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The Washington times., 1913-11-11

THE young folks shop. at the cor
ner of Eleventh and + streets
is surely an impartial place, 1t
plays no favorites. and the lanky
young woman twelve or fourteen
who is sometimes SO overgrown that
she does not know whether she IL a
young lady or just a little girl, stands
for just as much attention as the ty-
rannfcal youngster of two years. There
are school coats, dressy coats, fine
gingham dresses, silk afternoon dress
es. and party dresses for the girl from
twelve to fourteen. The other ages
have been supplied with garments as
matter of course, but as is the usual
case. the growing girl has not been
neglected. Coats, caps, hats. sweaters
bath robes. fur sets, in fact. everything
necessary for the wardrobe OF babies
and children is to be had on the first
floor of this shop.
Much of the infants wear is all hand
made, and OF the finest materials. one
ridiculous little pair of Irish crochet
hootees, for the child who is different
from all of the other children in the
world. and therefore, entitled to real
lace shoes. are to be had for the in
significant sum of 81 They are snare
and a delusion, for IL r impossible TO
otherwise obtain them. Tiny travelling
slippers, in a silk case. and made just
life fathers number rinHg are to be
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
FOR TIMES WOMEN WHO WANT TO KNOW
What Is Seen in The Shops

had in all colors. Heavily quilted silk
carriage boots with high ermine tops
and quilted silk carriage robes, warm
and soft, are easy to slip on and wrap
the young person in for a motor trip.
The first long coat is made on the
same pattern that has been popular
for many years, is heavily lined with
soft silk throughout, and flaunts iuts
enough embroidery here and there to
handmade. Sweater sets, guaranteed
To successfully disguise the Sex or ma
tionality of any wearer. are dimnutive
affairs made of angora cloth, in the
colors gray and brown, and In white.
Cap. leggings. mittens and coat are
|, included in the set, and the material
is washable. The jacket is made in
Norfolk style with patch pockets.
For children from one to five years
of age, outside coats are more elab-
crate affair and have Individual char
acteristics. both as regards to color
cut and texture. White corduroy coats
with wide belt effect set low for the
little girls and a stern plainness for
the young men are also washable and
sell for s.. Crepelia and-embroidered
coats are a little more soft and Dire essy
and sell for $3.50
For older children the white chinchil-
la coats with wide girdle belts in black
velvet. trimmed with white and black
buttons, are to be had for $40. Smart
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

and dry me first, and then what do you
suppose happened?"
oh. what. Drusilla?'' asked Bobby.
THE cook put me in the oven," said
DrusiIla, in a voice full of horror.
owen" repeated Bobby. looking very
much puzzled. what is an oven?''
Bobby Jones. it is SO difficult to tell
you story" said Drusilla, "an oven
is a place to bake things and is part
Of a stove and a stove is a place where
fire is burning to make the oven hot,
do you understand that?"
'Oh. Drusilla. i am so sorry 1 am
stupid" said Bobby. but how should
know about ovens, 1 never was in
one"
That is so. and I am sorry was so
impatient" said Drusilla.
We'll. what happened to you in the
oven?" asked Bobby, forgetting all
about Drusilla's fault finding in his
eagerness to know what had happened
to her.
why. I dried. Of course. you know I
was wet from falling into the puddle Of
water" said Drusilla, but it was so
hot in there and the cook closed the
door and told my little mother she
was going to bake me for lunch.
Bobby Jones, I did not know what
happened for a second, such a scream
as my little mother gave, and she took
the stove poker and pounded the oven
door because she could not open it.
can tell you that cook opened the door
pretty quick then. but not before my
little mothers screams brought that
nurse and she told my little mother to
stop her crying over that good-for-
nothing Drusilla. But that only made
my little mother scream louder, and
then her mother came running in. and
she gave that nurse and the cook a
scolding. and she did not leave me un-
til was dry; then she sewed on my
arm, and told my little mother that she
better put me in the playroom when
she went skating. But now l have two
enemies in the house, for 1 heard the
cook tell that nurse that anyone would
think l was a new French doll, the
fuss that was made over me, and II she
had her way l would go into the ash
can.
And it is all on account of these
skates" said Drusilla with a sigh.
Il never want roller skates" said
Bobby Jones.
You will never have that trouble"
said Drusilla, because you haven't
any feet. Bobby Jones'
Bobby slid down into his box, for
once glad he was not quite like Drusilla.
Tomorrow's story: Jack, Kate and
the Fairy
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

red chinchilla coats for children from
four to eight years OF age are trimmed
with black velvet belts and sell for
Sli.5O. The astrakhan coats in navy,
brown, red and taupe. have exception
ally artistic colorings. Some of the
zibelines for boys are made with wide
belt, shawl collar and huge patch
pockets, just as a grown mans coat is
made. Goats in many styles, both plain
and dressy, for girls from twelve to
fourteen years of age, are made of
black Persian. lined with heavy black
satin and of fine weave of chinchilia.
The latter are known as utility coats
and come in gray. navy and brown,
ranging from $50 to Sl5 in price.
Plaid silk afternoon dresses for young
girls from twelve TO fourteen are made
in comfortable but smart styles and
come In the more serviceable colors.
A caseful of dainty party dresses for
all ages should have special attention.
The little gowns are made of the best
lace net and chiffon over silk in simple
and effective styles. y
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
Careful Elocution and Artistic
Action Needed to Make Play
Sef-Sustaining.

