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of last year. and As p recent under the
abnormally high figure for December.
1926. In making these comparisons
it should be recalled that the January.
1926. total included $50 100000 power
plant. and that the December total
included some large subway contracts.
The more important items I'm last
months building record We're: $11,-
92o 500. or 81 per cent OF all oonstruc.
ton for residential buildings: s25.351.-
300. or 81 per cent, for commercial
buildings: s7,403.200 or 6 per cent. for
public works and utilities: 1885,, 900,
or per cent. for industrial buildings;
s2.S92 500, or 2 per cent, for hospitals
and institutions; s2,495. 900. or 2 per
cent. for religious and memorial build
ings, and $2,3SS 100, or 2 per cent, for
social and recreational projects.
Contemplated construction projects
We're reported for this territory in
January to the amount OF 1859 ,S09 500.
being a decrease of 33 per cent from
the amount reported in December, as
well as loss of II per cent from the
amount reported in January. 1926.
New England States.
Building and engineering contracts
awarded in New England during the
month of January amounted to $17.-
lS2, 800. There were decreases of 48
per cent from December and SO per
cent from January, 1926. Analysis of
last months construction record
showed the following items Of note:
SS,471,700. or 40 per cent of all con-
Struction for residential buildings;
$2,'02,9OO. or 10 per cent. for educa-
tional buildings; $2.479,S00. or ID per
cent. for commercial buildings;
S1'242,600, or per cent. for public
works and utilities; $t,0S9, 900, or s
per cent, for social and recrea tional
projects, and $777.S00. or per cent,
for religious and memorial buildings.
Contemplated new work reported
for New England in January
amounted to S54.926. 500. The above
figure exceeded December by SO per
cent. However, there was a decline
of ID per cent from January of last
year.
Pittsburgh District Report.
January construction contracts let
In the Pittsburgh district (western
pennsylvania. West Virginia, Ohio
and Kentucky amounted to $5O,057,-
100. The above figure represented in
creases of II per cent over December
and 20 per cent over January of last
L'AO hiOAC 1teT1S III
the January building and engineer
ing record were s16.941 200, or "a per
cent of all construction, for public
works and utilities; $14,5O2, 200, or 20
per cent. for residential buildings:
$10.916.300, or % per cent, for com
mercial buildings; s2,7S7. 500, or per
cent. for educational buildings; So
$4,000, or 5 per cent, for industrial
buildings. and $1,147,000,. or per
cent, for religious and memorial
buildings.
Contemplated construction planned
for these States as reported in Janu-
airy amounted to $S3,675, 200. There
were gains. of Is per cent over De-
cember and 80 per cent over January,
1926.
The Central West illinois, Indiana,
Iowa. Wisconsin. Southern Michigan,
Continued on Eighteenth Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12

The sixteenth annual meeting of the
National Association of Builders Ex-
changes, to be held here February
21-24. with headquarters at the Hotel
Raleigh. will bring to Washington
more than 600 prominent builders
from over the entire country. accord
ing to plans announced today.
Prominent among matters to be
considered will be the five-day week.
which is proposed by labor organiza-
tions.
The board of control and jurisdic-
ton of the organization will be called
into session Monday morning, Febru-
airy q. by David T. Rifle, president
OF the association, for consideration of
a number of matters of importance to
the industry, to be submitted to the
convention for action. Also on Feb
ruary p the secretaries conference
will be held, with j. b. Landers of
ok la boD1a CITY as chairman
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Residence of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
D. Carpenter at Edgemoor
Is Pleasing.
ENGLISH COTTAGE TYPE
IS TWO STORIES HIGH
Kitchen Is Placed in Front of
Building and Number of Closets
Gratifes Milady.

