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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-20

In some parts Of India the pearl OF
the tooth must be dyed before a Wo-
man is thought TO be beautiful.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-20
Declares
Fair Sex Should
CObyMen SDreSS

New York. Jan 20.-Women were
urged to lower the cost of clothes by
abandoning the world tradition that
they must dress "to capture the fleet
ing fancy Of the male" or to Guido
others Of their sex. in an address to
day by Helen Louise Johnson. editor
of the General Federation Magazine
before thee columbia university insti-
tute OF arts and sciences. Lower
prices could be brought about, she
added in her talk on "the ethics OF
dress by the adoption Of a standard
lied costume.
Man." Miss johnson said. "can
dress properly and becomingly on a
limited NUM- of suits. His reason
ing seems 70 be that beauty unadorned
= adorned the most His clothes are
ar from beautiful"
Women would become less con-
snicu0us and more impressive by
wearing standard dress. she declared.
Tor the active. healthy woman Gre
ates a spiritual impression BY sfmp1i-
Tying her dress and thus enhancing
her facial beauty while her less adj
Eanceu sister cainEs to the older
dress forms"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-20

AL those mods
are sent free to
users Of Jify-JeM
We want you
70 have them. We
want Jify Jsn
served attrae-
lively.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Earns Commissions by
Making Tenants Unhappy
Young Brooklyn Woman Broker
Does Good Business Ousiing
Comfortably Housed Folks

Having received commissions to find
small apartments in the Bay Ridge sec
tion of Brooklyn, young woman real
estate agent has adopted novel methods
to please her patrons. She locates a
house which has apartments just like
those her clients want and which are
renting for perhaps $40 less than her
people are willing to pay. The name
Of the owner of the house is obtained,
a letter is sent. or a personal call made,
in which a higher rental is offered for
an apartment in the house.
The landlord sometimes accepts the
offer Of the professional but unprinci-
pied house hunter and notifies a tenant
in his property to find another place
before certain date, since some o. his
relatives are without a place to live in
and he is obligated to provide them
with a home.
The court recognizes the priority
right of the family of house owner
to that Of a tenant and the house is
vacated in due time, the new tenant
takes possession of the suite. the land
lord gets d higher rental, the young
woman gets paid for her service and the
old tenant is forced to start a city
wide search which generally ends in
his paying a still higher rental for less
dcSi BILE spacc
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Started With IS Cents;
Has Thousands Now
John Covatas, of Wilmington, a
Greek, Has Made 1t All in
Real Estate Since 1895

John Govatos is a name not known
to New York real estate men, but in
Wilmington, Del, he is big factor
in the realms of real estate. Mr.. Co
vatos is an interesting person. Twenty
FIVE years ago he came to this country
from Greece and started in business
with rs cents. His fortune to-day totals
several hundred thousand dollars. He
has made it chiefly in real estate. He
recently paid S325,000 for one of the
big structures of Wilmington, the Lib
erty Building, at the corner OF Eighth
and Market streets. He has also &C
qured recently the Ford building an
eight-story structure opposite the Du
Pont Building and hotel. Mr.. Govasos
is regarded as one of the largest real
estate owners in the city. The moral
to be drawn from this is Buy real
estate"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
James Harper Acquires
Estate at Rhinebeck
Gets Alan ID. Merritt Property,
on Harmon Avenue; Other
WTaCloD,oc%o. GoIo,
W estcheSter Sales

Prince g. Ripley Inc, sold for Alan
d. Merritt, Of Rhinebeck, his property
on Harmon Avenue, in the Pelhamwood
section Of Pelham, N. Y, consisting Of
concrete house with a large plot, to
James Harper, of this city.
J. Clarence Davies sold to Samuel T.
Bell, of this city, for Mrs. E. L. Cong
don, her brick dwelling, 53x125. at 33
Rich Avenue, Mount Vernon, held at
$4,000.
Howe G. Thompson sold for Susan
NJ. Hart, of this city, to Joseph Ull-
man, OF White Plains, two lots. one on
Quinby Avenue and one on Fisher Ave
nue. White Plains.
Fish & Marvin rented for the sum-
mer, furnished, the property Of Mrs.
Pauline Godson on Sunset Drive, Har-
mon-on-Hudson, to John L. Dudley, of
this city. The property comprises one
acre, residence and outbuildings.
l.. p. G. II. V. c. Fish leased for Miss
Anne Towlc the Homestead at Brevoort
Farm, Rye, for long term, to Nathan
Straus jr. There is large house, out
buildings with eight acres.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Old World Asks
Americans to Buy
Its Famous Homes
Castles, Preserves and Shoot
ing Boxes i'm Historic Lo-
cations Offered for Sale
by Local Bro K crs

