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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

In the merciless American sun
shine.
Fumbling for his keys. he won
dered to what meaner and shah
bier street he might be soon des-
tined, now that fortune had tripped
him up; and how soon he would
begin to regret the luxury of this
dusty block and the comforts of
the house which he was now about
to enter. And he fitted his latch
key to the front door and let him
self in.
1t was a very clumsy and old
fashioned apartment house. stu
pidly built, five stories high: there
was only one apartment to a
floor, and no elevator. The dark
and stuffy austerity OF this out
of-date building depressed him
anew as he entered. Its tenants.
of course, were away from town
for the summer-respectabl
AlluuiC-ubCo y 3
wealthy, dull as the carved BAN
listers that guarded the dark, gas
lit well of the staircase.
An Inherited Floor.
Each family owned its own
apartment-had been owners for
years. Edgerton inherited his
floor from an uncle-widely known
among earlier generations as a
courtly and delightful old gentle
man an amateur of antiquities
and the possessor Of many very
extraordinary things, including
his own private character and
disposition.
Carrying his suitcases, which
were pasted all over with tricol-
ored labels. the young man
climbed the first two flights of
stairs. and then. placing his lug
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

sensible instincts probably would
have led him to remain in the
ancient firm of his forefathers.
Edgerton, Tenant & Co., dealers
In iron.
But fate and his friends had
done the business for him. finally
persuading him to go abroad. He
happened. unfortunately, to pos
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

something Of the hideousness Of
his present position. his helpless
ness, untitled as he was to cope
with financial adversity or make
an honest living at anything.
II people had only let him
alone when he first emerged from
college as mentally naked as any
thing newly fledged, his more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
CHANGE OF LIFE
WOMAN'S TRIAL
Proof That Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Is Of Great
Help at This Period
Metropolis, Illinois. -" 81 have
taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable

ana IL
is all it claims to
be and has bene-
flied me wonder
fully. / had been
sick for Gig hit
months with a,
trouble which
confined me to my
bed and was only
able to be up part
Of the time, when
i was advised by
friend, Mrs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

ers in a matching
shade Of pink, tuck
ed through its girdle,
with the rest Of the
feathers depending
over the skirt like a
tunic of varying
lengths. The neck
line instead of being
ordinary S trai G h t
across, is as high as
the base Of the neck
at one side and opens
down to the shoulder
on the other. The
sleeves are mere
openings at the sides
of the bodice, finished
with a fold Of the
material. Like a
harem skirt, this one
is drawn in closely
about the feet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

sess a light. graceful, but not at
all unusual, talent for several Of
the arts; he could tinkle catchy
improvisions on a piano. sketch
in oil and water colors, model in
clay. and write the sort of anna
teur verse popular in college
periodicals.
Women often evinced an inclina-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
DO YOU
KNOW THAT.

~ REEN w1LLoWs-the ordi-
UT nary willow that grows
~ alongside rivers and brooks
made into huge mats 200 feet long
and 100 feet wide are doing more
toward holding the Mississippi
river in its course than thousands
OF tons OF stone and closely packed
earth.
In making the mats. says Popu-
lar Science, timber frames are con-
structed around the entire area Of
the mats, with cross pieces dividing
the inside into small sections.
Within these are placed the will
low trees and bushes that are
later bound with heavy cables and
towed to their destination. On ar
irving there they are anchored
over the spot to be protected and
then covered with earth and broken
stones until they sink,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