One Of the most pleasing of the
carefully planned detached homes re-
Gently completed in Washington
crgrowing suburbs is that of Mr.
and Mrs. A. ID. Carpenter, which is
located at the southeat corner of
,Ioorland lane and Clarendon road,
road. Edgemoor. Md.
This residence. an English cottage
TYNE of two stories, of stone and
st1cco. in addition to being archi-
tecturallv attractive. is a notable eX-
ample of the orientation of the rooms
of a home and of the house itself
for the best advantages of sun and
light. The home is arranged so as TO
make the living and dining rooms the
most cheerful. sunny rooms In the
first floor.
Best Natural Lighting.
The rear portion of the house,
which faces northwest. instead of be-
ing given over to a kitchen, pantry
or bedroom, as is usually the case, Is
devoted to q large living room and
dining room, with Il porch on the
southeast corner, which is set under
the upper story. Thus the most used
and attractive parts of the home are
provided with the best natural light
ing.
The house also is arranged to give
the best perspective from the street,
being set at a 45-degree angle. with
the curb lines we'll back from the two
ntersecting streets. A winding flag
stone walk leads to an inviting en-
trance which has q small individual,
peaked roof.
Kitchen in Front.
Following the style Of many Of the
later homes, the kitchen is placed at
the front of the house. While door
to the kitchen opens on the front hall.
the kitchen is set off from the living
room by stairs leading to the second
floor, and a pantry separates the
kitchen from the living room. The
kitchen also has an outside door. at
the rear of an outset of the main
building, shielded from the street
view.
All rooms of the first floor are fin
ished in cream plastic paint, and an
other distinctly English touch is the
stained oak woodwork of the lower
floor. The arches of the doorways
are rounded.
IvorNColor Woodwork.
An English ornamental iron railing
leads to the second floor, where there
are a master bedroom and two guest
chambers One of the two baths,
which are of colored tile, opens on to
the hall. off the master chamber and
the other is placed between the two
guest rooms, opening on to both.
Woodwork of the upper floor is ivory
color.
A feature of the home highly graft.
fying to milady is the number of
closets There are seven on the sec
ond floor and one on the lower floor.
The high-peaked roof is covered
with variegated slate. The house is.
on lot having frontage of 100 feet
on Clarendon road and 100 feet on
Moorland lane.
Russell O. Kluge is the architect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
SKYSCRAPERS OF MANY HUES
MAY SPRING UP IN NEW YORK

New York some day may blossom
forth as city Of green, pink, blue,
red. yellow and orange colored sky
scrapers, in the opinion Of "A number
of we'll known architects who now
are preparing exhibits for the Archi-
tectural and Allied Arts Exposition,
which OPENS In Grand Central Palace
February q for two weeks. according
to word received here today.
characteristics views on color
schemes for future skyscrapers were
discussed this week from many differ
ent angles by exhibitors. including
Raymond Hood. architect of the
American Radiator Building, on West
Fortieth street, New York. which is
colored entirely in black and having
q gold crown; Leon V. Solon painter
and illustrator. julius Clarence Levi,
architect, and John Gregory. artist.
While their ideas of the use of color
In great buildings vary. they all APP
parently are convinced such Struc-
lures are going to be dressed up in
striking and new fashion.
Stripes Will Not Suffice.
Even colored stripes three or four
feet wide and running from the has
to cornice viii not suffice to color
skyscrapers In the future mode says
Mr.. Hood.
THE entire building" he predicts,
Eventually will have a distinct color
TO color only the architectural EN-.
bellishments and a few outstanding
corniceS and facades would give the
appearance similar to rose decora
lions on a womans white dress
hardy noticeab bile 1t would be best
for the whole building to he of one
color, harmonized, Uf course, by some
medium or break located at a suitable
distance from the base, the. top or the
top only
I'VE are planning building II
London now that VIII be glossy
black with a highly colored ornamen
tai doorway.
New York Of the future. | believe
will consist mostly OF gayly colored
buildings Instead Of walking down
a drab stona-lined street. one will he
color schemes. No matter what tho
colors he, Just so long as they vary
the harmony on such n scale will be
a revelation. The tendency for colors
10 neutralize themselves will softer
most of the abruptness that vii
exist"
Careful Selection Urged.
Mr.. Scion believes that building:
are positively due for q good dose o
the metaphorical painters brush, bu
states that all parts Of tho huiidingt
which are embellished will be coloret
as well as some facades. He does no
think the entire building should be o
a single color note.
1.-THE tendency Will be TO color tn
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TAXES IN WASHINGTON
SUBJECT OF ADDRESS
DR.. Page Holds Levy Here Is as
High or Higher Than Total Of
Other Large Cities.

