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The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
Holiday Gifts at the
NeighbOrho0d House
Presents that Are Useful and Beautiful Are Made by the
Students Of One Of Washington's Leading
o. Settlement Houses. -
Settlement Houses.

and are ideal for the Christmas gift. Tho
can be used for the bathroom, bed cham
ber or nursery.
Fancy desk blotters made of Floren-
tine papers and hand designed and color
ed edges are among the more artistic
articles displayed and sold. There can
be bought at all prices ranging from 50
cents up.
Place cards and tallies made by the
same trained artists in all the newest
ana some beautiful exclusive designs can
be ordered for as low as 50 a dozen.
Table runners and linen pillow tops, the
materials of which are all woven in the
Neiehborhood House, can be bought in
beautiful designs and for less than the
keenest shopper can find them in special
ty stores.
THE prices of the Neighborhood House
articles are standardized" explained Mr..
Neigh, who is always eager to have the
public understand the working system OF
the social and industrial center over
which he has charge.
1--WE take the actual cost Of the ma
teriaIs with the added sum of Is cents an
hour for the work, and mark the articles
at that price. The 10 cents we pay to the
pupils who make the articles. which gives
them an added interest in the work and
reimburses them for the time.
THE Neighborhood House is run on a
strictly self-supporting basis" he con-
tinued. 1T is not the aim Of the directors
to make the institution a profit-showing
one but one that supports itself to the
extent Of furnishing materials and pay
for the upkeep OF the establishment"
A shopping trip to the Neighborhood
House show rooms is convincing Of two
things-that the articles are artistic. rea-
sonable and fairly priced. and that the
industrial center should have the support
Of Washington women.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
%TSZK WFEENsS
e ~ RsSZW
The Woman's Soul and Christmas Spirit
By JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

Coq11sAt
ADDER before all the since he
Spirit stood the apartment
of The Woman watching while she worked long list Of
biggest which know she exclaimed she
examined her work
Now person perhaps the
needs thing % she told herself my husband has
thing he My children have everything they My friends are all
people of and when where they choose What the world
| give them all this year7"
Christmas reached hand touched her. but The Woman did
feel the touch He spoke being dsenbodied spirit he could
make his the through of her
physical Seeing which sad than before and being from
his ourneyings little heaken
sanEd The Woman's
Hours passed
The Woman thought and and td she could think of nothing
different folk whom she making gifts
the 25th of December.
Christmas Spirit tried make her conscious of his
the and he made bold dash for the door of her heart
but always he found it closed
Weary her task The Womans head forward until rested
the list of her desk and her closed sleep
Finding himself suddenly Womans Soul with the barrier Of her
removed Christmas Spirit his feet with glad
"Ah cal talk 70 you will understand" he said
Who you? asked The Womans Soul hyy.
Why cried the do know me?
Spirit Child
be of the His Son
With brilliant November for then
the German housewife begins making ready for the Christmas festival little
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House.
wives
Daily
Economy
Calendar
SIMPLER DESSERTS.

Eggs are naturally. according to the
normal run Of the seasons, increasing In
price. Butter, too. Is higher priced in
winter than in summer. War is sending
up the prices Of some commodities
stil We must all eat. and we should
all be able to eat appetiZing and nour-
ishing food. The matter rests with the
commissariat department Of every house.
hold-usually the housewife.
An economical way OF cutting down the
1000 Dill is to plan for simpler desserts.
They need be no less palatable, no less
nourishing. than. usual, but they may
well be far simpler.
Baked apples, when they are properly
baked, are a delicacy even when economy
dictates that they be served without
cream They may be cooked with the
skin on, II It is thin and tender, and
they must be cooked very slowly, sea-
soned with cinnamon and sugar
Sliced oranges. chilled, sometimes for
change sprinkled with a little shred
ded cocoanut. are another good dessert.
Nuts Of all kinds should be served
With raisins they form a nourishing, d.
gestible and delicious end for dinner.
Figs and dates, too. are good for des-
sert. at once more digestible and more
nourishing than a rich iced cream or
pudding.
Often a fruit salad, served on lettuce
with French dressing accompanied BY
waters and cheese, and topped"ofH with
coffee, II that is the rule at dinner, is
a suitable ending for the meal. A salad
Of orange and apple. Of apple and nuts
with cheese balls OF pttted dates stuffed
with cream cheese. of sliced pineapple,
Of bits Of grapefruit pulp and pecans.
OF inch-length OF banana rolled in crush
ed nuts-any Of these satisfies a craving
for sweets, is wholesome, palatable and
altogether satisfactory. And none OF
them is expensive.
Fresh fruit. too, is always a good din
ner dessert
Then, occasionally, some very good
homemade candies, with coffee and per-
haps rice waters or other sweet, thin
waters. can be served. Or just toasted
water biscuits, good cheese and coffee
can be substituted for dessert.
Vary the dessert question. of course.
Amy one tires OF any established thing
so far as the weekly menu is concerned
Once in a while. serve a rich pudding. if
your family likes 1t. And have ice cream
with chocolate sauce or hot maple syrup
sauce with chopped nuts occasionally.
A pie and a rich layer cake too. can be
INDUCED in now and then
But II you serve a simple dessert, or no
dessert, but instead one OF the substi-
tutes mentioned four days out of seven.
your poketbOok will be the heavier and
the health and happiness Of your family
the better at the end of the winter
tCOpgTight IsI4J
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05

