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Rebuilt Homes of
Same Type to Be
Found in Many, of
City Picturesque
Ouarters---S niffen
Court Is Popular
With Artists

shown In this type OF remodelled build
ings. for beside a large studio there ere
innumerable other rooms suitable for the
many exhibitions OF the work Of young
artists whose interest Mrs. Whitney so
generously furthers. The house has a
plain but smart facade. with no attempt
at exuaneous decoration such as has
been attempted in those places occupied
as homes as we'll as ateliers.
Considerable speculation is being In
dulged in by artists in this section as to
what disposition will be made of. the
stable fronting on Macdougal alley that
belongs to the property at 81 Washing
ton Square North, just purchased by
Julia Marlowe. 1t Is somewhat more
interesting than many. at is was once
used as an observatory and the as
Economical features are still retained.
The building is in good repair and will
permit OF rather extensive remodeliinS.
In East Nineteenth street. In the VI
entity Of the Block Beautiful" are sew
eral old stables that have been built
over or dressed up bit to give them
an individual expression and are occu.
pied variously by artists. composers and
writer's. The decorative possibilities
lying within the range of the artistic
person seeking to fix over one OF thass
relics of old New York are very great
A simple but catholic taste. with a
sense of the eternal fitness of things, 10
about all that Is necessary, for the main
element in the stable studio Is comfort,
and that is supplied by the large room
opening by wide double doors of the
street and the hospitable freplace in-
vsriably built in to heat 1t. One OF the
simplest arrangements is to have a
mazzanine floor with cubicles or bed
rooms as the Sc may be. There are
naturally disadvantages in the reuod-
elled stable. particularly where but little
money is spent in alters lions, but its
most delightful feature undoubtedly is
the chance 1t gives to dispense with tho
elevator and the hall boy, the janitor
and the landlord and all the stereotyped
etceteras that go TO make conventional
Nat life in New York now SO infinitely
trying.
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STAFF OF c. F. MOVES
co. SHARES PROFITS
Firms Business SholDs Great
Increase Ouer Past Yedrs.

Business aggregating sSs.ses,5a1 was
transacted last year by the Charles r.
Moves Company. Every one Of the
fifty employees shared in the profits
with Mr.. Moves as his eighth annual
cooperative division OF profits was made
few days ago. All were remembered.
from the office boy right up. This CON-
pany was probably the hrst In the real
estate field to be placed on a strictly
cooperative basis, and the rapid and In
creas!ng growth OF the organization Is
attributed to the wonderful spirit OF
cooperation that prevails in every de-
psrtment Warner & McGrath. public
accountants, certified that the gross busi-
ness for 1919 was 316 per cent. of that
IN 1914 and 1877 per cent of the proceed
Ing year. Its agency business was 100
per cent. OF that five years ago and 1T
per cent OF that OF 1915; renting de-
Iartment. 800 per cent. OF 1914 and 1873
per cent. OF 1918: selling department,
100 per cent. OF 1914 and 40 per cent.
ni 1918, and the mortgage department
moved the greatest gain of all. the
business for 1919 being ten times greater
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PORTABLE TYPE OF
BUNGALOW POPULAR
Has Helped to SolUe Problem
of High Rents.

A great number OF people arc finding
the solution to the problem OF high rents
in the purchase OF what are called
portable bungalows. This name is some
what misleading. however. as these
buildings are suitable for use during
the entire year and are after erection
the equal of any built to order house. -
These buildings are made In sections
Of convenient sizes. which enables the
purchaser to erect them within twenty
four hours without the aid Of expert
enced mechanics,
Portable bungalows are manufactured
with from two to six rooms. They can
be very attractively furnished, as ie
demonstrated by the colonies erected
at South Beach, Staten Island. where
the United States Portable Building
Company OF New York. who are the
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bles in New York Is rapidly decreasing.
According to a census recently made
public by the Sanitary Bureau of the
Health Department they have decreased
nearly 25 per cent. in the greater city
during the past two years.
There are of course still many iso-
lated stables and GARAGES that may be
rented for dwellings. We have many
examples. too. and very delightful ones,
OF what people have been able to do in
Transforming sta b.es into homes. An in
teresting one is that at 1913 East Sixty
third street, between Lexington and
Third avenues-the old Drexel stable
which was rebuilt by Cyril Hatch. who
married Barbara Rutherford. a daugh-
ter of Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, and
is still occupied by him as a dwelling.
THE northeast corner of Slxty-fifth
street and Park avenue was. have been
told. a stable. The late John Merven
Carrere OF Carrere & Hastings took
hold OF 1t and turned II into house
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Joins New Works
Fast Increasing
Colony of Stable
Studio DWellers
Another Evil
dence Of Citys
Housing Shortage
~ HARRIET sIssoN GILLESPIE.

