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duction of bor-saving devices may
eventually aid in solving the labor
shortage problem.
Business Situation Favorable.
The national business situation APP
pears favorable. Fundamental condi-
tons seem strong and justify the ex-
pectation of a large volume OF bust
ness for the year of 1927.
Industrial production is above nor
NAL. Distribution at wholesale and
retail is az high levels. Bank clear
ings, railroad car loadings and other
indicators of volume of business have
been proceeding at record levels.
Stocks of merchandise are not large;
holiday sales have been up to expecta.
tons, so far as I can now Judge, and
this condition among the merchants
will make them regular purchasers
throughout 1927.
The year 1926 has marked the
highest development ever known in
the real estate bond field, and under
this plan the larger proportion Of this
financing has been carried out. The
indications are that this wonderful
record will be maintained during the
coming year The real estate bond
houses realize the important part they
play as a national real estate factor,
and no one who is true to his trust
will knowingly participate In the eco
monte blunder of overproduction.
Figures recently. compiled by the
Federal Reserve Board show that in
1925 member banks of the Federal
Reserve System held s2.338, 1922 900 in
loans secured by real estate mort.
cages, deeds of trust and other real
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which will empty into a sewer line and
plays great part in prevention of q
leaky cellar. Some builders prefer to
put these tile drains on the outside of
the cellar after the walls have been
hCckfilled The first floor joists vary
In size as the span; in ordinary house
construction the span rarely exceeds
16 feet and a 10-inch joist is of ample
size up to that span, if spaced IS
inches on center and bridged with 1X3
bridging every 8 feet apart. The
1oists being set, the subflooring is then
laid and you are ready to carry the
building uD.
The exterior wallis may be con-
structed of frame, brick or stone, and
the interior walls in ordinary dwell
ings are constructed of frame.
Need of Careful Building.
Great care should be exercised to
see that the building Is erected plumb
and true. The roof Is then put on,
and we should see by all means that II
Is properly put on and flashed. The
sheet metal cutters and down spouts
should then be put on the exterior of
the house. Then you are ready for
placing of plumbing heating. electric
wiring, telephone connections. etc.
which are to be installed on the in
terror of the house
Great care should be exercised in
the placing Of the plumbing and heat
ing and electrical conduits in the
house because 1t Is very difficult to
move any Of these things after the
plastering is done, without great
expense.
'sYou are now ready for the lather
and plasterer Care should be taken
In applying the laths. If they are wood
laths, they should be spaced properly
and the joints should be we'll broken.
At all angles metal lath should be put
on, which will help to keep the build
ing from cracking. Where wood is too
thick 1t should also be covered with
metal 1ath.
I'm the case of brick walls or stone
walls, these should be furred. which
means the placing of wooden strips on
the inside of the walls: the lathing i:
then nailed to these strips, which
keeps the plaster from direct contact
with the masonry walls, providing a
small air space between the plastering
and the walls, which avoids a posi-
bility of leaky walls and also makes a
warmer house.
Ready for PlaSterer.
THE house, having been lathed. is
now ready for the plasterer. Today
plastering is done usually with hard
wall plaster, which comes ready pre-
pared from the factory In sacks, to
which 1t Is only necessary to add the
proper proportions Of sand, as given
on the sack of the manufacturer,
which runs from 13 to II shovelfuls
of sand per sack full of hardwall
plaster.
This is put on in two coats usually,
which is called two coats laid on work.
The scratch coat being put on, the
rough coat following Immediately,
without allowing the scratch coat to
dry. The moisture for the scratch
coat should be slightly richer than
that of the second coat. The walls
are then allowed to dry for several
days. aHd the finished coat of plaster.
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How to Choose Rug for Your Room
BY ELIZABETH STETS0N.

