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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-01-18
WEATHER
wEATHER FORECAST

" IN
For Brownsville and the Lower
Rio Grande Valley: mostly cioeey
tonight and "Wednesday, prehAoN
with rain. colder tonight
For East Texas. Iiouay tohleht
and Wednesday; probably rain south
portion. colder tonight. Moderate ~
fresh hitting winds on the coast oe-
comire northerly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-01-18
Daily River Bulletin

NIVeT FOf<tIst
\Aaers viii be no material change
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
nCTURELESS ROOMS
ARE CALLED IRRITATING
:nadorned Walls Give Futile Feel
. ing With Their balanced
Appearance.

q
"A room without pictures is irrititing
q two important reasons; First, be
fuse it brings the eye to a stop at
.ch of the four walls, which makes
te feel futile and pent-in; secondly,
q room is unbalanced, since the floor
IS all the furniture and decoration
i'd the walls give the effect Of light
>adedness. Decoratively it is just as
! aportant to have the upper part of
. ss room interesting as the lower part.
one wants to look constantly at the
lor for inspiration! The tendency in
. led is to look at eye level, but If one
/, es nothing but blank wall the effect
. disconcerting. A good picture may
/. othe or stimulate, and by it's story,
1cing and other considerations may
rye as a helpful and even powerful
. 9iuence.
The selection of pictures is almost
ore important than the choice of
tends, for the pictures are always
esent and they refuse to be re-
Hmed! Trivial, meaningless pictures
~ not only wasteful as decoration,
II they fail to give the benefits one
~ derive from good picture. They
| puld be Stunned.
. 1t is preferable to secure reproduc-
ans that are known to be fine rather
an to secure an original that may be
ferior. Only reproductions of good
iginals are made. Originals are nat
ally costly and the amateur finds
ficulty in making wise selection.
The good reproduction tastefully and
/ spropriately framed already has a
lnding in the community. 1t is
Town and loved perhaps for several
s<ades and sometimes for centuries
4 its modest cost brings it within
- reach of all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

loans being used for payment of the
construction charges, realize that
there Is considerably more labor in
volved in the making of such loans
than in the making of loans on fin
islad and completed properties. In
the District Of Columbia the, rate of
commission for construction loans is
only one-half of ! per cent higher than
for loans on finished or completed
properties, which is less than the
amount charged in any other city in
the country. at least so far as the sur
vey above referred to discloses.
1.-THE practice of Washington brok-
ers is the collection of interest on the
loans which they have placed is to
make no charge to the lender, and also
to collect the loan at it's maturity for
the lender without making a charge
for this service. This same practice
prevails in many other communities,
yet there are cities in which a charge
is made by the broker for performing
this service, in some instances the
charges running as high as 5 per cent
of the amount collected for interest
and one-half of l per cent on the prin-
cipal.
Another service rendered by the
broker who negotiates mortgages is
to see that the insurance on the prop
erty which is made as security for
mortgage loans is sufficient to protect
the borrower on the amount loaned,
and also that the policies of the insur-
ance are in proper form to afford him
all necessary protection"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
!: 'IARDMAN SELLS
gTONELE|GH COURT
IN Firm Operating Here
Acquires Apartment
for S2,50O,O0O.

The Stoneleigh Court Apartments,
~ It.story brick and stone structure
-" connecticut avenue at L street
= h was acquired by Harry Ward
y at an auction sale held April g.
J been sold to a new syndicate of
:. = 0ftown investors who recently
\ 'rted purchase of property in the
I Ional Capital.
s Setting at rest rumors, which have
3 n spreading through real estate
! t'lcs for the past week or so, it was
Z bounced today that the property
q 1 been sold by the Wardman organ
I ton. although the names of the new
: ners were not made public. The
ssH3lding was reported to have brought
s sale price of approximately $2,500,-
=
The building was erected in 1908
ssT the late John Hay, former Secre-
E. V of State, and was sold only last
& ar by the trustees of the estate to
81 Connecticut Avenue Realty Cor.
%'ation.
At the auction sale in April Mr.
" ardman made the winning bid of
7 .000 with an initial payment of
100 900, subject to a first trust of
!, 100000 and a second trust of $780,.
sHa
; The building has a frontage on
connecticut avenue of 246 feet and a
ontage of 1874 feet on l. street. 1t
.ntains 81 apartment suites, Is stores
nd reception hall, parlors and dining
loom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

