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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02

man who is building his own home.
should bear in mind that he may
some day wish to sell and that one of
the first questions asked by any pros
pective purchaser will be. as the
home modern. and has it oak floors
and other standard features"
Lumber dealers say that the first
cost of oak floors is low, not more
than any soft wood floor plus the car
pet which is necessary to cover its
dull and lifcless qualities. And once
the oak is laid, the floor problem is
solved. state experts, for an oak floor
will last as long as the house itself,
and will remain the beautiful. serv-
iceable foundation of n room as long
as there are feet to walk upon it. EX-
perts say that mellOwness and beauty
increases with age. and that the
beauty is lasting. and they cite the
examples of the oaken floors in the
turreted castles of the French mon
archy, which are as sound and beauti-
full today rs they were the day they
were laid. Oak floors are one of the
few things of which it can truthfully
be said that they always were and al
ways will be modern.
Architects also state that house
wives of discernment and experience
invariably demand oak flooring be-
cause thew realize that oak floors
simplify the problems of housekeeping
by making it so much easier to keep
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02

and few, books. There are book
shelves, built in ut right angles, in one
corner of the room. At the end of
the daybed there is a junior floor
lamp, with a shade matching that OH
the table lamp. Accessory cushions
are of taffeta in dark blue. piped with
turquoise. old gold and mauve. At
the window there are glass curtains
of ccru silk gauze with overdraperies
of striped easement silk. in old gold.
turquoise and mauve. with hairlines
of black. Woodwork is painted old
ivory, and the rug is dark blue che
Mile.
Without loss of unity between the
whole. a single room exhibit showed
two distinct groups. AZ one side was
the living room. with writing desk.
sofa. easy chair and table. At the
other side was the dining room, with
sideboard. dining table and chairs. All
of the furniture was brown mahog,
any. On fireside table was a strik-
ing combination in coffee >sets-largc
cups and saucers in glazed jade green:
and black coffee pot. dreamer and
sugar bowl in unglazed WedgwOod.
Chinese design is again definitely
ia. the popular market. Mahogany
suites. extensively paneled with lac
auer in. black gold. silver and red, arc
being offered. Used in conjunction
with these are Chinese patterned rugs,
in blues, tans. mulberry. and black
Embroidery in the Chinese manner.
upon a black satin ground. is being
used extensively.
Furnished in keeping with each
other, in a modern New York apart
ment. are a bedroom and dressing
room. They are carried out in the
style of Louis Seize. The bow end
twin beds have silk brocade taffeta.
At the windows and French doors cou-
Meeting the rooms there are glass cur
tains of ivory silk gauze. with bro
cadc and taffeta overdraperies match
ing the bed covers.
A graceful settee and pair of side
chairs are upholstered in the same
brocadc. There is a delightful arm
chair. covered with ash rose velour.
with pipings of sage green. A floor
cushion. used in conjunction, is en-
broidered in soft colors.
The paneled walls are ivory color.
with deeper ivory woodwork. In the
panels a French wall paper, in shades
of rose and sage green, with occasional
touches of dull blue, is used. Taupe
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SECTION OF A SPANISH LIVING ROOM.

carpeting covers the floor. Bureau.
dressing table. and chiffoniers match
the beds, and little lamp shades. used
at intervals throughout the room, are
of shirred rose colored silk, trimmed
with sage green ruching.
Pleasingly combined with good per-
iod furniture in n moderate sized liv-
ing room is n modern overstuffed suite.
There are Sheraton desk and chair,
table. chest of drawers. and console,
over which decorative mirror is hung
Used with these are davenport, arm
chair and rocker, upholstered in hand
blocked. mohair velvet. in soft colorS
on a taupe ground. Accessory cush-
ions are OF jade green and straw
colored damask. At one end of the
davenport there is useful little end
table, light enough TO be easily lifted
from place TO place. At the other
end is n slender polychromed floor
lamp. with n sand and rose colored
shade. An Elizabethan portrait hangs
in the center of the wall space over
the davenport. There is n large taupe
rug. figured in dull blue. greens. and
mulberries. with touches of black.
Paneled walls are calcimined old ivory
and old gold silk gauze is used at the
windows.
For the entrance hall in a colonial
home there is dignified settee. with a
blue green covering. This color note
is repeated in the lowered wall paper.
At one end of the settee tiny tiptop
table accommodates an old silver card
tray. In the wall space directly oppO-
site is brown mahogany console
table. on which a pair of colonial glass
lamp is placed. Just above hangs a
mirror in plain mahogany frame,
high lighted with dull gold.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02
OAK FLOORING In
MANY FINE HOMES
IN SAN ANTONIO
1t Is Almost an Essential
and Gives Finishing
Touch to Building.

