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Evening star., 1927-05-14

lcth and wood lath. Insulating lum-
ber or plaster board may be used If de-
sired by the owner.
Metal work-Gutters, leaders, down
spouts and flashing to be 16-ounce cop
per or No. IL gauge zinc.
C.oofing-Roof of slate:surfaced,
copper-clad or asbestos shingles: col.
ors as selected to be laid in accord
ance with manufacturers instruc'
tions. Cedar shingles may be used at
owners option.
Painting pure white lead
and linSeed oil in proper proportion,
with zinc oxide where desired. or a
good grade of ready mixed paint shall
be used. Interior trim to receive two
good coats of fiat paint and one coat
of fiat enamel. Finished floors to be
vanished or waxed throughout as di-
rected.
Electrical work-Complete system
of electric wiring from meter to all
outlets, including all panel boards,
junction boxes and all other fittings.
The installation must be in accord
ance with the rules and regulations of
the National Board of Fire Under
writer's.
Plumbing-A complete system and
fixtures ready to use shall be pro-
vided as shown on plans and in ac-
cordance with local regulations. Brass
piping for hot and cold water lines.
Gas or coal-fired hot water heater
Where sewage connections are un-
available use of septic tank of rein
forced concrete recommended.
Tilework- and wainscot in
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Home Owning Building Page Washington Suburb
BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF STAR
MODEL HOME IN LYON VILLAGE
House on Granada Terrace, Overlooking
highway, Scheduled tc Be Ready
for Inspection August 81.

The start in the construction of the
second of the 1927 series of S.ar
model homes was made this week,
when ground was broken for the
demonstration house to be erected in
Lyon Village, Va. The site for this
house is located on Granada Terrace,
overlooking Lee Highway, and is
about one mile west of Key Bridge.
Construction of the foundation of
the home now is under way, and
progress in the building will be pushed
steadily ahead in anticipation of the
formal opening of the house, which is
scheduled for Eugust 81. On that
date, according to present plans, this
house, completely uipped and fur
nished, is to be opened for public in
spectation for four weeks as a part of
the better-homes demonstration which
is being sponsored by The Star as
service to it's readers.
Location Attractive.
The Lyon Village site for this model
home was chosen by The Star model
homes committee, which is in charge
of the better-homes demonstration,
large,.J because of the attractive en-
vironment and the accessibility of the
spot to the city. This suburban loca-
ton, it also is felt, is esnecially fitting
for the type of home to be built there,
which will be of Italian mission style
of architecture.
The location of this model home is
but three miles from the White
House, and except so far as actual
boundaries are concerned is as much
a part of Washington as are many
sections within the District of Colum-
bia, John F. Maury. president of the
Washington Real Estate Board and q
member Of The Star model-homes
committee, pointed out today in COM
menting on the Lyon Village model
house.
washington has become a metro
politan center, and its further growth
necessarily will occur largely in Vir-
ginia and Maryland, where important
suburban centers are evea NOW de-
yeloDing," Mr.. Maury said.
"The Star model home in Virginia
is located in such a suburban center
and one that is growing as rapidly as
any area around Washington. The
Granada Terrace section of Lyon Viii
lage has been restricted to such an
extent that the model home will have
an even more attractive setting as
the community builds up than 1t en-
joys today.
Washington is particularly fortu-
nate in the natural beauty of so large
part of it's suburban territory in
Maryland and Virginia. We are al
ready anticipating the development of
our suburban areas along lines of
beauty and charm in the work of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission. Roadside parks and
parked boulevards are important fea-
lures of the commissions plans for the
Identification. of the metropolitan
area
The perpetuity of the present nat
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Methods for Obtaining Good Draft in
Fireplace Hinge on Chamber-Chimney

above the damper, where partially
revolving draft is formed which will
naturally create a good draft through
the damper from the open fireplace.
This smoke chamber should be as
deep as the width of the chimney will
allow and at least as wide as the fire.
place directly beneath. The height of
this chamber varies from three to six
feet.
1t should also be noted that in order
to obtain a good draft, the height of
the chimney should extend at least
two feet above the highest peak OF
the roof.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