Taxes paid by Washington resi-
dents are proportionately equal, if not
higher, than the tax total of any
other large city of the country, DR.
Thomas Walker Page. president of
the Institute of Economies, declared
in addressing the Washington Real
Estate Board Thursday evening at it's
monthly session held at the Wardman
Park Hotel.
DR.. Page also took up Federal and
municipal fiscal relations and ad-
vocated a study of the present stu
alton to bring about a more equitable
arrangement. The speaker discussed
present methods of raising and ex-
pending revenues of the District, with
particular reference to the intangible
tax
DIR. Page made several suggestions
designed to distribute the tax burden
more equitably on citizens Of the COM
munity. and offered to assist the
board Of taking up tax matters.
John +. Maury. president of the
board presided, and James p. Schick,
executive secretary, was secretary of
the meeting.
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embellishments" said Mr.. Scion YES
terday. 1T is not likely that one color
will predominant the entire building.
One will have to be careful of the
visibility of his colors The areas of
ornamentation will be carefully Judged
so that the color will carry for a good
distance. Color is bound to come i'm
tremendous gulps. It is much more
important in life than anything else.
'Our future buildings will provide
many freaks in color, but others will
show a stroke of genius. We are at
work on a 35-story structure, to be
built in New York, whose color will
be a complete and new evolution in
ornamentation- The effect will be
produced by simple superimposed sill
houettes. Color will start at the
twelfth floor. and its intensity will in
crease as one gaZeS upward to the
top"
Holds Color Saves Space.
Mr.. Gregory, sculptor who is exc
cutting colored work for the new Mu-
scum of Art i'm Philadelphia, which
will have its first exhibition at the
Architectural and Allied Arts EXPOSE
ton. believes that color in architec-
ture saves space. "Architects used to
rely on the setback windows to cast
a shadow. from which they tablished
a color effect" said Mr.. Gregory, but
today space is 50 valuable that the
inside and outside of the building
must be built as close to the walls as
possible. The only relief the archi
tects can get TO beautify their work,
then, is that which comes through
the use of color
Mr.. Levi says that unless color is
used the fronts of buildings will be as
dra5 and as uninteresting as the des-
ert sands.
Color will break up any monotony
that is inscribed upon the building
architccturally, said Mr.. Levi. Il
think two or more colors III build
ing will serve as an ideal motif for
decoration. Red, green and yellow
buildings would make the city look
much brighter, and the psychological
effect color has on the mind would I'M
doubtedly speed things up bit. While
| do not approve solid color in build
ing, I do think the composite matur-
ity of color scheme can De easily
reached through the medium of two
colors. The introduction of horizon
tai color bands on skyscrapers will
modify their apparent height"
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Convention Will Bring 600 Prominent
Builders to City for Annual Sessions

Paul F. Langworthy, Los Angeles,
chairman of the program committee,
announces the following addresses:
1.-The Builders Exchange Relations to
the Public" by Mead r. Rappleye.
Rochester, n. Y; Builders Exchange
Relations to Trade Schools Ira f.
Sprankle. Youngstown, Ohio; The
Proposed New Uniform Lien Law"
Il. II. Brown. Omaha, Nebr.: THE
Five-d day Week as Proposed by Labor
Organizations. John r. Walsh, Bos-
ton, Mass. and Builders Exchange
Service to the Membership" S. +.
Cornelius, San Antonio, Tex.
Special arrangements for the enter.
tainment of the wives of the delegates
are being made by members of local
committee headed by Mrs. Francis
James Sheehan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
BUILD NOW TO SELL.
Operators Thereby Make Nation of
Home Owners. Says Tess.

