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The New York herald., 1922-07-08
News Of the Real Estate World
MAYORALTY HOME TO
BE TALL APARTMENT
Clark Property in Drive to
Glue Place to Flats.

In all probability Mayor Hylan will
never really get chance to spurn a
proffered home on Riverside Drive. be-
cause the report published yesterday
to the effect that some generous soul
was going to buy the old Clark resi-
dence at Riverside Drive and Ninety
ninth street and give it to the city for
a Mayoralty domicile was denied last
evening by the real estate firm OF
VIM. A. White & Sons. Ivor B. Clark.
a director of the company who made
the sale, said the property had been
sold to a corporation known as the
Masmat Company, Inc. and which
really intends to improve the site with
a sixteen story very up to date apart
ment house.
Riverside Drive. no doubt Is a nice
place to live said the Mayor yester-
day by way of comment on the rumor
that the citys chief executive might
get free rent and Hudson River
overlook. But Bushwick Is good
enough for me. ] would not be sur
prised IL the report was started by some
press agent to boost realty values in
the Riverside Drive section"
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PHYSICIANS TO ERECT
SIX STORY HOSPITAL

James Kyle & Sons sold for Henry
Wienand and George Ehret respec-
lively the five story apartments at 549
and 551 East Eighty-seventh street. on
plot 46x10o. at the northwest corner OF
East End avenue. The purchasers are
n group of physicians. who will demol-
ish the present buildings and erect q
six and one-half story private hospital.
Title will be taken in the name of the
East End Avenue Realty Corporation.
formed by Fletcher Brown 4 Twyef-
fort, attorneys. and having for direc-
tors Warren G. Du Bois, John Mon
crieff. Edwin Powers. Robert 8.
Fletcher and NJ. Donovan.
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BROOKLYN TRANSACTIONS.

Slawson g. Hobbs sold for Walter M.
Jermyn of Miami. Fla. to an investor
the southeast corner OF Franklin and
Kent streets. four three story flats with
stores. ON a plot e6x67+. assessed at
s35. .0O0 The property had been In the
possession of the seller for about
twenty years.
The Edwards Hotel at the southwest
corner OF Manhattan avenue and Clay
street. Brooklyn. has been leased by
the newly formed Edwin Hotel Com
pany. represented by l.. J. Jacobson.
The company viii pay rental OF s2l.-
600 a year fer fifteen years.
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HUDSON ST. HOUSES SOLD.

William Goldstone and Simon Myers
have bought from the estate of Sydney
Smith the two four story dwellings with
basement stores at 141 and 143 Hudson
street, on plot 57.3x76.3, located between
Beach and Hubert streets. There are
no leases on the property. Ward,
BeIknap & Son were the brokers'. This
is the first sale OF the property In more
than a century.
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sroNEwALL SOLD TO LONDON.

The steamship StoneNall has been
sold by the Garland Steamship Cor
poration to Stanley and John Thomp-
son of London. representing the St
Helen's Steam Shipping Company. il
was learned yesterday. Permission for
change in registry from American to
British had to be gained but the Ship
ping Board offered no objection, as the
vessel was built in Great Britain ir
1920. She is of 5000 gross tons.
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Fire Record

a. NJ. Loss.
IL :20-i5 Seventh ST.: fence: VIM. Nc
sally .......s..s... .....s .DnknoNn
c;55-i0ei Franklin av. Bronx: un-
known ...................... unknown
2 :40--2o6 w. 10th St unknown. Unknown
.c0-503 West 10th ST.. Bertha Mar
p.00-30th st. and Hudson River:
a:l,--s ST. Marks place: unknown. :. $500
/ 1922 Columbus av.; awning: Sam
Morfno ............. ....a.... unknown
y. NJ.
IL :3o-2sio Seventh sv.: Moses Philippi.
Unknown
IL :5o-247 West f45th st: Frank
Muller ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Unknown
s.so-:i2 East ICED ST.. Joseph Katz.
Trinins
3io-osi East 5oth st.. taxi. James
McCn0c. ....tss.s......... Trffling
t:40--i53d At. and Sd av.. The Bronx.
Union Railway to,.......... Slight
) :5n--T2 East 18th st.. Becky Ka-
lcrloss. ....,............. Unknown
6:30-wcst and Watt sts.. autono-
bile, Frank Richards. ....... .Trif1ine
5o-s-i0 Rivington ST.. Rose Gader.
Unknown
1:fo-i5-i7 wcst Goth ct. Ideal Fur
Co. and Check Skirt Co.. Unknown
.3o-t33d 81. and Brook av, The
Bronx: New York, New Haven
and Hartford r. n. Co. Unknown
s35---47 Rutgers st.; Harry Cold Unknown
y so--5na Vest ii7th ST.; Howard
kcngton ...s.ts.s..,..s...s.u Unknown
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aUEENsBoRouGH MARKET.