By HAHHIET sIssON UiLLESFhS'
Ono OF the most significant evidences
OF the critical home shortage existing In
New York came to light a few days ago
when Il was announced that J. Kearsley
Mitchell Of Philadelphia had leased the
garage at IS East Thirty-sixth street. in
the shadow OF the Morgan residences
After alterations Mr.. Mitchell will &C.
cupy the garage as home. This fact,
interesting as It is in other ways, only
serves to emphasize more strongly than
ever the extremity Of the present living
situation in the city where apartments
are not to be had for love or money and
houses In desirable localities are equally
difficult to obtain.
The acquisition Of stable studios by
artists and others Of similar tastes is by
no means new, for the fame OF Mac
dougal Alley, with it's quaint little
street Of low brick and stone dwellings,
has long been told in song and story.
But these and other remodelled atehers
about town have. for the most part, been
architectural waits, little old structures
left behind when the neighborhood
changed and the families who once used
them moved away into more fashionable
quarters.
Mr.. Mitchelrs venture. however. marks
en- innovation for the smart residential
section has, for the first time. been in
vaded by the stable studio and the lat
ter has risen to the heights OF high So
c!ety, for this section OF Murray Hill has
always been and still Is one of the ex-
elusive residential districts OF New
York While business has Rugged II
closely and its privacy has been seriously
threatened at times by various enter
prises, its seclusion has always been
Jealousy guarded by the old families
living therelbouts, and none more siren
uously than the late ]. Pierpont Morgan
and his son.
Just back Of the j. Pierpont Morgan
home, at the northeast corner or Mad
ison avenue and Thirty-sixth street. Is
the fine granite structure erected by
the fnancier to house his large and
valuable collection of books. monu-
ment TO his memory and an ornament
70 the street. Further down the block
at 81 East Thirty-sixth street lives MIS-
Herbert Satterlee, and directly opposite
adjoining the garage of the old Mason
home, is the home of Gerald l.. Hoyt
The old De Lamar homo 10 not Tar
away, and many other handsome resi-
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dences. still owned and lived in by the
families who built them, occupy sites
close at hand.
Mr.. Mitchell. who is connected with
the Philadelphia Rubber Works, is a
son-in-law of z. T. Stotesbury OF Phila-
deiphia- He is planning extensive alter
atoms to the garage property he has
Just leased through Douglas L. Gilman
& Co. The possibilities inspired by Mr..
Mltchell's purchase which sprung up in
the minds of homeseekers resulted In a
flood of inquiries being directed to the
Gilman office. Mr.. Gilman was un-
fortunately. however. able to see little
hope OF relic from this quarter for dis
tracted house hunters.
"I can" he said. see little or no
opportunity for an extensive use of
stables as homes. for the coming law
makes II necessary to put buildings Of
this type In more or less inaccessible
places. With the almost universal use
Of automobiles. too. the number Of sta
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in a respectable neighborhood. with the
subway only two blocks away and with
In fifteen minutes OF wall Street In
certain sections near Third avenue you
can get a house, say, for SIS 900, where
the rent will represent a very modest
sum. Five thousand may be put down
and the rest carried on a mortgage.
want to emphasize this point and state
that there Is a refuge for the purchaser
the general impression TO the contrary
notwithstanding. II isn't at all neces-
sary for people 10 throw UP their hands
and say they can't live in New York. for
It is wholly possible"
During the period OF alterations on his
remodelled garage Mr.. Mitchell has sub
let an interesting stable studio in Snifcen
Court, which, by the way. Is New York's
most recent and picturesque accession to
the ranks of artists quarters OF this
type. Tucked off in a little lane by it.
self on Thirty-sixth street near Third
avenue. II Is, for the most part. passed
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SHOP GIRLS TO HAVE
HOTEL HOME SOON
Structure on West 34th Street
VIII Be Largest Of It's
Kind in World.

