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ACREAGE FOR SALE Cont,

. SMALL TRACTS, boarderinE on county
I'd. For further information, can MI
y oin g. zAs VI 9shs ,t or o. ss7s H'n
with stream; Mackall Estates. Langley.
priced right EN- 079s. -16
WE OFFER FOR RESIDENTIAL construc-
ayailabie i in North Arlington, IL acres
at $500 per acre; very liberal proEram
can be worked out with -Tesponsible
9Tf Fer Se. ul e asee 'f Nae Aa
ington, Va, CHI. 5000; eyes,. CH. 62l3.
go PICTURESQUE SUBURBAN acres-Ripe
south Of Alexandria on q. 8. No. /. OWN
Err. Lorton 12-F-12. -16
MCLEAN, VA, nearby Fairfax County
proteeton; IDEAL Ma eqea buldin ao' s ties
priced ST 900 each: beautiful view, high
elevation. on State road; approved Fair
fay Planning Commission; miles from
Cal! e. H. IRWIN. Ma. 1895. or Elmwood
8 ACREs-Level land wooded. fronting on
oa Is m Sc. sW 81 os us "a Gsns viii
ss. ta9 SUI Hos W Vermont ave ave-
NV, DI. $500.
FOR B Bun s for housI ,
ties and transp. available. From l to $50
acres; DUPONT REALTY CO., Du. $3.50
2 ADJOINING h.AcRE TRACTS. wooded;
rey aTaabs on so %n r0s 30 9Th es e.
sss D Sk 1885, eses d RIss s s a. as
I'd. mr.. Whiteoak. Nd, 7 miles from
Silver Spring. wooded acres also ad-
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FARMS WANTED.

WE HAVE CLIENTS who will pay cash for
farm in Virginia. REALTY BULLETIN
FARMS WANTED, large or small, in near
BY counties, with livable houses CHESTER
COGSWElI. OK lR33 Ia
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STORES FOR SALE.

STORE, general merchandise; new building
with 5-room apt in rear; IL mi. from 14th
St. Bridge, in a fast-growing section Of Va;
FLA 156R Ia
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TRAlLERs.

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NEW UNITED de luxe a2-tt. trailer coach.
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handles and many other modern improve
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4-wheel suspension electric refgr. hot and
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Ing. twin-bed room. Venetian, blinds, fuo-
COLE TRAILER Co, 5000 Ga. ave, 81.
NATIONAL TRAMEEs, ls47s nov on di,:
ave. Riye5dsle No Nd P 6Ss VA 1909;
never beer. used on the road used only a.
WIN sacrifice for quick sale; 1895. Gall
i Used 'TIRRA1LERs. excellent condition; 10
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HOUSE TRAILER 1912, .a5-ft, Liberty.
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capacity 1000 lbs, 500. Alex. s93s.
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bot. gas; brand-new. never lived in; terms.
Ell Tee s1G REFfk aKas = Gu. T., new,
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y eeu Ehsa y With seed i GAS for soof
ing and delivered complete for Sl,796.
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ter, 9Th and Fla, ave. ne. FIR. 1921:
heater, 3 closets, Air Foam sofa bed and
comb. Ice and refgr; bottle gas ranges:
and anal Palace u WoiSer f traiiers Sought and
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guishers, 5O-ft. drop cord, 2 chairs, and
some have bottle-gas stoves and electric
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ST:Ssy ss:msn n .ss.s s .so1: ..D.
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s %arn ssd ses snf f Sasfes snd Drums
Awnings complete and rails.
Electric speed water heaters.
Nelson g. Kimball dolly.
Trailer light and brake connectors.
Seat covers for sofa beds
Four-inch chrome pipes.
Luggage trailer bitches and balls.
Water tanks and iceboxes.
Marvel comb Ice and electric rsfrE.
Copper water line.
Windows and roof ventilators.
Preway g. Coleman gasoline stoves and
ranges.
Now available bottle gas and regulars.
Coleman bottle gas ranges.
Trailer vent and heater fans.
Trailer roof canvas aluminium paint.
STANLEY H. HORNER TRAILER CEN
TER, 9TH and Fla. ave. me-. FIR. 1921.
Omen evenings
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INDUSTRIAL PROP. FOR RENT

SURPLUS LAND, railroad sidings available,
zoned industrial; both in D. c. and nearby
Maryland; small or large acreage; long or
short-term lease PEBBLES CHEMICAL
! col Once, UN. 2525; res, EN-. $3.50.
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3-ACRE WOODED TRACT on black-top
I'd. mr.. Whiteoak. Md, 7 miles from
Joining above tract
Burtonsyille, Md acres. all cleared,
near bus, church and stores; 10 miles out.
4h acres, fronting on 2 roads, near
Highland; very productive; priced very
low: terms, 5000 down. $50 per month.
JOHN BURDOFT. Colesville, Nd. Call
Ashton, Md, 3846. -l6
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
IA, i0H.
DESK SPACE FOR RENT.
FARMS FOR SALE.

TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS; mai
and switchboard service; stenographel
available. 40 Bond Bldg, 14th and New
York ave. Call DI. 1901. -16
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY WANTED
WANT TO BUY for cash., three-bedroon
bungalow in nearby Va; must have mod
acre Of land. Room sos, $50 18th st. n "
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cARAEEs FOR SALE.
AUTO LOANS.

n YOU ARE FLAMING 70 BUY a car from
a private party or dealer, 1t isn't necessary
conform with your budget. Cali US before
you buy. our stan Of experts will be slad
and Mechanical Condition and assist IN
procuring title and tags. No OBLIGATION.
Telephone Republic 1900. NOLAN FINANCE
CO., 1102 New York ave. NV. Greyhound
Bus Terminal Bldg.
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HOME TRAILER COACHES-Headouar-
tiers in Washington area for over 10 yrs
Compare our beautiful coaches, check our

