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New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Chimney Corner Constant
Joy and Comfort !
Planned and Built Properly; Otherwise 1t Will BE
Heart Scald' Local Mason Should Not Be Intr,lst
ed With Construction of This Feature of Home

| fort and later much Of beauty and
charm. r,st
The earliest freplaces were built of
stone and mud. Under the. Norman
influence, the fireplace developed in
stone, and since the Norman period,
we find the continuous use Of brick or
tile in some form for Innings.
Factor in English Homes
In connection with the. later Gothic
or Tudor fireplace elaborate chimneys
were introduced, which became very
important feature, in the early Eng
lish' houses. Slabs of stone were com
monty used to span the openings for
lintels, but sometimes beams of oak
were used, especially in districts
where stone was not easily obtainable,
and oftentimes these were elaborate
ly carved, as were the lintels of stone
and marble. asse
The early freplaces naturally had
an important part to play in the So
cial life of the people. AS it was the
warmest and brightest place, in the
house, it became the center of all So
cial gatherings. Councils, of impor-
tance were held around the fire., and
we, are told that in religious houses
the scourge was hung on the chimney
hood and culprits were tied to the
doubtedly, to the fact that it was the
most conspicuous place in the room.
To-day, as we know, it holds an
equally important place. Besides of
sentiment or because of practical con
siderations it is an integral part of
the house, as we visualize it. Let us
make sure that it is built in such q
manner that it will not be q constant
"thorn in the flesh"
Not for Local Mason to Build
1t matters very little if it be built
in the plainest fashion of whatever
materials, or if it be faced with the
costliest marble, if it smokes and re-
fuses to perform the functions of
fireplace it is an unmitigated nuisance
and usually makes the owner "see red"
The experienced architect will de-
regard to the laws governing size of
and back. e,.~a
Do not leave it to the locai- mason
to design Make sure it is right be-
fore it is started and be sure it, gets
intelligent supervision while being,
built.
The manufacturers of patented
throats and hampers can give you much
interesting and useful information,
backed by years Of experience with
just such problems as yours.
Keep these thoughts and suggestions
in mind when building. your house, and
your chimney corner" will be con-
slant JOY and comfort; other wise it
may easily be the most unpopular
place in the house when the hearth
fire is lighted. 7'4..
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Simplicity Is
Feature of This
Weeks Dwellings
Home Without Fads Is What
Architect Said About the
No. s Hous eShown Above
With Feeling of the West
BY William J. Cherry
Architect

There are so many architectural
things that can be said about this
weeks house that it is difficult to
know where to start. In the first place,
nothing but the surest kind of trained
feeling could have invented that fenes-
tratlon, which means window choosing
and placing Rearrange them and you
have spoiled it. Not even the sizes can
be altered. Architecture can express
itself quite as distinctly in a honey
nome as in a pantheon or state capitol.
Indeed, it is some question which re-
qulres the greater idealism and skill.
Inside this home things are plain
but most usable. No servant is neces-
and studied conveniences. There is
room for servant, however. The liv-
ing room has fireplace and a seat with
an oriol window over it. Four windows
in wide row are feature and there
are two more besides ready for the
hot days of summer.
The dining room squares itself
enough to set off even modest furniture
and has five windows in two groups.
There is a straight line pantry, mean
ing no additional steps from the
kitchen, and is, therefore, allowable in
the servantless house.
tHe kltcneH mas range, SINK, cases
and dresser, also the laundry tubs.
which serve as an additional table. In
the entry is the refrigerator and also
the stirway to the cellar. Iceman, gro
Gerry man, coalman do not enter the
kitchen.
The stairway to upstairs-a direct
passage from the kitchen also connects
is from the front hall, where q large
coat closet is provided. Nobody ever
builds second house without a place
for coats near the front door.
Upstairs are three bedrooms. two
large and one-well, if not large, it is
well laid out and thus has as much
available floor space as many cham
bers twice its floor area. The bath is
on this floor, convenient to all three
bedrooms: The main hall is compact.
but, being square, appears roomy
which it really is as we'll.
The masters chamber in front is
notable for its size and for an alcove
window feature with seat Five closets
solve great problem of their own on
this floor and will never want for
job.
@ Low Cost Big Feature
Best of all, it is very low in cost for
It's roominess. Simple in line, it's fortu-
nate, owners will tire neither them
selves or their neighbors with their
home selection. No fad is followed;
nothing is copied; better than that,
nothing is copied badly; it initiates no
rich mans manor house nor will it an
pear to be the gate lodge of some
nearby large place.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Hearth Has Been for Centuries Most
interesting Feature in Home DEVELOPMENT