Today is the last day Of the sale Of the
products of the work Of the Neighborhood
House in the shop In F street. There
washinRtonians have had a chance to
see and to buy beautiful and artistic work
In rugs, table runners, desk sets, book
ends, pin cushions, towels, and hundreds
of unique gift Ideas worked out in good
materials
The articles sold at the Neighborhood
house are not so-called art goods" but
"artists goods" as they were all designed
nv J. P. s. Neigh, director for the Neigh
borhood House and a trained artist and
also Mrs. Christian Dominique Hemmick,
whose artistic ability and interest in the
NefEhborhood House are well known to
Washlngtonians.
Little match boxes, made to hold the
ordinary sized safety match box, are de-
signed Of fourteenth and fifteenth CEN
tury tapestries and brocades and edged
with gilt braid and are sold at the Neigh
borhood House for so cents. These are
useful and ornamental aNd have an ar
tIstic value as well as Being Of great
service.
Cleverly made, hand colored, velvet
needle cushions to represent vegetables
are sold for the small sum of 10 cents
These are designed by. Mr.. Neigh and
fiIIed with wood, which contains a small
amount OF oil to prevent the needles from
rusting.
Attractive cockatoos and parrot teapot
holders. to fit over the handle are made
of bright red and green felt and hand
embroidered. This is one of the most
popular articles put on sale for Christ
mas and sells for the surprisingly small
sum Of Is cents.
Rag rugs, woven by the pupils at the
Neighborhood House on hand looms are
sold for as low at $l.OO. These rugs are
made in all colors and color combinations
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
WIVES OF NEW YORK
ARMY OFFICERS
KNIT AT THE PLAY
Forty Women at Theater Party in
Gotham Knit for the Soldiers
Through Performance.

At the New Winter Garden on Thurs
day night forty women who were MEM
bers~ Of a large theater party. COM
posed Of army officers and their families.
who had gone there from Governors Is
land. sat in boxes and orchestra seats
and knitted socks. shawls. and mufiers
| for the Red Cross
The custom of women taking their knit
ting wherever they go already has been
introduced in concert halls. in the fash
ionable restaurants and at the Metro
pOlitan Opera House in New York. but
practiCed on as large a scale as it was
last night in the Winter Garden. il IS
likely to become popular more quickly.
The shawls and muffilers when finished
will be sent to the Red Cross Society for
distribution either in this country or
abroad
Among the army officers invited were:
Coils. E. F Glenn. Alfred Bradley, Frank
L. Dodds, Leon s Roudiex Majs James
F. Brady. Charles Mckay SaItzman.
James Z. NOrmOyle, and others-aIl from
Governors Island.
Evidently the fad has come to stay a
little while, as one occasionally may see
in the subway. in elevated trains. and in
other public places. women knitting gar
ments for the various relief societies
which send clothing to Europe
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
HOROSCOPE.
The stars incline, but do not compel "
Saturday, December 3, 1914.