The largest and most comfortably
fitted apartment hotel in the world
for unmarried shop workers will soon be
erected at AS to 423 West Thirty-fourth
street II will be known as the Webster
Apartments. and 1t will be built and
maintained from a fund OF 100000 left
by Charles Bertram Webster. who from
1879 to 1896 was head OF the r. H.
Macy Company. The viii OF Mr.. Web
ster. filed soon after his death In March.
1915. directs that the institution be con-
Quoted so that the room and dining
rates shall be high enough merely to de-
fray the cost OF Its maintenance.
Before his death Mr.. Webster realized
that the domestic environment OF many
OF the unmarried girls working in de-
partment stores and shops was not con-
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by unnoticed. 1t Is the sort OF thing
that F. Hopkinson Smith would have
revelled IN and written OF and illustrated
in his own delightful way.
1t is just a scrap of a place. the entire
court measuring in length but little
more than the width OF the street. but
1t has character all its own. On either
side the cobbled driveway are ranged
some six or eight converted stables, done
ever just sufficiently to make them
habitable and attractive. In the group
Is the Comedy Club, and the rest are
occupied by artists, a sculptor and a
small coterie OF army and navy folk.
Miss Malvina Hoffman, the sculptor. is
given credit for discovering" Sniffen
Court.
Like a little bit of home is the
glimpse one gets from the street, for
the fronts of some OF the buildings have
been given a coat OF green paint; others
have been fitted with window boxes filled
with gay flowers. Here and there hi
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brass knocller reflects the tendencies OF
the occupants. and low awnings give a
holiday aspect, which Is reflected In the
youngsters playing on the pavement The
interiors are equally picturesque. con-
ssting usually OF one big room on the
ground floor with fireplace, a kitchen
cite. and a mezZanine floor divided into
sleeping quarters, maids room and
baths. They rent from $1,000 up 10
$4,000.
Aside from Washington News and
Macdougal alley there are several in
stances In the Washington Square sec-
ton where artists and others are living
in rebuilt stables. In West Ninth street
just off Fifth avenue the stable belong
ing to the De Rhams is now occupied
by an artist as a work shop and home.
At % Charlton street Gardner Hale, a
sculptor, and his wife, a writer, live.
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney's studio
at West Eighth street is one of the
,best examples of efficient planning
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largest manufacturers OF these buildings
erected forty-one houses. A great many
have been purchased and erected by
residents OF New Jersey and Long
Island towns.
The advantage OF these structures
was first demonstrated In the erection
OF United States Government Hospital
No. l, which stands on Gun Hill road
New York. Here thirty-four buildings
and a half mile OF covered passageway
were erected by the aforesaid company
in 1915, and have housed wounded sol.
diers since the outbreak of war.
The cost of these buildings ranges
from 5000 to 1880 according to the
size, and from the number which have
been sold during the last three months
they appear to offer one OF the best
solutions to the housing problem.
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TRANSACTIONS IN PAssAIo. N. J.

Swenson Bros. OF Passaic. n. j.. have
sold the three story brick building at
80 and 81 Lexington avenue. Passaic,
consisting OF stores and living apart
ments, to Alfred Lederer and Emil
MoskowttI for $4,000. The property
sales in the immediate vicinity include
the Rialto Theatre building. SO to 81
Lexington avenue. purchased by Harry
Meyers from Max Slaff for $S7, 900, and
the three story Prescott building, at Sc
to SO Lexington avenue. bought Jointly
by Harry Stein and Emil Moskowitz for
SIS. 900.
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100000. He named as executors his
brother. Josiah L. Webster, and Jesse
lsdor Straus They were also named
as directors OF the Webster Apartments,
Inc. Mr.. Webster received two-thrds
OF the residuary estate.
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COMMITTEE CHANGES
DATE OF EXPOSITION
"OWn your Home" Show viii
Be Held in September.

To such proportions has tie Gown
Your Home" campaign grown that II has
exceeded the expectations of those most
vitality interested In II. To further the
campaign movement II was decided last
Thursday at meeting of the generate COM
mittee of the own Your Home" exposi-
ton to extend the date OF the affair. svthat
added stimulus can be given to the cam
paiSn and the scope OF the expo dtion
enlarged TO the proportions 1t warrants
BY that time home builders will be able
10 benefit by the plans OF Government.
State and municipal officials Whos are
now planning loan systems to aid In
the building OF homes. Originally Il
was planned TO hold the exposition In
the Seventy-first Regiment Armory June
IS to July .. AS now planned the ex.
position will be held in the armory
September to IS.
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PATERSON. \. j.. REALTY SOLD.

