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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1928
v Comfort In Well Built Small Homes
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Comfort is the first
thought of the small
home designer. With
limited space at his com
mand he must utilize ev
ery inch of it in his lay
out and arrange his
rooms to insure the
greatest possible degree
of individual privacy to
the people who are to live
in the house he builds.
Materials used in home
'building should always
be of good quality. It
never pays to sacrifice
quality. Simplicity of
architectural design is
x never displeasing. The
quadrangle is the simpl
est and least expensive
form of structure. Extra
corners add to the cost.
The a c c o m p anying
plan for a four room
house offers excellent use
of the available floor
space and rooms are so
arranged around the
central hallway as to of
fer freedom of movement
to all parts of the house
without intrusion on the living room. V
j Exterior of the house is pleasing. The brick-paved porch,, with its arched en
trance way, is attractive. The well-built chimney lends character to the design and
he window boxes and shrubbery plantings furnish enough of embellishment.
Two good-sized bedrooms, each with cross ventilation and equipped with ample
:Ioset space are conveniently related to the balance of the house.
The living room, extending across the front of the house, may be made cozy at
bioderate expense. It will be noticed that all of the rooms have plenty of windows,
.well placed for light and ventilation.
t The kitchen is well equipped and the built-on dining room is an excellent idea, of
jfering space for several people. It will, under normal conditions, take care of the
jdiriinir room needs of the average sized family.
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DECORATED CLOSET
CREATES
NTEREST
Bedroom Closet Furnishes
. (Greatest Difficulty To
Tidy Persons
F By Jane Stewart
$n first thought there seems to
bo Nothing to the question of
eloiet "finishing." But in reality
there are many little things that
ran be done to change the closet
from an enclosure with a door to
be kept tight shut lest you spoil
the appearance of the room, to
one that actually adds to the dec
orative scheme. Incidentally, any
thing you do to make a closet
more attractive makes it more con
venient.
It is the bedroom closet that
commands most attention, for here
wre rencounter the. greatest diffi
culties in keeping things tidy.
Then, too, the bedroom closet is in
constant use. Many times a day
re are putting things In and tak
ing, things out. The possibilities
are determined largely by space,
but no matter what the slie the
first thing to do is to paint the
closet throughout, ceiling and
floor included, some attractive
color. As a rule either the wall
color of the room will be best for
the walls and ceiling of the closet,
or a reversed color scheme. For
Instance If the walls are beiga and
the woodwork green, the closet
might be In green with beige trim
Sometimes, however, an almost
cotxjplete depcrturo from the room
scheme Is advisable. If the room
were done in grays and blues and
the closet happened to be pariicu
larly dark, you would want eomo
such color at yellow or cream
which reflects a large amount of
light. The trim could carry out
the room color scheme. In addi
tion to making the closet attrac
tive, paint has tho advantage of
lighting it up, and not least Im
portant of all, making it clean
and easy to keep clean.
i If yon want to dress the shelves
up a bit, a short scalloped valance
of glazed chints mar be cut out,
bound and tacked on. A valance
should always bo simple, however.
Otherwise it will bo to impractical
td offset Its decorative value. A
still mere practical way of decor
ating the shelves Is to paint the
edges a color" that harmonizes or
ontraets-with, the rest. . v .
.-Nearly always there Is a rod for
clothes beneath a shelf. Where
there is such an arrangement, use
a curtain of glazed chintz which
(hangs to the floor. Glazed chintz
does not catch dust and may be
wiped off with a damp cloth when
It becomes soiled. Bright colors
are best for the chintz pattern as
they have a certain crispness
which is desirable for a closet. I
Sometimes the arrangement is
such that a rod is run onpne side
or both sides of the closet rather
than across the back. Such an
arrangement, if the closet is large
enough, offers an excellent oppor
tunity for placing a shoe cabinet;
in the back at the Venter. Any
chest of drawers that is small!
enough may be used for this pur
pose. Or you might have a special
built-in piece. The piece should
be painted the same color as the
closet walls, and will be more at
tractive if decorated with a sten
cil or decalcomania design. Hats,
too, may sometimes be put away
in a cabinet of some kind. Hats
and shoes have such a faculty for
cluttering up closets that it is al
ways advisable to make some spec
ial arrangement for them. If
space is lacking for a cabinet, you
can always use the racks (which
may now be had In color to fit
your closet scheme).' And very
convenient flexible holders are
made to place hats on a closet
shelf. By pulling a little cord the
holder Is brought down within
easy reach, and as you let it go it
swings back, taking the hat out of
the way of other things. These,
too. come in different colors.
