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looked up, smiled. 1t was the man
Of the bulgy shoulders.
"Piggle," he said shyly.
She captured a pickle from the
tank, and he carried il away. Again
she returned TO her melancholy mus
brought her back TO the world of
reality. With a little start Winnie
recognized the buyer Of pickles.
"PiGgle,' he said. His tone was
plaintive.
With smile Winnie gave him his
pickle. For the smallest part OF a
second he dared to raise his black
eyes to her blue eyes Then he made
a ducking bow. and vanished from
the store.
IN HER room that night. Winnie
did not smile That role was re-
served for the day; It helped her get
through the long work hours. In the
morning, shortly after she had taken
her place behind the counter, the man
with the bulgy shoulders made his
appearance. He advanced to Win
MES counter with a more determined
stride. opened his mouth as if to say
something important, thought better
simply:
"'Piggle."
Winnie smiled.
Say" she said affably; you'd save
time IL you bought 'em by the dozen"
He actually blushed beneath his tan
Suddenly he uncurled, then curled, his
mustache-ends with a deft, rapid
gesture and said:
Name. please?"
Beg pardon
Name"
MY name?'
''Yes. Sure"
Winnie"
"Weenie?'
Yes"
Confusion seemed to overtake him
at this point. He seized the pickle in
his brown hands and carried 1t Off as
if he were performing a religious rite
Some busy hours passed. Winnie
turned from the butter tub to find the
man with the bulgy shoulders gazing
at her intently. There was a curious
light in his eyes Somehow, it made
Winnie blush.
"Piggle, WeerAe," he said in a tone
OF almost abject Difference
She covered her own confusion by
pretending TO search the aquarium for
the largest pickle. He took it, bowed,
departed.
The long day in the store was near
ing an end, and Winnie was trying not
TO think of the cheerless evening ahead
of her in her hall bedroom when she
heard, or, rather, felt, the presence of
customer. She looked. 1t was the
bulgy buyer of pickles. who had come
in softly and was watching her. She
saw that same old look in his black
eyes.
"Piggle, Vicente" he said, almost
reverently.
Say" remarked Winnie; you must
be fond of pickles"
The bulgy man shook his head.
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many billboards and before one of
these she stopped, for she saw the
pink face of Peggy Charm
ing. whose features were lit by that
bewitching smile known to picture
lovers the world over. Winnie
paused to ponder Whatever hap
pened. Winnie reflected, Miss Charm
ing smiled. Captured by brigands and
in imminent peril of being carried
off to a fate worse than death, she
smiled. Bound hand and foot in the
path Of an onrushing locomotive, she
smiled. As a tenement drudge. beat
en- by alcoholic parents. she smiled.
Always she smiled until romance came
to her.
Winnie thought about this as she
trudged on to work.
Her mind had been casting about
hungrily for something to compensate
her for the prince that could never be-
1t occurred to her that here was a
new role she could play She would
smile. although her heart was break
ing. She knew that her smile could
never have the devastating effect that
Miss Charming's had. No; IL would
not be that kind OF smile. 1t would
be a patient, brave smile-the smile
of one conceaAng secret sorrow-
a pensive smile that would say to any
one who cared to analyZe it: THE
world has not used me we'll, but for
give 1t. See? smile" She prac-
ticed this smile as she took her stand
behind the counter and began to do
some landscape-gardenin with olives
and salmon salad
Hello. Tiny called Gertrude
Shultz from her counter. Why so
happy? Got that dark. handsome
feller?"
1t cost Winnie an effort of will. but
she smiled back. The other girls in
Disnowity's noticed it. They teased
her.
"Winnies in love" they said. nudg-
ing each other and giggling.
She's got d sweetie."
rs he a count or a dook?'
Take me out in your Rolls Royce
Tiny"
Can ! come see you when you get
castle?'
Has he a delicious foreign ac-
cent?
In unguarded moments in the past.
Winnie had confided Her dreams to
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horrid truth Now the door was wide
open: it could never be closed again.
Winnie was fat. And she knew il,
oh, the unutterable tragedy of it,
Back in her little room that night.
Winnie resolved to be thin. She tried
10 bend and touch her toes with her
finger tips. She almost reached them
almost. Her face grew peony-red; !;
her head began to swim; she painted.
She gave up after three bends. for
fear of doing herself an injury. No:
something more drastic than exercise.
and less dangerous. must be at
tempted.
Earnestly Winnie Bout began To diet.
Three starved and anguished months
crawled their slow hungry way in
Winnie's life. Valiantly she walked
miles. always after dusk. for she had
grown acutely self-consctous. She
Stunned scales Hopefully each MORN
ing, however. she studied her face in
the mirror. Yes; she was growing
thinner. At last she went to the rear
Of the store and weighed herself
Round spun the indica tor. and down
went Winnies heart. for the relent-
less pointer hesitated, quivered. then
stopped. Winnie stared through the
mist of her tears at the figures "22S."
That little metal arrow was to VIM
ME the finger of fate. To her it said
that hope was gone. When she got
back to her room that night she
locked the door. She went to the
washstand. over which the handsome
features of Angelo Delmonte smiled a
dazzling smile. For long minutes the
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Gold i'm Ceramics.

