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Evening star., 1927-10-08
ROCK CREEK STAR MODEL HOME
FURNISHED IN PROVINCIAL STYLE

The Star model home in Rock Creek
Park Estates, on Orchid street, one
block north Of kalmia road, will enter
it's third week of public inspection to-
morrow, and since its formal opening.
| September "a, several thousand per-
| sons have visited the house to inspect
| it's unusual arrangement and to study
| it's type of construction and decora-
| ton.
The Estates" home, while modern
| in every detail. has many of the best
| features Of the old English and Nor
| man rural styles of architecture. This
type of home, visitors have remarked,
was nicely adapted to the provincial
| type of furniture with which the
house was furnished for the exhibi-
ton.
Small Grandfather Clock.
Entering the house, which is of ma
tive stone and brick construction, the
| visitor finds himself in a long hall
leading to the rear garden. Here on
the opposite side of the hall is chest,
serving as a console table, over which
is hung a great mirror. Oriental rugs
are laid on the floor, and there is a
| miniature grandfather clock. The
| five small windows of the hall are cur
tanned with easement cloth with a
| ruff1ed edge "tie-back."
In the living room at the front of
the house the visitor finds chairs of
fitting style on either side Of the great
fireplace, and at one end of the room
is a secretarial desk of quaint Wind
sor type. An interesting ladder-back
chair. a chestnut table and settee
covered with figured linen material
which tones in with the soft colors of
the walls are other living room pieces.
The floor coverings of the living
room are small antique pieces. The
window curtains are Of the tie.back
variety, with overdrapes of plain Irish
linen trimmed with multi-colored edg.
ing.
Adjoining the living room is the
mans den, which is designed also as
an emergency bedroom. Here one of
the outstanding furnishings is an
English cushion.back chair with an
end table, smoking paraphernalia and
an adjustable reading lamp nearby.
In front of the bank Of five windows
on the north wall are found a cellar
cite in chestnut and end tables.
Dining Room Unusual.
In the dining room, in the south
wing of the L-shaped home, the cell.
ing of which follows the natural slope
of the roof, with the rafters exposed,
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HOME VALUE PRAISED.

One authority on home ownership
says: Half the pleasure and satisfac-
ton of owning home of your own is
in entertaining relatives and friends.
These gatherings of the clans
these old-home weeks, when birds fly
from many points of the compass to
meet at the home nest--are precious
events. and unforgettable memories
come to life and scenes endeared by
recollection are re.enacted.
"Will the home smile cheerful vel.
come? Will it suggest prosperity and
comradeship? Will it be the sort of
home you can be genuinely proud Of?
Then. too. your house should be rather
beautifully human and possess it's
own personality as a reflection of your
own"
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sent 36 per cent Of the total cost Of
the completed job. The foundation is
the largest single item Of construction
expense.
The second largest item of cost is
20 per cent. and covers carpentry.
both labor and materials. Plumbing
fixtures, plus their installation cost.
are reported at 10 per cent of the en-
tire cost.
The heating plant Is rated at 9 per
cent of the total cost, while hardware
is apportioned at s per cent. and
painting. including materials. at per
cent.
Lighting fixtures and installation
therefore represent about 9 per cent
OF the total cost Of the completed job,
according to the new report.
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out. but in a good many cases the
handy man about the house can him.
self effect a marvellous transformation
in the old home.
Paint. for instance, requires more
elbow grease than skill, and any of
the larger paint concerns are ready
to furnish suggested color schemes to
fit any type of house.
If the house was decorated in the
far.off day of it's building with the
fretsaw or scrollwork which disfigured
many of the old residences. a change
for the better may be effected with
the aid of a saw, and the offending
ornaments" removed.
Overcoating with new shingles, new
siding or stucco is an effective method
of improving appearances and adding
warmth and value. Shrubs, the addi.
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the main attraction is the great open
fireplace. Over the mantel a large
circular Chinese piece was hung. At
the opposite end of the roof Is a bal
cony with entrance from the second
floor, and over the railing Of the bal.
cony an embroidered rug was thrown.
On the floor of the dining room is an
unwashed Turkish rug in primitive
colors. The table and chairs here are
of the provincial type. The draperies
and curtains are similar to those in
the other rooms.
On the second floor the two main
bedrooms and the guest room, at the
east end of the house, overlooking the
garden, are furnished adequately and
distinctively without overcrowding.
The Estates" home was furnished
and decorated for the exhibition by
w. R. Moses & Sons. under the super.
vision Of Peter l.. Faerber.
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tion Of a porch or an attached garage
and almost any number of other
changes can be made to the old house
at small cost. Proper painting can
lower the appearance of the house if
1t is too high. BY painting trim and
masses the same color too much trim
work may be concealed
And in addition to the added com.
fort of living in an attractive home, it
must be remembered that it will bring
a much higher price when the time
for a new home does arrive.
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INGENUITYIS NEEDED
IN REMODELING HOME
Few Residences Are SO Perfect
That improvements Are Not
Necessary.

