The evening world., 1889-12-13
FOR THE CHRISTMAS FUND.-.
Many Benefits and Entertainments
Planned In Its Aid.
Merchants Helping to Rlpen the
Christmas Tree Fruit.
90 900 Children to BE Made Glad on
the Great Holiday.

forest in The EVENING WORLD Christmas
party. Large donations OF goods suitable
for gifts were made yesterday, and more are
promised. 1t is perhaps well to repeat here
that THE EVENING WORLDS plan is not de-
viscd to benefit children already looked after
by their own Sunday-schools missions and
benevolent societies, but for the great num-
Der Of waits who are utterly neglected and
uncarcd for by any Of these agencies. 1t
will, therefore,, in no way conflict with the
Christmas plans OF any organization.
The various halls in which THE EVENING
WORLD Christmas trees will be held are un-
der tho supervision Of Mrs. j. II. Percy, of
The WORLD, who is also organ zing the
committees which will have charge of them.
The Christmas parties will be held in the
halls named below.
At Turn Hall, One Hundred and Twenty
fourth street and Third avenue. under the
supervision OF Mrs. John Allen and q largo
and efficient corps Of young ladies and
gentlemen.
and Third avenue.
At Nilsson Hall, on East Fifteenth street,
managed by Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Aver
and many assistants.
In Apollo Hall will lie held another cast
NV lalNg It ~ ~ lCNbBI lllO
faces of The EVENING WORLD physicians
who did 80 much for tho sick babies last
Summer.
Mrs. Mortimer Brown and assistants will
preside over the fifth party in Salvation
Army Hall, on Seventh avenue, near Thirty
NTH street.
In Brooklyn at least 3, 900 children will
be entertained in the beautiful Palace Rink,
on Clermont avenue, the use OF which has
been donated by Mr. Norman L. Munro.
EVENING WoRLD wagons will call at any
address. upon a request being sent to tins
office that DONATIONS OF goods for the
CHRISTMAS trees will be in READINGS. Dis
carded toys. books. children's clothing, last
Winters overcoats and wraps; anything
df9t VIII ada to the comfoEt and pleasure
Contributions for the Harlem Christmas
Tree may be sent to Hotel Hamilton, One
Eighth avenue, care Of Mrs. John Allen.
Several benefit performances. are being ar
ranged. Manager Doris will give the entire
Museums on Wednesday. Dec. 1s; Worth's
Palace Museum will contribute its receipts
of Tuesday, Dec. ~, morning and after
given at Jacobs Third Avenue Theatre on q
dav not yet positively fixed, but which will
beIuly announced.
The sale Of tickets for the special matinee
70 be given at the Union Square Theatre
Friday AFTERNOON, Dec. 20. ut, = O'Clock, in
aid of The EVENING WoRLD's Christmas
Tree Fund, goes on most encouragingly.
The roomy second balcony. which holds al
most three hundred people, offers an eX-
person to buy up all the seats for 800 and
send the members of som institution to
witness the performance.
Oilers OF assistance and service for the
matinee, continue to come in. Mrs. L. L..
Maude has offered the, services Of her tai
ented little daughter. little Annie Lloyd,
who, is now playing with Barry and Fay at
the Park Theatre. and Miss Mabel stephen
sT3n has kindly volunteered, to sing. These
declined because, of the length of the pro-
gramme already decided upon.
amen Am Srs the he R SdTo SsSdv Of nth the perform Srf o
Pryor, Mrs. Egbert Guernsey, Mrs. Calvin
s, Brice. MarJnise Lanza; Mrs. Frederick
B j; GSSa%'I aia Sl / hS Mas. j. j. j. hgE5s sRins,, M Miss,
II. $. Able, Mrs. +. Marcy Raymond, Mrs.
Archibald G; duntor, Mrs. Abner Bartlett,
Miss Matte Sheridan and many others.
The play to be presented Is a tiye.act pa.
T5sw@scnGi Ti!Sn. Mr.: and Mrs, beaumont
Booth-ModjGska combination company. APP
Be"Ec by kind PsrGGi ny in Of I DirS Si iEa AF S /
tell company, will also appear by kind per-
mission of Mr.. Augustus Pltou, manager.
Tickets may be procured at pGSlmonlco,s,
BrGntanoB, the Union Square Theatre, IL.
Jonas, the Aston House newsstand. The
WORLD offices and from any of the patron-
esses.
A fair with many unusual attractions is
being arranged by Miss Lon Bronson. of "a
West Twenty third street, and there is every
prospect that it will be a grand success and
add much to the Christmas Tree Fund. The
time and place Of holding it will be an
bounced in The EVENING WORLD tomorrow.
Miss Bronson has received many very yalu-
able contributions for her praiseworthy en-
terprisc, the most costly, perhaps, being a
$1,000 cabinet piano given by Hardman,
Beck & Co.
Miss Frances Whitmark and the other
little girls who originated the fair are work
ing hard for its success, which will undoubt-
eddy fully meet their expectations. Contri-
buttons may be sent to Miss Bronson at "a
West Twenty-third street.
The EVENING WORLD Christmas Tree
Fund il reported to-day AZ follows: