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Women’s Fair Hands Have Laid Many Stones in the Cathedral Fabric
Bishop’s House Was Given
By a Mother in Memory
Of a Beloved Daughter
Windows in the Private Chapel
Portray Feminine Martyrs of
Many Times and Countries
(Editor's note: This is the third article in a series appearing
on this page dealing with the part played by women in the growth
and building of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul.)
By GAEL RENFREW.
With the two school buildings opened in 1900 and 1909. respectively,
•n architectural trilogy was completed in the Cathedral Close by the
addition, in 1913. of the Bishop's House—the memorial gift of another
mother. Mrs. Susan Evelyn Murray has remembered her daughter,
Mabel, in this dignified Tudor residence.
The Bishop's House, being the official home of the Bishop of Wash
ington, contains a private chapel, of which the 20 windows commemorate
20 women—one to represent each
of the Christian centuries^ They in
clude, appropriately enough, St.
Phoebe, who was a "sister” to Paul;
Joan of Arc, Lady Jane Grey, the
American Indian princess, Pocahon
tas, and Susanna, the mother of the
Wesleys.
In 1903 the Cathedral had cele
brated a major event in the cancel
lation of the mortgage on the prop
erty. To Bishop Satterlee this had
been a weighty burden until a wom
an removed it. Of the $67,000 ow
ing, Mrs. Julia James gave $50,000
in tribute to her mother. To mark
the freeing of the property from the
dreaded incubus of debt, a bronze
sundial was set up in 1906. Known
as the Cathedral Landmark, it
stands only a few feet from the
Glastonbury Thorn. This is an off
shoot of England's ancient sacred
tree which, according to legend,
sprang from the staff of Joseph of
Arimathea. When this godly man
landed in England in 43 A.D. he
thrust his staff into the ground and
it. straightway blossomed. The
Glastonbury Thorn is said to flower
in honor of royalty. In Washing
ton this tradition became truth
when the then Prince of Wales
visited the Capital in Npvember. 1919.
A few blooms appeared on the tree
and they were presented to the
Prince, in a silver box, as a memento
of his visit.
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Following the laying of the founda
tion stone of the Cathedral by Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt on Septem
ber 29. 1907. the first portions of
the edifice to be completed were
the Bethlehem Chapel and a section
of the crypts. Attention was next
given to the apse, the part of the
structure which corresponds to the
head of the cross in the cruciform
Cathedral plan. It is the apse
which overlooks the city from Mount
St. Alban, 400-foot elevation. Com
manding as it is at all times, it
appears at its finest when etched
against the stars and sapphire of
a night sky.
Through the generosity of Mr.
and Mrs. Archibald D. Russell of
New York, this part of the Cathedral
fabric has been reared in memory
of Mrs. Russell's mother—that same
Mrs. Percy Pyne who gave the first
$15,000 toward the purchase of the
property. ‘‘I shall always associate
the Cathedral with your dear mother
and her children” . . . wrote Bishop
Batterlee to Mrs. Russell on New
Year Eve 1901.
"The thoughts of youth are long,
long thoughts. * * * ” So are those
of all who ponder the significance
of this Cathedral. The building,
bleaaed with external beauty, is still
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more richly endowed in its founda
tion of family affection. The
Bishop s House inshrines the mem
ory of a daughter, the Cathedral
Landmark is a tribute to a mother,
the apse and the College of Preach
ers fulfill the same purpose and
the boys’ school is a family me
morial.
The very stones of the Cathedral
structure are links of love binding
one generation to another. The af
fection of Mrs. Pyne, for example,
which passed on to her daughter
and son-in-law. has in turn become
the heritage of their daughter, Mrs.
John Gilbert Winant. One of the
many gifts of Mrs. Winant’s parents
is a tiny chapel, named the Little
Sanctuary, which was set apart by
Bishop Satterlee as the chapel of
the boys’ school. Mrs. Winant has
recently had it enlarged in memory
of her parents—Mr. and Mrs. Archi
bald D. Russell—and her grand
mother, Mrs. Percy Pyne.
