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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

Little Miss Economy may arrive AZ the gates Of her
home about six o'clock Of she doesn't 60 across the
river for dinner) . bit tired and weary-but she VIII
Immediately cheer UP and her face be wreathed In
smiles when. and II. she sees the new hand wrought
iron gate fashioned by the old master, Mr.. Rezek OF
Rezek's Ornamental Iron Shoppe. MI. Rezek also
makes fascinating flower pot stands floor lamps
candle sticks. balcony ratings. etc-and they're all
90 astonishingly low pricedl His shop is located rear
OF Miller Hotel
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

REMEMBERING THOSE rich tapestries.
Oriental Rugs, smart costume jewelry,
occasional pieces of furniture and other
bric-abrac always to be found at THE
ORIENTAL RUG AND GIFT SHOPPE,
Miss Economy spends a delightful hour
there discovering many unusual values in
importations which she was not aware :
could be found so far from the more met
ropolitan centers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

AFTER LUNCH Miss Economy will be wise
to seek out an attractive little shop at 1907
Adams Street where Mr.. Booth has recent
ly opened a ROYAL TYPEWRITER
AGENCY. Smart and attractive Royal Por-
table typewriters are shown there as we'll
as the improved business machine. The
opening Of the Royal Agency is quite an
addition to Brownsville as Mr.. Booth does
expert repairing as well as sales and serv-
ice on Royal typewriters and adding
machines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

OF COURSE Miss Economy will want to
see the matinee attraction at the CAPITOL
THEATRE, young Man Of Manhattan"
which will be showing Thursday with
Claudette Colbert, Charles Ruggles, Nor
man Foster and other stars. It's always
cool at the Capitol. Don't miss this splen-
did attraction.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

ladies' footwear a. only
sl.95 the pairI Scarcely
believing her eyes she en-
tiers the shop-and Of
course walks out the pcs
SCISSOR OF another pair OF
smart little shoes. She
only paid si.95. Think Of 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

At five o'clock she IS out OF the theatre and about
10 return home when she passes by the Berwald
Bootery, located in the Queen Theatre Building, and
sees q wonderful bargain IN smart footwear. A special
July feature Is being displayed in the window
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

NEXT SHE'LL be sure sure to go straight
to the GUARANTEE SHOE STORE where
those remarkably comfortable and smart
Peacock shoes are on sale-S10 and $3.50
values only S8.s5i And regular 50 johann
son values are selling this week only for
$5.45. This is the last week Of the Guar
antee's Great July Clearance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

At two o'clock Mas Economy
Is ready for her appointment with
Or. Hariel, In the Arcade Bldg,
well known chiropractor. for q
neurocalometer reading and an
other chiropractic treatment. Dr.
Hanel's years OF study and expe-
rience and his splendid equip
rnent assures everyone the very
best OF chiropractic treatment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

MISS ECONOMY then decides it would be
refreshing to stop in next door at CTS
NEROS No. 2 for a soda. It's almost certain
there will be other friends there-and no
wonder, for their fountain drinks and ice
creams are always delicious, varied and
tempting. The famous Dorothy Gray toilet
articles are to be found at both the Cisneros
Drug Stores, too, which makes them doubly
attractive to any lady shopper.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

WHILE MISS ECONOMY is being enter
tanned at the Capitol she will leave her
car at the FIRESTONE SERVICE STORE,
Inc, Levee at 18th Street, where CON-
PLETE ONE STOP SERVICE is offered
motorists. This includes washing, greasing,
brake inspection and repair, tire repair,
battery inspection, gas, oil, and water.
FIRESTONE TIRES are her favorites so
naturally if she needs a new set she'll have
them put on at this place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

Observer Predicts Spread
Into Distant Areas in Mary
land and Virginia.

