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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13
BUILDING ACTIVITIES DEPEND
ON WAGE AND MATERIAL TREND
Prospective Builders Future to Be More Con
cerned With Cost Than in Past-Labor Cost Has
Risen Steadily With Boom.

hastened in many instances on &C
count Of increased land values, owners
realizing that the financial return
from out-of- date structures is not com
mensurate with the value Of the land
on which they stand.
AS stated above. the pressure has
been largely relieved, consequently the
prospective builder OF this wear will
have to exercise more care and be as
sured that the income from new
development will bear a definite ratio
To construction costs.
Rent Level Stable.
Rents the country over are al a fair
~ stable average level, the general
tendency being downward rather than
upward. Therefore, this leaves as the
principal determining factor in con
siderinS new projects the elements
which enter into building costs, repre-
scented largely by wages and building
material prices
The present intense activity in the
construction industry. which got I'M
der way in 1923. can be traced as in
almost direct relation to the declining
trend in the cost Of building materials.
\ study OF the situation made re-
Gently by the National Industrial Con
ference Board shows that taking 1919
as starting point prices of building
materials rose nearly 30 per cent with
in II months. and building wages
mounted TO the highest point since the
war.
Early in 1920 building materials be
gan a rapid decline and by the middle
of 1921 reached the lowest point of the
1919-1925 period. Building wages also
took a slight drop during this time.
but failed to reach the low level to
which material prices fell. Stimulated
by declining wages and material
prices, building activity began 10 in
crease in 1921, rising in 1922 to a point
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13
By A. w. DICKSON,

Executive Secretary National Association of
building Trades Employers. Cleveland. Ohio.
II Is generally accepted by those
who have made a study Of conditions
in the construction industry that
whether or not the nation wide period
of intense activity Of the past three
years Will continue at the same pace
in the immediate future will depend
mostly on the trend OF building wages
and the cost of building materials.
Most authorities are agreed that the
immense building shortage which ac-
cumulated during the recent World
War and the depression Immediately
following its termination has, in the
majority OF instances. been made up.
Therefore. the pressure. which result.
ed in determination TO build at any
cost, has been largely removed. Con
sequently the prospective builders OF
the future Will be more concerned with
costs than they We're IN the past.
It has been estimated that the nor
NAL building needs Of the country FOR
ohsoleScence and new demands run
approximately $4,000, 900 00o a year.
To this figure there must be added the
normal requirements Of the population
growth. which may be stated al about
, 5000 persons annually
Standard Is High.
An important factor which must be
considered in Analysing the future
trend OF the industry is that American
people in al walks of life are no long
er satisfied with the standards of liv-
ing which prevailed a decade ago. par
ticularly as far as housing facilities
are concerned. People are demanding
better homes, Office buildings
churches, theaters, etc. Equipment
which few years ago was considered
a luxury is now looked upon as being
a necessity.
Practically every city Of any size is
witnessing a we'll defined movement
on the part of an ever-increasing num-
Der Of people to get away from the
more congested areas to "A semi-rural
environment. This has been made
possible by good roads and the univer.
sal use OF the automobile as an eff
cient and rapid means of Transports
ton. Thus is created an unprecedent
ed demand for housing facilities in
suburban communities.
Another important factor is obso
lescence in buildings. On every hand
buildings are being RACED which few
wears ago might have been considered
as satisfactory. Obsolescence Is being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13

OF home lite. The shabbiest room is
glorified If il is lined with books.
Only a corner Of a room is shown
in this sketch, but one receives i'm
mediately the impression that the
people who live in it are sociable
home loving folk who know the
meaning Of true culture. No matter
how modest the family means may
he, their life is rich IN pleasure and
interest if books are their constant
companions.
In England the home where no
books are found is rare indeed. but
in this country the library seems all
too often to have given place TO the
radio or billiard room.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13
ALFONSO TO VISIT U. S,
Spanish King to Come to America
Late Next Year.

PARIS, February Is R-king
Alfonso of Spain expects to visit the
United States late next year, says
dispatch from Madrid, which as
serts that preparations for the royal
tour already are under way. The
tour viii include visits to Cuba and
South America. The government, as
well as the palace authorities, are
engaged in working out the details.
King Alfonso. is known to have
cherished the idea for a long time
of a journey to the American con
tinent, but had to postpone it be
cause conditions at home and in
Morocco would not permit him TO
leave his country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13
Potato.Corn Soup.