Saturday, December 5, 1914.
According to astroIogy the sway Of the
stars today is not of great Importance.
1t is not a favorable time for women,
as Venus is adverse. All the signs are
read as indicating a period of extra
ordinary experiences. The approach Of
a feminism, not expected before the war,
Is hailed with dubious prophecies by the
seers, who foretell grave responsibilities
- intense competition in all walks Of
life
English women are subject to a lead
ing more beneficent than any that guides
the women OF other European countries.
The Queen, however. will suffer loss OF
popularity because OF some extreme
stand on a public question.
II is predicted that a woman of the
United States VIII perform a deed of
superb heroism. The stars are threaten
ing for the happiness Of American women
abroad and there is a prophecy that they
will suffer heavily through losses in
the war.
Milwaukee is stin under a sway that
presages sorrow to the women Of the
city, who will weep for loved ones in
the Eaiser's army
While Jupiters progress through
Aquarius affords hope OF improved So
Cldl COnulllOlS IN Russia, tnere Is
prophecy that she Bear will fight for
many. many months.
There Is a sign held to mean that the
President and his Cabinet will have new
problems that are more exactinS and
more difficult than any previous ones
The Orient will present complex questions
OF policy. Jupiter is In a place that is
most beneficial to San Francisco, II
the astrologers read the stars Alright.
There is a better outlook for the fair
than at any previous time, they an
nounce. and ii is prophesied that the
exposition will bring about unexpected
results that will benefit the nation in
manner never dreamed OF when the Pan
ama-Paciic celebration was first pro-
Jected.
Persons whose birthdate It Is are
warned to beware OF illness. They may
have troubles in the family circle They
have the omen. however, OF gain or ben
eft from an unlooked-for source.
Children born on this day have a happy
augury. These subjects of Sagittarius
are likely to he active, industrious and
persevering. Boys probably will make
money and girls will marry happily.
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ne OF Mr.. Edward Knoblauch's new play.
Sitting in a Whitechapel tenement is a
hunchback. Her beautiful blond hair
falls over her shoulders. She is making
artificial roses. Her sister tells OF her
plans to marry the coster who comes
to take tea with her. She intimates TO
the girl that it would be better il she
went back to the home where she lived
with other cripples before she was old
enough to contribute to her own support
by making the dainty flowers. The girl
is stung by her remarks and the pathos
of it is emphasized when she not only
determines to go back to the home, but
decides to sacrifice her beautiful hair
and sell it so that the sister may have
the comfortable sort of a wedding she
has wanted. The scene closes with the
woman whose husband is in the hair
business applying the shears to her
blond locks.
The next episode passes in a trapper's
stockade in Siberia. A revolutionist has
married a stolid, elemental women Of the
Siberian trapping people. She hates
her romantic, idealistic husband, but
loves his helper. She makes no defense
when she is found in the arms of the
other man. The husband goes away and
the special sable skin which adorns the
gown of the dream was the one he had
selected for the cap of his little son.
But he takes the skin of to the trad
ing post, leaving the woman and her
lover alone in the stockade.
4 brighter, though dramatic episode
follows showing the making Of the gown.
The scene shifts to the dressmaking
rooms OF Cockney named Jacquelin. He
has achieved success, and here congre-
gate society leaders to watch the models.
observation-disclosures, affected, heartless
and mercenary, uses his models to gain
favor with royalty. One of them resents
the advances of a particularly aggressive
old rogue. and Jacquelin determines to
discipline the girl She is begging to go
home at o'clock because her mother
is i'll, but he commands her to remain
after the others have gone and proceeds
to insult her. The climax comes when
in discussing her over the telephone with
friend she hears Jacquelin say: I'm
breaking in one of my girls. Pass her
He gets no further, for she seizes a pair
of scissors from a nearby table and
stabs him to death through a curtain.
Assembled in the gown of the dream
We have the sad little incident of the
sflkworm tenders, the pretty bit of
sentiment about the weaving OF the silk,
pathetic story of the hunchback flower
maker, the blighted romance of the ST.
berian trapper, and the tragedy at Jac-
quelin's, where the gown was made.
Practically every human element figures
in the unfolding Of this unusual story,
and the entire plot concerns-a gown.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05