If teachers would teach effectively
they must continue to learn. The
Cathedral is putting this modem
maxim into practice through its
College of Preachers—a postgrad
uate school for the clergy. While
not the gift of a woman, it merits
its place in the Cathedral saga.
It was given by Alexander Smith
Cochrane of New York to honor
the memory of his mother, Eva
Smith Cochrane.
"To interpret to man the mind
of the Master" is the purpose for
which the country's clergy come to
this institution for periods of a
week or longer. The college has
accommodation for 25 at a time,
and in the course of a year some
300 members of the clergy pass
through its walls. They represent
every State in the Union and every
domestic diocese of the church. The
roll always includes the names of
a few foreign missionaries and sev
eral fellows whose term of stay is
three months.
So enthusiastic have been the
reports carried home by student
husbands that many of the clergy
wives have expressed the wish to
make a study pilgrimage also. The
lot of a minister being one which
his wife must share so largely
accounts for the desire of these
women to profit from a period of
meditation and instruction, or even
just to get away from the enormous
demands upon their time and nerv
ous energy. A retreat for the
women of the church—or indeed
for all women wishing to spend
some time in a spiritual environment
—may be the Cathedral's next in
novation!
Doll Wardrobe Makes Ideal
Christmas Gift for Tots
By BARBARA BELL.
How delightfully smart will be
the Christmas doll which gets this
wealth of new clothes! 1645-B in
cludes a bee-yutiful party dress, a
house coat, a play suit that becomes
a dirndl when you fasten the sep
arate skirt around it and, besides all
that, a cape and a kerchief. Don't
these gorgeous doll duds arouse in
you memories of brilliant Christmas
mornings—and the very things you
wanted for your doll right there
under the tree?
Make this charming set for some
little girl kou know—or for some
little girl you don’t know, who might
not have much of a Christmas un
less you do something about it. The
little garments are just fun to make!
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1645-B
Is designed for 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 i
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and 24 inch dolls. 14-inch doll re
quires 3; yard each for the party
frock and housecoat; >/*' yard for
playsuit. skirt and kerchief of 35 or
39 inch fabric. V/2 yards ribbon for
housecoat and dress; % yard frills
for dress: 1>4 yards braid for play
suit and kerchief.
BARBARA BELL,
WASHINGTON STAR.
Inclose 25 cents in coin for
Pattern No. 1645-B. Size_
Name....
Address___
(Wrap coins securely in paper)
Beauty Frames This Memorial
The Bishop's House, a lovely Gothic structure in the Cathedral Close, was the gift of Mrs. Susan
Evelyn Murray, erected to the memory of her daughter in 1913. Great trees, glossy vines and dark
box frame it in a perfect setting.
,
Large Pieces
Of Jewelry
Are Smart
Gay and Fancy Hair
Ornaments Also
Very Popular
Bv PATRICIA LINDSAY.
“All dressed up like a circus horse,”
mv father used to say jokingly when
I was about to step out to a party.
I wonder what he would say today If
he saw the young things dancing the
Lambeth walk with their favorite
beaux!
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For. literally, any young girl may
! deck herself just as fantastically as
she desires for her gala evening
dates!
To begin with, the “upped” hair
has brought on a deluge of fancy
hair ornaments. Glittering bugs,
sequin nets, striking flowers in vivid
hues. Little hair combs have ap
peared <to help anchor tht rebellious
curls in place) which boast of at
tached ostrich plumes, jeweled de
signs. and all sizes and shapes of
beautiful posies. Even the old
fashioned barret has taken on new
elegance and now is prominently
seen glittering in the hair. Or rib
bon bows are tied saucily here and
there on the head to add a deco
rative note.
So much head glitter naturally
incited a little gown dressing-up.
Soon companion pieces on clips (in
stead of on combs) made their bow.
If you wear a bright flower in your
hair you clip its twin somewhere on
your gown.
With an eye on harmony of color
and a thought to the size of your
other embellishment, select pieces
of the newer costume jewelry to
wear around your throat, in your
ears ami at your wrists. Massive de
signs seem to be favored just now—
candidly telling the world that they
are not real jewels but you wear
them because you like to!
