davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

signed by Goodhue & Ferguson, archi-
tects. and another structure OF the Same
style.
The house OF Frank ID. Potter at Rye,
~. Y. illustrated herewith. also designed
by Lewis Colt Albro. is an example OF
the English cottage type OF the Surrey
district That style of house has many
salient features which are the same as
the great houses OF the same period, as
they obtain their charm from their pic
riresqueness of roof line and from the
choice and texture of their materials.
They are however, almost entirely free
from ornament and rely on their roof
lines and the charm of fenestration for
their success.
Again. like their larger prototypes.
they must be built OF permanent ma
terial, such as stone or brick; but tha
brick can be OF roughness that would
not be acceptable for other work. and
STILL as IN Mr.. Potter's house, derive its
quality from the very roughness OF tn
texture.
There are many practical advantages
In building after the English cottage
type, such as the miniuum OF upkeep.
because, with the exception OF the win
dow sash and blinds, there Is no wood
work TO be repainted and the roof OF
heavy slate endures for all time.
Mr.. Potter's house. although on
small area OF ground, has been beauti-
fully planted and on the axis of its log
gia Is one OF the most charming Of Vest
chester county's many lovely gardens.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
THAT the day when tho garment

THAT the day when the garment
manufacturing trades will be in
quarters as far west az Eighth
avenue, between Thirty-fifth and Thirty
ninth streets Ia near at hand and that
before the end OF this year the newly
erected buildings and those now In
course of construction will be filled,
was the statement made yesterday by
and suits. Mr.. Lefcourt was the first
the new district for tho making OF
ready to wear goods and has been a
consistent advocate Of the removal of
the needle trades from tho retail store
section.
In 1912 Mr. Lefcourt erected his own
building on West Thirty-seventh street,
and within stones throw from his
building tho garment center buildings
are located. He has IN course of con-
struction two sixteen story buildings.
one OF which will be at 81 and 239
West Thirty-seven street and the other
at 246 to $50 West Thirty eighth street
I'VE have received a number Of in
quiries regarding space. In these new
buildings frop manufacturers OF wom-
ems apparel now located east OF Fifth
avenue and on the side streets east
OF Broadway said Mr.. Lefcourt
These inquiries are clearly indicative
Of the interest manifested in the new
and permanent Seventh avenue district,
and there rs no doubt In my mind but
that all manufacturers will eventually
realize the desirable features of maxi
ing their business home In neghbor-
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
NMS1Y3yMM@y& IMlXNIS1N1%&
HOME OF GEoRSE ARENTS, 5R.. wEpV
lr Architects Catch Inspirations and
uggestions From Ancient Houses,
Producing Free Renderings Of
Habitations in Mother Coun-
try, But Still Showing
Their Antecedents.
Their AntecedentS.

natural mixture OF materials that this
early English style in it's transition pc
riod gains the lovable qualities OF q
real domestic architecture.
In Compton Winyates, to which so
many American architects turn, we find
the usa of stone. brick, wood, plaster
and slate. but further than that We
see in the use of all these materials
texture, tone and color. and how subtly
that mixture of materials must be ap-
piled only our modern designers of the
highest type can understand.
Stone was used as quoins. copings,
cornices and steps, brick in the main
masses of wall and wood and plaster
In the humber gables and in the lesser
wings In half timber designs. Old slate
and stones cover the roofs.
Not Many Tudor Houses Here.
Haddon Hall is another and more Inn
portant example of architecture OF the
period of the transition from the early
Gothic type to the Italian Renaissance
style. but 1t Is Compton-Winyates that
Is more lovable to us Americans because
perhaps 1t seems more domestic and
more livable. 1t sits on an incompar-
able lawn. which represents hundreds OF
years of rolling to achieve its present
sea.
The early English, or Tudor. houses of
great size in this country are not many.
but they can be said to be unusually
fine examples of the style.
Perhaps the first example built In this
country Is John Russell Pope's house for
Stuart Duncan at Newport. which closely
follows the Compton-Winyates ira
ditions. The Morristown home Of George
Marshall Allen, by Charles I. Berg.
architect. Is also one of Compton-Win-
yates architectural understudes. 1t
was followed by Hillbrook, illustrated
above. the great house of George Arents,
Jr.. at Rye. designed by the architect.
Lewis Colt Albro. Hiubrook does not
recall Compton Winyates in any par
ticular motif or feature. but in the gen.
eral spirit of domesticity and in the
materials used.
In describing the Arents house in the
Architectural Record, John Taylor Boyd.
Jr., says:
1T Is situated on an estate of some
eighty acres. three miles from the town.
In that landscape OF low hills and mead
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