Europe is now asking America-or
rather Amcricans-to buy her real es-
tate, for fine homes, business buildings
and commercial developments.
The war has sappod the fortunes of
many we'll known families, who are do
ing everything possible to revamp their
resources Many of them have decided
to sacrifice ancestral estates, held for
centuries. A number OF these old
places have been placed in the Ameri-
can real estate market In the last year.
Leading brokers of this city have re-
ccived commissions TO dispose of these
places, and the advertising columns OF
publications are filled with offers OF
small and great landed places, The
homes of Europe's first families, wno
want to part with them because they
cannot we'll be retained.
Homes in Land of Romance
Castles. chateaus, villas, shooting
boxes, preserves, stock farms, city
homes, waterfront places, business
buildings and manufacturers are on me
lists held by American agents. living
Bush not long ago purchased the lps-
wich "Island' property in London. and
is putting up a big business building
on it. He is only one of a number OF
Americans who have taken advantage
of conditions in England and France TO
acquire long held property of wonder
ful undcveloped possibilities as sites
for modern structures.
The transfer of properties through
the countryside also has been large
The effort which American agents VIII
give to these foreign projects, now that
the local market has Guieted down for
the time being, should result in the
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Trinity Parts With
Thirteen Houses i'm
Greenwich Village
Grant From King George in
Morton and Grove Streets
MAY Become Artists Col
ony; Other Homes Sold

Popo 6: Bro. sold for the Trinity
Corporation to the Alcntaur Rcalt !
Company SO and 6l Morton Street, two
four-story dwellings, 25xl00. Also 9, a
6, and 10 Grove Street, five three
story and basement dwellings, 22x75
each, together with l, 2, 8, d, 5 and c
in tho rear, which is known as Grove
Court. They are six three-story and
basement dwellings about 20x40 each
The property is part of plot which
was granted by King George to the
Trinity Corporation. 1t is announced
that the new owning company will offer
the property for resale for an artists
colony.
Other West Side Sales
James II. Cruikshank purchased from
Margaret Gordon AZ West Ninetieth
STREET, 20X100, a four-story dwelling.
The Houghton Company has resold
for Robert Beck the four-story dwe.l-
ing 255 West 73d Street, 18x102.2 be
tween Broadway and West End Ave.
nue., purchased recently through the
same brokers.
Porter G. Co sold for the estate OF
Horace L. Ingersoll t. Peter Dahl, the
three-story dwelling "25 West 129tf
Street.
Stanley Wolfson resold for Harr.
Bowman 10 West SSth Street, three
story dwelling, 16x100.
Mrs. James Virgins sold through
Pease e. Gilman 32l Seventy-s sixth
Street, four-story dwelling, 22x1OO
The estate of Joseph Waddcl sole
the three-story dwelling, 22x99.11, a
244 West 13Sth Street.
Ida Ide sold to Philip Cohen, Cd Eas
1o9th Street, four-story dwelling, L
x100l1.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Active Trading @
In Flats on
The East Side
Apartment in Seventy-sixth
Street Is Purchased by
Its Tenants on the Co.
operative Ownership Plan
Sale in Cramercy Park
House in 10Th Street, Occu-
pied by Artists and Writ
ers, Bought by Syndicate

Tho Lownsbery- Gage Compare sold
to corporation of tenants and others
the seven-s story elevator apartment, COX
100, at 55 and 81 East Seventy-sixth
Street. The same company also sold
to syndicate the seven-story studio
apartment building at 1872 East Nine
teenth Street in the Gramercy Park
section, 31xlV0. This Duliding numbers
among its tenants many well known
artists and writer's. The purchasers
plan to sell the apartments on the CO.
operative plan.
The Lownsbery Gage Company also
announces that it has purchased in the
Washington Square section five build
ings which it will remodel into single
and duplex apartments, to be sold on
cooperative plan. 1t is the intention of
the buying company to remove back
yard fences, substitute rear gardens,
and provide Il central management,
steam heat and janitor service.
Norman Henderson sold the four
story fiat, 25.2x75, at 353 East Eighty
sixth Street, northwest corner of First
Avenue.
The Haggstrom Callen Company sold
for Joseph NJ Mackey the fve-story
apartment, 20.5x100 at 2422 Second
Avenue, adjoining the corner of 124th
Street.
The Nineteenth Ward Realty Com
pany purchased through D. Geissler
from Philip Lieberman, 620 East Fifth
Street, five-story fiat, 24.9x97.6.
John Peters sold for Michael Levy to
Isidor Pesaty, 419 East Fifteenth
Street, siX-story apartment with
stores, 25x103.3.
Sales on West Side
The Lebertan Corporation sold to
Thomas Thedford- the three apartment
houses, l West 101st Street, Ala and
4l5 Central Park West, corner Central
Park West and 101st Street, 100x111.
The properties have been sold subject
to three first mortgages aggregatng
S183000 at per cent for five years,
held by the New York Life Insurance
and Trust Company. The sellers ac-
cepted as part payment three free
and clear country places at Deal Beach
and Allenhurst, N. j. c. Milton Shu-
bert was the broker
SPOTS & Starr sold for Amelia Lem
bert, 1872 West Fifteenth Street, five
story apartment, 25xl03, to Patrick
DAILY.
Frank Ricco is the buyer Of the two
fve-story fats at $40 and 312 West
10th Street, sold recently by Kehoe &
Canero for the estate of Jacob Doll.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Court Allows Sale
Of Temple Israel
Seventh Day Adventists to Take
Over Edifice on Lenox
Ayenue Corner