Before going on this reducing
diet, get approval of a physician.
While reducing follow Miss Lind
say's Diet Health Rules which
may be had upon request. In
close a self-addressed, stamped
(3-cent) envelope.
THIRTEENTH DAT.
Don’t Porget to Weigh Yourself This
Morning.
BREAKPAST.
Calories.
Drink the strained Juice of a lemon in
a3 glass of warm water every morn
ing. at least one-half hour before
breakfast 50
Choice of:
X ordinary drinking tumbler of un
sweetened pineapple and prune
juice mixed _ _ _ 100
V4 cup dark farina with V4 cup
skimmed milk -__ 125
Little honey to sweeten 25
Clear coflee or tea with lemon (or
no beverage) _ .—
Total _ 300
LUNCHEON.
a4 cup pineapple and cottage cheese
on lettuce with special diet dressing 200
2 slices Melba toast-- 50
1 plain Jello _ ISO
a/< glass skimmed milk- 60
Total _ 350
DINNER.
Tomato Juice (usual) -- 25
Lean roast beef—2 slices. 5x2'/ax’4
inches _ - 200
1 cup string beans __ 50
1 baked potato with butter 160
Small serving mixed green salad with
diet dressing__ 100
Total - - ... 525
Total callories for the day— 1.175
Tall girl allowed_1.500
FOURTEENTH DAT.
BREAKPAST.
Calories.
Drink the strained juice of a lemon In
glass of warm water every morn
ing. at least one-half hour before
breakfast 50
1 ordinary drinking tumbler of orange
and grapefruit Juice mixed 100
1 shredded wheat biscuit (softened
with water) with '4 cup of skimmed
milk .. __ .. _ __ 160
Clear coffee or tea with lemon (or
no beverage) _ —
Total _ 300
DINNER.
Iced melon or fruit cup __ 100
Roast chicken (usual serving) ... 200
Avacado and grapefruit salad, diet
dressing 200
Open-faced fruit pie_ 160
Total_ 660
SUPPER OR TEA.
a/< cup lobster in salad with 'h head
lettuce _ _ . 150
1 slice rye. whole wheat or bran bread 50
1 teaspoon butter 30
Fresh fruit or stewed fruit_ 60
Total_ 280
Total calories for the dap_1.230
Tall girl allowed SI_1.600
(Copyright. 1PM.)
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Tidiness Aids Manners j |
I
Disorder of a House Run Without
, System Makes Rude Children
By ANGELO PATRL
Mrs. Lily had a headache and Mrs.
Marian had come in to see what she
could do about giving the children
their lunch when they returned
from school. There was so much
to do in Mrs. Lily’s room that there
was little time left for the kitchen
and dining room, but she cleared
a space on the dining room table
and set out what she could find.
Things were a bit mixed up; but.
then, Mrs. Lllv was sick and so
things would have to do for this
time.
The children struck the porch
with a thump and a crash. Their
mother groaned. ‘'How'll I ever
stand them for the next half hour?
There's no peace the minute they
get into the house. I never in ail
my life saw such noisy young ones.”
She didn't say this all at once. It
was uttered between crashes, shouts,
scrapings and raspings. Jimmie
threw his cap across the room as
he entered and it hit the cups thai
were stacked in a tower and over
they went. Pete tried to stop the
crash and in his haste knocked
over a box that was in the wav and
spilled about 20 apples and a dozen
My Neighbor Says:
Practically all house plants
need to be kept moist and
benefit from regular waterings.
They also need an occasional
bathing. This is particularly
true of the smooth-skinned
foliage plants, such as the san
sevieria and peperomia, which
will gather much dust. Use
cold water.
A stiff brush dipped in fur
niture polish is good for clean
ing reed and rattan furniture.
Such a procedure not only
cleans well but it gives added
gloss to the furniture.
We are told to preserve vita
mins and minerals in foods to
day by cooking with cups, not
quarts, of water, using the sim
mer flame after the water re
sumes boiling. This is double
economy.