IMcture the daintiness of a clos
et with walls of maize, the color
of the bedroom furniture. The
shelves are lined with blue, and
glozed with bright blue and yellow
figures conceals all untidiness
from view. A small shoe cabinet
in maize stands against the wall.
Each hat the only articles of
clothing exposed to view on a
trim holder. Quite a change in
appearance from the usual bed
room closet. And equally great 13
the care needed to keep things
tidy. Such a closet is a real time
sover, as practical as it is decorative.
B. L. Leedy of Youngstown.
Ohio Is the possessor of a 1914
Franklin touring car which ha
beenjunning steadily for 13 years.
The batUry is "shot" but by
cranking, the car will step out and
do 55 miles an hour without much
effort.
The world ice yachting record
has at last been broken. This is
another of those things which has
kept us a ake all night worrying.
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PERMITS
HO COM
E
First 15 Days of Month
Show 21 Permits For
Total of $64,900
Unless the state gets busy and
secures a permit for Its new f 600,
000 office building this month.
February will be like January in
its building record; somewhat
short of the February, 1927, mark.
but a little ahead of February
1926, the year the Salem made its
big record in building, it was in
dicated this week when the total
for half of the month was figured
up.
The first 15 days showed 21
permits for a total of $64,900
which is more than half of the to
tal for February 1926, $122,000,
but only a little more than one
fourth of the February total last
year, $240,962.
The record for the first half of
February is encouraging, as this
total consists entirely of small
buildings, mostly substantial
houses, with no big project to
swell the cost estimate figures.
The largest permit was for a build
ing on North Commercial street
costing $5,600.
No matter when it is taken out,
the permit for the state office
building is certain to help Salem's
building statistics markedly, as
$600,000 is a big item in a total
that ranges from $2,000,000 to
$3,500,000. This project is also
certain to stimulate other build
ing with the prospect that more of
the state offices and state em
ployes will be centered In Salem.
MILLIONS VISIT
ROOMS TO SEE CAR
Public Interest Centered
Modern Light Car At
Low Prices
In
TOLEDO. O., Jan. 28. Imme
diately following the slashing
price reductions in the Whippet
motor cars, placing them directly
In price competition with the low
est priced cars in America, ap
proximately two million persons
visited the various showrooms
where tbese perfected Whippets
were on display. This outpouring
equals the Interest displayed when
the Whippet was first presented to
the public about 19 months ago,
which set a record at that time for
public Interest In a new product.
Reports that are pouring intc
the executive offices of Willys-
Overland, Inc. Indicate that the
interest of the public is centered
n the perfected Whippet, this fact
being borne out by the sales vol
ume that has resulted, being far
in excess of the expectations of
company sales executives.
It is said that never before In
the history of the automobile in
dustry has a price reduction on a
car that had been before the pub
lic for more than a year, brought
lbout such a notable reception in
every section of the nation.
Reports also Indicate that in the
higher ranges of cars, there is a
decided trend toward Willys-
Knight models, which have beer
presented for 1928 with numerous
refinements. Unusual interest, it
is said. Is being exhibited In the
new Willys-Knight Standard Six
the first car powered by a Willys
Knight sleeve valve engine to sell
in the 11.100 price class.
In Toledo 40,000 persons visited
the Willys-Overland display in two
days following the price cut.
More than 200.000 visited the
N'ew York sales rooms at Fiftieth
street.
Denver reports that 5,000 per
sons daily visited the Whippet
sales rooms.
Austin, Tex., reports 1,500 visit
ors a day.
At Wichita, Kans., 3.000 per
sons viewed the Whippets In two
days.
Atlanta Ga., reports an attend
ance of more than BOO a day with
a complete sell-out of cars la
stock, while dealers In the adja
cent territory placed orders foi
the Immediate delivery of ISO
Whippets to fill the orders of
buyers.
In Boston and surrounding
towns, 13,000 visited the show
rooms.
At Akron, O., S.000 visited the
Whippet display In two days.
Despite the heavy snowstormt
In St. Paul Minn., thousands came
to see the perfected Whippets fol
lowing the price cut with man)
orders resulting. This same in
terest held true throughout other
snowbound regions.
