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Evening star., 1926-03-27

to erect one 3.story brick and tile
dwelling. 1903 Webster street tlot 8l7.
square 264O, to cost $4,000.
John J. Widnayer, owner; w. II.
Dawson, builder; to erect one brick
private garage, 1903 Webster street
Dot SIT, square 2647), to cost $500.
Mary Y. Dettmers, owner and build
err, 1920 Twentieth street; Lewis Man
ufacturing Co., architects: TO erect
one 2.story brick dwelling. s4l5
Runnymeade street DOT 8, square
2005), 70 cost $4,000.
W. T. Bauckman. owner and builder,
Vienna, Va; Speiden & Speiden. ar
chitects; to erect two 2-story brick
and tile dwellings,. 2S10-2S12 Military
road Dot IS, square 22Si). to cost $i6,'
900.
Two Brick Garages.
W.T.. Bauckman. owner and builder.
to- erect two brick private garages,
2gl0-28l2 Military road dot Is, square
2291). to cost $1,000.
G.. l.. Brown, owner and Duilder, 70
erect one cement block private garage
3400 Eighteenth street northeast uot
/, square 41641, to cost 5000.
NJ. Lord. owner; A. Jeffery, builder
Evening star., 1926-03-27
LUMBER MILLS SHOW
INCREASE IN DEMAND
Hardwood Producers Report Sub
stantiaI Gains in Unified
Orders.

The National Lumber Manufactur'
ers' Association received teiegraphit
reports of the status OF the lumber
industry for the week ending March
20 frcm $50 OF the larger softwood
and l44 Of the chief hardwood mills
of the country. The 377 comparably
reporting softwood mills showed an
increase in production and decreases
in shipments and new business in
comparison with reports from 3S2
mills for the week before. When
compared with reports for the same
period of last year. however, there
were gratifying increases In all three
items particularly IN new business.
The hardwood operations showed sub
stantial increases in all three factors
when compared with reports for the
week earlier, when. however, eight
fewer mills reported.
The 129 identical Southern pine
mills in the group showed untitled
orders Of 309, 9,594,5S2 feet last week
as against 311.642.640 feet for the
week before. No report for untitled
orders was received from the West
coast mills.
Altogether the BIT comparably re-
porting mills had shipments 100 per
cent and orders 1O3 per cent of actual
production. For the Southern pine
mills these percentages were. re-
Evening star., 1926-03-27
REALTY ACTIVITY
GAINS IN FEBRUARY
First Two Months of 1925
Are Busiest in Last 10
Years, Says Report.

Real estate market activity for the
month Of February showed a slight
gain even from the high January
record, according to the index of ac-
tivity compiled by the National Asso-
citation OF Real Estate Boards. The
February index stood at 1876, one point
higher than that for the preceding
month. The two months records of
activity are the highest reached dur
ing the 10-year period, Ie16-1e26, COW
cred by the associations study. The
index Is computed from official figures
OF the total number OF real estate
transfers and conveyances recorded
in ii typical cities.
The index for February of the pres
ent year is IL points higher than that
OF February. 1925, and two points
higher than the peak month OF 1924.
q year remarkable both In real estate
interest and building construction.
Trend in real estate activity as in
dicated by transfers and conveyances
will be watched with especial interest
in conjunction with statistics in the
building industry. February totals in
construction contracts showed a drop
of Is per cent from the January
record, but nevertheless reached the
highest mark Of any February on
record, according 10 4. w. DoOBe
Corporation figures, covering 81
States east of the Rocky Mountains.
approximately so per cent Of the
country's total for last year.
The February index of total con-
struction volume In the same States
shows drop in the index number for
residential building, for non-residen-
tiai building. for commercial building
and for industrial building. Statistics
gathered by s. w. Straus & Co. as 10
building In 443 cities showed a slight
decline from January and a loss from
February. 1925, of about z per cent.
The month was the first since March
1925, In which the country as a whole
showed loss from the corresponding
month Of the previous year. Extreme
Winter weather conditions are pointed
out as a factor in the February decline
Evening star., 1926-03-27

