Evening star. [volume], September 16, 1939, Page B-2, Image 20

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First Aid
For the
Ailing House
By ROGEB B. WHITMAN.
Question: In kitchen and bath
room there is a separation caused
by the failure of the material at
the point where the tiling meets the
floor. How should this be filled?
Answer: If the floor is also tile,
small cracks can be filled with a
cement intended for tile work, to be
had at a hardware or paint store,
and large cracks with a paste made
of Portland cement and water. If
the floor is wood, fill the cracks with
caulking compound.
Soiled House.
Question: The north side of my
country house is very dirty; in
some places almost black. The house
was painted last year. Is this due to
fall and winter storms? Would it
be remedied by putting a wood gut
ter on the north side of the roof?
Answer: If the soiling is from dirt.
It should scrub off; use warm watei
with a cupful of trisodium phos
phate or washing soda to the gallon
dissolved in it. If this does not
clean the paint, the soiling may be
mildew. If so, report the case to
the maker of the paint. By all
means put on gutters.
Brown to I.igbt Gray.
Question: My bungalow is now
finished with brown strained shin
gles. I want to change to light gray.
My plan is to put on a coat of alumi
num paint and then a coat of gray
stain. Can I use oil stain over alu
minum paint, or must I use ordinary
paint?
Answer: You cannot use stain over
paint, for it is so thin that the color
Would not show. You are right in
using aluminum paint to hide the
dark color. You can follow with any
kind of good quality house paint.
Cleaning Artificial Leather.
Noting a reference to cleaning
artificial leather, a correspondent
recommends the removal of dust and
dirt by washing with any mild soap
and water. Then, after letting it
dry thoroughly, "go "over it w'ith a
soft cloth dipped in egg-white, and
let dry. Tire stickiness will disap
pear. When egg wThite is first ap
plied. it may look bubbly, but this
will dry smooth." Breaking up the
egg white by beating makes it easier
to apply. Egg white is also an excel
lent finish for real leather, and I
have often recommended it.
Shrunken Blankets.
Question: A pair of all-wool
blankets have become very hard and
stiff after washing. How can I re
store their softness? I wish to do
the job myself.
Answer: Fill your bathtub with
tepid water, dissolve half a package
of soap flakes completely, and soak
the blankets. Do not rinse: leave
the soap in the wool. Wring lightly,
hank over a line, and with someone
to help you. pull and stretch the
blankets as they are drving. Do not
subject the blankets to any great
change in temperature, either of air
or water.
Skidding Rugs.
Question: Is there any way to keep
rugs from slipping without driving
tacks into the floor.
Answer: At most of the depart
ment stores you can buy powder or
a rubbery material made for this
purpose. As a substitute you can
sew table oil-cloth to the under
side of the rug, with the shiny side
next to the floor.
Floor Finish.
Question: My floors have just :
bpen scraped by mechine and two
coats of wax put on. Dirt is begin
ning to show where there is constant
walking. How can I keep the floors
clean and fresh looking?
Answer: Wax should not be ap- 1
plied directly to the floor boards, for
dirt will go through and into the
wood. The floor should be given a
coat of varnish or shellac before
waxing. To take up the dirt, wipe
with liquid wax—not water wax.
This will loosen the dirt, which can
then be wiped up with a clean cloth.
Follow by rewaxing. If you decide to
put on a preliminary coat of varn- ;
ish. you must first remove the wax, !
Which can be done by several
wipings with turpentine.
Vines on Stucco.
Question: Vines have started to
creep on our stucco house. We are j
told that this should be prevented,
for vines hold water and in winter
the ice that forms tends to crack the
61UCCO. Is this true?
Answer: If the stucco is in good
condition and without cracks, the
only harm that caj? come is the
holding of moisture during the sum
mer, and the invitation to birds to
nest in it. The stucco will be dam
aged only when there are cracks into
which the tendrils can penetrate.
Soundproof Door.
