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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-01
HOUSES FURNISHED.

BURLEITH-MODERN GROOM HOME,
screened porches. garage; nice neighbor-
hood completely furn. reas. Met. $500 -
BUNGALOW, WELL FURNISHED, ) RMS.
Sonabie to reliable people. Shepherd 16s@
KENNEDY ST NW-DETACHED 8 RMS
ward. refg double garage nr cars buses:
available immed to Oct. LIST Georgia AGA
BETHESDA-UNTIL SEPT 10 TO RE-
rental: furnished house tennis court To-
acre yard Phone Wis. 506s. between
$50 and pm %
EDGEMooR; MD.7-JULY Is TO SEPT. o
-,Dellghtfully cool, airy home. completely
furnished; $ rooms baths, screened sun
room lst,foor avatory; also ; servants
vegetable and flower gardens; outdoor pic
mic oven; lear garage: rental reduced to
$500 for the eight weeks provided owner
reserves one bedroom and bath. Wis, 443l.
ovERLooKs ROCK CREEK PARK
l'2 baths, ami Georgia 324s.
CHOICE NV. LOCATION-NICELY FURN
. rms; sleeping porch, awnings automatic
heat. Frigidaire. garage; moderate rental
to desirable tenant. Georgia $3.50
GROOM BUNGALOW ADJACENT WOOD
ed EN- PARK "a and stream. East SILVER Spring:
ARLINGTON. EOS N KENMORE sT-s1X
large rooms. screened porches lear ga
rage; beautiful yard. shade trees; cleo re-
iIlseI dlOT. OIL neat, Will lease. $40 per
month: references required. Chestnut 1923
lS47 STONE HOUSE FOR SUMNER: GAR
dener and Ford included; River road / 10
miles Wisconsin ave-: turn at mail box $50
Wisconsin 1905
FOR SUMNER ROOMS. > BATHS. GA
rage. overlooking Rock Creek Park: $50
per mo. SHIRE. 1919 Inglesde terri NV
l TO l. MOS LEASE. SO TO Sl15.
E NJ. FRY. INC.
q 1o3 Hampden Lane. Bethesda. Wis. GAO
GLOVER PARK-MODERN GROOM
comfortably furn brick home; screened
porches. hot-water heat, oil burner nice
yard and garage; near Transportation,
BROD1E & COLBERT. INC.
Natl. 1916 1907 Eye St NV
1855 HIGHLAND PL. NV.
DISTINGUISHED dwelling on large wooded
lot tnearly ] acre.: seven bedrooms 80
baths; frst-foor lavatory; lear garage;
2 blocks west Of Connecticut ave: hand
Somely furnished: 5000 month. w. c. &
A. N MILLER District AGA
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APARTMENTS FUR. OR UhFUR.

20 v ST NV OR 3 ROOMS, NEWLY
decorated; gas cleo. automatic hot water:
cool convenient location: reasonable.
ATTRACTIVE APIS. HIGH-CLASS NEIGH
borhoods: some furnished Car available
on appointment MRS GREEN. Shepherd
BIOS
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2007 BELMONT RID. NV
1880

Owner moving to Md. will sacrifice for
cash his charmingly located Or. brick,
WIN porches; garage. maids rm. oil heat
1904 '''''n' 81
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4400 JENIFER ST. NV.
Corner apt. living room. bedroom,
dinette. kit. and bath. End floor S11 so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-01

b. r. SAUL w.,
National 200. 935 18th ST. NV.
Modern Duplex Apartments.
AMERICAN UNIV. PARK,
4Ol2 Itth St. NV Apt. 4.
rms, kit, dinette, bath, porch Sal. 80
MARIETTA PARK,
5S22 9th ST. NV Apt. 4.
2 rms. kit, dlnette. bath. norch -S42.5O
MICHIGAN PARK,
1891 tn s.. N E. Apt. l.
rms, kit dinette, bath, porch.
exposures. larse yard 81. 50
FLOYD Z. DAVIS CO,
133 18th St. NV Natl. o3og.
MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE.
equipped kitchen, tiled bath. shower,
screened porch; $40. Apt. /. 562 New
combe st Sc. Congress Heights.
LEE D. LAT1MER CO.,
722 Investment Bldg. Natl. 4l46.
GLOVER PARK,
1904 4lSt ST. NV, APT. NO. 4.
Modern duplex apt. with heat, hot
water refg. furn., consisting OF : bed
rooms, liv room, dinette tile bath with
shower. screened rear porch. locker space
IN basement; large rear yard.
$4,000.
FLOYD E. DAVIS CO.
r23 10Th N w Natl. O,1DD.
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Arranged for Two Families