In these days OF quickly changing
fads and fancies. the home builder has
a difficult time trying to decide on q
type home which will be modern and
up-to-date. and at the same time pos
sess enough features of enduring char
acter and dignity TO ensure the pros
pective builder that his house will no.
be out-of-date. and behind the time be-
fore its foundation has had time to
settle. Prominent architects. who are
known for having a long list of con-
tented and satisfied clients. state that
an architect is as responsible for ad-
vising his client to build house as
a lawyer is when he offers advice as
to what stocks his client shall invest
in. Both lawyer and architect should
remember that they are giving advice
which should be good for all times
and not merely apply to the day on
which il is given. Architects. for this
reason. will usually urge their clients
TO erect houses which haze oak floors.
There is something about oak floors.
explains a prominent local architect.
which seems to add a tone of enduring
beauty and guarantee of enduring
construction TO the homes which pos
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02

sess them. As a practical necessity, no
one can gainsay the superiority of oak
floors over the somewhat cheaper soft
pine variety. but all practical consid-
Grafton aside. oak floors recommend
themselves to any prospective builder
who wishes to be sure that his home
will be built in good taste in every
detail. for the same architect goes on
to explain oak floors in house estab-
lish certain standard of construction
which makes the home builder so con
scious of the manifest advantages Of
really scrviceable beauty that he will
not insist upon alh the trick fix
lures, and faddish ideas which he
might other wise have insisted upon.
1t is this trick of ''noblesse oblige'
which makes the sturdy oak regarded
almost as friend and counselor by
experienced architects for they realize
that the dignity of oak flooring re-
quires equal dignity and beauty Of
treatment in all the features through
out the house, and they know that It
is easy TO avoid further mistakes.
when they have avoided the initial
mistake of not insisting on hardwood
oak floors.
People of today appreciate the
floors of thei: homes as more than
lust something to walk on. and as
more than a mere separation between
the first story and the second, and Ii
is for this reason that they give n
great deal of consideration TO the
durability and lasting qualities of oak
flooring. Practical considerations in
terest everyone, and lumber dealers
state that it should be of interest to
every home builder to know that 1t
has been proven by long years of ex-
perience that oak floors add TO the
value of home. whether the home be
for rental or for selling. And even the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02
PERIOD FURNITURE

