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Have you seen Lester Elwood^ new
silk hat*
It is a dazzling beauty, and even to
others than Mr. Elwood appears to be
about the shiniest and most imposing
tile that ever graced an Easter parade.
By the same token one Frederick G.
James is not wearing a shiny new haj.
JffANtfW'NCS-
j4Z) .PZZZV ^Off HIS MONEY
BUT HAD TO BUY THEUAX
#0a Fra^ James Tried to Take Lester Elwood Where He
Couldn't See a New Building and Lost His BetAn
Object Lesson on the City's Growth.
A NEW SHINGLED ROOF I N THE LANDSCAPE.
The reason is that he made a hasty
bet and had to buy that expensive head
piece for Elwood. Incidentally he was
mighty glad to do it, and the story of
how it all came about is enough to
clinch the already wide-spread impres
sion that Minneapolis is growing like
Jonah's gourd, and a great deal more
In all the Minneapolis real estate
fraternity there are probably no two
men more sanguine and enthusiastic
over present conditions than Messrs.
James and Elwood. I his heart of
hearts, each believes that this city is
the "great and only," and that it isthat
just entering upon an epoch of pros
perity_ that will dwarf anything .ever
experienced here before. Altho the
views of the two are identical upon this
point, there came about at the club one
clay a difference of opinion as to the
exact extent of the present develop
ment.
City *s a-growin','' said Fred.
"Never saw anything to beat it."
THE NEW HAT.
The following list is not intended to
give a complete description of the prop
erties offered. If the location and price
Suits you, we know the properties will,
and.we will be glad to have you call at
our office for full information.
NORTH SIDE.
Second av. near 20th. 6-room
frame dwelling $1,300
Fremont. near 36th, 8-room,
modern 2.350
Bryant, near 29th, 9-room frame
dwelling 2.400
Bryant and 27th, 10-room, two
family dwelling 2 800
Fourth st. near 24th. 8-room.
two-family modern dwelling... 3.000
Penn. near 4th av, 10-room
frame dwelling 3-300
Emerson, near 22d. 7-room mod
ern dwelling 3.750
Emerson, near 11th. 17-room
double dwelling 4.200
15th av. near 5th st, 5, 6. 7-room
dwellings 5.200
SOUTH SIDE.
"That's so," assented Lester *l\I
don't believe we could go anywhere in
this town where we wouldn't be in
sight of some new building/'
I guess that's pretty strong," said
Mr. James. I know Minneapolis is
growing as it never grew before, but
if you are inclined to stand on .that
Jroposition,
T.A. JAMIESON*,205
Real Estate, Loans, Rontals and Insurance
27th av. near 25th. 7-room frame
dwelling $1,250
2116 21st av. 6-room frame
dwelling 1.60 0
30th av. near 29th, 6-room frame
dwelling 1600
Findley place, near 31st, 10-
room "double dwelling 1,60 0
20th av, near 30th, 7-room
frame dwelling 1.70C
Harriet, near 39th, 7-room frame
dwelling 2.000
607 E Franklin, 7-room frame
dwelling 2,000
21st av, near 8th, 10-room mod
ern dwelling 2,000
3204 Grand av, 8-room frame
dwelling 2.100
2011 Portland av, 7-room .frame
dwelling 2,200
Columbus. near 24th,- 8-room
frame dwelling 2,400
17th av. near 26th, 7-room frame
dwelling 2,000
Blaisdell, near 34th, 9-room
modern- 2,600
Grand, near 32d, 9-room all mod--^-
ern 7..:..."..'. ^2,500
Stevens, near 33d, 9-room modern 2,800
2304-2306 25th av, double dwell
ing, pays 10 per cent: 3,000
10th av. near 32d, 9-room all
modern dwelling 3-700
22d st. near 24th. 10-room rHOBlern 3,800
Portland, near 33d, 10-room mod
em 4.000
Oliver, near 21st. 8 rooms, modern 4-900
Fremont, near 19th, 10-room
modern dwelling 5.000
Humboldt, near 24th, 10-room
modern .5.000
Portland, near 27th, 9-room mod
era, barn 5.000
Colfax, near 27th, 9-room. mod
ern dwelling **:,-5.10O
Emerson, near 26th, 9-room all
modern
17th st, near 6th, 9-room modern,
barn I
Portland, near 24th. 11-room mod
ern
Sheridan, on Kenwood car line,
11-room, all modern
11th av. 25th, 15-room. two
family dwelling
Park boulevard, near 42d. two
six-room flats, modern
Aldrich, near 21st, 11-room mod
ern
East 17th st, near 6th, 10-room
modern
1929 Kenwood, 10-room all mod
em
Park, near 19th. 10-room modern.
