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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
DOOR BIG PROBLEM
IN HOME PLANNING
Most Objectionable Features
of Interior Designs Are
Pointed Out.
BY WARREN r.. BRIGGS.

The American house of today, no
matter what Its class, is generally adj
mitted to contain more conveniences
than the houses of any other nation.
I am convinced, however, that our
architects have progressed very much
further in exterior designing than they
have In practical, convenient interior
planning.
In a house of moderate size there
should be provided ways by which
access can be obtained to the front
door or to any room without passing
through any other room. 1t is decided
~ inconvenient at times to have the
maid pass through the living room or
dining room to anSwed the doorbell or
to come into the front part of the house,
either in the living room or hall, in
order to reach her own room on the
second or third floor.
It Is 1nconvenient and extremely en-
barraSSing for the mistress to md her
self in the kitchen when some unex-
pected caller arrives, with no way to
reach her own apartment without pass
ing through the room in which the
visitor is waiting.
Equally annoying to the master is the
necessity of passing through the kitchen
in order to get to the basement OR cellar,
often requiring his attention are located.
Garage Often Inconvenient.
In many of our most up-to-date
houses 1t has become the custom to
have the garage under the roof of the
main house or very closely connected
with 1t. This, when skilfully done. is
a great convenience. but when one Is
obliged to pass through the kitchen or
other occupied portions of the house to
reach 1t, It becomes decided incon-
veuaence and should not pertain to
we'll planned home.
One of the most Objectionable fea-
lures of our modern suburban homes Is
the position of the servants rooms:
They are usually placed on the third
floor, frequently over the main sleeping
rooms, on the second floors: sometimes
they can be reached directly by back
stairs: more often access to them can
be obtained only from stairs leading
from the main second-story hall Of the
house
It is very annoying to be awakened
by stealthv steps at night or by early
morning footsteps overhead. BY tar
the best position for servants rooms is
on the second floor. directly over the
leading. not from the kitchen, but from
o rear hall, directly to them.
Meters Badly Placed.
As a rule, meters for water. gas and
electricity are badly placed and mac
cessible to the inspector, unless he
passes through the occupied rooms.
Panel boards and fuse boxes should
be placed where they can always be
easily reached in emergency. The same
rule pertains to shut-offs for all mains,
and separate runs of gas, water or cleo
trio piping or wiring. There should be
shut-offs not only in each line but on
each separate fixture as well, for 1t Is
inconvenient to have to shut of the
entire supply Of any of these lines for
the simple reason that proper and es-
sential controls have not been provided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
DISREGARD OF S0LIDITY
is SHOWN IN BUILDINGS

A search into the historical records
of building construction in different
countries and ages will show many fatal
effects Of the use Of bad materials and
defective construction, Sir John Sloane,
r. A., declares in the Architectural AS
ISOLATION Journal.
1.-THE ancient architects spared Meth
err labor nor expense to give their build
ings q stability, strength and solidity
which might triumph over all common
accidents and bid defiance to the reit-
Grated efforts Of time" Sir John points
out.
MANY Of the works of the Middle
Ages likewise, after lapse Of 500 or
TOO years. have shown no greater symp-
toms Of age and decay than an altera-
ton In the colors Of the materials,
while many edifices of more recent date
afford the most melancholy examples
of too general disregard Of solidity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
BY MARGARET ANN POOLE