". Richter & Co. Of Rockaway Park
sold for Charles V. Bill the corner of
Beach 137th street. Belle Harbor. to a
client. and leased cottages for the
estate of Thomas Lenanc on Beach
18th street. Belle Harbor; for Frank
wiedeman on Beach 1s5th street; for
p. Brennan his cottage on Beach 133d
street, and for Mrs. Elfricda Regan her
cottage at Beach 18th street.
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DECORATORS LEASE HOUSE.

Maurice wertheim leased for the
Capen Realty Company, c. Alfred
Capen president. the four story dwell
ing at $40 Lexington avenue. between
Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth streets. lS.ex
So for twenty-one years. The lessee.
the London Interior Decorating Com
pany. Leonard II. Hardy proprietor.
will remodel into street level and par
lor stores with studio apartments on
the three upper floors. All OF the
stores have already been leased from
the plans.
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pI.ywRIcHr RENTS SUITE.

Douglas l.. Gilman G. Co. leased a
roof garden apartment on the top OF
the new building, now under construc-
ton. at 80 East Elghty-fourth street.
northeast corner OF Madison avenue, TO
Edward Sheldon. the playwright; also
an apartment In 665 Park avenue Tor
Morgan II. Howe to Thomas NJ Stew
art for whom they have secured an
extension of the lease through Pease
a. Gilman, agents.
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AMERICAN PORTS.
fBy Mail.l

GULFPORT. Miss, July ARRIVED. str
Iguassu (Braz). New Orleans Ito finish
leading for Buenos Aires).
NORFOLK. July 5-Sailed. str Seaconnet.
Itoston.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass. July s--Sailed. tug
Hattie calling at Wings Neck for barges
Hattie and Northern No 3D.
PROVIDENCE. RI. July 5-Sailed. str
Penobscot. Newport News.
SAN PEDRO. Cal. July 4-Sailed. str Ca
madam Farmer fBr). San Francisco.
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Quecns--Snlc OF Let.
AN Er.MTIrJRsT HOME,

AN ELMHURsT HOME.
Elegant 10 room house, double garage, on
plot b0x100: surrounded with beautiful
shrubbery: every possible improvement. en-
closed porch. II you want real homo for
the balance OF your life inspect this propoqi-
tion. Reasonable terms arranged; must sell.
leaving town. for further particularly.
soRENsoN, "a Jennings ST., Eimnurst, l. I.
Newtown oS3o.
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BRONX BUILDING PLANS.

Plans have been filed for one story
brick stores. 92.ex10O. on the southeast
corner Of Burnside avenue and Grand by
the ]. l.. & S. Construction Company.
owners Gronenberg and Leuchtag,
architects. estimate the cost at 5000
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Store Property-25%, Net Now

Big future: price $3.50 cash required
$40, 600: expenses 5000; rental over $f9, ,000
six new two story brick buildings; apart
mcnt above. 103x100: finest section OF Mount
Vernon. corner Prospect and Cottage avs,
av. Tel. Hllcrest 1152R.
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ager of F. G. G. Buchanan. has formed
with Victor J. Kubanyi the firm OF
McGourty & Kubanyl with offices at
600 West 125th street.
George F'ryhofer has been elected a
director of the NJ. Morgenthau. Jr.,
Company.
James J. Ttchingham, Inc, has been
appointed agent OF the following prop
critics. 12s West Sixty-thrd street. 11S
West 1l5th street and 31S West 1929
street
Day g. Day, Inc. sold to S. II. Stone.
NJ L. Goldstone and A. III. Pincus a
second mortgage OF 100000 on the
northeast corner OF West End avenue
and l03d street. r. thirteen story apart
ment building. subject to first mort
gage OF 100000 held by the Prudential
Life Insurance company. The loan was
procured for the 66l Fifth Avenue Cor
poration.
The City Of New York opened esti-
mates for construction. addition and
alterations to Public School 81. accord
ing to Browns Letters. Inc, construc-
ton reports. The building Is at 114th
street and third avenue, and the lowest
estimate for the general construction
was submitted by Frymier e. Hanna
at s264,539. The lowest estimate re-
ceived for constructing Public School
100. northeast corner of Hester and
Baxter streets. was submitted 10y the
Concord Construction Company. their
bid totaling s2lS,SH.
Tho New York Telephone Company
will erect n new Telephone Building In
Paspaic, n. j.. according 10 Browns
Letters, Inc, construction reports.
Plans prepared by T.. A. Munger call
for a building OF fireproof construction.
three stories high. to cost approxi-
mately $4,000. The general construction
work will be done by Charles Money.
Inc.
The New York Title and Mortgage
Company has made a loan of $3.50. 900
on the property formerly occupied by
the ONeill Adams store on Sixth ave-
rue. between Twentieth and Twenty
6rst street, at bh per cent
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Brooklyn-sa,s or Let.