Ows broken with occasional outcropping
iedges characteristic OF most of the Long
Island Sound region from the sea up to
the mountains of New England the hills
rising higher as one proceeds .northward,
At Hillbrook the changes in level are not
great, perhaps not over hundred feet
a parklike country OF meadows and
clumps and groves, ancient pasture
lands, with green turf here and there
flashed by blue-gray hedges worn
smooth by weather or ancient geological
ice.
1.-THE house itself stands well back on
the site. permitting view over the
owners land. The entrance to It is
through long driveway of more than
quarter of mile, leading from q
gate and gatekeepers lodge: first
past a flat farmland, partly titled. then
turning over a bridge that spans a
brook in a grove OF trees. out into the
open again actoss a lawn to the house.
There Is no effect Of a secluded en-
trance court or protico. such as one
finds in many houses, but simply
wide lawn all around the house broken
enly by the roadway. The house Is
an irregular mass. with q fine high
slate roof and brick chimneys; its walls
are q colorful rough-texture brick, brok-
en- by limestone and some half-timber
elements well diversified in the pic
turesque salients and gables and en-
frances.
shrubs Used mn Screen.
Masses OF shrubs screen the service
court and wing. almost the only plant
ing In the great lawn. The diversity
already remarked as a characteristic Of
Mr.. Albro's design is especially predomi-
Lant In the west end. where the long
low gable and interesting wall treat
ment OF slender colonnettes against
brick OF the sun room extension furnish
one OF the best pictures of the exterior.
or the entrance front the main elements
are apparent In the photographs--the
monumental stone entrance. vigorously
modelled; the oddly contrasting side en-
trance, tucked away In a corner: the
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

half timber work. The former is re-
called especially in the treatment and
proportions Of the sun porch. the gables,
the great hall window and the dining
portico. although IL will be noted that
the small gable OF that historic example
has given place to an oriel-like chimney
motive. with a sun dial and portfolio
window. The latter is recalled more
particularly In the woodwork and carv-
ing on the sun porch.
In the gables and barge boards and
ence Of Compton-Winyates.
Reminder of Surrey.
The effect Of time necessary for the
verihcation of style which had its be-
ginning in other centuries Is simulated
by the sldllful finish given to the cypress
used throughout for the exterior work.
That wood. which has had a reputation
for its strength and good weathering
qualities, has attained a new status In
the present instance, where II has been
proven that, under proper treatment, IL
can achieve an excellent likeness TO the
aged oak which is too difficult and ex-
pensive. under existing conditions. 70
obtain.
Klllenworth. George It. Pratts house,
at Glen Cove, by Trowbridge & Aeker-
mann. architects, is another splendid
example Of the style and in 1t stone
was used exclusively. At Locust Val
ley is the home of J. E. Aldred. de-
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

purple and green of the slate roof, all
in excellent scale and remarkably con-
sistent Among the skilifully executed
details are the dark reddish brick.
with wide joints well raked out. the
ironwork of the lamps and the leadwork
OF the leaders. and the English CHM
neys. Perhaps, as noted above, the sun
room extension is the most charming bit
or the exterior, the greatest and most
imaginative.
Garden II Modern English.
Tho garden-principally pool sunk
In the lawn, Its lining clear robins
egg blue. and its walls and curbs a
rough gray stone enlivened by big pots
and Jars In which grow rhododendrons
appears as an effective and most
skillfully designed landscape on the
modern English model. An extension
of 1t is planned down the slope in the
cross-axis of the pool. An interesting
detail Is the touches OF color provided
by the risers of the stonework steps.
which are built of long. thin. bright
red pressed bricks. Altogether admir-
able. the vigorous whole some design Of
the garden pool. free as II Is from
hnicky proportions or fussy details. Is
reached in the terrace on the south
front, on which the hall and dining
room windows open. A panel Of green
sward breaks the stone pavement Of this
terrace and a hedge of heliotrope be-
hind the balustrade sets It of.
"In reviewing the exterior one feels
that the hand OF time Is much needed In
this south front. Very little stone Is
necessary to enliven brick walls a fact
which the entrance OF Hillbrook well
proves. The zigzag lines and check
cred patterns of the quoining are hard
to reconcile with the delicacy of the
Gothic proportions, especially with their
light and shade. OF course, the prece-
dents to the contrary would seem over
whelming. but nevertheless the broader.
more regular and more symmetrical
pattern of the sun room wing. in which
wall and window and roof are tied
with the architectural scheme OF decora-
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
BROKERS URGED TO
GET LICENSES NOW
Brooklyn Board Sees Danger
in Delay-Law Effective
on October 1.