William II, Young of Paterson, n j..
has purchased the premises at 275 Main
street, that city, on which is three
story brick building. with business suites
and living apartments. from the estate
Of James Bergln. through Benjamin.
Grunauer. Inc. also Of Paterson.
The sun., 1919-09-12
B. Y. COX ELECTED
CHANGE SECRETARY
Is Chosen as Successor Of G..
W. Ely, Who Hands Cover
nors His Resignation.
ACCEPTED POSITION IN '8a
Governors Indorse Efforts of
Business Mems Anti-Swin-
ding League.

George W. Ely. who has been secre-
tary of the New York Stock Exchange
since 1888. except between 1898 and
1905. rendered yesterday afternoon his
resignation OF that position at the reg
ular meeting of the governors Of the
exchange. The resignation was ac-
cepted by the board, which passed a
resolution of regret of the secretary's
decision to retire. e. ". d. Cox was
elected to I'LL the vacancy caused by the
resignation.
While It was not expected that Mr..
Fly's resignation would be presented at
this time, II has been known for some
time that such action was under con-
temptation. There has been a great deal
Of opposition recently to the retention
OF Mr.. Ely as the secretary, many
members taking the stand that il would
be for the best interests of the exchange
If new and younger blood were infused
into the management of the institution.
Mr.. Ely has passed his seventy-pinth
birthday.
The governors yesterday took another
step in their campaign to prevent the
swindling of millions of investors In Lib
erty and Victory bonds and other securi-
ties. They passed a resolution indorsing
the Business Mems Anti-Swindling
League and requested that the exchange
be enrolled as a cooperative member
OF the league.
Since long before the fiotation Of the
Victory loan the New York Stock Elk
change has been battling the element
which has preyed on small Liberty bond
holders, endeavoring, and in many cases
succeeding. to get them to part with
their Government securities for much
less than their real value. The resolu-
ton adopted by the governors follows
Whereas the great army 6 inves-
tors created by Government war loans
are being defrauded of tens of millions
of dollars by INSCRIPTIONS vendors of
worthless stock and the consequent de-
pletio0 of the country's capital, unem-
ployment, reduced buying power and re-
action in the minds Of the people turning
them from patriotic thrift into dissatis-
faction and distrust of our institutions
and Of public securities is Of vital con.
Germ to all reputable business. and 3
movement has been initiated to organ
lied s~Siness associations to combat the
stock swindling evil and Secretary OF
the Treasury Glass said of such n move
ment that It will not only be desirable
but almost essential and Mr.. Hamlin,
chairman OF the Capital Issues Commit
tee. wrote that he believed the proposed
plan will go far toward checking the
evil the New York Stock Exchange
indorses the purpose of the Business
Mems Anti-Swindling League and re-
quests enrolment as a cooperative men,
ber."
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AznIAN COFFEE STATISTICS.
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

Following early setback, which occa-
Stoned losses Of to ~ points In active
Neels. sustained strength in the equip
nent issues developed and they rallied s
70 II y per cent. above early low, a move
ment which became the outstanding fea-
tlre Of yesterdays session of the Consol-
idated Stock Exchange Vigorous buy
ing OF motors and oil. said to represent
accumulation by strong interests,
brought material rallies to both groups.
American Locomotive was bid up ~
points to 1914. a new high. Baldwin
locomotive rose 12h to 1871. ending at
tzSh' Crucible Steel advanced 12h
from Its early low to 1854. closing at
lsZ. Bethlehem B. at the maximum.
moved up 6l5 to Sih and Steel common
to lo4%. Mexican Petroleum netted
~ gain from it's early low to 209%
tater reacting to 205h. Pan American
moved up TO l21A Sinclair to 60A
california Petroleum to 521a. Trans
Continental to SIX.
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RAILWAY FINANCING
TAKES S19,OOO,OOO
Syndicate to Offer SIS, 100000
New York Central One Year
/ Secured Notes,
10 PAY TWO YEAR NOTES
Sesboard Air Line $4,000,000
Securities Will Mature on
September Is.

