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Evening star., 1938-04-09

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Vote on Sidetracking Merger Bill

The roll call which
last night foIoV
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Taxes

Continued From First Page
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REPI BLICAN S-SS
FARMER-LABORITES-2,

TROGRESSINES--6.
Sauthof. Wis. Schneider. Wis Withrow, Wis
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Against Sidetracking the Bill-l96.

Johnson. Minn. Kyale Miun
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DROP REGISTERED
IN FORECLOSURES
Data for Non-Farm Realty
Show New Low for
Recovery Period.

A sharp decrease in foreclosures on
non-farm real estate throughout the
United States in January, as compared
with December. 1887, was shown today
in report by the Division Of Research
and Statistics Of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board.
Surveying the national field of
urban home owners, the division found
that IL per cent fewer persons saw
their properties foreclosed on through
failure to keep up their payments in
December than in the previous month.
Moreover, the report said, foreclosures
in January exceeded those OF the av-
erage month in 1924 high pros
perity year-by only 900 cases. Janu-
ary was recorded as a new low
month in foreclosures for the recovery
period. Figures for the month were
"a per cent under those Of January,
1887.
Reports from all over the country
showed 1925 foreclosures on nom
farm property in January, as COM
pared with 11,0l5 in December. This
decline brought the foreclosure index
figure from 57.3 1894 being taken as
norm of l00) in December to 53.2
in January.
Decline in Seven Districts.
Analysis of the report as it affected
various parts of the country showed:
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stuff, not to mention tops of small
tables, the fronts of home bars, game
room Wainscoting and host of other
logical spots.
AS we mentioned before, the home
workman can take sheet of this
steel composition which will be sold
down at the corner hardware store,
and ne can cut it into any shape he
may desire, using a standard pair Of
TIN ships or a small saw. II YOU
happen to be bit more artistic,
you can emboss this surface either
from the front or back with all sorts
OF designs. BY simply running a glass
cutter over 1t with little extra pres
sure you can work wonders in every-
thlng from straight-line growing of
the modern mode to simple drawings
in steel.
II you should want to make some.
thlna requiring more rigid backing.
IL Is also possible to obtain 1t mounted
on wood or composition veneer board
Ihls also can be worked with ordinary
tools, and has the obvious ADVANTAGE
OF not requiring any mounting labor
for its immediate and widely diversified
use, You really ought to try your hand
at making something yourself out of
this stainless steel composition il WI,
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having it put in place With the STAIN
less steel composition tiles which come
in 4-inch squares, it is possible for
you to cover any wall surface you
please with cleaning coat of steel
which is impervious to moisture or
other corrosive actions. All you have
to do is use little care in planning
the job at the start, then 70 ahead
and cover the area with a special
cement which is recommended to hold
the tiles in place After this coat is
applied you merely press the tiles into
position, and roll them a bit with
handy tool used for that purpose.
This process can be used for the
lining of bins or boxes, or for the
covering Of shelves in your pantry or
kitchen. In other words, wherever you
want a smooth, easily cleaned surface,
or one which must resist attack by
acids and other destructive agents.
It finds ready application for the
fixing up of an attractive shower stall,
or perhaps you want to whip up
stainless steel sink or drainboard,
Door push plates will be most attrac-
tive made Of this type of wear-resisting
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4. Only in the Portland bank dis
trict. the Northwestern States, did
foreclosures in January, 1888, exceed
those OF January, 1887. The increase
there was 1913 per cent.
Real estate foreclosures in metro
politan communities receded during
January from the preceding month
and stood well below the average
month Of 1925" the report said. The
index 1926 equals 1000 decreased
from 1872 in December to ITO in jan
uary, decline Of 6.5 per cent. jan
uary, 1898, foreclosures were 23.4
per cent below those of January. 1887.
January foreclosures were higher
than in December in 80 cities and
lower in SO. One city reported no
change from December. These COM
munlties revealed no pronounced geo.
graphic concentration in December tc
January increases and decreases In
foreclosure activity"
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/. Foreclosures declined in seven of
the IL Federal Home Loan Bank dis
tricts. while they advanced in the five
others. Declines were shown for these
districts: Boston, New York, Winston
Salem, Chicago, Des Moines, Little
Rock and Los Angeles; increases were
in the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, Topeka and Portland
(northwestern) districts.
2. Decreases in foreclosures in 26
States in January under December
aggregated l,648, while in 20 States
foreclosures increased by 1858. In
these States there was no change.
Changes Scattered.
3. These rises and recessions were
scattered, with no particular signifi-
cant geographical concentrations, ex.
cept, perhaps, the group Of increase.
shown for the area involving Texas
and States just east and north of it
Evening star., 1938-03-19
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.


