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although that liz largely due to the
coming in OF the Germans who have
been crowded out of Polish Upper. ST..
lesia and dAlsace-Lorra.ne.- The whole
struction, but as far as I can see 1t is
still alive and kicking and every
where outside the. Ruhr is working
hard as it goes. -. ~
The Germans complain as to the
loss Of their territory, and one might
think they were crippled for all time
agriculturally and n,ineraliy. The fact
is they still have one Of the very
best national properties in Europe.
The greater part Of their soil is equal
to that Of France. and they have vast
mines Of potash by which they fertil-
ize 1t at a comparatively low cost.
They are now taking nitrates from
the air in such quantities that they
promise to supplant the nitrates OF
Chile and their production. per acre
Of grain, potatoes and sugar beets is
far higher than ours: and equal to
that of almost any other land Of the
world.
Before the war Germany had an av-
erage production Of 163.o0o.o0 BUSH
els Of wheat, 445.oo0.000- bushels Of
rye, and 5s2.0oo,00o bushels OF oats
every year. She was then importing
76,ooo.o00 bushels OF wheat. and 1t
is said she needs 1a5.ooo.ooo bushels
Of wheat today. Her people claim
they have no money to buy It..
and It is only by some kind Of de-
cision as to their trouble with France
that this market will be spsR to the
vAnaxfeaus -$G1maxs
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Germany has more coal than any
country in Europe except Great
Britain. but by the treaty of Yer
sa.lles she has TO give so much to
France that she is now importing
coal, buying back through Holland,
at times. the very coal she shipped
to France. It returns labeled Eng
lish coal" but 1 am told it is often
in the same cars in which it was
shipped away.
AS to iron, in 1913 Germany was
producing only three-fourths Of what
she consumed. She has lost a great
deal. and will now have to buy in
much larger quantities. She is get
ting her iron from Sweden and Spain,
but the market is competitive, and
1t merely puts her on the same plane
as those of many other manufacture
ing countries Of Europe.
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pay the postage on a letter to his
people in Germany. / have this on
the authority of the assistant secre-
tary of our Department of Commerce
who has just passed through Berlin
on his way home from India.
A captain of industry whose COM
pany has controller more than sixty
thousand men in the valley Of the
Ruhr tells me that more than 40
pei cent of Germany's coal reserves
were lost by the treaty. This may
DO true. but in 1913 the valley of
the Ruhr. which Germany still has,
although in French hands. contrib
uted 60 per cent of her output of
soft coal, while the fields she has
lost had only about 30 per cent. The
Ruhr is just about as big as Rhode
Island and it has over fifty billion
tons Of coal still to be mined Today
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Vice Squad Gets 9 Per Cent of 900 Gases
BY JAMES A. BUCHANAN.

YOU are looking for excitement
coupled with a large amount of
work and u considerable degree
of danger thrown in for good
measure. spend several evenings with
the vice squad. Your longings will
be satisfied. and at the end of your
probation. or qualifying period. as a
guardian Of the public's morals, you
will appreciate the fact that in order
to make arrests and to secure evil
dence that will stand the onslaugilts
of keen lawyers the members of the
squad have to be on their toes every
minute of the time they are awake.
Washington is not, by any manner
of means, without vice of different
sorts. and this statement is borne out
by the records of the department.
The nations capital is not Chemically
pure as was once said of Los An
geles. Neither is it the worst city in
the country, but, as Lieut.. o. T. Davis,
in charge of the vice squad, said:
There is no denying that vice
exists in this city. To make a state
ment to the contrary would be stat,
ing something that was not so. We
are confronted with a condition, not
mere theory, not hearsay. We of the
squad know. for we are constantly on
the job fighting the different evils
that exist in the city. and, while we
have made progress, our work is not
done by any manner of means, nor
will it be done for some time to
come. from the way things look at
present. THERE'S an element here
that does not make for a clean town."
-: :. X X
THE vice squad proper is composed
i of Lieut. Davis. Sergt. J. D. Nc
Quade- and Private Harry Brewer.
augmented by r.. e. Ruby of the pro-
hibition forces. who. with his associ-
ates, works in conjunction with the
squad.
The Headquarters OF the vice squad
is in the second precinct station
house, and it hardly has what one
might call sumptuous quarters. While
there has been an effort to make the
place presentable. It Is far from be-
ing what 1t should be. Neither is the,
force large enough for city, OF the
size Of Washington, for almost any
other municipality has a force many
times as large. but it is the, old story
OF almost anything being good enough
for the District of Columbia.
The squad should be composed Of
at least twenty more officers If the
work is to be carried on to the degree
that the citizens desire. While those
who are. members Of this little band
work day and night, 1T is only a
question as, to how long their bodies
will be able to stand the. strain. for
the work is Of such character that
it calls for every ounce OF energy
that q man possesses. 3..s
You start out some evening with
the men who have charge of this
work. You have no idea where they
are going. for you have not been
tipped of as to, their destination.
They don't talk much about what
they are going to do. They have
mapped out their program. are quite
sure that they Will find what they
ara going after and thAy strike 1zath
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HOME LIVING ROOMS
REQUIRE attention
Much Can Be Done to Make Aver
age Surroundings More
Attractive.