Brick row house nearly new at sub
stantiai reduction below cost, fifty dollars
income from rental, automatic heat. deep
lot with trees: porches. Cash payment four
hundred dollars. balance easy terms
OWNER, $50 Gallatin st. NV %
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REAL VALUE=S9 $50
GLOVER PARK.
Semi-Detached.
81 dSQ M

Lovely three bedroom home two screened
porches. on 37th st Weather-stripped
caulked. screened. white oak floor, two
screened porches. large. lovely yard: close
70 schools, markets, theaters transporta-
ton; This home will be in new-house
condition. Easy terms For Information
call J. E. TUCKER. Randolph IO44.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-01

A COMPLETE APT. HOME!
$500 COLORADO AVE. NV.
Good taste and an appreciation OF
those extra refinementS' not found
in every apartment residence VIII pc
apparent on your first INSPECTION OF
this unusual offering. 1t occupies an
outlooks east south and west. 1t
comprises FOYER and immense living
room with real open fireplace. dining
room, model kitchen FREE refrlgera-
tom THREE pleasant bedchambers.
TWO modern baths-cedar closets,
hieh ceilings, etc. The rental is sur
rnri-t,nrlnr nGn
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4O17 7th ST. NE.
2 bedrooms. living room dinette.
kitchen, bath and porch So 90
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3149 MT. PLEASANT ST. NV.
Five rooms kitchen and bath $4,000
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6323LUZON AVE, NV.

LUzoN-NEW MODERN BUILDING
rms. din. kit. bath So 50 up
l nm. din dr.. rm.; kit. bath $4,000
SHANNON & LUCHS co,
1908 II ST.. NV National e3i5.
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$50 GALLATIN ST. NV.
Living room, bedroom kitchen, bath $4,000
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231O HUIDEKOPER PL. NV. GLOVER
Park-Modern seven-room house, 3 ex-
posures; recreation room, built-in garage;
$50 month. Line, 1854. %
OPEN AND LIGHTED. Z TO PM. sos
Nevada ave. Chevy Chase, D. c. & rms.
. Also rms. b., nearby. FULTON
R. GORDON. 1927 Eve St. Dist. $3.50; eve
n inc
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COL PARK RID. NV.
room, kitchen and bath S35 90
rooms. kitchen and bath 1000
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ZANTZINGER. GREENWOOD 1919.
TAKOMA PARK MD

large rooms bath large porches:
heat refg.. hot water garage; $50. )
rooms. $50. A. L. ROBERTS ACT. 80
Manor Circle. Takoma Park Md %
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4043 7th ST. NE.
2 bedrooms. living room. dlnette
kitchen. bath and porch $500
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$8,5OO-SOUTHEAST.

TWO-FAMILY APT.
Convenient TO Capitol and Library:
contains SIX rooms and bath and FIVE
rooms, and bath: separate hct-water heat
ing plants. Completely reconditioned and
ready for immediate occupancy Terms.
JOHN F. DONOHOE & SONS,
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lovely semi-detached. 4-bedroom brick
home on wide avenue. for the price OF
the ordinary b-room row house Recreation
room, oil heat and .-car garage Inclosed
sleeping porch and 3 other porches. Lot
has 40-ft. frontage. Call District $500
Evenings, phone Emerson 4164
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S5UU DOWN-S55 PER MO,
New All-Brick Bungalow. S6.g5o
large rooms including extra large lv-
ing room with open fireplace. full dining
room . double bedrooms, unusually large
closets. beautiful modern kitchen with
factory-built cabinets, large f1ooyed attic
with space to finish . future rooms and
bath full brick cellar, large side porch:
lot 50x100: convenient to everything us
Gist ave, Silver Spring, Md. Hyattsville
CIV. National 9452
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5256 44th ST. NV.
Bedroom. living room. dinette. kltch-
en- and bath Sol OF
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NORTH CLEVELAND PARK.
S4,450.

1899 G ST NE
Conveniently located. Bay-Window brick
. large rooms and bath cellar. red ecorated
thfoughout. Can be sold on very easy
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APARTMENTS FURNISHED.