Question: After I have insulated a
wall to keep in the noise. howT can I
make the door soundproof?
Answers: Reasonable sound resist
ance may be obtained by applying a
feit stripping on the door frame, the
felt strips to fit closely around the
door w’hen closed. The space be
tween the door sill and the bottom
of the door is closed up by installing
a special type of felt strip, which
automatically closes down on the
door saddle. Panel doors should
have the panels taken out, and the
spaces filled with a rigid insulating
board. Tire entire doors is then cov
ered with insulating board on both
sides.
Overcoating.
Question: My house has a field
stone veneer front and clapboard
sides and back. I am thinking of
covering sides and back with gray j
asbestos shingles. Would you ad- j
vise this?
Answer: Instead of gray asbestoos
shingles, you could use similar mate
rial in the form of clapboards, but
white instead of gray. This would j
not alter the appearance of your !
house, and you would have the ad- !
vantage of weatherproofness and
freedom from painting.
Living Room Scheme
A living room cleverly combining
Georgian and Regency effects, yet
treated in the modern manner, has
walls, ceiling and woodwork painted
a clear gray, with the door panels
outlined in darker gray and white.
A myrtle green rug covers the floor
and a cedar-green fabric covers the
sofa. White accessories about the I
room and large chairs, covered with
white, green and red oleander pat
tern chintz, give striking accents to
the otherwise subdued color scheme, t
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IN ROCK CREEK HILLS—New home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Rush at 9506 Stanhope road,
which they purchased from the Continental Life Insurance Co., developers. Mr. Rush is manager
of the Washington Hotel. —Star Staff Photo.
20 From D. C. fo Go
To League Convention
A delegation of 20 from the Dis
trict Building and Loan League will
attend the annual convention of the
United States Building and Loan
League which will be held in Atlan
tic City September 27-29, it was an
nounced today.
The District group will be headed
by Arthur G. Bishop, F. Wilson
Camp and C. Clinton James, who
were elected delegates to the meet
ing. Mr. James, Edward C. Baltz
and Carl J. Bergmann will leave for
Atlantic City two days in advance
of the main group and will attend
meetings of the league's Executive
Council, of which all are members.
Mr. James and Mr. Baltz are past
presidents of the national organiza
tion.
It is expected that from 1.500 to
2.000 leaders of the Nation’s savings
and loan business will attend the
convention. Headquarters will be at
the Ambassador Hotel.
A post-convention trip to the New
York World's Fair is scheduled, and
September 30 has been designated
as "savings and loan day" at the ex
position.
Historic Linseed Oil
Linseed oil, which is expressed
from flaxseed and is one of the main
| vehicles used in paint making, was
known and used by monks in the
i manufacturing of paint as early as
the 12th century.
Architectural Forum
Hails Green Acres Homes
Standardization of plan, yet diver
sification of exterior architecture, is
pointed to in the September Issue
of Architectural Forum as the key
to the success of Green Acres, Md.,
a Washington suburb developed by
Albert W. Walker for families in
the low-income brackets.
In a tnree-page article, the Forum
describes in detail Mr. Walker’s
approach to the problem of meeting
the demand for houses in the $6,000
price class in his Green Acres sub
division, which the magazine refers
to as a “one-man boomlet.”
Reviewing Mr. Walker's building
activities in nearby Maryland since
1934, the Forum, recognized as a
leading magazine in the building
industry, states, in part:
“The address of many a Govern
ment dignitary, Massachusetts ave
nue, in Washington, D. C., serves
one of the city's swankiest residen
tial sections. Fifteen minutes by
automobile from the White House,
it runs into the Montgomery Coun
ty <Md.) line which, since 1934, has
been the scene of a one-man build
ing boomlet. The man: Realtor
Builder Albert W. Walker. The
boomlet: One subdivision of 150
houses, another of 50 and a third
one of 76 and still another as yet
unborn.”