Pass some canned corn through the
food chopper, using the finest knife
in order to reduce the corn quickly
to a pulp. Add an equal amount Of
mashed potato with milk and season
ings in proportion to make a. thick
soup. This is delicious and nourish-
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13

stabilized values. Washington is not
subject 10 business fluctuations as are
industrial cities; as the Capital of the
Nation il is of necessity enduring and
permanent Those who purCha 50
homes in Washington do so with The
gratifying knowledge that their prop
erty constitutes a judicious investment
as well as delightful residence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13
Architectural Revolution

Architectural revolution is rcvea led
in the forty annual exhibition of
the Architectural League at 2IJ West
F'ifty-seventh street. New York City,
according to Leon Gillette, chairman
of it's exhibits committed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13
Lynchburg Has $2O,s3O Deficit.

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
LYNCHBCRG, Va, February 10
The city Of Lynchburg closed its fis-
cal year January 81 with deficit of
$50, $50. II is explained that this is
due 70 the cost of annexation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13
Old Wedding Custom

One hundred pounds of sugar was
the curious wedding present the Brit
ish Grocers' Co. gave Miss Marjorie
Pollock at her marriage. The gift was
revival of an old custom lapsed
ksinca AGA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13

One hundred and f1fty.five brass
bands, numbering 100000 bandsmen
in all, competed in a tournament held
in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-13

1919 average. The real boom did not
get under way. however, until 1923.
Evening star., 1926-06-02

porters. who are numerous in the par
liamentary ranks OF the Liberal party,
Lloyd George has summonpd meet
ing "f the parliamentary Liberal party
for tomorrow. and then will occur the
battle on which his fortunes viii h'
pend. lie has denied the imputati"h
Of disloyaly to the Liberal party or
of any rompiiritN In the parliament
tary support Of the general strike
given by the Labor party. Ills words
he SAYS have been miscunstrued ami
misu uuted. lie AYERS that he dld not
support OF Justify the strike. Ii IL eHi-
dent that lac VIII not 90 down without
a struggle. il he does, indeed sue
runL L. the weight of numbers ia the
org :, iiiH.,tion.
SUGGESTION has been auNInt~u that
this nIa\ be the ~ud OF the Liberal
party a. political Organization. IL
L. now divided into two factions. mod
crate and radical. the former leaning
toward the Conservative party aud
tllc I6lttF LOW dIu tUc ISii -
his split is effected Great britain MAY
return to the two-partN political sNs-
TEN which was maintained for many
wears first with the old Tory his
aliguntut then with the Conservative
Liberal the former becoming the
t'niunist Organization through Srr-
erai changes The Conservative party
Was revived at the time of the contest
against laburisul. and the Liberal
party h~cuine i minority organization.
/ pom tuiuurroM' = meeting may depend
the question Of whether il will disap-
pear altogether fruIn the political euIa-
tivn. There remains. of course. ,he
possibility that I.loNu George may hold
his own following in Il personally con
Quoted Liberal party which. With its
small numbers. viii he ii factor of bat
slight Importance in the parliainei-
tary situation. and of doubtful strength
in the next general election.
Evening star., 1926-06-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY rhlLA NDER JOHNSON.
The Intruder,

The Intruder.
A slight note of protest may surely
find ear
In the midst of an effort at glee.
The music though sometimes d little
bit queer,
Is merry aS merry can be.
But sooner or later the program so
A discord is sure to disclose
With confidence strange and su-
premely complete
From the f-ller that sings through
his nose.
And this is what's making us yearn
for d rest
When various tunes we've re-
hearsed;
The folks who are honestly doing
their best
Meet some one who's doing his
The chorus is filled with a sentime mt
strong
And rhythm all charmingly flows
And then the dist urbance comes rude
ly along
From the fsller that sings through
his hose.
Evening star., 1926-06-02

