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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-13

That night the domestic situation,
known in the home circle, was reversed. It
was the husband who Waited and watched.
sat at the table where the telephone
stood. There was nothing to answer.
hoped she would call up to tell me where
she was There was no ring. 1t seemed
to me that all her friends knew where she
was. for not once did the telephone ring.
instead of the usual dozen or more calls
there was silence so deep that the striking
OF the clock seemed shrill. The purring
or the Angora cat was so loud that I
wanted to strange the beast.
l waited, specializing, wondering, fear
ing. / could not go to the theatre to ask
for her. At that time the theatre was
closed. My wife was not playing. l was
ashamed to ring up her friends. l was
chagrined that they might know where she
was and ! did not. But my humiliation
was borne in upon me. | was not a real
husband. / was only a Broadway one.
therefore not to be counted.
The clock struck three. Still the silence
OF the room was broken only by my rest
less breathing, by the ticking Of the clock,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-13

nam. They talk long about a
contract" terms" / grind my
teeth. AS well might l be :. in
,Senegambia. Her husband! Emp
ty title, indeed, on Broadway.
The Broadway wife comes home
from the theatre. Poor husband
with the empty title notices
new ring. where did you get
that, dear?" he humbly asks.
ut came in bouquet that was
tossed on the stage tonight"
"Ah! And who sent the tribute
to your art?"
81 don't know"
With that answer he must be
content. II he RACES she orders
him to be calm. "You know that
I must not be disturbed by do
nestle scenes. My doctor says it
is bad for my nerves."
The time in which | fully real.
ICED how less than nothing is the
Broadway husband was when /
watched vainly for my wife to
come home one night. We had
foregone the four O'CLOCK IAeeting
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-13

"Hello!" ! would
hear some mans
voice exclaim. 81 wish
to speak to Miss Lor-
raine."
My wife springs up
and goes to the tele-
phone. I wave her
away. "I'll save you
the trouble DEAR" 1
whisper. 81 am Miss
Lorraine's husband"
Her husband. You
won't do. l must speak
to Miss Lorraine"
"Give me the mes
sage" l answer, 81
represent her."
Derisive laughter at
the other end of the
phone. 1.-THE blank
you dot" l hear the
click of a receiver be-
ing hung up. The
faint dawn of a reali-
cation of what a
Broadway husband is
comes to me. He is
a cipher, an object Of
derision, a jest, a
husband in name only.
l talk to my wife of
a sweet little home
In the suburbs" She
laughs. Her laugh
ter jars. | feel as I
so often do downtown,
as a schoolboy who
puts his head on his
arms and cries.
I try to read to her.
l look up. A passage
in the book seems to
me particularly ap-
pealing. My wife's
eyes have a far away
look. 1t is clear that
she has not heard a
word. Had l been
reading last years
almanac she would
have been as we'll en-
tertained.
"Ting-a-ling!" 1t is
the telephone. This
time my wife brushes
me away and answers.
A mans voice ad-
dresses her. He calls
1er Lillian. / hate that.
| may be old-fashion-
ed, but / wish my wife
to be addressed by
her name, Mrs. Ores
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-13