The story of woman's gown is the the
4 special appeal to women-and
women who are interested in dress
is Edward Knoblauch's new play that
is coming to Washington next week.
Mary Boland appears as leading wom-
an. taking part in the course of the
play in seven different roles.
My Lady's Dress" in a sense. is a
dream play. The story begins in the
boudoir of an ambitious woman of
limited means, who in order to ad-
vance the interests of her husband,
goes in for dress on a scale wholly
out of keeping with the family eX-
chequer. On a particular evening
when an unusually pretentious gown
is delivered at this home, there is a
quarrel, and my lady, in a furry of
temper over the questioning of her
extravaganza. takes a sleeping potion
and passes off into sound slumber in
which she is beset by a remarkable
dream. This is in reality the story of
the making of a gown
There follow seven scenes, each
telling its own story and each having
to do with one detail or another in
the preparation Of a costly frock.
The first shows a peasants home in
Italy, where silk worms provide the
family livelihood. Nina, a beautiful
and coquettish girl is engaged to
PeO. The day of their marriage is
fixed, when Gioann, a Tilted suitor. ap-
pears and in spirit of revenge ex-
poses the silkworms to the chill air.
thus killing them and running the en-
tire crop. This is the story of the silk
which goes into the gown, and it pos
sesses the contrasting human attri-
butes of love and hatred.
From Italy the scene shifts to
Lyons, in France. where is enacted a
pretty little drama in which an in
valid husband, a slavishly devoted
wife and one of the ne'er-do-well
weavers of the village figure. The
husband, so i'll his work no longer is
acceptable at the mills, is forced to
rely upon his wife to operate the
loom. The silk she produces is in
ferior, and they are approaching
financial straits when the bibulous
Joanny passes off his own work upon
the inspector as the product of his
unfortunate friends, thereby turning
to their account the money they so
sorely need. His reward is a tear Of
gratitude from the sadly beset wife.
From France We follow the gown to
Holland where the selection of the lace
provides a comic picture which results in
the exposure of a fortune-seeking fop.
The daughter Of a Dutch mynheer, re-
senting her engagement. begs her father
to listen to him as she takes the place
Of the old lace maker and attempts to
a few minutes TO expose his shaIlowness
and his mercenary intentions in seeking
this marriage, and the unworthy suItor
is summarily dismissed.
After the lace come the artificial flow
ers. This scene is enacted in London.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
For the Christmas Shopper.

Don't ask me to do anything before
Christmas. I am rushed to death making
presents"
of year from the woman who has ac-
uuired the habit of making her own holi-
day gifts. In spite of all the resolves
made early last January in the aftermath
Of the last Christmas rush we are at II
again. We intended to have all Christmas
presents made by the autumn. But then
there were unexpected guests that kept
US busy. There was Kate, who had to
be sent of to boarding school, and
Tommy to be helped with his examina
tions and all the reading to be done for
the club and so the time went. And now
the calendar marks of days nearer and
nearer to Christmas and we simply have
time for nothing but Christmas presents.
There is always a list Of relatives,
friends and passing acquaintances who
have to be remembered, not with any
thing expensive with some little gift or
other There are old school friends and
women whom We have met in travelling
whom we forget all the rest OF the year
but suddenly remember just before
Christmas.
Here is the way out Of the difficulty
a way that will make the next few weeks
a pleasure instead of a mad rush, that
will make your friends happy and that
will incidentally be the source of a good
work beside 1t is a simple enough rem
edy. The presents you intend to make,
but from one of the Christmas bazars
that are going on in Washington.
This afternoon there will be two bazars,
one at st. Roses Technical School, and
one at the knights of Columbus Hall,
under the auspices of the Daughters of
Isabella Monday there will be the bazar
and the dansant at the Raleigh for the
benefit of the Day Nursery and Dis
pensary, and Tuesday at the Raleigh
there will be the George Washington
University Hospital bazar. and there are
many other sales and bazars being held
every week preceding Christmas for
some good cause that deserves your in
terest.
Just as a matter of saving your own
eyes and nerves decide to buy the Christ
mas presents that you intended to make
at one of these bazars.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
FAMOUS
WOMAN
Her
Birthday
And
Yours
December 5-Chnstina Rossetti,
Elizabeth Agassiz.