GOLD is used on pottery either for
~ gliding or as coloring agent in
glazes. It's value for gliding lies In
its resistance to oxidation and the
finess Of the layer that can be pro
duced. for which reason it is not an
expensive stain. The aid of a fiu&
is employed in application and mer-
furous oxide is found to reduce the
amount Of gold required. The fol-
lowing mixture is used:
Fifteen parts of black mercurous
oxide, 30 parts Of basic bismuth nj
trate and 0.3 parts Of melted boraX.
The addition of three parts of silver
carbonate to this composition pro-
duces a greenish tint. After firing
in the muffier the gold has a matt
surface and must be polished with
bloodstone or agate. \ cheaper
process. which does not require pol
ishing after the burn, Is the use OF
glanzold or Meissen gold, a prepara-
ton of gold solution with an or
ganic medium such as turpentine.
lavender oil or baisam or resin
AS a coloring agent in glazes. gold
produces shades from violet to purple
and red, of which the best known is
purple of Cassurs a lake of precipi-
tated gold with metallic hydroxide.
preferably that of tin, which was
formerly regarded as definite COM
pound. The presence of ammonia or
alum in the stannous chloride solu-
tiop produces shade from dark to
rose purple and the tint may be
further modified by the substitution
of antimony or magnesia for tin.
Choice of fiux materially influences
fha rniar
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"Is that the dook?" called another
girl.
why. here he is again" exclaimed
Gertrude.
The man with the bulgy shoulders
had returned. He seemed discon-
certed to find Winnie smiling at him {;
he approached her counter slowly, met
her glance. looked away. embarrassed
''Piggle." he said in his husky voice.
"Pggie?" ] beg pardon"
"Piggie," he repeated. pointing.
"Oh. pickle"
He nodded emphaticaIly.
Winnie speared large green pickle
swimming with its mates in a glass
aquarium. The stranger solemnly
laid down a dime. grasped the pickle
and. with another ducking bow, bore
II away.
In the afternoon. after a hard day.
during which Winnie forced herself
TO smile only after some severe inner
struggles. she was sitting wistfully
staring at the bowl of mayonnaise
when she became aware that some
one was standing at her counter. She
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sad blue eyes of Winnie Bout gazed
into the rotogravure eyes of the
knight Of her dreams; then, with
fierce. despairing gesture, she plucked
out the tack that held the picture in
place. kissed the sepia lips and con-
vulsively crumpIed up the picture and
threw it into the wastebasket. Then,
though the night was warm, she
pulled down the shade to shut out the
sight of the castles and tried not to
sob too loudly.
X X y
TN THE morning her opening eyes
fell on the clean spot on the wall
paper that the picture had covered.
She forced herself to get up, to dress,
to start for Dignowity's and work.
She didn't know if she could get
through the day.
Her route to her store FED her past
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LISTEN, WORLD! Brh1sr ROBINSON

