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The New York herald., 1921-12-14
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

To review the developments In single
district of the greater city for the brief
period of year is a stupendous task if
one were to judge from the response
which the real estate editor gets when
he asks real estate men to contribute
retrospective articles for his annual
number. Yet Harry Hall, vice-president
of William A. White & Sons. has under
taken to review the growth of the entire
city for the, last hundred years in a
lecture at the West Side Branch of the
Y. NJ. c. A. on January 10. Well, it's
big bill. but we know of no one who
could approach. the subject more pic
turesquely than Mr.. Hall. and we want
him to know we're going to be in the
audience,
Speaking of buyers at auction. as
Irwin S. Cobb might say by way OF pref
ace, there never was a more remarkable
frequenter of the Vesey street salesroom
than the late Jim Donovan, who was a
man of heart as well as acumen. When
a poor widow was being foreclosed Jim
would face the auctioneer and run the
bids up SO that some equity might be
left for the unfortunate owner.
Il. T. Barnums s famous what tS IT."
never had anything on the tenant land
lord legislation as basis for guesswork
writes Lewis. Phillips of the firm OF L.
j. Phillips & Co.
William r. Russell has been made
manager of the Industrial bureau of the
busy Queensborough Chamber of Com
merce. A tour through the bustling fac
tory section of Long Island City will
convince any one that Mr.. Russell will
never be an applicant for membership
in the Three Hours for Luncheo Club
through which certain insidious news
paper columnist Is endeavoring to break
down the business morale of a strenuous
city.
George S. RunlS has placed the follow
ing loans $4,000 on 1927 Second ave-
nue.. $4,000 each on $50 and 352 West
Thirty-frst street.
J. X. Moors has been appointed agent
of 3f2 and 346 West Forty-ninth street
for b. T. & c. Won Claim.
Edwards, Dowdney C Rchart have
placed loans of s41,500 on 522 West 122d
street. s41, 800 on 526 West 122d street
and $40 900 on $40 West 1920 street.
Discussion Of tho invasion by the
negro population below 125th street will
be continued by the Harlem Property
Owners Association at the next meeting,
Thursday evening, December Is.
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ESTATES APPRAISED.

WILLIAM n. DAY. died May 90. 1920 Total
estate, sb5i ,124; net. s530,5il. Tho estate
is divided among eleven bcneficiaries.
MARY ". BYRON died December ~, 1920,
n resident of New Jersey, leaving a net
estate OF S57 $780, with 81 ,o25 taxable In
New York. Her son. Arthur w. Byron, is
given the whole estate.
EDITH FAIRCHILD. died November 81,
1920, resident OF France, leaving n net
New York. Her. husband. Blair FairchIld,
10 given the whole estate.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
SALES AT AUCTION SALES AT AUCTION
By E CONANT & CO Auctioneers
OFFICE LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS
APART FROM THE USUAL
SALES AT AUCTION.

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The New York herald., 1921-12-14
MAY IMPROVE PLOT
OF BAR ASSOCIATION
Holding Company Contem-
plates improvements on
44th St.-Other Deals.