A total of 30,000 visited the
dealer showrooms In San Fran
Cisco in three days.
In Detroit, the center of the au
tomobile industry, 15,000- came to
see the Whippets with the deal
ers booking score and scores of
orders.
From every point throughout
the country the dealers report that
the same enthusiasm is being
shown in the Whippet which if
being offered at the lowest prices
in Willys-Overland history. This
has resulted in a sales volume
never before attained at this sea
son of the year with every Indica
tion that capacity production will
be necessary at the Willys-Over
land plants for months to come to
keep pace with the demand of the
motor car buyers of the nation.
Dodge Increasing Victory
Six Production Schedule
Production schedules for the
nev Victory Six recently announc
ed by Dodge Brothers are to be
materially increased, according to
John R. Lee, general sales mana
ger, to make possible reasonably
prompt filling of the telegraphic
orders which are being received
from dealers In constantly In
creasing volume.
"Factory production and sched
uled allotments for shipment to
dealers during the first three
months of 1928," Mr. Lee said,
"were planned in expectation of a
very generous demand for the new
car, with Its advanced engineering
features, but the wires asking for
immediate shipment and for in
creased allotments indicate that
by the end of January a decided
enlargement of' our productior
plans must be completed so that
all purchasers of the new Victory
Six may be sure of prompt dejlv
erles. Dodge Brothers immense
manufacturing facilities, and or
ders which have been placed for
raw materials, however, are such
that it is possible to increase out
put of this popular type to such
volume as will insure cars for
buyers without any long delay.'
HABIT PLAYS PIRT
in we
and reduced cost of upkeep are
proving influential arguments in
behalf of more permanent construction.
In More Recent Years Brick
Coming Into Use Through
out Country
Habit plays a tremendous part
in the construction of the homes
of America. For unquestionably!
people acquire a habit in homes
just as they do in other respects.
There are people who have the
apartment habit; who would not
live anywhere save in a flat. Just
as others are wedded to hotel life.
and still others must have a de
tached house with a yard.
America acquired the frame
house habit in the period of her
most rapid development. . Then
lumber was plentiful and cheap.
It was more readily workable than
any other material, and it made
a cheerful and pretty home. The
frame house was dry, fairly easy
to heat and generally comfortable.
Naturally more people lived in
frame homes than in any other
kind and became accustomed to
them, got the habit so-to-speak.
So today more people still build
frame homes than any other kind.
The Division of Building and
Housing of the U. S. Department
of Commerce reports that of 20.
697,204 houses in 1925, some
83.34 percent, or 17,247.670 were
of frame construction. And in
1919. according to the United
States Geological Survey, three
fourths of the homes were built
of frame, only 24 per cent were
of brick or hollow tile; 3 per cent
of stone, and 2 per cent of con
crete. In more recent years more brick
homes are being built, particular
ly of common brick, the cost of
which Is but a trifle, more than
frame, while the greater fire re
sistance, their permanent beauty i
C. J. Thompson of Nogales, Ari
zona has a 1912 Franklin touring
car which has gone more than 200,
000 miles snd on which Mr.
Thompson has a standing bet of
$1000 that he can psss anything
on the rosd and go where no oth
er automobile can follow. HeJ
claims to do 70 miles' the hour and
uses the car to travel back and
forth in Mexico to his mining pro
perties, some of which are 40 miles
from any roads whatsoever. Asiae
from the fact that the car has lost
its windshield and top, which have
been torn off in the brush on trips
in the mountains, Mr. Thompson
Wilbur Glenn Vollva overseer
of Zion City is going on a tour to
prove that the world is flat. He's
too late. The only time mat me
world is flat is just after Christmas.
Bird's Eye Photographs
Will Be Used For Maps
HALLE-r-(AP) An order for
a series of bird' T photographs
covering about 320 sq. kilometre?
of the Hslle srea, was placed bj
the municipality's committee on
construction with the Junkers Aer
1st Photographic Bureau.
From these views are to be pre
pared the requisite serial map
for district constructions, such a?
the laying out of new streets, ex
tensions to the city's canalsge an
water supply system, new settle
ment projects, etc. s
As the surface of the Halle dls
trict is always more or less inter
sected by numerous excavations,
continually altering the topograph
ic aspect, the bird's eye photo
graphs will also serve as valuable
adjunct for surveying purposes.
Congress may postpone tax re
vision until March; but there if
nn nronoaal for any postponement
of the time for payment. Boston
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