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OPPORTUNITY NO. 4.
WILLING TO WORK. But SHOULD
RE At HOMIE

This devoted mother Is perfectly
willing to go out to work il necessary
in order to keep her family together
But she is in poor health, and there
are eight children in the home who
need her care and attention. Only
one of these is of working age. Wild
owed two years ago, the responsibility
has been too great. and she Is on the
veree.of breaking down under the load
which she had to carry. The family
should be moved to larger quarters
for their OWL good. The sole income,
if the mother gives UP her work, is
a small wage earned by a child yet in
her teens. Thirty-two dollars week
is 6eeded to feed. clothe and shelter
this household of nine, or $1.664 for
the next twelve months.
Previously acknowledged, $40.
Employees. Supply Bureau. United
States Treasury, 50: e.. G. a. So; r.
X, $25: w. c. r.. $50: Mr.. and Mrs.
A. T.. r. H., So: Mr.. and Mrs. G. T..
H., 81: Plate Printers Local Union,
No. .. $5.
Amount asked for ........,. $1,664.00
Total received ....-......... 10000
balance needed ....,..... 81 ,561 90
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OPPORTUNITY NO. 5.
TUBERCULOSIS EXACTS ITS
PRICE

The father of this foreign family is
making strong fight to come back. p"
He was persuaded to take the cure"
for tuberculosis If the Associated Chari-
ties would look after his family. The
mother is herself just recovering from
a serious operation which she bravely
underwent upon the Doctors recon-
mendation. Her neighbors, many of
whom are also foreigners, but with
small incomes, are interested in the
welfare of the wife and children and
lend helping hand. Twenty dollars
q week is needed until the father is
able to come home and take up the
family support, which he will have to
do very gradually until his health is
fully restored. There are three chill
dren, all under working age.
Previously acknowledged. $26.
Employees, Supply Bureau, United
States Treasury. s5: Mr.. and Mrs. c..
r. H, 81; Plate Printers Local Union,
No. 2, So; !. Nj. r., IS; j. II. H., $5.
Amount asked for ...... $1,040.00
Total received .......... $500
Balance needed ............. $994.00
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OPPORTUNITY NO. 2.
REHABILITATION AT WORK

When this family first came to the
attention of the Associated Charities
they were living in an insanitary
shack. The children showed the eff
feet of long period of underfeeding.
The school attendance of the older
ones was irregular, with the usual re
suit that they were far behind in
their grades. Since coming under the
care of the Associated Charities mat
ters have improved. The family is
properly housed, the children of school
age attend their classes regularly and
already show the good effects of suffi-
cient food and hygienic living. The
father is serving a penitentiary SEN
tence, leaving behind seven children
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OPPORTUNITY NO. 8
FOUR GENERATIONS.

There are foHr generations in this
home--a great at-grandparent, who still
tries to work as strength and oppor-
tunity permit; n grandmother, who
waits upon her invalid daughter, the
mother of three young children, de
serted by their father. The man is
under court order To contribute to the
support of his young family. but he
is badly in debt otherwise. After his
payments. there is still Il deficit of
SIS a week in the income of the home.
or 1896 a year,
Previously acknowledged. SO.
Employees, Supply Bureau, United
States Treasury. IS; r. x, S25: H. l..
S, So; Cash, 81; Friend, $40; Mrs. NJ.
G. X. $5: A. NJ. s., 81: Anonymous, 81;
Friend, $40: Mr.. and Mrs. c. I. H.. 81.
Amount asked for ........-.. $936.0O
Total received ... 101. 90
Balance needed .......-.... $3.50. 90
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OPPORTUNITY NO. 6.
NO FAULT OF HERS.

Handicapped by ill health and de-
serted by her husband to carry the
load of supporting her two children,
this mother is making a brave strug-
gle to do double duty. Mrs. A, as we
will call her, was at Camp Good VIII
last Summer with her kiddies, where
she won the hearts of both the work
ers and the other campers for her at
tractive, sweet personality and her
devotion to her children, both of whom
are under school age. Seventeen dol
lars week, or 1854 for the year, is
needed TO hold this home together.
Previously acknowledged. $40.
Employees, Supply Bureau, United
States Treasury, IS; w. c. r., $50; Mr..
and Mrs. c. r. H.. 81; Plate Printers
Local Union. No. ., s..
amount asked for ....... ssS4.oO
Total received .... 71.00
Balance needed ............. SSl3.00
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OPPORTUNITY NO. 8.
NEARING THE GOAL.