thinner e pass 70 II. 3,UUU. ID
Our trailers are all completely furnished
and equipped with water hose, hre extin.
guishers, Soft. drop cord, 2 chairs, and
some have bottle-gas stoves and electric
refrigeration.
Trailer Sales Display open for yoy r IN =
TRAILER 90, INC. 403o Wisconsin ave.
phone WO 3231
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sion Immediately Practically new 5-rm
semidet. brick. with bsmt. and bath; 81 .25l
S SqXn l fNe a4i ArlnssSn St. b
time, AB ,96Ol:s ewes, iTE. s642. III 8
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HYBLA VALLEY few minutes below Alex
s s.sd1 70 Sc Gss%u into on de
ment. Has large living room with fireplace
with dining space, nice kitchen and from
with entrance through a nice utility room n,
new electric rsnse: an SIT de luxe 81
Esasa Blind. h snd ass nice osk
M Yss s14sse for oompete I'M
tle or 1ss Of Ax to ss THIS EBSE e
Rselsy slds SIS kins s s. Alex
aaaK a asd well Tn sen Dis
desirable location; contains lge. studio-liv
replased t dn 5ati modern r kitchen sas4
. Hsa anS End dao for Saa addtona seaTms
Il desired; high bsmt. space for rec. rm.
auto. heat; immed; poss. CAPUII R RE; X
TY, phone FA. 2122; ewes, oV. $3.50
1880 CASH. Columbia Forest bed
rms; full modern bath, lge; living rm a
q bs store. on ana
to sell, $3.50; excellent LIST trust: gooe
condition. Shown by appt. only. WRIGHT
EEEALTTY' x Dc Realtors 47ol columa5i'
SHtRSSTooS EosEs IT,, ssa.m, l.. t|ls,
iaf Easement: house sea is eaaipped witt VIII
interchaneable storm windows and screens
,se VOICED lot tenc seol rear with bar
pertation to washington. conyen: t
appt. only WRIGHT REALTY, INC
Realtors, 47o1 Columbia pike. CHI. $500
NO. ARLINGTON, close ina nice, hom
yssssh sG %fhoI RsHe or S1a6e g. 7s "a
OK s 9sfs Ny eyes, xR dI 1881 beautiful
hFiCk home, consisting
din. rm., eauipped kit, on 1st a.; : bedrms
NE bath End A. f1l baMss TnzI ~. 81 h VIR
GINA OFFICE, GIL. 1888. OK. Os7s; ewes
CUTE CLEAN AND CoMFoRTABLE-Liy
RIM. with wood-burning fireplace, kit, wit
and bath on LIST floor; large master bedrm
with pvt. bath on End floor: approx, 70
acre Handicapped lot cow. to everythin
and reasonably priced, ROBERT N. BRuM
sfnE BY SIDE we have these two S-roor
brick homes 81 500 each; located we, YER
REALTY CO., 2116 Wilson blvd, GL.. o
ox. 27sz. Ia
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ALEXANDRIA, in best location-Historit
brick town house, with charm and indi-
viduality; recently remodeled. Large Nv
rm. with fireplace, din. rm.. moderr
kitchen, small walled-in garden: End floor
2 bedrms. Il with f1replace).. and bath
rear screened porch; 3rd floor, large studio
rm. and sun deck.
Also 2 larger historic houses. Possession
with settlement. Call Miss Fitch. MI
1850; evenings, CO. 1879. D. A. HANES
CO. INC, 1900 Goth st. NV. -16
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CeSo5LoRnED5--FAMILY APT, lie proit
Park; 8 rooms and bath each: very
low operating expenses; price, $1S,750.
Call NO. ABA or EN-. OO3S. liz
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would be wasting his time to NOW his fields
he could buy good fields SO much cheaper
than restoring his old ones. The teamster
quoted prices on restoring the old fields which
made lend-ease seem pikerish proposition.
Julian again slept in the house, doggedly,
combed bushe or 50 of fallen plaster out of
his hair the next morning and after seven or
eight more interviews drove back to the Har-
den House. On Monday. Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday he wrote brisk,
lively copy - he had to; bankruptcy was
glowering at him.
On Saturday he drove back to his farm
The house was much much worse. The west
erly wall was ripped out entirely. barring cot
and freplaces to public view. A recent floor
i laid a mere twenty years ago - had been
ripped up in the hope of discovering wide
oaken flooring underneath The wide oaken
flooring was there, all right, but the cracks
between the boards were reminiscent of the
Grand Canyon
While Julian looked despairingly at them,
a small cavalcade of three automobiles roared
up, all honking furiously.
Out of the cars leaped twelve people. The
first to reach Julian was slender, beautifully
dressed young man named Quincy Roberts
who, after shaking hands, looked around him
and said clearly What holy mess"
The second was Martie Wainwright, who
shook his hand and said, $50 you're one of
these rural suckers too"
The third was Lucy Wadsworth who said
1--WE were up this way and Id heard you
bought place here
JULIAN was acutely conscious that this
wasn't the way he wanted her to see it - not
with the west wall ripped out, with clusters
of fallen plaster decorating the open floors,
with sunlac and briar- grown fields, with jacks
set up to hold the place from falling in, and
chains stretched across the upper part to
keep the house from falling apart She couldn't
have picked worse time.
who pulled that wall out?" she demanded
suddenly.
The architect He thought - Somberg's
Continued on page %
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Did he want the whole side of the houseTipped
out and rebuilt, with modern studding and
insulation? Or did he want patched-up sort
of job? And could he come up right away and
decide?
Julian came right up, after phoning Miss
Lucy Wadsworth, who said helpfully, "Oh,
was it you, tonight? =. No, of course not,
Julian . Some other time. Perhaps next
week.
BUT by next week Julian was swamped in
sea of bills. He'd always considered himself
rather well-off, but now he decided he couldn't
take Miss Lucy Wadsworth to the Medi-
terranean Room for dinner, to any play, or to
supper at the Pheasant Club
On Saturday he drove to his farm and slept
there on a cot he'd picked up 1t took an hour
or 50 to get the fallen plaster out of his hair
in the morning; another hour to get himself
clean.
Then he held series of disheartening con-
ferences with his architect and with the stony
faced carpenters 1t was his architects opinion
that while he was at it, he might as we'll do
thorough job, spending an amount roughly
equivalent to the total of lend-lease. 1t was
the opinion of the carpenters that he was
fool and could have new house built for the
price of repairing this old one.
The next week the house was worse; there
was more plaster ripped down; there were
chains holding the attic rafters from falling
down; there were jacks standing on empty
oil drums, holding up the floor. Julian slept
there, doggedly, and on Sunday held confer
ences with we'll drivers. plumbers, carpenters,
masons who didn't care whether they worked
or not, and the teamster, who thought Julian
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"doH HULL INV, dllO IldI ) d 1dCl. Dul d
month earlier, in May, it was raging torrent.
practically river And even now it would
keep swimming pool going He pointed out
the fields; the way the sumac and the briars
grew, sir - that proved fertility Yes, sir
That barn - it was bit rundown - but
it was almost as old as the house. 1t had
twelve-by-twelve sills. As to the sagging and
bulging. put carpenter to work for a week
or two, and you wouldn't know the place
At dusk Julian drove back to New York,
poorer by down payment of five thousand
dollars, richer by knowing he'd have place
to spend his declining years healthfully,
wholesomely; while Miss Lucy Wadsworth
would decline rapidly, no doubt, to third,
fourth and fifth place at the Pheasant Club,
which would break her heart and teach her
lesson. Julian wanted no part of that life.
Two weeks later he was still in a happy
daze. A young architect had been engaged
who had, the agent said, feeling" for old
places With his help. Julian had grounded
up, as by miracle, two carpenters - stony
faced disapproving local men; also brace
of plumbers, pair of masons who acted as
though they didn't care whether they worked
or not, and a reluctant teamster who got
g. so an hour for himself and his team, plus
Sl25 an hour for helper. The teamster
needed helper, he explained, because he
had weak back. This aura of gloom, how
ever, was Offset by the architect, who was
most cheerful and helpful. There was nothing,
he said to moving wall though the stony
faced carpenters and the Indifferent masons
looked appalled, by the suggestion. Julian felt
extremely fortunate that he had go-getter
looking after his interests.
Returning to the Harden House after the
third Sunday visit to his new estate, he had
bit of dinner sent up to his room and dreamed
pleasantly for while of the time when sleek,
sad-eyed Jerseys would have the thirty acres
of fields nibbled to a lawn-like sward; when
few goats turned loose in the woodland
would have reduced the underbrush until it
was like park; and when a few dollars
say hundred, the agents estimate - had
damned the brook into beautiful swimming
pool with grass right down to the edges,
When all that came to pass, he d have Miss
Wadsworth up for a week end - with, of
course, other guests. She'd lie on the grass
after a brisk swim and say, "A wonderful
place you have here, Julian. Wonderful. =
And he'd say, Glad you like it, Lucy,
and stop right there, with no suggestion that
he'd like to have her share it with him. This
would, he hoped, make her angry.
ON MONDAY, Tuesday and Wednesday
Julian worked happily writing very brisk
copy; also writing letters to the Department
of Agriculture for advice on the restoration
of old pastures. the installation of sewage
systems on farms, and the building up of
depleted soils
On Thursday he had date with Miss Lucy
Wadsworth to have dinner in the Medlterra-
mean Room, see play, and have supper at
the Pheasant Club But at fourtwenty-flve
that Thursday afternoon he got phone call
Evening star., 1947-05-25