Bile and stone have a formal appear
ance suitable for the town house. The
rough character of brick is more ap-
propriate for the smoking room in a
clubhouse.
Brick has it's use, though for the
lining and hearth, which are essen
TALLY the working parts of the fire
place and should be constructed OF
material that will stand years of serv-
ice. Also it frequently can be used to
advantage for the facing or brick
frame around the opening, which
is designed to protect the wood man
tel from the heat of the fire. For this
purpose one can get soft-tone red
brick with q surface that is smooth
enough not to catch the dust and yet
has the uneven appearance of hard
made brick. The joints between the
brick should be made almost level
with the surface of the brick and of a
dark gray mortar The facing will
thus present a cheerful but not too
striking appearance.
Valuable Suggestions
In the house of the Colonial type,
with white woodwork there are several
forms of mantels that can be used.
The simplest type is that which has &
Hab 1IleEe, With OF WITHOUT pduSlS, anu
supported by plain pilasters. Again,
one may use plain three-quarter
round column, futed column or twin
columns on either side to support the
frieze. If ornament is added it should
be used sparingly and be well placed.
A carved urn, sunburst or basket of
fruit and flowers may decorate the CEN
ter panel, with similar ornaments on
the blocks above the columns. Use
little ornament, but have that ornament
good.
There is a wealth of information to
be culled from many books published
upon mantels designed in Colonial days,
when they were the chief feature of
the house and it may be we'll to spend
a little time consulting these authori-
ties before making such an important
purchase.
Construction Should be Careful
The construction of mantel is al
most as important as it's design. A
mantel is subject to great changes IN
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
By Arthur Todhunter
TOdh7L12teg. MontoJe

From time immemoriaI the fren1aco
mas been the center of the home. To-
day it is no less important, for it is
around the hearth that the family
gathers for afternoon tea or to spend
the long winter evenings chatting or
reading in the cheerful glow of the
cracking logfre.
In the days when huts and caves
were the habitation of man, the log
fire built out in the open was the
place at which our forefathers gathered
to cook their food and warm them
selves. Around this fireplace was some
times built wall to protect them
from the dangers of the forest; thus
was evolved the first form of home,
and 1T is interesting to note that they
built it around the fireplace.
Center of House
With the introduction of stone
houses and castles, the hearth was at
first retained in the center of the main
hall and around it gathered the lord
and his retainers, who roasted their
meat on spits attached to the fire dogs.
covering of coarse cloth, they slept
with their feet to the fire.
Many improvements have been in
troduced since that time to bring the
fireplace to its present form. It's
strictly utilitarian uses have been rel
egated to the kitchen, but it still re-
tains its main, feature as a cheerful
and welcoming center of the home.
The fireplace in the living room should
be so placed and so decorated that it
forms the focal point of the room. The
most comfortable furniture should be
so grouped around the hearthstone
that it extends a welcome to take
seat in this cozy spot and feel at home.
There are many types of mantel-
piecse and they can be built of wood,
stone, marble or brick, each material
having it's proper place.
Wood Mantels Best in Country Place
For the country house living room
wood is undoubtedly the best material
for use in framing the fireplace. Mar
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Cost of Construction

Question--Kindly inform me what is a
safe constant to use for calculating the
cost at present prices by the cubical con-
tent method First, for six"roonl house,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Must Have More Than $500

Question: have lot in Bath Beach,
Coney Island. 30x100 feet. Now. IL want
to build a story house of about TWEEN
tyfour rooms. would ! be exempt from
taxation and how much do You think i
would cost and how would I go about 1t
/ own the lot free and clear and have
about $500 of my own. Do you think I
could get a loan to build it and where
would have to go TO get it?--C. +.
Answer--The use to which the house
is to be put would determine whether
you are entitled to an exemption in
taxes. that is, if the house proposed
was intended for hotel purposes it
would not be exempted, while if a home
for one to any number of families 1t
would be exempted $4,000 for each fam
lily or apartment. A twenty-four room
house would cost upward of S2o, 900.
You would have to have a good deal
more than. $500 to interest any one to
build for you.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
BY L. E. Tucker
OF Tucker & Leacis