Continued From First paRe.l
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for commercial and industrial uses have
been amply provided for by 1oning. If
the future may be gagged by the past
10 years, the growth Of population will
demand not only all available residen-
tial area, but will also seek homes In
commercial areas and still have abund-
ant commercial and industrial areas
for neighborhood development. That
Is. residential areas will be at q pre-
MUM over other areas, unless people
are prematurely forced to live in sur
rounding States, while Washington has
to supply their wants.
IF the experience of the past has
been correctly interpreted the rezoning
of more residential area units into COM
mercial or industrial (unleSs it be to
provide one or two business islands in
still unsettled districts) is uneconomi-
CAL against the best interests of the
neighborhoods and serves only to as
siSt in private speculation.
THE decline of certain streets as
high-class residential property creates
most perplexing coming problem, for
which there is no solution except to
move slowly. A partial relief Is sought
in the creation of a new commercial
zone which will bar stores and con-
spicuous commercial fronts. AS, how
ever, the new uses to which streets so
zoned are opened-especially once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

The causes, the symptoms. the pre-
ventive measures and the cure for cases
of blighted urban area were discussed
at the Toronto convention recently by
Harland Bartholomew, city planning
engineer for st. Louis. Mo, VINO has
been engaged in city planning services
in so American cities.
Mr.. Bartholomew told the real estate
delegates that the symptoms of blight
ed urban are and the characteristics by
which it is recognizable are frequent
vacancies in property, general appear
ance of decay and detection, and no
prospect of a renewed market for its
original use or other purposes. The
cause of the blighted urban area Is I'M
controlled large scale urban growth.
The preventive and the cure are skillful
city planning.
"Biighted" residential properly can
not be cured unless it can be changed
to commercial use. "Blighted" COM
mercial areas, however, are susceptible
to cure If they are strategically and
logically located in the city plan, he
said
The various obvious factors which
cause urban areas to become blighted,
Mr. Bartholomew listed as: Inadequate
utility services. inaccessibility, lack of
homogeneity, obsolescence, decentraliza-
ton and character of tenancy.
Normal Utility Services.
1.-The first requisite in creating and
maintaining the more desirable value
and form of use of property is the early
or immediate provision of all normal
utility services, such as water, sewers,
gas, electricity and some form of pave
ment, with probably sidewalks, curbs
and cutters, If there is to be Indefinite
development and use of the property"
Mr.. Bartholomew said. And yet how
often in almost every city can we point
out numerous and even recent exam
Piles of subdivisions without certain of
these essentials.
when developer tries to cut the
corners and leave off some of these
essential utility services. right then and
there is the beginning of a blighted dis
trict Because we have not yet collec-
lively admitted this simple fsct-this
wholesale method of blighted property,
there are at present only a few cities
which actually insist upon these utility
services as q prerequisite of approval OF
land subdivision plats.
Probably the most prevalent form of
blighted urban area is the original bust
ness center of the town, left behind by
newly created business sections pointed
| farther toward the residential districts
of highest purchasing power" Mr. Bar
| tholomew said.
"As city grows in size the business
district must naturally expand. How
ever, it need not necessarily shift. II
| it is properly located and at all ade-
quately accessible there need be no con-
Sequent blight.
Accessibility or Blight
eff the older purchases of the dis
| trict are not accessible, blight Is in
| evitable. Accessibility implies easy
means of communication by both street
car and vehicle. This does not mean
| that every street should be wide, ano
should have a street car as we'll as large
volumes of vehicle traffic, but it means
that good street car service and wide
