The Washington times., 1919-10-28
ST. ELIZABETH MEN
TOSELL OWN WORK
Proceeds From Handicraft of
Patients Will Swell Trinity
Drive Fund.

One of the most unique displays Of
it's kind will be seen this afternoon
when the work of wounded soldiers
and sailors at st. Elizabeth's Hospital
is put on exhibition at the Trinity
Community House. Third and c
streets northwest. The sale-for the
articles ranging from fancy bead
work TO chocolate candy will be sold
begins at $3.50 p. m. and lasts until
1890 this evening.
The funds resulting from the sale
will be added to those collected in
the drive which begins today to raise
$50, 600 for the permanent establish
ment in Washington of Trinity
Community House.
There are necklaces and bracelets
of fancy beadwork, wickerwork bas-
kets, fancy embroidery, rugs, candy,
apple jelly and canned fruit. And all
of the articles to be sold were made
by the patients at the Government
Hospital for the Insane. So far as
known, this is the first time in wash
ington that the practical results of
classes in vocational education have
been shown-and those who view ii
this afternoon will agree that the re-
suits justify everything ever said in
behalf of vocational education.
Soldiers to Sell Goods.
The soldiers-some of them the
artists who made the delicate pieces
of basketry-wilI be the clerks who
wait on you and show each piece of
work in turn. The women in charge
OF the exhibition will be those who
instructed the soldiers.
The room in which the exhibition
xxrfl he .fa ho a "
decorated with fresh flowers, the
gifts OF washingtonians interested in
the work of Trinity House. The ta-
bles in the center of the room will
be laden with the fancy baskets,
glasses and jars of apple jelly, ounce
honey. preserved pears and other
fruits.
Around the walls will be hung the
rugs woven by the soldiers on inn
provised looms at the hospital work
shop. In one corner there il to be
quantity OF hand-embroidered cloth,
the work of some of the women pa
tients at the hospital. and on table
in a separate part of the room will
be seen an exhibition of candy cookery
to make any manufacturer jealous of
the product.
Women Started Glasses.
for the soldiers were originally start
ed at St. Elizabeth's under the
tutelage OF women volunteer workers,
among whom are included Mrs.
Maurice Otterback, Mrs. William J.
Hendricks, Mrs. Viola Rudy. Mrs.
David r. Covell, Mrs. L. w. Covell,
and Mrs. ]. Ross Facer.
AS the work progressed the hospital
and Government workers gradually
took the classes over, and today the
regular teachers In vocational educa-
tion have the men in charge.
The work to be on exhibition to-
day is peculiarly interesting when
IL will be remembered that the
partial control of their minds and
bodies. Some OF them are suffering
from nervous breakdowns, others are
partially paralyzed, all OF them are
undeveloped. Yet the articles they
have produced will compare more
than favorably with the best made
by commercial concerns.
Team Captains of Drive.
The team captains for Trinity Com
munity drive at work today are
Roland Robbins, Claude Woodward,
Frank Van SAINT. Mrs. Townley A.
Mckee, Mrs Robert NJ. Reese, Allen
Cowles, NJ. Leroy Goff. Gen. John l.
Glenn, Maurice B. Sherr; Masons,
George p. Sacks, J. W. Brogden. Will
liam c. Beck, Thomas A Lee. will
liam Knowles Cooper. Byron y.
Adams, Charles w. Semmes, Charles
r. Sehutt. P, B. Fletcher, Frank L.
Wagner; Kiwanis, T. H. Boswell, will
liam J. Evans; Elks, Elmo 8. Spring
man, John r. Omohundro, Julian
Bastian, w. z. Bell, George NJ Evans,