While we are on the subject OF
brick construction it might be well to
take up at this time the one surefire
method of obtaining a good draft for
a. fireplace. In recent years this fea-
ture has become so important in the
suburban house that, together with
the front entrance detail and the in
ferior stairway, it forms one of the
three most essential features in the
home.
OF the two accompanying sketches
the one at the left indicates quite
clearly just how good draft is OBJ
tained. The essential feature consists
of the smoke chamber, which is q
Evening star., 1927-05-14

ural beauty of the environment of
this home. Mr.. Maury pointed out,
has been assured by the dedication
of wooded area on the opposite side
of Lee highway as a park. The model
home will overlook this park and the
highway, which will be about 25 feet
below the level of the house. The
house will front on an attractive, tree
lined private driveway.
The Lyon Village model home was
designed by Speiden & Speiden, Wash
ington architects. 1t embodies many
charming features which typify this
style of Old World architecture. At
each side of the house the massive
masonry walls which form the front
of the structure continue on into
garden walls, in which are placed In.
teresting garden gates with long
wrought-iron hinges.
Wrought-IrOn Features.
Wrought iron will be plentifully
used elsewhere for griIls and balconies
at windows, for awning supports and
for hardware fittings,\ affording a
pleasing contrast against the stucco
walls. The tiles on all projecting
roofs of the building add a warmth Of
color to the masonry walls.
A wide chimney with a curved top
is the dominating feature of the living
room end of the house. The front
wall ends of the second story are fin
ished off with decorative urns set in
inches in the masonry. giving a char
acteristic Mediterranean touch to what
would be otherwise plain, unrelieved
masonry corners.
The plainness of much Mediter-
ranean architecture is overcome in
the design made for this house by
graceful irregularity of outline and OF
wall ends. A part of the structure is
two-storied, but the remainder is only
one story, giving an irregular skyline
effect.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

| ing lumber used in this house Is oi
| Douglas fir. brought here from the
| West Coast by ship. and each piece
| is stamped with the manufacturer
| name.
Placed i'm Cypress.
The steel sash which are built :nAs
the first floor have been. placed III
cvnress frames which gives them
! more of the appearance of the true
easement than would be obtained II
the metal had been placed directly
into the brick wall. These sash have
been shipped open, or without mul-
lions. and are to be filled in with
loaded glass to give the cozy architec-
tural effect that is desired.
During the week the incinerator 1or
garbage and rubbish has also oeen
completely installed in the basement.
The pluInber now is beginning with
his cellar itOrfe. The sewer and water
lines have bran brought into the
house and the work of roughlng IN
the cellar sewer work has begun.
In the construction of this nome
materials have been used which are
The first cost is of primary Importance
and the up.keep will be minimum.
AS far as possible, standard, trade
marked materials are being used in
the construction of this home; mate
rails which are recognized by leading
authorities in the construction in
dustry for their durability and perma-
nence.
Route to Home.
Home owners and prospective home
builders may learn many valuable les
sons in the planning and construction
of dwellings, by following the steps IN
the building of The Star model homes,
which will be described each week on
this page 1t is also recommended
that the houses be visited from time
to time during construction. The
builders have no objection, so long as
visitors do not talk to workmen or
otherwise hinder the progress in the
homes which are scheduled for COM
pletion at definite dates.
The route by automobile to the Wes-
lev Heights model home is as follows:
From The Star Building at Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue, west
on the Avenue to Fourteenth street,
north to K, west to Connecticut ave-
nue., thence to Dupont Circle, west on
Massachusetts, avenue past Wisconsin
avenue, thence left from Massachu-
setts avenue and down Cathedral ave-
nue. and down Cathedral avenue for
half mile. This will bring one to the
front door of Wesley Heights. From
here go west one block, tehnce left, or
south into Forty-fourth street for one
block, then turn right on Hawthorne
street and then west one block. to
Forty-fourth place.
A bus leaving from Dupont Circle
follows this same. route as far as the
half-nnile point beyond Massachusetts
avenue, described above.
The bus leaves Dupont Circle IN
front of the Merchants Bank on Sun
days on the hour. One week days, aft
er 9 o'clock, it leaves the same place
hourly until pm. Thereafter, on
week days. the bus leaves Twentieth
and Massachusetts, avenue, beginning
at 3:13 pm, at 15-minute intervals;
or, the bus may be taken on week
days in the afternoons at Seventeenth
and / streets, from 4:24 to 7:18, at the
same interval. The schedule of bus
departure may be obtained from the
office of the Washington Railway &
Electric Co., and is also noted on the
bus signs at the above points.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
So, 600, 600, 900 EXPENDED
LAST YEAR FOR HOMES
Contracts Awarded During 1926
for 1876, 900 Residence Build
ings in United States.

