, 1881-12-27
CHRISTMAS.
Tic SECOND Jtny OF tito Festival Very
s3encrnl1y Observed - THO Hospital"

t3cncrnl1y Observed - Tho Ilo.pitnl.
Ntttf tiic .lHylutns.
Christmas, by n popularity Of tho calendar,
stretched over two days this ycnr-olle In which
tho Church md the world could, or did. each
celebrate nftur its kind, ad tho othor In which
bu,h mtxht Join, without osEeuse, In II sort ut
union serylcu iu honur Uf tho duy. Tho Church
eyed nskAnou tho wt,rds lrreltgious manner OF
DretklnE thu Sabbath, but tho world went Dn
hrcakinr it-it must bc contessed-ycry much rs
II tho Church hltfn't been around. Icsser-
dny not being II dny RGuut which chs-
tered my particular sAnctity. or whose proper
obscrvnlico wns hcigeti Abuilt by my Of tho
At0sato luws. tho Church und tho world wcro at
liberty tu celebrate 1t very 1n,tch lis thoy peasud,
und thor tnuthu.la prOvo1 to be very mich ikd
EeathorwEsc, tho dur WINS rs perfect .s tts pre-
duecssur, lnd tho Atrccts wcre thrDuEc,l from
nurs1lnX till night with crowds III holiday nttlre.
M syt olr i, n!any eascs by Tho prn.ia trophcs Yf
tew. w'crt suulay intcrfcrel 10 ps,stporu
tsrlay's revelations Of tho Eood ti,inss
fnr tho earlier deprivation. Tho second days
hNps mi up 10 tho Joyous a,id perfect fct,st of
THO ay bstnre, ana u, t.,!y eaAss tho eo!..l nIr'i
IL carc.ss which. whto ,,lnvu or ,lcss ianketl aud
nauKIed. still rotainc,l tho wEoles.,n,o lavor aud
the tltidcnsnhlt tousiisumencss whien cnaraetur-
,nsre shadowy telnin!sccnce Ut the thnx
thnt was. l'inner oyer. there was
% ' houn 2 Wit sSSs ,aSsit nsr ns Y fo% ,yc sss G. '
thoutrt. uni eaeE OF ttesu sevurnl wmys had Its
ssithi number 81 votnres. whose snluyinent WIS
lsuelit. III short, the tIay Wis Il Burt Vt suu-
uni G.!ltlon Of Chrlstnlns. With mora of tho
worldly feeling prcdonilunting thatl on tue hay
bpturc, atttt T'tn very general aetititnent Dt
Wnrkcrs. thAt tho -hsltit,te1 iiui!tlAy this
twenty-tn1r hours. but, by. tho kIutlly iutar.
postt!un nf thnl sRnic calendar, was allowed to
stratgh utter fnrty-ctght.
ST. 1.rKE's HOSPITAL.
Yesterday ut st. Luke's WIS ruthor tho day
thrra very juvially. Thero was u Christmas.
trse, Presents fur eacl, of tho lGrty-twu Eatiuuts,
eats 'vere TUG rcsult st tho work n cDmmitteu,
consisting af Mrs Willlnni Judd, Mrs. H. o.. Hun.
NY. Ai.d slrs. Gtnti,or, whn r'lised u l!bcral
n'n.cs Uf tho huspltl! consequently un1oyed Il
roynl time. The pillow ml%slon setit to England
latlips sent in nutnGor ur pretty ChrIstts,,ls
cut'is: Thcru waB alsn superA6,indutco IT
EoH iTs ~ ras sna Ito chrisnas dnner WIS
Il day Of pleusnnt "reminiscences.
OLD rEOrI.l.'s HOME.
At tho Old Feuplc's Homo thera was day of
Gn!tt enjoyment, but unmarked by Mny spcctut
,ltr.cuu,ls. The gifts uf turkey, c1ttiilot trit,
nnpes, nliI dr,ts,gts, nld other t,uttlsoo catn.
hits wcru NJ humorous us usual. BREAKFAST WIS
srrvcd nt u. IN. and .itnnor ~ :, ~ THO utter
l3onE. A&id one nr TWO Ut tna Oil ltfGS TNuHh 1t
rather lhn4 interval between fiEut@. But they
all ha1 enough. slnny ut tholn 'vcre rc,ncl!-
mt ms 0r tue generous pntrufs al tho Hoo
teell sici nil would hnye 6ucl niudo hAppy by
Christmas gtftj.