Pat from a roasted goose
should be poured off as soon
as it collects. It should not
be used in basting the goose.
Instead, a basting made of
water to Which a little butter
has been added should be ap
plied.
(Copyriiht, 1938.)
onions over the placp. ‘ Could I help
it?" he shouted when Jimmie yelled.
"What do you think you're doing?" i
It was dreadful.
Good Mrs. Marian stood silently
by. thinking things over. When the
boys had finished eating she said. [
very softly: "111 be here when you 1
come home at 3. Come quietly.1
Your mother might be sleeping." As
she watched them through the door
she thought: "I'll try it. Surely;
there's something that can be done.” i
Swiftly, with practiced hands, she
put the place in order: swept and
dusted, set the table for evening,
lowered the shades^ to their right
places, made the house ready for a
home-coming family. The boys hit
the porch in their accustomed way. 1
Mrs. Marian stood before them.:
making no sound, just indicating
that she had expected them home.
They quieted instantly on entering
the tidy room. They went to wash
their hands at her gesture, returned
to eat their jelly sandwiches and
the apple that were waiting for
them; changed their clothes and
went out to play. The only signs of
I their being in the house were the
; books on the dining table and the
i empty dishes. "I thought so,” said
the old lady. "Disorder makes for
noise and bad manners and a gen
! eral mess. We'll just have to do
: something about it.”
Children feel the Influence of the
rooms they occupy, the house they
live in. Order, physical order, calls
up a mental and spiritual response.
The untidy room, the neglected
table, the disorder of a house run
without system and management, I
make rude, loud, unmannerly chil- !
dren.
The same thing holds in school.
The orderly room, the established
routine, the atmosphere of certainty,
set the mood of the children who
work there. Cleanliness, care, cour
tesy, beget the like in the children
who come under their influence.
The next time you are troubled by
noisy, unmannerly children, study
the place they are in and change it
to create the mood you know should
control the children. Shouting them
them down is a waste of good en
ergy. Just arrange the background.
(Copyright, 1938.)
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Buffet Party
A buffet meal, when well planned,
is a delightful way to entertain. But
do have places for the guests to sit
down and eat in comfort. Arrange
tables about the room; balancing a
plate on the knee is all out of data
Cow and Calf Cuddle Toys
By BARONESS PIANTONI.
Children the world over are fondest of cuddle toys. They eat. sleep
surd walk with a cuddle toy in their arms. We have already designed a set
of stuffed pigs, but now we are presenting this set, which we know the
kiddies want. You will undoubtedly receive a great deal of pleasure giving
them for Christmas. The cow measures about 7 Vi by 9 inches.
This pattern envelope contains cut-out pattern, with complete, easy
to-understand, illustrated directions, with diagrams to aid you; also what
material and how much you will need.
To obtain this pattern send for No. 1135 and inclose 15 cents in stamps
or coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needlework
Editor of The Evening Star.
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When Driving
Check Your
Etiquette
Don’t Jam Traffic
By Blocking the
Intersection.
By FRANCESCA McKENNEV.
Why can't drivers give the other
fellow a chance once in a while?
I know that this is supposed to be
an etiquette column that adheres
to the general tradition of telling
readers how to mind their social p's
and q s—but the examples of bad
manners I see every day in traffic,
make me feel that a deviation along
that line is necessary today! Man
ners. per se. count just as much
on the street as they do in the
drawing room—and it would make
outdoor existence a lot pleasanter
for many of us if this fact were
borne in mind by those who drive
cars for business and for pleasure.
Here are a few' suggestions for
"■motoring etiquette”:
When traffic is jammed, due to a
stop-light, don't dash up and block
the intersection; it won't get you
there any faster and after all, the
other fellow who is going across
town is trying to get to his desti
nation just as urgently as you are.
The man who wants to make a left
hand turn will block traffic, if you
have planted your car in the inter
section. and he gets all the horn
tooting and nasty looks, when after
all, you are the one that deserves
them.