Modern manufacturing efficiencics
have enabled furniture producers to
make pieces of enduring worth, within
reach of the average home owner. Fur
niture emphasizing the qualities oil
sound wood. exact workmanship. and
good lines. in replica o fold, expensive
pieces, is being turned out at factory
prices. Well made single pieces for
living rooms. dining rooms, halls, ald
bedrooms are plentiful.
There is perceptible trend toward
Spanish art. This influence is especial
~ noticeable in the recent work Of
some of our finest decorators. Illus
rated today is a section of Il Span
sh living room. In keeping with the
and colored stone work is n walnut
:lblc, its accompanying davenport up'
,olstered in taupe velour. Cushions
or this and in the alcove are OF
,cavy, crimson damasls. A boxed
uShion on the window seat is covered
With lustrous black velvet. This note
: repeated in the black chenille rug
md in the black and antique gold
,orchere with its lantern top. For
he peacock blue luster ware lamp
p3Sc Oh IlP IuDlt tutlt IL an 'ih c'iu
silk shade. tpimmed with black. Above
the fireplace hangs hand-woyen
tapestry. in rich, warm colors. Win
dow curtains are of heavy ecru linen,
with crewel work done in crimson.
blue. dull green. and black.
For apartments and moderate sized
living rooms furniture along the lines
@ fcarly American pieces is greatly ia
yorcd. This style is unusually adapt
able to space limitations in modern
apartments. In small living room
which was recently fuflishsl all the
pieces are comfortable and useful.
There is a delicately proportioned day
led with n boxed cushion covered with
dark blue mohair instead of II more
cumbersome davenport. A secretary
desk requiring but little space when
not in use is placed between two win.
davs. One Of the two small sized
Windsor chairs in the room is used
at this desk.
There is luxurious arm chair.
with an accompanying pouf. so that it
may he converted into a chaiSc Tongue.
Beside this dropleaf table is placed
This accommodates an intense tur.
guoise pottery lamp, with an old gold
silk shade. trimmed with mauve. In
addition there are smoking accessories
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the house clean. Keeping the house
clean has always been one of the trials
of the average woman's life. particu-
larly during the long Texas summer
when winds blow dust in through even
the most carefully screened doors and
windows. Most housewives insist on
oak floors il for no other reason than
that they have no creeices TO accumu-
late dust or dirt, and that they are a
surface requiring a minimum amount
of attention-just n little freshening
up at frequent intervals. and the oak
floor is bright and CHEEKY at all
times. 4 notable authority on. home
economics has said that oak floors are
one of the greatest blessings modern
women enjoy; they are the emancipa-
ton of women who do their own
housework, or who supervise others
who do their homework for them.
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RUSH TO CONTINUE
Building in 1924 Expected TO Exceed
Record Of 1928.

That the tremendous building rush
of last year will be continued this year
is the opinion emphatically expressed
by the Chicago citizens committee to
enforce the lands award
In 1923 all prior buihling records in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02

L. n: Use light, ash green wolfe, ex'
ceedingly fine, for glass curtains al
your windows and French doors.
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ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES

J. c. H.: Use ecru silk gauze at oil
of the windows in the living and din
ing rooms without over draperies.
Ecru georgette, over rose colored silk
would blend well with your table
lamp shade.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02

+. o. Y: Paint the bedroom Sc
French gray, with trim of old blu
or ecru and mauve.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Hits Road Repairing.
Writer Says ''More Brains, Less
Granite" Needed.

To the Editor Of The Star
Washington motorists are every
where greeted with posters to the ef-
feet that ANY fool can get into an
accident-thfnk."
This suggests that there is no sub
stitute for brains in repairing road.
The Conduit road is closed the greater
part of the day while work is pro-
crossing on the new aqueduct. SO
those of US who went out to live for
the summer in the neighborhood Of
Glen Echo and Cabin John are
Obliged to make a detour up the road
alongside the Bannockburn Golf Club
and through English Village. This
road is supposed to be under repair.
This seems to be the procedure:
About 15 or 20 feet are fixed up
weekly (very much up" for the holes
are transformed into hillocks), and in
order to accomplish this truly re-
markable feat, ten-ton trucks laden
with road material race up and down
the remainder of the road excavating
about three new ruts an hour-can-
yons that are dangerous to negotiate
other words, in order to repair" a
quarter of a mile of highway, three
miles of what two months ago was a
perfectly good road must be cut to
pieces until 1t is put into as disgrace
full q condition as the now notorious
River road.
What these roads need Is more
brains and less granite .-,a
J. HERBERT DUCKwoRTH.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
On the H0mestretch.