Considerable attention should be
given to laying out living and dining
rooms of the home, since the family
spend a good part of their time in
these rooms.
First of ALL the living room should
be well lighted and as large and COM
modious as space will permit. Many
living rooms have fireplaces. These
fireplaceS should have mechanical
throats and dampers, so that the
draft can be adjusted to conditions of
the fire. the wind and peculiarities of
the fue. BY this means a smoky fire.
place is largely eliminated. 1t is de-
sirable to line fireplace fues with tile,
thereby minimizing the danger of
| fires from defective f1ues. The fire.
place should be provided with a
dump, allowing ashes to drop into a
pit at the base of the chimney stack
This advice eliminates the need of
carrying ashes from the fireplace
through the living room to an ash
pile.
In many homes the dining room is
so arranged that dining space is pro-
vided in an alcove, the alcOVe being
large enough to take built-in table
and seats. In most cases four people
can be accommodated. In homes of
this type, when a larger number of
people require seating accommoda-
tions, table can usually be set in
one end of the living room. Where
formal dining rooms are provided the
opening between dining and living
rooms should be large, thus increaS-
ing the apparent size of the living
quarters of the house.
1t is sometimes desirable to have
the entrance to the living room by
means of a vestibule. Often it is we'll
I, Ill
space for a closet for coats. hats and
rubberS.
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WALL PAPER COLOR AND DESIGN
+ LARGELY DEPEND ON TEXTURE
Rough Finish Has Much to Do With
Catching and Holding Light, Due to
Small Ridges, Causing High h Lig ghts

The color and design of a wall
paper are both decidedly changed by
the quality of the surface finish.
Color. because it depends upon the
way in which the paper catches the
light, is modified directly, for the
surface finish alters the light effect.
A high grade finish will therefore
be found to make color look lighter
than a fiat, dull finish. But. on the
other hand. a very rough finish. such
as a heavy crepe. also makes the
color seem lighter because it presents
to the light a number " broad ridges
that stand out, causing light to be re-
fected. The ridges are either thrown
into relief or emphasized by small
patches of shadow. In cases where
coarse finish lacks these wide ridges,
such as a rough plaster finish paper.
a darker color effect is produced be-
cause the roughness is only enough
TO create a small lace work OF shadow
over the paper without causing high
lights.
Effect of Texture.
The effect of texture on color nat
urally will vary with the quality of
light reaching it. If all the light
comes from one end of the room,
roughnesS of texture Will darken the
color more than if light enters from
two or more directions. This is be-
cause light from one direction en-
phasizes shadows. while light from
two directions tends to eliminate them.
Smoothness of texture is not so ef
fective in room lighted from one
end because much Of its surface is
not in position to catch the light and
therefore cannot reflect it.
The warmness or GOODNESS OF
paper is largely due to it's texture.
Take two papers of a cold gray color.
one in a heavy crepe, with broad
ridges, the other in a fiat texture.
The former. with the Small, f1ickering
shadows that it produces. will seem
warmer because the interplay Of
shadows and lights gives life and
movement to the color. But take a
warm tan in rough plaster finish
that produces much shadow and it
tends to look colder for all shadow
is cool in color. Again this change
is increased or minimized by the d.
rection of light in a room, light from
only one end making all colors look
colder because the shadow areas are
greater. This effect of light direction
on texture and color is more no.
ticeable with neutral colors than
with positive shades because the neu-
trails have less decided quality Of
their own.
Design Causes Changes.
The changes wrought in the design
are not so conspicuous as the changes
In color. but it is nevertheless i'm
portant that texture and design be
consistent. according to the official
magazine of the wall paper industry.
A strong, rough texture requires a
design of large scale. with unbroken
curves. If the design is small. or
broken up into short lines. the further
hrn L; ~
an effect of disorganiZation. On the
other hand. if there is placed a strong,
large design on finely textured silk
paper. it will look TOO heavy for the
material. It contradicts the delicacy
of the surface and we have conflict
between the design and texture Deli
cate material may have fuller. more
complicated pattern than the rough
Evening star., 1923-04-28
DUPLICATE ORDERS
CONFUSE INDUSTRY
Dealers, Fearing Shortage,
Buy More Building Ma
teriaIs Than Needed.