we have spoken of different kinds
of rugs and of good and bad furni-
| ture. Now we take up the question
| OF the good and bad in rugs. How to
| select the rug which will be best for
| all the different requirements of a
room. 1t should add to the beauty
of the room, for everything in the
! house ought to be pleasing to the
| eye, and it must wear well for as eX-
| rug cannot be bought every year or
so in the average household.
In choosing a rug for certain
room, we must consider first of all
the use to which the room is put.
For instance, a mans study, IL he
really uses this room to work and
study in, should have quiet furnish
ings so that the user will not be dis
tracted from his work by violent col
ors and patterns. After the use of
the room comes the individuals
taste. Some temperaments wish to
be always surrounded by brilliant
colors and spaces broken by differ
ent designs. They abominate plain
surfaces. A room of this kind can
be absolutely beautiful if it is carried
out properly, but it is very difficult
to achieve and it takes much more
ability to achieve it than the average
combination of plain and ornamented
surfaces.
Each Type Considered.
The room we have been taking all
along for our example is living
room. In the following paragraphs
we are going to give the correct rug,
historically speaking, for each type of
furniture. This means the kind of
rug which was probably used at the
time when such interiors and furni-
ture were the latest development in
architectural styles.
Where the fireplace and other fea-
lures of the room are along English
Tudor lines there should be an
Oriental persian or Turkish rug on
the floor, for in the days when that
type of building was at its height
there were no other rugs to be had.
The Persian rug should be used with
the Tudor, Elizabethan. Jacobean,
Restoration, William and Mary, and
Queen Anne styles of furniture.
In the Italian Renaissance period.
they used the Persian and Turkish
rugs. But Spain developed beautiful
rugs of her own. In the modern
homes of Spanish character we have
to use Orientals because it is impos.
sible now to get the old Spanish
rugs. However, in parts of Spain
where the Moorish traces still linger
they make very charming rugs of a
crude Turkish type. The Albujarah
rugs are well known and they n be
used very well in the cruder Spanish
homes.
French Rugs Fine.
French interiors of the Louis XIV
type require Persian rugs. But by
the time of Louis XIV and Louis XVI
France was manufacturing very fine
rugs herself. and the Aubusson tap
estry rugs or the Savonnerie pile
carpets should be used with these
periods of decoration.
The eighteenth century brought In
the second classic revival. and it is
when we reach the delicate style of
the Adams brothers and the Sheraton
and Hepplewhite furniture. that we
turn to plain rugs for the first time.
The classic dignity of the Adams
style calls for a plain-surfaced rug to
best show off the beautiful proper
tons of the room and furniture.
When we turn to our own American
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ANOTHER BIG BUILDING
YEAR is PREDICTED
IN 1927 FORECAST

Continued from Sixteenth Page0
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AVERAGE REALTY
MARKET IS SHOWN
November Activity in Coun-
try, as a Whole, on Level
With October.

Real estate market activity for the
country as a whole shows the Novem
Der rate holding on the same level as
The rate for October. according to the
index of activity compiled monthly
by the National Association of Real
Estate Boards. The index is compiled
from official records of the number
Of transfers and conveyances record.
ed in Al cities.
The index for November reached
100, exactly the same as the index
number recorded for October. This
means that the market activity for
the month in the Al cities averaged
90 points higher than the average
for the same cities in the same month
of the years 1916-1923, which period
has been taken as the base or the
associations record The figure is b
points lower than the figure for No
Nember of 1925.
Stability of the current level OF
construction activity is indicated IN
the November record of contracts
awarded The total value OF con-
struction contracts awarded in the
81 States east of the Rocky Noun
tains during November showed a de-
cline of per cent over October, 1870,
but an increase of per cent over
November of last year, according TO
the F. w. Dodge Corporations re-
ports.
The amount of new floor space con-
fracted for during November is some
what less than in the corresponding
month of last year.
The November record indicates that
the contract total for the year will
he about $500, 100000 over that of
1925, the company's statistician es-
Inmates. The floor space total for the
year is expected to be little less
than that of last year.
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SHANNON & LUCHS
GROUP HOLDS PARTY
Christmas Affair Is Held in Old
Quarters for Last Time-Em-
ployers Get Gifts.

The Shannon & Luchs organization
held its second and last Christmas
party in the quarters at III FouEs
teenth street Next years party is to
be held In the new building at 1895 II
street. opposite Mcpherson Square.
This party is the second I'm n series
Of annual Christmas parties held un-
der thee direction of the Shannon e.
Luchs employees for their executives
The employees presented Mr.. Shan
non and Mr.. Luchs with handsome
gifts. after which the presents were
distributed to the emplo~es.
Special music, under the direction
Of Percy s. Foster. and e. Ridgway
Taylor. as well as readings by Paul
r. Grove and special Christmas carols
by the Shannon & Luchs mixed quar-
tet made up the program.
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Continued from Sixteenth Page,
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Mrs. Clarke Asks Divorce.