aWe must have fireplace" is per-
bsps the most common expression
heard from the man or woman plan
ming q new house--even the most un-
pratentious suburban house, and with
geason. The phrases fireplace, chimney
corner, heartstone are so intimately
associated with our ideals of home.
and sill it means TO us. that enc finds it
very difficult to visualize home unless
the picture contains fireplace.
In our minds the fireplace is so es-
sent;aliy part of the structural feat
,res of a house that we find it hard to
realize how new these things we call
syaniaces are when measured by the
nyasyyess of our civilization.
The development of the domestic fire.
mace of this country can be traced
froul its most primitive form, as fire
II neat, perhaps, in the center of the
ride huts of the earliest English, to
ia present highly developed form,
where we have freplaces built of tile,
marble. brick, stone, and the fireplace
Itself framed by mantelpiece which
i always more or less ornamental and
useful.
There is little evidence of the exist
ence Of fireplaces or chimney pieces in
ancient Greek or Roman houses, al
though many of the houses of that
time were large and elaborate and
were for the most part we'll provided
with useful and artistic furnishings.
Such few as are mentioned by the
writer's Of the period are described
as standing in the middle of the
rooms, the smoke from them finally
escaping through a hole in the roof or
through openings around the caves of
the house.
2 The fireplace or chimney piece of the
present day dates back to the time of
the Normans, possibly when they in
their castles or strongholds placed
FIRE in recess underneath an arch in
tho side walls of these buildings and
provided a hole in the outer wall some
distance above the fire for the escape
Of the smoke. Later they carried up
chimneys high above the roofs and
placed hoods over the fire to collect
the smoke, as they found that this gave
them better draft and added to their
comfort by clearing the rooms of smoke.
Practical rather than sentimental
considerations, undoubtedly led to the
development of the inclosed fireplace.
The necessity for preventing the open
FIRE from starting a confagration in
the house probably was the determin-
ing reason, especially in Northern Eu-
rope, where fires were necessary for
comfort; then experiments and ex-
Derienee developed the size, shape and
general character which combined COM
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Newark 1heater on Market St.
Sold for 500. 600

The Kraemer Agency sold to Peter
A. and Adam A. Adams the Newark
Theater, at 1893 and 1876 Market Street,
Newark, N, j. The buyers conduct
chain of theaters in the East, with
Paterson as headquarters,
The property was sold for $1,5OO,0O0
Of this amount $500,000 in cash was
paid. The house seats $500 persons.
The seller was the Market and Beaver
Realty Company.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Will Accept Cost Records

Question: had my architects apply for
permit to build a frame house. Contractor
oa1 oaq 1,o S9,o1o.s When permit was delivered II
caled Tor $4,000 cost of house. Have failed
70 get error corrected. Am offered all
Kinds OF argument. but no correction. This
Department. Will / lose exemption on
$4,000 for ten years If j go ahead I? Should
] cancel permit? AS the thing stands no
r.. r..
Answer-Now that the record has
been made it is, as you say, difficult to
have it changed. However, if your
building when erected costs only $3,07o
and you retain all records of cost, we
consider it safe to say that if the re-
ceipted bills are submitted to the tax
Office, setting forth the facts, you
will be taxed only upon the amount Of
cost, with due allowance made for ex-
emption as set forth by law.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

IF YOU ARE LOOKING for high class ma
teriaI SEE US. Just received from the
finest residence ever wrecked mahogany
doors (piano hnish), white mahogany
French and mirror doors and wardrobes
(doors complete with handsome frames and
beautiful hardwaPe). magnificent wrought
bronze and iron grill front doors, maliog
any loaded glass bookcases, fine bathroom
OUTFITS. ETC.; hundreds of other things
largest stock OF building material in the
city at prices to suit everybody; everything
from Zoe door knob to a $1,000 bronze
door; quick delivery by autos, SOUTHARD
co. {Pioneer House Wreckersl, 14th to
18th SITS. 9th av,, New York.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Cost Of Construction, $12,5OO

sMITH LEO TUCKER
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

Experts Tell Home Builders
HOav TO Overcome Troubles

stucco on wood frame; second, for q six
room fouse. all wood fhouse to be built in
Queens Borough).
~ there paper or magazine published
that ntokes q 2pecial feature Of current
prices Of building material and labor Tor
New York City and suburbs?--W D. L.
> Answer--For stucco on frame con-
sSruetion you may figure on so cents
cubic foot and on all wood 45 cents
cubic foot would be right. The
Architectural Forum, which can be
obtained at Brentano's, gives inforna
tion on the cost OF various building
materials.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Can't Build for S3 600

