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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-05

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. I. Davidson ar.
rived over the East Coast today
and win be guests Of Mrs. David.
sons brother and sister-in-law.
Mr.. and AIRS. Harry Shaw. They
we're accompanied BY Jack Rob-
ert Lintner, grandson Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Shaw.
Evening star., 1934-09-08
Wallpaper in Great Variety
Keeping Pace With Progress

Wallpaper has for many years been
a popular wall finish because of its
infinite variety of colors. designs and
effects. In keeping with the modern
trend, manufacturers have developed
wallpapers which are more attractive
and of better quality than the old
papers, and thoroughly conforming
to the present-day requirements in
decoration.
Not long ago a papered room could
never be rearranged without patches
of unfaded wall being brought into
view. With this problem in mind,
wallpaper manufacturers developed
after long experimentation a new,
scientifically colored paper, which
cannot be harmed by the strongest
light.
Many Papers Dampproof.
In addition to being color-fast,
many papers today are dampproof.
Waterproof and even washable pa
pers are available for kitchens, baths,
nurseries and other rooms where such
papers might be desired. More d1f-
ferent designs and effects are offered
than ever before. Many reproduc-
tions of fine old eighteenth and nine
teenth century designs, as well as q
variety of distinctive patterns by con-
temporary artists, are available.
Old scenic papers are available not
only in the original grays and browns
popular a hundred years ago. but also
in cav natural cOlOrS, Some designs
are wide and free In treatment, with
Evening star., 1934-09-08

Upper right
Is the ne1O home
OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Depue
F1lck at 407
Rosemary
street, CheUy
Chase, Nd.
The house,
built by Frank
Wagner, UaS
sold through
the office OF
William M.
ThrOckmorton,
reGltor. z.
Benton Cor
ming, architect,
designed it.
Evening star., 1934-09-08
Moffett Suggests
Property Study to
Boost MOdernizing

To facilitate early operation Of
the national housing act in so far
as it touches upon property re-
habilitations, Housing Admins
traitor James A. Moffett asks
each property owner to do the
following:
Look over your properties,
especially your home, and de-
termine what Improvements are
necessary or advisable. Get exact
estimates of their costs. Take
these estimates to your bank or
other leading institution and
apply for q modernization loan,
which you should get If the i'm
provements are justifiable and
your income is sufficient to repay
the loan. Then sign the contract
and tell the contractor to start
at once. Or, If you are doing
the job yourself, buy the ma
terials and go ahead with the
work Of undermining your prop
erty."
Evening star., 1934-09-08

Upper left is
Uie1D of 4425
Garfield street,
Wesley Heights,
purchased by
Capt. and Mrs.
S. C. Hooper.
The house Dds
built by w. c. &
A. N. Miller.
BeIotD, home
of G. r. Ran
kin, Gttache of
British EnlbdS-
So, located in
Country Club
GroDe, Va. 1t
tDGS sold By w.
S. Hoge & Son.
Evening star., 1934-09-08
Real Estate
Notes

Ben T. Webster of Boss & Phelps,
returned to his desk Wednesday morn
ing fresh from a lengthy vacation in
Atlantic City. Accompanying Mr..
Webster at the shore resort were Mrs.
Webster, son John and wife, and their
son.
Wedding bells will ring in Denver,
Colo, Wednesday for Miss Nellie Nc
Lendon, pretty bookkeeper Of L. E.
Breuninger & Son. Miss McLendon
will leave Washington Saturday for
the mountain city where she is to wed
Ronald Wiley, attorney. She has
been employed at the Breuninger firm
two years.
r. L. Transue, office manager of
w. c. e. A. N. Miller, returned this
week after a two weeks holiday trip
to South Carolina. Alvin Kiesecker,
Boss & Phelps salesman, was back at
work Thursday after month in New
York State.
The last week was a busy one at
Shannon g. Luchs. Morton Luchs
made a successful fishing visit to
Blackstone Island, Md, on the lower
Potomac, returned with 80 trout, blue
fish and hardhead. e. B. Hatley of
the Development Co., came back from
his wedding trip to Chicago. Sylvan
Luch, sales department, visited the
Worlds Fair, while Miss Elizabeth
Mensh, insurance department clerk,
ended Today stay in the Windy
City.
Aboard their new boat, Kawa, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Wesley Buchanan and
their children, Evans and Rosalyn,
cruised about Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay waters for 10 days. They
weighed anchor here Tuesday of last
week and docked Friday, after visiting
many OF the picturesque river ports. -
It was the first long jaunt for the
Kawa, which was used to give news
paper men an outing several weeks
ago.
w. Leroy Saunders, secretary-treas-
urer Of the Waverly Taylor firm,
visited the hospital in Rockville Gen.
ter, New York, where last week his
wife successfully underwent a major
operation.
President Arthur c. Houghton of
the Washington Real Estate Board
has been reappointed to the Gov-
erning Council of the American In.
stitute of Real Estate Appraisers. Mr.,
Houghton, accompanied by his wife
and son, is vacationing in ocean City.
Md, where he is attempting to break
Waverly Taylor's fish catching record.
Calvert Bowie is making plans to
attend the convention of American
Mortgage Bankers Association in Chi
cago in October. Norman Brown Is
reported in happy mood now that
the fish have started running again.
Ben Canby's name is still ON the sick
list, but he is gradually recovering
from the illness that has kept him
away from his Office most of the
Summer
Evening star., 1934-09-08
PROPERTY REPAIR
INTEREST IS KEEN
Building Material Manufac-
turerS See Good in
Federal Plan.