The first and all-inportant point In
American home decoration is mixture.
And In no place is this more true than
in our treatment of the New England
colonial house, whether 1t be the large,
stately mansion" of New Hampshire
and Maine or the simple farmhouse OF
rural New England.
Each type must be treated in diff
ferent way, but the background Is the
same-"America In the making ships
bringing things from distant parts, some
simple and crude, some very beautiful,
but ali of them helping to make our
American background. Travel has al
ways been a passion of this New World.
possibility ola colorless "early Ameri-
can home" with only hooked rugs and
pine and maple pieces that match
For we have continued to bring things
from other lands, and they must be
fitted into our American homes to make
them real. OF course, the kind of "for-
eign things" we put In farmhouse are
not the same things we put in digni-
fed Portsmouth home. The crude pine
and lovely maple suit the farmhouse
and the federal type of mahogany is at
home in the large mansion" Both
should be interspersed with a few diff
ferent pieces of furniture-French. Ital-
ian. etc.-and Persian rugs and unusual
china to give interesting character to
the rooms.
Our houses must never lay themselves
open to the criticism made by friend
OF mine. A very fine period" house
had just been finished near her in the
country. ] asked how she liked it and
she said. "It is very beautiful, but I
have strange feeling that all Mrs. B. S
ancestors were born at the same mo-
ment." This seems to me a good sum-
ming up OF the effect Of period
house.
We are not made that way, so why
should our houses be that way? Our
lives are a combination of old and new
and the same thing should be true in
cur surroundings.
I have just seen an enchanting bou-
doir with extreme modern and con-
temporary furniture and beautiful old
pieces combined. I have also seen this
combination In an early American room
without its losing the quaint note of
the farmhouse background. This is
difficult to do, and do not advise any
one to try it without much study or a
gift of the gods.
have been interested in hooked rugs
for many years. In studying them one
is impressed by the significant change
of patterns and the creeping in of
French influence after the time of Pres
ident Jefferson. II this was true in the
rugs 1t was also true in much of the
furniture and minor decoration. French
charm was added to the Anglo-Saxon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Mixture" Is All-Important
Combinations of Types of Furniture Add Beauty Old
and New in Life Are Joined TO Enhance Home
if Properly Decorated.

austerity and the rooms became more
friendly and gay.
Nothing is more delightful than an
old New England house beautifully re-
modelled. 1t takes years for q new
house TO gain the atmosphere" of the
old. A friend of mine has Just bought
an old house in Connecticut and has
paneled the living room with wood
collected from various parts of the
country and cunningly fitted into this
present home. Windows and doors have
come from east and west, but they
have been SO cleverly assembled that
the new old house Is o perfect unit.
This sort OF remodeling takes much
time and infinite care. Most of us have
not the patience for 1t. We are glad
some people have.
In furnishing small houses there are
several important and simple rules.
First, keep furnishings In scale with
your rooms. So many places are ruined
by furniture too large or heavy. and
window curtaining too thick. FARM
house windows admit Of little heavy
curtaining.
The larger type Colonial house. like
those in Portsmouth and in Maine.
have high ceilings, high windows and
large rooms. These houses must have
entirely different treatment from the
farmhouse type. Heavy overcurtains
may be used. lustrous satins have great
charm; and the furniture may be on a
large Scale-with high secretaries, big
four-posters. large French vases, wolfe
and Powered chintz.
In these houses the floor coverings
must be different from those used in
the farmhouse. Hooked rugs must be
finer In texture and design. The ALL
over lowered carpet is delightful. even
though often considered quite Victorian.
wallpapers should be freely used in
both types Of houses, though plain walls
are entirely possible, but often less in
teresting. Paneling is always delight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
REALTY SDECLARED
SAFE INVESTMENT
Securities Based on Land
CIassed as preferred" in
Many States.

Although trust funds are invested In
real estate in all States, the law In rs
States particularly names real estate
and real estate securities in listing per-
Missile investments, the National As
sociation Of Real Estate Boards reports
In its weekly article on the land.
The favor in which real estate is held
by state governments is shown In q
survey Of State laws made by Nathan
Wlham McChesney. general counsel for
the association. The laws of IS of the
most populous States were examined In
making the survey.
That real estate as an investment for
trust funds is placed in the most pre-
ferred class in at least IS States can
be typically Illustrated by the Ken
lucky statute 1892, Par. 4706) that says
trust funds may be placed in real es-
tate. mortgages, notes or bonds, or such
other Understanding securities as are
regarded safe by prudent business
men,"
Favored I'm IS States.
Sixteen out OF the IS States exam
ined particularly name real estate and
real estate securities in listing the
places In which guardians for minors
and consevators for the insane may In
vest the funds of their wards. In Mary
land, Oklahoma and Montana the pro-
sbate courts may authorize and require
guardians to invest proceeds OF sales
and other funds In real estate. In Mis-
souri,, unless the money Is invested In
improving the real estate OF ward,
the guardian must loan 1t on prime real
estate securities or invest 1t in United
States bonds and other securities EMU
nerated. In Oregon the probate court
may authorize and require q guardian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