The Brooklyn Real Estate Board has
Issued a warning TO It's members that
only a short time remains for fling APP
plications for real estate brokers and
real estate salesmen's licenses. under
the law which goes into effect on Oc-
tober l.
"Only six weeks remain for the Is
suance of licenses by the State Tax De-
partment," says the boards statement,
"and 1t Is feared that those brokers who
do not file their applications Immediate
ly may find themselves In an embarrass-
ing situation IL their licenses are not
obtained by October 1. Under the law
II is misdemeanor for any person
TO receive any sum OF money as COM
mission or compensation for the sale OF
real estate unless he IL licensed real
estate broker or salesman. and he shall
be subject TO a further penalty OF not
less than four times the sum of money
received by him as commission or conn
pensation with the further result that
for SO acting Illegally. IL might inter-
fere with his obtaining license In the
future.
THE state Tax Commission Is ex-
tremely anxious TO facilitate the issu-
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
rgest Owner Lived in
Two Rooms Over Garage
ny THE ODD PARAGRAPHER.

|5w YORKER visited a Long
Island suburb with the view of
purchasing property for invest
Turning to friend who lived in
|yn he said: "You have n fine
ere, who owns it?" The hotel Is
by Bill Jones. the real estate
|vas the reply.
) owns the theatre 2" the New
then inquired That belongs
hes Also answered the sub
fe.
next thing that struck the WIS.,
|ye was a large country estate.
handsome place." he said. It's
saie?"
ouldn't wonder. That's Jonesev's
he'll sell anything at a price
| b he has the place rented at pres
ice more replied the resident.
S as though this man Jones
town. Where is his estate 2"
inquired the New York.
estate'?" inquired the suburban
a smile. why. we passed that.
's estate comprises two rooms
e town garage. He also owns
Iage."
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
and affording panoramic view over
Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Greensboro
Bridge. Forest Hills, the ocean. South
Bay and the Jersey coast
The Prudence-Bonds guaranteed first
mortgage for 100000 on the building
will run to July /. 1882, amortizing at
the rate OF $4,000 a year until 1927,
and $4,000 thereafter until 1882. when
the balance will be paid.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Garment Trade Is Moving
Nearer to Eighth Avenue

hood so convenient and attractive for
visiting buyers.
Judging from the number OF leases
which expire in the Fifth avenue and
Madison avenue districts at the end
OF this year there will be dearth
OF space In the Seventh avenue dis
trict for those who want to locate on
tho West Side. Most fortunately. a
number of ne~v buildings are to be
erected next year. and l would not be
surprised ~ tho side streets as far as
Eighth avenue. and maybe stu fur
ther. will very soon house the needle
trades through the medium OF sky
scrapers providing the many facilities
for the making OF wearing apparel
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

is a universally accepted opinion
bat the English have achieved the
|rt or science of living to a higher
70 than has any other nation.
Pt for the short period of London
b the educated and cultured En-
pan is a country living person. and
pct that he not only builds well,
ives well. is the obvious reason.
|ps. that we have found 1t so ne.
pie in this country to build Ameri-
Pmes after certain English styles.
American colonial work, as we all
is the natural growth or outcome
b English Georgian style OF the
fenth Century. We are fast seeing,
er. in this country the possibilities
|hpting for our needs the earlier
h work. We are learning to re-
BE the charm OF the humble cot
OF Surrey and the Cotswold dis
and. for our more important
turn again to that early transit
eriod, In which the influence of the
and craftsmen of Italy was felt
Gothic work of England.
lence OF Compton-wfnyates.
pton-winyates or warwickshire.
buntry seat of the Marquis of
impton. that marvelously pic
ne sixteenth century pile. has
the incentive as well as the
ton over all other English
because residential work in
puntry. which follows the early
b period, and 1t is agreed by our
and architects that one could
follow a more interesting ex-
1t Is picturesque to such a de-
hat 1t is distinctively romantic.
ype OF great house. like Haddon
achieves its picturesqueness
b the irregularity of its plan.
s hardly trace of symmetry In
sign. but the picturesqueness of
terror Is enhanced by the re-
ole mixture of materials used. II
he sl<illful yet apparently most
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
NEW SOUND BEACH PROJECT.
Acres 20 he Sold in
building Lots.

