Evening star. [volume], November 03, 1934, Page B-6, Image 22

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j Attractively Decorated Interiors Feature Home Just Opened for Public Inspection
Living room in home
at 116 Aspen street,
jf Chew Chase.
.
Well-appointed living
room, furnished by
Maver & Co.
A vista of dining room
of Meadowbrook home MU j
on Aspen street. s|> I
Reduction of Drafts Will
Give Comfort Even at
Lower Temperatures.
A factor of equal importance In
Winter months as in Summer is that
of the proper circulation of fresh air
in the home.
In Summer the problem is to bring
the fresh, outside air into the rooms,
and architects plan houses to have
cross ventilation either through two
exposures or by other means. In
looms of only one window, louvers in
doors aid cross ventilation during the
night when doors are closed. Instal
lation of electric exhaust fans In wall
boxes or over windows accelerates air
circulation in some cases.
The problem takes on new angles in
Winter months, however, with the
house closed tightly against the cold
and with the heating plant in opera
tion. Motionless air becomes stale and
makes the interior of the home seem
stuffy. When windows are thrown
open to admit fresh air. the temper
ature drops and more heat is neces
sary to counteract the chilling effect
of the draft.
Even Temperature Best.
A well heated house has a compara
tively even level of temperature.
Proper circulation of the heated air
will give greater equalization by coun
teracting the effect of drafts from in
filtration of air and cold air pockets.
These are often present next to the
walls on the windward side of an un
insulated house. With this reduction
of drafts a lower temperature will give
the same feeling of warmth and conse
quent fuel savings will result.
Each house presents a different
problem in circulation. In general, the
basis is the proper location of radiators
nr registers. These are placed under
windows to form a curtain of heat
against the cold air from the window.
Radiator Attention Valuable.
In any system, a uniform heating
of all radiators is desirable. Correc
tion of any flaws will be found worth
the expense in better heating and
lower fuel bills.
With a hot air system, heating can
le greatly improved by the introduc
tion of a silent electric blower at the
joint of intake of the air ducts. This
will cause a greatly accelerated move-i
rnent of air at a lower temperature
making the house more comfortable
end overcoming to a great degree cold
pockets in rooms near windows or ex
posed walls. The air will not seem
stale or stuffy to breathe.
TREATED AIR USED
More and More Systems Are
Being Installed.
"Air conditioning will play an im
portant part in the recovery move
ment. Theaters were the first to in
stall this system, which resulted in
the retaining of business In the Sum
mer. Newly constructed banks and
office buildings have been equipped
with air conditioning. Restaurants
have installed this system to a very
great advantage. In the past few
years air conditioning has been in
stalled in the modern home. Columbia
University's new library has air con
ditioned its shelves for the preservation
of the books. This improvement may
revolutionize our future industry and
take the place of the automobile or
radio industry in bringing about re
covery.”—From talk by H. R. Hough
ton of the Houghton Co., New York.
FUEL WASTE CITED
For a number of years owners of
Industrial plants have known that
an uncovered steam pipe or boiler
means dollars wasted In fuel bills.
The same method of insulation used
In such large plants is needed In the
home, for an uncovered furnace In
the cellar with unprotected pipes
leading from It will mean Just the
same percentage of waste as would
occur In a giant foundry or coke fur
nace. Insulation used for such pur
poses Is easy and economical to ap
ply and is Just as important in hav
ing an effective heating system.
American Univeraity Park
An Unusual New Home
4613 Chesapeake
St. N.W.
... An all-brick, detached, Co
lonial home on a large lot.
Three real bedrooms, large tiled
bath with buBt-ln tub and
shower, model kitchen with the
last word in labor-saving equip
ment and conveniences; finished
attic and lull basement; garage.
Lot 50x142.
Open Today and Daily to 8 P.M.
Drive out Mast. Ave. to 46th
St., turn right to Chesapeake
St., left one-half square
FLOYD E. DAVIS CO.
Realtors
733 12th St. N.W. Na. 0352
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Different Colors on Walls
Is Effective New Treatment
Special Dispatch to The Star. i
NEW YORK. November 3 —Paint- |
ing tha walls of a room different col- i
ors seems as revolutionary as French
Designer Paul Poiret's notion that j
each one of a pair of women's stock
ings should be in a different tint. Yet |
varied treatment of the walls of a
room was practiced even in Colonial
times, for antiquarians report that
the hearth end of an interior was
frequently paneled in the mellow
brown of pine, left natural or painted
dull red to suggest mahogany, while
the other three walls were plaster,
painted white, buff or light blue.
Recently New York decorators have
been creating gracious, pleasing ef
fects by slight or even decided vari
ations in the wall treatment. A bed
room, for example, was seen the other
day with three walls in Spring green
and the fourth, a background for the
dressing table, in yellowish green or
chartreuse. The decorator's idea was,
of course, to emphasize the dressing
table, just as the fireplace was em
phasized in early days. "Sometimes,”
he said, "we paint walls differently in
order to stimulate the effect which
sunlight might produce in certain
parts of the room.”
Different Effect.
In an attractive room on display
in a New York shop, the wall farthest
away from the windows is yellowish
cream, with the others painted a
slightly darker, brownish hue known
as cafe au lait—the coflee-and-cream
color of the French. Thus, the side
which would have been darkest In the
daytime was made to appear just as
well lighted as the rest of the room.
The whole provided a harmonious
background for the mahogany fur
niture, the brown, red and blue Ori
ental rug and the curtain and up
holstery fabrics in tone of deep brown,
rich blue and red.
Varying the hue of the fireplace
wall is especially desirable when the
fireplace opening is small or the
mantel not highly decorative in itself.
Whether paneled or plain, it is often
BUILDERS OF HOMES j
ASK SEPARATE CODE
Real Estate Association Renews
Request in Telegram to
President.
The National Association of Real
Estate Boards telegraphed President
Roosevelt this week reiterating its
request that the home building in
dustry be freed from the general con
struction code and given a code of its
own "to open the way for home build
ing to develop as rapidly as its nor
mal methods of operation would
make possible."
The code for land development and
home building, which is ready for
the final signature, is now under
study by the Governing Board of
N. R. A.
Members of the land development
and home-building industry are now
exempted by a stay from provisions
of the construction code (except for
hour and wage provisions) pending
action on their petition for a separate
code. The proposed separate code for
the Industry was filed by the National
Association of Real Estate Boards.
The land development and home
building industry normally is con
ducted with much more continuous
employment throughout the year
than prevails in other types of con
struction, the association points out.
painted a soft white, while the other
three walls are coated with clear yel
low, chocolate brown, light blue or
light green.
Background for Furniture.
If the interior is without a fire
place, one end may be made a setting
for some special piece of furniture,
such as a large sofa. Sometimes a
wall with double windows and draperies
may be featured by painting it a shade
darker. These variations from the
usual style of room painting are often
not noticeable at first glance, but,
nevertheless, subtly enhance the deco
rative effect of a room.
Painting the wall of a bed room
against which the bed is placed is an
other interesting decorative plan. In
a smart New York suburban home the
master bed room has this wall rose
tinted, with the others light yellow.
The yellow and white bedspread is in
effective harmony with the rose-gold
walls against which it is placed, as are,
in turn, the rose-tinted curtains
against the yellow walls.
Alcove Treatment
The shallow recess or alcove often
provided in bed rooms affords a chance
for variations of the wall color. Some
times these alcoves are made while re
conditioning In old house. This was
done in one of the huge rooms of a
Victorian brownstone dwelling, in the
new fashionable upper East Side. Clos
ets were badly needed, so one was con
structed in each of the two corners of
one side of a bedroom. The space be
tween them provided a decorative set
ting for the head of a bed. recalling the
charming alcoves found in French in
teriors.
Upstairs rooms with walls that are
broken by slanting roofs or dormer
windows often lose their ungainly air
when camouflaged by varying the color
on the walls. The sides of the dormer
window space, for example, may be
painted a slightly darker shade. When
furnished with a desk and books, or a
bed, this part becomes not a handicap,
but a unified and charming addition to
the decorative scheme.
The members of this Industry are
buyers of the services represented in
the administration of the construc
tion code, which thus represents an
adverse interest. The telegram to
President Roosevelt and accompany
ing messages to other officials of the
administration ask that the separate
code be granted in the interests both
of the consuming public and the in
dustry and in the interest of recovery.
Silver Kills Germs.
Water is sterilized, given germicidal
power, through a recent process by
which minute quantities of silver are
electrically dissolved in it. Tasteless,
odorless, consuming little power, the
process is said to be applicable to mu
nicipal, industrial use, swimming pools
and treatment of fruit juices.
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4 SOLD
Attractive
MODERN BRICK HOME
1911 P St. S.E.
Only $5,750
Located In a restricted section con
venient to Navy Yard, schools, stores
and large riverside park and golf course.
Qood sized rooms, tiled bath with built
in tub. Metal weather-stripped. Insul
ated range with heat control. Concrete
front porch, double rear porches, entire
house copper screened. Built-in garage.
Near Minnesota Ave. and Naylor Road.
Open Sunday afternoon.
UNION FINANCE CO.