to erect one cement block private ga
rage. 1912 Monroe street northeast
Qot 40, square 1929, to cost $1,000.
NJ. D. Smith, owner and architect;
r. x. Ferguson, Inc, builder; TO make
general repairs, 2l2l f street Qot SOl,
square s0). to cost $3.50.
Charles Weitzel, owner: James c.
Richards, builder; TO erect brick pri-
vate garage. SIS Eighth street south
west DOT A, square 4S6). to cost $3.50.
VIII Build $1,000 Home.
G. w. Heath, owner and builder.
2s42 Bladensburg road northeast;
Thomas NJ Medford, architect; to
erect one 1-story frame dwelling. 302S
Charming street northeast Cots l3 and
Ia, square 4355), to cost $4,000.
C. M. Murray, owner and builder.
District National Bank Building, to
erect one 2.story tile and stucco dwell
ing, 40l6 Eighteenth street northwest
dots 4-6, square 1882, to cost si2 1000.
c, If. Murray, owner and builder. TO
erect one frame private garage. 40l6
Eighteenth street lots 4-e, square
2632). to cost $500.
Cyrus II. and Mary A. Weaver, own.
ers; John l.. Knopp, builder: to erect
one frame private garage, 2431 Mon
roc StTGGt uOE lISuSL wv O0s ClA0AO V
4291l. to cost $500.
Morris Cafritz, owner and builder;
Harvey Warwick. architect: 10 erect
one 4.story brick apartment, 1850
CIydesdale (lots 500, sos and 223,
square 25sN. TO cost $780,
Sotre Building Planned.
Sanitary Grocery Co.. owners: War.
rem Spencer, architect and builder; to
erect one l-story brick store. 300 Ken
nedy street northwest llot "a. square
320G), to cost $1,000.
w. p. McDormott, owner and builder.
to erect one tile private garage. 436
Park road Dot s., square 3O44t, to cost
$500.
z. w. Sphinx. owner. architect
and builder. 1880 Investment Building.
% erect one 2-story frame dwelling,
1920 Fourteenth street DOT 60, square
273S), TO cost $T,5o
E. W. Sphinx, owner. architect and
builder. to erect one 2.story brick and
stucco dwelling, 1914 Fourteenth street
DOT 26, square 273sl. TO cost Sl7,5O0.
Charles w. Snyder, owner and
builder, to erect one metal private
garage, 42S Kenyon street Qot So,
square S04sl. TO cost $500.
Evening star., 1926-03-27
APARTMENT COMPLETED.

Corcoran Courts. Twenty-thir
and d streets, is almost completed
This structure. which cost $500
90. is an eiRht-story fireproof BULL
ing containing 166 apart&5J4tts.
This apartment Is one of ts-s g
cent structures that taGss F-oron;
Park and overlooks the Lincoln NE
mortal and marks new develop
ment In this section Of the cfCy.
The building was constructed u
the CafritZ Construction Go.
Evening star., 1926-03-27

spectively, 103 and 100, and for the
West coast mills 95 and IO5.
OF the reporting mills the 336, with
an established normal production for
the week of 214.324, 900 feet, gave
actual production lot per cent, ship
ments 105 per cent and orders LOG
per cent thereof.
Evening star., 1926-03-27

In reporting the capture Of Ger.
man troops by the Americans during
the Revolutionary War, the London
Morning Post said that the prisoners
were employed in the cabbage fields
making "sour grout.'
Evening star., 1926-03-27
CONTRACTS DECLINE.
New England Report Shows Drop
for Week Compared With 1925.

Building and enaipeering contracts
in New England, according to status
tics compiled by the +. w. Dodge Cor
poration, totaled $6,74T.200 for the
week ended March 20, as compared
to these figures for corresponding
periods the past 20 years:
Evening star., 1926-03-27

Greenwich Observatory was found.
ed by King Charles II to assist nayi.
gators, and 1t was Sir Christopher
Wren who selected the site for the
building.
The Washington times., 1926-05-18

past sorrows. I abandoned the
magnificent home / had built atop
a skyscraper, with its miniature
lake, it's beautiful roof garden.
! sold my gorgeous array of gold
covered imported furniture, the
crystal fountains which poured
forth colored waters, and all the
| luxurious appointments Of The
Home of a Thousand Exuberances"
-all for $4,000.
One day ] took little Dorothy to
have q last glance at It, She
looked at it woefuliy and said:
Daddy, aren't we going to have
the fairy house any more?'
She was crying. took her into
my arms and kissed her wet
cheeks She was seeing her fairy.
land melt before her eyes. Poor
child. 1t was then promised her
that she was going to live in q new
fairyiand. thousand times more
beautiful than the old.
I took place on Fifth Avenue,
and q country estate on Long
Island, and set out to fit them
up to meet her ideas Of the land
of magic. 8
Fairy Dreams Come True
Except for a few rooms re-.
served for myself. the remainder Of
both places were for her. She had
her throne room. where she could
play fairy princess, and | designed
little jeweIed crown to tit her
head
had big dolls made to repre-
sent every character in the old.time
fairy tales, and hired q special
teacher to tell her stories and act
them out with the dolls. Sometimes
when I came home in the evening,
little Dorothy would hurry to tell
me the things the dolls had been
doing. She made up all sorts Of
stories herself about them. She was
really living in fairyland.
Another room was fitted out ~ q
tiny motion picture theater, and
still another was q music room
where Dorothy could turn on the
victroIa and dance in childish glee.
Her joy lifted the sadness from
my heart
She had her coach and four"
only in this case the -four" hap
pened to be eight cylinders Of a
motor car In fact three motor cars
were usually at her disposal.
All she had to do were press one
Of the little pearl buttons scattered
about every room, and liveried
footn1an would appear, as a magic
genie. to do her bidding. She could
command him to bring car to
speed her swiftly about Long Island,
or wherever her heart desired.
Seemed . Bit Bored
I realized once when was driv.
| ing with her that she seemed a bit
bored. I chided myself. / was
really to blame, She needed more
amusement than merely looking out
at the landscape hurrying past. One
could not expect child to appre-
ciate all the beauties OF nature
along the road. / put my magma
| ton to work, and at last I hit upon
the idea of having tiny motion
picture machine in the spacious
| limousine.
1t was arranged. And tiny but
The Washington times., 1926-05-18