Supreme Court Justice John M.
Tierney, upon application of the
Temple Israel of Harlem, has granted
an order permitting that congrega-
tion to sell its place of worship and
the site upon which it stands at the
northwest corner of Lenox Avenue and
12Oth Street to the Greater New York
Corporation of Seventh Day Adven-
fists. The price to be paid is $780,
$50, Of which s191 $50 is in cash.
The Temple Israel site is almost a
perfect square, being 100 feet in length
on l2Oth Street and 100 feet and eleven
inches on Lenox Avenue. Hays,
Hershfeld & Wolf, attorneys for the
temple, set forth that the changing
conditions in the neighborhood of the
temple make it impossible for the
congregation to maintain itself on the
present site. The Temple Israel is
what is known as reformed syna-
gogue. The Jewish population moving
into the neighborhood is almost entire
ly orthodox
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Home Buyers Get Three
Houses i'm Montclair

F. NJ. Crawlev 6, Bros. sold for the
Lantra Realty Company. Jerome Trav-
ers, president, the three residences on
the east side of Irving Street, near
Lincoln Street, Montclair, n. J -35 Irv-
ing Street, Colonial house, to Albert
F. Rice, Of Louisville, Ky; 33 Irving
Street to Wolcott c. Crane, of Mont
clair, and 81 Irving Street to Dr. Har-
old A. Foster Of Montclair. The prop
critics have a frontage of 165 feet and
were held at s33 500
Ernest c. Hinck, one of Montclair's
town commissioners, is to erect soon
fifteen houses on Laurel Place and Dur
yea Road. in the Glen Ridge ami Upper
Montclair sections. The houses will
contain from eight to ten rooms each.
The total cost is estimated at s16oo0O
The Payson Mel. Merrill Company
leased for Mrs. Winthrop D. Smith TO
Charles r. Page her property of two
and one.haif acres, with a large dwell
ing and outbuildings, on Wildwood
Avenue: Llewellyn Park, West Or
angc, y. J.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

enth Avenue south of Fourteenth
Street are now being made into Offices
for general business.
Dwellers in old Chelsea are finding
it impossible to compete with furriers
The big warehouse on Broadway, Fifty
first and Seventh Avenue, storage
building for many years, is to be
turned into an office structure. A COM
pany took the property over last week
for period of years at q rental which
will total $3,000,000. The rent it will
get for the Offices which are to be built
in the warehouse floors will return this
money and q lot more in addition.
The passing of the Knickerbocke
the Manhattan, Sherrys, the Holland
House, Hotel Darlington and the St
Denis means the disappearance of
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

400 lots, each Of which will be sold
at auction and at the price the bidding
public is willing to pay. No upset
value has been placed on the lots
The trustees of the foundation have
instructed J. Clarence Davies and
Joseph p. Day, who are handling the
auction for them, that the publc's
price is their price, but it is their
hope that the public will not try to
take advantage of the situation sur
rounding the offering to get the prop
erty at prices that would be unreason-
able.
The auction will be held in the Hotel
Astor starting at II O'Clock Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday. The lots
are ideal Tor home development, beng
1875 feet above the level of the sea,
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