IL was learned yesterday that plans
are under way to put up new buildings
on the property of the Association OF
the Bar of the City OF New York at
40 West Forty-fourth street. A group
OF members of the association has
formed a syndicate at Albany called the
Forty-fourth Street Corporation to take
title to the property. The law firm of
Beekman, Menken & Griscom represents
the new company. Mr.. Beekman ex-
planned yesterday that there are plans
under consideration for the improvement
of the property. The new company has
nominal capital of $500 and the in
corporators are Alfred Jaretzi, William
Byrd. Bronson Winthrop. Archibald G..
Thacher and Charles x. Beekman.
The Bar Associations holdings in
ciude the main building at 3S-42 West
Forty-fourth street and 43-45 West
Forty-third street, a four story building
on the former plot and a two story struc-
ture in the rear. The association also
owns the adjoining property at 37-4l
West Forty-third street, three and four
story buildings. The combined properties
occupy a site S5.6 feet on Forty-fourth
street and 120 feet on Forty-third street.
The property Is assessed at $1,065,000.
OF which $775.000 represents the value
of the main building. The property Is
opposite the Harvard, the City and New
York Yacht clubs.
YorkvilIe Flat Sold.
William A. White G. Sons have sold
four story tenement. 20x90, at 1243
Third avenue, adjoining the corner of
Seventy-second street. 1t was held at
$4,000 and was sold in an all cash
transaction.
Big Flat for Old Princeton Site.
According to plans now being de-
veloped by Douglas j.. Gilman & Co.
the property owned by the Princeton
Club at the northeast corner of Park
avenue and Fifty-eghth street, which
has just been sold to syndicate, will be
improved with $1,0OO,00o apartment
house to be owned comparatively by the
tenants. The property fronts 1876 feet on
Park avenue and 90 feet on Fifty-eighth
street, and is valued at about 100000.
Sales Revealed in Transfers.
Charles Cartel purchased two four
story tenements, with stores, so. AKA, at
1S91-1S93 Third avenue.
Bernhard Mayer sold to Mary Bayer
a six story store tenement. 26.8x70x ir-
regular, at 24S East Third street.
Mary e. Schliermacher sold to Char
ney Wasserman six story fiat, 2S.6x
1o0.11, for $4,000, at II West 115th
street
Frances l.. Quackenbush sold to the
Manert Realty Company three three
story dwellings, 50x100.S, at 223-227
East Eghty-sixth street.
Jersey Parcel Given I'm Flat Trade.
In part payment for the Plymouth
apartments. at the. northeast corner Of
Fort Washington avenue and 160th
street. reported sold last Saturday by
the Benenson Realty Company, the
buyer, Charles Flaun, gave fourteen
room residence on 21a acres at Hillside.
n. J. Henry j. Kantrowitz was the
broker
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
IN THE AUCTION ROOM.
"a vEsEY sTREET.)
u. rnnn..l. u na

BY Joseph p. Day.
e 9TH ST. 300, 9, Al o Lewis at, 2is story
building. 24xa6 Metropolitan Savings
Bank versus Henry Keim ct all s &
w Hutchins, attys; amount due, S496S. G3
taxes, &C, s312.74; to the plaintiff for
81, 900.
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An advertisement IN ths Lost and
Found columns Of THE NEW YORK
HERALD offers a real possibility Of
recovering your lost property.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
YorkvilIe Flat Sold.

William A. White e. Sons have sold
four story tenement, 20x90. at 1243
Third avenue, adjoining the corner of
Seventy-second street. 1t was held at
$4,000 and was sold in an all cash
transaction.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14

Discussion OF tho invasion by the
negro population below 125th street viii
be continued by the Harlem Property
Owners Association at the next meeting,
Thursday evening, December Is.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14

Edwards, Dowdney e Rchart have
placed loans OF s41.50O on 522 West 122d
street. s41, 800 on 526 West 1921 street
and $40 900 on $40 West 1920 street.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03

openly admitted the original appro-
prlation OF 100000,000 marks was sup
plemented again and again until In
10 years, more than half Of Posen had
been bought for German colonists.
Still the Poles predominated. More
kept coming from Poland and opposi-
tiOn 10 the German program was inten-
Sfied as the measures became har-
sher.
Even Germany was scandalized
when, i'm 1902, il was brought to light
in the Prussian parliament that pu-
pills had been whipped by the whole
sale for declining to say the Lords
Prayer In German. But the opposi-
tion of the grownups did not cause
the worldwide interest aroused by
the school children's strike i'm 1906
when about 100000 Polish pupils took
that means of protesting against be-
ing beaten when they would not an
swer questions i'm German. The Prus-
sian government refused to accede TO
the request Of the archbishop of Posen
that children be permitted 70 receive
religious instruction in Polish. Par
ents who Withdrew them from school
were imprisoned.
Efforts to absorb or crowd out the
Poles by German colonization hav-
ing failed, measure was passed for
the appropriation of Polish land.
Further laws were enacted compel
ling wider use of the German Ian
guage. Then came the Kattowitz in
cident i'm 1910. browning series of
petty prosecutions which bordered on
the absurd, wherein number of minor
officials who had voted for Poles at a
municipal election were removed from
office.
Posen is smaller. territorially, than
Maryland. but had half n million more
population i'm 1910. About a million
Poles-more than half the total popu-
lation i'm Posen-were established
there before the World war. Posen
has mineral deposits Of Ignite and
salt. Much of it's land was titled. Its
manufactured products, besides those
of it's breweries and distilleries, were
sugar cloth, tobacco. bricks and ma
chinery.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03

