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The Washington times., 1924-05-31
NEWEST DRAM DEVICE
ENTIRELY AUTOMATIC

Automatic drainage Of cellars or
other places where water collects is
provided by device which operates
from the pressure Of an ordinary
city water system.
The drainer requires that a stump
be dug in the floor of the cellar
or basement so placed that allwater
VIII drain into it. In this sunop
the drainer IL placed, with two con.
nections, one to the city water SUP.
ply and one a discharge pipe to the
sewer or wherever the drainage
water is to be taken.
AS the water rises in the pit a
float Is raised and when a certain
height IS reached a valve is opened,
allowing the city water to flow
through the ejector, creating a
suction and carrying the stump
water with It. AS the water falls.
the valve closes at the low point.
The Washington times., 1924-05-31
OHIO BUILDERS FORM
CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL

With a view toward uniting the
forces of the construction industry
for the mutual progress in the State
Of Ohio. builders Of that State arc
organizing q body to be known as
the Ohio Construction Council. The
first meeting was held recently In
Cleveland.
The expression was unanimous
that a State affiliation along lines
broad enough to include all those
directly concerned with the construc.
ton industry was necessary. A ten.
tative prospectus and bylaws were
presented and unanimously adopted.
The Washington times., 1924-05-31
BUYING AWNING.
|SJOBFOR
CARE
Bright colors Best, But
Blatant Stripes Now Are
Taboo

The season again Il with us when.
II ever. we think Of awnings. We,
most Of US, have been reared on
the assumption that all awnings are
alike, and that in summer they are
like "the poor"-always with III.
That there might be good avn
ings and bad ones, or indeed that
an awning might possess any indi-
viduality at all, is comparatively
recent development in awningdom.
First Thing Seen.
Yet. when we consider that the
awning 10 the first ching we see
a. We approach the house in sum-
mer. It acquires In our minds some
Of its rightful importance.
The dominating thing about an
awning IL undoubtedly its color, and
the day u past when anything VIII
do" The particular house owner
knows that the new art and the
new science Of color has invaded
even this detail, and that Il II In.
deed In detail that his knowledge
lies revealed.
The color should be in harmony
not only with the house of which
the awnings are part, but as far
as possible with adjacent buildings
and exterior surroundings.
Bright COlOrs Best.
A pale color in the awning has
not enough distinction to give char.
acter to the house. Physically, the
awning reaches out to one. Psyche
logically 1t should also be attractive
and striking. not weak. Fairly
bright color IL possible because not
much Of it Is used.
Ugly, broad stripes Of blatant
color are no longer essential char.
acteristics Of the awning. II Stripes
are selected, they should scale In
with the scale of the house.
It Is unnecessary to hang avn
ings II there are shutters present.
1t is also unnecessary to hang
them at such sides Of the house
as are not exposed to the sun.
Further yet. It is not compulsory
to select the same type OF avn
ing throughout the house, II win
dow conditions are not Identical.
For instance. hooded awnings
facilitate ventilation and are par
ticularly desirable for bedroom win
dows when one wants all the
night breezes one can get. In
this type Of awning, the top Of
the awning is placed several inches
below the top of the window. This
is done with the object Of re.
moving any obstruction to a
thorough circulation Of air In the
interior. A hood covers the space
left open at the top of the window.
The Washington times., 1924-05-31
/. IREPR00F|VC
IN HOME IS
SIMPLE
Concrete Cellar Roof Would
Protect Remainder Of
Building

In the building of a house It is
usual to excavate the full area for
the purpose Of a cellar. Storage 10
assigned for coal. wood, furnace
room and ash bin, laundry and
space for the housing Of the family
winter supply Of preserved fruits,
canned goods. vegetables and apples.
BY the expenditure Of a little ad.
ditional money, greater added pro-
lection to the security Of the house
from fire hazard could be given
by the introduction Of steel or brick
posts for the support of steel run.
ming beams, with lighter interme-
date beams, upon which to support
large sheets Of expanded metal or
iron rods for the formation and
support Of q reinforced cinder or
gravel concrete slab formed on
boarding. over the entire size OF the
foundation.
This slab will give a complete
basement ceiling, preventing the
dust smells Of the cellar from rising
to the upper parts Of the dwelling.
In case Of fire, the fire would
burn itself out In the basement,
and thus save the superstructure
from damage. On this floor slab
lighter material would be used to
secure the flooring consisting Of
strips.
In the case Of furnace installation
for the hot air pipes, boxes would
be built IN the concrete or pipe
sleeves left for the introduction OF
plumbing or water pipes or pipes
in connection with the steam or
hot water apparatus.
The Washington times., 1924-05-31
GLAND EXTRACTS UNABLE
TO GROW BRAIN CELLS