own self And she'll rise just as fast
as she fits herself to rise.
x =
T AN not writing this III criticism
i OF my sex. L have but an earnes-
desire to help all women. including
myself, out Of this slough of mis-
apprehension in which women have
fioundered for SO many centuries.
We are still trying TO solve the prob
blem by noise and hysteria, by tears
and tempests. II won't do. AS long
as we consider ourselves abused and
downtrodden we're going 10 stay
abused and downtrodden.
OF course, it's very convenient
alibi. It's sometimes much easier To
be downtrodden than It is to scramble
up and tread on the other fellow
But in the long run you pay pretty
dearly if you refuse to grow spine.
We have had the raw end of things,
but largely because we've played the
game in the wrong way. We've de
pended on sentiment and emotion and
intuition and superior spiritual
quality" to see US through. They've
left US stranded as they would have
left men stranded If men had de
pended on such things. If We want
power, we must gain it as men have
gained 1t.
At that, men haven't gained very
much. On close inspection this VOL
derful man world proves to be pretty
much OF a stupid muddle. It shouldn't
take a. very great amount of reforma-
tion or endeavor on the part of
women to achieve that equality they
have so long craved.
But the reformation and efforl
must take place if the equality is to be
achieved. And the only one who can
set woman free is herself, and the
bondage from which she must be
freed is-herself.
That, and that alone. is womans
right.
Copyright. 1921
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IlSHls. ana now we IL SHOW
the men who's the weaker sex
+, rather imagine there's a surprise in
store for them" she chuckled snortily.
Yes but I hesitated
There's no but about it," she
snapped. You know as well as
do that women have had a hard deal
since time immemorial. She has been
cooped up in the home. deprived of
any right of self-eXpression. treated
as an inferior, when all the time she
is vastly superior in every way. Why.
look at her intuition alone. Women
know more intuitively than men do
with a college education. And now
that we have our rights"
Yes. now that we have our rights
what are we going to do with them?
What are our rights, anyway" said
I, at last diving into the flood of her
oratory.
Rights? Why. suffrage. of course,
and all that goes with suffrage. Bet
ter industrial laws. better marriage
laws. community laws, everything
emancipation in general
And you think that frees women.
do you?"
ASSureulN- Don you
mo, ! don't" 1 decIared-and the
battle was on.
Yes, I'm woman. And I'm quite
as glad as any other woman that
can vote and enjoy all the privileges
which come with voting. But / do
not think that suffrage was or is
"woman's right" I do not think the
granting of suffrage has emancipated
woman.
lNTO law on earth can emancipate
y woman. She must emancipate
herself. Her bondage is not political
or social, though political and social
. injustice have made it harder for her
to shake off that bondage. Her
bondage is personal. And a "woman's
right" is not the right to vote but
the right to think. act, treau and be
treated like regular human being.
L have listened for many years to
these impassioned orations about
woman's rights and wrongs-about
her superior intellect. intuition and
soul and the wonderful things she
was going to do when she came into
her own. l was 4 great admirer of
such orations at one time. I COM
| mitted many of them myself. But
gradually it dawned upon me that
a ton of such talk is merely air in
motion, and that the truth lies else
where. I've come to feel that woman
| has been in full possession of her
| rights for many a generation, and
/ If she hasn't profited by them it is
| largely her own fault.
| The means of my reformation was
J very simple. ] got a job. I got
| job because ! had to get a job or
| starve. That seems a prosaic enough
1 incident, but in the woman's world
| it has tremendous significance. 1t
\ is very easy to talk about emancipa-
ition-before you know what emanci-
| patton means. It is delightful to
| threaten to do wonders with your
| intuition and intellect--until the time
clock calls your bluff. And 'woman's
rights" seem a golden treasure chest
until you open the lid and look
| therein.
j Getting a job forced me to open
amazing things. I found out first
that my boasted intuitions were just
about as useful in the hard, hustling
| life of that outer world as sachet
bag would be in a gas attack. Intui-
tion had been a pretty parlor orna-
ment. but out there on the front line
trenches I,needed definite knowledge.
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some of them. She regretted that
now. To their banter she returned a
smile. But there was no smile in her
heart. For as it beat it seemed to
say: TOO fat! Too fat
HOWEVER, ciinging to her resolu-
tion, she bestowed smile on all
her customers. Age or sex mattered
not What could a man mean to her