onIal type shown in this picture. Al
ways appealing, never failing in its
popularity, although 1t Is one of the
oldest types of architectural styles In
the country, It has homelike atmos-
phere that cannot be excelled. Com
bined with Its quaintness is the mod
ern touch of the building science.
There Is something about this hos
pitable home that is most inviting.
Perhaps It is the quaint green shut
tiers on the windows, the open front
porch set on level with the ground,
the low rambling appearance, the un-
usual chimneys.
This home is designed for family
with plenty Of children. There will be
no crowding, for there are ten rooms
in all, six Of which are bedrooms and
a large nursery for the smaller kid
dies"
The front door leads into small
reception hail. Another door opening
from the porch leads into the large liv-
ing room, so essential in the colonial
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03

living room, but is ample for the needs
of the family. 1t opens at the far end
into hall which gives access to an
other small bedroom and to the stairs
leading to the cellar. and TO the floor
above. At the right end, which forms
sort of wing TO the main building,
is the large kitchen which is necessary
in farm homes where many must be
fed. OF one corner is handy lava
tory. In corner adjacent to the pan
try and kitchen dumb-waiter has
been installed, which makes the carry
ing of food and other supplies from
the storage cellar TO the Kitchen Il very
easy task and lightens much of the
work which falls on the shoulders of
the housewife. Too many of these la
bor-saving conveniences cannot be in
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03
DIGGING INTO HISTORY
WITH PICK AND
SHOVEL.

Recent deciphering of clay tablet
which may add thousand years TO
the span of recorded history-for II
contains code of laws said to ante
date that of Hammurabi 10y "A mil
lennium-ls another reminder that
archeologists are finding stranger true
stories than fiction can reveal. The
pick and the spade Of the explorer
have resulted in astounding revela-
tons. says communication TO the
National Geographic society from Al
bert 4. Clay, who has deciphered some
Of the most famous of the documents.
"Above all else. one of the great
est surprises is that the earliest PEG
pies, instead of being barbarous or
uncultured were civilized and pos
sessed culture of high order,
writes Doctor Clay.
Several ancient Libraries and i'm
mense archives have been found
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03

posure on two sides. The corner bed
rooms are large, % by IL feet g inches
and IA feet g inches square, and can be
used as sewing room or library II
the occasion demands.
1t goes almost without saying that
this is q most distinctive farm home
and one that will insure large amount
of comfort and satisfaction to the
farmer, his wife and especially his chill
dren. The girls and boys have real
home in which to entertain their
friends. There is electric light, run
ming water, modern lavatories and
bathroom. A modern heating plant In
the cellar keeps the home comfortable
all year round. IL more homes like
this were built on American farms, and
they can be, for they are not very eX-
pensive, there would be less worry
over farm help and less hue and cry
about keeping the children on the
farm. Human nature is alike the
world over. in that IL Graves comfort,
convenience and attractive surrounds
ings. That is the basis of all honest
ambition.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03
POSEN, THE EXPERIMENT
STATION FOR "KULTUR"

