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Evening star., 1935-08-17

the Housing Administration regu-
lations.
A more complete financial and
credit statement is also required
under the $4,000 extension. A bal
ance sheet and proflt-and-loss state
ment must be submitted by the bor-
rover to the lending institution.
When these points are taken into
consideration the Federal Housing
Administration will insure the loan.
Under the amended plan the maxi
mum interest charge remains the
same as under the $4,000 arrange
ment.
This maximum Is an amount
equivalent to a IS discount per s100
original face amount of a one-year
note. to be repaid in equal monthly
installments. The Housing Admins
tration, however, urges lending in
stitutions to make loans under the
Evening star., 1935-08-17
Air Conditionin
Year Round Weather-Mak.
ing Systems Included in
New Confirmation
BY LAWRENCE TICKER

In addition to pleasant, healthful
atmosphere in Winter, the occupants
OF some OF Washington's newest homes
will be able to enjoy cool, dry air
throughout the Summer regardless of
the temperature and humidity outside,
Complete year-around air-condition-
ing Is now being featured by a num-
Der Of builders in the latest homes,
and the majority of the experimental
structures which have been erected to
demonstrate the value of new and pre-
fabricated materials also include
Weather-making systems.
Waverly Taylor, in his new develop
ments Of IS houses at Rollingwood
and 20 houses at Rock Creek Ter
race, Is installing a complete air.
conditioning system minus only the
refrigeration compressor. The buyer
may purchase the compressor for
relatively small additional cost or put
1t of until later. A central system
plant with duct distribution to all
rooms except the baths and kitchen
will be used, radiators being installed
In these rooms to avoid recirculation
OF undesirable air.
4S Homes Under Way.
Washington Builders. Inc, are pro-
ceeding rapidly with the construction
OF the first II Of an ultimate 48 COM
pletely conditioned homes at
Fourteenth and Rittenhouse streets.
The residences, of ultra modern design
throughout, will be equipped with
year-around plants of the central sys-
tenn type using a gas-fired steam
boiler connected to an indirect type
air conditioner containing heating
and cooling coils, fan, moisture eGmi-
nators and filters. A one-and-a- half
horsepower refrigeration compressor
will also be connected to this unit to
provide positive cooling and dehumid-
flying In Summer.
Two Zones in House.
In order to reduce the size of the
refrigeration compressor the house is
divided into two zones, the first and
second floors. Hence, by charging the
dampers on the duct system it will
be possible to cool the second floor
at night, and the first floor during
the day. It is therefore necessary
to have q compressor only half the
size ordinarily required.
The all-copper house recently COM
pleted at Edgemoor lane and Exeter
road in Edgemoor, Nd, is equipped
with year-around air-conditioning.
An indirect type air-conditioner is
located in the basement, connected to
q gas boiler and a two-and-one-half-
horsepower compressor. This COM
pressor will completely cool the prin-
cipal rooms of the house, due to the
excellent heat insulating qualities of
the copper walls and glass wool in
sulation. The bath rooms, maids
room and kitchen will be heated by
means of concealed copper radiators.
The great strides made in building
materials, such as those demonstrated
in the cooper house and other modern
structures, are doing great deal to-
ward making complete condition
ing an inexpensive and plausible fea-
ture.
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NEW Conditioner
SELF-CONTA|NED
Cooling Unit Operates With
out Special Power or
Water Supply.

The first self contained room cool
ing unit which operates without using
special power lines or water supply and
drain piping has just been announced
by the air conditioning department OF
the General Electric Co. The new
conditioner marks a definite advance
in this room unit type of air condi-
tioning in the it operates on an
ordinary 1l0-volt a, C. electric Cir
cult and needs only to be plugged into
the nearest light outlet to operate.
Designed for use in living rooms
or bed rooms of homes, offices, or
guest rooms of hotels, the unit will
cool, dehumidify, clean and circulate
the air of a single room. also bringing
in outdoor air for ventilation. 1t cir
culates approximately 275 cubic feet
of air per minute and its refrigera-
tion capacity is equivalent to the use
of nearly half ton of ice in "a hours.
1t may be installed simply by ad-
justing its duct connection to win
dow. Among its unusual features are
three compressor units. to supply the
refrigeration for cooling the air, each
trouble-proof and Theoretically sealed
at the factory, like the smaller COM
pressor unit used in the same manu-
facturer's monitor-top refrigerator.
Also unique is the fact that the unit
is ieself ART cooled, requiring no water
connections, and that the water con-
densed on its cooling coils is evapo-
rated by the stream Of air and carried
outside. It's four motors start on an
automatically staggered sequence. so
that there can be no heavy inrush
of current with its consequent danger
of blowing fuses. The unit is un-
usually quiet and free from vibration.
The new unit possesses the type of
filters known to be effective for hay
fever relief, and since it cools and
dehumidifes the air it is believed
to offer a highly practical possibility
of relief to certain types of hay fever
and pollen asthma.
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LOANS
NOW AVAILABLE
Apartment House Owners
Get Access to Federal
Housing Advantages.