T 7 AVE you noticed how stainless
~ steel seems to be sweeping
the country these days? More
4 Il and more of it is being used
for wider range of applications than
we would have dreamed possible a
few years ago. Everything from
streamlined trains to table f1atWare
is being made out of this remarkable
material and it seems like only a
short while before practically every
thing will be made of it. We don't
mean that we will sleep or try to sleep
under stainless steel sheets, or eat
stainless steel flakes for breakfast,
but we will be using it in various and
sundry articles formerly made of far
different materials.
We have learned recently of a new
stainless steel composition which will
not only be so inexpensive that it can
be used in place of ordinary surfacing
materials, such as linoleum or oil
cloth. but can be worked with the
simplest of tools found around the
average home.
This stainless steel composition is
made up of an extremely thin sheet of
the best metal bonded to a layer of
rag-felt impregnated with asphalt
Because of the thinneSs of the sheet
and its inexpensive backing material
you can thus obtain a material with
all the advantages of a heavy stock
at fraction of its cost 1t is being
made up in the form of sheets, angles,
channels and other small shapes for
fabrication by the average home me-
chanlc, as we'll as in tile and shingle
form for straight installation work.
Take your kitchen or bathroom for
instance. Suppose you have been
wanting to put up some kind of
waterproof and highly decorative wall
covering. and have been a little wary
OF the job because of the expense of
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doubt the ease of working it which
we have so glibly described.
IN ORDER to hold down new panel
Ing materials such as the one we
have just described. as we'll as q host
Of other more familiar types Of sheet
Ing. you really should use q metal
molding to trim it up properly around
the edges. An excellent one for this
purpose Is made Of solid white metal
which will not tarnish or change color.
It has a small lip on its inner side
which securely covers the edge of the
material which has been put In place.
You can use convenient corner joints
and end pieces to trim up these spots,
and you will find that it will add tre-
mendously to the finished look Of your
paneling or flooring situation.
FOR years plumbing fixtures have
been put ip house in a sort of
haphazard manner which always left
open the possibility of leaks occurring
around valves Of the built-in type.
Tub and shower fixture valves have
been regular offenders along this line
and at last something has been done
to stop all this fooling around and
needless expense.
Instead Of burying the valves deep
inside the wall, which also required at
least a 4-inch partition, you can now
have the same facilities installed in a
2-lnch partition and the valve is out
side the plaster line even. This is all
taken care of with new fixture which
makes use Of a template, a valve body,
and a cover plate.
When you are roughing in the Job
you merely install the template of the
fixture first Of all with the four pipes
leading outside the wall surfacing and
ending in caps. When the finished wall
has been applied the caps are removed
and the mixing valve is attached by
means of suitable nipples. The cover
plate is then installed over the whole
thing, making an extremely clean and
up-to-date installation. The cover
plates may be had in either a round or
octagonal design.
If you have any questions concern
ing the products which have been de-
scribed in this column, such as the
names Of manufacturers, or local
dealers. send stamped self-addressed
envelope to Lawrence Crolius, 81 East
Sixty-seventh street, New York, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