by shores OF the cat -Four! The min
wagons ratified past, sending up hollow
sound. Five! l walked the floor as one
distracted. One, two, three, four five, six!
There was a faint sound outside. A key
turned almost soundlessly in the door,
The door swung open. MY wife stood
before me, lovely, a shade tired, her eve
ming dress looking garish in the cold Arst
rays of morning.
Where have you been?" asked.
II met girl that used to be in the
chorus with me. We have been together
talking about old times"
Whats her name?" asked.
Il can't think of her name" said my
charming wife, tossing off her evening
cloak indfferently. "She has been mar
ried since I knew her"
why didn't you come home beforeY
II didn't want to come up here alone 20
late. so stayed with her at her room"
where is her room?"
"At Rector's."
What was the number of her room?"
II don't know"
What floor was she on?"
Really don't remember"
That was the stage at which the worn
OF Broadway turned. I, the disregarded,
the less than nothing, the nullity, the hus-
band in name only, told her l was going to
leave her
Il am going to sail for Europe on the
ten o'clock boat" said.
She didn't want me to go. -It's Satur-
day Let US go for a week end to the
country"
mot until you have told me where yor
% nipbf
"Ill tell you while we are in the coun,
try, Freddy dear" she said.
was not proof against her cajolery. I
went. But she gave me no account more
convincing than the story of the former
chorus girl. We came back to the city I
carried out my determination. sailed for
Europe.
Broadway, it has been said, is a street
of thousand surprises. But the husband
of Broadway idol ought never to be
surprised at anything he sees, hears or
imagines.
! made the unpleasant discovery that my
wife frequented the race track / had not
known this until, while I was searching
ner desk for stationary that needed, /
found some race track statements and
some pawn tickets. The tickets were for
Jewels | had given her. The money had
been flung away on the track.
determined to assert myself and I for.
promised But it was scarcely a week
later that heard that she had been seen
at the track with theatrical manager
who was also addicted to the sport Then
came upon her talking with him on the
street | Knocked him down and tempo
rarily at least pied" his features. as news.
paper folk say when they talk of mix.
ap"
The man who marries star of Broad
way is fool. He should be kidnapped by
ais friends and detained in some safe and
sane place until he RECEIVERS his reason.
For when he looks sanely at the matter
he knows that the Broadway girl is az !
class alone. There is none like her. And
Is as we'll. in fact better, for humanity
;. Again and again / broke away from
the thrall Of Miss Lorraine's charm for
me- Again and again l came back to n
we cared for each other in the peculia,
Broadway fashion, else we would not have
returned. But two years ago resolved 10
divorce her. have taken the first stem.
When that is done shall be free ana
'elf-respecting man. II ever marry agnin
: will be some one whose address Is =
thousand miles from Broadwsyi
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-13

MARRIED Lillian Lorraine, the Broad
way musical comedy star-and soon
discovered that l was a husband in
name only
Whatever the words of the marriage
ceremony mean to most brides-they mean
nothing to pet Of the footlights.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09

ings granted In twenty-nine days in
Brooklyn was 335, a very substantial
increase over the sixty-eight of the same
period I'm 1918. The number Of permits
for alterations increased from s245,571
In the early days OF 1918 to S4el 900
for the first month of 1919.
The Borough OF Queens also shows a
great increase in the number OF permits
for new buildings For twenty-nine
days in 1918 the number was H. with a
total OF 1921 .i25. while during the cor
responding period OF this year the num-
Der was l25, with total OF s455,37O.
There was also an Increase of 100 per
cent. In the total cost of alterations for
which permits were issued.
The Borough of Richmond records
notable gains In building activities
Fourteen permits were issued in twenty
nine days in 1915 representing total
cost OF $4,000. The number for the
corresponding period of 1919 was thirty
five. with total OF Sl32,93S
The Borough of The Bronx Is holding
its own. AS compared with last year,
with increasing activity shown in the last
ten days
II Is the consensus OF opinion that i'm
provements in tho real estate market
and an increase in building construction
will follow when relief in taxation has
finally been obtained through legislation.
Tax reforms are necessary to get fair
treatment for real estate. II Is pointed
out that the real estate owner has been
paying an income tax of at least 25 per
cent. The prospect OF relief In taxation
is held to be very encouraging
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
Field No Longer
Left toMan With
Saw and Ham
mer---Public Is
More Discrinin-
ating