Manufacturers Of building materials
are "keenly enthusiastic" about the
possibilities of the Nationwide prop
erty modernization and repair pro-
gram fostered by the Federal Housing
Administration, according to ]. c.
Bebb, president Of the Producers
Council. This group is an affiliate Of
the American Institute of Architects
representing o cross section Of sup
ply and equipment producers.
In q letter to the Housing Admin
istration at Washington, Mr.. Bebb
informs this newly created Govern
ment agency that his organization is
ready and willing to do its part to
program for revivifying the construc-
ton and allied industries.
THE recent surveys of existing
housing in number Of cities through
out the country" Mr.. Bebb states.
indicate a great need for repairs,
improvements and modernization
work, such as can be financed under
the better housing program. Our
members are studying ways and means
Of putting before such prospects full
information as to their products, with
particular reference to improvements
which have been made in the last
few years resulting in reduced prices
or a greater efficiency of materials
or equipment.
I'm these few years. many products
have been redesigned to make them
much more attractive to the eye.
This includes all types of household
equipment. whose manufacturers are
as vitality concerned in this question
as are the manufacturers of struc-
tural materials, whose factories need
stimulation in order to resume opera
tions on a reasonable scale"
Evening star., 1934-09-08

With the death of O'Connor and
the stroke of paralysis from which
Whitman never fully recovered, the
famous house swiftly passed into hands
OF different people, and Rev. j. Milton
Waldron once complained to the police
about the character of various of its
occupants.
With the passage of time and present
day history crowding out the old mas
ters and statesmen, the house on v
Evening star., 1934-09-08
PAINT CHECKS DISEASE

DR.. Max Starkloff, more than 80
years health commissioner Of the city
of st. Louis, cites an incident where
more than 100 lives probably were
saved because the application of paint
to walls left no place FOR disease to
propagate.
"In a hospital of which I had
knowledge" says DR.. Starkloff, there
were, in a given period, more than 100
cases Of puerperal fever, with a high
death rate. After the walls were
painted, it was noted that in a similar
length of time, cases of puerperal
fever were almost unknown. Un-
doubtedly paint was largely responsible
for this saving Of many lives"
Evening star., 1934-09-08

merrymakers is available for the
recreation room in the basement or
other part of the house. For chill
dren's play rooms there are Mother
Goose characters and story-book
scenes. There Is wallpaper, in fact,
to solve every background problem.
In order to insure correctness
throughout the house, a competent
decorator should be consulted. There
Is always plenty of room, however,
for the exercising of individual tastes,
which should never be sacrificed If
the house is to possess personality"
Evening star., 1934-09-08

large areas of open background. The
effect is Of q mural painting.
Designs which employ flower mo-
tifs are always in good taste, espe-
cially when the flowers are scattered
rather loosely about on a plain
ground and surrounded with great
deal of open space.
New Designs Adaptable.
The new modernistic designs are
adaptable to modern rooms and often
are effective in traditional rooms.
There are modern papers in black
apd white which give the effect Of
pen and ink sketches applied on the
wall. These are very attractive in
small writing or powder rooms, espe-
cially with black woodwork lined with
silver.
An infinite selection of "whoopie"
patterns to gladden. the hearts of
Evening star., 1934-09-08

