text: EL & SK HV''* ^RsHiiSlV** WW ' J|. jflf jJHL. ^ : ;'; K- VB vff LJW^. ili L ".?l_i',fc *&*%^fc*** ' ^;Sy. <:.?. '? ^aiBr-<.. BELIEVES MORE PORCHES SHOULD BE PROVIDENCE! Writer Says Fewer Rooms and More Outdoor Life Are Desirable. Walls of lattice Work and Vine and Box Flower Beds Are Recommended. If the owners of farmhouses, country cottages and small town dwellings would only have more porches and fewer rooms! But most of us, like our prime tive ancestors, are obsessed by the notion that the solid walls of a dwelling must be out of all proportion to it light-and-air-space. Although we enjoy our rooms with their few square feet of window space, we fail year after year, to draw any practical inferences from this fact, says J. Francis Cook, In the House Beautiful. Again and again, we have heard people, when the clock told them that supper time was at hand, complaining. "It's the pleasantest part of the day. How do you hate to go inside? For my part, I rather go without supper than spend the next two hours indoors." Thousands of people are saying the same thing, making the same purposeless protest, as they reluctantly turn their backs to the sun or the purpling mountains, or the fresh blue sea or the wide fields now wonderfully streaked with the long shadows of late afternoon, and go for their evening meal to detested dining rooms with artificial lights glowing and heating overhead, with prison walls, and small but tantalizing window pictures of the sunset-lighted world outside. Why do you never occur to them that the everyday dining room can perfectly well (and better) be a porch? Protecting the Table. A few sliding or folding windows will enable us to construct on another wing open porch a sheltered nook for the dining table where the soup will not coop rapidly even on the windiest days. Of course, porches have to be abandoned in winter; but people who build camp and cottages for summer occupation only have no excuse except that of ignorance and conservatism for the kind of dwellings they construct. If they cannot have both room and porch, they proceed to do as others do and build themselves a room. "For," they would say, "is it possible to have a room without a porch but we cannot have a porch without a room?" To these I would bring the glad tidings that porches may exist without rooms; at least the rooms may be reduced to the size of closets and cupboards. A good sized family can live in. The in the if you're paying rent you will find a month 50% on a home of you Park Plaza Sample House Take 9th Street Car SHAPI?s "^ *? y f?" *A *? f V<?.? v^pp Ik couple of porches with a row of lockers and one or two dressing closets between them. The porches can have swinging or sliding windows, wire netting, wooden shutters, a fireplace and bookcases. It is true, the furniture should be of such quality that sun and rain would improve rather than injure it. In such porches the whole family can enjoy every aspect of the surrounding country. They can lunch behind a screen of vines, dine in an open space in view of the sunset; on a cool evening they can close as many windows as they like, throw some wood on the hearth and gather around the blaze, never losing sight of the moon and stars and passing clouds; they can sleep all night through outside the waving vines or under the pine boughs, wake in the morning with an indescribable feeling of freshness and wellbeing, and begin the day by cooking their own breakfast in a kitchen without walls, or, if they like, with a screen of latticework covered with vines. Housework Made Lighter. If the morning is cool, the breakfast table may be set in the sun; if warm, in the shade. And if the women only knew how light, by comparison, is the curse of dish washing when the work is done on a pretty porch with the open landscape before them instead of a blank wall! As for sweeping and dusting? The wind and a few pails of water now and then to freshen the floors do all that is required of a parlor maid. After several years of experience, I am ready to assert that porch work is far less exacting and irksome than housework. Keeping things tidy becomes a natural reaction. There are no periodic housecleanings, none of those desperate, sweeping, rug shaking, head-in-a-towel days when one grudgingly, rebelliously atones for a few days of happy idleness. Makes House Cooler. One who has never lived continuously in a porch house may urge as an objection to such structures that they can offer no cool retreat in the heat of the day. It is true that the comfort and charm of such houses are greatly enhanced by over-arching trees. But this may be said of all dwellings? Especially of all thin-walled summer abodes. However, when porch houses are provided with shutters placed outside the windows, they may be kept considerably cooler during the heat of the day than unplastered or unsheathed houses; and this is the case even when they are entirely protected by trees. It is always desirable in such structures, when there is no overhead shade, to have an air space between the ceiling of the porch rooms and the roof proper. Ordinary sheathing placed close together will answer very well for a ceiling. On extremely hot days, all we need do is to close the windows (not too tight) and lower the heavy wooden blinds. Vines may be grown on trellises far enough away not to interfere with the blinds. The layer of air between glass and blinds is a poor conductor of heat. The large chimney provides for a good circulation of air. Advantages of Porches. The Incomparable advantage which the porch house has over the