Queston-Would like to know if Ave
room bungalow of story and a half. of
frame material, with three rooms down
and two UP and bath, can be built for
$4,000. not including lot. 1t does not
have to be of expensive lumber.--E. p.
Answer-A fve-room cottage with
cellar, heating, plumbing, etc, could
not be built as it should be for $4,000,
even using the cheapest of material.
Evening star., 1921-05-01
COLLEGES.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,

George Washington University stu
dents are ready for the biggest So
cial event of the season-the first an
nual May masquerade carnival. to be
held Tuesday evening at the Ar
cade. The carnival will combine the
annual proms of the University Stu
dent Council and of the freshman and
senior classes.
Funds derived from the carnival
will be used to defray expenses in
Cured by students activities during
the year. Any surplus will be added
to the university's gymnasium fund.
Among the guests of honor will
be William Miller Collier, president
of the university. and Mrs Collier,
members of the board of trustees,
members of the presidents council,
the presidents select council the
deans of the various departments, the
board of managers of student actiyi-
ties. the board of education, the
principals of the high schools, and
other patrons of the university.
The carnival committee is COM
posed of Earl Shean, chairman; Earl
Manson, Miss Lois McDaris, John
Paul Earnest. jr., J. Foster Hagan
and Miss Josephine Houston.
The annual banquet of the Column
Evening star., 1921-05-01
IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

recital at the Nav Central High School
| Tuesday evening at Sis by Miss Edith
| Athey. organist. A special invitation is
given to the Americanization schools be.
! cause of the Italian numbers on the
| program.
large number of the Americaniza :
tiOn classes are closing on account Of
lack of funds. The following ella SSes
will be kept OPEN at the Old Central.
Curtis and Hebrew Alliance: Miss Yo-
der'S citizenship classes. Miss Aiton's
advanced class, Mrs. Cowling'S inter
mediate class, Miss Malcom's intermc-
diate class. Miss Hubhard's beginners
class. Miss Balls ungraded class at the
Hebrew Alliance and Mrs. Torbert's un-
graded class at the Curtis, in George
town.
The day classes of the Americaniza =
ton schools will remain open until the
end of the school year.
Ten students from the citizenship
classes will appear at court Monday. to
be tested at the District Supreme Court
for the ir final citizenship papers. Tn"
! reception will be given for new citizens
in June.
About 1870 students and the faculty of
the .hm"ricanization schools Were re
Crived by President Harding WednsS-
day. The students had prepared for III"
visi, by reading the history of the
White House. Letters written by the
students expressing their gratitude to
the President for the protection and
opportunities which have been given
them by the United States government
We're presented.
Evening star., 1921-05-01
Massachusetts and Edward j. Daley

Massachusetts and Edward J. Daley
of Massachusetts.
The Law School students are burn
ing the midnight oil in preparation
for the final examinations and many
are preparing for the District and va
rious state bar tests.
Rev. w Coleman Nevils, s. J.. dean
Of the department of arts and sciences.
is the author of an article in the
March number of the College Journal.
1t Is "A Tribute to Anthony A. Hirst,
one Of the best known henefactors or
the university. who died last Feb
ruary.
A meeting of the senior class was
held recently in the old north build
Ing. In order to determine the Co
honguroton orator for the class dnS
exercises to he held June Is IS.
Meredith Reid of PennsylVania was
selected Mr.. Reid was one OF the
contenders for the Merrick medal ana
is a president of the Philodemie De-
batting Society.
This weeks issue of the Hoya Is an
Illustrated number devoted to the
Reserve officers Training Corps unit
at the college which is commanded d
by Nal William VI. Hohson, l. >: A.,
detailed by the War Department as
military instructor
Daniel w. I.awlcr. a. u. ri; A. NJ.
80: LID. 81. has been delegated L"
roprrscut Georgctown | niVersity AT
the exercises inhucting int" once
Precedent Coffin of the University 81
4 fi,,r nt
Evening star., 1921-05-01
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