The number of homes owned by
laborers in the United States is three
and a half times the total of all homes
owned in the British Empire, Senator
Tess of Ohio told the Realtors Asso-
citation of Michigan at their recent
annual convention at Kalamazoo,
Mich.
The dominant note in building today
Is building to SELL rather than build
ing to rent, and that indicates
wider home ownership and conse-
quently a more stable government,
Senator F'ess said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12

In Washington we have tho great
est printing and engraving plants III
the world with our skilled labor sup
ply and our facilities for research ana
Typographical Improvement there Is
10 reason why Washington Shoulo
not become great printing ceh!er
and produce books to rival the classlcS
of ElZevir and Aldus. We are on the
verge of great developments IN the
field of pictorial illustration. The new
photo offset process offers great oppor-
tunities for the illustration of books,
pamphlets and advertising matter on
a scale and low cost undreamed OF
in the past.
Because of the rapid development
of manufacturing industries in wash
ington since the Civil War, we are
now able to purchase locally. rather
than to import from other cities, our
bread. beverages. ice and ice cream,
food preparations, candy. cosmetics,
household furnishings, etc. Because
these commodities are manufactured
locally we realize savings in cost
while at the same time keeping the
business firms in our city.
5000 New Jobs.
Washington's industries supply in
vestment channels for local capital.
This money is invested in land. build
tngs and equipment, which to large
extent are locally purchased. These
firms pay salaries, wages and profits
to observation-disclosures and taxes to the
District and Federal Governments. l..
Seth SchnitmaN OF the Commerce De-
nartment states that $50 o00. 900 is in
vested outside of Washington by Dis
trict residents. IF this sum were in
vested in local rl3rufo curing plants,
It Is probable that the annual eXDendi-
ture of these new plants for salaries
and wages would be at least sl0.-
900. 200. representing approximately
S.000..new joins.
According TO the 1920 census report.
there were over 20a, 900 persons gain
fully employed in the District of Co
lumbia; subtracting the &C, 900 Govern
ment employees, leaves over lo0. 600
persons largely employed by District
business concerns. In other words.
Washington business organizatio
probably pay over 500, 600 in
salaries and wages, most of which is
locally spent.
Reference is frequently made to Gov
eminent as the principal employing
agency in the District of Columbia.
Government employment, however. is
weak reed to lean upon. as the
population of the District is increasing
out Of all proportion to the number of
Government employees. We should re-
member, Furthermore. that under the
apportionment law out of the 10000
Government employees only about
1900 have been appointed from the
District AS the District has now ex-
ceeded its quota of Government en-
ployes, there is very little opportunity
for the employment of Washington
fans in the Federal Government for
number of years to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12


the pottery indus
tries of ancient
Greece. The china
of Sevres and the
tapestries Of Beau
vaiS built up the
fame of two French
cities. Rome's me-
iieyal b uil q ing
boom made posi-
bic Michael An
Selo'S wonderful
frescoes in the Sis
tine Chapel. Ben
V e n IL [ o Cellini,
starting as a gold
smith, ended up as
the creator of the
exquisite statute
of Perseus In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
REAL ESTATE
CITY'S EMPLOYMENT NEEDS
ARE LINKED UP WITH INDUSTRY
Great Printing Center in Capital Is Seen
II Among Possibilities for Business
3 Expansion Ahead

Edjtny's Nofe--4 concerted Increment
has been launched by local trrde nsSo
cfations urging expansion Of RE 'ndns-
IrinJ life OF the mere noiiiGD drcg Of the
Capitdf. Business chiefs content greater
commerci1i 0cfiritb as essential 20 ne
stYtvs tcelfore and tEsI GfdHiohH "nPh,
stae bedufv ~ Nashspoton. In ne TO-
9o,rin0 article NJ HDde outlines The i'm
sportdnre Of business 10 his CifU. stress
taf' TIE need Of greater employment
%ODp0riUnifieS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
SALES MANAGERS TO MEET
Advertising Expert to Address
Luncheon Tuesday.

The sales managers division of the
Washington Real Estate Board will
hold a particularly important lunch
con meeting in the red room Of the
Hamilton Hotel next Tuesday at
1890 o'clock.
The subject of this meeting will be
advertising, and G.. G. Tauber. adver-
Using expert. will address the men,
bers of the division and make a num-
Der of suggestions looking toward
betterment locally OF real estate adj
vertising, together with more effective
campaigns.
Charles Fl. Hillegeist, chairman of
the division, will preside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12

Formerly mutinous sailors Struck"
the ships yards until their grievances
were redressed, and the term Strike"
thus came to mean a willful stoppage
of work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12

University College, London, which is
about to celebrate the one hundredth
anniversary of its founding, was the
first institution of its kind in the world
ton Of class, race, sex, or creed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
BY DORSEY w. HYDE, Jr..