The magazine paid tribute also to
the architects, Schreier & Patterson,
who platted the subdivision and
worked out details of the five and six
room dwellings which comprise the
development. Technical details of
construction, methods adopted to
minimize costs without resorting to
inferior materials, etc., are covered
by the magazine article.
IDEALLY LOCATED
42d St. at Wisconsin Ave. N.W.
Richt in the heart of EVERY- i
THING looking across a park to
I Wisconsin Ave Stores schools and
transportation at your door. SUPER- '
QUALITY home* that outclass any
you have ever seen in their price
range.
88.950 Up
j Attention, Doctor or
l Dentist!
Featuring an end home with
I basement office ideally suitable i
for DOCTOR or DENTIST, with
rooms. '! baths, paneled rec
reation room in basement, l:»un
| dry trays, maid’s toilet. AIR
CONDITIONED.
Out Wisconsin Ave. N.W. to
Emery Pl. and Homes
S. PERRY
I Owner and Builder
Ge. 3060
NEW SEMI-DETACHED
BRICK HOMES IN A
DELIGHTFUL LOCATION
ONLY TWO AT THIS LOW PRICE!
4430-4432 14th St. N.E.
MICHIGAN PARK
$8,550
Will Consider Trade on Small
| Home or Vacant Lots j
6 ROOMS, 3 BEDROOMS,
CLUBROOM
Open and Lighted to 9 P.M,
|F quality counts in your home specifi
cations. be sure to see these new
homes TODAY! Completely air condi
tioned . H delightful rooms . . . .{
bedrooms . . . tiled bath . . basement
club room . fine landscaped lots . .
detached carage . . paved street and
alley THEY ARE REALLY WELL
WORTH YOUR INSPECTION TODAY!
WAPLE & JAMES, Inc.
Exclusive Agents
1224 14th St. N.W. DIrtrict 3346
I THE 1950 HOMES
B^ing shown 10 years ahead of the times. You will marvel when*you see \
, th*m—so different. Individual in architectural beauty inside and out Some
S 50 different homes to be built in beautiful rolling section of nearby Arlington.
I Virginia. I
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN YOU'VE
EVER SEEN—SWELL ROOF GARDEN.
Some stone—some brick and brick and stone trimmed. All have 3 bedrooms,
‘2 tile baths. Some bedrooms and hath on first floor <or will build to your
order*. Real fireplace. That spacious Sanitas kitchen with burnt Knotty
Pine breakfast nook opening on screened porch. Here your eyes sparkle—
that summer kitchen in large fenced-in yard. Garage. Roof garden where
summer heat vanishes Those burnt Knotty Pine hallways. Cedar closets.
Summer and winter hookup oil heat. Flease come right out to see them and j
don't forget your check book. I
Out Lee Hiohwav {about \ miles> to Robert E Lee School, noht I j
2 blocks. Close to schools stores, theaters, all churches. Prices
worth 512.000' sell for 57.990 up. On terms Ju*t ask comparison. i
Exhibit home open daily until 9:00 p,m>
PRICE AND GROGAN
Owners Builders
—We Are Mot Hard to Deal With—
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Over the Week End Re Sure to Visit This Lovely
Development—Where I'alues Are Really Amazing
MiEWOOD
209 Glenwood Road. Bethesda. Md.
NEW 3-BEDROOM HOME s8,800 {
• 51* Spacious Rooms • Larg* Modern • Some with First
• Three Big Bedrooms Kitchen Floor Lavatories
• Tilf Bath with • .PjL.PlJ • Basement Laundry
Shower • Screened Livlnt in(1 Lavatory
rorrn
• tlvinr Room with • Attached C.arm* • Conner Pipe* and
Fireplace with Overhead floors Flashings
• Full-sire fitnlnr Room • Air-Conditioned Oil • Lot* ASx11.A—Slate
• 1st Floor Lavatory Heat Roofs—Insulated
New Concrete Street In and Paid For
The Fourth Croup of Homes in this Subdivision,
which is just over a year old, is now under roof.