cocktails with him that afternoon. Miss
Wadsworth had honey-brown, swirlng hair
and steady blue eyes; while she was not the
foremost glamor girl of 1916, she was without
runner-up for Number Two place.
On an average of once week she had din
ner with Mr. Julian Robert Disney on the
Mediterranean Roof at Harden House. went
to the theater with him and afterwards had
supper with him at the Pheasant Club. In
any given week she also had dinner with five
other young men, went to the theater with
them, and had supper with them at the Pleas
ant Club.
She recognized his voice almost immedi-
ately:
"Oh. julian! Sorry dear, I'm thor
oughly dated for this afternoon. Too bad If
only you'd called me sooner"
Julian hung up and took his vicious ven
geance on helpless fragment of egg, spearing
it numerically through and through.
liz COULDN'T tell, afterwards, just when the
feeling crept upon him. 1t might have come
gradually; first yearning for white church
went to one, but they were fine to look at -
then sense of want for an old white house,
with rolling green fields and docile Jerseys
grazing on them. He knew Jerseys; they were
a sort of yellowish brown, with sad eyes, they
were the only cattle he did know.
So on this sparkling June Sunday, Mr..
Julian Disney decided he'd spend his declin-
ing years on farm, tidy farm not too far
from Manhattan, with rolling green fields
and Jerseys grazing kindly upon them. (The
Harden House has lost more permanent
guests on June Sundays, the records show,
than on any other days in any given month
Julian's roadster was at the door when he
came down the .doorman giving it a final, use
less polish in the hope of a tip which he got.
And Julian went off to fight fifteen miles of
heavy traffic ten miles of lighter traffic, and
presently to find himself on narrow twisting
black asphalt roads dotted with superfuous
signs: WINDING ROAD.
PRESENTLY, too he found himself in the grip
of real estate agent. who sized him up
briskly, showed him few tumble down
shacks, then said encouragingly, Il see you
know what you want Mr.. Disney, Well -
I've got it,
He drove along the black road for spell,
turned dextrously into two ruts up hill and
stopped, after while, before a shaggy,
weather beaten old house witt thick square
chimney supporting sagglng ridge poles
See that sag in the roof Mr., Disney?
Know what that means, sir? Age. Age! That's
what That house is over two hundred years
old"
He had gift for turning griefs into happ-
nesses, this real estate man. Just you wait
till you get inside It's plank house, that's
what - plank house,
Julian didn't know what plank houses were,
which seemed to stagger the real estate man,
who explained that before the conventional
studdng came into use, early pioneers hewed
thick oaken planks which served as uprights
Evening star., 1947-05-25