Owners of real estate in the District
of Columbia are at a distinct adVan.
tage over property holders in other
communities in the matter of charges
for the negotiation of mortgages,
commission rates for such loans being
considerably lower here than in many
cities of comparable size. James +.
Schick, executive secretary of the
Washington Real Estate Board, de-
clared today.
Answering formal complaint.
which had been filed with the real
estate board by a local citizen, alleg-
ing that commission charges here on
the placing of mortgages were I'M
usually high, Mr.. Schick states that
investigation of the situation shows
that such commission charges in
Washington "are neither exhorbitant
nor high, but on the contrary are per-
haps lower than in any other commu-
nifty in the United States"
Schedule In Effect.
saThe schedule for commissions on
first mortgage or first deeds of trust
which is in force here, and which has
the approval of the Washington Real
Estate Board, on loans up to 100000
is IL per cent for three years and
per cent for five years." the secretary
declares.
ION loans larger than 100000, the
commission here is as indicated on
that amount and smaller sums, and
on the surplus over and above 100000
it is reduced to one-half of per cent.
This schedule refers to loans on
properties which are completed and
finished and applies to cases where
persons desire to borrow money on
their real estate, or in cases of re-
financing.
"A survey recently conducted in 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

carriers and building iaborers in
Syracuse. N. Y. for 15-cent-an-
hour increase continues to impede
building operations in that city. Other
cities reporting major labor contro.
versies were Newark, N. j.: New
Haven, Conn.,; Hartford. Conn; Mon
treal. Quebec and South Bergen
County, N. j.
1.-THE carpenters at Reading, Pa,
have returned to work without a wage
increase, and the plumbers of Salem,
Greg, have failed to win advances de-
manded. The bricklayers and masons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
WAGE DROP SEEN
INCLUDING TRADE
Bond and Mortgage Co. Re-
view Predicts Early
Decreases.

NEW YORK, September 3.--The
peak Of the high-wage era in the build
ing industry appears to have about
been reached and slight recession in
labor costs in some sections of the
country is not unlikely during the
next six months, according to the ma
tional monthly building review of the
American Bond & Mortgage Co.
'"The upward swing Of wages in the
construction industry is gradually los
ing its momentum" said the review.
land there Is little likelihood of any
further widespread major increases
being granted building craftsmen
With the exception of a few cities, la.
pors demands for increases appears
to have subsidized and present scales
are being amicably maintained. Such
movement as exists for wage advances
seems largely confined to cities where
the rates are below the average.
Building Activity Continues.
Building activity, however, con
tinues sufficient to prevent any imme.
date widespread radical downward re.
vision of present scales, although dur.
ing the last 80 days some building
trades in four southern cities. St Pc
tersburg, Fla: Daytona Beach, Fla:
Columbia, S. c., and Norfolk, Va, &C.
cepted wage cuts ranging from Is to
IS cents per hour. Further reductions
are expected in the South and other
sections of the country IS the building
industry slackens it's pace and returns
Where building craftsmen are de.
handing increases the employers are
putting up a pronounced resistance,
which is resulting in number of
important strikes and wage coutro.
versies. In Providence and Paw.
tucket. r. l., and vicinity upward
of $12,000,000 worth of building is
affected by a strike of approximately
4,5O0 Rhode Island carpenters, bod
carriers and common laborers, who
are demanding 15-cent-an-h hour. in
crease. In Brooklyn, N. Y, 1000
painters, for the second time this
year. have walked out. demanding a
$2.a.day increase. The strike of hod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
D. C.. MORTGAGE LOAN FEES
ARE LOW, SCF1ICK DECLARES
Washington Realty Board Official Cites
Figures in Answer to Complaint
Against Charges.