Installation of equipment and ma
chinery for commercial-resident
buildings as a means of lowering
operating costs is now possible under
the Federal Housing Administrations
amended modernization credit plan.
Under the amendments the Hous-
ing Administration will insure loans
made by private institutions in
amounts up to $4,000 on equipment
for apartment or multiple family
houses (two or more separate dwell
ing units under the same roof and
for hotels.
Installation of new heating equip
ment, air-conditioning systems, illu-
minating systems, bath and plumb
ing fixtures, sewerage systems, ele-
vators, and other improvements are
eligible under the extended plan. An
exhaustive survey of the country's
Evening star., 1935-08-17
PLUMBING MARKET
MOVING UPWARD
Bathtubs, Sinks and Other
Products as to % Per
Cent Higher.

Evidence of a rising market in
the plumbing and heating industries
Is found in price increases for major
commodities recently announced by
manufacturers.
The price increase on bathtubs,
sinks and other enameled ware prod
ucts ranges from As per cent to %
per cent, the average advance being
approximately 10 per cent.
An average price increase of 10
per cent on pottery items affects
staple types of closet bowls and tanks
Despite these increases, prices of
staple plumbing fixtures are still low
compared to the advance that has
taken place in the prices of most
other commodities. according to the
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bu-
reau.
Many Items Low.
Many Of the staple plumbing items
are selling today for less than at any
time in the last twenty years, a survey
by the bureau discloses.
Using the 1926 price as the basic
price, in accordance with the practice
of the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics, the price index number for
a flve-foot corner built-in tub rose
from 97.1 in 1914 to 112l in 1920,
stood at 85 in 1923, IS in 1888, 55.l in
1884 and today can be bought at a
price represented by the index num-
Der of 60.8.
daHl1nn 70 1f ri, e
illustrated by the fluctuation in the
price of the 20 by So inch roll-rim
model. The index number for this
type of sink in 1914 was 658, Gil in
1920, $50 in 1884 and is 62.9 today.
An even greater contrast in prices
today as compared with the past is
evident in the cost of brass fittings
used on plumbing ware. For instance.
a decline of 100 points is shown in
the price of swinging spout faucets
Tor kitchen sinks in the f1fteen-year
period between 1920 and 1885.
Pipe Decline Sharp.
An equally precipitous decline is
noticeable in the case of pipe. For
instance, the price index number for
standard single hub soil pipes which
in 1920 stood at 1888 today is 841.
A gradual stiffening of the market.
however, has been noticeable in
recent months.
Under the stimulus of these un-
precedented low prices and the mod
ernization program of the Federal
Housing Administration, combined
with the realization that the upward
trend in the market is definitely un-
der way, the public has been purchas-
ing plumbing equipment in greater
volume than at any time in the last
two years Another important factor
in the upward turn in the industry
Is the opportunity for plumbing sales
created by the construction of water
works and sewage systems in many
towns and villages.
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$50000 extension at as low an in
tereSt rate as possible.
Eligibility of equipment and ma
chinery for apartment and multiple.
family dwellings is determined in
every instance by a board of au-
thority at national headquarters in
Washington. 1t is stressed that where
ruling may apply in one case it
does not necessarily mean that the
same rule will apply generally. In
a general sense, all equipment and
machinery peculiarly adapted to the
business conducted on a property and
necessary to its operation may be
purchased with loans granted under
the $4,000 extension.
MISUNDERSTANDING owners may OBJ
tain specific information concerning
individual projects from Federal
Housing Administration headquarters
in Washington.
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whereas, the c. L. L. A. has OBJ
served the active. energetic and in
telligent efforts being made by the
Federal Housing Administration to
promote recovery, to relieve depres-
sion, to increase the circulation of
money to relieve distress, to improve
industrial and economic conditions, to
promote unemployment;
Therefore, be it resolved, That the
G. L. l.. A. indorses the activities
of the Federal Housing Administration
and approves continuance Of It's en-
deavors"
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LAW GROUP INDORSES
ACTIVITIES OF F. H. A.

