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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
BROWN BUYS DORCHESTER.
Takes Over 100000 Apartment
House on Riverside Drive.

The Dorchester, a handsome twelve
story apartment house at the northeast
corner of Riverside drive and Eighty
fifth street. has been purchased by
Frederick Brown from the Eighty-fifth
Street g. Riverside Drive Company,
Walter Wellman president. The build
ing, which is one of the finest OF its
type in the city. occupies a plot l02.2x
125, is arranged for forty-elght fam
lilies, and is divided into six, seven,
eight and nine room apartments. which
bring in an annual rental of $4,000.
The property was held at $780, 900.
Bryne & Bowman were the brokers and
Mr.. Brown was represented by julius
H Zieser as attorney.
The block front, of which the Dor
chester occupies one-half, was formerly
occupied by the Misses Ely School, n
fashionable institution which for many
years was a landmark on Riverside
Drive and the only building of its kind
in a section devoted TO large apartment
buildings. The block was formerly
owned by w. Bayard Cutting and
others, who sold 1t to the City Invest
ing Company, who resold the southerly
half to the recent owners of the
Dorchester. and the northerly half OF
the block to r. II. Mcdonald. who built
the Clarendon apartment house on the
site. The Dorchester was completed In
1912.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

for purposes of Improvement. even bear
Ing in mind the present high costs OF
construction work.
So cheap in fact are lots In Washing
ton Heights to-day, in comparison with
the prices paid a few years ago, that
there is needed now only little build
ing loan encouragement and slight
reduction in construction costs to pro-
duce one of the biggest booms in lot
buying the city has ever witnessed.
1t is evident, too. from the gradual
trend of things in the Heights that the
next big lot buying and building move
ment will be limited to the high lands
west and north of 1S1st street. atop the
cliff that extends along Riverside Drive
and Fort Washington avenue, and in
the Fort George district, below which
lies the rapidly growing Dyckman sec
ton.
These remaining land holdings are
few in number and once they are abb
sorbed by the investor. speculator and
builder the vacant lot area of Man
haitian will have been so far reduced as
to leave real estate operators but two
choices-The Bronx or the suburbs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

Powered wall papers not only make a
room look stuffy, but they also destroy
the spirit of restfuness which should pre-
vail II the function of the room is TO be
fulfilled. 1t must also be remembered
that furniture shows up better on plain
floor coverings. Many authorities go so
far as to contend that the Persian rug
has seen its heyday and that 1t will never
again have the vogue that It once en-
joyed.
Unless one has an intimate working
knowledge of tone valves it is always
advisable to keep the color scheme OF
the living room neutral. The floor itself
should always be dark. Dark brown.
gray or taupe color carpets and rugs may
be recommended with safety, buts the
shade selected must harmonic with the
rest OF the color scheme. If paper Is to
be used as wall covering. Japanese grass
cloth done in dark gray. brown or buff
will answer tho purpose admirably. or.
IL one can do 1t effectively, a single color
say blue for instance--may be selected
as the keynote of the room and carried
out IN it's varying shades throughout the
color scheme.
Generally speaking the window hang
ings should preserve a certain contrast
to the tone OF the walls. Tho English
easement cloth. worked by pull cords
may be relied upon to give a more ar
tistic effect than the old roller shade
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
SALE AT SOUND BEACH, CONN.
Kennedy VIII Dispose of Choice
Suburban Parcels on March 22.

Sound Beach, Conn, one OF New
York's most attractive scashore and
suburban sections, is to be the scene OF
the first large suburban auction sale Of
house and building plots held this season
The date of the sale is set for next
Saturday. March %, when Bryan L.
Kennedy will offer on the premises at
=, NJ, five dwellings and two building
plots.
The offerings will include twelve
room house on Driftway road with n
100 foot frontage on Greenwich Cove !:
three two story frame dwellings, on Cove
road, containing ten rooms and three
baths each. ind a three story frame
dwelling on Middle road, containing nine
rooms and three baths. Al these houses
contain modern Improvements and are
convenient to seven golf courses.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
I don't know what Arabella was think