street has dirty lawn, a broken
down fence and an additional brick
studio in the rear, where artists used
to visit the exhibits of famous paint
er, that is used as a rooming house.
The creaking shutters, the rusty iron
hinges creaking weakly in the passage
of the years, suddenly close on the life
of three famous American writer's
Whitman, Burroughs and O'Connor-
and it stands forgotten amid struc-
lures of a less colorful age.
Evening star., 1934-09-08
TOUR WILL BE MADE
OF REALTY BOARDS
President Potter of National As
sociation Plans Addresses at
Numerous Meetings.

Numerous Meetings.
Hugh Potter of Houston, president
of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, will devote much of
September and October to a series of
visits to member boards of the asso-
citation in a number of Western States.
Meetings which the national president
will address at this time and through
the Fall are now being scheduled.
The meetings in general will bring
together realtors not only of the city
in which the address will be made but
of the whole surrounding region, to-
gether with civic, financial and allied
business leaders invited by the host
board to meet with them, to discuss
the important issues and action with
which the national association and
its member boards are now concerned
affecting the future Of real estate
and the future Of the individual COM
munities.
Conferences with executive groups
of the various member boards are also
planned.
Evening star., 1934-09-08
Drying Rack inexpensive.

Have you laundry drying rack in
your yard? The cost of the necessary
lumber is nominal and the paint
needed for preserving the surface
against the weather even less. It
should be placed to get the morning
sun II possible.
Evening star., 1934-09-08
Nodded Plastic Shaker.

Now comes a combination salt
and-pepper shaker of nodded plastic,
equipped with a novel metal top
which permits dispensing of salt or
pepper at the users pleasure.
Evening star., 1934-09-08
New Ice Cream Dishes.

Full-sized, but lighter, servings are
given by a new ice cream disher. A
hole in the bowl allows surplus cream
to escape back into the can instead
of being compressed in the bowl.
Evening star., 1934-06-17

a bank of earth some 6 feet high at the south
west corner Of the Capitol inspecting a part
of the old foundation which the digging had
uncovered, when the bank caved In as he was
going from it. and fell upon him, he falling
upon his face before it. His head was not
covered and he was soon dug out and carried
home, apparently not severely hurt sensible,
and directing himself, how he should be placed.
After arriving at his home, half a mile from
the scene Of the disaster, he was able to sit
up in his bed and assist those about him in
changing his clothing, but in one short hour
he a corpse"
Nicholas King came to this country In 1895
and secured employment in the surveying de-
partment Of the city on September "A Of that
year. On September H. 1897 he resigned to
accept employment from Robert Peter and
from Morris and Nicholson to take care Of
private land business being succeeded by his
father, Robert King, ST., who later resigned
and returned to England, leaving here two
sons, one of whom was Robert King, jr, and
a daughter Jane, who married John Lenthall,
and whose daughter, Elizabeth Jane Lenthan,
married William ]. Stone, one of Washing
tons earliest engravers. In 1903 Nicholas be-
came the first surveyor Of the District under
the law creating that office, and after his
death, May 2. 1872 was succeeded in Office by
his brother. Robert King, jr.
Many will recall the old Stone estate, which
extended north Of Florida avenue, between
Eleventh and Fourteenth streets, and as far
north, at least, as Columbia road. The old
house was q mansion in its time; was used as
Evening star., 1934-06-17