ton of platinum and seed diamonds
release the folding screen.
Later / added specially built
monograph, and to top off the
travelling musical program ! had
the finest engineers fit out com.
pact portable radio. I'll admit
I'm stumped now. do not know
Of anything else ! can add 70
Dorothy Sunshine's automobile
amusement.
All Of this may seem very
bizarre. but / was always striving
to enter into the spirit Of the
child mind, to bring some fantastic
surprise that would make her
happy. / was indebted to her Tor
her restoring joy to my heart.
Also, / will admit, / got q great
kick" out Of probing my imaginas
ton to find new sources OF pleas.
ure and amusement for Dorothy
Sunshine. set myself 70 tnaI
task. and every man likes TO per-
form his task well.
Wants Her to Be Flapper Princess
Then, too, I also carried In my
mind the picture of how wanted
Dorothy to be when she grows up.
/ want her to have all the graces
Of q true princess. / envisage her
surrounded by all the delicate frills
the heart Of every woman Graves.
1 want her to be thoroughly
feminine, bur not In the old
fashioned way, ignorant of life
and d prey to its caprices. A
woman can retain all her feminine
graces and still be a good. open.
hearted pal and companion.
hope Dorothy Sunshine VIII
grow up to be flapper princess,
taxing life for what it's worth,
meeting 1t with calm eye and sing
ing heart. and squeezing from it
the last drop Of wholesome joy.
That will come, but TOR the
moment she must have merry
childhood, which is the basis OF so
much happiness in later days. Her
childhood fairyland will dissolve
into the reality Of fun life.
I am giving her every advantage
Of education and environment She
Is going to the Rayson School for
Girls on Riverside Drive, one OF
the most exclusive schools in the
world. There, in the most harmo-
NOUS surroundings, she IS learning
the fine graces OF the princess she
is to be. She is happy there. She
The Washington times., 1926-05-18

has wonderful playmates and 7 see
her often.
Heart Yearned for Playmate
Ii was last summer, WREN she
was alone so much, that her heart
yearned for permanent playmate.
And her wish brought about my at.
tempt to adopt q big sister Tor
her. The public knows something
OF that unfortunate affair, tut not
everything.
i was accused Of engineering the
whole thing as geographically
stunt for myself, but The facts
belle that accusation. 1t was never
emphasized In the press that my
advertisement for q little girl was
inserted as "blind nd, 4 following
the same lines / had pursued IN
adopting Dorothy Sunshine.
/ did not expect more than twenty
The Washington times., 1926-05-18
WHY BUNNY" ADOP TED
DOROTHY SUNSHINE

Ensp0ed BIZ schoolgirl fIapper EdtcuTd W. BToOnng gray
n.ionare reater sOept N tsore OF satuataon
gears lOry dernbud paradise Of hghroantic
exotic ecstGcies. :.
when he met aPeaches Keenan,, princess
of dreams mody He ensInved heart and
body bossonng, GdOscent loneliness
gears old he And he in
sPEAcHESs PROPOSED He accepted they
Today the fifth chapter Of his story Of their
4ennc Br0wnng tell DOROTHY Sunshine
htrsngLavished child IN the aOord
BY EDWARD w.
Famous eatu syndica Incl :
All girls have within them the power become Cinderela
There a sorts Of Cindeelas know and what
be true faryland to is only cinders another.
Some girls ambitious for When they haze
ARRIVED they Cndereas for their dreams
true
Others the Injuries of great riches Still others seek
mental and spiritual faryands But the finest Of all dreams
the vision of love- And that believe every girl
realize she carefully cuvates her natural attractions
The Washington times., 1926-05-18