nounces that the worm has turned mn.
der the influence of the potent cher =,
.ne iesangverein punch. Marie Cham
Pefs makes Mrs. Billy Martin the new
est OF New women, and delightful
Fanny Hartz makes an inlmitable pic
eure OF the wife who has more gump-
tion than her husband, and whose hus-
oand more than half realizes II. Those
precious Miliingtbn children. as Jack
and jill Witherspoon, are a delight dur
Ing every minute they are on the STAGE.
Barbarossa Marks, the Teutonic tani-
tor with the language and convictions
OF an anarchist and the heart of. a
child, played by Eugene A. Hohenwart,
ana his sum-chewing daughter, Ger
trude, with the coiffure of a shopgirI
and keen d!scernment, acted by Marian
Puliar, are Just the rough foils needed
for the more delicate characters of Ce-
ell Witherspoon and his high-powered
wife.
There Is count. played by BENJAMIN
kauser, who shruss his shoulders,
makes love, and kisses Mrs. wither-
spoon on the back Of her pleasing neck
to perfection. And when I have mem
toned the Mr.. Smith OF Bangor, played
by Roy Merrill, 1 have told you the
names Of every one Of the nine people
who make this play. wish I could say
that all the witty lines such as this:
Women are always angels when they
leav u.s." are delivered with sufficient
excellence of enunciation to be under
stood They are not. The members OF
the cast all act well. but not one of
them speaks as distinctly as they
should, to do justice to this comedy of
satire which Harrison Grey Fiake is
presenting to Washington this week.
JULIA. MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11

feet?' asked Bobby Jones
one night
Drusilla was sitting In her corner
looking as though she had not a friend
in the world. but she frightened bit
when she heard Bobby's voice.
"oh! Bobby Jones'" she said. IT am
sure / have more troubles than any
other doll you ever knew"
Il never knew any other DOLL" replied
Bobby. land am sure she could have
had no more adventures than you. do
not know about troubles; what. are
they?" N-s, -'-
II hope you never will know trouble,
said DrusilIa. 1T is having things
thrust upon you that you do rot want. -
rs it those things upon your feet?''
asked Bobby.
"What?" asked Drusilla, looking daz-
cd by Bobby's remarks.
us trouble the things you have on
your feet?" asked Bobby.
OH you mean my skates?' asked
Drusilla. looking down at her feet, and
the troubled expression coming to her
face again.
THAT Is what 7 mean this time by
trouble, Bobby Jones'" she said. MY
little mother had pair out Of these lit
tie spools and tied them on my feet"
DO they hurt?" asked Bobby, seeing
the distressed look upon Drusilla's face.
mo, they do not hurt, but did you
ever try tc walk upon a fair of roller
skates. Bobby JonesT' asked Drusilla.
Bobby confessed chat he never. did.
We'll. /. is awrIl." continued Dru-
siIla. Il used to be able to stand up by
the steps when my little mother placed
me there or the table or chair, but
now my feet slide right out from under
me and i fall on my back
why, Bobby Jones, the most awful
thing happened. today with these hor-
rid things on my feet. Listen. and 1
will tell you all about it."
Bobby Jones moved g. little in his box
and settled more firmly on his spring,
and Drusilia began her story.
This morning / went out with my
little mother to skate on the smooth
paving In front CT the house-that is,
my little mother intended to skate and
she took me by one hand and another
little girl by my other, and they tried
to make me skate, but they began to
go So fast that they forgot all about
me, and first one would skate ahIld
and then the other, dragging me. along
and not noticing how they were pulling
my poor arms at all. .
We'll. 1 just thought 1 should die.
Bobby Jones, when suddenly my little
mother skated ahead and the other
little girl screamed. My little mother
looked around and then she screamed.
for 1t seemed she had skated right off
with my arm in her hand, and there 1
was with only one arm"
40, o. o." said Bobby Jones.
Yes. it was awful, and all on ac-
count of those horrid skates,' said
Drusilla. WELL that was not all,
Bobby Jones. Just as my little mother
was carrying me into the house she
fell, and I landed Oh my skates and
my feet doubled under me and slid
right into a puddle of muddy water.
My little mother took me to her
mother to have my arm repaired. but
she told her to take me to the kitchen
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
Mrs. Wilson and a Party of Friends
Attend PadereWSki Piano Recital
Dinner-Dance in Compliment to
Miss Amy Talbot at Chevy
Chase Club.