additional bathrooms and a big linen
closet. The :h!rd :!oor contains two gem
erous bedrooms and bath.
The house illustrated In the oval at
the top Is built more on the cottage type.
and also has an ample porch. 1t con-
tains six large rooms and two baths 1t
is built compactly, but its broad stair
ways and its ample living and dining
room give an ample impression of big
ness that Is seldom found In house of
its size. Between the living room and
the kitchen is a rear hall equipped with
a coat closet. on the second floor there
are three good sized bedrooms and two
baths. From its exterior 1t would be
difficult to distinguish this dwelling from
an eight room house
The picture at the upper right hand
side shows An eight room, brick house
OF English design, also OF the cottage
type. The French windows in the din
ing room open out on the high, arched
| porch. From the right side of the big
entrance hall the stairs rise to the
second floor. where are to be found
three bedrooms and two baths. On the
third floor there are three large rooms
| and a bath. One OF the third floor
| rooms is designed for ready conversion
| into a billiard room.
! The nine room dwelling Illustrated in
| tne lower picture Is also OF Engli al
! design, but has a stuCco exterior II
| Is an l. shaped structure. with the
| entrance set In an angle formed by the
! intersection OF two walls a picturesque
| touch is added by wall sundial over
the entrance and the wide terrace in
/ front of the house. This particular
dwelling Is designed for high loca-
! ton and park view. All the principa,
rooms face south and east The big
/ living room, with its comfortable win.
dow seat opposite an open fireplace, has
I three exposures and is situated to the
| left OF the hexagonal entrance hall
! TNe dining room opens on the living
| hall from the right.
Upon the second floor are four large
| bedrooms and two baths. In the own.
er's room is an alcove which can be
! separated from the main portion of the
| room by means of glass doors and
/ converted into sleeping porch. The
! star landing on the second floor is Sci
/ IN a big bay window. ON the third
! floor are two rooms and bath.
In all the houses the dining room
| is so placed as to take advantage ot
the morning light The kitchens are
arranged with an eve to efficiency and
convenience. Separate grade entrances
are also provided for the furnace man
so that he does not have to pass through
any other portion OF the house on his
way to the cellar. Needless TO say the
! open fireplace 70 also found n al! TIC
| houses. for the hearth Is becoming ar
Indispensable feature in American coun.
| try home life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09

situation last fan. when under restricted
building conditions the demand for new
houses became acute The demand had
to be met somehow. but il was no longer
feasible to leave the task to the local
speculative builder, who had grown timid
under war conditions and was in a gen
eral way unable TO buy his material in
such quantities from points OF production
as to offset the inflated prices.
After several months OF investigation
the Man Estate reached the conclusion
that the Cost of building" problem could
be solved and the Kew Gardens con-
struct.ou Company was organized to I'M
dertake the quantity production Of high
class dwellings. Then came the question
OF getting the right architects TO under
take the work. for architectural values
have attained paramount Importance at
Kew. where past construction has repre-
scented the genius OF such architects as
Aymar Embury. McKim. Mead & White
Marvin & Davis, u. w. Terwilliger, slice
G. Bryson. Andrew j. Thomas. +. s.
Childs. Walter McQuade. Harris & New
man. Alfred T.. Barlow. w. s. Moore and
y ". Woods.
The plan was finally preached to the
firm of Renwick. Aspinwall & Tucker,
designers of Grace Church, St Patrick 5
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
CONSULT HOUSEWIFE
FOR BUILDING HINTS
Government Experts Hold
Kitchen Conferences.

Besides having the vote IN many Of
the States women are now to be con-
suited in the planning and building or
homes, according TO the announced
policy OF the United States Housing
Corporation In the centres Of industry,
where the Government is interested in
assuring good conditions. the value. OF
advice and suggestions from housewives
will be sought
when our men want to find QUE
what plan 10 follow In building n work.
mans home they usually talk it over
with Headquarters" says one OF the
Governments experts. headquarters
they find invariably In tho kitchen. The
greatest housing experts are the house,
wives themselves They know when ar
rangements are convenient and where
steps may be saved in the daily routine
OF work. Many Of our standards repre-
senting the greatest convenience and
the greatest beauty that the money in
vested will buy, are the result OF homo
need suggestions from women.
"In all building projects the Govern
mcnt's standards have been place on a
high plane The women Of the country
will see 10 II that in the future private
development must measure w To these
standards. The average citizen. sup
ported by the women ~ his household.
is demanding improved home-huilding
and this will of course Influence all
future building operations, From now
on consideration OF the housing ques-
ton must ne primarily from the point
Of view OF the housewife. Consequently
la Dor saving devices will be increasing
" stressed Landlords have learned
that It can be Just as profitable TO own
well kept properties as it IS 10 own
dilapidated tenements, or vacant lots
filled with rubbish or hillhoards"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
1919 WILL Be BIG
YEAR FOR REALTY
Confidence in Market Shown
by Volume of Business in
All BorOughs.