There are few houses SO far gone in
decrepitude or so outmoded in design
that they may not. by some refurbish-
ing and a little thoughtful attention
on the part of the occupants, be con-
sideraby improved in liveableness.
The remodeling job is one calling for
ingenuity and originality. Most build
ers are properly equipped to carry it
Evening star., 1927-10-08

Maj. Dawley Buys Home.

n Maj. E. G.. Dawley, U. S. A.. as
~fgigned to the Office of the chief OF
Field Artillery, the War Department
:. recently purchased the new home com
pleted at 2914 Forty-fourth street
Wesley Heights, by the firm of w. c.
!, & A. n. Miller. Maj. Dawley and his
wife and children now are occupying
the house as their residence. The
house was sold for the Miller concern
by the Office of George w. Linkins.
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LABOR HELD CHIEF COST
IN HOME CONSTRUCTION
62 Per Cent of Expense Involved
in Average Dwelling Al
lotted to Workers.

Labor constitutes 81 per cent Of the
cost of building the average dwelling
house, while materials represent 3S
per cent, according to study of con-
struction made by the United States
Department of Labor.
According to a new set Of data. the
foundation and masonry work repre-.
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FEARS BUILDING.
INDUSTRY LOSSES
Rudolph. Miller Comments on
Withdrawal of Unions
From Board.

Fear that many millions Of dollars
try as a result of the withdrawal from
the National Board of Jurisdictional
Awards at Los Angeles on October
of the building trades department of
the American Federation of Labor is
expressed by Rudolph P. Miller of
New York, chairman of the board, on
which he represents the American
Engineering Council, 26 Jackson place,
Washington.
'Unless the building trade labor
unions can Immediately start the op-
GRAFTON of some new plan for the set
tlement of jurisdictional disputes, ="
says Mr.. Miller in a statement issued
through the American Engineering
Council, 1.-The situation, which has
been fairly we'll controlled for the
past few years. will revert quickly to
the chaotic conditions of former times.
Effect of Action.
"This action by the building trades
department almost automatically dis
solves the national board. and it is
highly improbable that more meetings
will be held. 1t is a real misfortune
that this board must be dissolved, for
there is no doubt in my mind that in
the eight years of it's existence it has
saved millions of dollars that would
otherwise have been wasted in strikes
caused by jurisdictional disputes"
Disputing the reasons given in the
resolution which announced the with
drawal of the building trades depart
ment, Mr.. Miller charged that the real
cause of the action was that their
representatives were not willing to
abide by the rulings laid down unless
they were wholly in accord with their
own demands.
Mr.. Miller declares that any new
plan for the settlement Of juriSdic-
tional disputes that is introduced must
contain the one main point upon
which the constitution of the national
board was based: that is, pending the
settlement of a dispute the work
must go on without a strike.
Organization of Board.
The National Board Of Jurisdictional
Awards was organized eight years
ago at the instIgation of the building
trades department of the American
Federation of Labor when the unions
had long been hampering each other
by disputes as to what class Of worker
should perform certain operations in
construction.
The board consisted of eight men,
bers, three selected by the building
trades department, two by the Asso-
ciated General Contractors of Amer
lea, and one each by the American In
stitute of Architects, the American
Engineering Council and the National
Building Trades Employers Associa-
tion-
Evening star., 1927-10-08

The Chinese elm Is recommended
by Government scientists as a sturdy,
fast-growing shade tree for dry or
otherwise unfavorable climates.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

