davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1947-10-08
District Suburbs Take
Home Building Lead
AS Boom Continues
10,602 Houses Slated
In Area During First
Seven Months of AT
By DonoId B. HodIev
By Donald B. HodIey
Business Editor Of The Stor


After the longest sustained build
ing boom in its history, Washington
Is in the midst of q fresh surge o1
construction activity.
Scheduled for construction in the
Washington Metropolitan Area in
the first seven months OF this year
were 10,602 new dwelling units
valued at $72,767,1O They raised
residential totals for the area since
the start of 1885 to 159,736 dwelling
units valued at $673, ,860, ,452.
According to the Bureau Of Labor
Statistics, the grand total of public
and private construction scheduled
in the area for the seven months
was $94, $780, IT'S, which raised the
similar total since the start Of 1885
to 189,854,186.
Population Gain Exceeded.
Including dwellings started in the
first seven months of this year, resi-
Dental building since the official
census was taken in April, 1910, has
more than provided for population
growth which the Census Bureau
estimates has taken place in that
period.
The last of the 10,602 units started
in the first seven months this year
should be completed around Novem-
ber, and by that time, 108,934 units
will have been added since April,
1910. enough to house around 413,-
900 persons, based on the census
average of 38 persons per dwelling.
Residential construction prior to
1910 followed population increases
fairly closely. In the five years
prior to the census, 108,944 family
units were started in the area.
New Sections Favored.
This overall picture, of course, is
modified by a number Of important
factors, the principal one of which
Is the continued trek to the suburbs
for better living conditions.
Dwelling units started in the Dis
trict of Columbia In 1885 totaled g.
723 VS.. 1876 in adjoining Metro
politan sections, and in 1910 there
were 1852 in the District and $50
outside, but in the first seven months
of this year, the proportion had
changed to 2,736 in the District VS..
1856 outside.
It can be assumed that if the
trend continues, vacancies will ap-
pear in less desirable District prop
critics and less desirable neighbor-
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lieves he wants-at a price-and
then, unhappily, he finds he can't
afford his dream.
Let us look at slightly different
kind of home. 1t is not the average
mans dream of home, but it might
be If he knew a little about it. 1t
comes out of the Goth century and
for his purposes of discussion, We'll
place it under general category
called modern architecture.
First, architecture is not a style
like a new dress fashion or a new
hat, but a characteristic of "a way
Of life" It is interviewer with, and
a product of, the time. Its physical
manifestations are the result of "a
pattern of living" Mankind's pat
tern of living" is a changing and
evolving process. That of the 18th
century, for example, was slow and
graceful. That of the Goth century
is mobile, hurried, complex and, as
result, restless.
Changes in the pattern of living
Of a generation are reflected, inev-
(See Page C-13, Column A.
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By Maj. Gen. u. S. Grant III
choirmon. National copltal Park and
Planning Commission