streets leading to various parts of the
city should be close by.
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ANOuOilIucd E1OAi EAob o6C.y
sirner: to erect one 2-story and cellar
brick and tile dwelling, 1922 Geraniunl
street dot 16, square 2737); to cost
$4,000.
George !. Willis owner and builder
/. E. Harris, designer; to erect one q
story brick and tile dwelling, 3315 Mill
tary road dots 4 and 5, square 1922
TO cost $4,000,
George I. Willis, owner and builder;
l.. z. Harris, designer; to erect one q
story brick and tile dwelling, 5440 Me-
vada avenue dots % and 800, square
1899; to cost $4,000.
Frame Dwellings.
P. j. Grady, owner and builder;
Charles A. Dillon, designer; to erect
two 2-story frame dwellings, 1910 and
49I4 Forty-third street dots 81 to 81
square 1854; to cost $4,000
Breuninger e. Phifer, owner and
builder; L. E. Shotes, architect: to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling 7407 Alaska
avenue Got "a, square 2777); to cost
$500.
La Sale Park Corporation, owner and
builder: M Hallett, designer: to erect
one 2-story brick residence, 4304 Eight
zenith street northeast dot 2, square
4l88); to cost $4,000.
ocNCtIy r. EVANS, owner ana DullQer,
George S. White, designer; to erect one
2-story brick and frame residence, 1929
Military road dot 30, square 2025); to
cost SIS 500
Rudolph & West Co., owner: Fred B
Pyle, architect; S. j. Prescott Co., Inc
builder; to repair 1892 New York ave-
nue. Got 81, square 252); to cost $4,000
Repairs Are Authorized.
Wallace Bryant, owner and builder;
70 repair 300 Dunbarton avenue dot
Sl8-8l9, square 1892 to cost $4,000.
H-W Realty Co, lessee; Richard II
Smythe. designer; George A. Dugan
Co, builder; to repair 1907 F street dot
So3. square 1859: to cost 81 500
Hecht CO., owner; N. F. BasSell, con-
tractor; to repair E street annex, 61l
z street Got 81, square 456); to cost
$1,000.
William Heard, owner; F. M. McCon.
The d Co. builder; j. ]. Whelan, archi-
tect; to build garage underground, 1891
Q street Got lao, square 1245); to cost
$1,000.
Permit for Brick Addition.
Frederick Hughes, owner; A Jeffrey
builder 1903 Randolph street north
east dot l3, square 1920; to cost 81 600
G. p. Mayo, Inc, owner; L. E. Bra
W.
tect; to erect one 1-story brick addition
1406 Thirty-fourth street Qot S2S, square
1246); to cost 81 900.
John B. Broaddus, owner: Nelson B
Durfee, builder; repair 500 Upshul
street Got 10, square 3226); to cost $3.50
Thomas w. Sidwell (Sidwell's Friend!
SCHOOL,, owner; w. K. Reeve, builder
and designer; to repair 1911 stree
(lots and S, square 1867; to cost $700
Friendship Baptist. Church, owner
Jacob H. Kay, builder; George NJ Bell
designer; to build brick addition, 734
First street southwest dot 6, square
643) to cost $500.
Frederick E. Robey. owner; j. G
Morris, builder; to repair 4424 Albemarlt
street dots "a, IS, square 1590); tt
cost $500.
&C e. Gudebrod, owner; w. K. Reeve
designer and contractor; to repair 1881
Thirtieth street dot 829, square 1881
Ia cost 1900
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authority be defined by an amendment
to the coming regulations and that an
early court decision be sought to de-
termine its constitutionality.
That the extnded power should be
lodged with the zoning Commission and
not with a new oficial body has In
its favor the past history of coming
review which has been singularly free
from criticisms"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

buildings and semi-commercial institu-
tions-cannot be expected to require
but q portion of the streets clamoring
for relief, the practical results of q
The need of an extension of the
zoning Commissions power to deal
with exceptional cases without alter
ing the coming map is agreed upon. It
has, therefore, been suggested, that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

blighted district. Zoning is specifically
designed for such purposes If correctly
used.
up to now we have not faced
frankly the laws of supply and demand
for various classes of urban land and
our entire municipal structures are
based upon an assumption Of ever in
creasing and unlimited growth, which
ignores the fact that too thin spread
of cities Is greater economic and
social evil than that of overcrowding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

