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The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Striking Real Pay Dirt
BY THE ODD PARAGRAPHER.

At O recent auction sale real estate
operator acquired tenement property
and before he had signed the terms Of
sale some one offered him o profit Of
$4,000 for his contract, which was
promptly accepted. This incident Gre
ated quite . stir among frequenters of
the salesroom, probably because quick
profits on realty are not as common as
they were about eighteen months ago
when the speculative movement In
apartment properties was at its height.
Two old market followers began re-
lating other stories Of quick turnovers
on realty purchases One Of the most
unusual involved the purchase by one of
the narrators Of O Maiden Lane build
Ing. 10 was five story structure and
one OF the floors was vacant. The buyer
learned later that UP to q short time be-
fore he purchased the building this floor
had been occupied by q jewelry manu-
facturer who had been a tenant for
nearly thirty years. The operator
wanted to make certain alterations but
decided first to try an experiment. He
hired two men to tear UP the floor,
scrape every inch Of It, and also the
space below the floor. The scrapings
were sent TO q reftner and the owner
realized $4,000 on the platinum, gold
and silver returned by the refiner.
The chance Of making such @ haul In
a modern building Is decidedly slim, but
in the older structures, such as the one
referred to above, with pine floors that
had open cracks between the boards. IL
is not uncommon to strike pay dirt" In
large quantities..
story Is told about certain jewel
expert who for many years had a fac
tory over the stsse of an exterminator
of rats and other vermin, who owned
the building. A shrewd gold refiner
who knew the large amount of precious
metals handled by the occupant one day
informed the landlord that any time
the jeweller moved he the refiner.
would pay the rat catching landlord
5000 for the privilege OF taking up and
relaying the floors Of the jewelry fac
tory.
Shortly afterward the landlord noti-
fed the jeweller that his rent would be
doubled upon the expiration Of his lease.
When the jeweller declined to pay the
Increase the owner was delighted. The
tenant moved a month sooner than he
had to---for purpose. lie had The old
floor carefully torn up and every par
tcle of pay dirt" removed. In vain
tlns 0wnsr protestAd and threatsnsd suiA
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
IREEK APE1ABET CLAIMS MANY HOMES on MURRAY Hill
Upper Portion of Fine Old Residential
District Now Well Established Club
Centre = College Organizations
Find Home Atmosphere Of
Neighborhood Attractive

longer a simon pure dwelling zone. It
has lost Its fight to bar the erection Of
apartment houses. and the first tangible
evidence of the defeat Is seen In the
multifamily structure that Is going UP
on the site of the old Charles T. Barney
residence at the northeast corner OF
Park avenue and Thirty-eighth street.
OF far more significance, however, Is
the fact that the past decade has seen
the gradual establishment In the north
ern section Of the district Of q centre
for college clubs. Greek letter societies
and civic organizations. The casual
observer would probably never notice
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

Early In the year THE NEW YORK
HERALD. in an article devoted to the
present and future development OF Sew
enth avenue. made the prediction that
the tall loft buildings then going up
between the Pennsylvania Terminal and
Thirty-ninth street would before long
house a new millinery centre. Ample
rroof Of the soundness OF the prediction
was afforded last week when announce
ment was made that four Of the largest
Wholesale millinery concerns In the city
had leased total Of $4,000 square feet
In the garment centre buildings on the
west side of Seventh avenue between
Thirty-sixth and Thirty-eighth streets at
total rental, covering long terms, OF
$1.355.90o.
A representative Of Ogus Rabinovitch
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
To Sell Brooklyn Homes.

Two Brooklyn dwellings are to be sold
at auction wednesday noon, October 10,
by the Jere Johnson Jr. Company In
1S9 Montague street. One Ia the two
story briok structure at 3A frfty-first
street, between Third and Fourth ave-
nues. and the other the three story
dwelling. with two story extension. is
at so Dean street. between Grand and
Classon avenues. Both properties are
suitable for occupancy by one or two
families.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
BUNGALOW BUILDERS BUSY.
Bronx Developers start More Con-
struotion Near City Line.

The Home Realty Association. Inc.. is
completing several more stucco bungs-
lows on It's tract OF 415 lots In The Bronx
Just below the Mount Vernon city line
two blocks from the White Plains ave-
nue. extension Of the Lexington avenue
subway. The section Is served by the
241st street station which is about an
hours run to City Hall In Manhattan.
Many OF the lots have been sold and
there are now four bungalows and
houses completed In this development
The bungalows have concrete cellars
under the entire structures and have
heating plants. They are not OF the
ready made type Many city employees
have bought home sites In this Develop
lnent and are planning small houses for
thsfR evn oooupanoy,
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