Secretary Washington Chamber Of Commerce
Sound commercial growth il the ba-
sis for great periods of artistic and
cultural development. The beautiful
"a, Of evolved from
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Savings Jump $770,OOO,O0O.

From the Builder Economist.
Total savings intrusted to the
nearly 10000 building associations in
the United States now amount to
about $3.50 100000, an increase for
the year of $770,000,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
RURIEITH
HOMES

Each of these 20.ft. stone
front homes contains six
large rooms, tiled bath
with shower, a furnished
dining alcove or large
dining room, a completely
appointed kitchen, a limo
leum.covered kitchen floor
and open fireplace. Three
large bedrooms. a mple
closet space and all modern
convenences complete the
homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12

About half the stained glass sur
viving from the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries is in thu 1O9
windows of York Minister, in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12

These rt.>,lri ,.iSIs residences consist OF large
rooms open fireplace, a mans room, scientifically
appointed kitchen, boudoir nursery two tiled
baths and frst-hoor tiled lavaorv one of the baths has
built-n shower) large linen closet, pantry and
basement 1avatory.
1869 Hamilton Street
1888 1ngraham Street
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-11-24
ANNUAL
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
GARRETT COUNTY, Md,

For the fiscal year ending June
80, 1927, and published in ac-
cordance with the Act of the
General Assembly of Mary
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
President to Save
$500 a Year Under
Gas Tax Exemption

The White House will save over $500
annually as result of ruling by the
general that President Cool
idge does not have to pay gasoline
tax of cents per gallon to the DIS
trict of Columbia, according to the
American Automobile Association.
Eight cars are operated, including
the four personal cars for President
and Mrs. Coolidge, two for Secret Serv-
ince men and two trucks for general
use The A. A. A. emblemn and that
of the President of the United states
are on all of the passenger cars.
1.-THE general supply committee CON
tract of July 10, made by the Secre-
tarv of the Treasury with a local COM
panv for gasoline for use by the ex-
pcutive departments and other govern
ment establishments, provided for
prices free from the District Of Column
hia road tax" said Comptroller Gen
eral MCCarl
n. p. Webster, special distbursing
agent at the White House, put this
matter up to Mr.. McCarl when the bill
for gas was presented at the rate of
sO.129 per gallon, when the contract
called for a price of S0.109 per gallon.
Both President and Mrs. Coolidge
arc enthusiastic motorists. They de-
light in slipping away from the hum
of the CITY and driving out in the coun-
trvside. accompanied only by the Sc
cret Service men and occasionally by
motor cycle officers from the District
of Columbia.
The Zoo, where several of the White
House nets are auartered, is another
favorite rendezvous of the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
TRAFFIC REGULATES
AUTOMATIC CONTROL
New Invention of Light System to
Be Given Practical Test
in New Haven.

Still another invention confidently
expected to ''revolutionize" traffic con-
troll has been perfected. This one re-
Gently was demonstrated to Robbins
B. Stocked, Connecticut motor vehicle
commissioner, and is to he given a
thorough practical test on the streets
of New Haven.
According 10 reports, this latest in
yention adjusts the light periods 10
the amount of traffic in movement
at various times of the day or night.
The light, it is said, has no ma
chinery to g@t out of order and no
regulation by Z policeman is necessary
once the system has been installed
A dial sets the lights for any one
of eight traffic conditions-slow and
light, heavy. slow and heavy, me-
dunn, and so on. 1t is explained that
to function properly the invention
viii depend primarily on careful
previous study of traffic conditions at
the point in question.
An automobile driver approaching a
crossing where this automatic regu.
lator is installed changes the light
TO green for himself, unKnowingly.
when his car runs over a strip of
rubber material, about half an inch
thick, laid in the pavement The rub.
Der gives under 200 pounds weight
and presses a spring which, in turn,
puts a mercury switch i'm operation.
and n few seconds later the light
changes.
The light is regulated for 30-second
intervals as long as traffic moves con.
tinuously, hut the moment that cars
stop passing over these rubber strips
one way, and a machine crosses the
rubber on the intersectng street. the
mercury switch operates. Where
traffic is continuous, the light will
show green as long as no traffic is
coming from the right or left.