seek larger lots, even with "A area
suits stated.
Builders. however, have found that
tenants, and a reaction has set in to
seek large lots, even with a area
restrictions, because they bring more
profitable returns.
1.-THE strong tendency to apartments
was not anticipated by the Zoning Com
mission. The records show that while
Is per cent of family accommodations
were provided in apartment houses in
1920, so per cent have been so pro-
vided since 1925, with the result that
available apartment house sites are
being deyeloped at a rate dispropor-
tionate to that of the available dwelling
house sites.
Probable Policies Outlined.
Confronted with the many petitions
for rezoning that must follow this sit
uation, the Zoning Commission may
pursue the following policies:
81. Adhere to a policy of limited
areas for apartment houses in order to
favor the construction Of individual
dwellings.
%. Leave the present coming I'M
changed, but announce willingness TO
consider individual petitions for recon-
ing.
IS. Advertise for public hearing an
amended coming map with wider dis
tribution of areas in which apartment
houses may be erected.
THE last policy would remove any
uncertainty as to future uses Of build
ing sites and place all property own
ers on an equal footing"
Other Conditions Described.
other conclusions reached by Mr.
IIindhoIm, based on a long and COM
prehensive study of O. mass Of figures
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STANDARDBU|L
CONSTRUCT|ONNEAR
Prospect of Early Start on
Structure on B Street Is
Seen in Drawings.

CONTINUED From First page)
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Described.

Other Conditions Described.
other conclusions reached by Mr.,
Lindholm, based on long and COM
prehensive study of mass OF figures
and charts, compiled over q period OF
months, are as follows:
THE experience shows that the needs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-27
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. sPR0wLs.
Age and Learning.


According to popular belief, young
people learn more readily than adults
According to modern psychology
this popular belief is just another pop
ular superstition. There is no such
thing as an age limit beyond which
learning does not take place. Consid-
ering all the factors involved, one learns
as fast at so as at Is.
Authorities do differ somewhat in
their estimates about age and rate OF
learning. But during the last decade
they have begun to agree that one is
never too old to learn" and that all
questions about rate of learning may
be accounted for on the basis of in
terest and industry.
Where shall we look for an explana-
ton of the popular superstition about
age and learning?
Any adult, as he looks back over his
years of youth, imagines that he has
lived long time. His early years reach
back into a dim past. In that dim
past he has only vague memories of
what actually happened. He doesn't
realize how rapidly he grew.
AS an adult, he observes young peo-
pie acquiring the fundamentals of a
grammar school education in what
seems to him, in reference to his own
experience, to be a surprisingly short
time.
So he concludes that the child that
he observes learns rapidly, and then
he concludes again that young people
learn more rapidly than old people.
(Copyright, l930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-27
Home in Good Taste

If you are looking for little set
tee or two-place sofa, here is a sugges-
ton for you-that is, If your room hap
pens to be in the early American style.
Made of maple in a lovely old honey
color, this settee is one of the most APP
propriate pieces to be covered with
chintz, either glazed or unslazed. and
those patterns with faded tan grounds
give the appearance of having been
made especially for this place many
years ago.
A pair of these settees would be at
tractive If grouped with fireplace. An
old-time hooked rug in geometrical de-
sign might be placed between them and
perhaps a little maple cricket in front
of each.
The paper in this room might be a
green and cream lattice pattern and
the curtains of white organdie finished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-27