panied here at the time by his two brothers.
Thomas Law. rightly otherwise. was jeal-
Gus of his young bride, and the parting of
the ways came in the Summer Of 1904 when
they agreed to live apart, he taking the daugh-
ter Eliza to raise. 1t was a long separation for
BOTH for Mrs Law did not die until January l,
1882, her death occurring at Richmond.
Thomas Law died here July 81, 1884. and his
remains lie in an unidentified grave in Rock
Greek Cemetery. Mrs. Law lies buried at Mount
Vernon.
James Barry active citizen. and when
the first school board was selected in Wash
ington. in 1905. the opportunity of being a
member was given him, but declined. He was
also identified in the building of the original
st. Peters Roman Catholic Church. at c and
Second streets southeast, and with the con-
struction of the Washington Canal and inter-
ested in other worthy projects and public
enterprises.
+ EORGE BLAGDEN, another member Of
~ the first City Council was also identified
with the school board of 1905, and was director
of the Washington Bridge Co. His death was
sudden and unexpected, and was due to an
accident, of which the National Intelhgencer
of July S, 1926, says:
AN afiicting dispensation has deprived the
community Of Washington of one Of its oldest
and most respectable inhabitants. A fatal
accident has robbed his family and friends
of the life and example Of that estimable and
useful citizen George Blagden About o'clock
on Saturday evening he was standing beneath
Evening star., 1934-06-17

by Gen. John A. Logan. and still later by Will
ham J. Bryan and other distinguished persons.
IA LILLIAN BRENT, a brother of Robert
w Brent, the mayor, was early employe
Of the Commissioners of the District and later
clerk Of Circuit Court of the District of Column
bia, succeeding Uriah Forrest. He was secre-
tary Of the Eastern Branch Bridge Co. an
original member of the School Board and
among the first group of members Of the Wash
ington Monument Society, being elected in 1883,
the other members being: The Chief Justice
of the United States John Marshall, president;
Judge William Cranch. first vice president; the
mayor OF Washington, second vice president
John p. Van Ness was at that time the mayor:
W. w. Seaton, third vice president; Samuel H.
Smith, treasurer. and George Watterston, sec
retary
A board of managers was also appointed.
They were: Gen. Thomas S. Jessup Col. James
Kearney. Col. Nathan Towson, Col Archibald
Henderson, Matthew st. Claire Clark, John
McClelland Thomas Munroe. Col George Bonn
ford, Roger C. Weightman, Peter Force, william
A. Bradley and Thomas Carberg.
Another member of the first council Au-
gistus B. woodward who received 123 votes,
SUFFICIENT to elect him, outspoken in his
criticisms of the Federal Government and
wrote q series of essays on the government OF
the District, which was finished the last day
of January, 1803 and in which he strongly
advocated amendment to the Constitution
to enable the District to have representation on
the floor of Congress and a voice in the elec-
toral college. Since then l3l years have elapsed
and although the women have been given
their rights and slavery has been abolished.
yet in the District of Columbia are still de-
MED the rights vouchsafed by a free and in
dependent Government.
Just to think, century and quarter ago,
this same Mr. Woodward Said The whole
history of the City of Washington exhibits the
effects Of Government inconsistency" and that
same inconsistency prevails today
IA /ILHEIMUS BOGART BRYAN in his His
wv tory of the National Capital, has this to
say regarding Mr.. Woodward:
'On the same date the first of four essays,
entitled Consideration the Government OF
the District of Columbia, signed Epaminondas
appeared in the National Intelligencer. The
author was Augustus B. woodward a lawyer,
a man Of wide reading, student of the classics
and with a mind of speculative cast. As early
as 1795 his residence is given Rockbridge,
Va. About that time he made the acquaintance
of Thomas Jefferson with whom he maintained
a friendship which continued through the lat
ter's life. He became a resident of Alexandria
in 1877 and also the purchaser of some lots in
the Federal City, where he established his resi-
dence in the year 1900 Mr.. Woodward was
strongly Of the opinion that it would be better
to make no change at all in the political situ-
alton of the District, than to adopt the plan
proposed by the House Committee which has
cut the Gordian knot of all difficulties by a
lethargic apathy and a refusal to investigate
anything He believed a permanent system Of
government should be devised, and proceeded
to sketch such system which, in the first
Evening star., 1934-06-17
City Governing
Body Mas De0eL
opedAfer Federal
headquarters
Moved Here More
Than Century and
a Quarter Ago.
old Tobacco Barn,
Where Memorial
ServiceS We're
Held Afer Death
of Washington.
BY JOHN CLACETT PROCTOR.