LONDON. May 31:-Modern med.
icinal preparations Of gland ex-
tracts cannot produce growth Of
brain cells which had never existed
or had been destroyed by injury or
disease, according to- DR.. Bernard
Hollander, BritAin's leading brain
specialist and alienist.
Certain glandular preparations,
however, states DIR. Collander, have
been found effieacioua In increasing
the activity OF sluggish brain and
nerve cells and Of benefit in cases
in which the lethargy was due to
exhausting and other enfeebling
causes.
The Washington times., 1924-05-31
TOTAL BLINDNESS CALLED
AN ILLUSION BY DOCTOR

LONDON. May 31.-Blindness II
an illusion. in the opinion Of DR..
r. H. Elliot. well-kHOwn English
doctor.
There IL a widespread impress.
sion that the blind live in perpetual
black darkness" he says.
This / believe to be an error IN
observation. for my inquiries have
ELECTED the information from blind
people that they habitually zee q
bright background"
The Washington times., 1924-05-31
Is DESCRIBED
FOR SAVING RLUEPRlNTS

To keep the edges Of blue prints
from being festooned with ragged
ruffles, stick a ribbon Of adhesive
tape around the edges Of each
sheet. For ordinary purposes, If the
ribbon IL stuck on the under side
of the sheet it will give the neces-
sary resultc.
II, however, the plans will be sub
jected to rather rough usage, q wide
ribbon should be used and folded
over the edge.
The Washington times., 1924-05-31
Mrs. M|NAR IS
IN HER new
OFFICE
Lee Heights Agent Moves
Into Quarters at 14o5
New York Avenue

Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar, Washing
ton real estate woman, who has
maintained offices in the Evans
Building for the last four years,
has leased the building at 14O5
New York avenue, directly oppo-
site the Bond building, and has
already fitted up and occupied
her new quarters.
An increasing business made the
move to more spacious offices
ton also will contribute to the
convenience of clients.
Mrs. Minar has built up q large
volume Of business principally In
the sale of property In nearby
Virginia. With the recent open.
ing OF Lee Heights, q new suburb
adjoining the Washington Golf
ana Country Club, she undertook
q project involving the develop
ment and sale Of more than 400
acres OF land as home sites.
Lee Heights Popular.
Lee Heights has become at onca
q popular location Will. horneseek.
ors. due to it's proximity to the
Country Club, its splendid elevation
400 feet above the business section
Of Washington. and 1t easy accessi-
bility to the city by auto or trolley.
Much OF the land UNDERGOING
subdivision formerly was the beau.
tiful estate OF Doctor Presley M.
Rtxey, rear admiral retired, sur.
geon general in the Roosevelt ad.
ministration. This land Rixey
purchased from the Major Brock.
EFT heirs more than a third Of a
century ago. With the growth of
washington the property yearly
has become much more valuable,
It is reached over the Lee High.
way from Georgetown, being a
seven minute drive from the new
Key bridge.
=, Sales Are Heavy.
In the brief time the property
has been on the market, more than
$4,000 worth has been sold. AL.
though spring this year was ac-
companied by an unusual amount
Of bad weather, buying in April
ana May was exceptionally active
and q record June business is antic-
ipated.
Mrs. Minar has specialized in
subdivision property since her en-.
trance in the real estate business.
She formerly was sales agent for
Lyon Park, terminating her con-
tract there last July to open up
her own property. She is a mem.
Der or the Alexandria and Arlington
County Real Estate Board and was
the first woman admitted to mem
berShip In the Virginia Real Estate
Association.
The Washington times., 1924-05-31
SPECIAL OFFERINGS

