TTTE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: MAKCTT 27. 1010.
TIMELY REAL ESTATE G0SS1L
Exchange Considers Having Building
for Itself.
COMMERCIAL CLUB OET3 OFTEHS
Several nn Offered for Orsraslsa
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nnlldinca Coins I'p Rspl.lr
All Orrr the City.
Real estate men are beginning seriously
to consider a real estate sxchans-e building
for Omaha, At tha mating of the ex
change Wednesday soma ona poi-ted a
question on the board wanting: to know
' what the committee on the new home for
tha exchange had to report.
It developed nothing definite hai been
done, although the matter U talked of In
a serious vein whenever the exchange
meets. It la planned to have a large build
ing with a room for holding the exchange
mretinga and one which would houae the
real estate dealer of Omaha.
D. V. Sholes created conalderable fun at
the exchange meeting Wednesday by an
nouncing that he did not like to have the
real aetata dealer designated aa real estate
aharka. He Bald that while he knew the
term was more often applied simply -In
Jrst, the real estate men should handle
thrtr affairs so that It would not apply.
This brought forth conalderable discus
sion on the subject and Mr. Wolf suggested
that the dealers be designated as brokers
and then people could not take exception
when they undertook to make a little
money on property.
" "Getting hot," as the children say when
they play blind man's bluff. Such Is the
situation In the matter of the new home
for the Commercial club. The committee
In diai ire of the new location Is most active
and Is receiving all sorts of propositions.
Sites now offered are numerous and In
clude the new City National bank, tha
new Thomas building at Seventeenth ad
Harney streets and several others. A pro
posed new building, the location of which
Is not made public. Is the latest offer, and
tha committee Is seriously considering this
proposition.
Another old landmark soon will be mored
to make room for the onward rush of com.
merclal Institutions. The latest to be an
nounced Is the old home of R. S. Hall,
west of Twenty-fourth street on Farnatn
between the Hamilton flats and Cham
bers' dancing academy. George Q. B. Col
lins has been awarded the contract to
build a brick garage at that place for
company oomposed of D. J. O'Brien, Adolph
Btorz and A. E. Blhler. The old home will
be wrecked and the lot excavated to grade.
No expense will b spared In making an
up-to-date shop and garage. A feature of
the new Institution Is that no cars are to
be sold.
Announcement was made this week that
the Ford Motor Car company la to have a
new garage costing $40,000 at Twentieth
and Harney streets. Al Dresher Is still
looking for a tenant for the large garage
he la to build on Farnam street.
New buildings are springing up on all
sidea In Omaha and indications now are
that Omaha will continue to show an In
crease In lta building operations. A drive
to any part of the city will reveal count
less new structures of all stses. While
numerous! flat buildings have been an-
nounced the Increase In private owelllngs
shows that all the people do not propose to
live In apartment houses. The suburbs are
also having their share of new buildings
and activity la seen on' all sides. New
building Is not confined to the residence
district, aa the wholesale and jobbing por
tions of Omaha are also booming at a rapid
rate and several new large plants are rear
. Ing their tall walls skyward.
Building Notes
Experience In Omaha, as In other cities,
proves the wisdom of building trick resi
dences, either solid or veneer.
It is wise to build of brick because It
pays. It pays from several standpoints,
vis: Comfort of occupants, architectural
beauty, economy of up-keep, economy of
fuel to heat. Increases In selling value, Im
provement of neighborhood, etc.
Aa to comfort and fuel economy there
can be no room for doubt Nor would
any one deny the reduced cost of tnalnta
nance. . ...
The make of architectural beauty may
tie partly a matter of taate, yet It Is more
than a mere accident that houses of brick
attract far more attention than those of
frame.
As a matter of Investment, authorities
agree that the proper use of face brick
In residence construction, whether in foun
dation, porch piers, chimneys or for the
entire exterior, brings returns greatly In
excess of the same Investment with face
trick excluded.
The added coat of using the light face brick,
will bring more than 100 per cent profit
on that cost for the construction Is
better, the appearance is batter and back
ef It all Is the fact that everybody admires
a good looking brick wall.