Several years ago the father of this
family died, leaving three little girls
to the care and guidance of a frail
mother. Through the widows efforts
and the generous help of others, this
home has remained unbroken. Re
Gently the oldest daughter, by nature
diffident and retiring, has taken her
first plunge into the workaday world.
Before long a younger sister, alert and
ambitious, win become a wage-earner
also. With this combination, the fu-
ture of this CHEEKY home is assured.
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under working age. The estimated
need on a carefully worked out budget
is a minimum of $50 a week. or 81 1,664
for a year
Previously acknowledged. $25.
Kansas" cash, SO; Employees Sup
plv Bureau, United States Treasury,
S.: X. X, $25; Mr.. and Mrs. c. 7. H..
81: Plate Printers Local Union, No,
.. So.
Amount asked for ... $1,664. 90
Total received .... 64O0
Balance needed ......... $1,000. 90
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S1,349 IS RECEIVED
FOROPPORTUN|T|ES
Union Sends $40 Check to
Aid Associates Charities
Needy Families.

Cp to noon today $1.349 had been
received for the Christmas opportunl-
ties of the Associated Charities.
Among the receipts this morning
was n check for so from the Plate
Printers Union. Local No. >, to he
distributed among the different oppor-
t1lnities. one of them, No. "a. IS
closed. so it's share was assigned 10
No. 3. where there are two elderly
neoDle as well as the mother and
children.
In sending their gifts contributors
are requested to express Il choice. IL
they have one. If the opportunity
DESIGNATED is closed the money Will
hn transferred to one of the others.
Reports TO BE Made.
REPORTS of the family,S progress
wiU I've sent to the giver~ throughout
rhe wear. Names. of CouFse. cannot
he furnished The relation between
the Associated Charities and its fam
lilies is strictly confidential, but the
society is always glad to give intor-
nation regarding conditions IN any
family to the donors.
contributions may be sent 10 John
JOY Edison, treasurer, 1922 Eleventh
street. or to the office of The Star
and will be promptly Acknowledged.
one man and wife. sending a joint
Gift of $14 today. said: This is one
of our annual Christmas gifts to our
selves and affords us a whole year OF
solid comfort and pleasure.
'rTa oppprt tIIoit ial follow.
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OPPORTUNITY NO. s.
CAN'T LIVE ON A DOLLAR A DAY

His eyesight almost gone, the most
that he can make at his trade is
barely more than 81 n day-not
enough to support his wife and four
children, ranging in age from baby
in arms to a boy of Is. This oldest
child is retarded in school and unable
to get a work certificate. The mother,
a refinedlooking woman, does her best
to keep a neat home and to give good
care to the children. The new baby
is her special pride. Eighteen dollars
a week, besides what the man can
earn, is needed for this family of six,
or 1896 for the year/
Previously acknowledged. $15.
Miss \. II. p, $25; Employees, Sup
ply Bureau. United States Treasury,
So; w. C. r., $50; Mr.. and Mrs. c. T.
H., 81; Plate Printers Local Union,
No. 2, $5.
Amount asked for .......... $4,000
Total received ......... 101. 90
Balance needed ............. SS35.00
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balance needed ....... SS13.
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Large Paint Sets, Bradley's, 75c
Books 15c, 29c, 59c and CSC
Schoenhut Circus, 75c
Wash Tub with wrnger and board, 79c
American Flyer Mechanical Trsn, $loS
S2.25 Bowling Alley, S175
SIPS Upright Piano. S1.00
Large, White Folding Table, $1.o8-round
Desks in maple and oak $298, S398, $595 to $l4.9S
Genuine Reed Doll Sulky, Sl.98
Baby Grand Piano, $2.48 Fourteen keys
Genuine Cedar Chests, S298
Falcon Tool Chests, $1.98, $29S and $3.9S
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$1.021.00
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
$4,000 LOANS MADE
IN HOUSING PROJECTS
Sixteen Families Could Be Accom-
modated in Construction Pro-
vided for in Financing.