916 Woodward Bldg. Nat. 7936
(Srrpitmtrlj
A Distinctive Community for the
Discriminating Lover of Homes
Greenwich Forest Is s magnificent tract of glorious woodland
providing a perfect setting for your home.
Homes Now Available or Under Construction
—to meet your most fastidious demands for comfort and eharm. as
well as your budget.. .Every home an architectural and structural
achievement. Into each of the completed houses the finest of mate*
rials are woven by the most skilled artisans. Tour critical inspec
tion (s invited. Homes complete in every detail, with every known
equipment for utility and convenience.
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vjreenwisn rortjr is nor a rromiii but m ntdiirjr
HEBE YOU WILL FIND
Paved Streets Transportation Police Protection
Sewer Schools—Private Fire Protection
Water Public—Elementary Movies
Gas Junior A Senior High Banks
Electricity Churches—Stores City Mail Delivery
'And the Inalienable Right of Every American Citizen to Vote
How to Reach Greenwich Forest
Tlii* communitp if reached bp driving out Wieeonttn Avenue te traffic light
in Bethetda. turning left on Old Georgetown Hood two block* end then tun*
left on Wilton Lane to propertp at Hampden Lane. Or drive out Bradlep
Lane to Wilton Lon*, right on Wilton Lon* one block to propertp.
The Homes Now Available Are Equipped With
GENERAL ELECTRIC KITCHENS
Through the Cooperation of the Potomac Electric Power Co. end
the National Electrical Supply Col
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TOTAL U.S. REPAIR
COST NOT COUNTED
Reported Volumes, High in
Themselves, Trailing
True Condition.
With the modernization credit plan
of the Federal Housing Administra
tion acting as a spear-head, property
renovation and repair work in com
munities all over the country is going
forward at a rate far in excess of
the volume indicated in reports made
to Washington headquarters by finan
cial institutions making insured loans
for this purpose.
Reasons for this are manifold. In
the first place, lending agencies co
operating with the Federal Govern
ment in this program are not re
quired to report to Washington
headquarters until 30 days after loans
are consummated. This means that
formal reports to the Housing Ad
ministration reflect activity as of a
month before, while the current vol
ume might be many times this
amount.
Local Loans Cited.
In addition, many banks and build
ing and loan associations are mak
ing loans for modernization and re
pair that are not insurable under
the administration’s credit plan. In
the case of Washington, for example,
lending agencies have made unin
sured loans totaling in amount 50
per cent more than Insured loans,
according to reports from building
and loan groups and other similar
financial houses, covering the period
since the better housing campaign
got under way in the Capital. An
other report from Boston shows that
of 1705,000 spent In repair work, only
6 per cent was borrowed money, the
balance being cash.
Supplementing this, ready cash be
ing expended for home repairs has
in some instances exceeded a ratio
of $3 to $1, as compared with bor
rowed money, authentic reports to
the Federal Housing Administration
show.
Business Is Encouraged.
Local business houses give credit to
the Better Housing Program for stim
ulating the interest of property owners
in this activity. As one property owner
borrows funds under the Federal
Housing Administration plan to mod
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emlze and repair, they point out. other
householder* In the neighborhood are
urged to do the tame, ^although in
many cases the financing of the work
Is through other channels, or with
ready cash.
Telegraphic reports to the Housing
Administration by large firms engaged
in the modernizing business show the
program has had sizable effect In re
cent weeks. A Cincinnati, Ohio, firm
reported a jump of 350 in moderniza
tion business during September as
compared with the same month of
1933. A New York plumbing and heat
ing concern, comparing business for
the first half of October as compared
with the corresponding period of last
year, reported a 503 per cent increase.
POOR PAINT COSTLY
Spreading Rate Only Half That
of Good Cover.
It is false economy to buy low-grade
paints, for low-grade paints, instead
of containing high-grade metallic pig
ments, contain large quantities of
cheap Inert pigments and high per
centages of water and petroleum dis
tillates, both of which evaporate rapid
ly and do not contribute to the dur
ability of the film.
Cheap paints very soon crack and
peel; have poor hiding power and color
values; and, when exposed, fade rapid
ly. Low-grade paint has a spreading
rate of one-half of that of the high
grade paint. Therefore, twice as many
gallons of Dttint are reouired.
NEW LAWS BRING
TAX REDUCTIONS
—
Overall Limitation Statutes
Benefit Citizens in Seven
States.
—
Substantial reduction In property
taxes has followed enactment of over
all tax limitation laws in th; seven
States which now have either consti
tutional or statuatory over-all limita
tions, the National Association of Real
' Estate Boards finds.
The States are Ohio, Michigan,
Oklahoma, Washington, Indiana, West
Virginia and New Mexico.