now? She almost stopped smiling as
this thought crossed her brain. But
she didn't. She smiled at the Gus
toner who had huskily ordered some
cold beans He smiled back-a sur
prised, almost frightened smile.
Anything else?" asked Winnie,
smiling.
"Nudding,'' said the customer. He
reached out a huge hand for the little
canoe of beans The timidity Of his
voice and manner was not at all in
keeping with his big, bulging shoul-
ders that fitted tightly into his blue
suit. He was not tall, or fat, yet his
shoulders seemed to fill the store. His
face was tanned. and his mustache
curled in tight black curl on either
end. He took his beans, made
queer, ducking bow to Winnie and
shouldered his way out.
''Hey, Winnie, who's your friend?"
called Gertrude Shultz 4
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score of prosaic qualities.
had all the suffrage in the world
and what did it buy me? What did
it buy the men around me? Precious
little. Yes, better laws for my sex
were going into effect But. after all,
those laws had only a slight effect
on my individual lot. l found to my
amazement that ! and the men who
worked with me were forced TO face
the very same conditions from which
1 thought suffrage would rescue hu
manity. Drudgery, boredom, stupid
ity, laziness. inefficiency-in the
midst of them all we fioundered
along. managing to support ourselves
somehow.
THEN i looked at the leaders, at
i the lucky few who rose. 1 had
thought that men became prosperous
and powerful because they had the
run o. the roost, as it were. and that
women would reach the same estate
under emancipation. Well, here we
were. all emancipated together.
What made the leaders rise? Suf-
frage? Emancipation? Not bit of
1.-THE old, old qualities of pep and
perseverance,, patience, poise and
pluck. Whether they were men or
women, they got ahead just as their
great-great-grandp had got
ahead AS far as their individual
success was concerned, the great
phenomenon of suffrage might just
as we'll never have happened.
Then L discovered another amazing
thing. As a housekeeper I had been
very sure I was humanity's original
beast Of burden. Mine was the
dreariest most depressing Job on
earth. I knew it. And all the other
ladies knew it, too. Once let US set
our collective foot in the office world
and we'd show 'em.
Very well, here we were with our
foot in the office world, and what did
we find? That when the novelty had
worn off the Office world was Just as
dry and depressing-that we worked
just as hard physically and infinitely
harder mentally than we ever had in
the old days at home. Moreover, we
found that a thousand considerations
and exemptions which were ours at
home were denied us in the man
world" which we had thought so free
and pleasant.
7 found that when it came to self
expression" the average housewife
has a thousand more opportunities
than the average husband.
The working world, the political
world, doesn't want "self-expression."
1t wants action-gobs Of it-hot Off
the griddle.
In short, I found that the most
evident right which my emancipation
had conferred upon me was the right
to work much harder and control
myself much more than / had ever
dreamed of doing in the past-the
right % forget my individuality and
merge myself in the combination-the
right to grow up. with a lot of grow
ing pains! had opened the suffrage
treasure chest, and that is what 1
found.
Most women haven't opened the lid.
That's terse statement of vital fact.
They see their own condition acutely,
and because that condition has long
held and still holds much of discom-
fort and injustice and failure they
conclude that they are being down.
trodden. Give us suffrage and We'll
rectify all this" they cried. And
suffrage was given them. Wait now
until we get better lawsr' they now
cry. And we're waiting.
Tho simple truth Is that no one il
holding the woman down save her
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~ 1ES." said she. pausing in
- " midair as it were, I'VE
have at last achieved our
rights. And now We'll show
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co Winnie BGut had bought the par
- ticular and peculiar garb which
distinguishes the fiapper. Tomorrow
she would try to forget that she was
majestic. statuesque, and probably the
offspring OF royal parents.
During the past few months she
had cajoled Gertrude into bringing
young men, friends Of Eddie, to cali
on her In the red-plush parlor Of the
rooming house, but these princes had
slipped away never to return.
With Gertrude and a patiently re-
luctant Eddie she had gone to several
dances In the hall Of the Social and
Athletic Club. Of which Eddie was a
member. but to Winnie they had been
sorry affairs. The young gentlemen
OF the Social and Athletic Club did
not. it would appear, care for statu-
esQue girls.
She had gone to surprise party at
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Copyright. 1921
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Beautiful Water Front Home
and 1o-Acre Equipped Farm.