AutnOr OF Inc F1ght1ng Chance;
The Maid ut Arms: Maids Of Para
disc; The Dark Star and Other
Stories Of International Repu.
tation.
((X|oU are helping me-" Jim
said; that's why I'm
going about my bust
ness. Success to yours, Billy.
Goodby! I'll be back glanc-
ing around the familiar room
sometime or other; back here and
around town, everywhere, as
usual" he added confidently; and
the haunted look faded. He smiled
and nodded with a slight gesture
of adieu. picked up his suitcase,
and. with another friendly shake
of his head for the offers of serv-
ants assistance. walked out into
the sunshine Of Fifth avenue, and
west toward his own abode, in
Itfty-sixth street.
When he arrived there he was
hot and dusty. and he decided to
let Kenna cary up his luggage. So
he descended to the area.
Every time he pulled the base
ment bell he could hear 1t Jingle in
side the house somewhere, but no
body responded. and after a while
he remounted the area steps to the
street and glanced up at the brown
stone facade. Every window was
shut, every curtain drawn.
That block on Fifty-sixth street
on q Sunday morning in early sum.
mer is an unusually silent and de-
serted region. Edgeton looked up
and down the sunny street. After
Paris the city Of his birth seemed
very mean and treeless and shabby
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

THE bodice of a
gown interests
Poiret so much
taht he continues it
first into a tunic and
afterward into a
train. Being a black
taffeta, it il collared
logically and charm
ingly and in an odd,
fat way, with black
and white brocade,
and this brocade also
lines the train. White
tafeta-and we hear
that tafeta is to have
its inning this spring
makes the skirt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary Of the death, in 1916, Of
Martin Luther, whose revolt against the excuses
of the Catholic world resulted in the startling Refor
nation, and led eventually to freedom of religion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
Il heLatest Word from p aris
BY Marie Suzanne
lcopyriEht unl

PARIS France.
THERE something Poreesque about evening
that there possible doubt their
left gown has of ostrich eath
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
The Near End of the Milky WAY

DURING the early half of the night, the Milky Way
will be passing west Of the zenith and dsap-
pearng under the horizon west of north and east of
south. The Is nearer one end of the Milky Way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
rtW Chambers s .JAPONETTE "$~ Charles Dana Gibson

A Charming Romance of Society and a
WOman's Way With a Man, bya
:. Master of Fiction.
What Has Happened So Far.
James Edgerton 3d. Of old and asocrat New York family
has been living abroad He returns the metropolis hearing
that the firm founded BY forbears has failed He dollar for
dollar and finds himself left with inherited uxurousy
Furnished which iron clad will has entald With dollars
his pockets he refused the offer Of friend to help and
casts about for q means to a livelihood.
.. NOlD Go on With the StOry
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

lost OF the deaths from
" pneumonia, heart disease
Avn and tuberculosis which &C
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
What Has Happened So Far.
BY Robert w. Chambers.t in the mercless American

NOD Go on With the StOrg
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
e Into the (ountry-Heres an Attractive House Desie,
kaalcrshil' Hotc! Center of
Transaction; Harry Tanneu-
baum New Owncr of " ell
Nnown Place

. The LOWS II. May Company sold for
the Glrard Trust Company. George J
Harding and William pltt Mo-,
trustees, the Hotel Kaaterslill at
Catsfil, \. Y, to Harry Tanncnbauln.
o. Oak Court. Lakewood y. i.
The property covers an area Of COO
acres, comprises q township and con
tairs main building, annex and out
oulluings. With several lakes. The
nam building contains 900 bedrooms.
eNcluslFc OF other rooms; alcs bowling
alleys, billiard rooms aud numerous
recreaton rooms. The outbuidinr.s
consist OF garage, stables. carrjepo
houses dorWtorles, power houses, eic.
Vn lhe property Is nine hole golf
course Which VIII be extended to the
regular siNteon-h hole course.
me hotel was constructed in 1852
by George Harding, q leading patent
attorney, and is sald to have cost
$1,000 to complet. 1t was necessary
20 cut through roads and level noun
tam tops in its erection. Its altitude is
$500 feet
was used as the summer capitol
O. General Grant in 1889, at which time
Mr. Harding decided t. the General
what is known as Boulder Rock. one OF
t1e highest ptin.s IN the Catskll
MOUNTAINS. l. wae the summer canitol
q resident Arthur ~ 1881.
MY. lannonbaum plans extensive i'm
prorements. among them being q larrs
Casino and bathing pavilion. Thc tofal
cosl OF the improvements Will exceed
100000. Marks & Marks rcprcsentc
thc purchaser as attorneys and IN.
Howell of the Girara Trast Company
represented the srllcrs a. attorney.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
American Book Company
To Build at Bloomfield
Buys 81a-Acrc Tract and VIII
Erect Publication Plant
OH Site