Resolutions commencing the activ-
tiles of the Federal Housing Admin
istration were adopted here at the
recent annual convention of the
Commercial Law League of America.
The league has membership of over
5000.
The resolution adopted read as fol-
lows:
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Madras Builds Rail Cars.
Madras. in India, is building Diesel
electric rail cars for its railways.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20

and concluded there were scores of 'honesties'' honesty was not just one single characteristic which you have or do not have, but. just like in the case of manners, you behave properly in some situations and improperly in others. We are all honest and we are all dishonest some more so than others. They concluded the aim of character building should be to develop as many "honesties" as possible in each individual and also to try to set up a general ideal of honesty. that would carry over into as many life situations as possible.
 2. Whenever n boy is arrested 1t Is usually ascribed to gang activi- ties" hut the gang tendency t' also what makes teams in base ball. tennis. basket ball and practi- cally all group activities. With proper guidance the gang tendency Is one Of the greatest agencies for character training in boy nature. ffN"rrf"h. IehN v piiie Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20

l.. Most students believe that ex- cessive personal adornment by either sex is the sign of parasitic class-one that lives on the labor of others. The savage chief loaded with gewgags. the Oriental ruler scarcely able to walk under the weight of his jewels and the richly gowned. bejewelled but idle woman are all showing their power to command the labor of others. when the Roman matrons left the Management of their households and became painted and rouged women driving chariots, adopting the high handshake-which we think Is q modern invention-it was evidence of the inner decay of theif virlie national culture and Ideals.
 \. Nobody is entirely honest or ekfirely dishonest. The Institute for Social and Religious Research studied the character traits of over i*n theteanA school hrss ord girls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20
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her landlady called up the stair way:
 I'm sending up a Mir. Drann." she shouted, as though Jo Darien were somewhat deaf.
 Jo hurried to the door, wishing that the bungalow owner wouldn't be quite so liberal minded in her handling of male callers. But it was too late-the bulky form of Silas Dram was already on the stair.
 Good evening, Miss Darien," he puffed. q was afraid I might not find you in--but I look a chance and stopped by on the way to the studio"
 Embarrassed, Jo invited him to sit down. TT suppose Miss Mon- tez sent your" She was puzzled, for Lolita hadn't mentioned what she had in mind for Jo at the studio, and Jo hadn't for the moment imagined it would be anything in Drann's department.
 At the question, Dram raised his eyebrows. "Montez? Oh-yes. Yes, she did,"
 Jo dropped into a chair, re- lieved. She's wonderful, l think"
 "Yes, we all think so.' The di- rector cleared his throat. Now !. |. Miss Darien, had you ever thought of going into pictures at all?'
 You mean-you cant mean acting in them," laughed Jo.
 That's just what I do mean" snapped Dram. Miss Darien, l want you to take a screen test" Jo could hardly find her voice. "But its so absurd, MT. Dram. I've never had any experience. Not even in amateur theatricals, and"
 'So much the better! If you get through a good screen test if your beauty registers at all and your voice is passable-I will make an actress of you. have done that before, many times. I did it with Montez."
 But, T." Jo broke off, laugh ing. I'm sure 1t would be all for nothing, and even If I could be an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20
BY MARY E. DAGUE NEA Service Stan Writer