, cities throughout the United States
comparable to Washington in size and
character reveals that on three-year
loans of $4,000 and under the rate
above specified is one-half of l per
cent less than in four out of these 10
cities, 1 per cent bess than four cities,
y per cent less than on other city and
per cent less than one other city.
On loans for the same amount for five
years the commission is the same in
Washington as in two other cities.
However, the commission rate here is
one-half of per cent less than in five
other cities, l per cent less than one
other city and ia per cent less than
in two other cities. This same fact is
true of loans up to $4,000, except
that the saving in the matter of COM
mission is greater for the larger loans
than in the $4,000 class.
Construction Loans.
Persons who are familiar with con-
struction loans, which term means
loans made prior to the erection of the
improvements, the proceeds of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

OF Portland, Greg, who asked Sic per
day, have been allowed $11.60 by ar.
bitration. Strikes at Erie. Pa; Bridge
port. Conn.,, and Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
have been settled by the granting of
increases.
THE plumbers strike in the New
York district has been. called off. AMI
the demands of the workers for $3.50
per day and the five-day week, against
the present rate Of S12 and the 44-hour
week, will be subject of further nego-
tiation.
"Cities in which Some crafts were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

granted wage increases during the
last month are Akron. Ohio; BufraIy,
N. Y: Erie. Pa: Dayton. Ohio: Mem
phis, Tenn: Milwaukee. Wis: New
Haven. Conn.,; Portland. Me-: San An,
tonic. Tex; Seattle. Wash: Sioux City.
Iowa; st. Joseph. Mo-: Ottawa, On.
tario; Newark, ". j., and Somerville
and Bound Brook, N. j."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

Waxing linoleum has been found
very satisfactory. First wash small
area of the linoleum with steaming
hot water. Dry while still warm, and
wax and rub we'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

A giant war airplane which can
carry 1000 pounds of explosives for
bombing mas been completed for the
United States Army.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23
THANKSGIVING IN FACT AND SPIRIT

IF George Bernard Shaw American he would probably
 punere our national of Thanksgiving with few rapier
 strokes t indicate how afeld have wandered since that first real Thanksgiving Day when the Puritan Fathers soemny expressed gratitude the that they alive and un calped As only few of hear the roars o an H. L. Mencken when the eudges of satire wrath and sa casm a his Americana, including most of our national habits and Thanksgiving isn't of course either m spirit r observation t institution intended Few of our traditional Dead turkeys no more sym bol of giving thanks indigestion symbol of good health yet have place in the monoonous obserV ance of Thanksgiving Day.
 Except in those remote districts where the public has not vet been sufficiently dyerged by the increasing complexities o
 modern life from ohseryanees of religion the churches are seldom filled the services o Thanksgiving Day which are the true purposes days existence Families, il Is true ID varied generations frequently incompatible ones at that de get together on Thanksgiving Day and eat e the headess tu key aad the tsa cranberry Few will deny tha 1t s all too often b5resae meal ta the turkeys dressing and a dull a lie most aged member 4 tHe tribe can make H. as he demands antiquity rather than his intelligence the m patient attention and youthful minds In fact Thanksgiving the comfortable and the prosperous IN just another days of petenoasne and boredom
 So much the outward side That on the spiritual side for the individual day thoughts and it's conempatons is another matter There those still meek enough to be gae- blessings and who in their hearts east alo prayer of dumb humble gratitude for that protection of Divine Proy beyond reach of the mental raper and the satifizinP tongue.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23
AND MIR. FREEDLEY, TOO

k MOTHER young business out of Wndham County who I1 this week made step toward further chosen Yinton FreedIey of Pomret who last night brought Into theatre of which he is part owner what the of the current theatrical season musical comedy entitled Funny Face The opening and the production both mark progress MT Freedley his profession Always enthusiastic aeur actor Freedley following his at Harvard, where he notable quarterback famous Grim eleven the professional stage appearing both in legitimate pieces well musical comedy Here he gained practical knowledge of the theatre which has been of he became producer himself several 
 Since his association Alexander Aarons Mir Freedley produced including last years hit Oh Kay Gertrude Lawrence starred play ing years MT Feedey brought Fred and Asare comedians stardom in Lady Be Good almost phenomenal hit The Asares again under his management Funny Face Those familiar with Freedeys productions realize how much of his in the the good and intelligence of the which given the notable talent he assemblies
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23
ABUSING MIR. COOLIDGE