OVERLOOKING ROCK CREEK PARK
Apartment twofaIny,
ana located in Washingtons exclusive
WEST OF 1ETH N. w.
Ton oouA BATH modern heAE electricity,
the entire house Very moderate Price, &10,760
WEST OF 14TH N. w.
efx rooms hotwaer heat electricity
be arranged Price, $10,BOO.
I sBROOKLAND-$1OO0 CASH
Detached center han gtyle
cellar house IN axcaant condition. immediate $776O
BRO0KLAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Five hotwater
$500. Terms DO
NEAR 9Th AND G nv
First commercial;
verted INTO stcre suitable
store or laundry Groom bEic rooms Deep modern bath large
back yard 70 wide alley. Only $4,000
NEAR UNION STATION
Brick.
can DO arranged. Price, $3.50
STAUNTON PARK
rck rooms BATH cellar Terms arranged Price $780,
FOR C0LORED- NORTHWEST
Brick six and bath $3.50
STAUNTON PARK
OnU $500 ana $500 Brick
detached o:Eage space Tor several large front yard side
INVESTMENT PROPERTY
Several Small houses TO b sold IN lots - sseO estatA
SOUTHERN REALTY co.
826 18th st. N. w.
Phone Frank S21s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-27
Why She Left Home
ny Dn. FRANK CRANE

IL was given out that she had gone to California for her health. Those who knew her. In these days of mysterious diseases. seemed to have. anything the matter with her. In those days of mysterious diseases. ssas breakdowns, the explanation was neverthe- less accepted. .. She, had gone, at least, and abe never came back. One day her old school days friend, Mrs. Brown, met her in for eign land, and Mrs. Smith told the real req. son. EYE enough to me, but I couldn't tell them to any one else, least of all my husband and children.
 cts the story of the perpetual dropping that wears away the stone.
 T began my married life with the highest purposes. I was full of vitality, but just failed. If I had remained I should either have committed some crime or have gone
 TThe trouble simply was that Henry was an egotist. He wasn't bad. He was moral. He was even kind and generous in his way. He never abused me. According to the code commonly accepted had no cause to com plain. afs.
 II was simply slowly crushed to death un- der the dead mass of my husbands egotism. He didn't do anything openly cruel. He just weighed. He was what he was. He could not possibly escape from himself. because it was impossible for him to see that he was wrong. P .,
 proper soul, was being extinguished. was compelled, not by commands, but by the dead weight of circumstances, to do contin- uaily what hated. My food. my clothes, my friends, my amusements. my work, the whole realm of my life's expression, came to be settled in precisely the way that gsIed and offended me.
 sseyeraI times I tried to explain I was listened to courteously enough, but evidently was retarded as a mild lunatic. After an outburst of mine he would buy me dress, to do some other thing to please me, as though I were child. So gave up.
 .I conformed to his ways: The two chil- dren grew up to be just like their father. They could not understand me.
 "I know how wicked seem, There's ma ternal affection and wifely duty, and Chris tian principle, and all that. I appreciate them made up my mind I would stand it all until my children were married.
 "When Clara married. I set my house in order and left. had always had property of my own, so the economic issue was ab- sent.
 q live here simply. My youth Is gone. I missed my life. I exercised my highest ideals. They, think, are what undid me. If l had rebelled at first I might have been happier. Still. don't know.
 T only know am happy now not viz orously happy. but mildly, with a sense of rest and--air. go out every morning and draw deep breaths and thank God for liberty.
 "I am not anarchistic. I never wante& to do wrong. was one of those women who should never marry, I suppose. Nobody's to blame bear him no i'll will. He ceuld not help being himself
 "And 1t was what he was, and it was what that whole miserable, narrow world was I lived in, that satisfied me.
 T am an old woman now. But E have my garden and my books and--air--air."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-27
THE COAL AGREEMENT