Near Denton; excellent stores. schools
churches; many advantages: enjoy boating.
bathing. fishing. grabbing. oystering, shooting
II acres productive fields. acres woodland !;
variety fruits: Groom steam-heated bungalow :;
running water; barn. garage, poultry houses
wire fenced runs. To settle affairs, $4,000
with 800 White Leghorn hens etc, included
TO settle now. The first here wins. ]. W..
FUNK, Denton, Md
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10th STREET

- 10Th 81 lREEI
Below o.. new. eight-story nreproof apsrt-
ment. containing 81 apartments, with every
modern convenience; hardwood foors built.in
einerator; moderately rented from S7b TO $il5
per apartment; these are positively the lowest
rents OF any apartment of similar construc-
tion: ana appointment: gross rentals, S33, 900
per year; expenses low: no repairs: nicely
financed: reasonably priced for quick sale.
IHE yOSEPH SHAPIRO co. 014 y. 7. AVE.
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Northwest Business Property.
S35.OOO.

Income $4,380 per year.
This building contains 4 apartments, 3
stores an eightcar garage. all well rented.
EASY TERMS.
TERRELL & LITTLE, INC,
REALTORS.
1905 18th st. NV. Main 1885,
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13-AGRE FARM-10RoOM HOUSE: so FRUIT
trees: good water: one mile from Falls Church
on good road: very best land. 1t will make
one of the best truck farms. I have other
ton. Phone S9,J-2 or write J. E. FLAHERTY,
Falls Church. Va cTs
FARMS. HOMES, ESTATES. NEARBY vIR-
ginia, Fairfax. Loudoun and adjoining countless
get our big list. BUELL. FARM AGENCY.
once. Herndon Hotel. Herndon, Va. Phone 3S
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14th st. NV, between and SITS Store
and apartment. 2-story brick garage In rear
wide lot to 20-ft. alley. Less than $50 OOO
Nc leases Easy terms
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INVESTMENT PROPERTY.
PRICE SIS 600

Apartment house in good northeast location.
containing 16 apartments of rooms and bath
each: rents are very low; will show 2J9o net
on $4,000 investment.
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WANTED-OFFICES.

OFFICE SPACE, INCLUDING DESK, PHONE
service and stenographer. Bond bldg, 14th and
y. Y. ave-, room $50. 2"
Desk Room for Rent.
7OI Cnlnradn hnilhinr o7e
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WANTED 70 RENT-HousEs.

SIX OR SEVEN ROOM. FURNIsHED. DE
tached house; anil; garage. From July /.
Tor one year. Phone Cleveland 2312. -
WANTED OR 9 KOOM HOUSE, UNFUR-
nished., In Takoma Park: state price and de-
scription in writing. 1920 18th st. NV.
WE REQUIRE SEYKRAL HOUSES FOR
waiting prospects; list your vacant houses
N. e. RT0N CO, INC. l428t at. NJ. $500.
COUPLE DESIRES Blk .OR EIGHT ROOM
unfurnished house, close in, not over $S5. Ad-
dress ROx lO4-A Star nfiee. -. - =.
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RENT-WAREHoUSES.

square feet; three-story brick with elevator
c. F. WARING & CO., 219 Bond bldg. Frank
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REAL ESTATE LOANS.