These Homes Are Open Every Day Including Sunday Till 9 P.M.
Driir out Wisconsin Ayr. to Bank at Brthrsda. turn Irtt at Bank on Old
Georgetown Road a short distance to Glenwood Road and Edgewood entrance.
BOWLING & GARDINER
Owners A Builders
! Old Georretoun Rd. at Glenwood Rd. Ph. Wise. GG97
| Buy Direct From the Owner and Builder—and Save!
I either home built to order r.
$41.00 A MONTH pal, Taxrs
THE TWO HOMES pictured here represent the W
I basic tvpes that the developers of Woodmoor ^
introduced four months ago as their solution to the B
problem of providing the best in homes at the lowest
possible cost. Since that time, more than 100
families are proud purchasers of luxurious, low-cost Ip
homes in the new "small estates section" of this, the S
Perfectly Planned Community. jR
Little wonder, for nowhere else will you find such l§j
dollar-for-dollar value as in Woodmoor. The total SSj
price includes a 70-foot minimum lot, a home con- jp§
taming two bedrooms and bath (either one or two «p
story type', all-brick construction, air-conditioned gas H
or oil heat, basement for recreation room. Two fur- B|
mshed exhibit homes now on display.
TO REACH: Drive out Georgia Avenue to traffic light in
Silver Spring, thence right on Colesville Road just past &0i
Indian Spring Club to Woodmoor.
MOSS REALTY COMPANY I
Tower Building, MEL 1776 Woodmoor, SH. 4517 B
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I HERE’S LOCATION 1
1 4919 Mass. Ave. N.W. 1
6 Roms—2 Baths
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g An exceptional home In an excep- g
g tional location, meeting every en- gj
(3 vironment requirement of the most (3
@ discriminating family. FEATURINO E;
S 3 REALLY LARGE BEDROOMS. * §
g tiled baths, spacious living and din- g
g) ing rooms, modern kitchen, screened pi
[3 living porch, full basement with (3
J§ lavatory and laundry. Air-condi- H§
S tioned. Detached garage. A valua s
n] seldom eoualled j=n
OPEN DAILY
I [Shannons luchS] j
s I
I 1505 H St. N.W. NA. 2345 E.
Pre-Showing i
NEW DETACHED
"Air-Conditioned”
HOMES
in
‘GRASSLANDS’
A restricted community
of fine detached homes.
Built by |
Monroe Warren
Six spacious rooms, 2 tiled
baths, screened perch, floored
attic, garege, landscaped lots
60 feet wide by 91 feet deep.
Only S10.500
The finest materials and
workmanship Complete modern
equipment. A lovely home in a
delightful location, convenient
to everything.
4322 Windont
Place N.W.
Open Until Dark Daily
Drive out Mass. .4 ve. to 4t>th St.,
right to If'indom PL, right two
blocks.
47th St. at Verplank
Just North of Massachusetts Are.
A NEW GROUP of
Detached Brick Homes
Some With Bedroom and Bath on
First Floor. All With Recreation
Rooms.
PRICES START AT
$9,950
Open Daily and Sunday
3.518
Conn.
Are.
Only
Master Kraft
Oil Burners
Offer the TRIPALATOR for oil
efficiency and the BORKONTROL
for eafety-plus.
No Cash 36 Mo. to Pay
Bellman Heating Go.
Home Heoting Specialist.
Over 10,000 Satisfied Customers
736 5th St. N.W. Dl. 5613
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You Recognize It Instantly...
The charm in this smart new home
I
Simply aglow with newness, ye! quietly preserving
the best features cf Colonial Tradition, this Mikkel
sonbuilt home presents something different in a
center-hall Colonial at a price :hat will please you.
3345 Stephenson N.W.
HIGHWOOD
CHEVY CHASE, D. C.
OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY
Features are: Spacious cen'er had, living rcom,
13x241/2; large dining roos^r.as full lengtti
windows; butler's pan'ry, screeooo por-h. ftrs
floor den and lavatory, four bedrooms and two
baths. Finished and plated attic, maid s
quarters. Beautiful wrie lot wi'h large cox
irees. Two-car garage.
Other 3 and 4 Bedroom Homes,
$14,450 up
TO REACH:
From Chevy Chase Circle turn right teas', on
V.'es'ern Avenue, 4 squares to Broad Bran*h
Road. Turn right one square to Stephenson,
then turn left to property.
I
G. F. MIKKELSON & SON
! Owner*—Builders j
Milton F. Schwab, Sales. |
Curtis Millwork and Lumber by W. T. Galliber & Bro.
I
AMAZING VALUE $6,990 • LONG TERM FINANCING
TERMS, $690 cash.$55 per month
A New Development of Attractive All-Brick Group Homes
WHITEHAVEN PARKWAY IN GEORGETOWN
FACING U. S. GOVERNMENT PARK
Splendidly built and carefully finished. Sesen rooms, two baths (one room and bath in base
ment). l.arge rear masonry porch. Automatic heat. Mans other refinements. Spacious front
lawns and deep terraced rear gardens. Some of the lots are 200 feet deep. \\ ithin a few blocks
. f Western High. Georgetown L'nisersits Medical and Dental and grade schools, one block
THROUGH BUS SERVICE. Built by Paul I). Crandall.
EXHIBIT HOME, 3538 WHITEHAVEN PARKWAY
FURNISHED BY Hit.DA MILLER
OPEN DAILY TILL 9 P.M.
DIRECTIONS Drive on 15th Street on* block north
rt T Street, turn west into Whrtehai en Street, or turn
cast from 31th Street, one block north of T Street
BOSS & PHELPS
Realtors
NA. 9300 1417 K Street
Sark ffirrrk Sills
O YER LOOM A G ROCK CREEK PARK
9511 West Stanhope Road
INITIAL SHOWING OF ANOTHER ATTRACTIVE HOME JUST COMPLETED
jm W0 Built on 'futty sodded lot, fronting 100 ft. (13,081 square feet of
•P I /B ""W B Bl B ground), and framed within a background of stately trees, this lovely
I § I ■ ■■ ■ rambling Colonial cottage-type home offers the ultimate in quality
-™" ^Lw and quantity at a tremendous saving to the thrifty buyer. It challenges
comparison and we invite a thorough inspection. Roofed with Johns Manville rigid (Salem) shingles;
100% insulated, furred and weatherstripped and Bryant air-cond'tioned. Contains center-hall entrance,
8 rooms, 3 baths, 2 fireplaces (including large paneled club room, maid's room and both and lst-floor bed
room and bath). Big screened side porch with utility room beneath. Attached 2-cor brick garage. Spa
cious cedar-lined closets, numerous storage drawers and a finely equipped kitchen will prove a source of
real satisfaction to the woman. A home replete with features.
Concealed Telephone Outlets. No Exposed Wires.
Montgomery
County's
newest, highly
restricted
Development
3 Miles North of
Chevy Chase Circle
A
TWO BEAUTIFUL
!OMES SOLD SINCE
SEPTEMBER 1
Other Homes Com
pleted and Nearing
Completion
$15,500
TO
$18,500
OPEN SUNDAY
11 TO 7
AND
DAILY UNTIL 6
&
MAGNIFICENT HOME-SITES
ON SALE BUY AND BUILD
YOUR OWN HOME. EVERY
LOT A SMALL ESTATE WITH
FRONTAGES 100 FEET OR
MORE UP TO 16 CENTS
PER FOOT.
Drive out Connecticut Ave. part
Circle and Chew Chase Lake, and
turn right on Beach Drive to
Stanhope Road. See our signs.
CONTINENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS
INVESTMENT BLDG. FIELD OFFICE, KENSINGTON 305-W NA. 8503
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