"Architects and builders In Omaha," says
R. E. Sunderland, "are becoming more and
more Interested in the use of artlstlo brick
and It la a very encouragtng algn."
Few people outside of those directly In
terested have realised what the - Omaha
Elks have been doing In the way of se
curing a commodious and elegant building
of their own in the very heart of the down
town district.
The complete remodeling of the building
formerly known aa the "Granite block." at
513-15 South Fifteenth street, has been car
' rled on without disturbing the Fifteenth
street front, hence public attention has not
been called to this . enterprise aa In the
case of many a smaller building starting
oi vacant ground.
A lofty corridor, walled with Italian
marble and floored with tile, runs straight
through the center of the building, from
the front entrance to the elevator and
marble staircase In the rear. Double doors
of polished plate glass and mahogany keep
out storm and noise.
The electric elevator responds to the pres
sure of your finger upon the button and,
without other attendance, stops where you
wish.
It actually gives you an uncanny feeling
, as If you had found "Aladdin's lamp."
On the second floor you find the tile and
marble corridor repeated, with light, com.
m odious offices for rent, and public toilet
rooms.
' The third and fourth floors are most
sumpiuouHly fitted up for the exclusive
uve of the Benevolent, Protective Order of
Elks of Omaha and their visiting brethren.
Lounging rooms, billiard rooms, lodge
room, offices, etc., must be seen to be ap
pteiiated.
, though perti a pa not least, la the
buffet, reached by short flight of marble
sup from the rear of main corridor, re
splendent with onyx, mahogany and art
glass.
The majestic Elk' head In the floor of
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kHAT I don't know about building I
T ATI a noms would fill a big book,
jfyf I but If you want to know how
10 ouy ana sen wneai, come
over and see me." Something
to that effect la tha average
JTpreisslon from most men a.hnnt' In tvlan
homes. Even a contractor1 recently wrote
me, "I have followed the bullrltnr trad
with considerable success for twelve years
ana realise how little I know about making
pians. The building of a home, ro.
cially the first one. Is a difficult and
serious undertaking, the Investment often
representing the accumulated savings of
years. When the building of a home by
a man of wealth to him la a serious matter,
how much more important it Is to the man
or limited means that his money he
broperly Invested.
First buy a rood-sized lot In & l.ir.
able neighborhood, where your children will
have proper associates and remember that
11 never pays to build a good house on a
cheap lot. Then buy a good book and
several magaslnes devoted to the nlunninv
and designing of homes, study them thor
oughly, visit all the homes ou can, note
their slse aa compared with their cost
and do not get discouraged when you find
mai you have formed a "cream appetite
on a skimmed milk pocketbook," that the
mental picture you have formed of your
future home must be greatly reduced In
its proportions to keep the cost within the
limit of your building funds. The arrhi.
tects greatest problem is how to hold down
over-enthuslastlc people who would like to
DUHa homes beyond their means. At ftmt
you may be surprised at not being able
to find a home already planned or built
which meets your Ideal. Planning a home
is like selecting a wife, what suits one
man seldom suits another and each muat
choose according to his own taste.
After you know what you can have and
keep within the amount you wish to spend,
men aeciae on what you want as to nura-
the front vestibule, and the famlllar'legend
In the floor of the outer loggia, at once
Indicate the ownership and explain the up-
to-dateness of the building.
Mr. F. M. Hamlin, who had tha eon-
tract for tile and marble work, assures us
that none but the best materials were con
sidered for this job, and the results cer
tainly Justify the statement
The busiest business in Omaha today is
the paint business. There Is more work
to be done In this line than there are
painters to do It.
A visit to the paint shops show that
they are overrun with orders. They are
doing a large olty business, and their coun.
try orders are Increasing every day. R.
N. Howes, manager of Myers & Dillon paint
department, say that In the face of al
most everything In their line advancing,
business' has grown and the outlook was
never better. . j
In competition with' four other leading
manufacturer of office building hardware,
the James Morton Son company, of this
city, secured the contract for all the hard
ware for use In the new City . National
Bank building at Sixteenth and Harney
streets. All this hardware wlll.be of spe
cial design and mads to order tor the bank
building by the Yale & Towne Manufactur
ing company of New York, for whom the
James Morton 4k Son company, are their
Omaha representatives.