~ thirty answers. thought the
whole thing would go through very
quietly.
Then. 81 newspaper traced the
al and revealed to the world the
glorious fairyIand in which Doro-
fhev'g ..big sister would live.
/ received 10000 applications from
ali parts OF the earth. had to
employ a whole corps Of translators
TO learn the contents Of the letters.
NV conscience bound me to con-.
slider every apr'iica tions
Evil Women Write Lur.ing Letters
Even sensational reports that my
motives were evil did not step the
flow OF letters. Forty thousand
mothers trusted me. That more
than equaled the weight Of those
vile insinuations.
And ii should be sufficient answer
Ia my detractors to state that ! did
not have 20 adopt g girl for any evil
purposes.
I received scores Of letters from
every variety Of adventures, offer.
ing to be my companion IN anything
L desired Also received blackmail
letters threatening me with death.
am glad now that failed In my
efforts to adopt a big sister" for
Dorothy Sunshine. for ! don't believe
any "big sister could take the place
81 the real mother she now has. And
they love each so much my Cinder-
ali Sunshine and my Cinderella
Peaches
Tomorrow. Browning tells how to
nick solIl.mate. PsychOanaIysfs his
own love complex. Baby Cinderella
coming, he hopes.
Comes 10 defense OF modern girls
morals. Calls Peaches the Queen or
FIappers.
Exclusive intimate pictures.
The Washington times., 1926-05-18
BALL PLAYERS
ARE N|0BBED

The police are attempting today
To round up the leaders II gang
who yesterday stormed a baseball
game on q vacant lot in the rear OF
the Dunbar High School, First and
o Streets Northwest one Of them
striking Cato w. Adams, colored,
teacher at the Armstrong Technical
High School. with q baseball bat.
According to the police, the Dun
bar High and Randall Junior HiBn
teams were playing ball when an
angry mob surrounded them anu
demanded that they leave the flelu,
claiming that they, who were out
siders, had as much right 70 pay
there as did the school teams.
DuyaIl b. Evans, Dunbar coacn,
to chase them away, but
thew ran him into the school build
ing and then again turned their
attention to the players.
Then one OF the students hurried
] baseball bat into the mob, a mem
lnar AZ which picked it up and
hurled ii back The bat missed the
nripinal combatant and struck
Adans in the head. He was rushed
fo Freednen's Hospital, where ne
was found to have conclusion Of
the brain. 49,.
KNIVES and clubs are said to have
bean brought into play, although no
one was cut. The equipment OF the
teams was confiscated by the mob
4 { 4
The Washington times., 1926-05-18

nave uaQ SApeT1cuCG WIFI Two
kinds Of CIndereIlas.
Oneamy wife-tells me that she
has realized her fondest dream in
my love. OF course, she appreciates
my wealth and the pleasures 1t will
bring (she would be foolish II she
didn't but that. she says. is only
secondary.
NY other Cinderella is my little
daughter. Dorothy Sunshine, who
is only nine years old. For her I
have tried to create the only fairy
land she knoyvs-the gorgeous
magic fairyland OF childhood stories
In which q wave Of wand makes
everything come true.
That is almost literally true In
Dorothy's land OF magic excert
that the electric push-button re.
places the fairy wand. She mas no
wish which is not Immediately full
filled.
Yet, she is not spoiled, and she
Is right under my thumb" SO TAR
as discipline is concerned. treat
her as an equal. and she responds
Immediately to my requests, just as.
4 do to hers.
For several years this charming
child was my chief interest in life.
She was my comfort. my only hap
piness. and / was determined to re-
turn to her the joy she brought me,
multiplied q thousand fold.
DorotEly's Third Father
adopted her more than six years
ago. fLet me say here for tire
benefit of those who accuse me Of
being a publicity seeker at any
price that that adoption was carried
out through blind advertisement
20 which / received only fifty
answers. and the procedure excited
no COMMENT.
Her real father died before she
was born. Then she was adopted
By Mr.. and Mrs. Peter BrusseIl
when she was q year and a half
old. Her name originally was
Dorothy. The Brussels called her
Lane and changed her name hack
70 Dorothy. with the addition Of
Sunshine because of the sunshine
she brought into my heart.
The Brussels lost their money and
could no longer support the child
I'm q manner to do justice to their
love for her. They saw my adj.
verflsement. and answered. made
a personal call on all the applicants.
and there was no doubt about who
would be my Cinderella when / saw
little Dorothy.
She was a true Cinderella.
found her sitting in a basement
kitchen. playing with her tiny
thumbs.
resolved then that she would
rise from the cinders to a real
fairyland. and determined to
bring her up in such fashion that
q hundred Prince CharTnings would
come. seeking her hand.
Restored Faith In Dreams
But it was only after the unfor-
tunate conclusion of my first mar
rIage venture that I realized how
much this tiny child meant TO me.
It was she who restored my faith
after the SCATTERING of my dreams
and illusions.
After my divorce almost forgot
Dorothy, 40 heavy was my heart.
I could think only of erasing my
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20
TWO DROWNED IN
 EDERLE ARGUMENT
Third New Yorker Is Rescued
 From East River