The American Book Company has
purchased in Bloomfield, n. j.. about
eight and one-haf acres, on which it
will erect a building TO be used in ad
ditlon TO its plant in Cincinnati, Ohio
The plot has frontage of GIG feet on
Bloomfield Avenue, SOP feet on Watscs-
sing Avenue and 222 feet on the Erie
Railroad. Louis Schlcsinger, We, rep
resented The sellers, Lchn e. Fink, Inc
Of this city.
The land was part OF the Dodd estate
OF tWcnty-one acres which Lehn & Fink
had pure hased. The parcel was the
last off $50 acres acquired by the late
John NJ. Dodd in 1888 At that time he
was a we'll known builder in this city
He built the Park Avenue tunnel. run
nine from Thirty third to Forty-second
street; the old st. Cloud Hotel, on the
southeast corner of Broadway and
Forty y-second Street, whore tho present
Knick erbocker Building stands. and was
also the builder of the first row OF pri-
vate houses on upper Fifth Avenue, be-
tween Fifty-fourth and Fifty-.lth
streets, where the 81. Regis Hotel is
ocatcd
Louis Schesinger. Inc. also sold for
NJ. Copeland Cohen to Herman Hoe tn c
dwelling at 79l South Fourtccntl
r0urtee Mt Street. Newark n2N95
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Home Shortage
On Long Island
Greatly Reduced
1000 Buildings Erected,
Exclusive of Those i'm
L. |. City and Brooklyn;
Best Construction Year

with the close of 1921. Long Island
will have passed through the creates.
year Of buildinc construction activity
il It's history" Donald Wilson, General
Freight Agent OF the Long Island Roal-
road, told the Knot Handlers Club,
an organization Of Long Island lumber
dealers, at its recent dinner in the
Garden City Hotel
sit has been conselvatively csti-
mated" said Mr.. Wilson. "tnat there
have been erected on Long Island this
year approximately 1000 buildings Of
all kinds; this figure does not include
the intensive building operations in
Long Island City and the old City Of
Brooklyn. The new high mark cX
cecds the record made in 1912 by more
than I 500 buildings Last year 9,35S
structures were put up on Long Is
land"
"Speskine OF the part the Long Is
land Railroad System played in hand
Inc the different materials required
for the erection Of these GOO build
inga, Mr. llson said: From April l..
handled 3529 500 tons Of lumber an IN
crease Of 26,o94 tons as compared with
the same period of 1920; it hauled
;76,6A7 tons Of cement, al increase Of
1856 tons; 1868 tons OF brick, an
increase Of $3.50 tons; A6,s7l tons Of
lime and plaster. sn increase OF ',ool
tons.
These figures indicate how fast
Long Island is growing.
"Thcre s an idea in the minds Of
many people. for instance, that the
freight rates on building materials are
so burdensome that building construc-
ton has consequently been limited.
Well-known architectural engineers
have recently analyzed the owners di-
rect building costs. and found that
only So cents of each dollar spent in
the construction of typical industrial
building goes toward paying the
freight charges on building materials.
"ln the last year says Mr.. Wilson
in conclusion, "it is estimated there
has ben reduction of about 40 per
cert in the cost Of building materials.
Establishments in freight rates already
in effect have lowered building costs,
and beginning with January |, 1922. the
3 per cent government war tax on
freight will be eliminated, making an
cthpr silbstOtiai saving
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Large Columbia Heights
Flat Figures in Trade
Other Brooklyn Apartments
Taken III Para Payment III
Eioht-Sfnry Huildi,,c