l don't know what Arabella was think
ing of at that moment.
didn't ask her.
| had the feeling that her devoted
motherhood was making it hard for her
TO dismiss thoughts OF the youngsters.
So ] tapped my foot as though in alb
sentmindedness on the marble floor of
the Grand Central Station, swred my
umbrella-for the early morning sky
had not been too promising-and pre-
tended to be absorbed in the gradually
gathering crowd Of country going citi-
zens,
1t was o'clock. The day was before
us, and 70 was Westminster.
lnnumerable houses awaited our in
spection on hillsides and in hollows. on
village streets and by the Sound, inland
and about. throughout that magic
county 80 wonderfully endowed by ma
ture. and save for a few swiftly vanish
ing eyesores along the railroad track
rather well adorned by human ingenuity.
And II the houses waited. so did their
owners End sundry real eSt@te agents.
The particular human relations we were
70 establish that day--the heirs TO an
cestral homes who would be eager in
their raw youth to give into our hands
possession OF their manors. all I'M
ache 10 own them again-all these things
Intrigued my imagination.
do you remember just where It was,
Arabe1ia?"
Where what VASE"
THE Colonial Mansion"
Arabella shot a keen glance at me.
Seeing that I had made a fatal refer
ence TO an advertisement. and remem-
bering my resolution to maintain MY
independent Americanism intact, and
seeing moreover that l was already furi-
Gus with myself for the slip, she dis
played admirable self-possession.
In Search of the Colonial.
There are n lot OF Colonial mansions
throughout Westchester. probably" she
said. THE place has an interesting
history, you know" But she couldn't
help laughing a little. And neither
could I.
The guard manipulated the sign by
one OF the gates until II read IS II New
Haven Local"
He loosed the brass chains, and
showed back the door, making much
raucous noise about the station as he
did so.
Mount Vernon, Pelham Manor. New
Rochelle---''
The nountrv going citizens showed
and pushed each other in the spirited
way OF commuters.
took Arabella's elbow as she started
ahead.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

OF the reconstruction period. and with
former social problems still in exist
ence.'
1t is planned by the school to con-
vert the six recently acquired buildings
into one and to install reading rooms,
libraries, reception rooms and ar audi
forum. The alterations are expected to
start early in the summer.
The three houses on West Twenty
third street, 465, 467 and 469. are four
story, basement and cellar. brick strlc-
lures. each on plots 22X1l7.6. They
were procured from Charles Morgan,
Cornelia Taber. and Thomas Clarke, re-
spectively. Two of the Twenty-fourth
street houses, 472 and 476. were secured
from Mary Balfour, and 474 from Amy
b. Place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
OLD HOTEL UNDER HAMMER.
J. y. Day 10 Sell Former Gather
ing Place of NotabIcs.

The old Knlckerbocker Hotel located
at the southwest corner of Third avenue
and Twenty-flfth street. which has har-
bored many notahles in years gone by,
will be sold at auction under the di-
rect.on of the Hon. Edward T.. Mccall
by Joseph p. Day, next Tuesday, March
is. at noon In the Vesey street sales
room.
II is five story brick building on a
plot 42XS4 and contains restaurant and
grill. hfty-four rooms and private baths
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HOME.

A. a. Hageman leased the three build
ings. 491 to 495 Seventh avenue. to the
Volunteers OF America, who will reno
waite the same, and occupy II as a SOL
soldiers and sailors home. They are re-
moving from $3.50 Seventh avenue,
which property was sold to the Pictorial
Review Company and is now being de-
molished.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

already pending for renting many OF the
suites
The operation is another indication Of
the great demand now existing for hotel
accommodations in the city.
Contracts for the leasing OF the prop
erty were signed yesterday In the Of
fees of stoddard & Marks. representing
the One Thousand Westminster Avenue
Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