DECATUR sT-compiete . family house;
nice block: convenient 10 schools, transit.
etc heat. electricity: immediate possess
sion. Buahwick r0ff5N.
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TO LET FOR BUSINESS.
Above I4th St. to seth st. Inciusi,e,.

InET elevators: spr.nklered: side
AOA windows. 81 900. Is w. 18TH
DUROSS. 155 W. 14TH.
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PASSENGER STEAMERS SAILED.

AMERICAN LEGION. from Buenos Aires
9th for New York
ANDANIA (Br). from Southampton 9th for
Montreal.
ASIA trr). from St Michaels 9th for New
York
LAPLAND (Br). from Antwerp 9th for New
York.
MANUEL cALvo Csp). from cadiz June
80 for New York
MELITA (Br). from Southampton 9th for
Montreal
ROTTERDAM Dutch. from Plymouth 9th
for New York.
SCYTHIA (Br). from Liverpool Ith for New
York.
wAIRUNA (Br. from wellington 4th FOR
Vancouver.
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James ]. Ttchingham. Inc, has been
appointed agent of the following prop
critics: 12S West Slxty-third street. lis
West 1l5th street and 31s West 1929
street
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Continued from Preceding Page.
CABLE REPORTS.
rAssENGER STEAMERS ARRIVED

8ARcELONA (sp). at Cadz 9th.
FRANCE fFr). at Havre 9TH.
MINNEKAHDA. at plymouth Ith.
NEW YORK. at Algiers Sd land sailed 4th
for Naples. SCI.
NIAGARA (Frl. at vigo 9th.
TYRRIIENIA (Br). at Liverpool 7th.
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PERSONAL AND IMPERS0NAL.

Thomas +. McGourty. formerly man
ager of F. G. G. Buchanan. has formed
with Victor J. Kubanyi the firm OF
McGourty & Kubanyi with offices at
600 West 125th street.
The New York herald., 1922-07-08

George F'ryhofer has been elected a
director of the NJ. Morgenthau, Jr..
Company.
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and beauty Aunt Madeline" set a stand
ard for me by which l judged people in
stinctively, and when later l moved
among the strange heterogeneous crowd
which surrounds successful artists l dis
cerned those whom l thought worthy of
her friendship and those who would not
be.
But, sad to relate, l overworked with
ing in his open air plays in the wet grass,
and at last l had to go home very seri-
ously i'll.
My voice went for seven months, and
for many weeks had to write on slate.
My singing voice never returned. 1t was
dreadful-and l was heartbroken. |
couldn't speak to the children, If played
with them | tired, and | could only take
them for very short walks, and grief and
loneliness overpowered meat times
was very unhappy.
The following is Pats letter when he
heard of the news of my illness. 1t will
be seen from August, 1890, to January.
1891, had no news from him. My health
had broken down. my voice had gone, my
engagement had to be given up, Pat had
not been able to send money or to write
for six months
"c/o II. II. the Administrator,
Fort Salisbury,
"Mashonaland
9TH January, 1891.
MY own darling wife:
"At last have time to send you a line
have been on the rush ever since last
wrote in August and have only just
reached this place. Soon after writing
to you | started with Mr.. Colquhoun for
Manica GU, went down with him to Mu
tassa C?), where he got the treaty with
the Manica King. over which so much
fuss has been made in the papers. He
then sent me post haste by myself to
ride to Fort Churter. distance of 100
miles as the crow fies-through dense
BUSH over many mountains and across
several large rivers-to take a message
reporting the getting of the treaty to be
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By Mrs. "Pat" Campbell
Chapter v.

