Evening star., 1935-05-05
dry with no probability Of severe

QIy Will uo PtVuaUhsy VA eS'e1e
frost.
Though commonly confined to one
and two-story buildings. piSe walls
have been carried to . greater height,
as. In the instance Of . church in
France which was 30 feet long and
20 feet wide, with walls 18 inches
thick and 80 feet high. After stand
ing 80 years the church was burned
and the walls remained unprotected
from the elements for q year before
an attempt was made to tear them
down. They were so dificult to de-
molish that they were used in the re-
stored church"
The ramming of the earth seems
to be the most exacting part of the
job.
lust who built this house 1t Is hard
to say, though it does seem to have
been one Of the Queen family enter
prises. From . map Of the District,
Of 1878, 1t appears to have then been
occupied by one Of the Mcdaniel
family. Not 80 many years ago the
tract Of land upon which this house
stands was purchased by Denison and
Leighton, and today the section ia
known Is South Brookland.
A good addenda to the writer's BIZ
cycle story of April II Is the letter,
herewith, from Mrs. Charles w. Kutz,
which Is self-explanatory. However,
the writer desires to say, In this con-
nection, that for many years he was
on very friendly terms with Fred D.
Owen, until his death few years ago,
and that in Q former bicycle story,
appearing in The Star. he mentioned
briefly the Owen brothers and the
controversy over the invention OF the
lady's bicycle. and that he is glad TO
print Mrs. Kutzs letter, since 1t viii
tend to clear up what, to many. Is
still Q debatable matter. Mrs. Kut'
says:
Dear Mr.. Proctor:
IT have read with great interest
your article In yesterdays Star. MY
uncle, Bert Owen (H. 81. had oi-
cycle park ut the southwest corner
Of New York avenue and Fourteenth
street; portable offices and show
rooms, faced on New York avenue.
Behind them was q large lot covered
nv 4 circus tent top: here riding the
low bicycle was taught. Uncle Bert
bent Q gas pipe Just In between TWO
wheels, made Q lady's wheel and
taught me to ride. was . snah eiri
then. One day, with my two uncles,
Mr.. H. 8. Owen and Mr.. F. d. owen.
and Mr.. Charles c. Tyler. I was taken
on the streets. Small boys were rae
ing after US, shouting monkey on q
Wheel Later had o bicycle outfit
iust like those worn by the women In
the picture.
"When even younger. my father. .
newspaper man in Washington-de
Bonneville Randolph Ksim-bought
horses and . carriage. ana we dfove
,, from here to Reading. Pa, our other
home. Uncle Fred Owen and Uncle
Dert Owen went with us. riding their
tall wheels and causing great excite
ment rs we passed through the small
towns.
"When Gen. Kutx and were mar
ried in 1895, we sailed for Europe and
visited the Starr brothers In their
homes in Coventry. England. At that
time Uncle Bert had been selling the
Psyche bicycle and my sister and I
|. had been riding them for several
years. The Starr brothers made the
Psyche wheel.
"Excuse this note, but was in
terested in your article. only disap-
pointed that you had not mentioned
Mr. Owens bicycle park, and the fact
that he thought Of the drop-frame
bicycle for women. My father disap-
proved Of the stunt riding ! learned
70 10 vhsn out With The young men