walled and windowed room appears at the approach of evening, when all its sides are interested. It will cost you no more than you'll become. Six large rooms, lighted, sleeping porch, mantel front, handsomely decorated, and extra large kitchen pantry, and entire house, including hot-water washer, full tile bath, and all the rooms, solid oak, near schools, opposite the house. The owner, having been in the business for over a year, will be able to offer the best value in the city. Balance available for a limited time only. Balance available for a limited time only. The Dutchess-Kiser, located at 5108 Park Place, offers a unique opportunity for those looking for a modern home in a prime location. The house is located near the intersection of Edgefield and the real estate office, offering a unique opportunity for those looking for a modern home in a prime location. The property also features a garage, a garage, and a garage, making it an ideal choice for those looking for a more modern home. In addition to the home, the Dutchess-Kiser is also offering a unique opportunity for those looking for a more modern home in a prime location. The property is located near the intersection of Edgefield and the real estate office, offering a unique opportunity for those looking for a more modern home in a prime location. The house is being sheathed with used in colonial days. The roof is of gray color. The house measures 25x30 feet. There is a living room 13x24 feet at one side of the dining room, kitchen, and pantry, and bedrooms and bath. The interior is the woodwork to be white enameled, and can be thrown open to the cooling air. It is then that our ordinary dwellings are so oppressive that we long to demolish their walls and actually "raise the roof." One is not to imagine or to be afraid that porch rooms will of necessity present the unsettled aspect of a camp. As I said before, there can easily be a place for everything, and the tendency is to keep everything in its place. Both beds of generous widths are very satisfactory. One has only to lift the cover and stow away the bedding in the roomy space below. They make excellent seats and lounges during the day. There is no necessity to have bureaus, washstands, or chests of drawers in the rooms. These should all be built into adjacent closets and dressing rooms. The kitchen end of the porch can be well supplied with cupboards and should have a sink. And no other stove is so handsome and withal so much more modern and dignified as a plain iron cook stove. It is good to breakfast by on cool, frosty mornings. George Washington Outdone. From the Philadelphia Ledger. "Pop," said Little Rollo, "why are parlor ornaments called ornaments?" "My son," replied Rollo Senior, "I am a parlor ornaments." It cannot be; I don't know." Rent alues tion more?and you will save each ne its owner. Description e-proof ventilator will possess odor from the kitchen -old Storage Vault 8, 8 large porches electrically orch, kitchen porch, gas log, onyx tied electric fixtures, ivory indestructible in dining room, full-length mirror cabinet, reinforced concrete cellar under try tub, hot-water heat, lathe, Queen convertible motor ch, porcelain fixtures, large yards tomatic switches throughout, doustairway, iron beams, car service, ite park. Do you see and inspect the features. $3,750 Cash Payment Monthly, Like Rent St N.W. Sunday, 9 P.M. Visit to Sample House. and Builder 4912 for Auto Service MEMBERS of Colonial Type. colonial type of architecture is being wood lane and Cenbrook road, at Edgemont Company for an out-of-town client, station. It was designed by Clarence L. Vide cedar aiding patterned after that -ered with cedar shingles, stained a light 36 feet and is of the central-hall type, ne side of the hall, and on The other side are located. On the second floor are four to be finished-out in the colonial style, and the doors to be of birch. SAYS REALTY APPRAISING IS SCIENTIFIC VALUING. All Guesswork Must Be Entirely Eliminated, Declares Writer. The expert real estate appraiser is to the prospective investor what the medical expert is to the sick. Anybody can administer nostrums to those who need medical treatment, but it needs the experienced and practiced student to prescribe retrieves that will be sure to cure. Anybody who can see, think and talk can make a guess at the value of a property, but such a guess if followed by the investment of money may mean regrettable losses, says William P. Rae in the New York Times. It is scientific value. In fixing valuations, prices paid at private sale and at auction for nearby properties are of great consequence, but they provide the appraiser with only one angle from which to view the problem. The maximum improvement possible for a plot has to be considered, and the amount of income that can be derived from that improvement is a decided factor in the final valuation. But in these times of changing trade centers, appraisers must go even beyond this to consider what relation a property bears to traffic, what influences exist for increasing or decreasing values, what influence nearby properties would have if their characters should change, and finally what part of these prospects has already been discounted and what part is still to be accounted for. To do all this is not the work of a novice. In the first place, the most complete records are necessary, but more important still is the experience that comes from many years of association with real property in all parts of the city and suburbs through buying and selling as auctioneer and broker. In this