She had lovely figure and always looked
well dressed and she had heaps Of ad-
mirers.
Also, there was James Nasmyth, after
ward Sir James Nasmyth, strange crea
ture, friend of my musical brother Max
I can remember no gayety such as
young people have to-day. Ours were the
most simple of pleasures, music, card
parties, country walks, cricket matches
and concerts at the Crystal Palace, &C.
There were Urquhart girls, cousins Of
the Giffords: their father was a vicar at
Bournemouth. The third daughter.
Owney, very many years afterward, mar
ried my brother Max, lovely, gentle girl
with fascinating lisp.
Lady Burne-Jones, who once saw DR..
Curling Bates act at rockingham, told me
he was the best comedian she had ever
seen.
Last week l told how l procured my
first professional engagement, after hav-
ing appeared In a small amateur produc-
tion. 1t was to be an important epoch in
my life-this first appearance, even in a
small part, with professional company.
SO much depended upon my success
Pats happiness, comforts for my babies
and my dependents. studied my part,
Rachel Denison, in "Tares," the first play,
as IL my very life depended upon know
ing her as / knew myself
We were rehearsed for week at the
Mona Hotel. Covent Garden, by Mr.. Her
mann Vein, the stage director, and then
on the Sunday we started off for Liver
pool to open at the Alexandra Theater
November Goth. 1888.
remember on the Monday went out
for walk in the morning trembling with
excitement. I looked in the shop win
dows, feeling nervous and desolate.
was standing outside a Diapers shop,
when a kind voice said. You look very
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down. I was three days with MIN, anu
he then sent me down to Kimberley by
most cart. a distance of 700 miles, travel
ing day and night, to see the secretary
of the company and verbally report
az was one week in Kimberley, during
which had not one-half hour to myself.
being the first pioneer down from Ma
honaland-interviewed by newspapers
and individuals of all sorts in the very
early morning, at the Office all day giving
information, feted and lionized with din
ners, &c, at Notwithstanding, l can tell
you. darling, after the grand free, healthy
omen air life I had been leading so long.
was really glad when turned my back
on Kimberley. On my return journey
was delayed a week at a place called vry-
burg. doing business for the company,
Travelled on to Palapye by post cart, and
between that place and Fort Tuli GU DR..
Jameson the local managing director,
caught me up, and l drove up with him
to this place in a Cape cart, and arrived
here two days ago.
sweetheart, am AFRAID tnlS Is very
egotistical letter, but ! am giving you
brief outline OF how my life has been
spent these last four months. Next mail
| hope to be able to send you a long,
detailed account, for | have had many
curious experiences.
81 have a splendid chance of making a
large sum of money in a little time. We,
that Is, Mr. Colquhouns staff. have sent
out two splendid prospectors, fully
equipped to peg out and develop our
claims. They have gone out under the
wing OF Mr. Selous. who Is taking them
to very rich district only known to
himself and Mauch, the German geolo.
gist and explorer, and not discovered as
yet by the prospectors who came up
with us.
splendid reports are coming in from
all round about the gold prospects
"I will give you full particulars next
mail. My prospects now are a thousand
Continued on FoHowing Page
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for very stout lady; the bust had to
be filled with tissue paper.
came down to the footlights and sang
with the orchestra. The song began:
They say the years have swallows wings,
But mine have leaden feet"
And the refrain was: For you for
you, my darling"
l felt so foolish that | wept. The ugli-
ness and vulgarity of 1t all were dread
full to me. Dear Mr.. Ben Greet, whose
part in the pantomime l forget, laughed
merrily at me. I am afraid l gave a
shocking performance know | was
never offered a ,antomime engagement
again.
/ often used to hear Mr.. Ben Greets
voice from the prompt corner, Don't
mug, Pat" when thought | was making
a fine facial expression, or, perhaps, l
wasn't thinking at ALL
Mr.. Ben Greet was a great man to me.
There was not play he did not know
from start to finish, with every bit of
business" connected with it. He was al
ways smiling, cheerful and courageous,
whether it we're a big audience or a small
one. He was extraordinarily kind to my
children, too.
Pats letters came seldom. Sometimes
he was out of a job or down with ma
laria, sometimes succeeding for a few
months, and then cheque would come.
Sometimes he was shut off from all com
munication with the outer world by the
flooded rivers. Then | used to think he
had died Of fever or that he had been
mauled by & lion. Those hours numbed
me and sapped little of my young life,
l think. We had both agreed that Pat
should stay away until he could bring
money home or until I had succeeded
sufficiently In my work for us to be to-
gether again My uncle's and mothers
love, sympathy and devotion helped to
keep my heart up, and there were my
children's happy little visits to me, and
sometimes girl friend would come and