The United States concluded another
record-breaking building year in which
residential construction again played
the most prominent part. More than
So, 900, 100000 in contracts was award
ed for nearly $4,000 residence build
ings last year.
Practically complete figures for 1926
show that the value of residential
buildings was 46 per cent of the total
value of all new buildings. Resi-
dences include apartments as we'll as
dwelling houses.
Public works constituted Is per
cent of the building value: CONNER
cial buildings. such as Office struc-
lures, Is per cent; industrial buildings.
s per cent, and educational buildings,
per cent.
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Beautifying Closets.

Unthinkingly to swing back a door
and encounter a glow of sunshiny
orange or a flash of bright, clear blue
or cool refreshing green is a delight
that never pals. The use of gay color
in children's closets and toy cup
boards, by making them attractive,
affords an incentive to orderliness,
and here nursery decorations may be
used to advantage.
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bathroom, with bailt-in china acces-
sories.
Heating-Steam or hot water boiler,
coal, oil or gas fired. Hot air at own
er's option.
Insulation-Througho with in
sulating building board Tor insulating
quilting if preferred) used as plaster
base on second floor ceiling operates
as roof insulation.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Garden Wall Beauties.

The best kind of garden wall is one
with cracks and crannies. Into these
one need only rub some fine soil, SOW
the seeds and cover them with earth
SO that the birds will not readily
make away with them. Nature pretty
well takes care of the rest.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
PLANK FLOOR FEATURES.
Plan Offers Coziness and Warmth
for Homes.

There recently has been quite re.
naissance of interest in oak plank
floors There is something cozy,
warm and unusual about plank floor
ing that lends an antique touch to
the home. This is amplified by the
use of wooden plugs in attaching the
joints, and, if desired. the plugs may
be of a darker wood.
Many floor layers have produced
very satisfactory results by rough
scraping and omitting the screws and
plugs, using instead numerous un-
evenly spaced wrought iron nails,
which show on the surface. The floor
ing is available to every home owner,
complete with all the antique
touches, such as tight. smooth knots
and other slight imperfections,
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

MEN who can handle ma
tior1ally advertised goods;
we sell at cash prices and
give liberal credit terms. An
opportunity for live men.
See Mr.. Blum, bet. $50 and
no a. M, z and 5 p. M, 1904
r st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

HOTEL experienced parlor
maid. Apply to House
keeper, Raleigh Hotel
The Indianapolis times., 1927-12-26
Family Menus
BY SISTER MARY

BREAKFAST-Baked pears, ce-
real, cream, broiled cottage ham,
creamed spinach, whole wheat toast,
milk, coffee.
LUNCHEON - Baked rice and
cheese, French endive with French
dressing, floating island, milk, tea.
DINNER-Stewed chicken, grilled
sweet potatoes, creamed onions,
stuffed pear salad, fruit jelly with
whipped cream, sponge cake, milk,
coffee.
Baked Rice and Cheese
Two cups boiled rice, two cups
canned tomatoes forced through a
sieve, one teaspoon salt, two table
spoons minced sweet pepper, two
tablespoons minced celery, two tea
spoons onion juice, two tablespoons
butter, one cup grated cheese, four
tablespoons buttered crumbs.
Combine rice and tomato pulp
Mix thoroughly and add salt, pepper,
celery and tomato juice. Mix we'll
and stir in melted butter. Place a
layer Of the mixture in a we'll but
treed baking dish. Cover with a
layer of grated cheese and continue
layer for layer until all is used, let
ting the last layer be of cheese.
Cover with buttered crumbs and
bake thirty minutes in a moderate
oven. Serve from the baking dish.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-12-26
RiteatH Home
for Wedding
ON Christmas