Let that knot unite itself first"
said
1t did unite itself, and the string OF
figures trailed off and down into the
darkness.
Presently we too were In the train
And with the first sustained motion, we
shed from us many years. and became
honeymooning children again with a
tremendously challenging adventure be-
fore us.
In the half light OF the tunnel saw
Arabella with new eyes. And ArabeIla
looked very gently back at me-and
then away again.
And this reminds me that have never
shown you Arabela very closely. She
Is so much the heart and soul of me
that | forget sometimes that the whole
world cannot feel her subtle presence,
her living charm.
MirrOrcd in the Train Window.
I looked into the window darkened
by the tunnel wall, and l saw her re-
Election as she gazed ms. the shadows
There was piquant Inc to her small
hat. which had been carefully yelled by
the mysterious skill Of her slender
fingers. Her brown hair went smoothly
beneath the brim save for those few
y
imaginative temperament. Arabella
trusts little to luck for her effects, and
never has that terrible and terrifying
finish to her toilettes.s which proves to
every observer that the limit OF human
achievement has been reached-that
further possibilities are not.
Arabella's eyes, even seen In reflection
were steady and gray, with disconcert-
ing warmth. Her long straight lashes
srN.. ~ al =.
and curious angle. Her short nose. her
wide sweet mouth with its charming up
ward tendency at the corners, her stub
born chin were altogether a pleasant
combination. The line OF her neck and
shoulders was statuesque and lovely.
But the beauty that saw in Arabella
is not to be seen In reflection. 1t is in
the little tired shadows about the eyes
and mouth, the tiny signs OF the brave
battle Of her aspiring nature against the
complications of life. And It is in her
hands too-those hands capable of re-
straining Robert.
As for her costume. I suppose the
casual observer would have noticed
basis OF good tailoring. with about the
right proportion OF concessions to con-
ventionality and comfort. TO make an
inconspicuous whole. Her color scheme
that day, think, was blue with white
frill at the neck. and salts Joining a
circular bit OF shining Jewelry that
had given her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
by LEO DAY woODwoRTH.

Secretary Advisory Council Of Real Estate
Interests.
Every State in the Union is laboring
under a tax law which is antiquated,
which is inequitable in proportion to the
degree OF evolution OF the section or
community from the agricultural TO the
industrial basis of society Every state
in the Union is struggling with the rem
nants OF tax system fair enough In the
days when real property was the lndicia
of wealth and tax rates were low.
A Just distribution OF the tax burden
cannot he effected by measuring the real
estate holdings of the individual. as in
Colonial days The proportion is actu-
ally reversed to-day, and the larger the
persons means the less will lie his inter-
ests in real property as owner or
tenant.
The smaller the earning power and the
lower the investing ability the larger
becomes the Individuals contribution t.
the support of his State and local gov
ernmcnts The same was true as to the
support Of his national Government UNI
til the Federal Government taught us
the lessons contained I'm the enactment
and operation OF the taxes on incomes,
Workers for tax reform can doubtless
agree on two points which are at the
root OF the present tax troubles:
Present Tax Obsolete.
Cd The real estate tax (more correctly
described as the general property tax, as
there is a small amount OF personally
still taxed is paid by a minority Of the
population and, until recently, has not
generally operated to reduce capital, but
come out OF profits on resale This re-
suited in inattention to the constant
growth in the amount Of property and
taxpaying ability becoming exempt by
law and by an Anticipated system OF To-
cal administration. This produced an
apathy which precludes a positive de-
mand upon legislators for tax reform
now that taxes are actually reducing
capital value mortgageable value, Of raal
estate.
90 The man in the street is but
slowly awakening 20 the fact that taxes
cannot he paid 10y those not able to pay
them and that ability is in fact the
funds which he is currently receiving
rather than what he has laid aside that
tax payments not only must be prepared
for and made out OF income rather than
out Of what has been placed aside and
invested for the productive activities OF
the community. This indicates the
ignorance OF the economic effects Of an
antiquated theory OF taxation and OF
the faYoritism and inequity which can
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