stay with me for a week.
was very ignorant of the world and
easily impressed by any external grace
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r CAN only remember once going to the
theater. 1t was to see Pailleron's
lie Monde on ron s'ennuit." 1t was
as though some unexpected door opened
and for months afterward my thoughts
gazed beyond Strangely enough. Aunt
Kate never took me to theater again.
I remember feeling rather uncomfort-
able about my long black plaits. People
used to stare at me out of doors. Once a
man In passing pushed ticket for box
at the opera in my glove. shall never
forget Aunt Rates face as she called him
"Singe!" and hailed facre. did not
know whether to laugh or cry. She would
not speak to me and felt somehow that
I was to blame.
When was 16 Aunt Kate brought me
back to my mother.
BY this time my father was definitely
ruined. My youngest brother had come
back from America. This brother-we
had always called him "Max"-had a
genius for music, chess problems and fig
ures.
When uncle returned from the city in
the evening we would go through what /
had read, and he with his gentle fun was
always ready to make difficult things easy.
and amusing.
l asked him once: what is Heaven
really? know it isn't place in the sky
behind the clouds" He thought for q
long time and looked beyond me and
answered, "Faithfulness."
During these two years of my life at
Dulwich only few friends stand out Of
the shadows, among them Mrs. Clifford,
widow of General Clifford, her son and
two beautiful daughters. The eldest.
Maud, now Lady Galway, was my first
girl friend We used to have long walks
and talks together. I thought her very
beautiful, and she was interested in my
music and my years life spent In Paris.
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pale, miss; won't you come in and sit
DOWN." 1t was the draper himself. I
went in and sat on chair by the counter,
and l told him l was going to act that
night at the Alexandra Theater, and that
1t was the first time in my life that /
would be acting in a real theater. He
ing that he would come that night and
see my first performance. 1t cheered me
up. felt would have one friend in the
house-the company were all strangers
to me-and l had not left my babies
before.
When l came on to the stage my first
feeling was that the audience was too far
away for me to reach out to them, so l
must, as 1t were, quickly gather them up
to myself; and l think may say that this
has always been the instructive principle
of my acting. Whether it is the wrong
or the right principle, I leave it for others
to decide.
l am sure had no technique, and my
voice was the voice of singing mouse"
The press praised me, and it also praised
my dresses and l was very proud and
happy.
I was very young, ridiculously thin and
fragile looking The manageress was
stout, strong and middle aged, and I re-
member In one town shouts of Jumbo
and Alice" do not know the STORY OF
these elephants at the Zoo, but believe
one died of broken heart for the other.
Mrs. Bandmann-Palmer did not like me
She told me belonged to the school of
squirmers." The company were kind.
sympathetic people, and Mr.. Lyall Sweet
has remained dear friend of mine to
this day.
At last Mrs. Bandmann-Palmer offended
me deeply and handed in my notice.
My next engagement was with Mr.. Ben
Greet in his touring company. and this
was the beginning of really fine expert
ence for me. l was thrown, as 1t we're,
into the sea to swim. The salary was
f2 los. week, and to supply my own
dresses.
How through the night we used to
stitch! A lovely girl, Miss Violet Ray.
with whom / made great friends, and I
remember she used to coax me to allow
ler to take my little son (who was about
five, and used to come and stay with me
for week or so at a time) out for a
walk, and insisted upon his calling her
mother" in shops or when people passing
by could overhear. She thought it so
glorious to have son
We played CAS- You Like IT," "a Mid
summer Nights Dream" Twelfth Night"
Love In a Mist" by Louis N. Parker;
and once Ben Greet made me play prin-
cipal boy in a pantomime, Aladdin" 7
remember the horror OF the boys velvet
suit sent down from London, evidently
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for W a rded 10 u
Rhodes in Kimberley.
I had then to return
Immediately and meet
him at the kraal Of Q
chief named Gotos,
SO m e eighty miles
a W a y from Mutassa.
This l did, and was at
nee sent again by
himself with a Ba-
mangwato boy to go to
Mutassa a n d remain
as the company's rep
resentative until Mr..
Colquhoun sent some
one to relieve me. l
had only got one day
away on my way to
Mutassa when a man
was sent after me to
recall me, owing to a
dispatch having been
eived that the
Portuguese convention
had b Q Q n signed "a
mistake, as 1t hap
pened). Mr.. C.. then
sent me off to verbally
report to Mr.. Rhodes.
who had started on q
tour through Bechu-
analand with the Gov
ernor, as to the pro-
ceedings Of the Manica
mission. In eleven
days I rode a distance
of 600 miles to Pa
lapye, the chief Man
gwato town, where |
met Mr.. Rhodes and
the or, Sir
Henry Loo k. Mr..
Rhodes was very kind
and very pleased to
see me, the first men,
Der of the pioneer ex'
pedition who had come