MONEY TO LOAN ON d. C. REAL ESTATE
in any amount at prevailing interest. JESSE
L. HEISKELL, 1115 Eye st. NV.
MONEY TO LOAN on REAL ESTATE. Sc
cured by first second trust. A. MCNEIL &
CO., McLachlen bldg. Main 5644.
MONEY TO LOAN on DISTRICT REAL Es-
tate secured by first second trust. MAR
SHALL McKIBBEN. PA Wood'd Bldg. NJ 3046
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SHANNON & "LUCHS.
713 14th st. Main 254o.
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sALE-1NvEsTMENT pRop'TY.
PROMINEN

Business street; Il stores with apartments
above, containing 3 rooms and bath each
steam heat. electricity: all rented gross rent
Ills nearly SO, 900 s-low carrying charges: inanc-
I'd we'll price reasonable.
THE JOSEPH SHAPIRO CO.. 9l4 y. Y. AVE.
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14th st. NV. near 8. Store and apartment
No leases. Present low rental will stand in
crease. Priced. S1S.500. Easy terms
HARRY MILLER,
3n9 Rond bldg NJ 6o2a
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NEW AND VERY DESIR-
able four and five room apart
ments; fine location, corner 18th
and Shepherd streets NV. Open
for inspection all day Saturday
and Sunday.
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1885 Kenyon st. NV, rooms and bath, s4s.
1885 Kenyon st. NV, 4 rooms and bath, $75.
I4I 10th st. Sc, rooms and bath. S45.
AZ 10th ut. s.e., rooms and bath, $21 30.
130 East Capitol ST., rooms and bath, $85.
16 5th st. Sc. 2 rooms and bath. $35
306 End at. Sc. roops and bath. $50.
]. G. WELDON & COMPANY
Ill b st. r.-
(0pposte Congressional Library.)
Phnnes
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LARGE CORNER BRICK RESIDENCE NEAR
Washington Circle and Penn. ave-. where
grounds. shrubbery and shade: splendid for
hotel, large boa riding house. school. club. hos
pital. etc. Address Box 2S3-Z Star Office
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l4th ST NV. BETWEEN QUE AND R sTs.,
~ IT. front. desirable site for auto service
and sales building-in the midst Of new auto
row. This property 10 81 "a. II. less than
prevailing prices in this block. No leases
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SIXTY ACRES. FIFTY CLEAR. ALL GOOD
tillabie land: 150 young fruit trees. six-room
house and BATH furnace. porches, fireplace
chicken house. corn house and other outbuild-
fnEs; will sell consider trade for city prop
erty: at car line: price very reasonable.
COOPERATIVE REALTY CO., INC,
Main 74O ll5D Munsqy bldg .
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GEE OGK "FURNIsHED" LIST
HOUSES.
TYLER & RUTHERfOHD, INC,
1918 yEKAONT AVE NV

Gentleman's Suburban Estate.
Delightful yenr-round country home in
Washington, u. c.: IL minutes from White
House, block from cars: new. strictly mod
erh tapestry brick house and garage; so rooms.
& baths O master bedrooms: acres Of heauti-
full hwn. gardens, fruit and shade; 90 mile
view over 8 states. For lease or sale. Call
Owner. Franklin a2o5 or Cleveland a07.
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20 ACRES. RIGHT AT STATION, ADJOIN-
Ing town Of Herndon; fine dwelling, II rooms,
bath. hot-water heat; perfect condition; newly
painted; beautiful grounds; new sO-foot poul-
try house. barn, other outbuildings; large or
ehafd; acres timber; productive land; an
ideal suburban home and practical farm;
price, $14 900; easy terms.