The New York herald., 1922-10-08
+ ENTRANCE, CLARK WILLOW APARTMENT
Widow Of Architect Proves Woman
Can Go Into Construction and Still
Find Time to Bring Up Family
Puts Up Apartments in Brook
lyn Heights Says Section
With Historic and Liter
ary Associations Has
Assured Future.

-HE MODERN American idea OF
maternity draws it's inspiration
rom an age In which woman 10
learning rapidly to take her place IN the
political and even In the economic life OF
the nation ana at the same time manage
n home and rear children with all the
affection and care that the OLD time
mother lavished on them. Within the
ranks of almost every profession ana
business Is to be found at least one wom-
an who does not neglect her home be-
cause of seeming absorption in some DIG
fieid Of endcavor. The real estate busi-
ness is no exception. Within the last
few years its various strata OF acuvity
have yielded remarkable proof Oh he
present day theory, that business ana
family rearing may be. carried on col,
laterally. A typical example Is airordeo
IN the case OF Mrs. Esther Howard
Taerinr. widow OF Lieut.-Col. l. Wood
run Leeming.
In her professional life Mrs. Leeming
sirn, herself ''E. Fl. Leeming, treasurer
Of the Peritus Realty Company or
"vice-president OF the ]. Dali Construc-
fion Company" and the signature IS
characteristic OF that cloak OF practicai
fmpersonality with which American men
and women OF affairs naively attempt 10
conceal the romance that pulsates
tf,rouahout their business life. Like
manv another woman of her ilk, she did
not set out deliberately to achieve ca
Yeer. She was satisfied with the domes-
tic life which circumstances apparently
had nodded for her-that OF wife OF
man successful In his profession ana
mother of his four children. True, shc
had taken deep interest In the work OF
her husband, who was we'll known as
designer Of apartments and dwellings.
She had helped him materially by going
over plans with him and giving him the
benefit OF her feminine viewpoint with
regard to the essentials OF we'll devised
home, and gradually she acquired very
nractical knowledge of the building busi-
ness. Yet she did not yearn Tor the SELF
expression which to so many. or her sex
merely means an escape from household
duties. She was accustomed to gen.
srous scale of living which enabled her
TO give her children most OF the social
ana educational advantages to which
she felt that they were entitled.
war Brought Sacrifices.
Enters the war with its sinister pro-
pensity for DETECTING the orderly course
or human eX1StcnCc. O.e gave nub-
band to the cause of the Allies and bore
the sacrifice bravely. Family tradition
demanded nothing less Of her, Was she
not the cousin Of Gen. Tasker Howard
Bliss, once commanding officer OF the
United States Army, as well as the niece
OF the late Gen. Horatio c. King?
With the rank of Northumberland.
Mr.. Leeming was placed In charge of
the leasing OF all lands in France for
the American Expeditionary Forces. He
saw service is every part Of France, ne
gotiating for sites for docks. camps.
hotels. hospitals or recreation centcrs.
After the arrnistice he was appointed a
member Of the Commission on War
Damage In Allied Countries and was
sent to Rome as assistant chief OF the
war damages board for Italy. Finally
his health broke down under the long
strain and he returned to the United
States. where he died in the fall Of 1919.
In recognition of his services France
made him an ofncer Of the French
Academy.
For the hrst time I'm her life Mrs.
Lseming was forced 20 take account of
her resources, and, she found the situa-
ton none too reassuring. From an in
come standpoint her real estate holdings
we're a liability rather than an asset