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Evening star., 1923-12-22
DECORATIVE EFFECTS
: OF WALLS VARIED
Tendency Today Toward Severe
Plainness, Although Many
Patterns Are Offered.

Plain colored walls prove accent.
able to the taste Of some and also
suit the room. But most people pre-
fer some particular arrangement of
oolors or some pattern to the plain
walls. Some walls. such as those OF a
living room. must always be regarded
as background, hence they cannot
well be broken up with color. so that
their fatness Is destroyed
Broken color effects are designed
TO AFFORD richness and add variety to
an otheywise plain wall. In such case
the colors should be kept refined and
should be employed should be original
and specially designed for the room
and. both in scale and style or orna-
ment, belong to It.
The tendency today is toward Sc
we're plainneSs, and where color ef-
fects are used they are simple and
very attractive. The fiat wall paints
have therefore great vogue, as also
the commercial calcimines. says the
Building Age.
The sand-finished wall lends itself
to good decorative effects. and when
not left In the natural finish may be
done in either oil or water color. But
IL must be well prepared first, rough
ness rubbed off, using water and
float or cork trowel. This fetches the
loose sand to the surface and gives
smooth and regular look
III 1t is to be oil painted the wall is
sized with rosin. or so-called gloss oil
thinned with behzine; the addition
of some plaster of paris will stop sue
tion and Ali the pores.
If the wall is rough. uneven and
Evening star., 1923-12-22
81 SPENT FOR AUTO
TO So FOR new HOME
Cleveland Bank Says Newly Mar.
ried Rent Few Rooms
and Live in Car.

The Cleveland Trust Company in a
recent statement points out that the
American people are spending 50 for
automobiles for every So Of outlay
for new buildings-not merely for
homes and dwellings. but for all
kinds OF buildings. They add that
during the past four years motor ex-
penditures have amounted to about
$500. 100000 and those for new build
ings about $4,000. 100000 Frequent
ly nowadays the newly married rent
a few rooms and live in their car.
The American Lumberman gives
the following interesting facts re-
Rarding this question of the auto
mobile versus the home:
"A recent survey OF twenty-eight
towns In the northwest disclosed the
fact that within a certain period Of
time l.600 automobiles had been sold.
while the people had built only sew
enty homes. Many who purchased
autos had no homes. and many others
mortgaeed their homes to get money
with which to buy autos"
Commenting on this situation. the
same magazine says there 10 no gain
saying the fact that much money Is
being expended for pleasure that
ought to be invested in homes.
Evening star., 1923-12-22

has some little hollows. give il q
strong sized coat OF calcimine and
when IL is dry apply a coat of white
lead paint thinned with oil and tur-
pentine, after which you may finish
IL with paint as YOU do hard An
ished wall.
The finish may be either plain or
fancy-white finish, tint or color. The
last coat may be either a dead fiat.
gloss or eggshell finish. as you pre-
Ter. BY laying the proper ground you
can glaze over II with q blended ef.
feet. mottled effect, clouded or
sGumoled: leather or fabric effect.
These will give you deep rich colors.
A wall not in the best OF condition
for plain painting may be done in oil
color. but this will show very fine
cracks-this' occurring after the first
coat of paint. Let it dry. then fill the
cracks with a rather thick coat of
paint. rubbing it we'll into the wall,
and after letting it dry smooth off and
proceed as usual. Finish with OIL
color paint-not fiat. When dry. give
1t a coat of cooked starch and stipple
1t you proceed
This will give to the surface a uni
Evening star., 1923-12-22
Data on Investment Returns
Sought by the Realty Boards
Questionnaire Bearing on mortgages and
Mortgage Bonds il, Financing Being
GiUen NatiOn-Wide Distribution.