Loans totaling $s2,700, sufficient to
provide housing accommodations for
16 families In Washington, were au-
thorized' at the last meeting of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. real
estate committee. The loans were
placed through the Potomac Savings
Bank.
Loans on bonds and mortgages au-
thorized in the country at large at the
same meeting amounted to $S,266, $50.
OF this amount, $6.857 .420 we're city
loans and $1,399, 100 were farm loans.
In the former were included housing
loans to accommodate 1878 families.
The principal housing loans were in
New Jersey, s136.S00; Pennsylvania,
$642 900: District of Columbia, $82, 700;
Virginia. 100000; North Carolina,
$4,000: Tennessee. $279.600; Ohio,
$605, $50; Iowa, $92 400; Michigan,
$S64.95o; Illinois. 1891. $50; Missouri.
$125, 800: Washington. $138,7s0, and
California. $250,750. Loans on II bust
ness buildings amounted to 1911 500.
The farm loans were scattered in %
States, the principal amounts being
in Illinois, $173,800; Indiana, $179, 800;
Iowa, $329.300; Minnesota, $1S6,900,
and South Dakota, $115, 200.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
REALTORS TOHAVE
SPECIAL TO MIAMI
Convention viii Draw Many
From CapitaI-EIaborate
Plans Made.

Because Of the large number OF
WASHINGTON realtors who will attend
the annual Midwinter conference or
the National Association at Miami,
January II to Ia, tho local real
estate board has arranged to charter
n special train to convey the local
delegates to the meeting, according TO
James p. Schick, executive secretary
of the Washington Real Estate board
The train will leave washington
Saturday. January s. and will arrive
in FLORIDA in sufficient time to allow
sightseeing in several or the cities
and also in Miami prior to the open
ing Of the convention.
According to Theodore NJ. JUDD,
chairman of the committee in charge
of the local delegation to the con.
ference, approximately so members Oh
the Washington board and their wives
and guests have thus far signlned
their intention to take the trip. one
of the inducements which has been
an incentive to the large attendance
.of the Midwlnter conference Is the
fact that the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards has secured a
rate of fare and one-half for all oele-
gates who are making the trip. TINS,
1t is expected, will insure consider
able attendance at the meeting. a
special train. which will convey the
Washington realtors to Miami. will be
held intact in the vicinity of Miami
and will bring the members back.
The train will be an elaborate one.
including parlor car, dining car. club
car, observation car, with special bar
Der shop and bath facilities. A
further increase in the number OF
persons going from Washington is
expected by reason of the increasing
interest on the part of the members
of the board in the trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
College Man May Achieve Leadership
In Building Industry, Architect Says

emotional quality which the architect
seeks to express tremendously, and
to visualize through sketches, draw
ings, spoken and written word, and
even models. 1t is apparent that the
difference between the owner and the
architect is q difference in the point
of view.
Work Of Specialist.
"They are looking toward the same
thing, and again we shift to still an
other point of view, but still we are
looking at the same thing
Mr.. Higgins goes on to outline the
work Of the specialist who fixes one
or more of the elements of security.
of stability, of resistance to weather.
to fire, and the mechanical features;
the contractor and the manufacturer.
THE contractor deals with labor,
which means that he deals with men.
To his point of view the erection OF
the building is the end, workmen are
his means, plant, tools and methods
are in his thought, the drawings and
specifications are his orders.
1.-THE manufacturer of plant and
tools for building might be likened to
q highly specialized builder, who. hav-
ing perfected certain methods, devotes
himself thereafter to the production
of plant and tools designed so that
others may follow these methods.
Building material Is very largely
labor wrought into small parts in a
manufacturing plant, ready to be in
corporated into a building. All these
innumerable articles manufactured
must be sold, and there is another
avenue Of approach, still another point
of view-that of the supply house, the
salesman the merchant
Advertising Mans View.
Here is an adventurous. and to
those fitted evidently profitable, ave-
nue. of approach. Selling leads to ad-
vertising. The advertising agent ap-
proaches this thing from still another
avenue only a little removed in point
from that Of the salesman.
ION the other hand, he approaches
the point Of view of the architect and
owner, for he studies the point of
view of each. He studies what they
are striving for in order to promise
them fulflllment.
And SO. swinging completely
around this thing called the building
industry, we have stopped to look at
it up some of the principal avenues
of approach. and have seen how diff
ferently 1t can appear from different
points of view and how different men
can, both in ability and training, APP
proach it best by these different ave-
nueS.
yet it is the same thing all the
while and there must be much in COM
mon in the training of each of these
men from whichever avenue he is to
approach. Now, this understanding.
held in common, may be reached
through an engineering education.
"All that science has to offer enters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
Y. NJ. C.. A. CLASS HEARS BUILDING
OPERATION DESCRIBED IN FULL
Picking Site, Selecting Architect and
Builder and Progress of Work Analysed
By A. N. Miller.