The district north of the Omaha Field
club is being rapidly built; up and the
character of the Improvements Indicates
that a fins residence section Is assured for
that part of the city.
All of the houses Immediately north of
the golf links are of brick construction
and enough ground has been reserved for
each to work out artistic landscape ef
fects. '
' John W. Towle has built, a fc,000 resi
dence and has already laid out his quarter
block at Thirty-sixth and Pacific streets.
Fred J. Adams, at Thirty-eighth and Pa
cific streets, , has employed a landscape
gardener to make his quarter block look
like a park, with shrunbery, rustlo houses
and seats, winding driveway and splendid
trees. The east half of the same block Is
being Improved, and the several properties
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ber and arrangement of .rooms, .kind of
materials and the special features that
will add to the beauty and homelike ap
pearance of your home. Here la where the
task becomes dlfflcutl. By this time you
have seen so many things that are "a
Joy forever" that you will be tempted to
try and Include them all, but do not at
tempt It. Take this from me, that you can
not get everything that Is beautiful and
desirable under one roof. Again, do not
get discouraged. A right mental attitude
toward success In any undertaking will
have much to do with your gaining It.
If you have found a printed plan that
would be about what you want after a few
changes had been made, make these
changes on It In ink, or draw & rough
outline of about what you want, with the
approximate room sixes and send to an
architect together with a description of
the house you Intend to build. Once In
his hands things will move along; system
atically toward a satisfactory solution of
the problem Involved, provided you do not
try to get more house than you can pay
at Thirty-seventh and Pacific, streets will
be treated aa one in laying out an artistic
landscape effect
A handsome brick residence Is being
built at the northwest corner of Thirty
seventh and Pacifio for S. A. Page. E. C.
Page, the attorney, will build immediately
north of the corner and plans are being
made by Architect George B. Prlns for a
beautiful residence just west of the same
corner.
These owners are! setting a fine example
to other owners In Omaha by beautifying
their own property in co-operation with
their neighbors.
Says Mrs. Pratt
Got Gash, Too
Money Consideration Besides House
Averred by Opposing Lawyer
,' in Affidavit.'
1 Whether H. C. Broms can maintain a
separate suit against Mrs. Julia ' Mont
gomery Pratt or must associate himself as
a co-plaintiff with D. M. Vlnsonhaier was
argued before Judge Kennedy In district
court Saturday on a demurrer of the ' de
fendant ' . '
Another aspect of the litigation came be
fore district court at the same time through
affidavits filed by the two attorneys with
respect to the attachment on the ' Mrs.
Pratt residence. In one of these affidavits,
that made by Mr. Vlnsonhaier, It was de
clared that "to the best of his knowledge
and belief Mrs. Pratt received a cash, con
sideration of $12,500 when a secret settle
ment was reached."
It has been previously averred that Mrs.
Pratt got the Omaha residence and a con
sideration unknown.
The question before Judge Kennedy was
not decided by him, as he wishes to con
suit several authorities. The motion to dis
solve the attachment has not yet been
argusd. The affldavlta referred to seek
to establish Mra Pratt's non-resldenca
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for. Remember this is the home you have
longed to own for years. Be sure you In
vest your money wisely. Start right.
The home builder should state frankly to
his architect the amount he detalres to
spend, give him a general Idea of the num
ber and arrangement of the rooms and
then leave the rest to him if he would have
Ih beet results. There are, unfortunately,
architects, so-called, who have no legiti
mate right to the title, men In whom the
commercial spirit Is po prominent that the
planning of a home becomes a mere 'get-it-out-and-get-your-monejr"
proposition.
The man who hires all his work done (he
can, of course, have assistants) who does
not himself work upon the drawings, giving
h4s own time and attention to the working
out of the details, is not an architect in
the true sense of the word.
Give your architect time. Plans cannot
be made with a rubber stamp. Designing
la hard work, mentally fatlguelng, and Is
not done impulsively, as many people think.
