The Washington times., 1923-12-15
Realty
Buy a Home.
A Christmas Thought.
The New Bridge.
Signing Off.
BY ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM-l
Real Estate Editor.

NEAL EsebAgO EuAsUEs
WITH the approach Of the holi-
w day season the thoughts of
the average person turn from
other subjects to that Of para
mount interest," Christmas shop
ping. The downtown streets are
rejecting the general trend-ad-
oitions to the city's traffic force
can attest to the numbers who are
doing their shopping early.
snNE hears from every side the
" cry that people aren't in.
terested In buying real estate at
Christmas time" But what's be-
ing done to counterfeit this condi-
ton?
One OF the best real estate
thoughts In q long while was
anunciated by a local subdivider
IA q recent advertisement. 1t was
the idea Of presenting the family
with the finest Of all Christmas
gifts home.
nKANY win say that at this sea-
AVA son they can't afford to en-
ter into the purchase OF q home.
Roti The first payments are no
greater in December than they'd
Be In August. A little skimping
on holiday Injuries, little extra
effort, and the thing IL accom-
plished. There's no thrill like the
yuletide spent under your very
own rooftree. And there's still
time to turn the trick this Christ
mas.
ITO own your own home Is the
L first step toward prosperity.
To own property in the National
Capital is to possess an individual
slice Of the country'S very heart.
This is no optimistic, rOeeate
spaean designed to trade on mawk-
Ish sentiment, but a strictly busi-
hess talk. Everything must have
q beginning-that's the trouble
with nine-tenths Of the non-home
owning portion Of the population;
procrastination. You say to your
self, Next year shall make the
first deposit on a home. I could
DO 1t now, but want to wait and
save and be, able to pay a larger
sum down."
What's the use of waiting7
Next year you'll have no more
saved than you have this minute,
probably. But If you make the
first step now, sign on the dotted
line and get into the SWIM, next
year you'll have been compelled
! to save by having the monthly
payments to look after. And the
receipts won't be rent receipts.
either.
.NHE much-discussed plans for
i the erection of a Lincoln
Memorial Bridge, from the stately
edifice that win give 1t its name
20 the Virginia side of the placid
Potomac, win add another to the
already growing lengthy list Of
reasons set forth by Old Dominion
eubdivfders for District residents
moving across the river.
Next Monday will witness a
injecting in the office of President
Coolidge Of the commission named
.on the memorial bridge. Mr.. Cool
.fdge, as chairman, will lend a per-
i0onal interest to determine upon
,plaps and program for the speedy
beginning OF the work
HE1E time has come, as the
i Walrus once remarked, to
and time grows short indeed. The
writer. In his term of service in
the Real Estate Department Of
The Times and Herald, has grown
TO know an extreme attachment
TOR Washington's realtors and
realty dealers. No finer organiza-
ton Of its kind exists today, he
believes, than the Washington
Real Estate Board-and no more
capable executive than John A.
Petty.
To name one by one. the men Of
this city engaged in the real estate
profession between whom and the
writer has grown a lasting friend
ship would consume more than the
space allotted. To tell Of the
qualification attendant upon con.
&tant association with these men
would be TO grow verbose. Yet a
part OF these thoughts must seek
their way into this last Realty
column. or we would indeed seem
unappreciatiVe.
ITO every real estate operator,
IL every subdivider in Washing.
ton, we wish nothing as much as
q contented Christmas and a rec
/. ord-prosperity New Year. To
EVERY home-owner we wish to ex-
tend our congratulations to
.every prospective home-purchaser
pur earnest exhortations to do it
/: now!
81 This is station REALTY
Signing off. Good-day!