latter dual capacity, one is not only a salesman for a customer but an adviser as well. The auctioneer, if he is advising the purchase of property for subsequent sale at auction, must be able to figure values so closely that no error possibly can be made; he must know within a few dollars the price that can be realized on every lot of a vacant tract. The actual selling at auction is, perhaps, the most easily accomplished, all the real work of such a sale, consisting of properly advertising a property to get a following and of putting it before prospective bidders in the most favorable light. This is the day of specialists. Every business and every profession has its leaders who have devoted their time and mentally to perfecting themselves in the most effective manner. What ever it is these men aim to do requires many years of application and study. So with the auctioneer and appraiser. That he is able to guide his customers in the paths of good fortune is a result of experience gained through having solved many knotty real estate problems. Farmers and Automobiles. From the Boston Globe. The war has had a tendency to largely increase the sale of American horses to foreign nations. It is estimated that already twelve times as many horses have been sent abroad this year compared with a corresponding period last year. This exportation of horses naturally pleases our manufacturers of automobiles, for motor vehicles are in more demand by the farmers. It also appears that about one-half the number of automobiles in the United States are owned by farmers. The number of farmers in New York state owning these vehicles is 156,173; Illinois, 131,140; Pennsylvania, 107,141; Massachusetts, 76,822; Michigan, 76,380; and in eight other states the number ranges from 50,000 to 67,000. The usefulness of motor cars to farmers is obvious. These cars are also reducing the freight profits of some suburban steam and trolley roads, again illustrating that no one can foresee what economic conditions a new invention will alter. Washington Suburbs Construction of Building to Be Shown by Movies Every Step in Undertaking to Be Recorded by Camera Man. From the New York Tribune. Still another use has been found for motion pictures. The Third National Bank building of Springfield, Mass., ten stories high, in course of erection, will have its complete history shown on the film. The first of the old building on the site of the Bank's new home. Then come excavations and construction. Various materials used are followed from their respective sources until they are installed in proper place in the building. The operation of quarries from which stone and granite are taken will be portrayed. There will be the rolling of steel in Pittsburgh mills with beams loaded on cars destined for Springfield, and at the building they will be lifted and put in place as a part of the great skeleton. Huge trees will be felled in forests of Austria, Africa, South America, followed through saw mills and cabinet shops as they are made into furniture and bank fixtures, fitted in as part of the building. Terra cotta and brick for exterior and interior fireproofing will be cast, burned and set in the growing edifice. The spectacular casting and molding of bronze will be reviewed as will another visit to quarries for the marble to be used as the base of counterscreens and wainscoting of upper corridors. In Europe will be seen the weaving of floor coverings, fine hangings and draperies for officers' quarters and reception room. More than fifty professions and trades are called into action. The film is intended to show the close cooperation and coordination of activities as they are brought together under the control of one organization. The first scene in the designing department will show plans being worked out. Heads of departments meet and discuss every feature of the proposed edifice and plan each detail in advance. The actual operation will move through fourteen different departments. As the scenes shift from the offices of the company to the mills and factories, then to the growing building, the observer feels the powerful master hand directing all elements with efficiency gained through supreme knowledge and thoroughness. Finally will be shown the completed building, exterior and interior, furniture in place to the smallest detail of ink. Well and waste paper basket, finished, ready for occupancy. The bank president with his building committee makes a tour of inspection and an official acceptance of the building is signed. The next picture shows the bank's business in operation in its new quarters. HOME MORTAL OF L. Office Building to Be Erected at Corner of 9th Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Announcement has been made that the American Federation of Labor has acquired the property at the northwest corner of 9th street and Massachusetts avenue northwest and is to improve it by the erection of a five-story office building for its own use. Plans for the structure are to be prepared by Milburn, Heister & Co., architects, of this city, who also will have supervision of its erection. It is stated the building is to be monumental in design and the walls are to be of sufficient size to permit the addition of three or four more stories should more office space be required. The property which has been acquired has a frontage of about sixty feet on Massachusetts avenue and 138 feet on 9th street. There is a wide parking space on the Massachusetts avenue side. At present an old four-story residence stands on the property. It is estimated the