bankers have loaned 1929, 900, 600 on
real estate mortgages without loss
to any investor.
During the past two years forty
four Of the great life insurance com
panies, whose assets represent q
great aggregate of American savings,
have increased the percentage OF
their mortgage investments One
company, with an increase in assets
of S10,000,000, has invested all the
gain in first mortgages on improved
real estate.
Real Estate Bonds Always Par.
Real estate bonds are always at
par. while figures compiled by Harold
Almert. Chicago engineer, show that
forty listed bond issues, comprising
railroad, public utility and Industrial
bonds, have suffered an average de
crease In value since 1903 of approx
mately IL per cent.
A recent scientific survey of in
vestment of POI life insurance com
panies made by the National Associa-
tion of Real Estate Boards shows
that in the experience of these com
panies covering the whole investment
field, mortgages show an ave rage
gross rate of return of 81 per cent,
as compared with an average gross
rate of only 4.6 per cent on stocks
and bonds, a 25 per cent advantage
in favor of mortgage investments.
The mortgage and finance division
now has thirty separate committees
actively at work on investigation Of
the facts in regard to specific prob
lens of real estate finance.
Evening star., 1923-12-22
1000, 900, 900 BUILDING
BRICK PRODUCED YEARLY
odd Sizes Discontinued by Re
search Work Conducted by
Commerce Department.

Seven billion building bricks are
produced each year in the United
states. As q result OF negotiations
and research work carried on by the
Department of Commerce the brick
industry has recently at one stroke
been enabled to sweep away the great
variety of odd sizes Of bricks that
were formerly manufactured and
establish one standard brick. This is
approximately sx3Ax2A inches. IT
is stated the only exception now to
be allowed IN making brick In the
future is the one case of smooth
faced brick for special exterior use,
in which very slight variation in
one dimension is permissible.
with the government now def
nitely supporting the brick -d1.n inaust,y ;,y
product 1t is expected that before
long all specifications will call for
standard brick. to the great
benefit not only OF the brick Industry,
but TO all users of brick.
Evening star., 1923-12-22
Sharp Tire Competition in 1924
Is Predicted by Roger Babson
Margins of Profit Greatly Reduced,
Economist Finds-Analyses Rubber In
dustry in Detail for Investing Public.

of war. our own supply OF crude rub
ber would be necessary. Today
estimates indicate that the British
produce about 1870 of plantation rub
ber the Dutch about 1876, the French
and Belgians about SO, and America
hand. uses over 701d of the crude
rubber of the world. At the last Con-
gress 100000 was appropriated for
an investigation of the crude rubber
situation in all parts of the world
The idea is to find out whether 1t is
possible and feasible for this country
to produce a large part of what it
needs.
TIE tire industry in the United
States uses about 1000 of the rubber
the rubber industry. Mechanical goods
use 14%, boots and shoes SO. mis-
cellaneous products SO. In 1922 the
output of tire castings was around
3S.0oO.00O. and it is Indicated that
well over 40,0O0,oO0 will be produced
this year. Automobile registration
for the year will probably average
well over 10000, 900 cars.
AS result of the large profits In
the industry, there was an abnormal
expansion during the year, Too
large a number of companies were
attracted into the tire manufacturing
field, and competition is now very
keen.
Profit Margins Slashed.
The increase in the price of crude
rubber. and other raw materials since
1922. with low prices for the finished
tires. has greatly reduced the margin
of profit and In some cases wiped II
out altogether Several companies
are now having fight for their
very existence. Taking 1913 as a
base at 100, the average price index
of tires is now around 70, as COM
pared with l1S In 1920, and the low
record OF 81 in 1915.
With no great increase in business
in 1924, the Babson chart shows
present activity at 79o below normal
and the readjustment about three
fifths completed. and a consequent
curtailment in the demand for equip.
ment for new automobiles. as well
as a smaller demand for replacement
on account of th6Nrestricted purchas-
ing power on the part OF the public.
the outlook is for a continuance OF
the present competition.
(Mr. Babson, the noted statistietan and
economist. Will continue his special articles
cn business and financial conditions 10 next
Saturdays Star. He will give . review of
1928. and also survey Of prospects for 1921
Evening star., 1923-12-22