chairman. kotionoI copitaI Park and
Planning Commission
It Is mistake, often made
thoughtlessly, to think of the city
as the congregation of houses
streets, parks and public utilities
which are merely its physical shell
Actually we should think Of the
city as the people who live within
certain area, the aforesaid physi-
cal structures being merely ap-
purtenances to their lives.
The essential purpose in design
ing these structures should evil
IDENTIFY be to make the area a good
place in which to live, in which to
bring up children, in which to earn
a competence and in which to at
tend to the business necessary to
the life of the community.
As the working day gradually is
shortened and there are fewer
working days IN the week, more and
more Importance must be attached
to the facilities for recreation, both
physical and mental, and to the
amenities of life. While 1t cannot
be claimed that Washington has
enough such facilities, it still is
more largely endowed with many
Of them than other cities.
City as Living Organism.
If we think of the city as the
living organism, which 1t really is,
then it is evident that the streets
are the circulatory system, the
houses in which people live the
flesh and the principal center of
business is the heart.
Since Washington was estab-
lished primarily as the seat of the
Federal Government, we may carry
the comparison a step further and
indicate that the governmental es-
tablishments, both Federal and
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District, plus 5000 in the suburb
an area-a total of $4,000 units.
It calculated that $1,000 units
would be needed by 1850. These
additional 10000 units, however,
would only be those required to
relieve above-normal doubling up
and replace temporary war dormi-
tories.
To allow for vacancies. an addi-
tional $4,000 units would be needed,
plus 5000 units for losses due to
conversion, abandonment and other
causes. This would bring the total
required by 1850 up to $4,000.
These estimates are in line with
forecast made several years ago
by an earlier committee of the
Board of Trade.
This earlier group-the Postwar
Planning ommittee-made esti-
mates on District area population,
housing and employment during
the years 1914 through 1916. Those
estimates have proved to be of ex-
IRENE value in endowing the Ma
tion's, Capital with stability and
confidence at a time when hearsay
and rumor might have caused un-
necessary fear concerning the city's
business future.
The estimates were made long
before Gen. Eisenhower and Ad-
miral Nimitz sped along Pennsyl-
vania avenue in their memorable
homecoming celebrations. Yet
they have proved extraordinarily
accurate.
Analysis Praised.
It is quite possible, I am well
aware, that conditions may change
in the next IL months, but by and
large, we all are indebted to those
two committees for one of the best
community wide analyses made
available to a metropolitan area IN
any part of the Nation.
The early committee, headed sue
cessively by Charles A. Robinson and
Eugene Meyer, estimated that:
l. The Districts population by
June, 1916, would be around $50, 900,
and that the Metropolitan Areas
population would be around 1000, 900
by the same date.
2. A total of $4,000 housing units
would be needed between 1916
and 1850.
3. Federal employment would drop
from a wartime peak of $4,000 to
100000 in 1947, recede to around
200 900 in 1948, and ultimately reach
an estimated 10000 in 1851.
Figures Compared.
How have these predictions
held up?
First, let's look at the figures on
population.
BY March of this year, the City
Planning Committee and the Census
Bureau concluded that their previous
estimate for the Districts popula-
ton was too high, but that the
estimate for the District areas total
was too low.
AS of January, this year, they esti-
mated that the District had a pop
ulation of 100000, and the Metropoli-
tan Area population of 100000,
divided as follows:
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Bx ChorIes M. Goodman

Housing is the one aspect of oul
society which least reflects our mod
ern industrial civilization.
The American consumer himself
is partly to blame. For his dreams
of home are often stepped in folk
lore. Like the man who says he
doesn't know anything about art
but he knows what he likes, he Is
confident of his knowledge of what
''home" should be and look like
The quaintness of his dreams ano
Evening star., 1947-10-08
Acre Of Home Show Exhibits to Be Unveiled Amory Saturday
Gen. Grant Urges Home Owners
To Fight Improper Zoning Pleas
Preservation of Residential Values Called
OF Prime importance to Future Of City

municipal, constitute the skeleton
which gives the city its physical
shape.
If this analogy is sound 1t is evi-
dent that the residential areas are
the ones which establish the city's
outward appearance and give to
living conditions here their special
character.
Cooperation Needed.
The physical requirements of mod
ern city life have become SO compli-
Gated that they can be provided only
by cooperative community action,
and cannot possibly be provided by
the individual for himself. Hence,
the economic health of the COM
munity is of vital Importance in
order that the construction and OPP
Grafton of these costly facilities,
which we call public utilities and
services, may be carried on in such
a way as to insure the health and
the safety of the individuals living
therein.
oCCduSc U1lC DlSUl 1CU O1 SOlIullb1n
is q Federal District, and its suburbs
lie in the adjacent States of Mary
land and Virginia, it is evident that
under existing laws the city cannot
grow in these suburbs, as might be
done by metropolis located within
one State.
Nevertheless, the city and its sub
urbs constitute a single community
bound together closely by a COM
munity economy and topography.
The fact that the District must re-
main limited to its present bound
aries, both geographically and finan-
cially, imposes a special obligation
upon the municipality to preserve its
internal prosperity and its taxable
values.
AS in other cities, real estate must
(See Page C-14, Column ~
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Houses Being Built
AT Terrific Rate
In U. s., Carr Says
Builders Chief Finds
Housing Shortage
Is Being Licked
o., EI,u~l D r~r.
By Edword R. Carr
President. National Association Of Home
Builders

