed and
we'll proportional small house has as
much chance for a prize as the large
and costly house. Purity of style,
economy of arrangements and settings
that are harmonious are the factors
that go to make the home attractive.
The contest will bring before the
eyes of Tribune readers house beauty
such as could not be seen in any other
way Every corner of the suburbs will
pc represented, corners though near vet
on the path of the automobilst, and
therefore not usually seen. The plans.
the ideas, the whims, the features of
many homes will be paraded Designs
by architects, many of whom have
gwen more than little study to subur-
ban homes, will be shown.
In addition to exteriors interior ar
rangements will be given A home NAV
have an attractive exterior, yet have a
very poor interior layout. This is a
feature that will not be overlooked bv
the judges of the contest.
These ~pictures, plans and descrip-
tons will serve those who are contem-
plating the erection Of homes, because
they will give the best ideas in plan
mng and construction, as well as prac
teal examples of costa most impor
tant feature just at this time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

appraisal department when there are
no appraisals to be made?
"Needs and inclinations are identical
to all parties commandments, lend
ers, owners, builders and even all en-
ployers.
at is not evident that any of these
commissions has organized such corps
of experts as could formulate a definite
development proposition or building en-
terprise, backed by contracts with COM
petent engineering firms or reputable
builders. as can be presented to fnan-
ciers. How else can the actual facts
be ascertained
There is grave danger that even
some Investigators are proceeding on
the assumption that landlords dollar
is of different value than the tenants.
BY what course of reasoning can We
assume that space can now be supplied
to tenants at former panic prices, when
the builder can obtain no more material
and labor for his dollar than can any
other member of the community"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
SECOND FLOOR PLAN

velopment Of the Department of Labor.
In comparison of construction costs
as represented by forty-seven cities.
ttteen record a falling off, but the re-
naming thirty-two more than compen-
safe for the decrease by the great gain
represented. Permits for March indi-
cate gains as follows: Cambridge, Mass.
3o2 per cent; Chattanooga, Tenn, 200
per cent; Charleston, S. c., 1870 per
cent; Dallas, Tex, 113 per cent; Den
yer, Col, ISL per cent; Detroit. Mich,
ISo per cent; East st. Louis, H., 1873
per cent: Hamilton, Ohio, 1877 per cent,
Kansas City, Mo, 100 per cent; Mil
waukee, Wis, 1855 per cent; Savannah,
ia. 134 per cent; Toledo, Ohio. 1862 per
cent; Utica, N. Y. 1853 per cent; Worces-
ter, Mass 300 per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
EVERY DETAIL TELLS OF
COMFORT AND CHEER
"OwnY our Own Home" camno;u

Own Y our Own-Home" camno;
have been started in TWENTY-FIVE Of -.
Ntles on the list. In few q: tbo..
the campaigns are but just begun. and
Tor this reason results have not VA.
been obtained. Among these Ph;lado,-
PIMA stands out as an important fsld
for the encouragement of construct;o,
Since March of this year this ci.,
showed a decrease of 81 per cent in
building from March, 1918. New Or.
leans is another place in which CAM
paign is under way Here there wa,
SO per cent less building than in the
same month of the preceding wear
Wichita, Kan. which was as per cent
behind 1918, is conducting vigorous
campaign, while ST. Louis. which Jagged
10 per cent, is at work pushing many
projects. Portland. Ore, which began
its campaign some time ago, recorded
gain of SO per cent for March Toledo
and Milwaukee have also the momen.
tum Of successful campaigns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

can have the enjoyment Of developing
along the lines of definite scheme.
The dining room is located so that
we have the cheerful morning sun dur
ing breakfast. The living room, hav-
ing three exposures, opens on two
porches, arranged so that different
members of the family can entertain
at the same time and still each may
have view Of the Hudson.
A touch of color is given to the cx-
terror by the unusual shade of green
on the blinds and in summer by bright
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

The Publican Towel Company, OF
this city, is to remove its large plant
to Newark, N. j, having outgrown ~
New York quarters. The company mas
purchased the property at $50 Com,
mercial Street and 2A-26 Commerc's'
Place. four story brick buildings, IRON
l.. T. Mccormick. The buildings arc
occupied by twelve manufacturing con,
Germs, all of which have been locs'e"
there for many years. The sale Wa
made by the Kraemer Agency.