which is a healthy feature. Then, too
Bronxwood Park, an attractive green
spot IN the Bronx, is nearby and the
avenues through the property are
broad and highways of the first order
in Importance.
Bos1on Post Road is 100 feet wide
and runs northeast through the prop
crty to Pelham, New Rochelle and all
points along the Long Island Sound. 1t
is legally opened, graded, curbed and
Tagged and the assessments have been
paid
Gun Hill Road, 100 feet wide, is the
great east-and-west thoroughfare for
this section of the Bronx. 1t starts at
Van Cortlandt Park and runs to Pei
ham Bay Park. This avenue is also
legally opened. graded, curbed and
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

fine structures from the residential
TO the trade group.
With the exception of the hotels
which have been taken for private
occupancy it will be found that the
decision to change has been based
largely on the great undeveloped value
in the lobby and street level space
Above that floor the advantage in
favor of trade occupancy is negligible
when everything is considered Esti-
mated on the gross basis, the utiliza-
ton of every foot Of space in the
Knckerb ecker, the Holland House, and
the Darlington Will return more ii oc-
cupied by traders than by transient
dwellers. But if these figures are re-
duced to net results the immediate ad-
vantage of changing from hotel tc
business does not lie in the financial
return to be obtained from the upper
part of the structure.
Owners Of a Broadway hotel have
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

tagged and all assessments paid
Sewer is now under construction.
Laconia Avenue 100 feet wide runs
practically from Pelham Parkway to
the city line, and Yates Avenue. be-
tween the Boston Post Road and Gun
Hill Road, is partly business and partly
residential property. The balance Of
the streets are restricted to private
residential purposes, with the exccp-
tion of portion of Bouck, Yates ana
Laconla avenues.
The lots viii be sold free and clear
of all membranes except certain re-
strlctions, attention to Which will be
called at ihe time of the sale The
property does not need to wait for
rapid transit. 1t is located 1900 feet
east from the Gun Hill Road station
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

The Knickerbocker Hotel ceased a.
q hotel two weeks ago. When the
night had passed and the crowd had
gone the shades were drawn and the
doors closed on an institution whose
passing was accepted by a lot Of Man
haitian dwellers with a feeling of ap-
prehension. The obliteration of this
public home, as it may be called. marks
the ascendency Of business in the cen
ter Of the best hotel district in the
city, also the development of an un.
compromising rival of residential occu-
pancy south Of Fifty-ninth Street.
Rooted as it is, it will expand; in fact
it has expanded ever since the an
nouncement of the end of the Knick-
ea and sU %est e Of n0fq the anf s s9a
Street district. There could not be a
more convincing fulfllment of the Of
repeated prophecy that this little
island would in no far distant time
be a great workshop as far up as
Fifty-ninth Street and even farther.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

do this for humanity have been
sufficient to carry through the work.
But with high prices the rule rather
than the exception and the trustees
Of the foundation desiring to expand,
that the comforts Of the institution
might be given to all who need them,
it was decided to offer for auction
the big tract Of land in the vicinity of
Boston Road. Gun Hill Road and 2O4th
- :iI,A S.rect, left to the institution
by Captain Burke to secure the funds
desired
The tract has been subdivided into
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
In another few months the Knicker-
hncker will he rannonnA as tho homo Of

In another few months the Knicker-
booker will be reopened as the home Of
traders. The fate of the Manhattan
Hotel at the northeast corner of Mad
lson Avenue and Forty second Street,
near the east end Of the Forty second
Street hotel district. has been decided.
The occupancy Of a floor in the hotel
by the Transportation Club, which has
stood in the way of the passing of the
structure from home 10 an office
building to be occupied in part if not
entirely by the National City Company,
a subsidiary of the National City Bank,
was adjusted last week by permitting
the club to remain.
The Hotel Buckingham, on Fifth
Avenue across Fifty-hrst Street from
St. Patrick's Cathedral, and extending
through the block to Fftieth Street,
one of New York's glorious old hos
telries, is to be removed to make way
for the big store building which Saks
G. Co. plan to erect on the site.
Builders are still eradicating the
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

struction Of homes-dwellings, apart
ment houses and hotels. Some folks
are urging restrictions similar to those
which were in operation during the
war, giving preference to home con-
struction until there are sufficient
housings to relieve the situation.
Reasons for this destruction Of
homes are many and sufficient as
Judged by the hintlike principles of
modern business. The dollar is the
mark of merit, it is the stamp which
brings approval irrespective of the
sentimental or moral effect that may
follow The buildings which are to be
taken out of the group of homes and
made into business premises for pri-
vate or general commercial occupancy
have been weighed we'll, and the men
or the interests who have studied the
advantages of hotel or trade building
seem to be satisfied that conditions
and time warrant the removal of these
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Trade Is Claiming Space in Many Local
tiles South of 59th Street Now Used
for Residential Purposes; Knicker-
booker, Sherry's, Buckingham
and Holland III ouse Have AL
ready Yielded d to Business