to sell any stock or personal estate and
invest the proceeds OF such sale, and
also all other monies in his hands, in
real estate.
Most Of the States where the law par
ticularly names real estate in connec-
ton with the investment of trust funds
also provide that the property be worth
at least. twice the amount loaned, as
represented by the securities.
The States In which the law calls
suecial attention to real estate and real
estate securities, out of the IS States
examined, are: Alabama, Colorado,
Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho. Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mary
land, Massachusetts,, Michigan, Mime
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ful: also conabination Of paneling and

full: also combination Of paneling and
wallpaper.
Mirrors are q tremendous asset to
any decoration. In the American
Colonial the overmantels, the round
eagle mirrors, etc, are particularly
valuable.
We naturally keep our houses more
livable and comfortable than those of
our forefathers. Electricity is part OF
our daily life. We can find old lamps
and good reproductions and soft shades.
Comfortable sofas and chairs around
the fire are a necessity, but these can
be covered In quaint fabrics or copies
to harmonic with the oldest pine.
None Of these additions need change
the character of the house. They
merely make 1t home to be lived In,
not q period" house to be looked at.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

sofa. Mississippi. Montana, New Hamp-
shire. New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, WASH
ington and Wisconsin.
The States In which guardians are
informed Of the desirability of real
estate are: Alabama, Arizona, Della
ware, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Mis-
sissippi, Montana, New Jersey, New
York. Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
FILM STAR TO WE'D.

OAKLAND, Calf, September (P.-
Janet Gaynor, Hollywood film star, and
Lydell Peck, young San Francisco at
torney, fled notice of intention to wed
here yesterday. The wedding, they said,
would take place in Oakland sometime
next week.
Miss Gaynor and Peck first met in
1928. Since then there have been re-
peated rumors Of their engagement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Germans Use English Words.

Words concerning sport and holidays
being a stumbling block. Germans are
borrowing them from the English as
they stand. Week end" Is now q COM
monty accepted phrase in Berlin, while
the newest addition to the German Lam
guage is dirt track" the course on
which races are run being known as
dirt track balm"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Three Die in Plane Crash.

SIMLA, India. September z R).-The
England-to- India mail plane crashed to-
day at Jack. Persia. killing three per-
sons and inJuring one. The machine,
passengers bodies, and the mail were
all burned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

More than 1000 nurses on stats of
London institutions are now under the
control Of head matron, whose salary
is 5000 a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Burghley Resigns From Army.