Mrs. Marie Clarke. 1906 Eyartf
street northeast, yesterday filed suit
for AN absolute divorce from Calvin
Clarke, described az an income tax
expert making 81 900 "a year and hay.
ing real estate worth $50, 900. They
were married January 10. 1914. and
the wife charges cruelty and miscon.
duct. She is represented by Attorneys
Mccarthy, Barton and Slattery.
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Band Leaders Change Posts.

Warrant Officer Clarence w. Fer
guson. band leader, 9Th Field Artil
lery. at Fort Hoyle. Md. and War
rant Officer George Lindstrom, band
leader. 18th Coast Artillery, at For,
Ruger, Hawaii. have been ordered 10
exchange stations and duties.
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estate liens. 1t was estimated that
the total holdings of member banks
at the end of 1925 would approximate
81, SOC, 000, 900. It is reasonable to ex.
pect that this figure would be sub
stantially increased II all the banks
of the country were included.
The report of the controller Of the
currency for 1925 showed that ma
tional banks of the country, which
under present laws are rigidly restrict
ed, held loans secured by real estate
mortgages. deeds of trust or other real
estate liens totaling $636.79S,000.
Glass of banks:
Central reserve city banks
New York City. ........ $50. 50d .0o oO
Other reserve city banks. -. 1,1s4.I75. 900
Country banks ............l .O5o.2o3.ooo
Total. =. So. 1913. 322 900
Life insurance companies during
the last year have also been demon
strating their faith in the soundness
of realty securities by increased ap-
preparations for mortgage loans. In
1906 mortgage loans on such proper
ties amounted to 1852 900 900, or 1872
per cent of the admitted assets of all
the United States legal reserve in.
surance companies, whereas in 1925
such figures were 1929 900 600, or
26.3 per cent of their admitted assets.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co. alone has at present over $780,
900 900 invested in real estate loans.
The cat flea and the dog flea are
distinctly different, though both infest
both cats and dogs.
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FURNISHING THE HOME
Conducted for The Star
BY ELIZABETH STETSON AND GENEvIEvE HENDRICKS

| colonial times we find that In the
small farmhouse, the rugs were
woven at home and are quaint, gay.
| irregular and crude in color and de-
sign. These are the various forms
of hooked rugs which are SO popular
at present. In our larger houses, the
! wellto-do owners bought their rugs
from the Orient where our ships were
| then trading.
Two Kinds of Rugs.
But aside from this historical appli-
cation of styles. we find that we can
always use two kinds of rugs If we
At them in to the coloring and quality
of our rooms, the Oriental rug and
plain, one-toned rug.
In the matter of buying a rug We
can either buy a beautiful Turkish or
Persian rug and use that as the key
note to the decoration of the room,
letting the draperies and upholstering
carry out the color scheme of the
rug wherever possible, or we can fit
a plain rug to the already existing
color scheme of the ROOM The Per-
sian and Turkish rugs are the most
beautiful rugs in existence. They
give a color and life to a room that
it is impossible to get otherwise. And
you can create a most pleasing inte-
one or several small ones, and then
matching your draperies, upholstered
furniture and your accessories to
different colors in the rug.
Watch Painted Rugs.
In purchasing your Persian rug you
must be very careful to get one which
has not been painted. There is
bad practice now of bleaching Orien-
tai rugs which come over from the
East with too bright colors, and then
painting the pile with dye in colors
which are softer to our Western
eyes. OF course the rugs have to
be repainted every few years. They
are inferior in coloring to the shorter
piled, non.chemically washed carpets,
which will last and keep their color
for centuries. Close inspection of the
back of the rug will usually show you
whether or not it has been painted.
After we have seen beautiful Per-
sian. Turkish and Chinese rugs, only
to find them far too expensive for
our pocketbook, we feel that the only
thing we can do Is to buy as inoffen-
sive a plain rug as possible. There
are many lovely soft-toned rugs
which will fit into any interior. Sc
lect a color which will harmonic or
contrast pleasantly with your walls
and draperies.
Pointers ON Rugs.
You may use either large or small
rugs bearing in mind the following
things:
Small rugs break up room, where.
as one rug covering the majority or
the floor space will make 1t appear
larger.
IT is customary in a hall to use a
runner and few small rugs. In a
living room, several small rugs are
better than one large one, but FOR
a dining room you will find that one
large rug will be the best arrange
ment.
Chenilles and hooked rugs give
much more informal effect than
plain piled rug.
The finest weaves of Persian rugs
should be used in fine homes, while
the coarser Turkish types fit beauti.
fully in less formal houses.
The practice of laying plain
CARPET all over the floor and then
placing small Oriental rugs on top is
very bad and should always be
avoided.
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5UsTs ON EXHIBITION
At NATIONAL GALLERY

