Evening star. [volume], May 08, 1915, Page 2, Image 14

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MANY HOIS BUILT
Fifteen New Houses Erected in
Saul's Addition During
Past Tear.
N. E. Sansbury Company, exclusive
agents for Saul's Addition, reports an
active season in that subdivision. Fif
teen houses have been erected and
sold during the past year, making a
total of about 200 houses in the sub
division A number of lots have been
sold which purchasers plan to Im
prove.
One builder recently has completed
three houses which are ready for oc
cupancy and has five additional houses
in course of construction.
Among: the sales made by the N. L.
Sansbury Company during the past
week are the following:
For Henry E. Breuninger to John G.
Reckert. -520 Wisconsin avenue north
west. This sale was made in connec
tion with the office of H. W. Offutt.
For H. G. Smithy to Mrs. Ester Fair
man, 1711 North Capitol street.
For Lewis E. Breuninger, 1611 Hobart
street, to K. E. Boyd.
For Ellerson & Wemple, to D. A. San
ford, jr., 225 14 ^ street northeast.
For Charles L. Tankersley, 3626 Geor
gia avenue northwest, this being the
second house sold in the new group of
houses which have just been erected
by Mr. Tankersley.
Property Brings $18,000.
A deed was placed on record during
the past week transferring the owner
ship of 3408 to 3418 M street north
west from the American Security and j
Trust Company, trustees under the will J
of H. B. Warder, to T>ouis Weinstein. |
The consideration was $18,000. Thf |
property has a frontage of ninety- j
seven feet and a depth of about eighty
feet.
Andy. Please Note Last Word.
From the Boston Transcript.
Simplified spelling carried to its ulti
mate degree was shown on ; door card
recently seen in the South End. The
card ran: "Will be back rite o. a."
and Fireplaces May
lined by Writer?C
Taking: an old, decrepit house and re
modeling it into a commuter's dream
Is a fascinating: proposition, writes
John R. McMahon in the New York
Times.
"Probably there Is a strain of the critic
in all of us," he says. "We all want to re
model something. Some rewrite Shakes
peare. while others hanker to edit old
houses. We want to brine things up to
date. It is easier to patch the old than
create the new. There are birds that
never build their own nests, but take
old ones and fix them up a little.
"After the first flush of remodeling
enthusiasm it may occur to us that it
is not so easy as it seems to modernize
the home architecture of our sires. In
some respects it is about as untoward
as coaxin.fi: a four-story building of
ISr.O into a skyscraper. Xot only in de
tails. but fundamentally, have houses
changed to suit modern ideas and con
ditions.
Take the numerous bedrooms of our
fathers, built like the cells which bees
construct for a numerous progeny; we
ask if the dwelling was intended for a
hotel or an orphan asvium. It mikes
a modern small familied man a little
frightened just to look throujrh one of
these old houses.
The Proper Thing- Today.
"Furthermore, unless we are artists,
we feel there is something a bit shabby
about the patching-up enterprise. We
would rather tell our friends about our
new house than our remodeled old
, shack. But, thank goodness, this ob
jection is not at all serious. Quite tha
contrary. If it used to be thought bad
form to remodel it's quite the proper
thing today!
"Didn't you read about that million
aire who bought a terribly old colonial
house in Virginia and fixed it up for a
regular home? Why, everywhere peo
Be Improved Out
oncrete Is Utilized.
pie of means are buying houses which j
have nothing first-class about them
except their traditions?old wrecks
wilh splendid memories, you know?
and making them look so distinguished.
The old house is mellow and restful;
no wonder the architects imitate it in
new work and keep down the sugges
tion of newness as much as possible.
Cites Practical Standpoint.
"The suburbanite of small means has
to look at the proposition from a prac
tical standpoint. Will it pay to patch
and change the old house that is offer
ed at a bargain? That depends on cir
cumstances. Old is a relative term.
Sometimes it will not pay to fix up a
house twenty years old, and it will be
worth while to patch a dwelling which
has been standing half or even three
quarters of a century.
"The house of no great age may be
long to the era of shoddy construction
and may be prematurely old, while the
ancient structure is yet stanch and
serviceable for another generation. We
laugh at the architecture of our fath
ers, but when we see the timbers and
the workmanship they put into their
houses we feel that the laugh is on us.