things that were Sherry's from the
well-known building at the southwest
corner of Fifth Avenue and Forty
fourth Street for the use and occu
pancy Of the Guaranty Trust Com
pany.
The die has been set for the old St.
Denis on Broadway opposite Grace
Church, and the eleven-story Hotel
Darlington, at 40 to 55 West Twenty
seventh Street The latter hotel was
commandeered so to speak. early in
the war by the army authorities to
house soldiers while awaiting ship
ment abroad. The hotel is entitled to
a place in the history of the war be-
cause Of its close association with this
colossal undertaking, the movement of
a great army across the seas. The
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
G l&nkes Land in the %
To Be Be Establish

The real estate holdings Of CAPTAIN
John II. Burke, sailor and shipmaster
one Of the intrepid men who carried
The flag into every sea many wears ago
are 20 be parce.led off in lots Of 25
90, 100 feet and more this week. The
Land IS the property of the Burke
Kehet Foundation, established by the
Ola teaman in memory of mis- mother,
Tor the comfort Of humanity which had
not shared any 200 much the goods Of
the world and needed succor. The
funds and securities left by Captain
Burke to the men he had selected to
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

passing of other old English and French
The romance of home in Normandy,
Flanders and Picardy. the beauty spots
and Fairgrounds of France. the staee
of the greatest events in the history Of
The world: in Ire and and in Bucks and
Kent in England viii appeal strongly
TO Americans who VIII be happy Of the
opportunity of nesting in the old
homes Of the ancient lands.
And 1t present exchange rates Ame,i-
can buyers are picking up wonderful
bargains.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
East Broadway Buildings
For Hebrew Seminary

Nathan Lamport, of the board of d.
rectors of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary, Oil Montgom-
cry Street, announces the purchase of
the buildings at 301-303 East Broad
way.
The present building will be given
over exclusively to the seniors and
library, besides dormitores for the
out town students.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Real Estate Is
Gro,uiy,g ssCLossy''

Revolution is now noticed in the
regular order of things in the real
estate auction market. 1t used to be
that the Vesey Street Exchange WAS
the scene Of every big sale Of prop
erty;now the bathrooms OF the big ho.
tolls are being used as auction rooms.
This week the bathrooms Of the Ho-
tel Astor viii be used for the sec
ond time since spring for the sale
of real estate. The Astor gallelS
in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was
introduced to real estate auction
sale last week.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Building Sites in White Plains
Highlands at Auction Prices

Chauncey r. Grition & Co. viii sell
by auction 1873 choice building plots
in the Greenridge Avenue residential
section of White Plains.
The plots to be sold are ready for
Improvement, for sewers, gas and
sold separately, without reserve, on
the PREMISES
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Marie 4. Con1cr Parts With
At!raciiXn MouscIair Estate

Frank Hughes Taylor Co. sold for
Miss Marie A. Common 20 Mrs. Fanny
Maxwell Doyle the property at So
Highland Avenue, Montclair. \. j. The
residence is constructed of shingle,
stucco and half timber and contains
thirteen rooms, three baths, breakfast
and sleeping porchcs. The grounds
comprise q frontage Of 100 feet, with
a depth Of 1S5 feet, with extensive rose
and flower gardens. The property was
valued at $40 600
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

hotel has been made over for use as
showrooms for manufacturers.
The widely known Holland House, for
years the stopping place of folks of
the highest character, is BEING pre-
pared for the reception of concerns
seeking showrooms in the new textile
district which is forming in that part
of Fifth Avenue. Tenements in Sew
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

5000 homes, as each room or suite was
in every sense a home, especially since
the shortage Of homes became acute.
Many families have taken to living in
hotels because they cannot get accom-
modations.
The Mayors Committee on Housing
and every one who has stigated
housing conditions is urging the CON
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Buying in Westcl,ester

Burke Stone, Inc, sold five lots in
the Bryn Mawr Park section of Yon-
kers to Morris Molivatta of this city;
the residence under construction for
George B. Bergkamp, of this ely, to
Mr.. Seymour Soule, of this city. and a
residence of A. L. Philips, at Larch-
mont, to j. S. Sudberg, of Englewood,
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Buyer Cf West Side Flat

Charles Wynne. as president of the
225 Central Park West Corporation,
was associated with Louis H. Low,
treasurer. in the purchase of the twelve
story apartment $40 West Eighty sixth
Street from the Terra Realty Com
pany, announced recently.