the shoulder from one "f the " hlte
House aides who knew better avoided
what might have become international
complications
Two more young women are man
aging United States senatorial cam
paisus. Mrs. Arthur X. Robinson hav.
ing blaZed the way, az the captain
general vf her husbands = forces In In
diana Miss Agnes Wilson, daughter
of William X. Wilson, former Secre-
tary Of Labor, will have charge OF the
Democratic candidates fight for the
Senate in Pennsylvania. In Vermont
the contest to win the forthcoming e
senatorial primary nomination FOR the
incumbent, Porter IL. Dale, Will be in
the hands of Mrs. tlorenc" NJ. Con
way. his secretary at Washington
Both Miss Wilson aud Mrs. conway
have lived in an atmosphere OF pub
lie affairs for several years. Those
who have seen them at work account
them politicians to the manner born
and entirely capable of meeting all
the exigencies Of the warllke sttua
tions they now confront.
Some patriots from the sticks, visit
ing the Senate gallery the other day
were. much intereste Ell in the presiding
officer ''Who's that In the chair
one uf them asked. That's Vice Presi
dent Dawes rejoined the other
Nv oil, hs doesn't look much like his
pictures was the retOrt OF the IN
uuir-r. No wonder-it wasn't Dawes.
~ SAVl0 0t..E
Harris, Democrat. of Georgia, tempo
rarily Was welding the gavei.
The Republicans uf Wyoming are In
the air over u candidate for governor
TO run against the present incumbent,
Nellie +. Ross. whom the Democrats
will renominate. Frank W. MOndell,
former ma jority leader in the House.
has been approached. but wishes 10
devote himself to his growing law
practice In Washington. Representa-
tive Charles r.. Winter has had the
matter under consideration. but SAYS
he has too much important unfinished
business on hand in Congress and
must, therefore. decline. William c.
Deming, president Of the United
States Civil Service Commission. has
received UNeftufeS. Dut nOluS tndi tHe
merit system offers big field for
constructive work. which he is not
vet ready to relinuuish. Wyoming
Republicans ii would appear. must
look elsewhere than Washington for
ii gubsrnat atorial slanda ru bearer.
MacKinnon Iansdowne, ll-year old
son of Comdr. Zachary Iansdowne,
hero of the Shenandoah sttends Stuy-
vesant prep" School. at Wairenton,
Va. At commencement there on June
Mrs. IansdoWne. widow of the gal
liant Sailor viator. will present sill
yer cup. which Is hereafter to be be
slowed annually to the StuNNesant
boy who achieves during the school
year the best record for adherence
to the line of duty" 1t will be known
az the Zachary I.ansdowne Cup.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-06-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES L. TRACEN ELL.

he three parts pain---it will be good
for us. Strive. he says. and hold
cheap the straining thereof: learn nor
account the pans: dare, never grudee
the thrOe.
Strive, learn, dare.
DO not wOrry about the strain, pro-
claim Il should worry" to the pa angs
| of learning; do not grudge the results
of your daring. if such daring turns
out i'll.
In other words. work, learn some
thing and take chance. II YOU do
this life will be IL success in the very
points wherein il seems to fail:
What | aspirtd to be.
/ And was not. comforts me;
a brute | might have been, but would
not sink j. the scale.
What good il ii fellows body, any
| way. Mr.. Browning wants to know:
low far can it project your soul on
| it's long way?
Yet hr would not forget the proper
| uses of the senses: eyes. ears took IN
their dole. and his brain treasured up
the whole: certainly chaps heart
| ought to beat at least once in llfe-
| time. "liow good to live and learn.
For pleasant is our flesh. but the
soul. in its rose mesh. pulled ever
to the earth, still yearns for rest--ah,
if only we could grasp solid soui,
as IL were. something as Tangible as
| the body itself.
one sta ands in dan however, OF
sneering too much at the body; let
| him. rather. say, like an honest man,
| AN good things are mine, my soul
doesn't help my body more than my
flesh aids my soul, perhaps, in the
| iav ,..l 81 Ina "a n
he was to he echoed literally by our
own Walt Whitman.
Man lis "a God, though i'll the
| germ" AS young man, all lay IN dls
| pute: as an old man. he shsl know
So says the poet but we wonder lf
1t il true?
| The future one may face, having
| proved the past; as one waits Tor oid
axe SO should he wait for death, nor
| be afraid. I, Is enough now to sim
ply name the Right. the Good. the In
| finite. The world IL too fun OF dis
putatioL. Ten men love what ! hate
and shun what follow. and every
man Of the ~ looks much like Inc
all Of us surmise. they. this thing, and
| |. that; whom shall my soul believe?
All the inspirations. the longings
which other men ignore in US. really
constitute our worth before God.
Earth changes, but thy soul and COD
stand sure
What II thy youth was given over
to love, and now. In old age, images
Of death cloud around thee? Look
up. not down What need have YOU
of earth, when God Himself fashioned
YOU In HIS own image:
The sole need is Of God. who
muuldest men" The poet, in the end,
apostrophiZes the Creator in the 1ol'
lowing lines:
So, take and use Thy work,
Amend what naws may lurk,
What strain o the stun, what warp
inss past the aim.
NV times he in Thy hand.
Perfect the cup as planned.
Let age approve Of youth, ana death
complete the same.
Evening star., 1926-06-02
David Lloyd George in q Corner.