An archlteot with a list of Instructions
does not run his fingers through his hair
and then Jot down immediately a solution
of the problem. Each home ia a problem
in itself and it takes time to work out the
best solution of It. Do not wait until the
last moment and then expect your archi
tect to get your plans out In a week. He
cannot do It and give you the beet of his
talent. The principle advantage of , em
ploying an architect are, first, a saving of
time and worry; second, saving of cost
through the application of system; third,
substantial construction; fourth, homelike
arrangement of rooms; fifth, an attractive
home; sixth, the advantage of taking corn
'Petitlve bids, thereby reducing the cost,
and of letting the contract on a buslnetee
like basis; seventh, having three or more
.sets of accurately prepared plans and
specifications to work from; eighth, know
ing Just what you will get In the flnlsned
structure and thereby saving a Ions list of
extras for things that could not possibly
be covered in a rough pencil sketch.
FOREIGN BOOKS FOR LIBRARY
Collections of Writers in Many
Tongues Added to Stock.
LITERATURE FOR THE WORKERS
Resralar Berries of Distribution Es
tablished In Number of Factories
and at Social Settlement
Laborers Become Readers.
Collections of Dan'sh, Yiddish and Italian
books have lately been added to the Omaha
Public library, which have greatly strength
ened the foreign department.
; The latest consignment is a large nomber
of Danish books. They are the gift of the
Danish association of the city of Omaha.
Only a few weeks ago another society pre
sented other volumes of Danish literature.
: Many of the standard titles are among
the new supply of Yiddish books. The se
lections were made by Dr. L-eipxlger, super
visor of free lectures in New York, a recog
nized authority on Yiddish. v
Italian books, not the standard literature,
but collections, of stories suitable for the
minds of girls of IS and 18 years of age,
have just been secured.
Readers of literature on music will find
a new set of bound volumes of church ser
vices and anthems from Novello & Co.,
which will be. useful to choir leaders In
making selections of books to buy.
"Our musical department Is growing very
nicely," said the librarian, Miss Edith
Tobltt, "We are trying to make a feature
of supplying these things which help In
the better appreciation of a musical pro
gram. There is a great deal In knowing
what the writer of a hymn meant."
Pleased at Lsrgtr Demand.
Speaking of the new library stations
which have been established at Omaha fac
tories, MIbs Tobltt expressed pleasure over
the gradually Increasing demand for books
by laboring men; saying: ,, ,
1 "Men who work long hours don't get to
read extensively, but It Is not always tha
number of books read that Is Important
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but It Is giving a man Just the book he may
want and needs."
Regular distribution of books ia now car
ried on at the Hernia Bag factory, Omaha
Box factory, at M. E. Smlth'a and at West
minster chapel at Eleventh and Orace
streets. There are also two distributions a
week at' the Social Sr-ttlement on South
Thirteenth street.
Friday nlsht was the regular meeting
time for the library board, but there was
no quorum present and only .bills were
passed on and matters discussed in a gen
eral way.
Mlsa Tobltt Is mailing out coplea of the
library bulletin and summary of the thirty
third annual report. They are also given
out free at the I brary.
BIG DREDGE IS AT WORK
Machine I.annrhed I nst Fall at Tar
ter Lake Is Placed la
Commission.
"Rig 6," the Carter lake dredge that was
daunrhed last fnll, has now been placed
In commission. For a starter only water
Is being handled, but as soon as the ma
chinery has been limbered up the hydraulic
apparatus will be turned loose on the mud
that Is to be used to raise the banks of
the lake.
"Uncle Joe" Redman predicted that a
soon as the dredge was put In operation
fish would be drawn In at the front end
and shot out onto the banks. "Of course,
as soon aa the fish get wise to what Is
happening they will dodge the suction end
of the boat," said the old settler. His
prediction met with enough credence to '
bring to the scene of operations some In
veterate fish huntere, but as yet they have
not captured any of the finny trlba
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That the annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of
America to be held here In July i worth more to Omaha than any
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for Omaha than any other convention ever held here. Each delegate
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hundred times greater than the average delegate to the average con
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