Evening star. [volume], November 15, 1936, Page A-6, Image 6

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Star Building Qetting “Face Lifted”
Repairs Under Way to Prevent Further Deterioration of
Marble in 38-Year-Old Structure.
THE 38-year-old 8tar Building Is
having Its face "lifted" and
treated with preservative sub
stances expected to thwart the
ravages of time and weather for at
least 10 years.
When the building was cleaned by
sand blasting last Fall—the first
beauty treatment the exterior had re
ceived since it was washed with soap
and scrubbed in 1921—It was dis
covered that much of the Rutland
Vermont marble facing was very fri
able, that is, it was easily crumbled
or pulverized.
The condition of the building was
not regarded as hazardous, but It was
decided to undertake major repairs
to prevent further disintegration of
this Pennsylvania avenue landmark.
"Facial surgeons" from the con
tracting division of the A. C. Horn
Corp., Long Island City, N. Y., have
been at work on scaffolding for about
four weeks, and the operation Is ex
pected to continue at least another
six weeks.
Extensive Investigation.
The contract for this work was
awarded only after extensive investi
gation by the building superintend
ent’s office of The Star. C. W. Welsch
Interviewed architects, construction
experts, Bureau of Standards and
Weather Bureau scientists and others
with special knowledge about the ef
fects of time, weather and dirt on the
marble surfaces of buildings. He went
to New York and learned what was
being done there to preserve several
famous buildings and monuments.
It was concluded that authorities
are agreed that there is no certain
method to preserve stone, that no
known method will yield permanent
results and that the rate of stone
deterioration varies according to dif
ferent types of building materials,
climate and exposure to dirt, smoke
and arid conditions. Although seme
authorities feel there Is nothing which
can be done to prevent or retard
deterioration, the method being em
ployed here is regarded as an effec
tive deterrent to decay.
Experiments In England, dating
hack to 1922, and at the Bureau of
Standards have shown that the chief
causes of building disintegration are
of chemical origin. Not sudden
temperature changes, but acid pene
tration and erosion were found to be
the worst agents of damage.
Acids In Rain Water.
Rain water, falling through a city
atmosphere filled with carbonic acid
and sulphurous gases, absorbs these
substances and transmits them to
building stone. These acids dissolve
the carbonates in stone and leave the
masonry more porous with each ap
plication.
Another cause of atone failure Is
the crystallization of salts In marble
surfaces. Absorbed moisture causes
the crystals to expand and threaten
to split the stone. Smoke also intro
duces damaging substances which
render marble friable.
The "face-lifting’’ work on The
Star Building involves removal of all
loose mortar in masonry joints, re
pointing of the joints with well-bal
anced, finely ground mortar, water
proofing of the backs of the roof
parapet walls and repacking of open
mortar joints.
The final step In the protective
process is application of chemioals to
all marble and grjnite surfaces.
RABBI DEBATES TONIGHT
WITH ECONOMIST HERE
‘‘Should Judaism Be the Way of
the Jew" Will Be Topic at
Temple Forum.
Rabbi Isaac Landman of Congre
gation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, will
debate with Benjamin Stolberg, econ
omist-joumalist, tonight In the sec
ond meeting of the 1936-7 lecture se
ries of the National Temple Forum
of the Washington Hebrew Congre
gation on Eighth street.
Dr. Landman is the editor In chief
of the Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
and editor of The American Hebrew.
Stolberg is an extreme assimila
tionist, opposed not merely to Judaism
and Zionism, but even to rabbis. The
two will debate this topic: "Should
Judaism Be the Way of the Jew?”
with Landman taking the affirmative
and Stolberg the negative.
The debate will start at 8:30 p.m.
In the temple proper, with Rabbi
Norman Gerstenfeld, junior rabbi of
the congregation, in charge of the
arrangements.
MARINE COMMANDANT
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
Maj. Gen. John Russell, 64,
Begins Bast Year of
Active Duty.
Senior officers of the Marine Corps,
on duty at headquarters at the Navy
Department, yesterday congratulated
Maj. Gen. John H. Russell, the com- j
mandant, on his 84th birthday anni
versary. the last he will spend on the
■ active list.
j The Marines say Gen. Russell, who
will retire on December 1, has more
; service in than any other officer on
, the active list, in the Army. Navy or
Marine Corps. Gen. Russell has been
i in the service more than 48 years.
East Coast officers of the corps will
give Gen. and Mrs. Russell a farewell
! dinner Wednesday evening at the
j Shoreham Hotel.
D. W. SPRINGER HONORED
Re-elected Lend Grant College*'
Secretary-Treasurer.
Durand W. Springer of 3000 Tilden
street was re-elected secretary-treas
urer of the Association of Governing
Boards of Land Grant Colleges at the
closing session of the organization at
the University of Kentucky yester
day, according to word received here.
Springer algo Is secretary of the
American Society of Certified Public
Accountants,
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Japan Is Growing.
Japan's population increased by
1.000,000 In the year ended October
1. 1936.
STUDENTS TO GIVE
‘EASTERN CRUISE’
Annual High School Review
to Be Seen Here This
Week.
Eastern High School will present Its
annual Fall show this week In which
an original review, "The Eastern
Cruise." will tell in song, dance and
brief skits, the story of a trans-Atlan
tic voyage.
The cast. Including about 100 East
ern students, was selected tiler more
than two weeks of tryouts. Final re
hearsals will be held tomorrow and
Tuesday.
The first presentation will be
Wednesday at a matinee In the high
school auditorium. The cruise will be
repeated tir the public Thursday and
Friday nights.
The production continues a tradi
tion of many years' standing at East
ern and parts In the presentation are
among the most coveted honors at
the school.