1t has been said that David Lloyd
G>rrge loves nothing better than IA
fisht. II So he ought 10 be perfectl.
happy, for he is now at the point VI
one of the most serious crises In his
political career. In consequence of his
words and actions during the recent
general strike in Great Britain the
former III emier has been Writ ually ex-
communicated from the Liberal party
hy the leaders of that OrsaniZa ion.
headed by the Earl of oxford and As
ouith, himself one-time premier.
The contest is brought to u climax by
a letter addressed to the chief Liberal
whip, in which Lord oxford declares
that Mr.. Lloyd George. who Is chair
man of the Liberal parliamentary
Marty in the House Of Commons. had
separated himself in a formal manner
from the parts deliberations lin mo-
rent Of great emergency" He asserts c
that Mr.. Lloyd George was not driven
Gilt, but; that he refused to come IN.
AaEisf YesA. .sAA=akxaeAH hiA svI
Evening star., 1926-06-02
Florida.

Failure Of an ambitious project for
Florida, lust announced, has caused
much upea siness Oh the part of peo-
ple who. during the past two years.
have been Investing In real estate In
that State. This uneasiness IL the
sreater because Vt certa ain indicat lions.
plainly evident during the Winter just
closed, that The BOOM has reached the
point OF stabiiization. IL not Of actual
retArdatiun.
Fur 4 little more than year a ma
tivn.wide campaign In the sale OF
Florida nd has been in progress. In
every cityssve perhaps In Califor-
MIA, where there Is u prejudice against
fiorida real estate offices were open
ed for the distribution of lots at at
lrnctive prices. Some VI these selling
stations were highly ornate. with
musical a1polnpa niment and vivid art
to Illustrate the unequaled attractions
Of life i'm the subtropics. Nobody
knows how many people bought as u
result Of these almrements. There
will perhaps never he an accounting.
1t became evident 10 many persons,
not beg,iiled by the siren voices of
high pressure salesman and sales
women. that at the rate at which
things were going "a year ago the time
would very SOON come when there
would be no more buyers and that the
sellers would dominate the market.
only the slightest acquaintance with
the vaxaries of the stock exchanges
suggested that no market, whether
for stocks VI for real estate. could be
constantly ON the rise. The bears will
have their day. sooner or later. and
the more rapid the rises the more
active the promotion. the sooner the
day is likely :" come.
Florida has many attractions, not
- he discounted er Yfsened hy the
~N-A
Evening star., 1926-06-02

we would vote for him with joy. If
we were Pennsylvania Republican
and dry. We would leave Mr.. Ware
waiting at the polls and line up
suuarely behind Mr. Wilson. Dry
Republicans in Pennsylvania have
the opportunity of a lifetime to show
that principle means more than poll
tics"
President Coolidge's eulogy of SEN
ator Irvine l.. LenrOOt of Wisconsin.
during his address at the unveiling
Of the monument of John Ericsson.
has been seized upon by the political
minded as an Endorsement of the cam
didacy Of Senator IenroOt for re-
nomination. The Wisconsin Senator.
who will be opposed by Gov. Blaine.
u La Toilette man. in the coming pil-
maries. faces hard fight, probably
the hardest of his career. lie Is the
sole representative in Congress of the
stalwart. or regular, faction OF the
party i'm Wisconsin. lie led the
fight in the Senate for the adminiS
tration In the contest for American
adherence to the World Court. He
will have the hest wishes Of the reg
ular Republican organization and the
administration M the primary cleo
Houv
Evening star., 1926-06-02
Governing Samoa.
rom the Los Angeles Express.


