Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-06
RAINBOW BAZAAR
BLAZE OF COLOR
TEMPLE CHURCH WOMEN SELL
CHRISTMAS GOODS
DECORATIVE WILL RIVAL
WESTERN SUNSET
Seven Booths, In Charge of Seven
Circles, Will Contain Every Known
Article of Woman's Light
Handicraft

Early Christmas shoppers will have
an opportunity to purchase almost any
thing In the line of articles Of feminine
handiWork at the Rainbow bazaar of
the Temple Baptist church, which Will
be held in Berean hall of the Temple
Auditorium December 10 and IL. The
bazaar will be given by the ten circles
of the Women's union of the church,
seven of which will be In charge OF
booths, decorated with the prismatic
colors, and the remaining three serving
breakfast, luncheon and dinner. Inc
church workers promise that the best
collection of church bazaar staples, in
Guiding needle work, fancy work and
hand-painted china, ever seen in the
city will be on exhibition, and they
urge that the sale offers the best pos
sible opportunity for the purchase of
Christmas presents before the rush be-
gins.
The hall will be a blaze of light and
color. The decorative scheme calls for
a dazzling arrangement of rainbow
hues in the booths. The pot of gold
idea being carried out through it all.
Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, wife of the
pastor, will be in charge of this unique
| feature, which will be the most i'm
portant of the bazaar. There seems to
be considerable secrecy about the pot
| of gold" affair, but some agreeable sur
| prises are promised to the patrons. Inc
| name was chosen on account of the
| church tradition connected with the
| building of the Auditorium. When the
undertaking was first begun 1t was not
| considered seriously by persons out
side the few zealots who first con-
ceived the idea, who were referred to
! as rainbow chasers." The phrase has
reacted on the scoffers, with the build
ing of the greatest auditorium of its
| kind in the country, and the bazaar
will be in the nature of Jub1llatlon
over the achievement.
Perfectly Safe
Mrs. Julia Storms will have charge
of the lemon booth. Every attractive
article which can be made in this color
will be on display and for sale, and
Mrs Storms gives a positive guara.nItee e
that her stock includes no citrus
fruit" in the modern acceptance of the
term.
Mrs. Martin Bekins will offer articles
in violet. There will be violet sofa pill
lows violet vanity bags, opera bags
handkerchief and glove cases.
In Miss Hubbards booth everything
will be red. Dolls will be the feature
and the only variation from the rec
scheme will be African dolls. There
will be dolls for large and small chill
dren. two-faced Janus dolls, automat-
| ically adjustable, reversible, mechan-
zeal dolls, old and new-fashioned dolls;
in fact, everything ever heard of in the
doll line.
Miss Ella Barnes, as chairman OF
circle No. 5, will have the green booth
There will be articles in Nile green, pea
green, sea green and just plain green
Those who will assist Miss Barnes de-
clare that they are by no means SC
verdant as the color of their bootf
| I'll
Indicate, and promise to secure a carl
load of money for the pot Of gold"
Rivals the Sunset
Mrs. Frank Crozier's speciality will be
orange. She has gathered an allur1ne
line of mending bags, "hussits, pr
cushions, lamp shades, couch covers
table mats and numberless other things
all done in orange-and her booth
will look like the afterglow of Cali
fornia sunset.
The indigo booth is by no means de-
signed to give you the blues. 1t VII
be in charge of Mrs. Patterson, and she
has planned an attractive arrangement
of her wares, resembling the stalactites
in the Mammoth cave
Suitable presents for debutantes
sweet girl graduates and persons o.
that sort will be found in the baby blue
booth. Sentimental persons VIII hno
| the lltLle k1lOL Oh OluS, Go WI
bundles of blue; in fact, whole stacH
of blues, including numberless dainty
and useful articles. Mrs. Pierce VII
be in charge of the booth.
In addition to all these, there VIII ne
drawn work, Battenburg, Irish anc
Valenciennes lace, doiltes, tray cloths
tatting, table mats. embroidered snlrl
waists, bedroom slippers, slumpel
shoes. elder down dressing gowns log
cabin quilts, picture throws, sache'
bags. hand-painted articles of all sorts
in fact, anything and everything tha'
was ever offered at a church fair.
Let in the Men
luncheon will be served at noon ano
dinner in the evening each day OF the
bazaar This feature will be in charge
of Mesdames Snead, Whitney anc
whistler. They promise line OF high
class edibles which will make the ora
mary church bazaar spread look like
free lunch. ,.-,-
The fair win be given simultaneously
with the publication of Mrs. Burdette,
hook. "The Rainbow and the Pot O
Gold F." The book is an exhaustive MS
tory of the organizing of Temple Bap
fist church and the building OF th'
Auditorium. It contains much of gen
eraI interest, in connection with thu
accounts of the famous pastor and ths
story of the victory of the churcf
! 80 4, Tho face of what seemed un