Data that will give a nation wide
| summary Of investment returns in
the field Of real estate mortgages and
mortgage bonds as they are financing
the development of American cities
will be brought together through d
Questionnaire on real estate securi-
ties now being sent out by the mort
gage and finance division of the Ma
! tional Association of Real Estate
| Boards.
The inquiry will deal with the two
prime requisites of any investment,
safety and profit. II will draw from
the experience Of 1000 specialists in
real estate mortgage loans, as rep
resented by their Office records since
1900. And its findings are expected
TO reveal material of great signifi-
canoe, not only to the great invest
| ment institutions throughout the
country and to men interested In the
financing of real estate transactions.
but to every person with savings to
be conserved.
The study to ascertain the desira-
bility of real estate securities, as
compared with other forms of invest
ment. is the opening step in a cam
paign, undertaken as the central
work OF the division, to get before
the investment public the facts as
W kIOFIBd6o scCuTllleS, anu InuS 10
keep up the normal flow Of invest
ment money into the real estate
field.
Bearing ON Business Enterprise.
1t Is vital to general business en-
terprise that this normal flow be
maintained and also Increased as
rapidly as consistent with conserva-
tive practice. a letter accompanying
the 4uesttonnaire sent out jointly by
| Fl. U. Nelson, executive secretary of
the national association, and by
Hiram s. Cody. chairman Of the
mortgage and finance division of the
association, points out.
Findings Of the investigation will
be placed before banks. real estate
boards, chambers of commerce, insur-
ance companies, estates. trust com
panies and the public generally.
Here are significant facts in regard
TO security and satisfactory interest
return OF mortgage investments as
already ascertained by the investiga-
tions Of the association's mortgage
Twenty-eight Chicago mortgage
Evening star., 1923-12-22
BY ROGER BABsON.
Hpeeisl Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star,
WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass, De-
cember 22.-Brazil was the original
source of crude rubber. but in 1913
we began to get plantation rubber
grown mainly in the orient. Since
that date the use OF plantation or
cultivated rubber has rapidly in
creased, while Brazilian importations
have approached the vanishing point.
The output of plantation rubber
for 1922. for instance, is estimated
at S50,000 long tons, as compared
with $4,000 long tons in 1913. Bra
zitian crude rubber in that year was
$4,000 long tons. and in 1929 was
about $4,000. Plantation rubber in
1n22 supplied about 90 per cent, OF all
crude rubber produced.
Rubber Industry Expands.
The great demand for rubber for
tires with the increase in automo-
bfies and the comparatively high
prices for rubber several years ago
caused large amount of capital TO
be invested in rubber plantations in
the orient. especially in the British
and Dutch colonies. 1t takes six to
seven years before trees begin to
produce profitably. so that those
3
profits for several years. The fiota-
tion of rubber plantation securities.
especially in Great Britain. was car
Tied to an extreme and the investors
were kept in a high state of excite
Irent. The result was that, despite
warnings 10 the contrary, cultiva-
ton was carried beyond present
needs and the price of crude rubber
showed a decline from an average
price in 1914 OF 63 cents a pound at
In
1922 the average price for the year
was II cents a pound.
Restriction on Industry.
This critical condition for crude
rubber producers prompted the Brit
tsh government to appoint group
OF business men. now known as the
Stevenson committee. to make an
Investigation of the rubber planta-
tion industry. AS a result, the Brit
ist colonies. with the consent of the
British government. passed laws re-
stricting the shipment of rubber by
production" was fixed as. of 1920 at
$4,000 long tons. Expectations up
to 90 per cent of this amount bear
the nominal duty of rs cents per
pound, exchange being taken at par.
Export taxes on rubber beyond this
amount increase rapidly. the idea be-
ing to make 1t Improbable to ex-
port beyond a certain tonnage. Crude
rubber the latter part Of 1922 was
around its low point. at 10 cents
pound. The law went into effect
November l, 1929. and by the latter
part. of January. 1923. crude rubber
had risen TO about 35 cents a pound
IN the New York market.
Law Rouses Manufacturers.
This law has naturally stirred up
q great deal of discussion on the part
OF manufacturers using rubber In
this country and also in Great Brit
ain. Some believe that the step was
necessary in order to preserve the
plantations and insure an adequate
supply. In fact. it is stated that the
present oversupply is temporary
and that unless further planting is
carried out shortly there will not be
enough TO meet the demands Of the
growing automobile industry.
Others claim that the United States
should have its own supply and be
independent OF foreign countries for
this important commodity. 1t is
pointed out that especially in case
Evening star., 1923-12-22
MORE STABLE BUILDING
CONDITIONS ARE SOUGHT
Contractors Will Try to Avoid
"Spurt" Method Of Construc-
tion Now in Vogue.

