El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-09
The GOSSIP CORNER
By RUTH NONRO AUGUR

. club house Tatting las been given
by Mrs. ". NJ James. ore Of the char
ter members of the club, who Is back
in E Paso again after years Of time
spent in Mexico Mrs. A II LOOMS
has kept her crochet needle flying
busily for the clubs benefit and Mrs.
W. :. Valentine is contributing her
embroidery work. Mrs J. W. LOrent-
zen has skill in decorating china and
She has turned over TO the club much
Of her work in this line Mrs. Van
g. Wilson is giving her time in acting
as a WOman's exchange director to
bring the people desiring things that
these club women can ma Ike and the
articles made together by means OF
the exchange. and is making nice
little shekels for the club.
Last year the WOman's club branched
ont 10 do q little civic work in addi-
ton TO its self cultural programs. and
this year the same good work IS going
10 90 on with increased effort The
club women agreed that when doing
their summer preserving this year they
would each put up four extra jars. two
to go to the county hospital and two
tor the club house fund
Josephine FrankenberEer. an FL PasO
girl who Is attending the university
Of Kansas. proved herself a heroine in
helping save one Of her fellow students
u the university. whose dress caught
fire. She was visiting in the room of
one of her schoOlmates. ANGELA Cor
IT. some way Miss Germans dress
cousht fire Our Josephine with the
help Of another student, threw a blanket
over the burning girl and managed TO
put out the flames Josephine Is the
daughter Of L s Frankenberger. Of
1923 Nevada street and graduated from
the e Paso high school in the class
Of 1915 She is taking a special three
year course IN music and art at the
Kansas university
With the evenings growing cooler.
in spite Of the warm Moons. and the
prospect Of winter time coming upon
Us. the people who have made the well
fare Of the soldiers in the base hos
pital at Fort Bliss their own personal
interest. are cogitating their minds
for a plan TO provide an amusement
hall for the convalescent soldiers of
the hospital for the winter time The
big amusement hall. which is to be
erected through the eff. OF $500 from
the Fl Paso Chamber of Commerce.
for the soldiers station ed at Fort Bliss.
is to be erected at so great a dis
lance from the base hospital that il
will prevent the Commissioning patients
from going over. as they would not
have sufficient strength. Col Paul F
Straub. who is in charge Of the hos
pital attributes many Of the rapid
hospital to the assistance in keeping
the patients in a cheerful frame of
mind. given by the out-Of-door moving
pictures and Thursday night pro-
grams. presented all through the
summer at the base hospital If some
generous person or persons would con-
tribute sufficient funds to erect an
inexpensive, big frame shelter behind
the hospital, which could be used as
a moving picture theater and also for
the other entertainments. he or she
would be doing a very great and good
thing for the sick and so often hor-
ribly homesick soldier patients
No exposition seer or worker has
more endurance than his, or particu-
larly her, feet Here is a note Of SAT
ETY. first and preparedness that all
you fair femmes who are going to be
hostesses at the art exhibits. preside
at the Japanese tea booths or be in
charge Of the Mexican village displays.
or otherwise be terribly industrious
during the ten days of the coming
expositions. had best take heed and go
into training There are a number OF
simple exercises for strengthening the
ankles and arches that IL would be
wise for Miss or Mrs. Exposition
Worker TO 20 through every day to
get in shape by the time the fair be
gins. One Of the oldest sights at both
the san Francisco and san Diego fairs
last year was bench after bench Of
people. with their shoes off and ex-
pressiOns of anguish on their faces.
trying 10 rest their weary feet before
entering on another lap Of doing"
the fairs.