West 32d. near 6th, 13-roOm
iriodern -1
2600 Bryant. 14-room modern
barn
Blaisdell. near 24th. 12-rooitt
modern, barn
Dupont. near 21st. 14-room mod
ern...
VACANT LOTS.
Price. Location.
$200Clinton av. near 39th.
2503d av. near 38th. east front.
3001st av. near 38th, 40x132.
35018th av. near 31st, east front.
300Emerson, near 33d. east front.
325Garfield, near 34th, east front.
325Bryant, near 33d, 40x129.
350Hth av. near Park, east front.
400Third av, corner 36th.
450-^Stevens av, corner, east front.
4505th av, near 34th. 45x129.
475Lyndale, near 35th. 45x122.
500Grand av, near 33d, east front.
500Hennepin, near'32d, 42x127.
500Double corner, Harriet and
35th st.
500Corner 10th, near Park.
550Garfield, near 32d, 45xl29,v
OO^-Columbus, inside 32d. "*&
600Oakland, near 31st. 42x119. I^|
600Double corner, Blaisdell and
S8th, T4xl82.
600First av, near 33d, 46x125. f*g.
600Irving, inside 29th, 50x128.
600James, inside 29th, 50x127.
600rHennepin, near 33d, east fnont.
700Humboldt, near 32d, 42x128.^
750Dupont, near Lake, 46x128.^
750Park, near 32d, all improve
ments.
800Third av, near 27th, all im
provements.
800West 25th st, near Lake of the
Isles, 50x155.
950Lake of the Isles boulevard,
50x133.
1,000Portland, Inside Lake, east fr't.
1,000Irving av, near W 22d. 50x154.
1.200Pillsbury. near 27th, east front.
1.300Logan, near Mt. -Curve, east
front.
1.500Irving, near Mt. Curve. 50x135.
1.500Girard.' near Summit, east.front
1,900Humboldt, inside 24th, 45x129.
2.000Irving, inside 24th, 100x150.
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we'll make it a hat and
'11 give you a run for it."
Elwood hesitated only long enough
to stipulate that all observations were
to be made under the open sky, and the
hat bet was on.
They Covered the City.
It was last Thursday that the two
started out to see if they could lose
sight of anew building. Horace Lowry
had been prevailed "upon to convoy the
party in his bier touring car. He openly
flouted James for deliberately throw
ing away a hat, and informed his guests
he had laid in an extra supply of
gasolene in order that no unfrequented
corner of the town might be missed.
After sleeping on it, even James was
inclined to believe that he was one hat
to the bad, but he said that he didn't
know anybody for whom he would soon
er buy a hat than Elwood, consequently
he stood pat.
It was a far run from the Guaranty
building to Columbia Heights, the first
stage of the journey. Straight out Cen
tral avenue, the party chuffed, making
uninterrupted observations of new
shingled roofs. Going up the rise to
Columbia Heights, James attempted to
claim the bet, as the trees beside the
road and the hill in front shut off the
view. Elwood, however, stood up in
the tonneau and pointed back over the
landscape in which the new shingled
roof was the most conspicuous, feature.