Reduction of construction costs is
to be sought by thousands OF con-
tractors, who will be in attendance or
will be represented at the fifth an
nual meeting of the Associated Cen
eral Contractors of America, to be
held in Chicago, January 81. %. %
and "a.
Realizing that their interests, as
well as service to the public. call for
an elimination, as far as possible. of
the present sprint and squirt" con-
struction season, the contractors are
going to enter into diligent and in
tensive efforts to do three things:
Arrive at means of producing maxi
mum efficiency for operations under
favorable weather conditions in
crease the volume of winter construc-
tion and encourage storage of con-
struction materials during periods
when operations are at ebb. tide
Evening star., 1923-12-22
TOTAL OF $466,9)O
|NBU|LD|NG PLANS
Permits for Construction In
cIude Stores, Homes and
Hospital Annex.

Building permits for structures ag-
gregating, in estimated value, $780,
500 were issued by the District gov
ernment during the week, as follows:
NJ. Yockelson. to build gas station,
Good Hope and Naylor street south
east.
Thrift Building Company, to build
two-story brick store, 1922 l. street
northwest; $4,000.
Kyavum & Poretsky, to build two
two-story brick dwellings, 1902 and
1904 Irving street northwest; $1,000.
#. A. Jameson, to build four two
story brick dwellings,. 421 to 427 18th
street northeast. $4,000
T. A. Jameson. to build four two
story brick dwellings,. 51s to 525 18th
street northeast: $4,000.
Estate of j. r. Mclean, to build
bridge over private road at Wiscon-
sin and Arizona avenues; $1,000.
James Martin Company, to build
eight two-story brick dwellings.
$4,000.
w. c. and A. n. Miller. to build one
two story frame dwelling, 31l3 4fth
street northwest; $1,000.
Mary r. Henderson, 10 ouiio one
four-story and basement dwelling
2401 18th street northwest; s125.0oo.
NJ. Cohn, 10 build one-story brick
auto shop. GOT and 500 Massachusetts
avenue northwest: $1,000.
Howard p. Okie. TO build one-story
brick store, 2O16 Wisconsin avenue
northwest: 5000.
II. P. Huddleson. to build one two
story frame dwelling. 3b4o Davis
street northwest; 3l6.00O-
Emergency Hospital. 70 build one
three-story brick and concrete
nurses home. 1927 New York avenue
$4,000.
w. II. Hopper, to build one two
story brick dwelling. 1901 Delafeld
street northwest: $4,000.
w w. Stoner. to build one concrete
block dwelling. 1910 Jewett street.
$4,000,
II. r. Howenstein. TO build seven
two-story brick dwellings. !!of 10
ilIs e street northeast: $4,000.
Evening star., 1923-12-22
REAL ESTATE BOARDS
AIDING HOME BUILDERS

Formation by the local real estate
board of a corporation for the pur-
pose of financing the building ot
homes is the project reported to the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards from Monrovia, Calf. The
plan as launched by the Monrovia
realty board is TO aid home builders
who have not the amount nece ssary
over and above the first loan as made
by savings bank or individual.
The Camden, n j., Real Estate Board
has formed a building and loan asso-
citation. The Davenport, Fla, realty
board is now forming such an asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1923-12-22
Baltimore to Aid
Capital Realtors
Entertain Guests
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE, December ca
The Real Estate Board Of Balti-
more. has notified the Washington
board OF its willingness to CO.
operate with the latter city in en-
tertaining the 1000 members of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards. who will hold their
seventeenth annual convention
from June to 6, inclusive. In the
Capital according TO C. Philip Pitt,
secretary OF the Real Estate Board
OF Baltimore.
IL Is expected that representa-
tives from all OF the 4e5 member
boards of the national association
Will attend the convention.
Evening star., 1923-12-22

formly dead effect. This may be
washed off whenever it becomes dirty
or soiled with time and a fresh coat
may ba applied. In this way the
original paint retains its original
freshness indefinitely and the plan
may be used with any painted wall.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-23
Woman Reians Over Island.