George Oakley Totten, jr. will en-.
tertain at a dinner dance at the Chevy
Chase Club this evening, in compliment
to Miss Amy Talbot. whose marriage
to Charles Frederick Wilson takes
place on November %, i'm St Johns
Church.
Mrs. Arthur Lee will chaperon the
party, and the decorations will be OF
autumn leaves, pine branches and yei-
low chrysanthemums.
-
Miss Ethel McMurray will entertain
at a dinner party tomorrow evening in
compliment to Miss Amy Talbot and
Mr.. Wilson.
Announcement cards have been re-
ceived in Washington from William
Williams, announcing the. marriage OF
his sister. Miss Mary Williams, TO Brig.
Gen. William Crozier, chief of ord
nance, Z. S. A, on Friday, October q,
in st. Georges Church, Hanover SQUARE,
London.
Miss Mae F. Sellman of Comus, Mrs
Bertha Ralbot of Rockville, and Mrs.
j. S. Hill of Cedar Lodge are delegates
of the Ridgely Brown Chapter of Mont
gomery county, Md, to the United
Daughters of the Confederacy conven-
ton. that OPENS Tuesday at New Or
leans.
Five days VIM be spent in convention.
then round of entertainments await
the delegates.
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. L. s.
A, retired. will go to Virginia this
week to visit Julian Keith, at his coun-
try place. near Warrenton.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
Personal Mention,

A delightful straw ride and dance
| was given at Our Lady of Victory Hall
SATURDAY evening by n large party of
young people. who left from the home
OF Miss Bernadetta Hopkins and pro-
ceeded to Cabin John Bridge, return
ing by way of the hall, where dancing
and many interesting features suitable
to the occasion. were INDUCED in. A
supper was served
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Phillips. and Mr.. and
| Mrs r. Sands were chaperons and
! among the guests were Miss Elsie Syer.
Miss Edith Holden, Miss Theresa Har-
rigan, Miss Nellie Burke, Miss Kath-
crime Quinn, Miss Mamie Quinn, Miss
Gertrude Quinn, Miss Nora Keane.
Miss Margaret Keane, Miss Daphne
Hopkins. Miss Agnes Holden, Miss Eva
Thompson. Miss Mary Thompson. Miss
Elinor Raum, Miss Catherine Fealy,
Miss Helen Van Sis, W. Sanderson, d.
Mahoney. Il. Perkins, W. Tattavall. 7.
cowhig' ?. McCarron, II. Rarnhold. j.
Lemson, W. Kane, H. CASH T. Holden,
G. O'Neill, NJ. Collins, ID. Strothers,
b. Holden, f. Darr, and NJ. HOIloran.
=
Mrs. Electa II. Keech announces the
marriage of her daughter. Miss Helen
Hunt. to william Wallace Nelson, on
November s. Mr.. and Mrs Nelson will
be at home to their friends at 321 r
street southeast.
Miss Rita Nusbaum, who has been
spending the PAST fortnight in Balti-
more, the guest Of Miss Eta Open
helm, returned to her home in Harvard
street today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert We'll, of Philadel-
phia, are guests of Mrs NJ. Herman,
@'ol Avenue of the Presidents.
Miss Julia Goldsmith, of Fredericks-
burg, Va, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. NJ. Rheine. of n street.
Mrs. Ben. Frank, of Baltimore, and
Mrs. Louis Koenigsberg, of New York,
are the guests of Mrs. Charles Kauf-
man, of the Gibraltar, to attend the
Kaufman-Stern wedding tomorrow
Mrs. Charles Goldsmith has returned
t. her home I'm Biltmore street from a
ten-day visit in New York, where she
was the guest of her sister. Mrs Myer
Singer, OF West End avenue.
g..
The Washington Alliance of Jewish
Women held it's regular meeting this
afternoon. and the address on Some
Modern Tendencies of Home Life by
william Knowles Cooper was Of special
interest. Mrs. 5. b. Pack read a paper
on child labor, and a violin solo by
Sol Minister, and vocal numbers by
Mrs. Julian Brylawski. completed the
program. The meeting was held in the
vestry of the Eighth street Temple.
The Washington times., 1913-11-11
Harrison Grey Fiske's Newest
Production Leaves the Aud
ience BeWildered.

little rhyme at the
| head Of the Columbia program
this week which announces
| that when the wife forsakes
the house and goes out into the world,
said house must, perforce, stand upon
its head
The little comedy, however. THE
I Honey Bee" which Harrison Grey
Ffske Is exploiting this week at the
+ street playhouse, will have to have
something more satisfactory in the
way of careful elocution and artistic
action before 1t can stand on Its head
or it's heels or any other way very
long 1t has a number of clever lines.
so clever, that even the actors them
selves seem afraid of them and ap-
pear to give up and say Dear me. this
will never get across. so why try?'
The man who goes to the theater with
me occasionally says that some Of
these days, when the feminist move
ment is as far back in history as the
antiquated manners which make she
Stoops to Conquer" so delicious, The
Honey Bee" may be loved for its
witty lines. just as 'Goldsmith's COM
edy is loved for it's wit. But this will
never happen, as those who saw it
last evening win be able to guess in
three guesses.
The story OF the plot, what there
is of 1t. leaves one bewildered,
though one finds out in the course of
the evening that il is all about n
lamp which refuses to burn until the
last act The plot could have been
made into a rather acceptable twenty
minute vaudeville sketch and been
the stronger for it. But 1t Is the
lines. reams and reams of satire that
came to the audience only as the fruit