The United States holds 20 of the
81 airplane records officially recognized
by the International Aeronautic Fed
eration of Paris.
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SHOULDERS ; By BEATRICE BURTON

, him assuring her that he would
call her up in a few days.
After he was gone she climbed
the stairs to her own room-and
presently found herself standing
before the mirror OF her dresser,
without any clear recollection Of
coming upstairs.
With quick, nervous fingers.
she began to take off the gypsy
dress the thin, scarlet silk, the
gay, beflowered calico. the little
silk cap all covered with bright
brass bells.
Then. slipping into her faded
old cotton kimono, she rolled
them all into. q ball-all the
bright, gay-looking garments-and
carried them to the trunk.room
at the head of the attic stairs.
Her own trunk stood in q
corner. behind the barricade Of
bedsteads, boxes, old rockers and
dressers that Mrs. Jerome had
brought to the house months be.
fore.
Sally climbed over these things
with the quick. smooth ease of q
cat, and dropped down to the
dusty floor beyond them. She
flung up the lid Of her cheap,
roll Of silk and calico down at
the very bottom. under piles of
her winter clothes.
There" she said aloud, and
with great satisfaction. There"
She felt as il she had closed the
door upon one whole period of
her life, as she slammed the lid
Of the trunk down, and climbed
back over her mothers dusty
household goods, and locked the
door Of the trunk room behind
her.
At 10 that night, when Aunt
Em came running up stairs to
find out why she wasn't doing
the dance that she did every
night about that time. Sally was
In bed.
But she was not asleep. She
was sitting bolt upright, with a
mending basket before her on the
bed, and she was darning the
sleeves Of her old black serge
office suit.
The frown on Aunt Emily's
face deepened.
What under high heaven ARE
you doing, Sally Jerome?" she
asked in wonderment, and Sally
held up the dress to show her
what she was doing.
"Mending my old Office dress,
Aunt" she said meekly. "I'm
going out to look for a Job in
the morning-an office job"
Aunt Em was thunder-struck,
flabber-gasted. Here was a
pretty kettle Of fish, she seemed
to be thinking. Her star attrac-
ton suddenly showing a streak of
temperament and refusing to
dance at a moments notice! And
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ToHN NYE was at his table, too.
- Sally did not look directly at
him, but she could see him from
the tail Of her eye.
She began to dance.
And the Sally who danced was
Sally whom John Nye never had
dreamed of-a wild, abandoned
gypsy. whose teeth gIsamed In a
wide, flashing smile, whose eyes
smiled, and whose red heels
twinkled madly about the small
square of floor in the center Of
the room.
She was no more like the de-
mure, sensible little private sec.
retary who had timidly brought
him sandwiches than q Bird Of
Paradise is like Jenny Wren.
If Sally had happened to look
his way she would have seen
many things clearly written on
his face just then. Astonish.
ment, kind Of unwilling admira-
tion, and anger, as well as some.
thing else.
But she never noticed him. She
smiled at the other faces that
were turned toward her, and
she waved her hand to Davidson,
who clapped loudly when she was
finished.
She danced again, and then the
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NOIC Go On With The Story.