A lost Pacific island whose several
natives are ruled by white woman
has been discovered by an English sur
vey ship, according to n report from
San Francisco. The woman. widow
of an Australian, went to the island
In the far South Pacific, which is called
Bardoa, years ago, in the hope that
missionary work would serve to as
suage grief over the loss of her husband.
and now she is recognized as the hlEh
priestess and supreme ruler OF the Is
land. The only other white inhat,t-
ants of the island, according to the re-
port. are an English author, his wige,
and an Irish servant woman.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-23
Whipped Dewey
in Fist Fight

doingT' roared the captain. as h.
looked us over.
- had no business striking him
sir. said Dewey.
- am TO blame, l retorted.
Dewey turned to me and said: i
beg your pardon, sir. but l should not
have lost my temper and struck you
while on duty
The captain vas astonished at this
display of politeness from two men
who had been so badly battered by
each others fists and told US both
to go back to duty"
In his letter to Judge Savage Ad-
mlral Dewey said How few Of us
who were on board the old Mississippi
then are alive now" That was writ
ten In lS9s, and today Judge Savage
says he Is the sole remaining member
Of the old Mississippi crew.
Judge Savage was born In Ireland in
1929.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-23
TO MAKE DUBLIN MODERN CITY

tom house and turn the custom house
into n new post office. Since the de-
struction of the post office In Easter
week, 1916, Dublin has had no central
post office except inadequate make
shifts, and even the makeshift was
completely destroyed In the fighting
which followed the capture of the Four
Courts last July.
Another element in the plan is the
building of new parliament house on
the site of the Royal hospital at Kill
mainham. This historic building was,
until this year, the residence of the
commander Of the British forces and
also a hospital. The commander-in-
chief and the invaiids have all gone
and the place Is now at the disposal
of the Irish government.
The Free State senate Is now housed
in the Art museum and the Dali In
the adjoining Leinster house, taken
over temporarily from the Royal Dub
lin society. A new parliament house
will sooner or later have to be built.
The Kilmainham proposal has been
The Dolores star., 1923-03-23
II You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the best

Have you ever stopped to reason Why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop put
OF sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to medicine
medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself. as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says, Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, a
preparation l have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has SO large a
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of Thousands who have
used the preparation, the success OF DR..
kilmer's Swamp Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulfills al.
most every wish in overcoming kidney.
liver and bladder ailments, corrects uri.
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid
which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle OF
Swamp-Root by parcel post. Address DR.
kilmer Co, Binghamton, N Y, and
enclose ten cents; also mention this paper
Large and medium size bottles for sale at
all drug stores.-Advertisemen
The Dolores star., 1923-03-23
Research Bureau Says Lower
Death Rate, Not immigration,
Makes Census Increase.
MAY Be 12O,OOO,OOO IN 1890
Impossible to Calculate With Precision
Population Of Country at Any
Given Date Because Of Lack
Of Statistics.

New York-The population of the
continental United States on January
l. 1923, was approximately ll0,lO0OoO,
according to a preliminary estimate
made by the National Bureau of Eco
nomIc Research of this city. This
shows an estimated gain of 4,JOoooO
since the date Of the last government
census.
The figures are necessarily prelim-
mary, says the bureau, for the final
census figures on birth and deaths are
incomplete after the end of 1920. How
ever, enough data are available to
show that since January l. 1921, the
rate of increase in population growth
has been accelerated noticeably, the
present rate approaching that of pre-
war years.
This more rapid gain in population,
according TO the bureau, has been