The marriage of Miss Margaret
McRoberts, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. r. McRobertS, to Harold w.
Bergen, son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Vic
tor Bergen, Franklin, was solemn
lied Sunday at 4 p. m. at the home
Of the brides parents, 500 N. Ban
croft st. The candlelight ceremony
was read by the Rev. William Bur-
rows Of All Saints Episcopal Cathe-
dral, before q f1ower-banked altar,
which was hanked by two cathedral
candles.
Preceding the ceremony, Miss
Mary Sweeney played Mendelsohn's
wedding March" and sang, IT Love
You Truly" and "At Dawning.' .
During the ceremony Miss Sweeney
played, "Oh, Promise Me-"
The brides only attendant was
Miss Juanita Donaldson. Mr.. Ber-
gen was attended by DR.. E. S. Nc
Roberts, Chicago.
Wears Pink GeOrgette
Miss Donaldson wore gown of
pale pink georgette, made basque
style with a long full skirt and long
sleeves. Cream lace accentuated
the round neckline of the waist
and bordered the hem of the skirt.
Her arm bouquet was of Canhien
roses, tied with a long green satin
bow.
The bride entering with her father
wore an imported French model in
beige georgette and darker beige
lace. The lace fashioned the long
tight sleeves and trimmed the neck
line Of the waist and the front Of
the skirt She carried shower
bouquet Of Mrs. Aaron Ward roses
and lilies Of the valley, tied with
long rose-beige satin Streamers.
Reception Follows
The ceremony was followed by a
reception, Mrs. McRoberts received
in a Straightline dress of pale blue
charmeuse, trimmed with pastel
pink georgette, edged with rhine
stones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bergen have gone
on motor trip, the bride travelling
in two-piece tan charmeuse dress,
blue needlepoint hat, and musk
rat coat. with tan accessories. The
couple will be at home at SOC N.
Bancroft ST., after Jan. IS.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-12-26

HOW and w HY
THE POWDER IN YOUR
VANITY CASE
BY ANN ALYSIS


What an intriguing little bauble
is the vanity case! Within its
dainty metal box, set like jewels,
lie delicately tinted and pert Imed
cakes of powder and rouge, which
should be the perfect compliments
of each other in color. The tiny
mirror it contains should be of the
kind known as reducing, so that the
whole effect of the makeup can be
seen at one glance.
You have noted a difference in
vanity case powder cake as COM
pared with the loose powder on your
dressing table. The loose kind, you
think, is trifle finer in grade than
the cake. Yet the ingredients used
in both, provided, of course, that
their brand is the same, are iden-
tical, with one exception. Or, rath-
er with one addition.
The usual white mineral earths,
such as talcum chalk, compounds of
zinc, bismuth and magnesium, are
tinted, perfumed and triturated to-
gether. To these ingredients, are
added a mucilage made of traga-
canth or ounce seed or similar
gum.
This mixture is poured into molds
and allowed to dry. 1t is the muci-
lage present in the powder tablet
that causes the slight difference in
f1nenesS in the two forms. Fol use
anywhere except in the privacy of
your own room, the cake contained
in the vanity case is the most con-
venient form.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-12-26
Glory Be, Girls
Eating S1eeetS
Reduces Weight

Here's a secret for weight reduce
ing that has the daily dozen, Swe-
dish calisthenics, bending, kicking
and other body comforting exercises
beat mile.
Eat sweets and get thin.
Excessive weight is due to over
eating foods of all kinds, rather
than indulgence in too many sweets,
medical authorities now assert.
Sweet desserts are a balancing in
fluence for persons on a weight re-
ducing diet, for they make a slim
meal of lettuce salad and black tea
satisfying and thus hold the patient
to a minimum intake of other sorts
of foods.
To persons getting rid of excessive
avordupoiS by dieting, sugar is es-
pecially necessary because it is
quickly and completely digested and
relieves exhaustion. Sugar supplies
18 per cent of the total energy sup
piled by the average persons food.
In the preparation of desserts, pre-
serves and jellies, beet sugar, which
is chemically identical with cane
and the same in composition, sweet
ening power and dietetic effect, is
recommended by many home eco
nomists.
Too rapid weight reduction is
more dangerous than overweight,
according to dietitians. A loss OF
from three to six pounds a month.
however, may be made without in
jury to the body.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-12-26
Martha Lee Says:

Don't fuss with a man; one word
brings on another one" is the ad-
vice of Mrs. Happy Wife, who writes
in reply to one who has said she
had an Indifferent husband.
81. would like her to know have a hus-
band Just like hers" says Mrs. Happy
Wife. He works out Of town and the
only time he kisses me is when he comes
home at the end Of the week and when
he says good-by again"
MY husband never pays any a attention
to what do in my home" she writes. ''I
he doesn't notice any difference.
II could have lost my husband eight
cen years ago If had fused at every lit
tie thing" says Mrs. Happy Wife, but I
Martha Lee thinks these words
should be written in big print so
that every young wife who finds
her husband Indifferent might read
them, and then be a happy wife,
too, after years of marriage. But
let her give her own advice:
I have one child. will tell the woman
who wrote, you what 1 do. 1 get my work
always come back home in time to have
his meals on the table and look fresh to
him. He thinks more OF me now, know,
than he did when we were first married,
fuss with man. one word leads to
another.
This is the advice of Mrs. Happy
Wife after eighteen years of mar
riage.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-12-26
WhyHarp
on Women
of Today?
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
The world gets better! For that
we have the word of certain phi
losopher whose lucid writings are
matched only by his reasonings. He
is supposed to know and one is in
spired to believe him:
"These young people who scoff at
religion, drink, gamble, and brook
no interference with their excesses
will marry, settle down and have
children" is the substance of his
statement. Or did he say "have
children and settle down?
What ParenthoOd Does?
1t was ever thus. The foolish
things a parent has done, he is very
careful not to allow his children
to do, and to attain this end he
must give up his former habits, and
take to the straighter and narrower
way. I'm glad to see some one
stick up for the younger genera
ton. Foolish they may be, but
vicious they are not, with few ex-
ceptions.
Now then, a girl in Ohio mur-
derS her husband in cold blood and
goes to a bridge party. She's the
life of the party and in every act
following the killing gives proof
of startling hardness that makes
a world pretty well galvanized to
shocks, gasp for air.
What happens? The blue-noses
point their fingers at modern youth
and shout, "You did it," Only a
modern woman could do such a
thing!"
Now beg the know-it-alls who
are dramatizing themselves more
than the girl in question to leave
off about this modern woman"
stuff. This girl is no more repre-
sentative Of modern woman than
Loeb and Leopold are representative
of modern man. AS a matter of
fact, most of the murders commit
ted by women are quite noticeably
among that class that knows night
club life only through the movies,
and who are decades older than the
ffapper type.
Excuse for Murder
There seems to be something par
ticularly obnoxious about a woman
murderer, but in reality she is no
more obnoxious than a man mur-
derer. Indeed, considering the more
complicated nervous makeup of a
woman it might be natural to sup
pose that man has less excuse,
if the word may be used in such a
case.
Why always harp on the modern
woman? There may be slackers-
there were always slackersl There
may be some not too moral, but
there were always these, also. AS
for murders, it didn't take "mod-
ern" woman to introduce that to q
none too spotless world.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-12-26
Dessert Offers
Best Means of
Balancing Meal

Dessert occupies a more important
place on today's bill Of fare than
ever before in history. From mere
tidbit appended to a meal already
complete, dessert has risen to the
eminence held by meat, potatoes or
bread.
All desserts contain sugar and in
this fact lies the secret of the pop
ularity of dessert. 1t offers a means
Of introducing sugar into the diet
airy.
Sugar is an energy food and re-
lieves bodily fatigue. In some form
or other it should occupy a place at
every meal. The great bulk of
sugar consumed in America comes
from sugar cane and sugar beet, al
though corn and maple sap furnish
a small portion of the total. 1t is
impossible to distinguish between
refined cane and beet sugars, since
they are chemically identical. One
Is as useful in the diet as the other
and their use in desserts produces
precisely the same results as far as
texture, flavor and food value are
concerned.
Not only do desserts prove a ready
vehicle for the introduction of sugar
into the diet, but they may act as
a balance for the entire meal. If
dinner lacks acid, the fruit dessert
will supply it, If more fat is needed,
there are the steamed puddings
made with suet and the desserts
containing whipped cream. Where
the meal is meatless, the necessary
proteins needed to round out the
repast can be introduced in any of
the desserts containing. eggs, nuts
and milk.