Christina Rossetti, who was born
oighty-four years ago today. was the sis
ter of the poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti
and a member of a very gifted Italian
family living in London. She began verse
writing when she was a very little girl
and continued to write occasionally all
her life. At the age of nineteen, on ac-
count of the Illness of the head of the
family, IL was necessary for Christina
and her brothers and sisters to go to
work, and this Christina did by teaching
Italian, in which she was as proficient
as she was in English.
Christina was of an exceedingly reli-
giOus temperament, and II has been said
that had she not spent so much of her
energies composing books of devotion she
might have become a greater poet, As
ii is, she wrote one or two really un-
rivaled posms, and has been placed above
Mrs. Browning in technique and depth
Of feeling. 1t has been said that few
poets have ever expressed the "aRonfes
of disappointed and hopeless love as has
Christina Rossetti." And her biographer
is inclined to ascribe this fact to the fact
that she herself experienced a disappoint-
ment of this sort. When she was a
young girl she was bethrothed to an Eng
lishman, but because of religious dIf-
ferences they were never married.
Elizabeth Agassiz, who was born De-
cember 8, 1922, is celebrated as the wife
of the famous Louis Agassiz and also as
the first leading spirit in the estabIssh-
ment of and the first executive head of
Radcliffe College, the woman'1 depart-
ment of Harvard University. =.
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The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
NEW YORK
FASHION
LETTER
by
A4RH LA ROCQLE

and hat The present rather neutral atti-
tude toward the question is better than
that of the past; for the gray and white
pearl hatpIns, small and lnconspicuous,
that have been SO much worn at least
have the virtue of inconspicuousness. But
the newer and better method is to make
the hat pin a part of the constructive
scheme of the hat.
For instance, in a red velvet toQue,
there are two big pearl-headed hatpins
stuck into the brim at equal distances
from the front. one on each side. There
are big darts of jet used in a similar man
ner. and some hat pins with heads Of
beads have the same significance.
Sandpaper and putty tints are the lat
est in color schemes, and covert cloth
is the favorite fabric in these tints.
These new creations nave been dubbed
''stucco" suits and gowns.
There is much reason to believe that
the all-white hat will soon be Of prime
favor and will supplant the all-black
hat that was In vogue at the beginning
Of the season. Especially when white
spats are worn do these white hats ap-
pear at their best.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
Want District Suffrage.

A subcommittee was appointed at a
meeting of the full suffrage committee OF
the Chamber of Commerce yesterday aft
ernoon to draw up a report on ways and
means of bringing the movement of suf-
frage for the District before Congress
and of furthering their cause along other
lines Theodore W. Noyes. Albert Schulz
teis and A. L. Sinclair compose the sub
committee. Their report is to be sub
mitted to the full committe Tuesday
night
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
Girl Studuent Dhistles SoIo.

Claiming that high school students grow
tired Of listening TO monotonous talks by
teachers and principals at their weekly
assembly meetings. Principal Allen
Davis, OF Business High, has turned the
meetings over to the students, and the
principal says they have made good. d"
Yesterday morning the students provided
a musical program. The feature was a
whistling solo BY girl student.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
FANS IN THE PARTERRE.

New York Society Women show
Brilliant Fans at Opera.
That fans are actually in fashion
again is shown not only by their bril-
liant display in the shop windows and
show cases but they were in evidence at
the opera last week when many promi-
nent society women carried fans of
extraordinary size and brilliance. For
the second performance of Carmen" at
the Metropolitan Opera House last
week Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. jr..
gently fiuttered a fan of brilliant scar
let ostrich feathers
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05

represented as will other communities,
but is cooperating with the Federal Bu-
reau of Education. The exhibit will con-
sist of paintings, drawings. products of
the manual training and domestic science
schools and specimens of the entire work,
from kindergarten through the high
school. George W. Briggs, of the Federal
Bureau. will be in charge of the display.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
SCHOOLS TO EXHIBIT WORK.
District Glasses Send Display to
Panama-PncIhc Exposition.

The exhibit of District schools for the
Panama-Pacifc Exposition in San Fran
cisco will be completed for shipment to
California the latter part of next week.
The display is being arranged by 4. T.
Stuart, former superintendent Of schools.
Washington and the District will not be
The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
MILADY's DOG GOES TO TEA.
New York Cafe Extends Welcome
to Canine Guests.

It is no unusual thing in Paris to
see AIilady's dog sitting patiently be-
hind her chair as she gOssips over her
afternoon tea. Now one of the New
York cafes has gone Paris one better.
The cafe of Andre and jacques Bust
tanoby has provided the chairs in their
with self attachments so that Ponto or
Fifi may recline in comfort behind his
owner while she takes her tea. and
maybe he may MUNICH a piece of cake
from the fair fingers of his mistress.