 Tomatoes, which our forefathers considered poisonous, have had such an effect on contemporary language that the other day l ran onto a tomato surprise bed. Inci- dentally, speaking of cooking ad- venture, 1t must have taken lion hearted woman to serve tomatoes the first time. mustn't 1t?
 When tomatoes are biz and meaty and rich red, serve them every day plain raw, in saads or cooked.
 A grand combination is veal outlets with griiled tomatoes. of course, when you serve cooked to- matoes you cant serve them as a salad, but cabbage Is good now and then, and a cabbage salad with sour cream dressing adds just the right touch to this menu.
 Chilled Tomatoes
 Wash tomatoes and cut in slices
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20
SAVIOUR
 CHILDREN
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 Molly, seventeen, goes to the tel. ephone. Someone announces him. self and Molly gets it like shot "oh, Bill, I thought it was you What are you doin'2"
 "Just sittin' here. Talkin' tc you"
 "FIuh?" says Molly. Bill repeats it. Then he says. What are you doing"
 .'fIuh?" says Molly again. Bill says What are you doing?" Molly says, "oh nothing. Just
 Bill asks Molly what she was reading.
 She says "Huh?" again, and Bill tries hard to remember that Molly's curIs are golden and her eyes very blue. After a few dozen ''huh's" he is vaguely irritated al- though he is only subconsciously aware of her stupid habit.
 Habit Escapes Detection
 She hears perfectly well the first time but won't rouse her at- tention to the sticking point and lets the idea soak in by absorp- tien. It is the laziest and most slovefily trick in the world, this of putting al the work on another. If Bill had said he had been trying to find out the difference between ichthyology and entomology, Molly would have been Justified perhaps in asking for a repetition, but it Is the case with the sticky-minded that nothing at all soaks in at the first telling; easy or hard, it's all the same.
 Children pick up thls habit so easily that a mother or even q teacher may let it go unnoticed. They patiently repeat every sen- tence they utter. This mental lethargy is almost as blameworthy as the other.
 At the moment I have in mind two families in whose homes no right minded person could stay completely sane for twenty -four hours. Each member of the fam fly has to repeat whatever he says twice. Each one asks to be told over again. A day Is a succession of echoes that tell q tale of mat tention if not actual stupidity.
 Concentration Is Different
 "Open the W dow, Jane." means just that. Jane should not be answered when she says, What. did you say?" when she has heard perfectly well. "See who is at the door, Billy" or "Where Is the paper?" should click at once. Why repeat 1t?
 It is true that children are often deeply engrossed with something and actually do not hear. True, too, that we rudely interrupt oth- CTS deep in a story or game by some unimportant remark that could wait. But this is different from the vacuum of inexcusahle "rigor mortis' of the brain.
 Nothing is more rcstful to the eavesdropper than to hear people converse with ears ajar and wits on the trigger. Children used to be taught both. Whether dumb or not, the mentally-lazy child will certainly earn the name if he does not snap. out of 1t. and act and look intelligent when spoken to- Molly might actually be right smart girl. But if so she Is keep- ing 1t a good secret.
 Copyright 1885, NEA Service Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20
GLORIFYlNo
 YOURSELF
6NyJN NEK l7lek E
'By Alicis Hsrt 2.

 No longer are fiat chests fash ionable. The woman who wants to have a nice figure and look we'll in her clothes should carry her chest high and, if 1t still seems fiat, get busy with exercises that fill out hollows and develop muscles. Here is an excellent one:
 Sit on the floor with legs crossed tailor fashion. Raise arms above head with elbows held well behind ears, and lock thumbs together. Pressing and forcing arms as far backward as possible, pull the arms slowly downward until hands are level with back of the head.
 Feel Muscles Stretch
 If you do this correctly, hands and elbows will be at least two inches outward from back of the head when you finish. It must be done slowly, of course, and you must feel the chest rise and the muscles of 1t and the neck stretch and ull as your locked hands are forced down and out.
 Remember, too, that the old fashioned breathing exercises you used to do in school are good chest developers. Make believe that you are swimming, inhaling deeply as you bring arms forward in breast stroke fashion and ex- haling as you swing them outward to the sies. Repeat 20 tines night and morning.
 Stand with feet wide apart and arms at your sides. Keeping el- bows straight, swing arms up, over toward the back as far as possible and down. Breathe in as you lift arms. Breathe out as you are bring ing them downward to the original position. Do this very slowly, too, and strain shoulders, chest and neck muscles as you force arms backward.
 Figure Eight Exercise
 If you are one who wants to tear down fatty tissues rather than build them up, here's waistline exer- else that will take pounds off your middle and, in addition, make your body much more graceful.
 Stand with feet about "A inches dPdIL uHu 1alSSu eOONO thG head, palms facinng each other. You are about to make large figure with your body, so get mental picture of the figure firmly in your mind.
 First, bend the right knee and slowly push the arms out toward the right as far as possible. Keep ing the right knee bent, push the right hip forward and the left shoulder back. making the left elbow stay well behind the left ear. Now you are facing the ceiling. Push upward with the hands, stretching your torso upward out of hipbone sockets, and swing back to the original position. This com pletes one loop of the figure 8. Reverse the routine, bending left knee and pushing arms outward to the left, and you will have made the other loop. Repeat the entire exercise 20 times day.
 NEYT-ReduciuU Hvarnln1a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20
Dress Reform and Health