LONDON, September (P1-R esigna-
ton Of Lord Burghiey, noted Cambridge
athlete, as lieutenant of the Grenadier
Guards, was announced today In the
official gazette. It was understood he
was entering business sin the city"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
BOND LIST SHOWS
SMALL ADVANCES
Trading Picks Up Despite
High Money-Convertible
Group Strong.
special pispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 24.-Al-
! though government bonds were of in
today's market, the general trend Of
the trading wa strong and most bonds
had small advances. The active con-
vertible issues, as usual, displayed great
strength and rose steadily to three or
four point gains, irrespective of what
the rest of the market was doing at the
moment.
The latest stage OF high money has
imposed further penalties on mortgage
and government issues. The bond mar
ket average had dropped to a new low
for the year. The substantial premium
that immediately followed the oversub-
scription Of the 4N per cent Treasury
certificates has disappeared along with
the decline in the long term Treasury
notes, which were decidedly heavy to-
day.
Chicago local transit issues failed to
respond to the announcement that the
purchase of the city railways had been
approved for insertion in the new trac-
lions ordinance. marlborough Rapid
Transit SIS of the funding issue dropped
sharply from yesterdays close, but later
regained the lost ground.
In the active convertibles American
Telephone AIS, after opening 2 points
ABOVE yesterday S close, cllmpeQ SCedu-
lily, adding Z points to yesterdays price.
International Telephone 41las opened up
134 points and also added to the gain
later. Trading in both issues was heavy.
Heavy trading in Allegheny SIS Of
both 1914 and 1949 maturities failed to
affect the prices except f~ractionally.
Announcement OF the approval of the
merger plan failed to elicit interest in
Cuban Dominican Sugar 71as. There
was slight trading in the issue at 601s,
yesterdays closing price. There a
further trading in International Ma
rine IS at the low of the year. Later
buying of these bonds forced the price
up a half point.
Among the issues that showed
strength were American !. @. Chemical,
American International Corporation
51as, Sinclair Oil issues, Philadelphia g.
Reading Coal & Iron 6s, Remington
Rand 51as, Standard Oil Of New York
412s and General Public Service 51aS.
There was active trading in Chicago,
Milwaukee, st. Paul and Pacific adjust
ment SIS, but the price remained the
same after narrow fluctuations.
In the foreign list Kreuger 81 Toll IS
a a slight gain in active trading and
Lautaro Nitrate IS dropped of "a point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, September "a Co Omitted
States Department Of Agricuture).-
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head, including
1000 direct; market uneven, mostly 10
to i5c lower; packing lows fully Csc
lower; top, 11.20; bulk good choice
sows, 8.25a9.00. Standardization to
choice $50 to 800 pounds, 9.40a1O.6 IS;
200 to $50 pounds, 10.25a11. 20; I60 to
200 pounds, 10.15 to 11.20;. 100 to 100
pounds, 9.50a11.00. Packing sows 800
a9.25. Pigs, medium, to choice 80 to
100 pounds, 9.00a10.50. -.
Cattle-Receipts. 1000 head; calves,
receipts, 1000 head; steer trade sharply
higher than last week and active at
advance; upturns amount to soc to 81
on all grades; best in-between kinds
up most; top today, 1886. strictly choice
kinds being absent. Slaughter classes,
steers. good and choice 1901, SOC
pounds, l3.25a16.75; 1,0OO-l 300 pounds,
13.25a16.75; 950-1 100 pounds, 13.25a
1878; common and medium $50 pounds
up, 9.00a13.25; fed yearlings, good and
choice 750-950 pounds 1~3.50a16.25.
Heifers, good and choice, $50 pounds
down, 13.25a15.25; common and me-
dunn, S.00a13.50: COWS, good and choice
s.oOali:75; common and medium: 7.o0a
800: low cutter and cutter, 5.70a7.00:
bulls, good and. choice (beef), 8.90a
1915; cutter to medium, 7.00a9.5 so; veal
ers milk fed), good and choice, 15.75a
1900; medium. 12.50a15.75 Gull and
common, 8.00a12 so; stocker and feeder
steers, good and choice, all weights,
~10.75a12.25; common. and medium, 8.25
a10.50.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900 head; market
active. steady to strong; native lambs,
~13.25a13.50; early top. 1875; medium to
good rangers, l2.50a13.00; fat ewes, 400
a5.25; breeds. 100; feeding lambs,
choice, 90 pounds down, '12.7Sals.so:
medium, 11.00a12.75 Gull and common,
7.50a11. 90; ewes, medium to choice, $50
pounds down, 4.00a5.50; Gull and COM
mon, 2.50a4.25 feeder lambs. good and
choice, II .75a13.00. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
RUBBER COMPANIES
IN TRADE. STRUGGLE
BY J. c. RoYLE.
Special Dispatch 20 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, September 24.-Prep-
arationS for bitter competition in the
automobile tire industry in America are
rousing reVerberations in the bronze
gongs of the straits settlements and the
Dutch East Indies and calling more
Coolies to work in the rubber planta-
tons.
Conditions are not rs satisfactory in
the tire industry as they we're some
months ago. The manufacturers, how
ever. are not content to say Business
Fis not SO good" and let it 60 at that.
They are out to get what business there
is by every effort within their means.
The rubber producers do not know or
care particularly what methods will be
used to put their products into con-
sumers' hands. but they are confident
that the makers will sell a tremendous
number of tires and that a huge amount
Of rubber will be needed to make more.
The situation Just, outlined has not
sufflced to boost the price of crude rub
Der and it is not likely to do so, so long
as the technical position of the COM
modify Is hot materially altered. That
position, however, does show some signs
of, changing and an advance in price Of
S.or 4 cents above the present range
around 20 cents a pound would not sur
prise producers or consumers.
The manufacturers have very. consid-
cradle stocks of unsold tires On hand.
That Is one of the things which is
squirting them on to renewed efforts.
Few people in close contact with the
trade believe that these stocks are over.
burdenSome or that the increased eff
forts will fail to move them. Those ef-
forts are unlikely to lead to any cutting
wal or to a general reduction Of prices,
according to executives Of. leading COM
panies.
Such a cut, in view of the possibility
of an advance in crude rubber prices
and of cord requirements, would pare
the margin Of profit too thin. Salesman
snip and new sales methods are the
weapons which will be relied on. as we'll
as quantity production and improved
methods OF manufacture calculated to
reduce costs. 81
(. Work, has Just started for example,
on q SIS, 900 addition to the Firestone
plant Which will make larger output
possible. 1t will Increase daily outturn
by. 5000 tires and give employment to
about 1000 men.
Goodrich and Goodyear companies
have both been expanding recently and
bringing efficiency to a high pitch. Of
hcialS OF the former company denied
specifically today that any price cutting
was contemplated. Instead of a cut in
prices. it va said. an increace was
looked for because Of the increasing cost
of cotton. Goodyear officials also de-
MED that a p~rice-cutting war was in
prospect. Other Akron concerns made
similar statements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
PURCHASE OF RAILROAD
FAVORED in PETITION