architect could do. as well as advise
you on the selection of your site and
the financing of your home. We have
helped a great many people to build
after they had had plans prepared and
had had architects take bids, simply
because we were able to show them .
better way TO finance their proposition
or by the selection of a site I'm "a dif
ferent location. disposing of the Sit
they then owned and putting them H.
a locality where ground values were
less at that time but had more futur'
in them.
THE third way Is by purchasing -
q home already built. This last IS b,
far the best for most people. for they
know then the financial structure ans
can see the home before going ahead
"A great many people have no i'm
agination, cannot read plans ana Do
not know enough about financing and
often are sorry when they try 10 build
a home, but if they buy one already
built they know what they are under
taking and what they are getting.
THE location is of prime importanca
and should be in the line of the city's
growth. 4 great deal could be Said
on this point.
NeighborlhOOd Is Important.
The site is important and should
be selected with a great deal Of care
looking into the neighborhood, and b.
that ] mean not only the type 81
houses constructed in the neighbor
hood, but also the type of people IN
the neighborhood. Are they your KIM
of people and will you be HAPPY
among them?
consideration should also he given
as to the outlook from the particular
site. In planning, the orientation "
the rooms is of prime importance
Certain rooms should he put to the
south. certain rooms TO the north. etc
'In the construction of q house
there are probably between % and 50
different main operations necessary +,
such as eXcavating, concreting, brick
work. plaster. lumber. millwork, cleo
trio wiring, plumbing, heating. etc.
1t would be impossible for me to 60
into each one of those items at any
length. The two most important
parts of the house are the Foundation
and the roof.
1.-THE greatest care should be eXer
cised to see that the house is started
right In the first place, survey of
the lot should be obtained from tho
surveyors office of the District. and
permit should be obtained from the
inspector of buildings. who will pass
upon the plans and specifications and
see that the architect has provided
the proper structural strength for
the building. Recently there has been
formed in Washington the Architects
Continued on Seventeenth Page)
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SALES Meeting DELAYED.
Managers Division to Hold Ses-
sion January 4.