Senator Weller of Maryland and
Representatives Langley of Ken
tucky Freer Of Wisconsin and Smith
of Idaho. graduates OF the law school.
will he awarded the degree of doctor
of laws at the coming commencement.
early in June.
The annual prize debate of the uni
versity for the prize offered by the
faculty to the student most proficient
in the art of debating will be held
Saturday. May II. at the law school.
the United States should adopt sys-
TEN of universal training. I. r..
Rhodes. w. f. Honeycutt and r. c.
Howard of the Samuel +. Miller So
ciety and Frank Carlton Of the Rich
ard II. Alvey Society. who were Sc
lected as honor men in the four pre-
liminary debates during the scho-
lastic year. will compete for the
honor, T. f.. Rhodes and r. c. How
ard will uphold the affirmative of the
issue. w. f. Honeycutt and Frank
Carlton will handle the negative. The
public is invited.
At the last regular meeting of .Jo-
seph n. Choate Chapter of Sigma Nu
Phi Elmer n. May was elected dele
gate to the national convention of
the fraternity. which will be held in
Detroit, May 81, % and 90. The local
chapter at TINS meeting also decided
to hold a commencement dance late
in May.
The fraternity. which was founded
eighteen years ago at National Uni
versity and is now national In scope
recently installed Jefferson Davis
Chapter at the University of Rich
mond.
The summer school curriculum will
include courses on evidence. contracts,
principles of legal liability. damages,
corporations and Blackstone's Com
mentaries. Sessions will be held twice
daily. five days a week. and under
Evening star., 1921-05-01
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.

The final prize debate of the George
town School of Law. the principal de-
| batting event Of the season. will be
| held Tuesday evening at the law
school building. The proposition to
! be discussed will be that the United
States enter into separate treaty of
peace with Germany.
The affirmative will be upheld by
John f. ONeil of Montana and John
w. Fihellyf of Massachusetts. Those
on the negative side are Bernard E.
Shlesnger of the District of Column
bia and Howard F.. Brecht Of WASH
ington. Francis w. Cullen of New
York, president of the Senior De-
batting Society, will preside.
The debaterS were chosen from the
winners in the four preliminary con-
tests and constitute the best debaters
among the 1,l00 students in the law
school.
Judges will be Maj. Gen Frank Nc
Intyre. chief of the bureau of insular
affairs. War Department; Harry J.
Covington. former chief justice of the
District Supreme Court; Chief Justice
Constantine ]. Smythe Of the District
Court of Appeals: Martin A. Morrison
of the United States Civil Service
Commission. and Controller of the
Currency Crissinger.
Announcement is made at the col
tion contests of the season will be
held early this month. These are
the CASTOR White debate and the elo-
cution contest for the William Writ
Dixon medal The try-out for the lat
ter will be held this morning at 10
o'clock in CASTOR Hall and the con-
test itself will be staged May g. The
debate between the Castor and White
debating societies. two Of the princi-
pal organizations in the college, will
be held May Is.
The following ticket has been nomi-
mated by the Hamilton Law Club of
/ the School of Law. named in honor Of
Dean George T.. Hamilton:
President, William H FaIlon of
Minnesota; vice president, Theodore P.
Randall of Arizona; secretary. James
L. Craven of Massachusetts; treas
urer. George Sweeney; historian,
Ralph L. Neary of South Dakota; ex-
| ecutive committee. P. F. McKenna OF
| Idaho, Louis p. Lavery of Idaho, n.
j. Randall of Massachusetts, Clarence
Churchman Of Iowa, Jacob Ark of
Evening star., 1921-05-01

prepared an attractive program. Wal
ter /. Plant. chairman OF the commit
tee. announces that he has corralled
several embryo pugilistic champions
who will swap punches during the
evening. Several picaninnies attach
ed to the culinary department of the
college have promised to put on a
battle royal"
For several years it has been the
custom of the faculty to offer Drize
to the best spelier in the Catholic
parochial schools Of the city The
contest this year will be held Friday.
May 81. In the college auditorium
These spelling contests are open to
all the parochial schools in the Dis
trict and vicinity. 1t is exnected that
every available school will have its
representation.
Cards of admission may be obtained
from the prefect ef studies at the
college