'The building industry is suffering
from duplication Of ORDERS" says the
Engineering News Record. ITO in
sure the receipt of materials, con-
tractors and dealers. fearing a short
age, are ordering double and treble
the quantities they will actually re-
quire. The result may be. before
long, serious apparent shortage of
materials, with consequent additional
price increases. Thus there will be
further encouragement to building.
to the detriment of the public and
of the construction industry.
But it is not only the consumer of
building materials that suffers. The
manufacturer also is victim. II he
takes the full face of orders as bona
fide. he is now believing that he Is
well sold up for the season. Never
heavy shipments arrives he will prob
ably receive heavy cancellations.
with the result that his piled-up
stocks. carried usually with the as
sistance of bank loans, will be left
on his hands.
therefore, suffer from present prac-
tice. What is the remedy?
The seat of trouble lies in the
form of order for the purchase Of
many building materials and in the
accompanying trade practice. This
though in its use it is travesty on
that respected form of legal docu
ment. A contract implies mutual ad-
vantage or concession. In the alleged
contract for buying building mate
rials the manufacturer guarantees
not to raise the price. That should
be sufficient concession from him :;
that is the advantage which he sur
renders to the purchaser. But on top
of THAT he guarantees to give the pur-
chaser the lower price in case the
market declines and then-concesSion
of concessions-in actual practice per-
mits the purchaser to cancel without
any penalty whatever.
In return for these concessions,
what does the purchaser agree to do?
Absolutely nothing. He is protected
in price against both rise and decline.
Under trade practice he may cancel
if he wishes. The advantages are his;
the risks are the producers. There
is no mutually. The contract in
fact. is not a contract; 1t is an option.
giving all advantage to the buyer and
Imposing, as the trade construes it,
no obligation.
"Mutuality would certainly demand
that the intending purchaser, in re-
turn for price protection should guar
antee to take the material in accord
ance with the terms of the order or
incur financial penalty for cancel
lation.
"In other words. a non-cancelable
form of contract, or one carrying
financial penalty for cancellation.
would be a contract in the true sense
in that it would impose reciprocal
obligations. 1t would hold forth def
mite advantage to the buyer; it would
insure the producer against cancel
lation.
AT this very time every one in the
construction industry Is fearful that
rising costs will start a serious re-
tarding movement in construction. 1t
is an opportune time for the industry
as a whole to eliminate features that
encourage imitation. A good start
would be made by adopting a fair
materials purchase CONTRACT con-
tract that would be in reality a con-
tract in which both parties would
have obligations and advantages"
Evening star., 1923-04-28
Growth Reflected Real Building News
81, ,635, 900 Building Permits
Issued During Week in d. G..

Building projects to cost approx
mately $1,635,0 900 were authorized dur
ing the week. Several rows Of houses,
two large apartment houses and an
office building are included in the
list. The permits follow:
H. G. Smithy. to build, 1910 Gar
field street; cost, $4,000.
H. 6. Smithy. to build. 271s 35th
place; cost. $4,000.
j. II. Wurdeman, to repair, I'LL
Connecticut avenue; cost, $4,000.
E. Brooke Lee. to repair, 1859 Penn
sylvania avenue; cost, $4,000.
c. E. Lanahan, to repair, 400 H
street northeast; cost, $4,000.
J.. Schloss. to repair, 516 18th street;
| cost, $4,000.
w. f. Brenizer. to build 1900 10th
street: cost. $4,000
Liberty Building Company. to re-
pair, 479 II street: cost, $4,000.
j. r. Shapiro, to build thirty-two
: houses. 27OO-2762 Woodley place; cost,
$650,000.
~ Miles, to build, 1923 Kearney
street northeast; cost. $6.5O0.
Morris CafritZ, to build, 210-226
Bryant street northeast; cost s36, 900.
Penn Oil Company, to build gas sta
ton. Bladensburg road and Morse
street northeast; cost, $500.
Taylor & Hedges. to build, 1922 Gar
| field street: cost, $4,000.
Campbell & Garriott, to build, 1850
1854 Neal place northeast; cost,
! $4,000.
c. H. Chloe. to repair, 2SO4 II
! street: cost $1,000.
Wardman Construction Company,
to repair. 2426 Tracy place; cost,
| $4,000.
Wardman Construction Company.
! to build, 2727 Cleveland avenue; cost
| 100000.
Wardman Construction Company, to
J build, 2921-19-17 Cleveland avenue; cost.
| 5000.
II. G. Smithy. to build. 1886 Wis
! consin avenue: cost, $4,000.
w. II. Lawson, to build, 2636 Mon
Evening star., 1923-04-28
By ROGER W. iBABSON.