CHE moved closer to him and
~ slipped her hand into his.
Rather an appealing little gesture
coming from her; 1t beat against
question and doubt with flash of
real liking. He leaned back and
put his arm around her shoulders.
''Marilee-"
Perhaps she really did love him;
perhaps his uncertainty hurt her.
At any rate she moved nervously
and flung at him, "Oh. step on it,
Kent! Ge. the agony over"
The flash Of liking sputtered
out, And when she twisted her
hand in his, winning toward the
softness which had moved him
before, he felt only a plodding
sense of duty.
'Marilee-"
She was quiet now. waiting,
pressing her arm against his side.
But he hesitated again with his
face turned away. No moon to.
night and the air had turned
A4A0A NJ SNOh SAAO ShA~0 e-SA OtSo NAAS
river were obscured
Suddenly in the thick dark be.
yond the cliff whistle sounded
low and deep; it was answered
by another lighter one, a signal
that burst out like shout of
laughter.
Something warm and golden
went piercing through him not
90 much q memory. perhaps. as a
sensation.
It would not be true to say he
had treasured the re objection Of
the last night ne had sat here
on this bench with a girl, or even
that he held any really vivid men,
Ory Of Emily.
Much water had flowed under
the bridge since then and. many
had watched it flow Life had
led him into far places and had
spread before him a moving piano.
rama of change anc event, Be-
sides it is not the way of a man
to wrap a thing in rose petals.
This was an impression of some.
thing infinitely sweet and tanta-
hzingly elusive. And there was
blame with it too. as Of tender
ness repudiated. A dim thing, no
more to be grasped than the
fragrance Of the flowers over his
head.
Yet it reared itself like a wall
between him and what he mad
been about to do.
All over In an instant; Marilee
0till waited. Almost, through the
darkness, he could see expectancy
fading from her eyes. For he
knew she felt the wall.
Want to be moving, Kent? Got
another smoker"
"Right.o. Light it for you?
Guess it'll rain in another hour.
Careful of those briars.''
He left her at her door and
knew she was nightly puzzled
and disappointed.
CHAPTER "a
Once, before he left Lyall, Em.
lily did see Kent.
She left the shop late one after
noon, tired and little discour-
aged. Frances Haiden had not
been able, as yet, to s7tisfy herself
on the scheme of decoration for
the new commission and her
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young assistant was commencing
to suspect that even such fasci-
mating things as coiorS may be
turned into hard work.
She sauntered up The River
Road, feeling keen delight in the
monotony of green on every side.
And 1t was as she waited to cross
the street-as she waited curl.
ously enough, under a spreading
elm-that motor load Of gay
young folk, hatless and laughing,
glided by.
Marilee Granger and another
girl Emily didn't know were in
the back seat. He sat between
them--the Kent of her recollec.
tions, the boy of a thousand and
one dreams.
Exactly as she remembered him,
he was; eyes so very blue, full.cut,
merry lips with lines at the sides,
cleft to the center of the proud
chin.
Yet thinking it over afterward
she decided he seemed not quite
so carefree as he had been in the
old days. There was about him
a hint of sternness; he appeared
more than six years older some.
how.
1t seemed for a second their
eyes must meet, and she held her
breath. Almost she thought him
about to speak. But they swept
on and he had not seen her.
She stood there rapt with ex-
citement, a furious knocking in
her throat. Then the car disap.
peared down the street and a
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) for no reason at all. so far as
Aunt Emily could see.
What on earth ails you. girl?"
she asked. in a voice that cracked
like a whip, and Sally mildly an
swered that she would rather talk
1t over when Aunt EN- had more
time.
And later that night, when
the last automobile had driven
away from The House by the
Side of the Road, they did talk
1t over.
whats come over you, Sally?"
Aunt En- asked the minute she
came 8 back to the neat white
little room, with the windows
wide open to the windy October
night. This afternoon you were
telling me that you hoped this
new costume would last for a
long time, and now you've sud-
denly made up your mind not
to dance in it ever again. Is 1t
because Of something that that
Davidson man said to you to.
night?"
Davidson" repeated Sally, in
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her for wanting to get out Of
such a moyen-age atmosphere.
Once or twice he had seen the
gray eyes light and the sweet
face flush suddenly; he had felt
a lilt-a singing rhythm-about
her, And he suspected that he
hadn't touched even the surface
of her real feeling. Depths there
and heights - vital, exultant
heights. But that would come.
Kingdom Coles never underesti.
mated himself.
He waited for her at the terry
one evening and took her to the
rose room of the Van Rex for
dinner.
Lights all shaded and soft; the
gleam of silver. the hard. white
shine of napery. Coles, so very
blond, so tall and handsome, sud.
denly became a Viking.
Color-color-oh, everywhere. In
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} floor was given over to the diners
