New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
FINE CHRISTMAS WEATHER
.NrJs1C MERRIMENT AND GOODWILL

c,,rrcu sERv1cEs-BoUNTIFUL FREE DINNERS
v.Ny HEAVY HEARTS MADE LIGHT
Yesterday was a green" Christmas, out inc
day was SO open, frank and hoer"i WIN y"
hean,huI sunshine, warmth and clear SKY '"a' ''''
urciudicc against green ChrlStmas nu'' ''
The time have vanished. IL was pefiec, uay ""N
,ho RAYS Of the rising sun stole through the
and windows Of the homes here so early .h'c
thousands OF eager little ones wh,siSeo out o. 'e'
believing that the light came from Santa Chius
lantern. and that they were gong 10 eaten '"'
GOOD old saint at last or course he WASH ''lere,
but nobody bothered TO explain TO the eNci'c"
wh,c-robed youngsters why there was no 500.
in the chimney place, OF how Santa ClauS cari,ou
down a house chimney bundles and pafceis Dig
enough to stun factory chimney but .ner'
were the Christmas tree, the bullying stocking
loads of good things wrapped up in brown paper
and c.,crinr PAINTED toys that sent the troops OF
ro,ngs,ers into wild hurrahs. The parlor, the
d,,inp.room and the nursery were turned into
Zones If disorder, with children in their night
d,s,sos rejoicing in their toys, littcring the oor
With paper and winding up, perhaps, with pillow
echt which nut them in frst-class trim Tor the
Christmas turkey the theatre matinee, or ride IN
Tho country and tue Christmas festival IN inc
evening. ,.
with the dawn Of day also came the chimes
from the church bells, and carly mass and early
s.rv;ces at the Catholic and Episcopal churchcs
we're well attended With the approach OF ii
o'clock multitudes of people poured INTO fi'h-
ave and other ghfarcs all going 10 church
Afterward everybody went home to dinner linen
everybody lapscd into contented stale-eNcfS oouS
except walters porters jaDitors and other heares'
wretehes who have no feeling on such DAY eN-
cent that every man has quarter somewhere III
his clothes for them. Nobody worked haru eAcep.
the citizen who Will get tight IS giad oil IL anu
loudly proclaims that fact by DIociuhs up .n'
stairway n the elevated railroad and calling for
"a derrick" to assist him up stairs. Most peopc
laughed at him and his kind, and he was on good
terms with himself INeryoody ne neo5 nc Finally
no drifted 20 outdoor religious meetings ana uhuei
went conversion SO voclferous thaI ne Won ~
have any voice left with which 70 answer 'n ~
philosophy of the Justice who VIII eApauate ~
him his morning on the moral and physlcai
difference between gluttony and drunkenness
The theatres were filed: and no one growiea
all day long of a gorgeous procession OF new
clothes, hats and bonnets. The Harlem ROAD
was taken up with drivers who IN lnelr lhsV anu
furiol,s fun forgot their regret that there was
no snow. and thanked the weather clerk that
he had kept his promised rain-storm as ms own
Christmas gift. Downtown was Comparatively
deserted. Many gifts were maoe W one -,
and dinners were given TO TIE street walls oy
MANY Charitable organizations. There were some
athletic sports and many festivals were held In
the evening. ca.
The holiday was equally enjoyed in the City
of Homes as Brooklyn is now termed by II"
PEOPLE, and all the places of public resort were
ihrongcd. Household festivities ruled the hour,
but there were many persons at the churches,
theatres and Sunday schools. Prospect ParK was
crowded with people on foot and in carriages In
tho afternoon, but would-be skaters found no
ice there. At public and private institutions
ontertainments At RAYMOND Street Jail Warden
rTmer fed the prisoners with $50 pounds Of
chicken, scores of pies and other daintles and
On entertainment was given. The Charities Oon y,
Of turkey and chicken for the inmates Of the
County institutions, and by the, generosity o.
Ripley Ropes quarter of pound OF cshdy ano
dinners were served in the hospitals, homes ana
acvlums n. the city