Samuel s. Ripley, Il resident Of the
Island Of Samoa. has performed a
service through bringing an action
in the United States Court of Appeals
to determine the rights of inhabitants
Of the island in their own government.
1t likely has escaped the notice
Of many America ns--and Of Congress
as welI-that although Samoa has
been held az an American possession
for a quarter Ut century. the gov
ernment still Is military. In the hands
uf the Navy. and the natives and other
residents of the island are denied any
privileges Ut American citizenship
that is, In 80 far AS concerns their
home government. The system begun
by President Roosevelt, when the. ls-
land had been taken over for the
sake of establishing there c"aiins
station, prevails To this day.
Naturally the Samoans feel they
are not receiving equal treatment
with other American possessions and
territories. MIR. RIPLEY has done well
tce call thesAxoa ten .tolp0btcaNA&tcAr
Evening star., 1926-06-02
The Modern Bludsoe

Capt. David II. Defining " the iIud
suu River Steamer Washing on Irving
Ia AeS his place Ia fact with oliver
Sippi River si~aIi-r Fashion, and in
fiction with linn Hlud>ue ur the steamer
Prairie Belle. Probably everybody
who has ever read John Hays bal
lad or heard bits Of 1t quoted thought
of that likeness Yesterday when the
news was Ma shed and printed that
Capt. Demins had run his boat ashore
after d collision In order to save the
lives Of his passengers. To countless
persons .Iin Elu,isoe is a real char
arter. T" bat few is the maine of
oliver t'airciild known al ALL Fair
rhiid's feat Mas exactly Az John Hay
later rendered it. Hay had known
t'airrhild personally in his boyhood
days Mark Twain, to use his uni
Nersal title. hiIuSelf Mississippi
River pilot took isxue with Hays bal
lad. ou the srouid that no engineer
could pu~Sibly perform the feat
ascril-,I l." Hludsur in The poem. kut
t'airchild did run the Fashiuu ON the
beach sud sacrificed himself to save
his pa a-srns~rs aud crew.
t'nl-ss the Woman and her little
child who are nov missing from the
passenger list OF the Washington
Irving are actually lost. The "las st
saluut" uf Bhldsves inelesant but ex-
prtSsiNe phrase got ashore Yesterday
lnorniue. II was a close call. lhe
sn oil barge. and. with Il great hole
cut into her below the water line. she
Mas rapidly filling. when capt. Dem
ing wit huut hesitation, turned her
jline for aid. which came quickly. as
tukx FASTENED TO her rescue. They
reached her In time to take off all the
passengers but. il may be. The two
who are Yet missing. Whether they
were drou ned remains to be disclosed.
Instant decision saved great
,atastiuphe Had Capt. Denins hest
iaied a. L" his course. had less dis
ripline prevailed on board the Wash
ingtun Irving. had aid not been sum
inuned immediately and been quickly
given. the steamer would have sunk
i'm midstreani with n heavy loss uf
life Az II was the ship settled to the
bottom Ia thirty feet of water with
her upper deck clear. All thr pas
s.uxers sud crew could have been at-
,u,uulu,iated on that deck. NJ IL
proved. bat Capt Defining dld not
know 1T what moment his Keel would
t,n,,h bottom and at what depth. lie
did the best thing possible and he did
II quickly. Therein lies the quality
,hat bss made seamanship sNnony-
NOUS with self sacrifice and efficiency.
r~esranH,tu leaves room for fuf-
Evening star., 1926-06-02

When Aussoiiui gets through with
his plans for restoration VI Roma u
spirudors he is likely to lind that he
has been sighted by ii tickle public
while laying the fuuuda tion VI for,
tunes for numerous ent-rprising ltal-
Ian rr.i ltofS.
Evening star., 1926-06-02
Discreet Restraint.

DO you believe in evolution"
"I avoid the subject" answered
Senator Sorghum. However con.
vincing the arguments Of Science may
he, l never yet faced Il political audi
~nce that l thought could he persuad-
ed tu stand up and give three cheers
for n chimuauIee !"