The province of PoSen, formerly
part of Germany's eastern Prussia.
and one of the most important frag-
ments of old Poland, which has been
Incorporated in the new war-born Po-
land, was the unhappy experiment
station for some of Prussia's most Wig
orous and futile efforts to Germanize
an alien population.
Until the northern portion Of Posen
fell to Prussia, after the first par
tition of Poland in 1872, and the re-
mainder was annexed to Prussia y
years later, Posen's history was blend
ed with that OF Poland. In connection
with the first partition, 1t will be re-
called that Frederick the Great adopt
ed the ingenious scheme of surround
ing those parts of Poland he desired
with a military force, on the pretext
that he was seeking to check the
spread Of cattle disease.
After being banded for a brief pc
rIod. Posen fell to Prussia again In
1915, and for more than half a cen
fury Germany paid little heed 10 1t.
After the division OF the vast estates
and other economic changes, Polish
middle classes in Posen began TO pros
per, whereupon, toward the last quar-
ter of the nineteenth century, Prussia
began to take notice Of its provincial
"Topsy." Germans had been lmmi-
grating there since the thirteenth cen
fury and the newcomers, at first were
welcomed. Severance of Posen from
Poland changed that feeling though
open friction was not generated until
Prussia began her repressive meas
ures.
Polish mobiles had kept alive Po-
lish traditions, but Prussia was more
alarmed by the prosperity Of the Poles
than by what. today, might be called
the mobiles propaganda. So she set
about Germanizing Posen, both by col
onization and by compulsion, much as
she attempted TO do TO the French in
AIsace.
Prussia's first move was to make
German the language of the schools.
Police were ordered to dispense meet
ings where Polish was spoken.
After 10 years that program failed
TO make much Of n Prussian impress
sion upon Posen, SO commission was
set up. In 1884, to buy land from
the Poles for German settlement. Be
fore the failure Of this policy was
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03

stalled in the farm home. because the
amount of work to be done is always
considerable.
Upstairs are the sleeping quarters
Here the floor plans call for four bed
rooms of various sizes, bathroom and
"A splendid nursery in the far wing over
the kitchen. The dumb-waiter is eX-
tended to this room, so that in case Of
illness the prepared meals can be car
ried direct 10 the sick room. In addl-
ton to the dumb-waiter there is an in
valid lift in the side hall.
All of the bedrooms have good light
ing facilities. most of them having eN-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03
The TIL
the O
By REV. +
Director of Miss
Moody Bible Inst
ScSScSssSSSSSc,Scc

TEXT.-The grace of ln~ ORD jesus
Christ, and the love of God. and the com
munion OF the Holy Spirit be with YOU
all.-lI Cor. 1874.
In the familiar words of the apos-
tolic benedlction. so called, without
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03
FARM HOUSE Of
COLONIAL DESIGN
House That viii Make Children
Contented and Happy.
HAS lkBOR-SAVING FEATURES
Contains Nine Large, Comfortable
Rooms, Six Of Which Are Bed
rooms-Has All Convent
ences of a City Home.
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRp.

Mr.; William A. Radtord will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
paper On account OF his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer he
Is, without doubt. the highest authority
TO William A. Radford No. 1927 Prairie
avenue. Chicago I'll and only enclose
two-cent stamp FOR reply.
Il am going TO make home life so
attractive or this farm that my boys
won't care TO go to the city for ex-
element and variety when they grow
UP to manhood" remarked the farmer
i'm his talk 10 the contractor. THAT
is one reason why | am planning n
modern home with every convenience
known 10 the building art"
What he had i'm mind was a home
like the one illustrated here with floor
plans. He had learned the lesson from
the experience of many of his neigh
bors and he was determined to profit
by their mistakes. Alert and progress
sive he had very soon recognized the
vital fact that to keep the children
on the farm cOntented-a happy home
life and freedom from the drudgery
which has so often driven the boys to
the larger cities just when the father
had planned to turn over the reins to
them was essential.
The first important step in his pro-
gram was the farm home. This he
decided was TO be so attractive as to
arouse the envy of city visitors He
could not have picked "A prettier and
more charming design than the col
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03
TABRIZ: PERSIA'S CAPITAL
CITY