Inc Buicl. Realty Company sold the
Grosvcnor and Berkeley. on Montague
Street, Columbia Heights, Brooklyn,
eight story elevator apartments. 73v
100, taking in part paymcn. fours story
apartments at 235 10 241 Quincy Street,
l00Xl0o; also plot, 200x7C, on the east
side Of Howard Avenue. between SUIT
ter and Pitkin avenues. The buyer o.
the Heights house is The 726 Ocean
Avenue Company. Joseph T. Mvssclmsn
pres idcnt.
The Buckley & Horton Company sold
81 Carlton Avenue. an cigbt-f2niiv fat,
24.9xJoo. for Catherine Malonev and
Mary titlmauricc to Philip IracAt-
man.
The Realty Associates, Inc. sold 20
the Casino Building Corporation the
plot, 10ox841X irregular, al the south
east corner Of Twelfth Avenue ana
Fifty-ifth Street. which the purchas-
ers will improve with dwellings with
garages.
The Meister Builders. Inc. sold the
dwelling at the northwest corner Of
Avenue K and East Twelfth Street. re-
Gently completed, TO Lorenzo dam
bros q
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
New Yorker Invests in
East Orange Apartments

Jhc s.N-family house at 1S9 Elwood
Avenue, East Orange, n. j., have been
sold hy Professor Howard Black well
of Harvard to New York investor
through Fest Z; Neist. The same
brokers sold for Arthur Crane 20
George f. Williams the wo.family
house az II Scott Street Newark, n. j.,
2TXS5.
Fe;st l. 4'eist also sold for Jacob
Goldman to Joseph Carodnick the prop
erty at AIS Hawthorne Avenue, New
ark, and the plot 50x100 adjoining for
benjamin Nansman, which gives Mr..
Garodnick plot 100xl00, which the
new owner will improve with twelve
family apartment. The vacant plot,
75xlO0 at the southeast corner Of Haw-
thornc and Schuyler Avenues has been
sold through the same brokers for
Harry Kclner to Watson Coldin who
will erect q dwelling.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Rules Governing
Residence Sections
Under Xonis'g Plan
Businesses Which May Be
Carried On in Dwellings
i'm Home Districts With
OUT Violation Of The Law

The coming maps show residence dis
triets in which can be built only resi-
dcnccs, clubs, churches, schools, hospi-
tal>. etc. In these districts since July
%, 1916. business building cannot be
huilt. dwelling cannot be altered into
business building nor can a business
use be started in a dwelling. The ques-
tion often arises whether home call
lngs, like a doctors or dentists Office
viii be prevented in residence dis
trict. Can 4 music teacher put up a
small sign? Can an architect carry or
his business at home? Can d sculptor
his home in ? residence district? What
IS tho proper line between home
calling which will be allowed and a
business that will be prevented
Inc coming resolution states that in
q residence district no building shall be
used for any use other than dwellings,,
clubs, churches, schools. etc, and for
TIE accessory uses customariy incident
thereto. SO long as the homo calling
Is cuStomarily incident to the use Of
the building as nome there vii be no
lnfracton OF the law. A dentist or doc
tor can have his private ONCE in his
home in q residence district. A dentist
however. could not employ number Of
cha;rs IN bjs ho,,,o r'1' ,' ..'r'', an -.
announcing a dental establishments IN
,..n,,id l,,,,., s''9 BUSINESS VI oei'IisVIS
dsell;n@, of 49,, rre ms''f' Use a"u tne
isos ,nnfd bnco ,,,c n'ol,l ,c.I, ON 'ie prem
Slm'Iarly Il tailor could. perform his
N.i,l'., ~ '' u noH1e p"u u ne empioyea
U,r,.I '"o,,ld w. W. u' s@lotillE N ms nome It
'''''D '' "'' '''l 'a1''oh o. INC Ia
Law Often Violated
The zoning resolution j. reasor,hlo
in this respect and is designed 10 uTo-
vent hardship to professionsl mon and
others who custonari!v do thcjr vort
at home as an Incident. This jrninncv
Of the law is often taken ADVANTAGE of
by bus ness men. who trv to sail AS
close to the wind as possible hy cstab-
fishing business in a residence dis
trct Signs will often tell The story
as to whether tho business is an Incl
doat or not. Alterations bv putting
in store windows Will often tel the
story The ..o,, ,..tfo ,, l,,.,.,-.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Market Continues Strong
In Realty in the Bronx
Late Buying of Apartments.
Dwelling Houses and
Vacant Lots