"ANY FOOL CAN LEARN A TRADE says Philip Wyle,
but that has nothing do with being educated Read his
caustic comments u. S. schools weeks
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Washington D I:22S
Put in New Claim for Merits
OfRanmed Earth Buildings
BY BAUKHAGE
Meas ANALYST end commentator.

is so good it has not been widely
adopted, are logical: One-there's no
money in it, except the money
saved by the builder. Two-con-
trary to the impression among sell
ers of building materials, Merrill in
sists it would help rather than hurt
their business. The man who builds
a rammed-earth house can't afford
any other kind. And he has to buy
everything-foor, roofing, plumbing
everything in fact except the
walls, which are free except for the
cost of the forms and the tamping.
Merrills thesis is that anyone
willing to acquire the rudimentary
knowledge of building, can build a
rammed-earth house himself with
three bedrooms, spacious living,
dining and cooking facilities and all
plumbing and heating equipment for
less than $4,000. He can build as
good or better a dwelling than most
Of the so-called defense homes, so
widely used during the war, for
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as simple as the
dirt under our
fe ct? Have we
been overlooking
a b e t, w h / C h
Pliny S aid the
r ON ans were
overlookin G, in
the first century
A. D. a n d t o
which most peo-
pl e h a " e S h u t
their eyes ever
since?
A n t h o n y F.
Merrill says SO
and SO does a
convincing lob of
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It didn't seem incredible to Pliny
who heatedly proclaimed that the
Romans had, in Africa and Spain,
walls of earth" 5
They are moulded rather than
built" Pliny explains, ''by enclos-
ing earth within frame of boards.
constructed on either side These
walls will last for centuries, are
proof against rain, wind and fire. and
are superior in solidity to any CO.
ment. Even at this day (more than a
century after HannibaD Spain still
holds watch-towers that were erect
ed by Hannibal"
The idea Of houses of earth Is not
incredible to Clinton P. Anderson,
secretary Of agriculture, who has
written the preface to the book.
''If Tony Merrill and his rammed-
earth builders want either my bless
ing or my cooperation, says the
secretary, they may be assured
Of them both"
Rammed-earth, according to Mer-
rill, is a term describing both the
material and the process of wall
building by which earth is tamped
into the shape of a wall or building
block. In essence, a compressed
block or section of earth will, when
tamped, assume the shape Of the
form into which it is pressed and,
when the moisture dries out. harden
into a permanent shape suitable
for use as building material"
The reasons set forth by Merrill
as to why, if this method of building