Alexandra Dumas was such q lover of
dogs that sometimes he had more than
dozen at his celebrated estate Of
Monte Cristo.
He wrote In regard to dogs: 81 think
God is equally concerned with man and
all the animals to whom he has given
life, but that, perhaps, he has a special
leaning toward dogs"
The most interesting of all the
authors canine friends was Pritchard,
Scotch terrier He was Dumas most
beloved pet, because, as he said, "he
was the only dog in whom found
originality and unexpectedness, the
qualities one finds in a man Of genius"
M. Dumas, fine shot, decided to
have Pritchard trained for hunting. He
sent him to his gamekeeper. but in an
hour the terrier escaped and returned
to his master.
Taken back and put in q 4-foot
pen, he managed. although a small dog
to leap out. When he was tied in the
pen. he gnaWed his bonds and once
more escaped. Being finally put in a
brick clubhouse, he gnawed and scraped
an opening in the wooden door which
again permitted flight
Always he went straight to Dumas,
whom he did not suspect of being the
author of his Imprisonment.
Dumas and the gamekeeper now took
Pritchard to the woods on leash While
they were engroSsed in an argument the
dog bit his leash in two. When they
remembered him, he was nowhere to
be seen.
Discouraged. they went to the game
keepers cottage for luncheon. Pritchard
followed them, entered the kitchen and
decamped with leg of veal which was
being prepared for them. Dumas de-
cided not to have him trained for
hunting.
One day the writer's servant said:
Monsieur, do you know, Pritchard is
too hospitable2 He brings home all the
stray dogs. They do not go away again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-27
DorOthyDir.
Hoip Much
Personality
Haze
You?
Tells Hon
to Gauge
Social Stimulus
Value

THE scientists are searching a ydsick
they p sssss this quality w d They
social stimulus value"
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flowers cand Do pass up girls for herr Can she get
her other
still hold them in line?
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feeding
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every sight u NOTICE. every
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in fyer than an car with some other Note whether
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dinners pay goes
penny the to ss e n @ .s .v. .sss sr:
do about it? That the question that
we thin DOWN .U our s sss too Sa -, &
add the weight of charm and magnetism thinness? "
that living
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brghtens - - : ~ ~
all learned ladies whose society
would the plague and we know Oaer Hemn %no bsSS saw
without yawng
the d ss SssS av birth anu upon isn
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seem oo
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-27

Halloween parties delight children and
young folks, for there is a hint of the
mysterious and the magic about the
time that lends glamour. Just why some
i OF the games that are played then
should suggest mystery is matter for
research, as the origins are not easy
to find. The games persist, however, in
their annual Temperatures, such, for
instance, as bobbing for apples or biting
one suspended from a stout string
Harvest decorations are fayorites.
Towering shocks of cornstalks in cor
ners Of rooms are effective, and no
decorations would be complete without
q grinning Jack o. Lantern or two to
shed Pickering CLEANS in partly shaded
SplnceS. Black cats, with humping backs
and long tails made from black card
board, can be so placed that they ap-
pear to be waiting to spring across ones
Spath. Rooms should have mellowed
flights, and pumpkin-y yellow and black
should predominant in color schemes.
The game given today cannot boast
historic significance, but merely nov
city. It is originated for readers of
this paper. It has the needed hint of
mystery. Cut large circle from pump
kin-colored cardboard or calico. With
brown paint If paper is used. or coarse
darning cotton If a textile, make lines
Representing the grooves in a pumpkin
Gut out places for eyes, nose and mouth
DO spaced that a person could be be-
hind the mock Jack o. Lantern and
these features would be positioned right
FOR the real ones of the person to show
Through. Fasten this mock Jack o.
Lantern to a length of old cloth and
rut the textile away where the features
come
On Halloween arrange the curtain Of
bid cloth in q doorway so that the
height of the head will be approximately
hat Of the average person invited to
he party. The rest of the doorway
hould be ctrtained with cloth or por-
#ieres.
Divide the company into two groups.
0ne Is audience and sits facing the
ioor, but not too close to It, The
bther group goes out. One by one the
members Of this last group stand so
That their features show through the
lifts in the Jack o. Lantern. The short
persons may have to stand on a stool
md the very tall ones have to stoop.
Fhe audience group guesses who the
karious people are, as they stand for
bne minute-no longer-with their fea-
lures showing. Then the two groups
hange places and the game contin-