New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-25
CHRISTMAS-TIDE.
FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY

uas Iooked upon with spician and the Importance OF
person was estimated by the size and number OF .no
packages which he carried. The stream OF snoppins
flowed through the streets a day and far into the night
The pilgrims that wendell their way to III.
fapy's Macy's and other Meccas VI
Chrstrnastde IN the uptown streets seemed more nue
GUS than the followers OF FL Mahdi and not one OF .e
but paid his devotion and his cash. Everywhere tne UNA
preparations being made for the great nonuy =,
the Christian world In dimlylighted cnurcn
| and lofty-srched cathedral the last rehearsal Oh
the Christmas music in progress The Produce
Petroleum Cotton, Coffee and Importers ana 0o"o.o
Exchanges were all closed and there was little ACTIVITY
In the great business thoroughfares In the lo"er P
| the city.
The custom House viii be open to-day between ana
10 o'clock H. for the entry and clearance OF vessels
only -.
There will be various athletic exercises at the American
Athletic club Harriers will have paper chase starting
from schlossers Fort Lee HOTEL At Woods Grounds at
North Ninth and Second sts Brooklyn there will be
twelve hours go-asyouplease race, and various otner
| pedestrian
A. Meslahn IT.. win play the following programme on
Trinity Church chimes beginning at 1890 a. w.;
l. angels from the Realms Of Glory"
3. "CeiOl, Carol, Christians"
E. &. ao1y G IN III, he Highest le'f
By order OF Cardinal McCloskey special collections VIII
he taken nm during each Of the services to-day in all the
Roman Catholic churches throughout the archdiocese Oh
New-Yor for the benefit of the Catholic orphan asynS
III this city.
NIGHT SCENES IN THE MARKETS.
In snite OF the fact that Christmas eve last gn'
Fulton Market was comparatively deserted. ihat Poi-
ton OF il where Commissioner BlackiOrd holds sway va"
closed entirely and in the other departments there "ero
only few buyers In Broadway hundreds OF ltahanS
were at work shovelng the snow into carts anu
Il away Passing by silent and deserteu o'
Paurs church-yard, where dead anu eonS
| Knokerbookers slept quietly in their snow-coSereo
reporer passed the hustle and glare OF Bar
clav.st and Washington Market. First paIe-faced
woman paiising the shadow Of the elevated railway 10
adjust her load consisting OF rochnghOrse ana nan
dozen bundles then thousands of flaming ngnts ana
thousands ofjostlng men and women lines Oh s'aS anu
brilliant shops. Here was man VINO SOFA
| peanuts and there who Wanted tue
qualities Of Jersey turkeys. There were CHESTS
of tea covered with characters that reminded
one unpleasantly Of wash-blls, ana pies Oh
onions that suggested savoy stews and soups one man
invited the lovers of buy plated images at hve cents
piece and his neighbor informed the passer-oy that
tin trumpet was gust the thing TO put little Johnnes
stocking" In one place cheap table linen twhleh WIS
not alb and still cheaper articles OF female wear
ing apparel offered for sale, and In another
white aproned butchers invited all to buy a side
NJ beef or a leg Of mutton for the Christmas
dinner One butcher had engaged linguis TO stand In
front Of his STALL who said increasingly in French as she
is spoke" Here is where you get your mutton ana iu
key-te bon mOut0n,-te beau dindon"
The fact that Washington Market was oelnR repuus lo
edred things less lively usual Christmas eve In
the market ITSELF but made Barciayst all the more tu
multuous II the aboring poor who were abroad In
Barclay-s last night and bargains were not made IN
hurry. Every dollar paid by the thousands
of purchasers represented hours OF hard
work and was not lightly be disposed Of Every art
ele was carefully examined and was only oOuSht aiVI
much haggling and beating DOWN now ahd tAeu
I'LL IA ove ~ roI'yb The throng Then a party
with market baskets would push thel way atom a
aside. Sailors roia the steamships whose great oarK
hulls doomed along the netghborER river rom ~ nG
the eoasng vessels mOOred to the piers IN the Nclnyi
roamed in groups amid the busting throhgs anu 'uheu
their bronzed faces TO the harng lamps. -.
the distribution OF Christmas yfts to employee Snose
engaged in the Ship News Bureau or the AssOca'e
were remembered by Walter o Lewis. the manager VINO
gave each Il twevepound dry-p'cked turkey. About
800 pounds were required
TIE POOR AND UNFORTUNATE TO BIZ MADE HAPPY.