Increasing confidence in the real es-
tate market and in building operations
from one day to another is shown in the
numbers OF conveyances, mortgages and
building permits which are being re-
corded. Each borough of Greater New
York already shows a very material
gain over the same period OF 1913, and
the indications are most promising that
the year of 1919 will not only exceed the
twelve months OF 1918. but equal the
year of 1917.
Clarence II. Kelsey. president OF the
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
says that the better feeling displayed in
all directions is apparent In the increase
in the volume OF transfers recorded and
the permits which have been issued, and
he predicts this to be one OF the best or
recent years There Ia a great deal or
buying downtown in Manhattan by cor
porations which are pressed for space
for their operations.
Tho Borough of Manhattan, during a
period of twenty-nine days, shows an
increase Of 10 per cent In the number
of conveyances fled During this time
532 conveyances were recorded as
against 4S3 for the corresponding period
of 1918. The total number OF mort
cages recorded was 220, as against 1874
In 1918. with the percentage OF increase
favoring the per cent. mortgages.
There was also an increase in the num-
Der Of mortgage extensions.
The Borough of Brooklyn Is rejecting
greater activity than the Borough OF
Manhattan. The number OF conveyances
recorded for twenty-nine days OF 1919
was LES. waile the total for the cor
responding period OF 1918 was 1870
There WAS a corresponding increase In
the number OF MORTGAGES tho total OF
which was 7a7 in 1918 and 1000 In 1919.
Ths number Of psyaalts tsE nav build
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
R e fleet Interest
Shown by Arch
itectS In Build
ing of the Mod
crate Price q
Home

Not SO long ago as one could Wish
the American in moderately good cir
cumstances went about his home buying
in much the same manner that he bought
his shirts, socks or cravats. From a none
too lengthy or variegated list of samples
he selected, or thought he selected,
boiler plate structure already sawed out
for him somewhere in the suburbs by
local carpenter builder with architec-
tural warnings, More often a clever
salesman did the selecting. and he
usually carried his point by rhapsodizing
over the wonderful merits OF the kitchen
in the presence of Mrs. Homeseeker.
Perhaps a vestige of that home buy
ing system still remains. but on the
whole number of comforting signs have
manifested themselves. For one thing.
the salesman is finding his task bit
more difficult to-day. His stock of sam
piles is often too limited. for many OF his
customers have awakened to the fact
that a home deliberately acquired is as
much reflection OF its owners individu-
alty as his conversation or personal
mannerisms.
To-day the suburbs OF New York boast
many individual samples Of good archi-
lecture and harmonious treatment
among the $4,000 to $4,000 homes. but
unfortunately these are often lost In q
multitude of structures without taste or
character. Again, where a good group
effect is worked out the ensemble is
spoiled ~ some dominating idea con
tinued to the point of monotony
But much can be expected from the
wholesome influence eAerted by the war.
which has turned the attention of high
class architects more extensively to
suburban home designing. In aute-bel-
lum days the development of architec-
tural standards OF purity of type and
proper expression of line and mass were
largely confined to the more prominent
structures, such as public buildings.
office buildings. hotels. apartments and
magnificent country estates. while the
! moderate priced suburban dwelling on
a small plot was left in a great measure
10 the stock plan company and to
the combination architect-carpenter-
builder of local reputation and ex-
perience. Here the fault lay, not with
the architect. who naturally could not
offer his ideas unaskcd. but with the
buying public, which was too prone to
accent the minor comforts OF kitchen.
pantry and bathroom and too easily
led astray by the suggestion of minimum
cost and maximum size.
When the needs of the Government
called a halt on private building. how
ever. new fields were opened UP for
the high class architect. who threw him
Of the hour-camoufage, military en-
cheering. csntonment building. and last
but not least. from an educational point
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
OWNERS AND MANAGERS.
National Association Meeting VIII
he Held In June.

The twelfth annual convention OF the
National Association OF Building own
c7 and Managers will be held in Phla-
ur.phia June 10, II and IL.
President William Marshall Ellis OF
Chicago has appointed on the member
'n'p committee to recruit new members
,'r the National Association J Clydes-
de Cushnan. president Of Cushman &
"aKctcll, Inc, of this city. Mr.. Cush-
ran If secretary of the New York
I'l.dng Managers Association. Own
80 auh managers OF real estate in this
~ are eligible for membership and
'Hou'd send their applications addressed
n the headquarters OF the New York
F"'d!ng Managers Association, 81
Nassau street
Tho membership OF the National Asso-
,.aAon now numbers nearly 500 and
includes tho most prominent building
owners and managers throughout the
ent!fe Unite States and Canada.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09