An average reduction of 23.5 per
cent has taken place in 120 cities as
a sampling of these States, according
to a bulletin of the association's new
National Committee on Local and
State Taxation issued this week. The
120 cities are representative of the six
States for which rate data, following
limitation, are available. Such data
for Oklahoma, following limitation,
have not yet been received. Tax rates
in the cities studied have cone down
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DELIGHTFUL KENSINGTON
Only 9 miles out Conn. Ave. from White House.
10—Calvert Place
A rare opportunity to own at j
low cost and on safe terms
this amazingly complete home.
In Kensingtons Best Residential Section
ALL city convenience with rural advantages, targe, light living
room, modem kitchen, dining room overlooking well-cared-for lawn
In rear. Three bed rooms, bath, basement garage, screened porch.
| Weather-stripped throughout. School and stores three blocks. An *
ideal place for children. Playground with free tennis courts one block.
Now priced far below actual worth.
only $8,250.
Open Saturday and Sunday 2 till 6, or by appointment daily
Out Connecticut Avenue Extended. Look for
arrow on right as you enter Kensington.
10th ~T%OS' £. QtUOufitf Na"f
St. C <□> M' WA RJ V 0765
REALTORS
Establithed Since ISIS
Suburban Office, 8955 Georgia Avenue. Phone Shepherd 3530
from an average of $39.66 per $1,000 to
an average of $30.34.- This In spite of
recalcitrant tax spenders, hang-over
bond Issues and other defeatist factors,
the committee finds.
The new National Committee on
Local and State Taxation now num
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berg more than 500 members, chosen
to constitute local nerve centers and
Information centers for the whole na
tional movement for real estate tax
relief. The committee members now
represent 400 communities In 47 States,
the District of Columbia and Hawaii.
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NEW CAPE COD COLONIAL HOME
CONTAINING FOUR BED ROOMS, TWO BATHS
5413 31st St. N.W.
Chevy Chase, D. C.
Ju.l above Military B4.
★
FEATURING
Bedroom and bath on
ground floor.
Two-car built-in
garage
Stone and brick const.
, Screened living porch.
Model electric kitchen.
1*0 a*a {jLhk MM OPEN A m mm aa
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ^ I ^,4 J U
J. WESLEY BUCHANAN, Inc.
916 15th St. N.W. Realtor MEtropolitan 1143
(Uniquely Situated—Chevy Chase, Md.
A SMALL ESTATE—88,000 square feet of ground, mostly garden; bordering partly ■
along Columbia Club Golf Course; brick dwelling containing 11 rooms, 4 baths, all modern
improvements. Property recently acquired under foreclosure and now offered at less than
mortgage when house was built.
Price $29,500—reasonable terms
Or will consider smaller property in trade. Fall commission to broker making sale.
Open Saturday and Sunday
Direction*: Drive out Conn. Ave. to Chevy Chute Lake—one hundred
yardt beyond; turn left on Manor Road—one hundred yardt to property, p|
j 2 Dupont Circle SANDOZ, INC. Dec. 4010 |
STUDIO HOME
Biron Bros. Latest Sheridan Park Creation
Here is the very latest in modern home construc
tion that will prove a revelation to you 1 The step
up dining room, beautiful living room with beamed
ceiling and fireplace, modern ELECTRIC health
kitchen with two-tone cabinets . . . electric range
. . . and electric refrigerator, will Instantly am a re
you! Likewise, you will be startled by the new
type recreation room with orchestra platform, danc
ing floor end circular bar to be found in the cellar.
2 large master bedrooms with plenty of closets; 2
colorful tiled baths; built-in garage; large land
scaped lot . . . these and many other features de
mand your most critical^ Inspection.
Exhibit House
1357 Sheridan St.
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Out 16th St. IS’.W., Right on Sheridan Street to Home* \
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100 MADISON ST. N.W.
Fttrniahai by F. J. Nam
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A'nee and Termt
Will Surprite You
Modem Gas Appliances
through co-operation of the
WASHINGTON GAS
LIGHT COMPANY
Alto Available
Snn rooms, reception
r:r,k. 'rr. $9^50
•HALL plan serai
corner brick
home that meet* every require
ment of the discriminating.
Concrete front and side porch.
Large living reom with open
fireplace, spacious do luxe
kitchen with latest cabinet
uni* and equipment. Dining
alcove, three real bedrooms, 2
baths (1 with tub and built-in
shower). Striking clubroora
with brick mantel. Built-in
garage. Large corner lot.
Convenient to car lino, schools
and stores.
Drive out Georgia Ave. wg
to Kama* Ave., to Modi
ton st. N.W., and right if
on Maditon to Hornet,
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