BUCHANAN APIS. 1926 18th NW,-SEF
janitor: liv. rm. porch. bedrm.. k, b. $40
to S55 GEORGIA ! SS3, ewes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29
A Thought for Today
Two Common Fallacies

Now that every man is his own econ- omist, and even the dumbest of us never hesitates minute to work out his own pparticular remedy for our economic ills, it might be just as well to note two very common fallacies which were badly bounced around recently. One: that wage-earners are gradually getting smaller and smaller share of the national income as great fortunes pile up. Two: that advertising so greatly increases the cost of goods that things would be cheaper if they were not advertised.
 great many people assume the truth of one or the other of these hypotheses without worrying much about whether they are true or not. But both questions have been carefully studied recently, and the results of the studies are interesting. First, Secretary of Commerce Harry Hop kins had thorough study made ot where the national income went in 1888. And this was the conclusion; that the wage earners' share was the geratest Of any year since any calculation began to be made of the national income. Dividends, that is, the reward of invested capital, fell off one-third from 1887. Wages paid to employees in 1888 fell off per cent from 1937 due more to reduced employ ment than to reductions in pay. But the share of the wage-earner reached new all-time high of 67.3 per cent. In short, the entire national income was down l8 billions from the 1929 peak, though 1t has been raised 60 per cent from the depression low. But of that reduced ln- tome, the wage-earner got bigger share than ever before.
 Second the Twentieth Century Fund, which has been studying distribution problems, found that the cost of adver- Using is far less than many have supposed. The cost actually is from small fraction of 1 per cent to maximum Of about Id per cent On many ely-advertlSed products it was infinitesimal, and the average for all goods was set at less than 3 per cent of the cost of the final pur- chaser The cost, for instance, in cigarets selling at IA cents was just over a half cent package. A widely advertised soft drink put less than 16-100ths of cents worth of advertising into each five-cent glass. A standard breakfast food paid 3-10ths of cent for 15-cent package.
 Obviously, when the wider distribution, with consequent lower production costs IS balanced against such small percentage expenditures as these, good argument could be made that advertising had actually reduced the cost to the final consumer. That's one handicap of us amateur economists. We so often start off from the wrong information that it's no wonder if we sometimes wind up be- hind some eight-ball on the pool table of economic theory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29
Don't Overlook Pollution

With so many other things going on to divert attention the city is apt to forget its obligations in the matter of stream pollution. Waterbury, like so many other communities in the faSt-growing eastern state didn't keep pace with modern methods. of sewage disposal True our system of sewers was always good and whenever and wherever possible we ex- tended them into districts which formerly had no such sanitary disposal. But beyond that is another problem.
 It is distinctly one in which Waterbury must be concerned, for we are now the only city in the Naugatuck Valley which has not progressed to the point where we are ready to construct sewage disposal plant that will end for all time dumping of raw sewage directly into the Naugatuck River. We have planned ahead for such project, but we are slow in arriving at the point where it must be started
 From time to time we are reminded of the fact that Waterbury alone is remiss in the valley when we read reports of the State Water Commission. Now that powers of this board have been broadened by recent legislative grant, it is only right that Waterbury continue to show as much interest in the progress of it's sewage plant plans as it did several years ago. We have made good beginning towards eventual elimination of all pollution. Let's not forget about it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29
Connecticut Rejoices

One section of this state of ours knows the Rev. George B. Gilbert intimately. The rest of the state knows him by repu- tation and by hearSay. Few there are who haven't heard of the Rev. MT. Gil- bert and his active life. And all of us now rejoice that he has had conferred upon himself the title of the nations No. country clergyman. The Christian Her aid, magazine, after countrywide search and poll awarded this honor to the Rev. MT. Gilbert who has been resi- dent minister at Durham for 40 years now.
 He doesn't confine his activities to Durham, though. The neighboring com Sunday and have been doing so for many years. He manages to get around to various small towns and to carry with him simple, wholesome gospels of truth and tolerance and brotherly love. He IS also, more or less, the center of all activ- ity in and around Durham, directing many community enterprises and en- couraging many more He even dabbled
 in politics for several years and as stump-Speaker he is unexcelled The Democratic party could use him to good advantage at all times.
 Durham was the Rev. MT. Gilbert's first pastorate and it has remained his only one down through the years. He is happy in his chosen calling of playing mother to large flock and is fine example of industry to the growing generation. He is intently interested in his parishioners' daily worries and usually has good solu- ton for the many problems that present themselves to the average Connecticut community. The state is proud that he has been honored as the No. l country clergyman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29
Selected Poem
TALKING TREES