yXTE certainly among those who all for Mir Coolidge
 " and reversing his famous remark about choosing But us heartily for Mr. Goodge candidacy absolutely and positively against further photographs being published the President what appear be acute II is neither fair o the he public Last during the Pres dental wild which Mr Coolidges personality fitted as comfortably as the Sullivan would have graced Louis NlY registered protest against the photographers treatment of the First Citizen
 This week. Mir Coolidge suffered again. Together with Mrs Coolidge fails register quite charmngy be- fore en President photographed in the happy act of presenting championship cup What the result2 The captain of the winning receiving the prize with
 broad grin while alas President had his photographed features expression deep and mercess suffer ing as seldom public except in the horrors of Mrs Joys Wax Works ard the Eden Musee Such photograph should have suppressed. IL hurts look it. Much better to allow Presidential vsage remain much of enigma as is the Co 5aige personality itself
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23
EOR REN
LEGAL NOTICES
ORDER OF NOTICE

Al Court of Probate held at Put nam. in and for the District of Put nam. on the 18th day of November
 1927, Present. Henry N Benoit
 Judge Estate of Ursula Darling. late of Putnam. m said District, deceased
 Charles Il. Darling. of Putnam, Conn.,, having made written application. pray ing that administration be granted of said estate represented intestate. as by said application on file in this Court more fully appears; it is ORDERED That said application be heard and determined at Court of Probate to be held at the Probate Office. in the town Iof Putnam. in said District, on the 2Sth day of November, 1927, at 10 O. clock in the forenoon; and that public notice of the pendeney of said appliea- tion, and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, be given by publish ing this order in newspaper having a circulation in said District HEN .RY N BENOIT, Judge. 47
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23

Should man actually reach the moon, he would freeze solid the in. stant the sun went down. astronomers declare. Heat-measuring instruments mounteed on a huge telescope show ed that the temperature of the moons rocks before a recent eclipse was ITO degrees Fahrenheit but that a mark of nearly l90 degrees below zero was reached at the darkest part of the eclipse. The rapidly failing tempe, rature during the lunar night Is be lieyed due to the fact that the moon has no air blanket to protect 1t.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23
U>t--.s-~~~s
 ORDER OF NOTICE

District of Pomfret, ss. Court of Probate, Nov. 16th, 1927. Estate of Robert P. Grosvenor, late of Pomfret in said District, deceased The Ad. ministrator having exhibited his ad. ministration account with said Estate to this Court for allowance. it is OR DERED-That the first day of De eember. 1927, at 9 o'clock in the fore noon. at the Probate Court in Pom fret, be, and the same is assigned for hearing on the allowance of said ad- mlnistration account with said Estate, and this Court directs the Admins trator to cite all persons interested therein to appear at said time and place, by publishing this order in some newspaper having a circulation in said District, and by posting a copy on the public sign-post in the Town of Pom fret where the deceased last dwelt. WILLIS COVELL. Judge. 47
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23
THE LIE TO END LIES
(New York Herald Tribune)

Rupert Hughes. in his second vol ume on the life of Washington which. incidentally. extols it's hero as a patriot beyond anything de manded hy the critics of the first volume suggests point that has had little enough emphasis in the oceans If controversy over Washing ton and his biographers. In eNcoriat ing those who would make a "plast- or saint of the Father of His Country Mir Hughes writes.
 "It is the most tragic of farces that so many Americans should in- sist both that Washington eouldn' t tell a lie and that his ehroniclers may not tell the truth.
 One can almost hear the ghost of Parson Weems crying "T0aehe = to this thrust. for t was the Parson who frs; made up that story of Washing ton and the cherry tree. That is to say, to instill the love of truth in the mirds of young America he seems deliberately to have lied himself. As a farcieal contradiction between pre- cepts and practice the thing is clas- sic, though We nave never seen lt stressed in ihs light before.
 It is also rare example of psychol- ogical process that still, and usually motivates unlifters So intent de they become on inculcating some specific moral hy the prostitution of history or legislation that they forget or ignore in their own conduct the very prinei= pie they battle for The selfconsti- tuted censor Wallows in the obscene literature which he would interdict. The militant dry would do murder to enforce the law The fanatical Sab baturian would ferego church for life to put over Sunday observance meas ure. All act on the fallacious assump- tion that preeept is always more effi- cacious than example. and in any case that the chosen of the Lord are above are for the other fellow to obey.
 The gentleman who lied about Wash ington te instill the love of truth has a numerous spiritual progeny. The country of late appears to have been swamped with Weemses.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23