New York. Aug. 20 P-Rescued from the East river yesterday Thomas O'Keefe was taken to Belle vue hospital. where he told atten- dants that two good fellows got drowned because they could not agree how Gertrude Ederle swam,'
 O'Keefe said he met the two good fellows" in a spcakeasy and all three, agreeing that they need ed some fresh air, wan1ered out on an East river pier There, he said they got into an argument as 10 what stroke the channel swimmer used. One of the good fellows , named Foley" O'kecfe said, tired 10 demonstrate his idea of Miss Ederles stroke and in dolng so struck O'Keefe and caused him 10 stumble into the river.
 Foley" O'Keefe added, walked to the edge of the pier, te6tered on the edge. shaking his finger at O'Keefc. and then fell in. The third man. whose name O'Keete did not remember, let out a whoop and jumped in.
 O'Keefe was pulled out by a pa trolman who was nearby.
 The body of Joseph Burke, known about the docks as "One Eye" Burke because of a glasseye, was later re- covered by the harbor police who continued to grapple for his com panion.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20
WRIGHT NOVEL. sTIYCFUM

Harold Bell Wright's widely read novel. The Recreation of Brian Kent" now is showing at the Ly- ceum theater as one of the two headliners, the other being Nor ,ganson's Finish" by Jack London.
 In "The Re-Creation of Brian Kent" the leading role is taken by Kenneth Harlan, supported by a cast which includes Mary Carr, Helene Chadwick and Zasu Pitts.
 Johnny Walker, Mahlon Hamilton and Anita Stewart have the leading parts in "Morganson's Finish" which is as red blooded and stirring a drama as Jack London ever wrote.
 The story is of two men in the effete cas who love the same girl. Both go to the .Klondike to seek wealth but while one bends his every effort to finding gold, the other takes a villianous turn and tries 10 get rid Of his rival. A ter rife fight is one Of the big scense and another is the finding of a rich gold mine. Miss Stewart appearing very charming in the first part of the picture and in the Alaskan se- ouences she reaches a high pitch of dramatic endeavor.
 The latest episode Of 'The Wilsl- ing Idol" serial also is listed as are news events and comedy.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20
BRANDING
 ID BE ENFORCED
Mass. Acts to Stop Repetition Of
 Fraud Scandal

Springfield, Mass. Aug. 20 LPl- Branding of cattle as a means of preventing a repetition of the fraud scandal that has stirred agricultur- al circles during the last few days, will become effective October l un- der federal regulations and with the wholehearted approval of reputable dairy men who instituted the com- plaints that led to the recent expose.
 This method according to leading dairymen, will make it impossible in the future for cattle dealers to buy cheap herds and receive high prices for them from state and federal governments when they have been condemned for bovine tuberculosis
 Dr. Richard N. Shaw, state veterinary inspector in the Spring field district, who has been transfer re to Boston, issued a statement last night in which he denied reports that appraisals he had made of cat tie were too high, and declared that he had long advocated the branding method now going into effects. He said that several attempts to have legislation passed were frustrated by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on the ground that branding of animals constitut- ed cruelty. He agrees with the Hampden county improvement league that branding will be an eff fective safeguard against cattle frauds.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-20

the United States as much as pos sible by automobile so that she may obtain an intimate closeup of American life and view the scenery.
 Il is probable that Marie will spend her 5lst birthday in the Unit cd States. This falls on October .9. She married Prince Ferdinand, who is now king of Rumania, when she was IT years old. She is the mother Of five children, among them form CT Crown Prince Carol. whose love affairs some time ago caused him 10 renounce the throne in favor of his five-year-old son, Michael. born of Carols union with former Princess Helen of Greece. The Queen is a daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Co- burg and Gothe.
 King Ferdinand is taking & vaca- ton in France at the present As he purposes after leaving Paris to visit Switzerland and Italy he may not be able to get back to Bucharest in time to say farewell to his queen. It is not improbable, however, that the royal couple may meet in Switzer- land