On up thTu Columbia Heights the
party went, James dismounting at a lit1
tie space where a dip in the road looked
promising for his purpose. It' is true
that there was no building in sight, but
only a moment's scrutiny by Elwood
revealed a set of stakes about a rec
tangle and even as the party watched,
two men, one with a chalkline and the
other with a roll of blueprints under his
arm, came upon the scene and proceeded
to finish the task of laying out a foun
dation.
iHunted New Fields.
Back thru New Boston and thleast,
Ninth ward the party took various
streets, zig-zagging, back and forth be
tween the railroad tracks and the river.
Everywhere they went the unpainted
lumber of some new structure was never
out of sight, altho once or twice it was
a far view which kept Elwood from los
ing the hat.
Southeast Minneapolis was traversed
with the same results, and the auto
mobile was brought over the Tenth ave
nue bridge, headed out Portland ave
nue to Lake street, thence to Lyndale
and o\it to Lynnhurst. Again there was
nothing doing in the hat line for the
conservative James, and consequently
the route was taken thru Linden Hills.
Here there were all kinds of new houses
in process of construction, and the run
1 back and forth thru the thirteenth and1
0.000
12,000
13000
18000
Modern Half-Timbered House
Bell & Dotweiler, Architects, 712 Northwestern
Building.
This handsome house, in the modern
Etfglish domestic style, can be con
structed according to tKe plan for
$5,000, altho double that amount may
be expended on it in the enrichment
and elaboration of details. This mini
mum estimate provides for gppd mate
rials and workmanship, but rather plain
finish it does not include a beating
plant.
The house is built of brick and stone
for the basement and first story and the
central gable. The rest of the upper
story is plaster and beams. Very ef
fective color schemes for the exterior
can be obtained by the varying com
binations of stone, brick and plaster,
all of which can be obtained in such
a wide range of colors. The house is
designed for a hillside, the porte-co
chere and vestibule being on a level
with the basement, which runs under
the whole house. The iron gates of
the entrance are an ornamental and
imposing feature.
The porch terrace at the front has
no entrance except thru the house, and,
being considerably above the level of
the drive, by the use of vines and
shrubs, can be largely screened from
observation while adding to the effect
of the house in the distant view. The
surroundings of the terrace also afford
eighth wards still saw Elwood strongly
to the good. By common consent it was
agreed to cut out the upper part of
Hennepin avenue, inasmuch as all the
party knew that there was much build
ing in progress there, and the auto head
ed down 27th street to the Lake of the
Isles Boulevard. Here in some of the
winding drives well screened by trees,
Mr.James came near enough winning his
bet to be entitled to a traveling cap at
but Elwood held him to the letter
of the original agreement and was still
winning, 'owing to the fact that the
view across the Lake of the Isles was
never wholly obstructed.
James' Bright Idea.
Up' thru KenWood and down thru
Green's additions the house hunters
flew, striking Lyndale avenue at. the
foot of Lowry Hill and thence making
a rapid circuit of North Minneapolis.
Elwood was beginning to remark that
he wore 7%, when James whispered a
few words to Mr. Lowry and the tour
ing car was headed down town again.
I don't believe he'll stand for it,"
said Lowry, after a brief whispered
consultation with Mr. James. "Hard
ly seems fair to take advantage of a
man' in that way."
Saturday Evening, THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. April 29, 1905.
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A SPECIFIC SUGGESTION
FOR TlfEi HOME-BUILDER
a fine opportunity for formal garden
ing effects, which are especially ap
propriate to the architectural style.
The most unusual feature of the plan
is the sun parlor opening from, the
dining room and on.the terrace. There
"Well it's under the open Sky, any
way, said James, I 'm going 'to hold
him to the letter, of the agreement. If
he doesn't want to stand for it after
he sees what he's up against, we will
match for the hat."
All this was Greek to Elwood until
the machine drew up at the Fourth av
enue entrance to the courthouse and
city hall.'