President, National Association OF nome
Builders
For the entire month Of August
I travelled through the far West
talking to builders and inspecting
houses and apartments from Los
Angeles through San Francisco
to Portland; through Seattle, Ia
coma, Spokane, Salt Lake and
finally to mile-high Denver.
One thing stood out everywhere
The home builders of America. have
gone back to work and housing
shortages are being licked-there's
a new spirit abroad. It's easy te
see why more than 10000 new units
were started in July for a record
smashing month, the highest in
20 years.
Confidence Returns.
With the freeing of the industry
from Government controls, conf.
dence and determination have re.
placed Illustration and bewilder.
ment of q year ago. Activity Is al
. boiling point and, at least so far
none Of the dread consequences oi
the advocates Of control have
marred the picture. Commercial
and heavy construction haven't
grabbed all the material and labor
the country is not being flooded
with pool halls, juke joints, night
clubs and race tracks, and housing
is going ahead at a terrific rate.
I couldn't help contrasting the
horse-drawn scoop shovel used or
many of my earlier jobs with the
powerful motorized scoops, shovels
and bulldozers I saw everywhere
Ditch digging machines, motorized
concrete trucks with their time-sav.
ing, ready-mixed concrete; power.
driven portable saws, table saws
planes, reuters. Even small wood.
working mills, saving hours Of time
and supplying work for carpenters
in all weather, were commonplace
District Record "Splendid."
Returning to Washington, it was
a real pleasure to find that Wash
ington builders are making splen.
did record in comparison with the
national picture. There are two
things that strike me particularly ir
looking over the condition here.
First, there are tremendous num-
bers of rental units being con-
structed, and, second, most of the
builders are operating on a large
enough scale to take full advantage
Of mass-production methods. There
are any number of builders taking
out permits for 40 or more houses
and it is not unusual to find projects
planned on the basis of several hun
dred to a thousand units.
It looks now as If there will be
available between $500 and 50Ot
rental units, for occupancy next
spring or in the early summer. This
should be welcome news to those
who are ill-housed at the present
time, and living under unsatisfactor,
conditions. 1t is encouraging tt
know that Washington stand:
among the leaders in a total volume
of construction; only a few othel
cities have a greater building pro.
gram under way.
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the history
book charac-
ter of his ex-
pc c t a t ion S
contribute ma
terially to the
b e fuddlenent
of the hous-
ing business.
The house.
building in
dustry is de-
termined to
give him what,
ri g h IT, y or
r,ro-~1- ~ !ho
Evening star., 1947-10-08
By B. R. West

by b. e. West
The disadvantages of a house de.
signed in what is popular:y known
as modern" are four:
1. 1t is ugly.
2. 1t is not 1ivable.
3. It costs too much to build.
4. 1t costs too much to operate
and maintain.
I could think of some more OBJ
iections but these will do. Let's
take them up one at time.
1t is ugly:
The modern designer sets out with
Evening star., 1947-10-08

t h e premise
t h a t archi-
lecture start
e d W / t h
Frank Lloyt
Wright a nc
t h a t every
t h in g that
W e n t before
was just so
m u ch eye
wash. There
fore, he stu
diously dis
carded all of
he hearty
Evening star., 1947-10-08

AS in previous years, close to one
half of the total financing in tbs
District to date this year was by
savings and loan associations. Fol-
lowing are the number and amount
of mortgages recorded in the first
seven months Of 1947, by class Of
lender, together with their proper
ton of the total:
No. Amount. Amount.
Savings and loan
associations 4,045 $2S,62S,000 AS
coripsr... 4es 4.295.oo0 o.e
Banks and trust
companies - 975 7,J66,OO0 11.3
individuals - 3,779 17,415,0OO 26.8
Miscellaneous
lending insti-
buttons 80 1.o1o 7,095.oo0 400
Total - ,o,a77 se4,sss1@ D6
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Forum on Design
Architects Cite Advantages,
Drawbacks of Modern Home
Advanced Models Too Costly, One Says;
Conventional Type Stale, Other Holds