"To determine whether an antique
dwelling is worth fixing up we should
start with a study of the foundations,
inside and outside the cellar. If the
stone or brick work has quite fallen
away it will be rather expensive to re
place it with new foundations, but if
the walls stand true and merely su
perficial mortar is out the job will be
easy. Portland cement was not known
in the old days, so it is a safe bet that
the mortar, especially on the outside,
is loose.
Condition of Chimney.
"A tumbled chimney on the roof is
not so important as the condition of
the chimney within the house. There
is likely to be no tile flue lining and
without ft, unless the flue has at least
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$20.50 Per Month
Buys One of These Homes, Including Interest
The family of modest circumstances can afford to get one of these homes
?and it would cost no more than present RENT, on a street that they
would be proud to have their friends call (not a side street). This means
increased values. You must act quick.
Only 2 Left
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Prices, $1,950 to $2,550(Corner)
Corner 16th and M ass. Ave. S.E.
Two Squares From Lincoln Park?Convenient to Two
Car Lines?East Capitol and Pennsylvania Avenue.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
5 and 6 large rooms, Cement floors, Large closets,
Front entrance hall, Hot and cold water, Howard brick front.
Colonial porches, Coal and gas ranges, Beautiful high terrace.
40-ft. parking,
Spacious back yard.
Concrete woodshed.
Take East Capitol cars, get off Lincoln Fark and Kentucky ave., walk 1 y2 squares to
houses. All rent payers, come out and inspect these magnificent homes, whether you pur
chase or not.
Sample House, 242 16th Street S.E., Open and Lighted Daily Until 9 P.M.
SHAPIRO, Owner and Builder
Phone Columbia 4912 for Auto Service.
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a double width of brick around it,
exterior patching: with oement will
not do. To put in tile requires the
tearing down of the old chimney.
Perhaps it will be only necessary to
tear down and rebuild from a point
Just above the old open fireplace. A
new chimney may be set on the foun
dations of the old, or it may be best
to leave the old chimney as a stage
'prop* and build a brand-new, prac
tical chimney elsewhere.
"The great antique fireplace, with its
massive hardware and adjacent bread
oven, may be hors do combat, but it
still has uses of ventilation and pic
turesqucness. Sometimes its spacious
opening is occupied by a steel cooking
range with a stovepipe runninc all the
way up the tileless flue to the roof.
The expedient of a stovepipe to act as
a flue lining is rather good; the pipe
should be extra heavy galvanized iron.
Liquid Concrete TJBed.
"In some cases it would be feasible to
pour a liquid mixture of concrete down
a chimney from the roof opening,
around a stovepipe form, and thus give
the chimney both strength and a first
class lining at one operation. The
concrete will flow into all cracks and
rivet loose bricks in an everlasting
hold. Before doing this the chimney
should be cleaned of soot and if iriurh
concrete is required it should be poured
in at intervals throughout the day in
order to avoid hydraulic effect of pres
sure. Two separate flues could be made
in a large chimney by using twin
pipes.
"Concrete is to an old house what giue
is to a knock-kneed piece of furniture.
When rigidly mixed with brains it has
a thousand uses. It can be adapted to
anything. If the Interior of a fire
place is a wreck it can be relined with
a layer of concrete von strips of wire
mesh. A cracked lintel of a stone or
brick house can be substituted with
concrete poured in place. Wet concrete
usually flows down hill, but it can be
made to go sideways or run up hill.
"It is not difficult or relative expen
sive to refurbish an old dwelling if
you are content to follow its lines of
architecture. Trouble and cost come
in when you want to chancre a lot of
doors and windows, lift ceilings, put in
stairs, expand the roof and add wings.
In many cases it is money thrown away
to reconstruct on such a scale; a new
house built to suit would cost less."
TELLS OF CHANGES MADE
IN SELLING REAL ESTATE
There was a time, it recurs even now,
when the real estate salesman was
forced to suspect that In the public
esteem he occupied about the same
position as the alleged funny section of,
one's newspaper ascribes to lawyers,
plumbers and living ex-Presidents of
the United States, says Frederick C.