cut between chambers, or between living
space and court.
The plan worked out In the modern
apartment house by the Fred T. French
Company, architects and builders. shows
court for every suite OF rooms. Pri-
vate halls are eliminated. The public
entrance ia at the end of the court and
you walk thence into foyer or q vesti-
hule which opens into the living room
Tho living room communicates with the
kitchen and the sleeping apartments. In
the old arrangement the rooms strag-
Gled along a long private hail or around
the central court, There was often n
walk OF twenty-five feet down a hail
from the bed chamber to the bathroom.
To-day there is a grouping OF sleeping
chambers and the bathroom. The
grouping of rooms makes them easier TO
take care of,
An ideal arrangement OF the court to-
day liz To place 1t to face the street, in
stead of inside or at the back. The
floor space saved in cutting down the
private hall is added to the living room.
The kitchen is "efficienczed." 1t Is
made small and there Is scientific
placement of fixtures. The small kitchen
and the convenient arrangement OF the
range and cabinets save steps. The
effort is to reduce the amount OF piping
and the duplication OF plumbing fixtures.
which cuts costs in construction. In the
modern ventilation of the kitchen each
range has Il hood with an Independent
f1ue.
Refinements found In the modern
house appear IN freplaces. refrigera-
tors. garbage chutes or closets and gar
bage incinerators. There are also laun-
dries and dryers in the basement
Many rooms in the earlier apartments
were very small The tenement house
law requires that n room shall contain
not less than seventy square feet Of floor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
ANOTHER FLAT FOR
'MILLIONAIRES' ROW.
Corner Of 5th Avenue and I'D
Street to Be Site Of Big
Apartment.

Another up TO date apartment house IL
TO invade "Mllionaire's Row" This is
the purport OF the transaction completed
yesterday, involving the choice bit OF
property at the northeast corner of Sew
enty-second street and Fifth avenue,
which was cold by the James Stilman
estate TO the Hudson Investing Com
pany AS soon as conditions permit the
buyers will begin the erection OF a
twelve story house. with one suite of
thirty rooms and ten baths on each floor.
This column OF supcrimposed dwellings
will bring In, according to tho estimpte
of the builders. total income OF $500, 900
year IN rents. That tho owners will
experience no difficulty in finding tenants
Is Indicated by the fact that several an
plications for suites have already been
received.
The corner, which has been sold 10 re-
garded as the finest property OF its kind
available for Improvement on the avenue
and number of builders have been anx-
lousy negotiating for its purchase Dur
ing the lifetime of James Stillman. once
president Of the National City Bank. the
property was held at n value of $3.50
600, The exact price paid by the buying
company IL not given. but II Is estimated
from the fact that the probable cost of
the building alone will be $500, 600 and
tie entire amount Involved in the invest
ment approximately s9,7i0. 900.
The purchasers We're represented IN the
deal by Clifford g. Roberts, attorney. and
william \ White Il Sons, brokers Tho
Douglas Robinson, Charles :. Brown
Company acted for the Stillman estate
The Stillman property has frontage
Of 81 feet ON Fifth avenue and cNo,nds
back LIZ feet along seventy second street
TO the former residence of O. O. len.
rings. now the property Of sumner
Gerard. The plottasc contains more than
$4,000 square feat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
SELLS "BUENA VISTA"
ON HUNTINGTON BAY
Mrs. Henry Coe Disposes of
Estate.

LEcluse. Washburn & Co sold for
Mrs Sara W, Coe, wife of Or. Henry
Clarke Coe. now serving abroad with
the American army, her property known
as "Buena Vista" adjoining the Hunt
ing'on Golf and Marine Club, over
looking beautiful Huntington Bay. This
property, although only two acres in ex-
tent Is one OF the most attractive houses
in Huntington. 1t is large, of hollow
tile construction. and in addition has a
garage with living quarters. stable,
green house and beautiful and elaborate
planting OF trees, shrubbery and hedges
,Ehs SS0SssLy pAs hsld at $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
REALTY BOARD BANQUET.
VIII he Held Next Saturday NJ the
Commodore.

The twenty annual banquet Of
tho members ot the New York Real
Estate Board wiz be held on saturday
next IN the grand ballroom Of the Com
modor" Hotel Among the speakers who
have accepted the invitation are w.
BourNe cochran. Job. T. Hedges. Walter
Staber, comptroller OF the Metropolitan
Lie" Insurance Company, aud Or
Charles Alexander Richmond, president
OF Union College.