lsador N. Levy sold to Tho Far De
vclopment Corporation, Louis Z. Cold
stein president. a ave-story flat a. ,78
linton Avenue, 37.ex95x irregular.
The Arrat Realty Corporation sold
to Katie Merk two fee-story flats q.
998 to 1000 Brook Avenue, 52x1295N ir-
regular.
john T. Kelly sold to Beatrice Edcl-
man the Il story dwelling, 401lo0l0.
al thc northeast corner Of l7Sth Street
and Prospect Avenue.
Regina Karlatad' sold 10 George
Friedrich a two-s,ory dwelling at 2o24
Valentine Avenue, 25x90.l1
Mary {. Hanrahan sold 4 threc-story
dwelling At At East 139th Street, Tx
100, to Simon TobasniA.
Louis Chustck sold TO Hlda Lunde
luna q three story dwelling az l448
Bryant Avenue, 20xl0o
Richard Dickson sold for Harry
Cohen two-family frame dwelling at
$50 Stebhins Avenue to a Mrs. Cal
iahan.
Douglas &, Gettell sold the plot, soy
100, at the southwest corner OF David
son Avenue and lS3d Street, to George
IIastings; a lot on east side OF David
son Avenue. 200 south of Fordhasn
Road, to Harry Douglass, who owns
two adjoining lots; plot, 75x246. on
cast side Of the Concourse, extending
TO Valentine Avenue, 289 south o.
i29,h Street for Louis rrstrun. to a
builder who plans three tive-stogy
apartments, lot on east side Of Nor
rs Avenue, near 10Th Street and
facing Jerome, TO Nenry c. Glascr.
aid al adjoining lot 70 s Aginshy for
immediate. improvement with homes
for their use.
Thomas K Crusc sold to Mildred H.
Ballow the vacant plot. 50x72.l0. on
the cast side of Grand Concoursc. 1855
feet north of 19sth Street.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Flat Trading
Still Active In
Many Zones
Milton Court OF 7th Avenue
corner Passes to New
Owners; Other Buying Of
West and East Side Houses