Maybe it does" I told her. "but
it doesn't balance the rent"
was all in a fluster that after
noon on account Of my son-in-law
calling me and saying Alice was
on her way to the hospital, it be
ing her first baby. So I didn't see
this Joan Barlow until the next
evening when she stopped by my
room, almost crying, and said:
Mrs. Jensen, I've made the
most terrible mistake. You know
tnat tree 1 put in the picture
in the spot where there wasn't
any tree Well I waited too long
before I took it out, and the paint
got dry, and I had to paint the
whole picture over again
GETS THEM MIXED
After I finished the new pic
ture, I let it dry, and then I took
it up to this Mrs. Duffield. She
wasn't in her suite-she's at the
Plaza-but her secretary said to
leave it, and she would send me a
cneck if it was satisfactory. Then
I came on home and found out
oh, Mrs. Jensen. you'll think
I'm a perfect idiot found out
I'd left the wrong picture-the
one I painted first-the one with
the tree in It'll"
I Just advised her to rush back
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II got back my little Miss Joan was
gone, bag, baggage and hat-box!
Yes, 1t was kind Of q shock
after me doing my best to help
her. But you get used to things
like that in the rooming-house
business. 1 suppose the picture
didn't suit, and she was ashamed
to face me. To tell the truth, I've
been a little worried about her.
because she did seem like a nice,
sweet girl in spite of everything
And now, I suppose, Mr.. Re
porter, she's in some kind of trou-
BILE, Or you and this other man
wouldn't be here What's that?
She isn't? Well, I'm glad to hear
that. Then what -. Oh. this other
mans a lawyer I thought he
was a picture-taker. And he's got
something for me? :. What's
this Why there's five hun.
dred dollars here, Mister Lawyer
: can't take that, she doesn' t
owe it to me Just minute,
gentlemen, let me sit down.
FINDS HER GRANDMA
What? The old lady was Joan's
grandmother? Why, I never heard
Of such a thing! Do you mean
she didn't know ner own grand
mother? Oh, I begin to get it
now They hadn't seen each
other since Joan was a 4-year-
old baby Because her mother
ran away with a man, and the
family disowned her.
Then what became Of her real
father? He killed himself! Oh.
isn't that too bad! But the
grandmother has been looking for
Joan for ever so long, and it was
through the want ad that they
finally found each other? So she
feels I'm at least entitled to $500,
because I made her answer the
ad? Well, in that case, I sup
pose can take it, and much
obliged. For my little grandson.
But isn't it all strange? Why
didn't her grandmother-thiS old
Mrs Duffield - recognize Joan
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to the hotel with the right picture
before this old lady saw the wrong
one.
Il will" she said. But I'm
scared sick she's seen it by now
and she'll think I'm crazy"
Hope for the BEST" I told her.
Maybe the old lady is crazy, too. "
And that was the last I saw Of
the girl, because right after that
I got a call from the hospital that
Alice was having her baby. A
nine-pound boy Mister Newspaper
Reporter, and pretty enough for
the movies. And, of course, when
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when she answered the ad? ]
mean, how did she finally know?
Through the picture But how
could that be? Yes, I get that
You say Joan was born in that
old manor house, and lived there
until she was four. But I don't
see the connection yet. The tree?
What's the tree got to do with
it2 Oh, it had been cut down
before the photo was taken? And
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YVES, there was a Miss Joar
l. Barlow used to room here
That's the name she went by
anyhow. She moved out las
Friday.
Could l tell you something
about her? You bet I can. I car
tell you she left without paying
her rent!
Indeed she did. And, though
ought to have expected it, I car
tell you was pretty surprised
Because she didn't seem like that
kind. and I'd certainly gone out
of my way to try to help her. But
I guess the bad luck she had with
that picture was about the last
straw.
What picture? Why, the one
she painted Just before she left.
Gracious! Why she had to put
that fool tree in it I can't i'm
agine!
AN HONEST ARTIST
She was with me a long time,
too. Nearly a year, and she never
missed her rent once until the
last month. And she was very
honest about it. I will say that.
I've spent all my money, Mrs.
Jensen" she said, land I won't
be able to keep the room unless l
can find job"
I suppose I should have told her
she could leave right then, but l
lust didn't have the heart. 1t
seemed the poor little things
folks had died when she was just
a little girl, and she'd been
brought up by her stepfather, who
was an artist, too. And then he'd
died, and left her just about
enough money to go through art
school.
I've been doing my best to find
work for six months" she told me,
but I don't seem to be able to
do anything right. The trouble
is I can't paint things the way
they tell me, no matter how hard
1 try. 1 have to paint them the
way see them "
Well, it was just after her rent
had gone unpaid the third week
that 1 was looking over the paper
and I saw this want ad for an
artist. It said the artist should
be able to make a painting from
a photo.
PAINTING FROM PHOTO
So I took it up to her room,
and she was so grateful she almost
cried.
tits terribly sweet of you, Mrs.
Jensen" she said. I've never made
a painting from a photograph, but
I'm sure can"
That night she knocked at my
door, and said, all breathleSs:
Mrs. Jensen, what do you
think? I got that job! It's only
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= Daily Short Story = By1o
By Lionel C. Noise