building will cost in the neighborhood of $150,000. It probably will be of light brick and stone construction. The razing of the old residence which now stands on the property is to be started in a few days and within six or seven weeks everything will be in readiness to begin the erection of the new structure, it is stated. Southern Shipbuilding. From the Atlanta Journal. The announcement that a four-million-dollar shipbuilding plant will be constructed at Mobile, Ala., is of signal importance to the industry and commerce of the south. The development of trade between this country and Latin America depends very largely on the establishment of adequate transportation facilities. Without a sufficient number of merchant vessels, the United States cannot realize its opportunities for overseas business or reap the due benefits of the Panama Canal. Especially are the south's interests involved in this need. By every natural circumstance, the south should have a large share of Latin American commerce and should profit by the canal more directly, perhaps, than any other section. But if this good fortune is to be enjoyed, there must be efficient steamship service between southern ports and Latin American markets. The Mobile enterprise is a notable step toward meeting these conditions. Though it does not assure the building of the ships, it will provide admirable means for building them; and the very fact that capitalists feel safe in investing $4,000,000 for this purpose augurs a good future for the shipbuilding industry in the southeast. BROOKLAND. BUYS BANCROFT PLACE HOME. Frank P. Reeside has sold his residence at 2116 Bancroft place northwest to George R. Putnam, commissioner of the bureau of lighthouses. The sale was negotiated by Moore & Hill, Inc. and the consideration is reported to have been in the neighborhood of $25,000. The house is a three-story and basement structure of stone and brick construction. It occupies a lot 25x95 feet and contains twelve rooms. No Better Than to Celebrate the Than to Fire the And Begin Living in Your The Man That Is Satisfied With This Never Makes Things Better The Next Point Is Where Is the Best Home P. & S. Lamont and Ward Solves This Question Be Sure to See Price $3.75 Easy Terms Money Will Not Buy More Hot-water Heat. Double Entrance Bath. B Automatically Controlled Special Fixtures. Drafts. 3-way Lighting System. Electric and Gas Lighting. Cement Front Porches. Separate Push Buttons. Built-in Flower Vases. Lighted Porches. Double Back Porches. Quartered Oak Floors. 6x6-inch Supports. Hardwood Trim. Best Roofing. Sanitary Hardware. Cold Storage Vault. Tiled Bath. Side-oven Gas Range. Glass Towel Rack. Enamel Kitchen Sink. Medicine Cabinet. Kitchen Dresser. Nickel Glass Holders. Extra Kitchen Closet. Vitreous Flush Tank. Gas Logs in Parlor. To Inspect: Take 9th street car to Park road. Warder street, then south one square to sample house street. Open and lighted daily until 8:30 p.m. PHILLIPS & 1409 New York Headquarters for New HENDERSON OPERATION TO INVOLVE $100,000 Builder Soon to Erect Nine More Houses on Upton Street. Announcement was made today that John M. Henderson is about to start another home-building operation On Upton Street east of Connecticut Avenue, which is to involve about $100,000. He has acquired from the Newlands company a frontage of 250 feet on Upton Street to the west of a row of six houses which he built recently. The sale of the property was negotiated by Thomas J. Fisher & Co. Mr. Henderson has had plans prepared for the erection of nine houses on the newly acquired frontage. Each is to be twenty-five feet wide. Three of the houses are to be of the semidetached type. The fronts are to be of rough-texture copper-colored brick and the frame is to be of steel construction. On the first floor of each house there is to be a parlor, with open fireplace; reception hall, dining room, with beam ceiling, kitchen and pantry. A library, measuring 24 by 15 feet, with open fireplace; two bedrooms and bath and glass-inclosed sleeping porch are to be on the second floor, while on the third floor will be four bedrooms and bath. Vacuum cleaner outfits are to be installed in the houses and also intercommunicating telephones. A War of Words. From the Army and Navy Journal. Some metropolitan newspapers seem just now to have discovered that the words "pacificist" and "pacifist" have been having a battle for supremacy in popular use. As far back as February 13 last the Army and Navy Journal published the opinions of Frank H. Vizetelly, Ditt. D., editor of the Standard Dictionary, as to which form of the two words is the better. From the viewpoint of the lexicographer Mr. Vizetelly said that both forms are interchangeable, but personally he preferred "pacificist," which suggests "pacific plus "ist." Gentlemen with little knowledge of the lexical bases of the words have been heatedly advocating one or the other form to the exclusion of any other, evidently unaware of the conservatism. Aristotle of the true lexicographer, as shown by Mr. Vizetelly, who moves slowly in deciding upon this or that word as the only one to express a particular thought. Landlord Own Home As They Are For the Least Money? P. TI In a home Them 50 conveniences expensive Mantels. sundry in Cellar. umrner Hot-water Heater. High Location. Convenient to Schools. adjoining 700-acre Park. til-night Car Service. Eastern Exposure lomelike Surroundings. Meket Fences. 'ement Walks. 'ront and Hear Yards. 'aved Streets. 5 Minutes to Center of City. walk east to >e, 509 Lamont SAGER we. N.W. I / Homes. |. 