'''We'll go in here.,, a while)." said
Mr. James, takitig Elwood by the arm,
and he dragged the unresisting and as
tonished Lester thru the lower part of
the building into the large circular in
terior court, which was originally con4
structed for a law library, but never
roofed over.
"Here, here, what's this?'* ^ex-
claimed Elwood, as he glanced around
at the massive masonry.
"Here we are under the open sky,"
said James. "Now, it's up to you to
point out that new building."
Coup Didn't Work.
"Well, you are the beautiful
chump," retorted Elwood. "Now, if
you're ready to throw up the sponge,
we '11 go up town- a'nki I '11 nave that hat
fitted at pnee."
"No you don't," insisted" James,
TBE EDMUND GfWALTOlfiAGENCY,309 Ben-Ive.*
Dafactiv* Page
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is a space in the high attic to finish
off three rooms, and the basement af
fords much working space.
The ground dimensions of the house
are 38x29 feet and the finish thruout
is oak and birch.
"You point out that building first
"Well," said Elwood, "in the first
place, this building we're in is a new
building. Those workmen you see i'n1
the city side of the building are now
engaged in spending several hundred
thousand dollars in completing this
magnificent structure, and if that does
not satisfy you just take a look thru
that window over towards Fourth ave
nue and you'll see the new Leslie
building. I guess you are stuck."
If all men who make bets, pay them
as cheerfully as did Fred James, there
would not be so many hard words in
this world. I knew she was growing
all right,'' said Mr. James, as he shoved
a "te'ntaer" at the clerk in the hat
store, "and I suppose that was a fool
ish bet. Anyhow we've had a good
auto ride and a pretty good object les-
son."
All of which proves the moral to this
o'er true tale.
See Stockwell SoonThat life insur-
anceThe Penn Mutual. Andrus bldg.
We repair pitch and gravel roofs
Carey Hoofing* after ten years' service
perfectly sound and water tight. See
W. S. Nott Co., Tel. 376.
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MODERN RAG WEAVING
Summer furnishings, either for the
city home or the country place, have
all the fascinations of color and soft,
dainty materials that are such impor
tant factors in the charm of the sum
mer girl. Thin, crisp muslins and flow
ered effects dress the summer living
room and the chamber as appropriately
and attractively as they, do the dainty
girl who is artfully unconscious of their
graces.
All of the shop windows are filled
with these fabrics and their loveliness
was never exceeded. Bu with all
their daintiness they are not extrava
gant nor impractical, for they are rel
atively very cheap and are all tub
goods. Some of the most beautiful pat
terns in the muslins are only 15 cents
a yard, and, as they are wide, a room
may be completely dressed in them at
small expense. I is quite the correct
thing now to have the cover of the
bed, the drapery of the dressing table
and the curtain's of the same material.
One of the novelties this season is
pretty serviceable and old-fashioned
a combination of qualities sure to give
it popularity. This is the hand-woven
fabrics done like old-fashioned rag
rugs and carpets. Being made of new
materials, cut in strips and carefully
joined, the fabric is perfectly even in
its weave and comes in every color
combination. Hit-or-miss, with its
nondescript coloring, was the general
style of the old home-made fabrics
but now one may have as soft and ef
fective colorings as in oriental rugs,
and the rag rugs and other pieces may
be woven to order to harmonize with
any color scheme. By the use of can
ton flannel or other material having a
silky nap for the filling, a very soft,
velvety effect is secured.
Among the articles now woven are
rugs of all sizes and shapes, portieres,
couchcovers, tablecovers and pillow
covers. The rugs are all filled with cut
cloth to give them, thickness, and the
same filling ia nsed for some of the
other articles, but for pillows and por
tieres especially, part of the patterns
are done wholly in cotton yarn, a dou
ble thread of the yarn being used for
the woof instead of the cloth strips.