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass, April
2S-Bonds have declined since last
September until at the low point of
March 81 they were back to the level
of December. 1921. Investors who
have been somewhat dismayed by this
turn of affairs will be particularly
interested in a statement issued to-
day by Roger w. Babson in which he
explains the situation.
Bond prices" says Mr.. Babson
"are governed by combination 'of
three factors: The demand for goods,
the supply of money and the psy-
chology OF the times. The. combina-
ton of these three set the price for
money (the yield of bonds) which
governs the market value of the in
dividual' security.
Buy in Rising Market.
'If we begin at the bottom we find
vested in bonds are used in business:
and little demand for commercial
money. Add the psychological factor
of increased confidence on the part
of the public and demand picks up,
prices strengthen and manufacturers
bestir themselves to take care OF new
business. AS soon as these conditions
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roe street northeast; cost. $500.
]. Ludwig. to build, 1899 Lawrence
street northeast; cost, $4,000.
Peoples Drug Stores, Inc, to re-
build. 1922 1st street northeast; cost,
$4,000.
w. Toney, to build warehouse, rear
1114-16 22d street; cost, $4,000.
A. L. Foster. to build. 1543 Franklin
street northeast; cost, $1,000
c. Z. Langley, to build. 3115 Wood
land drive: cost, $4,000
q. S. Seek. to build four houses
ai01-71o7 Georgia avenue; cost,
100000
G. II. Watson. to build, 21S Walnut
street; cost. $4,000.
{. *. Barker. to build. 2S07 34th
street; cost. $4,000.
A. +. Seymour, to build, 3101 Wood
land drive; cost, $21,500.
j. w. Gregg. to repair. 18th and
FLORIDA avenue; cost, $4,000.
G. w. Haines. to repair, 1915
street; cost, $1,000.
Copeland p. Jones, to build, 1915
35th street; cost, $4,000.
}. r. Baines. to repair, 1921 L
I street northwest: cost $4,000
r. NJ. Mechan. TO build, 1903 Emer
! son street: cost, $4,000
Z. ID. Hood. to build, 1901 18th
street; cost, $4,000.
K. o. Sholz and H. VI. Bralove. to
build apartment, 2464 Columbia road
cost. S150,000
Maj. J. i. Randall. to build apart
ment. 3152 18th street: cost, s225 900
NJ. Pasternak. to build office build
ing, 1918 Connecticut avenue; cost
i. A. Dempsey. TO build, 1880 34th
street; cost, s12,750.
! j. w. Brawner to build. 3iI to 10?
18th street southeast; cost. s215O0
r. *. Cook and A. G. Minnix to build
1890 TO 1910 Chesapeake street north
west: cost, s36 900.
! O. ". Murray. to build 7401 14th
street cost. $4,000.
| K. r. Irwin. TO build, 1905 Jocelvn
! street: cost So 900
Evening star., 1923-04-28
Babson Urges Holding Bonds
In Spite of Fluctuations
Regular Income Rather Than |SPecula-
the Profits Most De esirable, Says
Expert in Finance.

