Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
Goodwill Industries
And A. D. A. Merge
Talents in Home
Low-Rent Dwellings
Built on Hillside Near
Fort Dupont Park

On hillside close to Fort Dupont
Park are some houses many persons
will want to see. Here the District
Alley Dwelling Authority cleared
some shacks off the hillside and
built community of low-cost dwell
ings for small families. The houses
are well planned, efficient in opera
ton, built in the midst of wooded
section. Trees, throughout the de-
velopment have been spared, and
just over the ridge is Fort Dupont
Park, as lovely as Rock Creek Park,
with play and picnic areas and
woodland walks easily accessible.
To reach these houses go out
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, across the
D Anacostia bridge. Turn left at Min
nesota avenue and continue to Ridge
road. Turn right to 302 Ridge road.
These houses range in size from one
to three bedroomS-in rent from Sill
to $50 a month, depending on the
number of occupants and income.
Sunny Living Room.
At this address a model house has
been furnished by the Goodwill In
dustries, at very small cost and with
excellent taste and judgment. The
living room is sunny and large
enough to hold a studio couch a
large overstuffed chair, two side
chairs and desk. The rug on the
floor is a practical all-over spatter
design with blue and rose predomi-
mating. The main furnishings of the
living room cost little more than $50,
with comfortable reading chairs for
a family of five.
This house is to be rented for 80
a month to young man whose SAL
airy is $14 week. He has a wife and
three children-two little girls, aged
4 and 3, and a boy l year old.
Houses are rented according to the
number in the family and the in
come.
The dining room is large enough
for the usual dining room furniture
including large buffet with cup
board space. This room probably
would be used in the evening for
. school children's study. The kitchen
Is well arranged with space for a
breakfast table and the baby's high
chair.
Easement Windows in Bedrooms.
Upstairs there are two bedrooms
and bath and spacious closets.
The rooms are good size, light and
sunny, with corner easement win
dows, thoroughly screened and with
the most modern type of shade and
curtain fixtures set into the case
ment.
The children's room is furnished
with a pair of cot beds and a crib
for the baby. There are small
sized chairs and a chest of drawers.
The chintz curtains match the bed
spread and the whole effect is one
of practical good sense, with charm
thrown in for good measure.
All the furnishings in the house
are reconditioned and if one is
not familiar with the work done
at Goodwill Industries this will be
an excellent opportunity to see
results. Broken, unwanted furni-
tulC dllQ llOuoCllOlu SOOOo arc COl-
lected by the agency and brought
to the shops where they are in
spected for their resources Chairs
~have their frames mended or re-
made All padding is removed for
sterilization, as there are laws pre-
venting the sale of stuffed articles.
such as upholstered chairs. mat
tresses and pillows.
Upholsterer Trains Staff.
John D. Ross, the upholsterer at
Goodwill, has trained three young
men who are deaf mutes to carry
on his work. He is a strict teacher
and a shake of his head means
either well done" or do it over.
There are no halfway measures.
That is why many of these recon-
ditioned pieces are better than when
they were new
Here you will see curtains that
cost 10 cents q pair, upholstered