JP. Morgan & Co. have sent out let
t,rs concerning distributing syndicate
10 offer 100000 New York Central
Railroad Company one year per cent
s.cured notes to provide funds for the
payment of a like amount of two year
notes, which mature on Monday. The
new notes, II Is understood, are being
offered at 99N and interest to yield an
amount Just under $40 per cent. While
the syndicate is not numerically large,
n covers a wide portion of the country
geographically.
The new notes are to be secured by
niedge Of $40, 100000 New York Gen.
tral refunding AVS and $4,000 shares of
Reading Company first preferred stock,
the collateral having a value Of more
than 1870 per cent. Of the amount of notes
to be issued.
other nearby maturities are $4,000, 900
seaboard Air Line notes. two year s
Der cents, falling due on Monday. and
$500, 900 Chontaw, Oklahoma and Gulf
general gold S. which, after running
twenty-five years, fall due on October /.
The application of the latter, which Is
n subsidiary of the Rock Island, is be-
fore the Railroad administration, which
may call upon the War Finance Corpo-
ration to finance that maturity. Tho
former will be financed by a syndicate
offering Of new one year notes. provided
present plans be carried out. The Ma
tional City Company will head the syn
dicate II is understood, the announce
ment Of the syndicate being expected
to-day.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway Com
pany has agreed with the administration
or the terms of It's contract, which now
will be completed and executed. Under
The agreement the gross corporate income
for the period of Federal control, Janu-
airy /, 1918. to December 81, 1919, the
last four months of 1919 estimated, is
t14,199713, or yearly average of
t7,0s9,s57. That amount provides for
all interest charges, including equipment
interest payments and interest on the
adjustment bonds as well as corporate
expenses.
The amount allowed the Seaboard Air
Line by the administration additional to
the standard return under the Federal
control act, S6,497.025, is $423,000, maxi
Ing $6,920,025 the annual compensation
for the railway during Federal control
The balance between that figure and
s7.099,S57 is made up of other corporate
income. The amount of additional COM
pensatiop, S423,0 is among the largest
allowed by the administration.
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COTTON FUTURES
STEADY AT CLOSE
Final Prices Are 20 Points Up
to 13 Down and Spots Is
Points Higher.

Movements were yesterday irregular
In the cotton market, but early unset
Element and weakness gave way to a
steadier market during the afternoon.
Business was animated only in spots
when active covering by local and out
side shorts boosted prices higher sale
by SALE There were several unsettling
features in the market, chief among
them for the bears being the unfavorable
labor situation all over the. world. Tho
threatening steel strike was a factor not
easily set aside by the full crowd while
bears were compelled to reckon with the
sustaining influence of the tropical
storm, of which more was heard yester-
day.
That disturbance, most map readers
believed, surely would do considere BILE
damage along the East Gulf and around
the New Orleans, Mississippi river mouth
section. A centre velocity of more than
100 miles an hour was reached by the
storm. Excluding that velocity, the
weather map again indicated clear con-
ditions with precipitation registered at
only a few widely separated points.
Many thought conditions all but ideal
for the crop. The market being closed
on Wednesday could not respond to the
weekly summary from Washington, but,
on the whole. it stated that Belt tenn
peratures continued seasonable and that
more favorable weather was aiding the
crop In many regions.
Liverpool cables came rather weak.
that market being narrow and closing
not far from its opening levels. Spots
| there were once more in better demand
and sales totalled 1000. Unsettlement
in foreign exchange continued. francs
and marks being especially weak. Ster-
| ling was improved at various stages nd
| thus the market was Amore or less Of
| standoff as far as cotton was concerned
First prices here were 81 to 81 points
I, of on the active list, trade being under
the influence of Industrial conditions.
| improved weather and lower cables. A
further small selling wave after the
call took the list to the days low levels,
! some 40 to go points below Tuesdays
finals. Later recovery was halted fire.
quently by fiurries Of scalping profit
| taking operations. 1t was evident that
! the market was oversold and that even
| small measure of support might go
a long way.
| Liverpool interests acted on both sides
| of the market and covering coca sionally
| was heavy. The best levels brought
| the list up more than Nc. a pound
from the opening and Is to 25 points
from the last previous ending. Exports
| were small The final hour was featured
simply by backing and filling by local
professionals. The close was relatively
steady and somewhat lower in a few
cases on failure to confirm early reports
relating to the extending substantial
credits to Germany. The final market
was 20 points higher to 10 lower with
spots up 10 points.