Tabriz, capital of Persia, from
which diplomatic representatives, re-
Gently fed at the approach of Boil
shevik forces, is one of the most i'm
portant cities In Persia. Its popula-
ton IS about 100000. Teheran, the
capital, is the only place IN the do
minions of the shah which exceeds it
in size.
1t is beautifully situated IN a wide
valley on the River Ali, which flows
into the salt lake Of Urumiah 80 miles
TO the west. Although apparently sur
rounded by mountains Tabriz has an
elevation OF more than 1000 feet and
the climate IN winter is extremely
severe.
Hundreds Of springs and fountains
water thousands Of beautiful gardens
in this ancient city which for CEN
turtles has enjoyed deserved repu-
tation as a health resort. Indeed, ira
dition says that the place was found
ed by Zobeideh. the wife of Harun-al-
Rashid, hero OF the Arabian Nights"
According TO this legend, Zobeideh
came mere 10 TeCupeTdic iIOHn leNtI
in the year 791. and a cure was quick
ly effected. thanks to the salubrious
climate, hence the name Tab (fever)
riz (pourer away, or "fever destroy
ing" As matter OF cold history,
however, Tabriz was in existence four
centuries before the birth OF the beau
tiful Zobeideh.
Up to the time of the completion
OF a railway through the Caucasus
and the Improvement of transporta-
ton facilities on the Caspian sea,
Tabriz was the emporium Of Persian
trade with the West. Now, however.
most OF it's trade has been diverted
10 Astara. on the Caspian, $50 miles
10 the east. and TO Resht, 200 miles
90 the southeast.
or the three hundred mosques Of
which the city boasts only one de-
serves special mention. II Is the IA
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03

Years ago the library Of Ashurbanipal
(66S-626 Il. c. was discovered at
Nineveh. In more recent years tenn
pie and school libraries have been
found at Nippur, Sippar, Larsa, Baby
lon, and Erech. The Libraries of the
first three sites belong chiefly to the
third millennium B. c.; those of the
last two belong to later periods.
"But especially large archives Of
these documents, numbering several
hundred thousand and belonging to
the third and fourth millenniums b.
c.. have been found at Tello, Nippur,
Drehem, Jokha, and recently at Ur
"The Code of Hammurabi, written
about 2000 b. c., upon a large and
somewhat irregular STEELE, Is perhaps
the most important monument of an
tiquity of a high order. In codifying
his laws. Hammurabi arranged them
In a definite and logical order, based
upon accepted judicial decisions. In
no better way is II possible TO become
acquainted with the everyday life Of
the ancient Babylonian than by care
full study of the Hammurabi Code"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03
FIGURE LARGELY IN HISTORY
Animals and Reptiles That Have Been
Held in High Reverence for
Various Reasons.

Perhaps no animal eyer butted its
way into the literature Of childhood
so successfully as did Mary's little
lamb and today no animal gets as
much petting and fantastic reverence
bestowed upon it as does the white ele-
plant of Siam, and the elephant In
America has it's following. In Siam the
worshipers believe that the soul of a
dead person, perhaps Of Buddha. may
be lodged i'm the white elephant. Con-
sequently he Is baptized, dined and
wined. and mourned at ais death.
The snake figures as much in his
tory as a pet as perhaps any other rep
tile or animal. The sinuousness OF its
body made possible by the hundreds
of vertebrate i'm its backbone, and the
never-winking eyes have given II a
fascination conducive to a belief that
some sort of occult l,ower is embodied
In II. The ancient incas made I'm the
rocks Of their temples, even in the
Temple Of the Sun. small holes leading
TO circular Enclosures for the snakes to
nest therein. IL has been surmised that
the priests probably kept In the tenn
pies a few tame snakes in order to use
them in prophesylng. One snake al
ways gets prominent place In the
histories of Egypt and Rome-the asp
which Cleopatra used to end her life
because Octavips Caesar scorned hcr
charms.-Nationa Geographic Society
n,xlIoffn
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03

type of home. and an ideal lounglng
and resting place for the family after
the work OF the day. This living room
is % by II feet O inches, with large
open brick fireplace built In the side.
II extends the full depth of the house,
thus providing for excellent lighting
from front and rear as well as the side
on which the fireplace is located. At
the far end a door leads TO small
bedroom, feet 9 inches by IL feet,
very convenient for the men who have
to arise early
The reception hall also opens into
the dining room on the opposite side.
This room Is not quite as large as the