When you see a car taking the
opportunity of a break to get
through, probably the first in 10
minutes, don't bear down on him at
a mile-a-minute speed; remember
manufacturers installed brakes in
your car for a purpose, and use
them!
Don't be a horn footer; there is
nothing so annoying to the other
fellow and besides it marks you as
a poor driver.
When a pedestrian gets caught in
the middle of the street on a yellow
light, do give him a chance to get
all the way across! After all. he did
have the right of way when he
started.
I know that all drivers resent the
slow-poke that gets in the middle
of the street and feels it belongs to
him. Well, he does deserve a little
horn tooting, because, after all, he
is a menace to traffic and should
pull over near the curb and stay
there.
The next time you drive just
apply etiquette rules to yourself
as you go, and don't make hasty re
marks to others breaking them.
And last, but not least, attention,
all taxi drivers! I have found most
of you very polite, but I wish you
would have a little more considera
tion for the fellow in the back seat
and not give him a ride equal to
that on a bucking bronco. When I
want to ride a bronco, I'll go West,
thank you.
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Manners
of the
Moment
This business of hissing and
clapping in the movies is getting to
be quite a stunt. I think it’s fun,
myself. It’s good for those sup
pressed emotions.
Some people seem to grow annoyed
at it. But I don’t see why they
should. If the person next to them
starts hissing somebody, and they
don't like it, they can always turn
around and clap, cant they?
And it's really a lot of fun. once
you get into the spirit of things.
After all. you cant help but have
pretty strong opinions about the
news these days. And it feels good,
when you’re sitting in a nice dark
movie house where few people can
see you, just to lean back and hiss
or clap to your heart's content. Of
course, I prefer hissing. But that's a
personal matter. Ill give you the
right to clap, if you just let me go
on hissing. That's fair enough,
isn’t it? JEAN.
G
Most Wives Try to Live Up
To What Their Husbands
Really Expect of Them
Totally Unreasonable Woman
Must Be Some Kind of Freak;
Majority Respond to Praise
Dear Dorothy Dlx; I am a man 51 years old and for many years I
have been reading advice on how to keep a wife contented. It is one of
the things that simply cannot be done. If you keep on making love to
your wife, she no longer wants it. If she doubts your love, she will exert
herself to retain it; but if she is sure of it she will do nothing to keep It
alive. If you compliment your wife on her appearance or her cooking or
her housekeeping, sne will get slack;
but if she is afraid of your criticism
she will keep on her tiptoes to please
you. • If you keep yourself dressed
up and spruce looking, she accuses
you of being interested in other
women; but if you don’t keep your
self up it is because you no longer
care for her opinion. If you try to
make a pal of your wife, you get
nothing but complaints about the
neighbors or your family. She is
not interested in anything that you
care for and it is Impossible to carry
on an intelligent conversation with
her. If you let her handle the
money and pay the bills, she doesn’t
know how to spend it. She either
buys too much or too little. If she
knows how much you make, she al
ways spends a little more. If you
try to treat her decently, she takes
advantage of you and looks on you
with contempt. And if you hold her
with a firm hand she considers you
a brute. E. E. S.
Answer—If you have that sort of
a wife, all I can suggest is that you
put her in a museum of freaks, be
cause she certainly isn’t like any
other human woman of whom I have
ever heard.
Perhaps no woman is ever per
fectly contented with her husband
or her lot in life, but neither is any
man contented with his wife or the
station in life to which it has pleased
God to call him, as the prayer book
says. No matter how fortunate we
are, we are all like the little princess
in the fairy tale who found the
crumpled roseleaf under her 40 mat
tresses of ease. We all want a little
more than we have, and we want
that little more different in some
way.
Possibly there are women—there
must be if you have one—who are
so contrariwise that they scorn their
husbands’ love and only value it
when they see it slipping: who care
nothing for their husbands' praise
and on whom the hammer is more
efficacious than the salve-spreader:
but I can only say I have never met
one.
And if you picked out one who is
so dull and stupid that she cannot
carry on an intelligent conversation,
isn’t that your fault? There are
plenty of clever women to be had
for the asking.