The regular meeting of the sales
managers division has been postponed
until January 4. The meetings will
be resumed on that day at 1890
o'clock at the Lee House, when. &C.
cording to c. III. Hillegeist. chairman
of the division, the sales managers
will be asked to discuss a number Of
important topics dealing with the
present real estate situation.
The meetings during the latter part
of the month are expected to be par
ticularly interesting because of the
reports of the Washington delegates
to the MidWinter convention of the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards at Miami.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Continued on Seventeenth Page.)
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Today home building is one of the
largest industries in this country. In
the Nations Capital alone the amount
of money spent on residential con-
struction this year exceeds $50 900, 900,
according to A. N. Miller. who lectured
before the Y. NJ. G.. A. real estate class
last Monday.
The providing of a home is just
as essential to life as providing food
and drink and clothing. One Of the
most important functions of a realtor
is providing homes for the future
growth of our cities. Our American
cities are all growing at very rapid
rate, and there is every reason to be
lieve that they should continue to
grow" said Mr.. Miller.
"a realtor to enter into a building
program, however, should spend q
great deal of time in planning his
program, and should not go into it
only for the purpose Of making
money.
"We have, as realtors. Il great re-
sponsibility on our hands because we
mould the future growth of our cities,
and. should we go into building, we
must realize that we are moulding the
city's growth, and that what we are
building today will stand for genera
tons.
Should Build Well.
I'VE should. therefore, build we'll,
planning our homes in good taste,
along lines of good architecture and
tha which will always be good. There
are styles I'm building as well as in
clothes, but / think that we should
keep away from fadish architecture
as much as possible, using only such
styles as have stood the test Of time.
I'VE, as realtors, should not under
take to build for mere profits, but
should render our clients and our
community a service for which we
will be paid, If that service is well
performed. We should feel that we
are able to give our clients more real
value in homes by building them.
There are three right ways of pro-
viding homes. First, the employment
Of a competent architect to prepare
plans and specifications and to take
bids from responsible contractors.
This is a good way and should be
encouraged, but too much care cannot
be taken in the selection of an archi-
tect. A good architect is a man
worthy of his hire, and will save his
client mony in the long run by the
selection of the proper design for the
home, the proper arrangement of the
plans and the selection Of materials.
Advice on Picking Site.
THE second way is the selection of
q realtor builder with architectural
facilities or connections. This man
should be able to do all that the
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There are many avenues to leader
ship in the building industry for the
college man, Charles Fl. Higgins,
treasurer of the New York Chapter of
| the American Institute of Architects.
| asserts in The Princeton Alumni
| Weekly.
Man has three primary wants
| food, clothes and shelter" says Mr..
| Higgins, who Is a graduate of Prince.
| the Architectural League OF New
York. 1.-The third has come to be
known as the building industry and
occupies the lives of a very large part
of the men of this country.
| "A man, when he Is q student IN
college, may we'll wish to ann ana
shape his course with a view to ms
life work being in one Of the main
divisions of human endeavor. For the
student whose aim 1t Is to prepare
himself to take the part of a leader
in what has come to be known as the
building industry there are several
great highways along which ne may
approach his goal" =.
Various Approaches Cited.
In the creation Of the building, Mr..
Higgins points out, the owner, the
architect, the specialist, the contractor
and the manufacturer each plays ms
part. and each offers to the student
avenues of. approach to the industry.
"The owner, first of all, wishes TO
do something. He has in mind use.
Ordinarily he does not wish primarily
to build. but"building is the necessary
| and natural means to this end.
@Whether the use he has in mind
| be a home, an Office, manufacturing,
merchandising, or even tomb, pro
| lection Is the basic idea. Protection
from the weather, from fire. from
theft, from intrusion or any disturb
ing element, and at the same time the
greatest possible freedom for the use
| in mind, and all these at an expendl'
ture within the value resulting from
the use.
s"This is very broad. as broad as
human needs. The desires, as always
with human beings, are conflicting
nd must be harmonized with one an
other and with the materials and
methods available; and this brings us
to the next avenue of approach, from
which the architect has his point OF
| view.
Essentials Are Stated.
1.-THE owners avenue of approach
| is use to man-utility Foresight, an
understanding of demand, or nnance,
| of economics are all essential. But
| the complex and often conflicting pur-
poses of the owner must be reconciled
and harmoniZed with each other and
| with the legal requirements, and In
| telpreted into the forms, materials
and methods which experience and
| tradition may indicate.
Here is the avenue Of approach Of
| the architect. He surveys the plot
| and draws the model for the owner.
| BY his knowledge he must reconcile
and choose. BY his art he may har-
monte and even dramatic the serv-
| ice which has made the owner mean
| TO build. He must have knowledge
! of forms which both serve and please,
an acquaintance with materials to
make these forms staple and lasting,
a broad sympathy with the owners
purpose and a knowledge Of what has
been done and what can be done.
HE must also have an understand
| ing of the men who actually do the
building, and their methods and di-
rection of these so that cost of con.
struction and cost Of operation may
| not outrun value.
| Underlying this whole thing is an
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when it is complete and ready for use.
The selection of the avenue Of APP
proach will be determined by the
tastes, abilities and the opportunities
of the recent graduate. He has in his
training the fundamentals of the
methods by which he may advance. :"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-25

ia, Ca, The Consolidated Apple
Growers, of Cornelia; the Georgia
Peach Growers Exchange, Macon,
Ca; The National Pecan Growers Ex-
change, Albany, Ca; The Sowega
Melon Growers, Adel, Ca; The Cane
Growers, Cairo, Ca; The Peanut
Growers Association, Albany, Ga. !;
The. Federated Fruit and Vegetable
Growers, New York City, and others.
1t is expected that the largest at
tendance at any of the twenty annual
farmers conferences held at the col
lege will be had in January.
DR.. Soule stated that Georgia is
taking the lead in adult educational
work in marketing and in view of the
initiative of the Georgia College ma
tional recognition is being obtained
as evidenced by the intention of the
Secretary of Agriculture to attend
this meeting. Furthermore, it was
stated that the interest on the part OF
the cooperative marketing associa-
tions of Georgia has been feature
of the preliminary work along this