Before his lease expired the tenant re-
placed the old floor. The amount Of
gold returned to him after the scrapings
and dirt had been put through a re-
hnery paid the rent In his new quar-
ters for year.
The City as a Rent Payer.
Comparatively few persons know that
the city of New York is one Of the
largest rent payers In the world The
item in the budget for rent this year
is S763.000. 1t is doubtful II largo chain
store organizations have a larger rental
expense than the city.
The rooms and buildings rented by the
city are used for various purposes. They
include chambers for Supreme Court
Judges. temporary quarters for schools.
courts, Board OF Health stations, garages
for the Street Cleaning Department and
for other bureaus and departments.
When the Municipal Building was aii-
thorized 1t was said that Its erection
would mean the end Of rent paying by
the city; that every city department
would be housed there, or In the sew
eral Borough Halls. Up to the present
time (and the building Is still uncom-
pleted) s24.000,0O0 has been spent on
the Municipal Building. and the rent roll
is larger than when the building was
first authorized.
In the opinion OF many experts there
is a great opportunity for economy In
the city's rental expense.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Swami Sell. and Rent. Houses.

District Attorney Edward Swami sold
through Edward s. Foley & Co. the four
story dwelling at $40 West Fourteenth
street, 20x10o.s. to Alice Williams. The
property is one of the three houses
bought by Mr.. Swami through the Foley
company three weeks ago. 1t was held
at $4,000.
Through the same brokers Mr.. Swami
leased another Of the three houses at
No. S3S to A. Monguel. This is also a
four story dwelling.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

held on Tuesday. November /. at noon,
In IA Vesey street. and will include
dwellings, tenement houses and business
buildings In Manhattan, tenements, va
cant plots and a residence In the Bronx
and a business building In Hoboken.
N. j.. in the vicinity Of the Hudson
tunnels
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Builder. Active in Garden city.

More than 200 home sites at Garden
City, Nassau Boulevard. have been sold
during the past two weeks. and twenty
five houses are now under construction
In this district. There are also lndica-
tions that next spring will witness In
Garden City Estates the erection OF at
least $50 houses. The lot sales are be-
ing handled by the Garden City Proper
ties Inc.
The following are some of the recent
purchasers who will erect homes OF Ave-
six or seven rooms on plots OF 40, go or
sox10o: D. Mandolia, Thos. p. Nichoi-
son. L. Bolz, J. A. Steiner, Chas. A.
Tiedman. John Burgis. M. J. Connors
c. r. McMullen. Thos A. Fowler r. M.
Mckinley, 70 J. Dunn, Mrs wiIhelmina
Schetter. DR.. George c. Lots, Samuel
Lalekin. Curt Hcsmuth, Joseph Kross, T..
j. OGorman, George T. wakeford.
Charles o. Tilleber, Joseph c. Burke,
Opttuus Resity ocgpoeaxioM
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

Buys jackson Heights Apartment.
Edwin L. Hodglins, representing A. 9.
Haight & Co.. has purchased an apart
ment at 143 Twenty-second street. Jack
son Heighta
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Builder Buys Site for Taxpayers

Aaron Miller bought from the Burn
side-Jerome Lot Corporation the plot
OF eighteen lots at the northwest corner
OF Burnside and Morris avenues. He
Will improve the corner parcel with n
one-story taxpayer. 100x100. The re-
mainder OF the plottage Is to be resold
70 builders for apartment operations.
z. Osborne Smith negotiated the deal.
Gettner. Simon & Asher, attorneys. rep
resented Mr.. Miller.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

Prompt Government Action
on behalf Of Disabled Sol
diers, Solving the Shortage
OF Trained Nurses, Clean
ing Up the Movies, A Square
Deal for the nlegitirnate
Child, Uniform Divorce.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
The babes of yesterday
are the daring helrnsmen of today
What is this new civilization our yox,
are working out for themselves and

ME youngsters have briskly flung aside the con-
l. vent1ons we used to talk of tearing down.
A new procession has formed since Arrnistice Day'
they exult Join it
We swing in. But we keep up the pace?
all this indugent shaking of heads these tolerant
speculatons to what next is there av serious ar
probation of the fact that this is really new era we
are in?
The Old ethics are gone The new generation has it's
new ethics.
Who among us is meeting this new civilization with
breadth and constructiveness?
THREE years ago Pictorial Review electrified the
l. world OF women s magazines by proclairnng aloud
the secret of it's success.
While others had kept editing for the memory of
the woman that used to be- Pictorial Review had evi
denced an uncanny aveness to the reality of the woman
that was coming!
The American woman awake The wide world
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
NO other woans magazine vvdy reflects tendencies Of todav

Is the dictmm of our youth that
divorce shall be had for the askinp7
More divorces yearly IN America than in twenty
European countries combined. Is this the result
OF less serious attitude toward marriage? Or is
this tearing down Of old props an honest endeayor
to build a finer, more enduring structure In one
year Pictorial Review has published nine articles
az'alyz'ng the trend IN thought on this question.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