Green in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A part of the public In times past1
who had followed various gilb-tongued j
gentlemen into the swamps of Florida, I
into the alleged mineral fields of Can
ada and into other remote sections of j
civilized North America only to learn
the bitterness of credulity was not to
be denied Its tears and frequently
blamed and condemned real estate and
real estate salesmen when In reality
the ones to blame most wer? them
selves.
The facts are there Is no mystery
about real estate?It is as plain to you
as to any one. It has no Intricate parts
that require the mind of a mathemati
cian or Edisonlan genius to under
stand, Its lungs grow on its surface, its
heart beats are found at the nearest
trolley line, its possibilities are all
within the horizon and only a blind
person should need help or trust the
word of another. Therefore, the great
majority of the purchasing public, hav
ing eyes and ears and considerable dis
cernment, does not merely tolerate the
vender of real estate, but in many and
even most cases welcomes the inter
ruption and will give ear for a space at
least to what he has to say. And often
the seller finds his public with knowl
edge, imagination and faith in his
goods which causes him to feel hurt at
his own littleness.
However, it should not be imagined
that this ideal condition is so general
that no thorns oppose his pathway or
that the real estate seller never meets
other than open arms and welcoming
smile.
PAINT PEELS FROM BRICKS
WHEN APPLIED TOO SOON
Failure to Stick Also Due to Oil,
Soot and Quality of
Material.
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Several reasons are given by painting
authorities for paint peeling from brick
wcrk. When paint is applied too soon
after repointing the lime in the mortar
destroys the oil in the paint by saponi
fication. The process of peeling may be
recounted as follows, according to the
Record Guide:
the lime or cement motar Joint and soon
Here the mortar, if fresh or improperly
mixed, had a chance to blister or saponify
the oil in the paint. First there is a slight
abrasion, then an open wound in the paint
film. The first rain permits moisture to
creep, into the brick pores behind the pro
tecting coat, and in winter freezing forces
off other parts of the paint over the brick
itself. In summer the action of the sun
on the wet surface draws the alkilies in
the lime or cement mortar joint and soon
loosens the paint from the brick surface.
Jf bricks are greasy when laid up paint
will not adhere well to them. If the paint
is applied over a coat of soot so thick as
to form an absorbent blotter for the paint
oils before they reach the brick texture,
peeling also is likely to result.
A Protective Measure.
Prom the Boston Transcript.
O'Brien?Come home an' take supper
wid me, Flannlgan.
Flannlgan?Shure it's past yer sup
per time an' it's furious yer wlfe'll be.
O'Brien?Thatis Just it; she can't lick
the two av us.
OUTING AT GREAT FALLS
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Builders to Hold Annual Merry
Making Next Saturday
Afternoon.
PROCLAMATION!
To Whom It May Concern:
I, Kink, son of Dink, President
nnd high exalted "Uaxaho" of the
only Builder* and Ma mi torturers'
fcxchangre in this grand, glorious
and KTOwinR city, by the author
ity vented in me, do hereby net
aside the afternoon of May 15 of
this democratic administration,
year of 1915, as a day of total
rest, from contracting, bidding,
estimating, gouging, hawking
sub-bids, and all other laborious
work. That our hearts shall be
tilled with reciprocity. That we
shall shake the hand of our com
petitor, wish him success, and
ffladJy Impart to him all the
trtcks of the trade that we may
know whereby he can skin his
fellow citizens and lay up much
filthy lucre, with which to buy
'?Swell Jitneys," eat luscious
fruit and drink peaceful "Cirape
Juice.*' I also order all the faith
ful and unfaithful to loosen up
their purse strings, "wash up,
clean up," doll up in their gaudy
raiment, and jitney or otherwise
travel to the ancient city of
(Georgetown, and there purchase
one of our feed tickets and ac
company me and my jovial sub
jects to the Falls.
RI>*K.
Notices telling of the arrangements
made for the annual outing- of the
Builders and Manufacturers' Ex
change at Great Falls, Va., next Sat
urday afternoon, which have been
sent to the members of the organiza
tion and to others engaged in the
building and allied trades throughout
the city, have been the subject of
much comment. Never before was
such an Interesting bit of printed mat
ter sent out under the stamp of the
exchange, the exchange's members say.
The notices bear the names of E. R.
S. Embrey, president of the exchange; j
Charles Welsh, its secretary; P. R.