Dress Reform and Health
 Speaking strictly as health teacher I admire and applaud wom- ans fearlessness in dress. That she gets along remarkably well without many clothes every one but her husband or father will admit.
 It is not fashion alone that dic- tates her wanton barring of neck and knees, spine, sternum ct cetra. The modern woman sees pretty clearly through all this old hokum bunkem about clothing and gallop- ing consumption or undiscernible lingerie and rheumatism eventual Ii if not this winter. Though dumb enough she has enough native per- ception to notice that consumption and rheumatism prevail inversely as the square yards of cloth used to dress a woman.
 Women in this country are en- toying better health than their mothers or grandmothers ever knew, particularly in respect to bronchial troubles and tuberculosis. The sex in fact has proved so per- NCIoS dDouL tildI liidI dii poI SHS veriest old fossils in the medical profession have left off warning the foolish young women of the buga- boo of rheumatic, pneumonia and consumption.
 I do not think that it is the ap- proach to nudity or the increasing scantiness of attire alone that ex- plains the unquestionably better health and vigor of women today. In part no doubt they owe their physical we'll being to the discard ing of corsets and the greater free dom for action, play. sport. out door pleasures their more hygienic mode of dress has given. Then, too, as the bolder members of the sex come to sneak smatterings of know ledge of physiology despite all the tender care taken by the ghost of Pinkia Lydeham to protest the del- icate creatures from such nasty knowledge, they acquire less mor- bid outlook and are not so fond of the old fishwife fancies.
 Especially wholesome and health full, think, has been the influence of teachings such as those of Dr. Clelia Due Mosher for many years medical advisor of Stanford Uni versity women. This distinguished hygienist, by her observation, study and practical instruction, has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20

him, returning the sheet of paper. "I-Tm so scared"
 Don't be such a child!" Dram parked. "There'll be only myself, the cameraman and sound man there. We've all seen and heard much worse than you. You want to keep remembering that you might turn out wonderfully we'll on the screen"
 It wasn't Jo told herself ruefully, a flattering thought.
 (TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20

You can't go wrong choosing sailor dress like this for school age daughter in the best of style and taste So simple
 How shall you carry outi We you follow the inspiring model you'll choose printed washable crepe pottery rust so new looking and and plain for its collar cuffs and tie
 Style No 2ois designed for sizes 10 and Size requires z yards of 3neh material with yard of S9neh contrasting. Send FIFTEEN CENTS (eoin is preerred) for PATTERN. Write plainly YOUR NAME ADDRESS AND STYLE NUM- BER BE SURE TO STATE SIZE YOU WISH ior Your Copy Todsyl BOOK and PATTERN tossihes TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
 Send yous unoney and DepaFtmene Waterbury Waterbury Conn ne co ssase ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20
GIRLS CHING TO ROUGE

Montreal-(UP)-UnemDlolme among young women in Montreal has not affected the trade In cos meti. q. A nunoiilcial survey mas revealed that a good part of the meager relief money received py girls Is spent on powder and iip- stick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
 BY WILLIAM BRADY. MD.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20
TopAY,s FAsHIoN TIP

Gloves viii be more ornate next season wth complicated stitching, ruffies. rows of buttons and bows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20

A revolutionary new i'm A laid linoleum h a s just been announced by Congoleum Nairn, Inc, that will gladden. the heart of every householder, for it makes the laying of fine linoleum floors surprising ly quick and easy, thus materially reducing the cost of installation. The exclusive feature of this product Is the adhesive which is applied to the back of the linoleum at the factory. This adhesive has only to be activated by 8. scrubbing brush dipped in water, before laying the iinofeum directly to wood or concrete floors, above grade!