National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-23
THE ORPHANS CHRISTMAS.
What st. Nicholas Intends to do for the Fa-
therless and Destitute.

What st. Nicholas Intends to do for the Fa-
thorless and Destitute.
With Christmas comes the thought Of homo,
Of comfort and of happiness. Then there comes
stealing up from our innermost depths tho
feelings of sympathy and compassion for the
poor, homeless Borrowing aud destitute--tho
orphan and the aged And while each Sun
day school Is making preparation TO make it's
scholars happy and contented by treating them
with huge tree and an entertainment on
Christmas-the great day upon which the
Saviour of the world came among us; while
each dear mama is worrying over tho propara
tions for her grand Christmas dinner for her
little ones. and while each good papa is busy
whiting and lacking to make the usual gar
den and windmill to show off the big Christ
mas tree; while all these great preparations
are going on In the busy outside world
by those who have comfortable and happy
homes, the large-hcartod, charitable managers
of the homes and asylums are rs busily pre-
pairing good things TO mako glad tho hearts
and comfortable the body of the homeless and
the destitute, the orphan and the aged, under
their charge. At the Washington City Orphan
Asylum, Fourteenth aud s streets, the many
little ones will be treated TO a Christmas din
ner on the 25th, which will be served from g
to 3 o'clock. They will also have huge
Christmas tree, which will be deprived of its
ornaments Immediately following an enter
tainment Of singing recitations, &c., given by
tho inmates of the asylum at o'clock on Mon
day evening, the Goth instant, In the chapel Of
tho institution. These Christmas tree orna-
ments or presents will be distributed among
the orphans The entertainment is given at
tho expense of tho corps of Sabbath-school
| teachers, who will have the chapel handsomely
| dressed with evergreens aud otherwise appro.
| priately decorated. The public Is invited to
attend the entertainment. Tho children
will also be provided with Christmas dinner
turkey, mince pie, &C., on the GOTH The
lady managers of the Children's Hospital
Thirteenth and w Streets arc making
provisions for an epiay..oie day for the
little ones under their care. At 9 o'clock they
will have tree dressed with presents suitable
| for children, and table for the matrOn and
tho nurses. A good dinner will be provided,
with ice-cream and fruit, On Thursday oven.
ing, January g. the grand charity ball for the
benefit of the institution will como of, for
which great preparations are being made to
enhance the brilliancy of the occasion, which
last year was an unprecedented social success
| Tho ladies having tho arrangements in charge
move In the highest Washington society,
which insures q brilliant occasion and grand
success. The inmates, five women and eighty
children, Of the Orphans Home, or the home
for destitute colored women and children,
will be provided for by tho board of lady man
ayers. Their Christmas dinner will be served
on Wednesday preceding Christmas day on
account Of the length of time it will tako to
strip tho tree on Christmas day after the
entertainment, which will DO given by tho
inmates of the home at o'clock. There will
be music and recitations and the annual ad-
dress by some prominent person. All are in
vited to attend The toys and other presents
for the tree will DO sent, as has been tho
custom for many years. from tho Phila-
delphia Colored High school. Each inmate
is given number corresponding to a
number of some article on the tree, and
ct the conclusion of the entertain
ment the numbers are called off and the
holders are given their presents. This home,
a large frame building is situated on the west
side of Eighth street, just above the Boundary.
The ladies having in charge the arrangements
for the Christmas entertainment Of theinmates
of the Home of the Women's Christian Asso-
citation and Foster Home, Thirteenth street,
between II and $ streets, have determined to
have a Christmas dinner on the 25th and on
Wednesday, the gath, they have arranged for
Santa Claus to step in with Christmas tree
bowling with presents, which will BIO dis
tributed among the inmates In the evening
The public are invited to send in donations To
each and all of these institutions, which are
deserving of charity, and tho noble, untiring
efforts of the lady managers should be en-
couraged. All donations will DO greatly ac
knowledged by the managers of the several in
situations. They will BIO received at the asy'
lum buildings and at Thompson's drug store
on Fifteenth street, for the Children's Hospi
tai,