The warp of all those fabrics is white
and in those woven wholly of yarn the
skipping of a thread of the warp gives
an indistinct narrow stripe in the plain
color of the filling. The ornamentation
consists of plain stripes of varying
widths and the so-called arrow stripes
made by throwing in the filling in two
colors plaited together. Then, various
figures are pulled in with a bodkin in
brilliant colors, showing tufts between
each thread of the warp. The patterns
of these are Indian and very effective
in scarlet, green and yellow.
All of these articles wash. well and
can always be kept fresh, one of the
best recommendations they can have.
The tablecovers show^ at one shop are
$1.50 and $1.75 pillows and covers, ,$2
and $3 couchcovers, $4.75 portieres,
$12.75 a pair rugs varying according
to size and pattern. There^ are sev
eral local weavers and other individual
weavers whose wares are carried by
the Handicraft guild. Some of the
handsomest and most useful of these
"fabrics were shown at the State Art
society exhibition and at the Arts and
Crafts exhibition last fall.
EXTERIOR COLOR SCHEMES
Colors Must Be Selected with a View
to House Environment.
Many house owners are racking their
brains over the problem of color
schemes for exteriors. The Craftsman,
in discussing this question, says: "In
the selection of color, it must be re
membered that the house should never
be considered as a distinct unit, but
as an integral part of a given setting.
If the outlook, therefore, be bleak and
bare, let the colors be warm and cheer
ing if the surroundings be rich in
foliage effects, let the woodwork re
peat, some o8f the soft forest greens, the
rich brow11
of the tree trunks and
introduce in tile or a bit of brick work
some glowing note of color.
This then, is the mission of color:
that it afford a bond of common inter-
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IN RUGS AND COVERS
The Useful Ugliness of Rag Carpet Transformed by the
Use of New Materials, Skillfully and Harmoniously
Combined in Fine Color Effects.
l-lpt-"**-^^
est between the house and its surround*
ings.
Cement and plaster may be tinted or
not, as the case requires. I the sur
rounding landscape be somewhat som
ber and cheerless, the addition of
enough pigment to give a soft, rich
warmth to the surface, will work won
ders.
Almost invariably the woodwork and
especially the doors and window
frames, should offer a contrast to the
wall surfaces, giving accent, as it were,
to the structural quality. Just here
we must enter a protest against the
too general use of paints for wood sur
faces, an effect, in every way more
desirable, bein' obtained by the use
of stains, developing rather than ig
noring the richness of the wood tex
ture. There is an indescribable charm
to wood so treated.^ A shingle roof
may so recall the quiet, shadowy tones
of the woodlands that unconsciously
we shall feel the spell of restfulness
and refreshing quiet.
The general scheme, t^hen, o an ex
terior should be gracious and cheering,
yet always subdued. When leaded glass
is used, there is a chance for clear,
fresh, telling colors. The window
draperies, which should always be
chosen with reference to the exterior
effect, may introduce delightful har
monies with woodwork and wall.
Wherever, the climate permits, let
there be an abundance of window boxes
filled with bright blossoms. These are
the little individual touches that count
so much. I is by the exterior that we
are to judge much of the life within
let it be sane and wholesome, kindly
and of a smiling countenance.
ESTIMATING THE COST
Rule for Getting at Building Expense
With Fair Accuracy.
Country Calendar.
I is very useful to be able to make
a preliminary rough estimate of the
cost of the house you are thinking of,,
building or buying. Some of the opti
mistic plans published for small-priced
houses have been so misleading that it
is as well for home-makers to have a
rule of thumb. If you wish to honse
comfortably a family of six and one
servant with a reasonable propor
tion of spare room for visitors or emer
gencies, you may safely figure on a cost
exclusive of land, of from twelve to
twenty-five cents per cubic foot. That
is, if the floor area of the honse is
1,200 square feet and the height from
cellar floor to second-story ceiling is 26
feet, the cubic contents will be 1,200x26
or 31,200 cubic feet, and the house
will cost $3,744 to $7,800.
