St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-24
How the Festive Season Is to
Be Spent in the Sanity
City.
Santa Claus, With Presents
Galore, Anxiously Awaited
by the Youngsters. X
Charitable Ladies and Their
Labor OF Love Among the
Poor.
A Day Of Peace and Good
Will Towards All -
Men. A

Tomorrow is Christmas day. What
memories are aroused by the annualfe
currence of this holy day! Its hal
lowed associations; its festivities and
reunions Of families under the old pa
ternal roof; its great message of peace
and good will to all the world make it
the one great festal day of the year in
all Christendom. The whole human
family, as it were, become one at this
joyous season. Business will be suS-
pended for the day, the race for sordid
wealth will be laid over. and rich and
poor alike will rejoice and hosannah the
name of their maker. There may be
few Scroggins abroad, discontinued
with themselves, disguised with life
and the world generally, who never fail
to kick at the thought of other people
enjoying themselves. Such diSgruntled
individuals are unworthy of notice. 1t
is proper that there should be season
of enjoyment and eOnyivIality among
the people, and there is no mistaking
the fact that the citizens of st. Paul are
determined to have a right royal time.
There was sufficient evidence of this
yesterday by the congested condition of
the main thoroUghfareS of the city. The
principal stores were crowded with peO-
pie all day; and the cbildren-well,
they were everywhere. The fancy
stores were crowded with the budding
members of a future generation. And
what expectations there are of tO-mor-
row! There is not a child-certainly
there ought not to be One-whO will fail
to hang its stocking up near the bed ere
it retireS this evening. Christmas day
IL rNf
today, but to the young people Santa
Claus. with his bag of presents, is a
parsonage 10 dream of and talk about
the whole year round.
The poor whom Dame Fortune has
treated adversely will not be forgotten
tomorrow. The year just about to pass
into history-intO the thin and distant
paSt-is generally conceded to have
been fairly prosperous one. The citi-
ZenS of this state, at all events, have
been blest with a bountiful harvest;
Fortune has smiled on the business en-
terpriseS of our merchant kings. But,
in. days of prosperity as in times of de-
preston. the aphOrlSm is well known
1.-THE poor are always with u.s."
The philanthropists, the leaders
the city, will see that tomorrow
no deserving person goes without
Christmas dinner. A crowd of gentle
men might last evening have been seen
busily-engaged in one of the stores of
the West Publishing company packing
provisions into hundred baskets. III
quirieS divulged that they were men,
beers of Paladin COmmadery of Knights
Templar, and that the cOmmandery was
preparing to celebrate the first Christ
mas since its organization in donating
these baskets. amply supplied with
suitable material for Christmas dinner,
to a hundred of the needy fami-
lies of st. Paul. Tickets have been
issued in the name of the commandery,
and these orders will be hOnOred to-
day between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4
%. IN. The holders have been carefully
selected by number of ladies engaged
| in charitable work among the city poor.
| This is novel and, at the same time,
a commendable way to carry out one of
| the fundamental principles of the order,
| that of universal benevolence." This
slight contribution to the general hap
| piness of the Christmas tide has not
been confined to Masonic circles, but
the gift is extended to all. without ref
| erence to creed, race or color
S. o. Brooks, of the Kansas City road,
| rejoiceS in an unusually fine Christmas
present. He has been promoted from
the position of division freight agent to
that of assistant general freight agent,
the promotion to take effect on Jan. l.
| Hereafter he will have Jurisdiction as
| follows: Main line, Dubuque to st.
| Paul; Waverly branch, Sumner to
Hampton; Lyle branch, Haytieid to
Lyle; and all through business inter-
| changed with connecting lines at st.
Paul, Minneapolis and the Minnesota
transfer. Mr.. Brooks is not only a
thorough and competent railroad man,
but very popular gentleman, and his
| friends will rejoice at his promotion and
| pronounce it well merited.
A large number of social ente rtain-
ments are provided for this evening and
tomorrow Here is selection of the
more important:
The children Of the House of Hope
! church have Christmas entertainment
| tonight.
The Ich Diem Tennis club will have a
ball tonight at Miller's hall, Dayton's
bluff. .s----.- -.
The Myrtle Leaf Dancing club give
social hop.
st. Andrews society have Christ
| mas gathering tomorrow evening. The
| programme will be appropriate to the
occasion.
The gentlemen of Poverty Flat will
be entertained Christmas day by Mr..
and Mrs. Leedom Sharp.
| The Sunday school children at st.
| Mary's Episcopal church, Merriam
Park, will be provided with Christ
mas tree tonight.
| An entertainment will be given this
evening by the Sunday school scholars
| Of the Hamline Nj. E. church.
The services tomorrow at the Memo
rial English Lutheran church, West
| Sixth street. near Exchange, will not be
without special musical features. Serv-
| ices will open at IL a. m. with the ever
| thrilling 'tAdeste FideleS," followed by
the full musical services interspersed
two special pieces by the full choir.
| The programme is: ~
| Prelude-0rgan -. ........ ......... Mozart.
Hymn-"Come hither, ye faithful
John Reading
| Festival Service in F............... .Knauff
Versicles and Responses.
| Introit and Gloria. ..Greatorex
KyTie.
Gloria in Excelsis.- ..,........... ..Darley
| Anthem-"Nazareth'. ............arr. Gounod
Solo and Chorus.
| Hymn-"Hark. the herald agels sing -
Mendelssohn
offertory Anthem-'In Him Was x
Lie 49,. 49,. ...:....... :DahhS
Hymn-"O, Savior of our race" ....Holborn
Postlude--Organ. "a
An illustrated festival for the children
will be given in the evening at the
| church.