nions of otherz Testgpe 0f snob is pest
 The crude American millionaire who invites you to his newly built mansion somewhere in the middle west and points proudly to what he calls his one hundred thousand dol lar picture, IS far more sympathe- tie personality than the man who af- feefs Go know all about painting, but is incapable of distinguishing a Van dyck from a Reynolds without look ing at the signature. There are snobs who believe that a woman can become a lady by act of Parliament. and that duke is bound tO be gen tleman=even if two Continents have voted him cad. These are harmless, silly snobs who know the name of everybody and the value of nobody. They generally warm themselves tn the sunshine of royalty and spend their money on entertaining people who never attempt to entertain them.
 Musical snob Is Worst
 But the musical snob is worse than all others He knows neither the 0rigin of his thoughts nor the mean ing of his words He raves about Wagner. but fail tu recognize the first notes af .LeHengrln. He des- pises Faust ant mistakes the eJpWel Song" for he Merry Nid- oW He scotFs a Bellini and cannot hear that master's melodies m Rim sky korsak6w. And. oh. f only he would not chatter but chatter he wil The musical snob knows more about Debussy's thoughts than Debus- sv knew himself. Every note of Pel- lowed by Strauss Salomo would leas has some special revelation for the snob; and had his advice been fol- have been welcomed by Pierpont Morgan and the Mayor of Boston. who would both have introduced her to their wives.
 The poor musical snob is only a bore and can easily be eliminated but the rich musical snob is a menace and a danger 10 our art He inter. feres with everything he patronizes He only selects ard protects glaring medioerities. He always encourages the sort of talent which fatters his vanity and. therefore. never en- eourages genuine talent at all He backs an orchestra Tor some second rate conductor, he mounts un opera for a seeond-rate composer and he dotes on a mistress who IS Il third rate singer. One ny one he imposes these people on patient and long suffering public, and when finally his institution fails he calls everybody un- musical-except himself
 That ordinary, normal, healthy snohs should glory in the spectacle of royal mouths mastieating expensive food is natural enought; that these same royal mouths should render thanks for nutrimeut received from people they scarcely know is inevitable; and that the ladies should at the eonclu- sion If the entertainment indulge in prostrations. protestations and prosti- tutions. is understandable, especially in these thoroughly democratic days. But that the sphere of art and the freedom of the artist should be ham pered by that ridiculous product of overlooking and over-reading which, for want of Il better name. We call the musical snob. fully iustifies the belief that the word snob descended from the word sftObtie.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23
HoNORS TO MIR. BYRNE

DUTNAM qpry local pride the honors which \ being paid week t0 State Bank Commissioner John E. Byrne who etres December lst to become president If the Connecticut Trust Company. Mir Byrne distinctly product Putnam. He educated in the Putnam schools h H banking training in the late la mented National Bank member o family that in it's present generation is representative and gressive Mir Byue retirement from the office ot tfe large responsibility of the vice res densy in one largest and successful trust
 companies R but another step m which Putnam will with great interest Mr Byrne s still young and his progress the early thrtes an ndica ton of the future every expect that he will high and go far.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-23
TOWN OF PUTNAM
 PERSONAL TAX NOTICE

4 warrant having been issued to me for the collection of Personal Tax es in the Town of Putnam. by virtue of said warrant. I will meet all per. sons liable to pay said tax at the office of Ryan's Insurance Agency Court House Block, Main street, in said Putnam. on
 December 7,h. 1927, to 5 p. m and to 9 p. m.
 December sth. 1927. to s p. m. December 9th, 1927, 2 to p. m. December 10th. 1927, 2 to 5 p. m. and to 9 p. m.
 Penalty of one dollar must be ad- ded to all taxes not paid within the tame limited by law.
 JAMES E. BARNES, Collector of Personal Taxes for the Town of Putnam. 46-4S