The presidential nominating cam
paign is swinging into the home
stretch. Two weeks from tomorrow
the Republicans will meet in national
convention, with the nominee now in
sight. Their present concern is over
the selection Of issues on which they
will go into the campaign for the cleo
ton. and over the choice of a candi.
date for Vice President. The platform
will be ready for the convention when
1t meets; that Is to say, a tentative
draft of one. embodying the views Of
the administration and the Republican
leaders In Congress. The leaders will
also give the convention a hint of
their favorite for Vice President early
in the meeting, likely to be accepted
by the delegates without serious
rivalry.
The Democratic convention will
meet June "a. The intervening weeks
will be devoted to framing the key
note address, which will indicate the
tenor Of the platform to be adopted.
The Democratic campaign will prob
ably be along the line Of attacking the
Republican party for alleged non
performance and for scandal In admin.
istration, with the protective tariff as
the leading economic issue. The Demo
Gratis no doubt will charge the Re
publican party with responsibility for
the farmers troubles.
The Democrats are no nearer a
presidential candidate today than they
were six months ago. The present
prospect is that they will be in no bet
ter case the day they convene. All the
candidates. viewing the coveted prize,
can sigh and say. so near and yet so
far" That fatal two-thirds majority
is hurdle which at this time seems
too high for any OF them to jump. It
will probably take many days of bal
loting, trading and compromising be.
fore selection can be made.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Park Tracts.

Items are included in the District
appropriation bill, as reported to the
Senate, for purchase of the Klingle
Valley, Piney Branch Valley and Pat
terson tracts for addition to the park
system of Washington. The particular
reasons for the purchase of the Klingle
Valley and Piney Branch lands have
been often stated. They are natural
park lands and bits Of scenery once
familiar in the District, most of which
has been destroyed except where it is
preserved in parks. These small tracts
adjoin Rock Creek Park, and Kiingle
Valley is natural entrance to that
park from the west, - while Pfney
Branch Valley is an entrance from
the east. Also the purchase, OF .the
Piney Branch tract would At into the
plan for a parkway connecting Rock
Creek Park and the Soldiers Home
grounds. The Patterson tract 1s'need-
ed because it IS q high and wooded hill
especially acceptable a. q park, be-
cause the land IN not well adapted for
Evening star., 1924-05-26

to provide the physical equipment.
The big town is preparing to furnish
real entertainment to its guests. SO
series Of fiety-four committees has
been named, one for each state and
territorial delegation attending the
convention. Each committee will be
assigned to the job Of looking after
the comfort Of the guests. A member
Of each committee will be on duty at
all times at the delegations headQuar-
ters. He will suggest and provide en-
tertainment. He will be bureau Of
escort. Tentative plans now contem-
plated include automobile trips to the
seashore. visits to the race track and
attendance at the base ball games. One
subchairman has been assigned to the
duty Of seeking from the golf clubs
around New York special visitors
privileges for the delegates and alter
mates.
Inasmuch as the convention will
probably not be able to name q ticket
ioi seN Nciai edSo thSic VIII bC Pachey
for these fifty.four committees to do.
With such q layout of entertainment
in contemplation probably there will
be q good deal of alternate voting.
Many distractions will occur to draw
delegates off to the side lines. Per-
haps before the convention adjourns
the party managers may have to call
a halt on the entertainment.
The cost of putting up daily shows
for the convention crowd will be con-
siderable. There will be 1908 dele
gates in attendance, and probably as
many alternates. or about 1900 in all.
There will also be secretaries and
others, probably swelling the number
Of actual official attendants to $500.
Then there will be the wives of the
married man delegates and alternates.
and perhaps the husbands of the mar
ried woman delegates and alternates,
and these, Of course, cannot be
ignored. So it may readily be seen, in
view of the ordinary cost of living
and enjoyment in the big town, which
will probably be much increased dur
ing the convention period, that the bill
for all this is going to run into large
figures. Perhaps when it is all over
New York will be willing to. wait an
other fifty-siX years before acting as
host 10 a national conventions
Evening star., 1924-05-26

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the extension Of streets and lines OF
buildings, and because Northeast
Washington. which is growing fast,
needs q park. -'. '..
The purchase of these three small
tracts Of land has been under con-
sideration for many years, has been
frequently recommended by commit
tees Of Congress and has always been
indorsed by the District government
and Washington's civic bodies. 1t is
possible that Congress at this session
will authorize the purchase Of these
lands. There has probably been some
stimulation Of interest in Congress in
the extension Of Washington's park
system because Of action recently by
the American Civic Association, Amer
lean Institute Of Architects and the
Garden Club Of America.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Martin Wrecked by Mirages.