Many of the inmates Of the institutions in charge of the
Department OF Public Charities and Correction were yes
terday in anticipation already revealing in the enjoyment
of the unlimited turkey and plum pudding when VIII DC
provided for them to-day. The continual arrival OF par
GELS the occasional gmpses obtained OF their tempting
contents the sayOry odOrs which Of them emitted
and the frequent display Of holly and evergreen rendered
this easy feat for even tile most barren imagination
The colossal aud genial Commissioner Brennan hcayed
a sigh of relief when be AMI ounced that bis preparations
LITTLE will be fed by his department to-day. For TINS
purpose $4,000 pounds of poultry have been Parchased
aud prOpOrtOnatc amount of vegetables ana the Narl-
substances from which the culinary expert evolves
least and no one that asks for more WIN 1e dlsap
pointed For the children an abundance OF candles ahd
bon-bons has been provided Some thoughtful person
has gwen OF children's picture books To be dis
truted among tue inmates of the di0t sy lun on ran
ender those who fallen under the ban II the law
will not overlooked Every prisoner In the city PMS
ons will be given much OF turkey and pudding his
appetite may enable him 10 dispose Of In addition 10
tie city prisons the institutions reached by the benefac
tOns OF the Department OF Charities and Correction on
Christmas Day Bellevue Hospital, the Ninety ninth
Street Hospital on Blackwes island the Charity Hos
pita the Almshouse. the Institution for the Blind, the
Home for incurabes, the Workhouse ana the Female
Lunatc Asylum; on wards Island the Atyl9m Tor tne
Insane and the Homeopathic Hospital; aud on ltatts
Island hospital branch lunatc asylum and branch
| woekhouse. IL Will cost between 5000 and 800
to feast the inmates OF all these Institutions Az hts
ment would not grant this money, but 1t has now beer
appropriated from the expended balances OF the De
At the NewsbOys' Lodging House, in Duane st. at No
700 East Eleyenth-s at NO. III west EightcenlhsI'
ffh-st, Christmas dinners will be served at 80 T. m,
oo % 70 d psss OG % So m
400 boys will be fed The dinner there Il provided by
the evening at the lodging houses, experience having
shown that newsboys can best entertain themselves
the Girls Lodging House. No q ST. Mark s-place, the
usual Christmas dinner will be served and musical
and literary entertainment will take place in the evening
gotten up by the girls themselves.
At the Five Points House OF Industry the children
who attend the schools Will be given a dinner at 2
O'Clock aud at O'Clock another dinner will DO served TO
In the afternoon beginning al 3 80 o'clock, the
usual exercises viii take place concluding win tue dis
ard Mission, No 40 NewBowery the children will be
made happy by the regulation Christmas dinner and g
distribution Of presents afterward At Jerry
McAuley's MissoD No 3l6 Water-st, there Will be
reunion under the nspitng influence OF turkey dinner
with strictly temperate accessories The Earle Guild
Relief will dinners 10 the poor at No. l9l
Canal-st. and various other places.
At the Mission OF the immaculate Virgin in Lafayette
place, the usual Christmas dinner Will be served at ~
O'clock. will he additional dnuer O'Clock
for the outdoor poor In the morning the services In
chapel will be elaborate and six viii be celc
The children in the Catholic Founding Asylum
SiXty-eighti-st and Lexington LOO In mum
her will q
made glad by those peculiar rites OF which Santa Claus Is
the patron saint
In the ST. Barnabas Mission and Industrial Schools.
Nos 304 and 306 MnbefIy-st., the children will be
given dinner and presents from Christmas tree Al
Sing Sing Prison There will be and drsllnatie