Milton Court, five story bat VII
stores. 59llxIoo, 1t .hc northwest coz
ncr Of i4sth Street and Seventh Avo
nue, has been sold by Albert +. Brug
man to Louis Klein and Harry Bern
stein.
The 5o1 Wes. lsad Street Corpora-
ton : Gerber, b. (. stein and H.
Nogel has been formed to take ovcr
the six-story fat with stores, f0xloo-
at the northwest corner Or l3Gd Stree
and Amsterdam Avenue.
The Nor1ig Krnst Really Company.
sold to Herman Scowartz three fyc
story tenements ~ l72A ard 1923 Ma
son Avenue. 10x50.sx irregular.
he Bermax Realty Company sold -
rphralm and Louis simon ii Ggc storY
store fla. st 1879 Eighth sA9snue. 25xsI
Irving Bachrach sold 4 four-sto--
tenement with stores a 355 last er
cnty-siAth Street 25xl02.., to Doncac.o
Acurt
Anna A. schacfer sod Louie Lab.
i've sorry enemen a 81. las kiche
fourh Sree, l9.5x1c2
o. luoti {, GO. sold Tor H3cAlcohI3
Brothers seven story iaodeFa terc
c.yoo. ~ c,,no
'r,li,s ,fro..,,o1... .os,a ,.,,.. ,.
".,.u, s.. 49,. 500 90. i'.s", M
15xloo - AK. ~ po ,'0V '''" % ''''''
The Hermitage Comran. sold "a A.
toincttc D. Verr,eulen a fo.,f.z,sr.
store tcncmon. at is7o Third Avan,,..
25x65.
Frederick Flaccus sold % Nol,ie a-t
Abraham iierzfe.d two five story sto.s
tenements a. iO2 and l04 F;r.t Ar,nt.-
2l.3x7o each.
Simon Karp sold 10 Jacob Klein a-sl
Louis Glichman four-storv store an
tenement al s32 Second Avenue. lsx.o.
Bridget O'Neill sold 10 Edward Pa.
Two three story tsnemonts and one
story stable at 243 ard 215 Wes. Niro-
teenth Street, 30x62x irregular .r~
S21,500.
The Lawyers Mortgage Conua~,
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Business Space Leased

-Spsar & Co leased thc sixth floor at
346 Sixth Avenue to the Progress
Tucking and Hemstitching Company
the store and basement at Is West
Seventeenth Street to the American
Textile Company, Inc, !aces; space at
35 East Twelfth Street to Levy &.
kaufman; thethird floor at 225 Greene
Street to the Aircraft Manufacturing
Company. decorative linens; the fifth
floor at 223o Mercer Street to Pasinef-
sky Brothers. womcn's hand bags; the
third floor al 81 Crosby Street 10 Harry
Nalitsky. leather goods; The sixth Aoor
al $3.50 Bleecker Street TO Edward II.
Graber, clothing. and offices at 100
Broadway to the Bargain Center. mail
order housce.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Builders Buy Edgcmere Block
EIrnnt and VIII Erect Houses

Morris Frand and Joseph Newman,
representcd by Sigmund Rubin, pur-
chased the block front on Edgemere
Avenuc, between Beach Thirtieth ard
Th rty-hrst streets, Edgcmere, l.. l..
,@oxl00. The purchasers intend to
erect onc- family houses.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Another l2-Storv Fiat for 5ll,
Avenue 10 Cost GO0n. coo

Plans for still another treve-stor
apartment house for fifth Avenue We're
filed yesterday. The site 70 be i'm
proved is at the north corner Of Sixss-
first Street, 29.9xls0. The Farers ioan
and Trust Company, a trustees. Is
given as the owner OF the record. i.
+. K. Carpenter. the architect. places
tic cost at $500. 600
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

The Trust Company Of New Jersey
viii take possess on of its nov eleven
story building at the corner of Bergen
ana Sipp avenues, Jersey City, this
week. ihe building, which is triangu-
lar, 's Jersey City's first ria atiron"
shaped skyscraper. 1t is Of Italian
Renaissance style os architecture, Of
steel granite. bus stone and ient
raced brick. Clinton K Rassc.l Of this
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

cit arc the architects and the Hagc
man Harris Company, also of this city,
the builder.
Ii took eight months to erect the
building, ground having been broken
on May q. last The banking rooms
occupying 5000 feet oil floor space, arc
in bronze and marble, and in design
and equipment represent the last "ora
in banking quarters
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

S300.00O Loan on Clubhouse

/ Re Manhattan Club has obtained
from the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company loan OF 100000 on its prop
erty at the southeast corner of Mad:-
son Avenue and Twenty Street,
improved with fvc-story building,
40 4yi7a
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Country C!,1, District Sales

Several sales arc reported in the
Country Ciub district Jamaica, by the
NJ. Morgeuthau lr. Company. Among
these arc four lots 10 y. NJ. Lay; four
lo.s u William Pctchler. and lot to
Miss i'rcderica De Wolfe