 (The devil keeps in touch with those who talk too
 much-Yankee Proverb) (Harry Durant Guilford, in the New Haven
 Journal Courier If trees could only talk wise old woodsnan said, wed know just what to tear when we are dead" And so went where pine and white birch tree Have come and gone full many century; A tomb of living green, churchlike hush Of perfect peace-no worldly-heat or rush, No beaten memo women cast aside, A haven cool where sound did not abide And then just like the stir of gentle leaves, I heard the whispers of the talking trees The calow pine spoke out in angry mien: ''No more for me this grave of ghostly sheen, 'I long for city streets where wine and cheer Abound, where passions flame throughout the
 yearl" The shy white birch held up a warning leaf: "Oh, not so loud" she cried, we'll come to grief" Then sought to shield her satin chastity She knew the lumbermans rapacity- But o,the forest butchers heard it, too. And came to chop and saw without adol
 LENVOI The virgin birch came from the mill in spoos For thread, and much went into toys for fools; The wanton pine who would immoral be- He went to town to spree-a Christmas treeI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29

One of the discouraging features of the toll situation on the Merritt Parkway is the fact that it has been necessary to tear up some of the beautiful landscaping in order to make room for the toll stations. So great has been business at the toll gates and so heavy is 1t expected to be over the coming weekend and holiday that authorities had to enlarge the orig inal houses. A couple of new lanes for traffic approaching the gates was neces- sary, so the parkway adjoining the con- crete strips was sacrificed. We hope that when the permanent gates are installed few miles east of the present spot that every effort will be made to preserve the scenic beauty of the surroundings And naturally the officials will restore what they had to destroy in the name of facil- ity this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29
THE PIONEER TOWER (NeW York Times)

We wonder how far the physical plant of the Worlds Fair and the ideas embodied there will project themselves into the actual world of tomorrow. There may be a clue in the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower built for the Paris Exposition in 1889. The giant structure Is now en- tering its fiftfy-f1rst years of useful service in that world of tomorrow which stretched away from the year 1889. sas@
 The Eiffel Tower rose not without opposition and confusion, though the effects were not so demoralizing as on the Tower of Babel. Bitter critics said the bald mass of steel would ruin the symmetry of Paris, and that the very idea of >"the tallest structure in the world" was uncouth and un-French. Funds ran out and Gustav Eiffel sank his personal for tune in the project. In two years it paid for itself and has been yield ing dividends ever since. Nobody then envisaged 1t as the prototype of those vast steel 'tskyscrapers" which were to rise in the western world. Two of the :, the Empire State and the Chrysler building, are now higher, but, because of the structural problems worked out by its engineer, the Eiffel Tower re- mains the father of them all No- body then dreamed of wireless communication, but when 1t came along the Eiffel Tower became the first important radio station in Eu- rope. Nobody dreamed of electric ad- vertising, but when Citroen intro- duced 1t in France the Eiffei Tower. flooded with rainbow light. became its background. and all Paris was entranced.
 From time to time there is talk of tearing down the Eiffel Tower. It is not likely to occur. M. Eiffel said. My tower will stand thou- sand years" Perhaps he was right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29
Questions
 and Answers
By FREDERECK e KERl8Y


 Enclose . thres-cens ssamp eor reply when addressing any ames. ton of fact CT informaslon 6 ehn Waterbury Densocrat's Service Bn. reau at Washfngtur. Eega1 ana medical advice cannot b6 given. nor can extended research bs un. dertaken. Be sure an man is ad. dressed Co the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, lO1a Thirteenth Street, Washington. D. c.
 THE ED1TOR e. How many airplanes win the new aircraft carrier "Wasp" carry? A. Seventy-three.
 @. Are there fewer children in the first grade in the public schools now than five years ago? A. The first grade enrolment was 620,594 fewer in 1886 than in 193O.
 e. How large is molecule of water?
 A. The estimated diameter is about one forty-millionth of an inch.
 e. Is there quota for irnrni- grants from South American coun- tries?
 A. No. , @. Where are the conyents of the Grey Nuns located in the U. S.?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29
. HIGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Rural South Is We'll Pictured