Special Dispatch to The Star. ,
BALTIMORE. September 24-The.
Business Protective Association, through
A. z. Beck, trafic counsel, has filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commission In
Washington7a petition. favoring the pur-
chase Of the Western Maryland Rail-
road by the Wabash Railroad and ap-
proving other steps contemplated by
the Wabash in extending its direct lines
from the seacoast to Kansas City.
This movement by the Wabash"
Beck said, lis the best development for
Baltimore. 1t means a through trunk
line from this city to Kansas City and
competition with the Baltimore g. Ohio
in this field.
we already have protested against
the holding by the Bi 81 O. Of control
In the Western Maryland"
II Baltimore is made the Wabash
terminal at tidewater. Beck said, there
would be an enormous increase in the
cftys. trade. It's BENEFITS. he pointed out,
would extend to many lines Of business.
only here. but in other nearby cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
Business Notes

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 24.-Stock-
holders Of the Mond Nickel Co. have
ratified the proposed transfer of prop
critics in Canada to the international
Nickel Co..
An air Of expectancy still hangs over
the principal machine tool buying CEN
tiers Of the country, American Ma
chinist reports, adding that while in
quiries in the past week have been bet
ter. important commitments have been
lacking and, the industry seems to be
marking time, pending the opening of
the national machine tool builders
show in Cleveland next week.
Dress manufacturers here report an
increasing scarcity Of canton and fiat
crepes, and some have expressed the
fear that this situation may further
complicate the production question be-
fore the season Is over.
With both orders and shipments at
this time already ahead of last year,
reports from the toy trade say that
dealers are looking forward to an ex-
cellent wind-up of the years business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
CRUDE OIL OUTPUT.

TUSLA. Okla. September "a R.-
Voluntary curtailment of production in
in a decrease of 56,152 barrels in the
Nations daily average production Of
crude oil for the week ended Septem-
Der 81, the Oil and Gas Journal says
today.
Total daily average production was
estimated at 2,9l7,770 barrels, COM
pared with 2,973,9 2 barrels in the
week ended September IA.
PROBATION activities cut production In
the Oklahoma City pool to 1895 bar
rels, approximately 1880 barrels be-
low the mark set for the previous
week. The remainder of the decrease
throughout the United States va re-
ported mostly in heavy gravity oil
areas and in West Texas.
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Money to Loan

Secured By FIRST deed Of trust on real estate.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph |. Weller ssS Wash: Z. z Trust