The first act will be composed of
two scenes with 14 numbers; the sec
ond In a single scene "before a Scot
tish castle,” with nine numbers, and
the last a single scene, aboard the
ahlp. with 18 numbers.
Miss Pauline Knee, who has headed
the committee In charge for a num
ber of years, again will serve as gen
eral head of the faculty group and pro
ducer of the play. The subcommittee
heads, all from the faculty, are Miss
Zella Paris, production; Miss Lillian
Wines, staging; Paul Gable, music;
Mrs. Rosemary Elliott, publicity; Mrs.
William H. Rlppard. costumes; Mrs.
Lenore Howe, properties; Miss Judith
Wood, make-up; Miss Margaret Hardy,
tickets and Ananoe: H. D. Shorts,
ushers; Mis* Esther Jones, candy, and
A. E. Wlnnemore, printing.
All the stage properties, scenery and
costumes will be the products of East
ern students.
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LECTURE SERIES SET
“Oettin* Tour Eyes Open ’ Mias
Hallam's Tople.
Speaking on "The Psychology of
Disillusionment, or Getting Your
Eyes Open." Anna Maud Hallam. lec
turer and traveler, will open a series
of nine lectures at the Masonic Tern- j
pie Auditorium tonight at 8:15 i
o'clock.
A graduate psychologist. Mias Hal- :
lam will illustrate the factors insur
ing success, health and happiness as
learned from her experiences. This
is her first appearance since return
ing from Europe.
$59,000,000 Mortgages In
sured in October—750,000
Homes Needed.
BY the Associated Press.
Housing officials yesterday disclosed
statistics on which, they said, Stewart
McDonald, the housing administrator,
based his prediction to President
Roosevelt this week that 1937 would
bring an Increase in home construe*
tion.
Arthur Walsh, assistant adminis
trator, amid the volume of mortgagee
insured by the Housing Administration
hit a new high of around t59.000.00<
in October. This compared with i
September figure of 144.316.900 and a
volume of 611,109,683 in the first month
of such activity—May, 1935.
New Dwelling Needs.
"Economists have estimated.” Walsh
said, “that there is urgent need for be
tween 750.000 and 800.000 new dwell
ing units in the United States.
“In 1934, before Federal housing
mortgage insurances were available
only 30,000 dwellings were built. The
figure was tripled the following yeai
and by the end of next month there
will have been constructed approxi
mately 250,000 dwelling units."
Statistics also show a steady In
crease, Walsh said, in the amount the
public is spending for modernising
and repairing homes.
$88,961,600 Construction.
A statistical "breakdown” of nev
construction is not yet available, but
Walsh said new homes built during
the last four months with Govern
ment-insured mortgages were valued
at approximately $88,000,000. He add
ed that figure was believed by admin
istration officials to be about 25 or 30
per cent of total home construction ex
penditures throughout the country.
"Those are the figures,” he asserted,
"which Indicate to us increased activ
ity in home construction during 1937."
Father Walsh to Talk.
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, 8. J., vice
president of'Georgetown University,
will speak on “Russian-American Re
lations In 1936” tomorrow at 9 p.m.
in the assembly hall of the Cosmos
Club. Members may lnylte guests.
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Saved Trumpeter Swan.
The National Park Service and the
Biological Survey of the United State*
saved the trumpeter swan from ex
tinction by establishing a refuge in
Montana.
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Norwegian Aid Baeaar.
The annual bazaar of the Norwegian
L*dl«' Aid Society will be held Frl
lay at 8 p.m. In the T. W. C. A, 614
E ztreet. I
John Garrabrant, at work calking the structure.
—Star Staff Photos.
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Thanksgiving .
The Family Day—
Dining Groups odd much' charm and joy to the occasion as the
family gathers about the festive board.
We presented these complete groups of master designing and
master construction>—produced in the woods the old Masters used.
Many are in "open stock" so that you may create your own ensem
ble.
An Interpretation of the Chinese
Chippendale School as illustrated
above. A production of our own
Company of Mastercraftsmen and
constructed in genuine Amazon
mahogany with beautifully figured
crotch mahogany, interesting fret
work ond the lovely old Chippendale
color. 10 pieces com
plete_
American Hepplewhite Group,
genuine Honduras mahogany. The
Sideboard has graceful serpentine
front. The China Case with cup
board space in base. Server of the
chest cabinet type. All these pieces
are inlaid with satinwood. Double
pedestal Table and 6 shield back
Chairs with upholstered
seats complete the 10
pieces_ *
Early American Group, following
closely the Early Colonial interpre
tation of the Sheraton. Con
struction is Cuban and Honduras
mahogany. The exquisite lines and
careful proportions of each piece,
together with the rich old red color
of finish, offer a charm- $260
ing group of 10 pieces
American Empire Group of gen
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board has the graceful curved front
and reeded legs. The China Cab
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Empire thought carefully and are
very practical pieces Double ped
estal Table and Empire Chairs
complete the 10
pieces
American Sheraton Group. Gen
uine Honduras and Cuban Mahog
any inlaid with bands of satinwood.
The finish is the red brown color
which in contrast with satinwocd
gives a pleasing combi
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American Colonial interpretation
of the 18th Century English School,
in which each piece is a reproduc
tion of an original antique, now
privately owned. Each detail has
been faithfully executed in genu
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also been reproduced exactly.
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of a skillful adaptation of a famous original. Construction is solid rock
maple, hand rubbed and waxed.
Welsh Cabinet with lots of shelf
room and drawer space; the design
. of the top is especially interesting;
and the doors in the base are hung
with the early American H-type
wrought iron hinges- $70
Corner Cabinet, the design for
the front of which was taken from
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useful in dining room or living room.
It will seat 6 people comfortably. - *
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are connected with sturdy stretch
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drawer .. $37-50
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with 3 splats in back. Gracefully
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