Assurance of peace in the bituminous coal industry for three years Is given by the rati' fication of the new wage-scale agreement by the rank and file of the United Mine Workers of America. The vote resulted in an over whelming majority for ratification, which is not only reassuring as respects the future fuel supply for a definite and extended period, but indicates a decline in the former dissat- isfaction among coal operatives from ire quent strikes and disturbances and their re- sultant bardships which marked operations in the central bituminous district in recent years.
 There had been some expression of uncer' tainty whether the miners would ratify the wage scale as adopted in the conference at Jacksonville between the joint committee of operators and miners. The large vote for rat ification by the miners is source of optim' ism in industrial circles because it insures an uninterrupted fuel supply for definite period, and thus solves for the time one of the most important problems directly affect ing the industrial situation, and indirectly the countryS general business and prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-27
That Far A,Uay Look
By ". ADDINGToN BRUCE

Often, have no doubt, in talking to other people you have from time to time detected in their eyes curious far-away look. It has disagreeably impressed you. perhaps irritated you.
 1ou have intuitively, and quite correctly. interpreted it. as sign that they are paying little or no, heed to what you are saying. This wounds your self-esteem, and you in wlrdly denouE:c them as exceedingly lut,e. You are sure you would not be similarly in- consdierate. whatever the circumstances.
 Are you really sure of that:
 duigence in the far-away look is more than a s,irly common failing. Many, many years agu the observant La Rochefoucauld notsi
 'One ci the reasons that VIC find so few persons rational and agreeable in conversa' tion is, there is hardly person who does not think more of what he wants to say than of his answer to what is said.
 "The most clever and polite are content with only seeming attentive, while we per ceive in their mind and eyes that they are wandering from what is said and desire to return to what they want to say; instead of considering that the worst way to persuade or please others is to try thus strongly to please ourselves, and that to listen well and to answer well are some of the greatest charms we can have in conversation"
 In the light of this passage, reconsider both your annoyance at those in whom you detect the far-away look and your own con- fidence that others never have reason to de- tect 1t in you.
 With regard to the others, mitigate some. what your condemnation of them by the re. flection that they simply are behaving as most people do and that there is nothing personal in their inattention. With regard to yourself, make a point of observing for time just how attentive you actually are when othersrtslk to you.
 You may find, to your astonishment, that your mind wanders in most extraordinary way, from what they are saying; that your real concern Is with your own ideas, as Le Rochefoucauld describes.
 In this case, make an effort to place your self truly in the category of the select excep- tionals who have schooled themselves to give unflagging attention to even the most tedious of takers. For If the first part of La Roche foucauld's observation is correct, the second part is equally so.
 That is, to listen we'll in an essential ele- ment in the art of talking. It not only avoids the giving of needless pain, but rebounds in several ways to the benefit of the good lis- tener-not least in increasing his power to impress his own ideas on those with whom he talks.
 Hence it will repeatedly happen that merely because the far-away look is never seen in his eyes, he will be successfully persuasive when otherwise his words might be quite without appeal. Though, of course, this prospect of sef-advantage should never be the decisive factor in influencing q man to convert himself from an indifferent listener to an excellent one.
 Ordinary courtesy and the instinct of sym pathy should suffice for that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-27
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PtTNHVY

We have peculiar sort of banker in cur town. He's more than peculiar. He is unique. doubt if his sort of q banker is possessed by any other town in the country.
 "Mine isn't a savings bank" he. says. T don't want my depositors to save money. That isn't what I'm here for. I want them to spend."
 He is sixty-four years old, jolly, and has a hay stack of money. Years ago he sold out his business and retired, but he couldn't stay retired. He could not get interested in golf or automobiling or art or literature. So he opened little bank on side street and began to specialize in the business of young people. .
 "As soon as young man or woman has saved two or, three hundred dollars in my bank" he told me, 'I call him or her in,
 ," What are you going to do with. this moneyy I ask. Going to let me make money out of 1t? Or will you put it to work for yourselfr
 His point is that few people can attain true financial independence, of the sort which frees age from care by saving alone. Here and there one, perhaps, but savings bank in- terest while sure is not lavish. He is like wise certain that few arc able to invest with wisdom after they have passed middle age, unless they have trained themselves to invest ment while young Now and then man makes fortune after forty, but for the most part 1t has been produced by a gamble. For one man who succeeds in that way after passing forty, many fail.
 "Get busy" he tells his youngsters, land find place to put that hundred dollars where it will grow. Then come back and tell me about 1t. Maybe can help. And my advice may be worth something"
 He has done great things for the town for his youngsters have added tremendously to our business output. Almost without ex- ception they have succeeded, for he has given them an incentive to success and a little guidance along the way. The money deposited in his bank is kept at work.
 Trouble is, he says, with a mock groan, 'Tm doing too much business. I'll have to retire again-or else expand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-27
AN ENCOURAGING PROSPECT