URING the period from 1902 to
1870, when Washington had its
own mayor and City Council
(though always restricted, and
during its little over three years of
territorial government, from Feb
Evening star., 1934-04-22

Carolina trail used by the Iroquois Indians who
trekked over it South in Winter and. back to
their happy hunting ground in Summer
The present house. built In 1928, was de-
signed by Thomas Jefferson. and it is said
that Capt. James Hoban, who at the same
time was reconstructing work on the White
House and Capitol in Washington, supervised
the building. The estate was purchased in 1852
from the heirs of Monroe by Col. John Fairfax
and for some time in the years between was
neglected, until Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. Little
ton bought it in 1920. They are the present
owners In restoring the house and garden
they have preserved everything connected with
its history; the interior Is very beautiful and
the two white marble mantels sent by La
fayette from France may be seen in the main
drawing room. The old garden has been en-
larged and in its planting the same variety
Of old shrubs and flowers Of that day are
prominent.
Older and more historic than Oak Hill is
the estate Oatland built In 1900 by George
Carter. The cultured taste Of the original
owner is evident, for he originated the design
of the house, interior and gardens. The walled
in garden Is terraced, a vista of boxwood trees
have grown through the years and meet over
head along the walk. and q grove Of famous
old oak trees still spread their shade.
Returning over the same highway We reach
Aldie, where several new gardens are open
this year. At Stoke owned by Mrs. Floyd
Harris, one may see the narcissus test gardens
Of the Garden Club of Virginia. A little farther
on Is Airlee, where an arborvitae- walk is un-
surpassed in the beauty Of this cedar family,
and the formal azalea garden displays a
marvellous variety in formation and color
Evening star., 1934-04-22
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Evening star., 1934-04-22

Oh to Middleburg, and the very name is
historic The towns suburban area has many
fine estates. Several stock farms in this sec
ton are among the interesting features of
this years tour. Burrland, owned by William
Ziegler, will exhibit some fine horses. and at
Homeland Farms the stables Of thoroughbreds
also will be shown. This is the estate of Mrs.
Katherine Elkins Hit.
Be sure to visit Foxcroft where tradition
and history play an important part. It is
ideally located between the Blue Ridge and
Bull Run Mountains Built in the Georgian
style, it is said to be the first brick mansion
erected in Loudoun County. The brick was
made in England and brought to America,
landing at Fredericksburg, then hauled over
land by teams Of oxen. Tracing its early his
tory, it was probably built in 1888 by an Eng
hshman named Kyle, who married Jane Ball.
Tradition tells us it was here that Augustine
Washington first met Mary Ball. Foxcroft
also played its part In the War Between the
States, as it was used as headquarters by
Mosby.
The old garden Is back of the house and
surrounded by q stone wall. Box bushes have
grown into huge trees and many old-fashioned
posies still hold reign. The terrace slopes down
q winding path to rose-covered tea house
overlooking the sunken garden.
DENTON FARMS, mile from Foxcroft, over
100 years old, win be opened this year
through the courtesy Of the present owners
Mr.. and Mrs. d. G. Sands It is one of the
finest stock farms In the country.
Brookemeade, near Upperville, is another
stock farm which the owner, Mrs. Dodge Sloan,
Evening star., 1934-04-22

OVERS of historic old homes with
l their lockwood hedgerows, terraced
walks and well-preserved gardens, will
again this year enjoy a rare treat
when the pilgrimage, sponsored by the
e@ Garden Club of Virginia, will lead the
tourists for the period Of week from tomor-
row through April g. into homes and gardens
that are unique survivals of the Colonial days,
and have become permanent beauty spots in
the Old Dominion.
At this time of year Virginia is at its best.
Dogwood the State flower, will be in full bloom,
as also fringewood, locust sweet bay and red
bud. Excellent roads will greet the tourists
with many of the side roads newly paved.
The beautiful highways from Washington to
Richmond have been so much Travelled and
the homes and gardens of that vicinity so often
visited that our story this year turns into the
direction west of Alexandria, along the old
Middleburg road to the Shenandoah Valley.
The highway is perfect and the scenery takes
In miles of the Potomac River.
The road from Fairfax to Winchester has
lost none Of its charm. Old trees in some
places still overhang the highway and the
small towns have retained the old atmosphere
with history Of their war days, and the same
pride Of culture and refinement.
TAKING the Leesburg road. the motorist will
find q number of Colonial homes well
worth the short trip extending along a beau
tiful stretch Of rolling country. Near the banks
OF Little River stands Oak Hill, inherited by
President Monroe from his maternal uncle
Joseph Jones, in the early part of the nine
teenth century. The estate lies along the old