A new development along Long Island
Sound and comprising twenty-five acres.
or about 100 lots, every one fully re-
stricted, has been Incorporated. The
property IS on the westerly side OF
Sound Beach avenue. Sound Beach.
Conn. between Keofferam Park and
Greenwich Cove Park. near the Green
wich Inn Hotel e. Benjamin Lockwood
OF Sound Beach has been appointed sole
agent for the lots The land will be
sold In building lots. with water rights,
Title guarantees will be given through
the Greenwich Trust Company at no ex-
pense TO purchasers.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
RED BANK ESTATE Is SOLD.

Feist a Feist have sold tho estate of
John Ebersberger on the Shrewsbury
River at Red Bank to Samuel Katz OF
Summit. The property consists Of sixty
seven acres and has river frontage OF
about 900 feet. About five acres are
Handicapped. The house Is OF the Call.
fornia bungalow type. one and half
stories high and on plot 4ox1oo feet.
There Is also a garage.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

ton and blend SO admirably together.
could hardly be improved upon. For
such a scheme OF decoration stands upon
its own merits. while the more conven-
tional, historic method of design of the
south front needs the effects Of time
and Of vines to soften the quoins con-
cealing them here and there or else
softening their angles with tiny spots
and shadows. All this much needed
harmony will come in the course of
years when the full effect of the plant
ing is apparent"
Among recent houses Hillbrook is a
very marked success. Altogether a re-
markable rendering. freely and boldly
executed, of the English historic style"
John Russell Pope's house for Allan
S. Lehman at TTarrytown is a late adj
dition to the great houses of the style
of the English transition period in this
country and has been most exquisitely
executed.
EARLY English I'm Lehman Home.
The Lehman residence Is representa-
tive of an early English type which is
steadily becoming a natural part OF our
country landscape. In spite OF our
Colonial inclination to the ordered idea,
which is the basis of the Georgian, we
react more easily to the informal pic
turesqueness of the Eiizabethan and
Jacobean. II suits our liking for
style which allows greater latitude for
individual preference In exterior and in
terror arrangement. The persistent APP
peal OF Tudor compositions lies largely
In the fact that they appear TO have
grown gradually from the needs OF the
family. The pleasing Irregularities. the
length of line, the taking angles, have
not the air of book construction. They
seem rather to have developed, from
human needs than to have been planned
on an architects table. This Is espec-
tally true In the present instance. which
colorfully interprets It's prototype. re-
suit depending not little on the care
full selection and skillful use of the
brick, stone. wood and slate which COM
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
NEW Jon roR EWING srErD.

Ewing Speed, for many years identi-
fled with the real estate business, has
Joined the organization of SPOTS &
starr. Inc, with offices In the Times
Building, Broadway and FNorty-second
street He will be In charge of the
management department.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
TO BUILD HOME IN NEWARK.

David z. Jeseisolm will build resi-.
dence at s5-s7 Leslie street. south Of
Voorhees, street. Clinton Hill. Newark.
The site was sold through the offices OF
Louis Schlesinger. Inc. for Harry Raohs
lin. II measures Soxt00 feet.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
COLLEGE COURSE ron BUILDERS

A course in commercial geology. said
TO be the first OF its kind ever intro
duced into a university, has been an
nounced by the School OF Commerce OF
New York University. II will be given
by Or. Ernest X. Lilley, and Is designed
especially to teach builders. contractors
and purchasing agents how 70 know
materials with which they have 10 deal.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Eope Is skyscraper Mad.

EUROPE seems 70 be getting tho
per building craze. Two years
|. tain Londoners agltated .he con-
h of apartment houses 200 fess
|t and similar In design 10 New
|multi-family structures. Some
| [er word came from Japan tina:
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

a giant Office building was to be erected
there and recently announcement was
made that American skyscraper con-
struction would be introduced in the
heart OF the business center OF Berlin
Germany. In the form OF a tall combina-
ton business and residence improve
ment. The latest word is that a syndi-
cate OF Partisan builders pans to erect
100 apartment houses which will rival
New York's tall structures
Years ago all Europe criticised that
form Of American construction" Now
that one after another OF tho leading
European countries are copying our
style OF building. we wonder II the critt-
cism was prompted by envy.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Broker or Undertakerr