"If the room is small" says one au-
thority. 1.-THE light should be placed with
regard to the dentre OF interest and
the space directly before the fire should
be kept open 50 that a person sitting
in any part OF the room may be able
to watch the burning embers. When
the room is quite large however there
should be an entirely different arrange
ment OF furniture. An enclosed area
should be in front OF the fireplace by
placing several pieces of furniture OF
the invitingly comfortable kind before
it. A large davenport may be placed
in front of the fire with heavy chair
at either side or n reading table with
chairs may serve the same purpose. The
frepla.es of long ago usually had two
heavy settles built at right angles to
the fireplace, one on either side. This
was doubtless done to shut out the cold
air OF the room and keep in the needed
warmth but at the same time the ar
rangement gave a delightful sense OF
coZiness.
Book shelves built into the archi-
tectSal structure about the fireplace"
says the same authority, add much to
the beauty OF the woodwork and II
wisely used will carry out the general
scheme OF the room, and the bindings
OF the books will give an interesting
note of color
Here is aIsSther feature that may be
added to the room at small cost if ex-
pense is an item. Pick out some avail
able niche in the wall. preferably along
side the mantel shelf. measure its d.
mansions accurately and have the car
penter saw out the wood for you, II
the shelves are to be white. let them
be tinted n deep rich, old ivory. This
type OF woodwork is not only good in
a Colonial room. hut is often the best
way to treat any room where the wood
work by its texture or its finish is gar
ish, crude or unpleasant.
II avoidable, a living room should
never be lighted from the ceiling. Wall
lights and lamps set on tables are in
better keeping with the spirit of the
room and often serve 10 obscure un-
eradlcEJe points OF uglness Wal
brackets for candles can he purchased
cheaply. The light of the oil lamp Is
Economically soft and IS also soothing
to the eyes of the reader.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

In buying or building a home it is a
good thing to remember that the living
room should be as large as the proper
tions of the house Will permit. Its mini
mum size should be 2Ox3O feet. II YOU
build your own home it will be worth
your while to skimp on the proportions
of some of the other chambers If neces-
sary to make this room as big as pos
sibe. for in II YOU and the rest OF your
family will spend the greater part of
your waking hours at home. Don't be
afraid of barnlike spaciousness. for II
the room Is extra large it can be broken
up by the grouping Of the furniture. II
the room, in spite OF all your efforts.
seems too pinched, it can ~ made -
appear at least one-third again as large
through the use of plain floor coverings.
Busy colored carpets and rugs and lurid
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
COUNCIL SUGGESTS A
GENERAL INCOME TAX
r Recommends Law to Force Persons
Who Escape Assessments to Pay
Reasonable Lew

only serve TO increase the cost OF living
But in spite of this apathy and gno-
rance the situation is not without hope
There ia discernible in the various pop
ular movements Tor improved methods
of taxation a tendency to take the very
steps which have been followed by our
leading authorities in what appears to
be their natural sequence.
In general way we find growing
sentiment in favor OF a wider tax base,
more distinct recognition of the abil-
ity theory and a belief that the public
will benefit by measures to conserve
capital values OF real property as well
as OF other property by imposing only A
normal tax thereon
one of the simplest remedies for the
evils of a general property tax. which
was formerly believed to have the fur
ther benefit Of decreasing public ex-
penSe, was to establish fixed rate The
Massachusetts law prior TO 1913 pro-
Nlded that the total amount that could
be raised for running expresses by.|ities
should not exceed S12 a 81 200 On tho
average valuation for the three pre-
ceding years. The Legislature was both
cred no much by cities which found that
they could not live within that limit that
In 1913 the law was amended to allow
cities to set their own tax limits.
boston has a rate OF S9.52. although
the total rate last year in that city was
S2l,20, the difference being for debt SER
vice and State and county charges
Mayor Peters Of Boston has been seek
ing an increase Of SO in the fixed rate
TO cover the cost of neglected street and
other Improvements.
South Bend, Ind. finds Si2 fixed
rate inadequate for necessary expenses
and Is seeking to raise the limit to $1L,
although HSScSsmt nts are admitted to be
less than 100 per cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
Unity of Period Is Unessc n hi.

Comfortable chairs and good tables
go further toward making a living
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
Accumulation of Dencit..