Pullman, chairman of the outing com
mittee, and Bruce Branson, "big
booster" of the organization. Just
whether all four of the members
named are responsible for the author
ship of the printed matter Is a ques
tion which members of the exchange
are trying to decide.
The not ire leads off with a procla
mation signed by "Rink. Son of Dink*";
then comes the following bit of ad
vice:
?Bring your friends, lot them Join
our 'first name* society. Let us be
Jack, Bill and Tom on May fifteen."
Then comes this poetic "effort:
"Spring, spring, beautiful spring
"Out with th<* builders, just tho thing
"To drive away all trouble and care,
"And just think, only 'two bit' fare."
Just to show his versatility the au
thor has included the following allit
eration :
"Big Bruce Branson boosts builders
because Bruce believes business better
by boosting." ,
Fred Whit? comes in for his share
of publicity in the following manner:
"Fred White will be on th? Job to
pirk blossoms off the tall timbers." t
For those who are not acquainted } i
with Mr. White it is explained that ja
he is six feet and then some inches \
tall. |
The notice concluded with the fol , >?
lowing v ords of advi
look 01
"If hi
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we v i'
an 1 sei
Kxtra
At i?
th<
"You can knock if you want to. but th
for the 'flarebacks.' "
nes-4 interferes with this out
rack' it until Monday."
.vith us: if you don't like us
' ill the emergency wagon
you home."
i-.'iirs are to b? run to Great
ct Saturd.y afternoon from
? iuct bri-ii:.' to accommodate
i s, b. tnnning at 1:40 o'clock
r. u t-- ?, o'clock. T ?inn**i
?rv.-i.it -1.-0 ./do. k and thtn
t'." "stunts." i'lenty of car
a-^: ? .i ?iii the return trip
< }. : nf arrangements f< r
ATTRACTIVE CALIFORNIA STREET DEVELOPMENT.
Work hatt been completed on two attractive house* of colonial desijfn, which have been erected at ?{24 California street
northwest by IIoss & Phelps, Inc. Plan* for the honses were prepared by A. IF. Sonnemann, architect.
The houses have frontages of twenty-five feet each and occupy lots about 100 feet deep. They are of the three
ntory and basement type and contain twelve rooms and three baths each. The front* are constructed of dark red or
wine-colored brick, *et with broad white cement joints. About the windows on the first and second floors are small
wrought-Iron balconies.
On the first floor of each honse are drawing room, dininc; room, kitchen and pantries and reception hall. A living
room, twenty-four by fourteen feet, finished In the Adams style, oceupe* the front portion of the second floor, on which
there are also two bedroom* and bath and an inclosed sleeping porch, or sun parlor, with southern exposure. There are
four bedrooms and bath on the third floor.
In the basement is n servant** room and bath. An Interesting feature of the Interior finish is quartered oak floor
ing. The hardware also is unusual, being of the hammered-bronr.e type.
"Health
3132 to 3138 19th St. N.W.
Between Kilbourne and Lamont Streets
The First and Only Homes in Washington Equipped Throughout With
Tuec Stationary Vacuum Cleaning System
This wonderfully convenient and labor-saving appliance solves the servant question for all time. in>ure< a
thoroughly clean home and protects health, as it carries to one central point in the cellar not only all dirt, dust,
etc., hut death germs as well. Demonstrations daily.
These Elegant and Substantial Homes contain 8 cheerful rooms and attic; double floors throughout: hard
wood finish; drop beam ceiling and built-in china closets in dining room; new ventilating system and double-oven
gas range in kitchen; pantry, with latest designed refrigerator; beautiful bathroom, with shower and pedestal
lavatory; front porches of concrete construction with metal columns; extra large double back porches, with an
unobstructed view of beautiful Rock Creek Park. Hot-water heat, electricity and gas; laundry and toilet in cellar
Servant's room.
Sample House, No. 3136 19th St. N.W., Open Daily Until 9 P.M.
Price, $6,
Easy Terms ?- Don't Miss Seeing Them.
To Inspect?Take Mount Pleasant car to Kilbourne street, walk west to sample, or phone M. 1597
for our auto service.
^HILLIPScfSAGEJf
lliipa UiL Kj
1409 New York Ave
Headquarters for New Houses.
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