(To uknoWn Washington architects present here their
opposing odern" residential architecture In p0 OF
OF Government OF Which is Official his
contribution appears under the peudony 3D. r. Wes rather
ndneJ
Evening star., 1947-10-08
Board of Trade Survey Reveals
DC. C.AreoNeeds42, 2,OOOHomes|
Thot Should Be Goal by 1850, Group Reports;
$4,000 Units Available at Sturt of Year
By John A. Reilly
President, Washington Board Of Trods

The Washington Metropolitan Area will need $4,000 housing
units by 1850 than were available January this year. according
estimates of the Washington Board City Planning Committee
This committee headed by Fischer Black estimated
beginning year dwelling
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In the early estimates, the COM
mittee was aware that its estimate
of only 100000 for the metropoli-
tan area was probably somewhat
low, for it said at the time; Such
an estimate is on the conservative
side and it is quite possible that
the population may not drop to this
level"
When it comes to the question of
7Soa po0o Go Column Al
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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29

Many are the traffic acci-
dents in which a driver. says, if
he lives to talk, that his car
went out of CONTROL" or even
more vaguely, "Some thing hap
pened." Very often that "some-
thing" happened-the Greater
Cleveland Safety Council and
the National Safety Council says
because of q mechanical fail
ure Of the car. Perhaps the driv-
er had postponed getting his
brakes adjusted perhaps he
failed to notice that one light
was out or maybe he thought
it didn't matter il his wind
shield wipers didn't work may
be he refused TO be bothered by
q tire worn thin! Whatever it
was, q safety check might have
saved his neck.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29
ENGLISH SECTION

and arrange costumes and pro-
perties for the busy ten-week
season.
Cain Park Theatre, the larg-
est outdoor legitimate theatre
in Ohio seating more than 5000
people, will produce ten shows
during the ten-week season
this summer.
Shows and dates are as fol-
lows: The Barber and the Cow,
June 1921; Rose. Marie, June
24-2s; You Can't Take It With
You, July is; Too Many Girls,
July 8-12; Our Town, July Is
10; Student Prince, July 1925;
Dream Girl, July 29-August q;
Sing Out Sweet Land. August
SO; Manana, August 1915;
Sari, August 1923.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29
Festival |iudsko-prosvetnih
skupin v |iub|ionski Operi
ponatis IL "slovenskesa poroesvalca"

sko kolo. Svatbeni rejc Sc je
ohranil IL davne preteklosti sem
in ga Korosci plesejo navadno
pod lipo po svatbah in prosce-
njih. Prav tako Sc po svatbah
plese tudi Svatbeno kolo, docim
je Krasko kolo strnjeno kolo, XII
so ga do prejsnje svetovne vojne
plesali po Krasu in Primorskem.
Metlicani sami so zaplesali
svojo metlisko narodno kolo, XII
so ga v starih cash plesali Met
licani vsako leto ma velikonoc-
nj ponedeljek ma Pungartu.
"a Metlicani je zopet nastopi-
la folklorna skupina KSSa, XII je
zaplesala Panonsko suite, pove-
zavo stirih Gostijvanskih pie
SOW: Vabljenje svatevc ma 60
stovanje (Ples svatcev), libra
ME svatov (Po zelenoj tratD
bosnian (gostivanski kruh-sa-
marijanka) jastucak (izbiranje
neveste, Marko skace). Vse pie
sc folklorna skupine KISS je po
folklornih originalnih zapisih
priredil France Marolt, koreo-
grafijo pa je nastudirala Mica
Sustarjeva.
Pc folklornih plesih je pionir-
ska mladinska godba zaigrala
koracnico "Komandant Stane."
S to tocko je bill drugi del pro-
grama zakljucen.
Tretji del so zaceli dijaki TEX
stilne sole v Kranju zborno
recitacijo Majakovskega pesmi
"Partija." Zatem SO nastopili
zbori, in sicer kmecki pevski
zbor Obdelovalne zadruge IL
Drage pri Ajdovscini, XII je "a
pei Anton Medvedovo pesem
"Nazaj v planinski raj Zbor je
vodil tovaris Franc Kopacin.
MeSani kmecki zbor liz Stude-
mic pri Policeman je zapel narod-
no: 'Dekle ma vrtu,' kmecki
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29
Cain Park Theatre Opens
Season on June 18th
CONTINUED flom page 50