THE aE.sstAS1.t's CHILDREN.
nv VIVA liz in"sfst i~r ,y .'1s t,r,'I ", uno
Suclcty chrly Inst evening At Nranu 4 HUT.
a a$ % @ TefS ,e t embgrs ,s
sruno 'q y N s Was !st un.utMdy si,s
srst' td,,,.' Upwards Of 1o shiiaren hrlshs, ~,
T., t, t,..,,,,s h ~; o Snus, Ioise
sn.t,,.si su WIZ r,,tv wiimss., ; nxK i,
eEIsssu t: @ ~, !usc.3 ".Ga.sa. ; Is uuue Alu Wy
" " =, III , ~ y, ~ .iu ~ e''tT g Ut tno" ailu
VII s,s W. az IL Hip ;au,.,.,,, 1,g sn ltS nrs' noas
,s .aIy.. i, o show N SGer4',. which
NJ, ~, s",n % H s' h",,r .ws s .ae pn's1s
sn1t II, "ha.in@ aid trvinw ~ ""s ,.9 mm,,
~ M es t,H H,,, ~ ~ II 'er
Nv, III htn .. ,,. se ~ ~ ,'l n' guy
sog W. ~ @ gv9 whts.ies s @ tramp9ss, !'runs.
Mgh tae ttse tK sn?3yea T. sgo oa Folks wtro
issnc,. ti", ut ~ -. s:.rt VIZ ~" sssS"nt unsst; @
iri raas ,vit KIT sh,,sta ~ ,,,o1 M,, tuu ~.
;,'ciuyx tiie lttir UI,us adjourned ia tho sn,Ucr
hall, wlture fur a,,cH thu usl,al nrer 0t tlililYy
were ruycrse1 t,,tttu llams and Orrlchun aAt ut
ellers. parGIlts included Atlh both seemed tu on
jvy tle Gian4o hugely. After tho repAst thB
;h;J candtl's ut Il n,tl1n0th Chrstna4. .trcc, Eur-
gc,'usy decorated. which uce1P!ed tho ecntre Of
tho aiMHe, were set III Il 6lizg, nilt while they
bnrnell thpru WIN M ucttl at pas.j!gAts, In tho
hntl. @ Hitherto 9psn oceastotu ot tho k!ni thg
kr4b Ill tho pI!p Ut presents. Thero wus none Of
this nj yesterdays entertainment. All tho
pr!xcs. numbering between SG4 md QNj, wero
eurofuiiy nuht,DrGtl with tugs. and cnrtlB beAr-
tnK corresponding n4uIUra wcru sud III thu MI.
lcncu Ut tho ritu Ut II Ec,lta eusl. TIon, whet.
tho proper tiIuG Gums, tho prizes Wuro
drawn 6y 1ottHry, anU, tNusnluch as no
hunks werC s6ii, 1t t3 fur to t,r.,.
.uu,C TINT 1:cry ono went Rwuy satisfied,
They eGrkuiniy sUull harU 10 bce.l for The t,rts-
cuts wGru Mlt Euna IND substantial, mad WthlI
sO bulky thut thoy completely eaycrcd two larKu
shelving rncks which gtuou 1t either sldc uf tho
truu. < magnificent huhby-hOrxo and u huEe
wax doll wrTu TIT cnpltnl prixue. Tin fsstIs.
lticB c0lltInGod With ,nus!e aud dancing uitttl
well IN 10 10 0cuuk, when must uE the lltllo fks
drpnrtcd fur Aunlu. loayllY tho hall L, tllptr
| GllerH, VIM seunled to very vol inclined tu
Maku Tight uf 1t In dancing, II ikH4fG IL say
| TINT Hat mt Ut those cntArUn Will ever torvGt
| tho DccAAl, Thu Committee Of Arrangements.
Ncssrs. j, i. lsuul, Zero Marx, und TheoJuru Il
| k,uhR. i!esNrsu u nc eulaplnentp tte thctt
nil1nlFnblp ,uM,,AXeulpHt Dr lhp Entertainment,
aud ttuy Htnre the hnnt,rs with tho cOf,,uitteG
pH lnat year. whu nItcl ttom by theIr exnerlpucC
iu atfusrs of the klnu.
eu.u,r.u i 1~sr1rtrr,ovo
EnHn! !A"nt'" 'Se!4aot!oAs,