Maternity Insurance, In
crease of Teachers Salaries.
Federal Aid for Increased
School Facilities, A Per1nan-
cnt Woman's Bureau in the
Department Of Labor, Inter
national Disarmament.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
The women's contribution in return for the vote

review OF the important government and community
measures that Pictorial Review has actively sponsored
reads like survey Of the whole world of restless thoeh,
and activity that working better ays for civilization
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

itself the boundary Of her activities and inter
eStS-
And the one magazine which had recognized album
danty those interests and activities the one to
which she had swung unerringly.
TO-DAY, Pictorial Review procairns new success
throws out fresh challenge to all other wurnens
magazines What do you make of this era? What
part are you taking in it?
Women of this new era doing things. They have
questioned and speculated long enough Today they act
And the magazine that would hold their nterest-it
too must act
1t must be unafraid Must take firm hold among
Things that are changing, Of those things which will
endure In the swirl of oosened forces must stand v
the young pioneers at the HEINZ to encourage and sup
port and report.
Divorce, Marriage the Legitimate Child the Unnar
r1ed Mother, the Married Woman in Industrv-and in
Business the revelations of Psychoanalysis the Edu-
cation ofthe Child the Insurance Maternity the whole
broadening of Civic Responsibilities the ehastiness of
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

Fiction must reflect and make
vivid the problems of the times
vigor that Is missing IN contemporary women's
magazines Authors know that they are free to
work out in this magazine sincere interpretations
OF life This why writer's of penetration and high
standing contribute their best work to it
Pictorial Reviews short stories have been ac-
corded hrst rank among all popular magazines
And among the best selling novels of the past year
three were FIRST published in Pictorial Review.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
What sort Of schooling viii
our children's children get?

In the pubnc schools Of tomorrow win work and
play, science and the arta, be as important az
the old arithmetic and spelling books? In Pictorial
Review the rights of the school child will be treated
with expert attention Educators and plain mothers
and ta&ssers will discuss the new tendencies in etu
caflon
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12
What shall we do with the
children of unmarried parents?

Because for centuries we have shut our eves ~
the existence Of these babies, $4,000 Of them die
yearly. Today people ask-"Is it fair that thu
children suffer for the fault Of the parents?s
Pictorial Review is the only vvoman's magazine
which has voiced conspcuously the pathos of
fnese suffering scourners The fearless study this
magazine has made Of this subject has won the
ennaxnendation Of thousands Of men and women
New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

War and IT'S afternath-wfat Is ire YOUNGER ee.erA
alton making of the age eworn problems whose an
shakeableness baf7ed us?
hUR1NG the past two years, Pictorial Revfew has
- reflected with vgor and freshness the new aIier-
ments that have been and still in the making ON these
vital aspects of the civilization that is shaping-
Without hnge of fear propaganda Pictorial Review
has recognized the attitudes that have been devel
oping toward these old complications
AND the response to Pictorial Reviews awareness
"A has been after all only evidence of the reality
and intensity of this quickenng of the younger gener
alton itself
In addition to newsstand sales Pictorial Review during
the month of June received 81 80 yearly subscriptions
During July only IS less than 1oo 900 yearly sbscrip
tons During August, 100 1881
Year after year the magazine has increased In cir
cuahon, until today at prce* exceeding that of its
major competitor it finds necessary to print 100 600
copies of it's October, 1921 issue
Pictorial Review, Scentsa
Ladies' Home Journal, Scents
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-13
AWARDED SILVER CUP.
tloekessin GRANGE Gets Prize Won Mt
State Germ Show.

At the regular meeting of Hoekessin
Grange on Monday evening. the silver
,up which was won by the grunge ut
he state Corn Show was presented.
II was suggested that a letter of
sympathy be sont to Mr. and Mrs. John
a. Trimhlc and family. wishing MIR. and
Mrs. Trimhle a speedy recovery from
their automobile accident.
After the regular business meeting
the following program was offered:
Singing. by the grange. Roll call,
ladies answering by naming their best
helper in the way of modern con-
venience. and the men by telling story
about mother. Essay on Mothers
Day" by Robert Yearsley. Discussion
oh "Woman's Value TO Her State" by
Mrs. J. r. Warren and Frank Yearsley.
Reading. Celebration of Mothers Day."
by Miss Mary Springer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-13
INCENDIARy SETS s7y0.000 FIRE.
Youngstown Power House Ten Dwell.
ings and Garage Burned.