Maj. Martins tale of mirages in the
Arctic wastes, which caused him to
divert his plane from his fixed course
and thus to run later into the side of
q mountain, is by no means fantastic
These visions of refraction occur in
the wide spaces where the sunlight is
strong. In the Arctic. as well as in the
tropics, the rays of the sun are de-
aected by the glaring surface and
bring up phantoms of far-distant
scenes. In the Sahara the sand acts
as refracting agency. In the Arctic
the snow thus serves
Travellers who have viewed these
pletely battling. They appear to be
realities. Only practiced eyes can dis.
Germ the difference. The round-world
flyers had no experience in Arctic
flight until they went north on this
expedition. Maj. Martin, however, ap-
pears to have recognized the visions
as mirages, eventually. But not until
he lost his route and, flying too low
for clearance, came suddenly upon
high wall Of crags, obscured by fog
His tale Of escape from the perilous
waste of the Arctic region is thrilling.
For ten days he and Sergt. Harvey
wandered afoot. sustaining themselves
with condensed provisions and with
three wild birds they managed to kill.
Heroic perseverance and pluck. un-
checked by the terrible hardships of
rough going and bitter cold, with SUM-
blindness q constant peril. marked this
progress back to civilization.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Opinion of Editors Divided
On Senate's Wheeler Decision

jury decisions and the supersession
of petit jury verdicts. 1t is an
interesting novelty, although con-
stitutional purists may view it some
what aSkance."
On the other hand, such report as
the Senate committee made, accord
ing to the Oklahoma City Daily Okla
homan (Democratic) lis tantamount
to declaring that the indictment of
Wheeler was framed, that perjury
appeared in the proceeding against
him and that the ermine Of the ju-
dietary has been stained by an in
famous transaction" And, continues
the Oklahoman, I'VE have the serious
fact that a bipartisan committee has
decided by vote almost unanimous
that a senator was indicted in federal
court only because he was fighting to
cleanse corrupt department of the
government" To which the Column
bus Dispatch independently adds: "It
Will be very sorry day for the coun-
try when the machinery of the law
can be invoked to discredit men in
public office for retaliatory purposes"
Russia. in the days of the czar
and Siberia in the opinion of the
Akron Times independent Demo-
fragrant than this bald conspiracy to
unload and forever blacken a man
who stood in the way of graft and
who led the fight in its exposure. The
AIcS lholuSS lTlDuHe tlnuepenu6nC he
publican) believes Senator Wheeler
performed a real service when he
went after Daugherty and got him.
The attempt had been made before
but it had failed. Now the blow
aimed at the senator has been turned
back and he stands better than ever
before the country. To which the
Reading Tribune independently adds
THE Borah committee, fortunately,
was not part of the machine and it
therefore unframed the frame and
eXonerated Senator Wheeler"
Whatever public relief may be
felt" declares the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch Independently "at the exonera-
tion of Senator Wheeler is submerged
in the shocking revelation that the
governments Department of Justice
could be so basely and maliciously
prostituted as to engage in the de-
struction of a senator and that heads
of the Republican party's organiza-
tion could join in such blackguardly
enterprise" While the Huntington
Advertiser tpemocratic) feels "it is
now up to President Coolidge, as the
actual and titular head of the Re-
publican party and the chief admins
traitor of the federal government, to
give some sort of, public. demonstra-
tion Of his contempt for the assault
on Senator Wheeler The Lynchburg
committees report as the ending "of
I one Of the most conspicuous political
blackmaiIs that this country has ever
witnessed"