An elderly gentleman walked into the
office of a real estate broker in Brook
lyn recently and declared that he do
sired to turn over to the broker the
management OF his realty holdings.
"You see." the old gentleman continued.
II am eighty-four years old and the
work is becoming too much for me-"
In the brokers' Office at the time was a
friend who contemplated entering the
real estate business. This man listened
TO the conversation with interest and
after the broker had completed hts busi-
ness with the old gentleman remarked :
"If I've got to wait until owners become
feeble with age In order TO get the man
agement of properties / guess I would
just as soon become an undertaken"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-18
GREAT TOBACCO MEETING:
- HELD N IITISiLSN\t
ISpccia. o The Times D!spntcnl

~pccld. % ne mes p!k pdtCn,i
DANNll.I.E. VA. Aprii l7-About
800 farmers of I'!ttsylvanla. most Of
them signatori.s ~ tn. I'VE year
pooling plan OF tn. co-cpcrative
Growers Association. attended q
rally hcid q; Chatham this afternoon
Under the auspices Of tho Business
Mems clun of that place. Former
Governor WcSjmorcland Davis made
a speech ana talhs wer" heard from
John Il. HUTCHINSON. OF Virginia
Polytechnic lns;,tut" extension di-
vision and John Blanks. ~ Ken
tucky, vno explained the success 81
tn" pool pan among tn. Burnley
growers.
\ good d.ai OF enthusiasm was
manifested at the meeting. rittSyl-
vanja Count il SAID to To- TIA. most
strongly organized county 81 am
within tn" range of the ASSOCIATION.
which covers Virginia ani the Caro-
mas The amount Of tonacco siguod
up FOR the coming season is over
twcuty-rhrcc and d quarter million
pounds.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-18
COURT AND CITY COUNCIL
CLASH ON JAIL PLANS
Lynchburg Manager Proceed.
to Advertise for Bids for
Building.

LYNCHEUHG. VA. Aprii l7-Al-
though Judge Frank T.. christian. a.,
the Corporation court has clearly
Indicated thai h" WIN nor approve 81
changes proposed ny ~" Ci'y Coun-
ell for the old city jail here city
Manager Beck is advcrtisia. ."r bids
for IN" work ordered 10 be done
several months ago.
AN, which, viii considerable reduce
the accommodation and at ~. sam.
TN" !, mni.es no provision for the
Incarceration ~ convicted female
prisoners at tn city farm. where
male prisoners are worked
y week ago the Council gave IN.
city manager .nstrIri!on % ~. ,c,U
with he wsrE Following plhl!ca-
Tim II thiy. Judge Christi. clearly
DU'l!E,d :" 40 Council tina i Ga
not approve -! the pr posed plans
aud that he would rcsor, to the is
sUanc" Vf rui. 10 stop the work
Il /, was attempted.
This has not a. vet cct-rrcI tho
move tn" cir" manager taking Tho
ground that he j. boGnd TO proceed
under III Councils Instructions as
long as thcs" az" not recalled b. res
oiut.on.
Meanwhile. ZONE agitation is beng
-rOus"d Uy the issue 10 u;G" u. ctty
Council 10 dispose Of the pr.sen; civ
market ANA auditorium and /" build
81 city halt on property bought for
~ wears aG" 'nr tho purpose and 10
'"@ lrde modern jail IN this Struc-
ture.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-18
F|SHERMAN'S ISLAND
BUILDINGS DESTROYED
Fire Starts i'm Marsh-Lonc
Carctakcr Unable to Hal,
Spread.
Ihy Assoclated Press !

NORFOLK. VA. April ;!.-Tweive
E"N"ihm"nt buildings on Fisher
man Island in Chesapeake Bay.
were DESTROYED hy Hrc sunday after
room Unofficial estimates say the
loss may reach 100000. The Weather
bureau station. hospital and one
other building escaped the narrcs>
Inc Dlaz" started about O'clock.
IN" cap" li"nr'' Observer havins re-
ported IT :" ioca coas; guard ON
citIs E"r- who later received add
ti"i.al Information by telephone Last
night the army nine planter Cen
era :. Nj Mills. bearing q dctach-
mcnt % soldiers under command %
captain r. W crist. was dispatched
from Fortress Monroe &" fah, the
fa'nss. bm; arrived TOO late 20 hc o:
assistance.
There w"ro ap"u, fifteen buildings
On tn" island. used previous to thu
war as uuaraniin. camp and later
as an observation station
The fir" was reported tm have
a;aricd in Tia" marsh where a party
Of vacat'oncrS had been in camp
II snr"ah rapidly through tho brush