Continued flom page So
Parks new dance director,
Tilda Morse, of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company. Seven of
the ten shows to be staged dur
ing the forthcoming season will
include either regular dancing
routines or speciality numbers.
Ohio singers and dancers
who find it both possible and
desirable to participate in the
regular rehearsals and sched-
uled productions at the Theatre
are invited to write Cain Park
Theatre Office, Lee and Supe-
rior Roads, Cleveland Heights
Is, Ohio.
/ Cleveland Heights workmen
are also busy at Cain Park.
New construction is proceed
ing rapidly producing new re-
hearsal areas, improving en-
trance ways to acconnodate
more people with convenience,
setting up new working space
for the technical crews who
will build settings, set lights
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29

pevci in pevke IL vseh mnozicnih
organizacij St. Petra pri Novem
mestu pa so pod vodstvom tova-
risice Zupanove zapeli Devovo
"Soci" in Adamicevo "Korotan."
Ia zbor je dosegel ma okrajnem
festivalu v Novem mestu prvo
mesto. Stare delavsko pevsko
drustvo "Zarja' il Trbovelj, XII
ga vodi tovaris Rudi Dolnicar,
pa je zapelo Adamicevo "Rudar-
sko" in "Juhe, pojdem v skuf-
&C."
Kot predzadnjo tocko je zapel
zbor studentske mladine ljub-
ljanske universe pod vodstvom
partizanskega skladatelja Rado-
vana Gobca Milojevica "Zabora-
Wit necemo" in Bricovo "Himno
slovenskih delovnih brigad.'
Oh zakljucku je sindikalni
pevski zbor il Murske Sobote, XII
ga vodi vodja tamkajsnje Glas-
bene Matice tovaris Ferdo Pirc,
lapel belokranjske svatovske
|pesmi v priredbi Matte Tomca
in Gobcevo "Pesem svobodi."
Oh zakljucni sceni so Sc vsi
nastopajoci zbrali ma odru in
|skupno pod vodstvom tovarisa
Ferdo Pirca odpeli "Bratje, lie k
soncu :" in drzavno himno. S
tenn je bill festival zakljucen.
Festival je torej pokazal vso
pestrost udejstvovanja nasega
ljudstva, XII RADIO pole in igra,
recitira in ustvarja, obenem pa
je bill dokaz ,da ljudsko-prosvet-
no delo v nasem ljudstvu zivi, Sc
razvija in cvete.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29
"a
Pop" Concert Season
Is Here
Continued from page 50

Continued from page 81
sands of people who have be-
come regular patrons.
Because of previous commit
ments for Public Auditorium,
the regular schedule of con-
certs each Wednesday and
Saturday night will be altered
for the second and third weeks
during each of which there will
be but one concert. In the,
second week the only concert
will be given on Saturday eve
ming, June IA, while in the
third week, there will be but
one concert-this on Wednes-
day evening, June 18.
Soloist for the seasons open
ing concert on June 4 will be
Beryl Rubinstein, eminent pian-
list and director of the Cleve-
land Institute of Music. He will
play the familiar Tchaikovsky
piano concerto. On June Z the
orchestra will feature the solo
appearance of Tossy Spivakov-~
sky, who at one time was con-
certmaster of the Cleveland
Orchestra and during the past
few years has been building a
great reputation as one of the
count1y's outstanding violinists.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29
SNPJ NEWS AND
COMMENTS
CONTINUED from page 81