,Joan somehow remembered it be-
longed there? And, as no one else
in America knew that, it meant
Joan was the missing baby!
Well, for PHYS Sakel guess
there must be something in that
composition business after all.
That was what Joan called it
composition. I'll have to find out
lust what that means. It must be
something like Fate.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
Injury in Street
Puzzles Victim

Found unconscious at North
Capitol and H Sts., Aloysius Cos
tello, 81, HOO block Fourth St.
N. E., was treated yesterday for
q deep cash on his head. Physi-
clans said he told them he did
not know how he received the
injury.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

painting one picture, but I'll get
$25 for it, and I'll be able to pay
my rent and have something left
over"
l was Just having a cup of tea,
and she looked kind of peaked, so
told her to come in.
What is the picture OFF" I
asked her.
Its an old English manor
house. I'm to make a water-color
of it, just as it is in the photo.
Here, you can see what it's like"
She fished around in her big
book of sketches she always took
with her when she went job-hunt-
ing, and brought out an old, faded
picture of big, Squarish house,
with a lot of trees and bushes.
There was wide lawn, and every
thing looked kept up.
TITS really very romantic" Joan
said. Il didn't get the whole story,
but it seems the house belonged
to titled English family for cen
turies and centuries. Then they
all died out, and the house burned
down. and there's no one left ex-
cept the old lady who wants this
painting. She calls herself Mrs.
Duffield.
II only saw her a minuts-it was
her secretary who told me all this
but you can see she's somebody.
Poor old thing! All alone, in a
strange country. and nothing left
but an old photograph! I simply
can't bear to look at it any more
she said. 1T looks so frightfully
dead. I want to see it once more
as it really was, with the flowers
in bloom, and the sun shining on
the trees"
OAK TREE BALANCE
I stopped by Joan's room next
morning to see how she was get
ting on, and she was certainly do
ing very we'll. The house looked
real life-like, the way she was
painting it. But it only took me
a minute to see something was
wrong.
What have you got that big
oak tree in there tor?" 7 asked
her. Because I don't see any
tl ees at that spot in the photo"
"Oh, dear!" she said. Il didn't
know I'd put a tree in there. Now,
how on earth did do that? tt
must be my sense of composition
getting the better Of Judgment
again. I'm so glad you noticed it.
I'll take it out before the paint
dries"
BE sure you do," I told her.
Because, as 1 understand it, this
Old sister wants a picture of a
house and not a tree"
She held the painting off at
arms length, and squinted at it.
But it does balance the COM
position beautifully. doesn't it?"
she said. |
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
U. s, SCANS Law
FOR POWERS TO
PURIFY STREAMS
Seeks Way to Compel
Action by States