exist, buying starts ing earnest. Peo-
pie always like to bay in a rising
market. The more they buy the
higher prices go and Awe head for a
boom. :All this buyirsg takes more
money and the manufacturer requires
added fands to take cage of increased
demand:
Funds that would otherwise be in
vested IN bonds are used in business.
in fact. many bonds are sold to: get
the necessary cash to carry on opera
tions on: the new scale. The banks
meantime have heavy demand: for
commercially loans and tae bonds thas-
bought with idle funds during dull
times are sold. All this reduces the
demand for investment bonds and in
creases the available supply of snch
issues.
Loans: Called, Prices Tumble.
LAS the boom goes too far. banks
get overextended and must call in
loans. More bonds are sold and
prices tumble. Concerns which are
caught must liquidate.: and forced
sales mean sacrifice prices. The mo-
ment the public sees prices begin to
weaken. demand disappears as quickly
as it appears in a rising market
Business slows up and funds begin
to accumulate both with the investor
who saves more in duls times than
boom times and the bar:ks who new
Evening star., 1923-04-28

because it permits fine line and
minute detail
Papers in which the design is
strongly pressed into relief. like the
feathers. require a simpler pattern
than does the f1atter damask surface.
But 1t should be a moderately large
one. for a small design so emphasized
would be disproportionate. Leather
cannot. however. carry the very large
pattern, because pressing makes the
design more emphatic and apparently
still larger. Flock printing also
makes a design conspicuous-by vir-
tue of the texture contrasts Any
texture device like pressing in relief
or flock printing emphasizing design
requires less decided color to COM
pensate for the texture strength.
Hence polychrome leather is usually
of dull tone and the room that re-
quires rather strong color support
may have it lighter or. duller in relief
or flock printing than in ordinary
plain paper.
Thus color, design and texture not
only have to be considered separately
In the choice of paper, but also in
respect to the result effect of their
combination.
Evening star., 1923-04-28

have a slackened demand for com
mercial loans.
Both turn again to the bond mar
ket and seek TO invest these sur
plus funds. Demand for bonds again
picks up and prices begin to rise. AS
they go up the buying increases. A
certain speculative element, busy in
the stock market during the boom.
turns to bonds for a possible specu-
lative profit.
Advice to Investors.
The true investor" concluded Mr..
Babson, should not be upset by these
fluctuations, but should buy for reg
ular income rather than speculative
profit. The position of the mark ct
when the funds are available should
govern only the type Of security Sc
lected. If bond prices are high. buy
short-time issues that funds may be
reinvested to advantage later on.
When bond prices are low, buy long
time issues that the relatively high
income available at that time may be
enjoyed as long as possible"
General business continues It's side
wise movement. The index Of the
Babsonchart shows activity at 3 per
cent above normal. The same level
ras last week.
(Mr Rabeon, the noted statistician. who IL
now regular contributor to The Star. will
continue his special articles business con
ditions in next Saturdays issue,
Evening star., 1923-04-28
1901 Kenyon Street NV.

19O1 Kenyon Street NV.
OPEN SUNDAY-II AIM. TO PM.
A beautiful center-hall plan corner home in the
heart of beautiful old Mt. Pleasant. Living Room
with open fireplace; Library large-beam ceiling Din
ing Room; Kitchen and Hall on lst floor. big Bed
rooms, full baths on End floor. Attic. To inspect.
take "Mt Pleasant to Kenyon St. walk west to 10Th
Evening star., 1923-04-28
HOMES LIKE AIRPLANES.
New Type of Houses Popular in
California.

The airplane type of house is given
that name from the fact of the like
ness of it's roof to the wings Of an
airpIane. The roof has a very low
pitch and is covered with canvas with
prominent ridges, which increase the
similarity to the airplane. The pro-
lection of the cornice is surmounted
with a large cupola, having a remote
resemblance to the cabin of the air
plane operator. This type of house
has become quite popular in Cali
fornia.
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Sample House, III jefferson St. NV.
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY

These new houses are selling rapidly because the
builder, Walter A. DUNCAN, is giving the biggest dol
lar worth that we know of. You will agree with
if you them. Row houses, including garage
$780, semi detached houses on 25ft lots $780, or
$500 with garage. They have everything that you
could desire. See them today.
To inspect, take 14th marked "Ta<oma" 8tIl
ST. walk south to Jefferson ST. 9th ST. jefferson
and walk east to Sample House.
Evening star., 1923-04-28

Each of these offerings home built before the
advances in both material and labor Take advantage OF
this saving We say without hesitation that the first
buyer seeing of these evident bargains will purchase it.
Evening star., 1923-04-28
3O35 Rodman ST., Cleveland Park
OPEN SUNDAY-1I Am. TO 6 PM

house in this neighborhood this price seems almost
unbelievable Think of buying veroo and reception hall
bungalow, with large entire house. with garage
good big lot in this beautiful sectional price less
than that asked for the thing locations that do
compare This property truly speculation. See it early
before it is snapped Take Chevy Chase to Rodman
Street. walk block west to house