In Ohio the tax limit Of sl5 has re.
suited in great accumulation Of
deficits which real estate interests would
avoid paying This tax limit resulted
in Increased assessment OF personality,
Int not 20 the extent promised by ad,
vocates of The general property tax.
Therefore At tho last election cousti.
tLtional amendment was obtained 10
permit OF n low rate tax on personally.
This amendment has just been declared
invalid and viii again he presented to
the voters, In the meantime temporary
relief is sough! through new taxes on
inheritances and on occupations.
The value OF = fixed rate as a mandate
tor economy l. 3iSprov5d by genera;
experience Toledo, for example. would
Increase its limitation from SO to 500.
as it is badly in debt, and this indebted.
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times be improvised il it Is lacking in the
original makeup of the room. For In
stance. the old fashioned heater or par
Tor stove can be ripped out and the re-
sulting gap in the wall converted into a
passable fireplace at comparatively small
expense. All this requires is the services
or mason or perhaps a tinsmith, for It
may be necessary to line the fireplace
with sheet iron rather than bricks In a
case IKE this.
Aside from its Unreasonable contribu-
ton TO the general spirit Of hospitality
and comfort. the fireplace has decided
technical advantage. for it gives an ex-
cellent centre TO the room. Ii 1t is fnan-
cially or structurally possible, of course
every means must be taken TO make the
fireplace fit in with the architecture OF
the room, for there are as many different
types OF fireplace as there are OF furni-
ture. and each art period has Its own
characteristics. which are shown in the
design OF the fireplace. The proper ar
rangement of furniture about the CHM
ney piece will go a long way toward ac-
centuatinE the feeling of hospitality
which every open fire gives.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
Unlike the Front
Parlor, Happily
Now a Memory,
Unjust Be Attrac-
tive to All

Some day the late but unlamented
front parlor' will earn the place II so
richly deserves in the Smithsonian In
stitution or In some chamber of horrors.
Unfortunately. however that day Is
some distance off. for the memory of the
old family torture chamber is still poiC-
nantly with US In our neurotic mo-
ments 1t rises before us like the ghost
OF a disreputable past studded with
horse hair covered chairs. ugly mantel-
pieces. piano lamps and wax flowers
under glass cases. Usually the dscon-
certing vision is accompanied by a host
of reminiscent wraiths such as the MEM
Dry of gloomy occasions like funerals.
family gatherings and Purltsnical, Sun
days spent in itching woollens, boiled
shirts and stiff, saw elged collars.
Not only Is the memory of the old
front parlor" still with us but the
lingering superstition that no home is
complete without one has served TO
make NAVY Of our houses uninhabitable.
To this influence may he ascribed the
fact that most living rooms are hdeous
misnomers reserved for the "entertain-
ment" of guests and serving much the
same purpose AS did Charles Fox's Jeru-
salem chamber, where the rakish Brit
ish statesman kept his creditors waiting
In a state of physical discontinue that
would be most likely to discourage
future visits.
It must be borne in mind that the
living room is a direct descendant of
the front parlor, and, having in this re-
spect alone a bad family history. must
he watched carefully in order to keep II
from manifesting any of the criminal
tendencies of its ancestor. 1t must be a
living room spelled with capital letters,
which means that it must eXude a spirit
of comfort and warm restfulness. 1t
must express a composite purpose and
reflect the hobbies OF the family. In
the average home 1t takes the place of
the drawing room. the library and the
reception room combined, but above all 1t
should be the family sanctum. where the
head OF the house can smoke his pipe and
read his evening paper at the end of a
lard days work; where the children can
play or study; where the daughter can
entertain her friends without n covert
sense of shame at the environment. and
where the housewife can do her sewing
or her knitting without feeling that her
activities are out of place.
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fcontinusd on Follo,o'ng PGgs.J
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-03-15
New Victory Scent Stamp
Bears Figure Of Liberty

Washington, March 5. Victory
postage stamps, a new Scent issue
to commemorate the successful
conclusion of the war, will be on
sale shortly.
The new stamp bears the figure
of Liberty victorious, helmeted
and with sword in the hand and
scales in the other. The whole
design appears upon shaded pa
mel, with American, British,
French, Belgian and Italian flags
drapped in the background 1T is
wider and shorter than the ordi-
nary stamp.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-03-15
Increase Corn Yield by Using
Good Seed

Good seed, thoroughly prepar-
ed seed bed in a fertile soil, and
frequent and shallow cultivation
are the main essentials of a profit
able corn crop.
Good seed means not only ger
minable seed. but seed that also
possesses some breeding as well,
says A. f. Kidder, professor of
agronomy, Louisiana State Uni
versity. One ought to know some
thing about the inherited charac-
teristics of the seed 10. be planted
Cora that has been ld-selected
should be reselected in the barn or
crib in order to use only those ears
conforming to a definite type
which will produce further increa-
sed yields.