Possibility that the Federal Gov
ernment may force State and local
officials to rid all the streams OF
the nation of pollution is being
studied today.
This development came to light
yesterday at a press conference
held by Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes. Asked if the Fed
eral Government could compel
backward States and cities to
clean up their rivers under the
Constitution. the Secretary said:
Wen have our lawyers study
the law and see just what can
be done"
POWERS NEGLECTED
Constitutional clauses giving the
Federal Government exclusive
jurisdiction over navigable streams
and the general welfare clause are
deemed the ones directly bearing
on the situation.
President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Ickes are both known to feel
that States and municipalities
have failed to exercise to the full
extent police powers granted them
to rid streams of domestic sewage
and industrial waste.
PWA GRANTS MADE
Through PWA grants already
made and applications for further
financial aid filed by officials of
various communities, the Potomac
and many tributary streams are to
be rid of pollution.
However, visits to towns along
the Potomac and feeder" streams
convinced reporters that office
holders in some communities are
inclined to ignore the pollution
problem.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-07

The Will to Do
Great souls have wills, feeble
ones have only wishes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-07
Smart Daytime Fashions

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Strange Facts
I Cat-TaiIs Served
. as Asparagus .
as Asparagus

YOU can eat the fuzzy cat-tail
you have seen so often in
marshy places. The Iroquois In
dams used the root of the cat-tail
plant to make flour. The root is
starchy and the Indians dried it
and made a -four that is similar
to flour made from corn or rice.
Cat-tail flour was one of the SUBJ
stitutes the Germans learned to
use during the World war. The
American Indians also used the
root to make syrup. It is the
tender shoots of the plant that
cossacks enjoy and it is this part
of the plant that is sometimes
served in England under the
name Cossack asparagus.
The fibrous leaves Of the cat
tail plant have often been used to
make mats and chair seats. The
flower is converted into a substi-
tute for cotton or silk and is
made into a filling for upholstery.
In this form the flower was used
as a dressing for wounds in the
World war. The ancient people of
India dried the cat-tails and used
them as torches. In some places
where palm leaves are not cas-
lily obtained the cat-tail leaves
are used on Palm Sunday instead
Of palms.
The leaves of the cat-tail are
grasslike, growing in double rows
on the reed stalk and the flower of
the plant is the tail which grows
at the top of the stalk. The tail is
not single flower but is made up
of thousands of little flowers. The
familiar fuzzy surface is due to
fine down which grows on each
flower.
The cat-tail is one of the most
familiar sights in all places where
there is marshy ground. In Eng
land the plant is called reed mace.
g Britannica Junior.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-07
Usually Classified as Blue
Reminiscent

After the young singer had fin.
ished her second encore, the old
lady leaned toward her and said:
''Thank you so much for your
songs, my dear. They took me
back to childhood days on my
fathers farm. There were times
when you sang that I could shut
my eyes and fairly hear the old
front gate creaking in the wind. I"
Montreal Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-07
Uncle WiA
Says: -
Law Books and JaiIs Full

Too many people think that hui
man nature can be changed by
''Be It Enacted"
The culture that a wife can
spread on her husband who has
no taste for it is usually a very
thin veneer.
What persons desire who don't
understand how to make or keep
money is a big fortune that some
body else looks after. They want
the money, but not the bother.
Virfuous Intolerance
Intolerance has it's place. There
isn't enough of it employed
against indecency, injustice and
just plain vulgarity.
Greatest joy in friendship is
that your friend thinks more of
you than you deserve. Only other
being that does that is your
mother.
Usually Classified as Blue
It is better to find that a man
has 'feet of clay" instead of a
head of that material.
A youngster engaged in running
his life is seldom open to reason.
No fool like young fool.
Books will be written about the
depression so long as it is not I'M
derstood-which means forever.
Why shouldn't men talk shop;
shop is what they live by.