Youngstown. Ohio. May 12.--F'ire here
early this morning. caused loss es-
timatcd NJ $7500O0 The old MahoninR
Valley power house. a lumber yard. ten
houses and a garage were destroyed and
the plant of tho Smith Brewing Com
pany damaged.
t'ircmen say the blaze. which started
in the Parish Brothers lumber yard, was
inccndiary and that gasoline or oil had
hcon snrinlAICd over Tho llmhcr.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-13
REALTY VALUES IN
CITY 76,3OO
Increase of $7.61O.275 Noted
Over Assessed Valuation tor
the Year 1920.

The total assessed value of the real
property within the city OF winning
ton is Sil4.t76. 500 an increase of $500
g75 over he value of last year ac-
cording to the annual report OF the
Roard of Assessment submitted To city
Courci last night.
IL is estimated that the increased Naiu-
alton viii bfing the city additional taxes
% the amount Of S225.000. The re-
port was referred to the finance COM
mittec. Ii was signed by Col. w. +.
Stovcr and Harry T, Pride.
The complete report as. presented 70
council follows:
~ Wilmington respectfully submits the
following report of the assessment of
real estate Of the city of Wilmington
for the fiscal year beginning on July 1.
\. y. 1921
Assessment for city purposes. north
ern district. fun rafc. $77I66.3oO; half
rate. $t.4l5.I0o.
Assessment FOR city purposes southern
district. fun rate S34,159 geo; half rate.
Si.l35.1oo
Total assessment. FUN rate. $1lI.sea.-
500. half rate. S2.N5O.9O0.
NssCssmcn, of public service corpora
.sous for street railway tracks. and for
oliles II streets used for gas mains.
'rctrir li-ht telegraph and telephone
rr~ $e4oo.925.
Thy school assessment is the same as
th, assessment for city purposes.
The total assessment for 1921
amounts 10 SIl'l7e.3o compared 10
slo6 oa5. These figures include the
fIll ratc and half rate assessments. The
hu'b ~ the assessment is in the north
.ru district. amouA,iug 10 $IS.5SI. .400.
impaired With S7l.t75.5ao in 1920. The
assessment FOR the southern district
tmouuts - $25. 5.59i."00 compared with
S3e 7o5. $50 for 1921.
Tn assessment Of properties Of pub
M service corporations shows a COM
r.,~atilely small increase over last year.
The 1921 assessment amounts to s.
Fooee5 compared With S2.3ge ESQ in 1920.
an Increase Of $S.2-5
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-13
EPw0RTH ANNIVERSARY.
Thirty Second Ycnr To be Celebrated by
League at Scott NJ. r.. Church.

The thirty-second anniversary of the
Epworth League of Scott NJ. E. Church
will be celebrated Sunday evening by
appropriate exercises in the church. The
Epworth League has been In existence
since May Is, 1889. During the ami
versary of services the newly elected
officers will be installed by the pastor
Rev. L. j. Sard.
Brief reports of the leagues activities
for the past year will be read, together
with a forecase of it's work for the en-
suing year. A special sermon for the
anniversary exercises has been pre-
pared. Or. Sard viii speak on THE
Relation of the Young People to the
Church" An interesting musical pro-
gram has been arranged by the IGpworth
League Choir of tho church.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-13
WOMEN PRAISED.
Fer lndorSing Only Candidates OF Good
Moral Character.

Tho following statement has been is
sued by Mrs. Georgia Pierce of Milford,
president Of the State w. &. T. L:
The W. &. T. L. of Delaware. mum
nCriug $500 women. desire 10 20 on
record as indorsing the action taken hy
Inc women of both parties in Whining
ton on May =. in indorsing only men of
rlcan mOrnl rccnrd for nuhliC Office"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-13

For classified ads-can 1900 Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-13

Ladies fancy Net VesteeS for Sweaters special 81 o
Leather Swagger Bags, black colored; $500 value
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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WANTED-To buy several large safes or
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call: 11a Bird Sc. ST.
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in perfect condition. cheap. FSSex. Art
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DON'T SACRIFICE
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SACHS SAYS Main O,}O0.
WE BuY. SELL. EXCHANGE.
Household furniture, ollie" nN'arrs taking
NAV MONEY ADVANCED ON STORAGE.
SACHS FTENIFI RE- CO..
COR. sti AND u SITS. Nv.
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tTRNTTVEE-You VIII frri satisfied with
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WANTED - FrEEiTUGE. PLANES. CAR
nets etc Phone NJ us fur wagon or have
me cali ':WrSelllGE:" $40 ~. ave. nv
FURNITURE IF all kin1s for 4 si>-~o"', ho.',.
wanted immediately as Who'll" or odd II g..
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LAW BOOKS -''urrcrt law test aad ease
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ANTED--Frathcr beds an! eurnitGro, Er.f
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Eye NV. Phone Main l,i;.
WILL give yo, cash for rnti,uI furniture" old
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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Va Phone IS. 81
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STAR utirs.
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BUSINESS MAN would consider inv, .stment
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