Marble and bronze busts Of IA
nous Americans. living and dead.
will be placed on exhibition in the
National Gallery OF Art in the
Natural History Building Of the Ma.
'tional Museum, at Tenth and 3
Streets Northwest, tomorrow, and
remain on view until March 20.
The buests, including those Of the
President and Mrs. Coolidge, the
late President Harding, and many
other notabIes. are the work Of
Moses Wainer Dykaar, Russian
sculptor.
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MODEL BOY IS JAILED
FOR THEFT ATTEMPT

NEW YORK, March 4.-Leon Ben.
jamin. 20. known as model stu
dent" In the New Lots High school,
Brooklyn, was sentenced to an in
determined term in the peniten-
tiary by Judge Algernon l. Nova
in the Kings County court. on a
plea Of guilty of attempted robbery
IN the third degree.
At the exercises last June at the
high school, Benjamin was the
valedictorian. On December 2 he
was arrested and was indicted on
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had the last word in an argu-
nlent.
Both Kermit and Teddy took
their wives into the jungle with
them, which is one way Of show
ing your appreciation of the bet
ter half. No gentIemanly owls
poll, however, would assassinate
husband, while the wool gazcd
on.
The o. p. is neither reptile
nor beast, fish nor fowl. III has
the head Of q porcupine, body
Of q Ford and the tail Of kite.
It's habits are that Of q man, III
that dead ones tell no tales.
The fur is said to be very
valuable for vulcanizing row.
boats, and the meat, when prop
erly embalmed, is such that
cannibal would starve Iii the
presence Of plenty.
As scientific contribution,
the owls poll is expected to mark
an epoch in advanced inforrna-
ton on useless topics. Kinder
garten pupils have been wait
ing for this discovery as good
excuse to start q stampede.
The nesting habits Of this
native Asiatic gargoyIe are
something to curl your ears.
They build their homes In the
springs of clocks; and make
their meals of the ticks and
tocks.
This gives them hardy con-
stitution, calculated to tougher
their hides against all attack
from bullets to bean-shooters.
Without making the discus
sion too unscientific, it may be
pardonable to dismiss the whole
conversation by simply stating
that the owls poll resembles
Chevrolet going up one-way
street in reverse.
Sos your old mani
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TRAINMEN INJURED
WHEN TRAIN DERAlLS

ROCKLAND, Mass. March -
Passengers were shaken up, q fire.
man was injured, and an engineer
was hurt slightly today when a
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad twO-coach train, en-
the Hanover Branch line, figured in
q lerailment here.
In backing over the highway
crossing. which was coated with
snow and Ice, the locomotive was
derailed. hauling the tender and the
first coach from the irons.
Fireman Al. J. Nicholson, Of Piym-
outh. the most seriously injured,
was taken to Rockland Hospital.
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ELECTRICITY ATTRACTS
: ENGINEER STUDENTS

The growth of electrical industries
Of the country was reflected today
in an'analysis Of engineering schools
by the Bureau OF Education, which
showed that nearly SO 1-3 per cent
of all the engineering students of
the country are identified with the
electrical side of the study.
There were 56,332 engineering
students listed in 143 institutions for
the school years 1886, and OF
this number, 1S,205 were students
of electrical engineering.
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ADVERTISEMENT
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PLAN TO MELT ICE GORGE
TO SAVE CITY FROM FLOOD

FRANKLIN, Pa. March 4.--Au-
thorjties of Franklin and Oil City.
which recently suffered from q
flood. have sent to McGlll Uni
versity for a ton OF rhermfte, q
chemical capable Of generating 5000
degrees fahrenheit, in the hope 20
melt the 1S.rnile ice gorge in the
Allegheny river and remove the
merrill of another flood.
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a charge Of attempted robbery in
the first degree.
He and q companion beat a.
woman in her apartment when she
refused to disclose the place OF her
hidden iewelrY.
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POWERFUL sElsMoGRAPH
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TOXIC, March 4.--Invention of d
seismograph capable OF registering
subterranean disturbances In ten
million-fOld magnitude Il claimed BY
DR.. Shida, OF Kyoto Imperial Uni
Versity.
The instrument Is declared to be
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RoosEvELT's SISTER TO
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BALTIMORE, March Mrs.
Douglas Robinson. sister q the late
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