The price of 12 cento per cubic foot
will obtain only in the more favored
portions of the country where lumber
and labor are cheap, and a honse cost
ing so little will be of wood, witn fur
nace heat and little plumbing. In the
New England and North Atlantic
States, the cost per cubic foot will be
about twenty cents which should pro
vide a frame house, clapboarded or
shingled on the outside, one large piaz
za plumbing in bath-room, kitchen and
laundry, ana steam-heat thruout. I
the Middle West, such a bouse i^ay
cost as little as 18 cents per cubic foot}
and in the Pacific states, possibly a fit*
tie less.
If the house be only one story An
height, with a cellar underneath tk
wholeof which many are built in llie
northwestthe cost can hardly fall be
low 18 cents, and perhaps not below 20,
The price of 25 cents per cubic foot
should secure, in addition to what fe
specified above for a 20-cent house,
plate glass for the first-story windows*
mantels an fire-places, tiling in bath-*
room and hot-water heating.
If you want brickwork, or half-tfin^
bering and stucco outside, in addition
to the above, the cost may run to 30
cents per cubic foot. Larger houses will
cost proportionately less, and smaller
houses, proportionately more.
We are known as the highest priced
tailors in the city, but our goods and
quality of work justify it. ThoA
1 Pease.
CHOOSING A HOME
Is an important and serious matter, especially if the purse is not along one,
and if you have had but little experience with real estate and building
transactions.
The Simpler the proposition can be made the easier it is for the* noviee
to form a satisfactory judgment and protect himself against the dangef of
paying too much.
Tlie safest way is to buy a house already built, and it is also far the
cheapest way, because a house built several years ago cost at least one-fourth
less than one of equal value can be constructed for now, with the present
prices of labor and material.
I am able to assist the house buyer in solving the problem in selecting
the right place and at the lowest price, for the reason that I have the largest
number and greatest variety to choose from of any firm in the city, distrib-
uted widely over town, and at figures ranging from two to ten thousand dol-
lars.
They are for sale on the easiest terms, bringing them within the reach
of everybodya small cash payment down, and monthly payments there-
after about equal to rent.
I is a favorable time now to buy, for prices will never be lower,- ind
are pretty sure to advance materially.
Tour own interests and those of your family will be promoted by own-
ing a home instead of paying rent.
Photographs of all the dwelling houses and business properties I have
been advertising may be seen at this office.
HEBE I S AIT ADDITIONAL. LIST.
Lyndale and 11th av N frame house, 7 rooms, big lot, $300 cash, $25
monthly
Boyalston ay 8 rooms, fine lot, $400 caaji, $30 monthly
3d av and Grant st dwelling, 8 rooms, $500 cash, $35 monthly
18th st and Columbus av 8 rooms, $400 cash, $25 monthly
Spring and Jefferson sts NE store and dwelling, $400 cash, $35
monthly
Stevens av and 26th st large lot, 6 rooms, $300 cash, $25 monthly..
Linden av and 16th st 10 rooms, $500 cash, $50 monthly
14th av S and 3d st 6 rooms, $200 cash, $20 monthly
14th av S and 19th st 8 rooms, $250 cash, $25 monthly
Western av and 11th st 9 rooms, $500 cash, $35 monthly
Nicollet and 29th st brick building, 2 stores and fiats, $450 cash,
$50 monthly $4500
Franklin and 19th avs S brick store and flat, $250 cash, $25
monthly $2500
Cedar av and 4th st store and 3 rooms, $200 cash, $25 monthly $2000
Washington and 16th avs N small dwelling, lot 55x165, $250 cash,
$25 monthly $2500
Nicollet and 19th st 8 rooms, $500 cash, $35 monthly $4800
Lyndale and 5th avs N $400 cash, $35 monthly $3500
Clinton av and 19th st 8 rooms, $350 cash, $30 monthly $3500
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