A warmly colored picture of rural
 life among small landowners in
 the south at the turn of the cen
 tury is "Purslane," novel by Ber-
 nice Kelly Harris (Chapel Hill:
 $2.5O). It is distinguished by it's
 faithful pictures of the everyday,
 commonplace events in these
 peoples lives of which the bap-
 tism, excerpted briefly below, is
 a striking example.
 Shall we gather at the river?" sang the faithful as the candi- dates advanced toward the stick that had been placed at the right depth for the tallest. The preacher entered the water: the little girls followed, the boys awkwardly holding to their hands The preacher raised his hand in bene- diction, the baptism was negotiated, and the child came up strangled, but with that clean baptized look.
 Mamie Lou was next. Her breath came fast; she swallowed at the lump in her throat; =. drew one last breath on Holy Ghost" |. her eyes shut tight after that one glimpse of fathomless expanse of water she was being lowered into surely this was the end Her hands were about to snatch af- ter heality, to struggle against the weight that deafened and held her, but tired voice from her past droned above the mighty roar in her ears: Don't struggle and fight like Kate did"
 Suddenly brightness fash c dinto her wet face: she coughed some of the weight from her chest while somebody wrapped Aunt Gym thy's shawl around her shoulders .. It was over. She felt light; Jesus was her Savior; there was friend chicken, ham, cabbage. pound cake. cucumber prickle in the cup- board at home-she didn't mean to think of eating. dear Jesus. but she had been baptized on an empty stomach. and anyhow when she was happy she always thought Of eat- ing Would Jesus please not be angry at her gladness that the water part Of it was over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29
BLoOD-TEsT' LAW IN t OPERATION
(Hartford Tilnes)

It is another evidence of the deep interest in good health that persons planning to marry are agreeably complying with the blood test law. Connecticut was the first State to enact such statute and the innov- ation led many couples at first to obtain their marriage licenses in neighboring states.
 Most of these states have followed suit as the wisdom of the law be- came better known. The result is that now Connecticut marriages are again taking place within It's own border in the normal number.
 Officials have no way of knowing perhaps but t would be interesting and Of some importance from . pub. lIc health standpoint to discover what happens in tile ease Of those couples whose unfayoFable blood test disQnaiIiIes them for 6 marriage No sense. DO they seek medical advice and become cIired of disqualification
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29
HORSE AND BUGGY JOYS
 (New Britain Herald)

Nobody, in those good old days" ever bought 8 horse and buggy on time payments. The gentry bought them out of surplus and the middle class saved up enough to make the purchase. Hence no horse and buggy finance or credit companies were needed. Not as much ground was covered during a trip, but there was more time to look at the scenery, houses, farms and cattle along the ever winding roads. Young gentle men sparkling their sweethearts with the aid of horse and buggy-usually hired from a livery stahle-did not need to park, but merely threw the lines over the dashboard and went to work as the understanding horse walked on. '1Them were the days" young fellow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29

Since the federal government started to mint pennies it is estimated that 5,000,- 100000 of them have been misplaced. More than half this number went down drains and gutters from the hands of youngsters. Of the sl, ,2o2,ooo two-cent still missing. The same is true of Scent pieces, no longer minted 66OO0,0OO of them were never turned in and rela- lively few are held by collectors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29

chiefly as one who was loved by his men.
 DEWEY PUZZLER
 Political circles in Washington are buzzing over a puzzling story about young Tom Dewey.
 He was with a group Of friends who were discussing the 1940 presi- dential outlook when suddenly he interrupted with this very serious remark: "Do you know the first thing I am going to do when I go to the White House? am going to issue an executive order abolishing all pressure groups"
 Dewey made no explanation of his remark and his friends did not press him for one.
 The reported statement is cauS- ing much head scratching among politicos because (1) the President has no power to abolish pressure groups, and (2) people are won- dering just what kind of organiza- tions Dewey considers to be pressure groups.
 There are all kinds of pressure groups, ranging from the AFL and CIO on the labor side, to z the U. s. Chamber of Com merce, National Associations of Manufacturers and American Bankers Association on the business side. There are also the National Grange and Farm Bureau for the farmers. In fact, every trade, civic, political. edu- cational and labor organization. is a pressure group of some kind.
 Pressure groups are the very warp and wool of democracy. It was pressure groups that led the Revolutionary cause and every other economic, social and politi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29

Whatever happened to the plan of mov- ing the Carrie Welton Memorial Fountain from it's present location at the east end of the Green? At one time everyone was quite concerned about this. All sorts of suggestions were being made and re- jected AS matter of fact the memorial would be lost if removed from alongside a public thoroughfare, no matter if a horse never drank out of it.