for ballroom dancing.
Sally drifted into the kitchen,
light and bright-colored as an
autumn leaf in the west wind.
Her scarlet silk rag, sewn with
little bells, tinkled as she went.
The door swung shut upon her.
John Nye's eyes stayed upon
the panels of the swinging door
until it closed. Then he laid 81
five-dollar bill upon the table and
got up.
Never mind the change" he
said shortly to the round-eyed
Hilda. who stared DULY after him.
No one had ever given her three
dollars for a tip before.
He went into the hall.
Sally was there.
She was on her way upstairs to
change her dress, and she started
to pass him with just the tiniest
smile of recognition.
Then just as she put out her
hand to grasp the newell post at
the bottom of the flight. she felt
her two arms seized firmly from
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child with a new toy; he could
wait to make love to her.
Everyone at the theater seemed
to know him. The man behind
the window called him "Old King
Cole" peering at her over his
shoulder, and offered him a box
which he declined with a fine air
of hauteur. 1t impressed Emily
greatly.
Their seats were down in front
and for the first few minutes he
kept bowling right and left, some.
times smiling in weary way.
$50 popular" she thought.
why, they all seem to feel hon.
ored when he notices them. How
important he must be-a power
here"
And the glamour Of the evening
settled upon him in her mind: all
the color, the music, the lights
became a part Of him and dazzled
her. For the first time since she
had known Kent Rossiter llis
image grew dim.
The play perplexed Emily. Like
the book bv George Bernard Shaw
she had tried to read, It seemed
to be full of things she couldn't
understand. Still everyone else
seemed amused-everyone but
King who kept muttering, "Stale
oh. rotten!'
And when he asked her, about
the middle of the last act, IL she'd
had enough. she was quite ready
to leave. Still she felt twinge
of pity for q young fellow who
stepped UP in the lobby and said
anxiously, Hope you liked it.
Coles?"
King shrugged dramatically, put
out his hands, and the young fel-
low kept step with them to the
door. arguing in a tense. excited
voice.
IT'S a great idea, Coles. Rough
in spots, maybe. but we'll take
care of that. Have a heart, will
you? All We want is half a
chance"
you'll get all that's coming.
and you know it."
"But Coles"
Goodnight"
CHAPTER Is
He put Emily into a taxi and
they started downtown. She was
shaking with eagerness.
who was he, King? What
did he want you to do?"
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
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a tone that meant that David.
son was less than nothing in her
life. mo, indeed-but Nohn Eye
said something to me that set
me to thinking"
Aunt Emily's face stiffened.
And what did he have TO say?"
she asked, in q voice that was
all sarcasm.
We'll, after / finished dancing
I went out into the hall through
the kitchen door," Sally began
her story, "and he was there,
just getting his hat-and when
he saw me he grabbed me by
both arms and said: That's a
fine thing for you to be doing
dancing in public or something
like that"
Aunt Emily grunted. "You
should have worn your mask"
she said tartly. "Then nobody
would have known it was you"
She sat still for q minute on
the edge Of Sally's bed, her thin
face turned toward the open win
dows, with the nighttime black.
ness beyond them like black
velvet curtains.
But I car see his point" she
added. soberly. "It isn't the thing
for you to be doing--a nice young
Rirl-dancing in a roadhouse. For
that's what we've got on ou~
hands. Sally without knowing il
until now. A roadhousei / saw
two or three people with liquor
TASKS down stairs tonight. and I
made up MY mind that something
would have to be done about it
right away Funny that all
of this should happen at once.
isn't it?"
Still with her face turned to.
ward the darkness. she went on:
I'VE didn't know what We were
getting into. did we, Sally, when
we started this thing? We
thought we'd have a nice, high
class tea house. or a lovely south
ern-style dining room, serving
chicken dinners. And instead Of
that, what we've wound up with
il just a common roadhouse, as
bad as the Lark down the road!
OF course, It's my fault! ! never
should have hired that Jazz bandw
Sally laid down the black serge
dress and went over to her aunt's
side, putting her young. strong
arms around her.
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
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Frances never had hinted to Emily
that that she was sailing under
false colors through no fault of
her own. And IL ever it occurred
to Coles to wonder why he failed
TO be invited to the home Of this
girl the tradition answered all
questions.
He saw her at their friends
house because her family would
hold to medieval customs in mat
ters of courtship and marriage.
A suitor first would present him
self to her parents and after sat
isfying them would be permitted
to cali upon her occasionally, Sc
dately and. Of course. under proper
chaperonage.
Time enough for this. No mat
ter how much in love a man
might be there was no need OF
rushing things. He didn't blame