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60 WILMETTE LIFE September 27, 1929 ~ AlJI.ft1AN \ ~-0.0, AND INCLOSURIS Convert Your ltndlator Into a BEAUTY SPOT Amerlcnn Jletal Products ·Corp. 60:, North lllchlgnn Avenue Sn)>erlor 71 i S Chicago J,o(·al Deniers \'lc J. Klllnn, Jtu·. Wlnnt>tlm· 90R Greenleur 2390 Oood JlousekN~I·in~ Shop ---.=-:-=;;;;.;.; · ..,.-;;;;....o;;;.;: - ;;,;, · ..;;;;;;;;;· - ·- · - -..iiiiiiiii-......_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _..,..____iiiiiliii__ N. 'y: KILLS DI.RECT TAX An estamated savmg to property ow!1ers .of approximately $15,000,000, whtch w1ll be felt by the farmer and the city dweller alike, results from the abolition by the state of New York of the direct state tax, a measure enacted by the 1929 state legislature. This is the first time since 1916 that New York state ha s been free ' from the direct tax, levied for emergency to make up deficits in the state finance budget, and may he regarded in large measure as an accomplishment of the New York State Association of Real Estate Boards. INEW HOMES BEING BUILT JN GLENCOE·WOODS 'SUB' William Otten to Have Residence Costing $20,000; Total for Month Is $86,950 · .i\ine building permits ,,·ere iss ued :n Glencoe duri1\g the pa st month. three for new re sidences costing $6(>.000 and six ior remodeling jobs amounting tl) $20,9j0, a total oi ~8o,9j0. '1\nl ni the nC\\. re sidl'nces arc hcinl,! built in the Glencoe \\'oods subdivision an<l the other in Sk<)kie I~idge ~ in which section of the village n)u ch oi the building activit,· i(1r sc n !ra l months pa=-t has been centered . ...'Charles E. Thompson. of 961 Bluff ruad i-. llllilding- a nnr re sidl'ncc a t WS2 Oak Ridl.!l' dri n· in Sknkie Ridg e. cnstin~ S19,000. It is a brick ,·cnlTr u11 rincretc hlncks. \\' illiam Otten. ni Highland Park i . . rrectinl! a brick r e nter n.·~ i(lcncl' <~t RR3 Elm plan'. Clencoe \\'o od.::.., Ct'ls tinl! ~20.000. .....,iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~ l F. Hamilton l~itter. Pt E,·alht<ln is huil,!ing a SD.OOO hrirk Y<:nen rt·:' idenre Pll the same ;; trt'l't, being lt,rate rl at ::\n. 903. :\ permit " ·a..; is~tH: cl t<l (. \\' . \f cI Cuire for an addition and remndclinl! \n·rk ()11 l.1is re sidence at <)_2(, Sheridan rt 1ad. cnstJnQ $J(i,OOO. 1 I ---- - - - 1 Architects Plan ' Ways to Beautify the Double Houses fashinnr(l dnuhlc hm1s c:' had a idea behind them- that i~. tn t\Hl house;; gr<l\,. \Yhl're nlll' IH: inrr- hut fn,· (li thl'm had 1 an~· thing eJ:.;e in their ia\·11 r. The~ l \H'rt'. t(\ put it plainly. ugl~· . The idea , "' . ; till g<Hl<\. hut n<1htH h· tC\da,· \\·ant..: tl) I (\\\ 11 (lr lin· in an unat t r;trt iY~' I10thl'. '() arrhitL·ct-; ha,·c turned thvir attt·nti (lll t 1) t 11 c p r n I.J t' m n f 111 akin g t h c d up 1 r~ <'r ~t·mi-ddarhccl hnu..;l' a thing (If hl':ltlt\·. Fct;IWill\. is the fundamvntal idea ht:hind th:. building of a dnuhle hnu~l· . . \lth(HJgh thae art rssentialh· t\\·n indi,·id ual homes im·oh·ed , then: is hut one L' xraY at inn. on r h rating pIa JoJ t. o nc roo f and. in man\· cases. there arc mnnc\·s;n·ing- arrang-ements of plumbing line;;, tin·plares ancl chimntn. In grncral. thcrr arc twn tYpes of tlie double house, the dupkx. ,~· hich is arranged apartment-sty!<:. with one unit directh· aho\'e the other: and the scmi-detacl~ecl. in \Yhich a common central wall unites two otherwise separate houses. The problem of designing a duplex house, as th'e architects sec it. is to keep it from looking like a two-story apartment house; 'he trick in planning a good semi-detached double ho11se is to keep it from spreading o\'Cr too much expensive territory. A good plan is the first step toward the arhie\'emcnt of building economy. Architects ha\'e · now raised the status of the two-tmit house so that it is on a par with residences of the completrly detachecl type. The second step is the wise selection of building materials. It is poor ecnnonw to build a <lnuhle house cheaply. that is, with inferior. short- li,·ccl materials. For the swift depreciation of such a house and its high maintenance costs combine to rob the owner of the profit he has c\'cry reason to expect from his investment. Portable fences are now manufactured which are of wire and easily set up. By pushing the legs into the ground and wiring the sections together one has an enclosed space in the yard where children may play. For a half a dozen months in the year, or perhaps more, one keeps such a fence up. Then when the winter months arrive the fence can be taken down and stored away for another season's use. Old ' gOtlc\ make 1 grt'\Y - ' ·- ..