Reports from many county agricultural demonstration agents indicate that the slogan, Not more acres in cotton, but more cotton to the acre." is making a strong appeal to many farmers. There are indications that many farmers will pursue this method in preparing for the coming crop. To that end more cotton producers arc following the recom- mendations of the state agricultural exten- sion department as respects preparation of soil, choice and use of fertilizer, selection of seed, methods of controlling the boil weevil, and the like.
 It would be hard to think of any better purpose or plan in the agricultural industry of the state than a widespread practical ap- plication of the more.to-the-acre principle It offers inviting opportunities to reduce gross expenses and increase profits. It does not necessarily mean a curtailment of prod net but contemplates the reduction of acreage and cultivation under more intensive methods. It may, and probably will, result in the production of as much cotton as under the system of large acreage and small yield per acre. It will reduce costs and thus widen the margin of profit.
 Reports also indicate further benefits to the farmers through q more general tendency towards diversity. From many sections come encouraging reports of additional activities in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-27
Standing Up Alone
ny JOHN cARLYLE

It is quite simple and easy to live up to your ideals when you are in the atmosphere for it. It is easy to do the right thing when you have no opposition.
 It is not so easy when all the forces with which you are in contact at the moment are pulling the other way.
 Few of you who read this would set out deliberately to violate law. Few would set out deliberately to make fools of themselves, to destroy self-respect, to change their moral behavior to q lower plane. Left to ourselves or left in the right company we should do pretty well. We should keep on the plane of self-respecting behavior.
 The real test of man comes when he is suddenly faced with the opportunity to make a quick decision. The real test comes when he must decide whether he will move with the crowd, which he knows is going the wrong way, or whether he will turn aud travel alone.
 know what is the right to do. Very likely you don't. Few do. But all of us know what we think is the right thing to do.
 All that any of us can be asked to do is to do what we think is the right thing.
 All that any of us can be asked to do is to do as well as we know how.
 You may be young man or a young wo- man reading this. The time will come today, tomorrow, perhaps over and over again, when you must go along with your associates or you must let them go their way while you go yours. It is not easy. \ half dozen persons, even three or four, all thinking the same way, all travelling the same road. create atmosphere. They give color and reality and a bill of health to a course of action which you know in deliberate thought must prove to be the wrong course,
 Here is where the hard task begins.
 Don't hang any laurels ou yourself for making a good record when you have moral support on all sides of you, ia front and be- hind you.
 Don't treat yourself to any medals because you have satisfied your ideals of personal conduct when you have been alone.
 How have you behaved. what have you done with your ideals and convictions. when all the good fellows" have been against Ynn9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-27

this direction. Many farmers are preparing to raise more corn, hay livestock, and other feed and food-staffs to supply their own needs and reduce their living expenses with sur plus for the market. Trucking, horticulture, poultry and dairying are receiving more at tention than ever before. Thus not only will the farming industry be more profitable to those engaged in it under the plan of larger production to the acre in the leading mar keable crop and a greater provision. of food supplies but there will be more ready cash from the sale of surplus products, while much money which has been sent out of Ala bama for articles of food will be kept at home to further enrichment of the state. City markets will be better supplied with fresh products grown near by.
 There is no reason why millions of dollars should be spent outside of Alabama for prod ucts which can be abundantly raised in Ala bama as cheaply as anywhere. That such a situation should exist is largely the result of habit. Nearly everything that Is worth rais- ing can be profitably produced on Alabama farms. There is no reason why the state should not feed itself. That the farming in. dustry in Alabama is awakening to this fact and preparing to illustrate it in practical ways is a source of qualification to all who appreciate the states wonderful agricultural and desire to see them properly developed for increased prosperity and en- richment. f-s