(COntinued from page 81
the meeting. The formation of
a baseball team with Ross,
Kerze, Fifolt, Koren, Laurich,
Bill Tushar and Frank Tushar,
Bob Yarshen, Frank Popotnik,
the Azman boys, Stan Godna-
vec, as probable starters was
discussed.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29

Wedding bells soon for Dot
Subel and Frank Valentic; also
Ed Prijatel. Later in the month
Dot Mosnik will take the happy
step.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29

Pc kon5anem kongresu je
Ljudska prosveta v ponedeljek
"a. marca priredila ljubljan-
ski Operi festival ljudsko-pro-
svetnih skupin il vse Slovenije.
,Kot prvo tocko je pionirska
mladinska godba ljudske pro-
svete cetrti Siska szaigrala
vencek partizanskih. Ia nasto-
pom mladinske godbe je 13-letni
pionir Franc Zalar z Jezera pri
Preserju recitiral cd stevilnih
svojih pesmi, XII jih je spesnil "a
solski Stencas pesem "Slava Le-
ninu." Njegov nastop je navdu-
Sill obcinstvo, tako da je moral
oh koncu festivala recitirati Sc
emo svojo pesem. Ljudski pesnik
Lojze Hafner, postar il Skofje
Loke, pa je "a Zalarjem recitiral
svojo pesem Beg Swallow izpod
Javorjev."
Ia obema recitatorjema je
igralska druzina il Most odigra-
la odlomek il prvega dejanja
Cankarjeve drame "Kralj ma Be-
tajnovi." Nato sta nastopila diva
recitatorja, demobilizirani parti-
zan Branko Gombac il Celia, XII
je recitiral pesem padlega parti-
zanskega pesnika in pisatelja
Joze Klusovega "Partizanova
pomlad" in Joze Kutner, clan
sindikata graficarjev IL Maribo-
ra Borovo pesem Matt sanja." !"
Kot zakljucek k prvemu delu
sporeda je Celjsko amatersko
gledalisce uprizorilo drugo deja-
ME komedije Bolgakova "Novi
DOM"
Pc kratkem odmoru so drugi
del sporeda zaceli delavci in ma
mescenci mariborske predilnice
in tkalnice. I'll so izvajali monta-
70 Kajuhovih pesmi, XII jo je Sc
stavil in zreziral Stane Ambro-
zic. Isti so izvajali tudi nasled-
MO tocko in sicer simbolicni
pies "Konjuh planino' S sprem-
ljevanjem petja in klavirja, XII
ga je sestavila Milena Lesnik.
Plesna skupina il Slovenske
Bistrice, XII spada med nase mai
agilnejse plesne skupine, je Ia
plesala "Bojarski ples.' Zanimi-
vo je, da so plesala sama dekle-
ia in to tudi v v.moskih vlogah,
gimnazijska folklorna skupina
il Gustanja pa je zaplesala diva
koroska narodna plesa in sicer
"Visoki rej' in "zetveni pies"
Folklorna pl S n a skupina
Krajevnega strokovnega Sveta
Ljubljana, XII ina tudi stalno
Solo in 81 je zadala nalogo, da ma
podlagi izvirnih ljudskih zapi-
SOW poustvarja in popularizira
slovenske narodne plese, je pred
vajala vrsto originalnih sloven-
skin plesov, XII jih skoraj ne IL
vajajo vec. Zaplesali so Svatbe-
nj rejc, Svatbeno polko in kra-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29
Sfinga

Sfinga je bila po starem baje-
slovju bite trupom krilatega
leva in z zensko glavo. Pokon-
Gala je vsakogar, XII nj mogel
uganiti njenih ugank. sele mo-
dri Ojdip je resil ljudi S tenn, da
je razvozljal sfingino znamenito
uganko:
"Kdo hodi zjutraj po stirih,
preko dneva 20 dveh in zvecer