My observation has been that
most wives try very hard to live up
to what their husbands expect of
them. So why don’t you vary your
tactics and instead of finding fault
with your wife praise her a little
and see if she won’t mend her way?
r
I Maybe she would be more con
tented, too. It Is difficult for a
woman to keep herself sold on her
job if her boss is always finding
fault with her.
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Dear Miss Dix: In a few days •
I start to work on my first job.
What amount of money out of my
salary should I give my parents,
with whom I live? They will not
ask me for board, but I feel that r
owe them something. I have a
; friend whose parents tell him that
he owes them for the years they
cared for him and who. therefore,
take his whole week's wages from
him. They only give him 50 cent3
for carfare and they insist on buy
ing his clothes, about which he has
no say-so. What should we young
people give our parents when we
are earning steady wages?
PUZZLED.
Answer—That depends entirely
upon circumstances. If the parents
are poor, their children should give
them just as much as they can spare
out of their earnings. It the parents
■ are well-to-do and do not need the
money I do not think that they
should charge the boy or girl who
is just starting to work any board.
Or. if they do, they should make the
child understand that they are Just
saving it for him.
But in any event I do not think
parents have a right to take a
child's pay envelope from him and
dole back a few cents to him. They
should agree on a definite sum for
the child to pay and let him have
the satisfaction and the sense of
independence it gives to handle his
own money.
Nothing is more calculated to dis
courage a boy and girl than for
their parents to deprive them of
the fruits of their labor and make
them feel that they are nothing
but slaves who have to toil without
reward. Of course, the parents
justify themselves in grabbing the
child's pay envelope by saying that
they supported him during his in
fancy. That was merely their duty.
They brought the child into the
world without its consent and it
was their duty to take care of it
until it was able to fend for itself.
The parents also justify them
selves by saying that they can spend
money more wisely than the child
can. But how is the child to learn
to handle money if he is never
permitted to touch what it makes?
And certainly any boy or girl who
has enough sense to hold down a
paying job has at least the right
to make his or her own mistakes.
Pups and Kitty May Share
In Thanksgiving Feast
By MARY ALLEN HOOD.
Pups has no business with that
turkey drumstick bone. It just isn’t
his type. Kitty doesn't belong in its
company, either. But, and here's
the beauty of Thanksgiving from
a feline-canine standpoint, turkeys
have necks. Not many people will
eat turkey necks (if there's anything
else), and the neckbone, even if
some selfish mortal beats a cat or
pup to the first bite, still is the
best bone for a dog to chew. That’s
what the veterinarian says, and he
ought to know!
It seems that bones (to be eaten)
should be soft and spongy, and
the turkey was thoughtful enough
to grow a neck which meets all
requirements for canine consump
tion.
Food pushes the Pilgrims off the
map, in many an unguarded mo
ment, but down inside folks still
know what the holiday is for. Along
with the family's dinner guests it
would be a nice gesture to hunt up
that little stray dog or cat and
treat it to a good meal. Then notify
some responsible agency of its pres
ence, so it’ll have a chance for a
happy home.
a
Any one who thinks that's too
much trouble should wander down
to Sixth street about dusk some day.
They’ll see forlorn-looking charac
ters wandering in and out of
shadows, mission lights blinking
and a bread line stretching Itself
from here to there. Then, on top of
a stray packing case or two, alley
cats start to assemble. Soon HE
comes, a man laden down with two
huge barrel tops and a bucket.
On each barrel top. in choice ar
ray, is a feline ‘■smorgasbord.’*
There’s chopped beef, chopped liver
and a good grade of salmon. Each
cat is offered his choice of menu *
and served accordingly. Then the
host walks across the street with
his barrel tops to feed more cats
waiting in another impromptu din
ingroom. He returns to spot No. 1,
goes down an elevator in the side
walk to a basement, and to alley
entrance, where he finishes his
serving. Altogether, he feeds about
30 cats twice a day—because he
wants to!
The result is the best-looking ar
ray of alley cats in the city, and
(according to the manager of a
nearby warehouse) a rat-free block
where rats ordinarily might be.
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