New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-25

hest to the rooms OF the TcnemeDtliouse MISSION. w.
81 Chcrry.st. yesterday. Mrs. Wheeler WHO . -
charge Of this branch Of the mission. IS more ''a"
foster. mother 10 the children OF uiese cTo"u'U
ment. houses. Yesterday afternoon one emu "a ~
mission room converted INTO sho" -
above which were ranks OF weldiesu rA
singing and mimic acting took up snort uho' a"1
.h 90. ,ho giving ont OF the dolls and ouler
presents Each hurried home to show MS UT i'
. treasure and Christmas Eve was surely hdPP' 0
to them ,..,oD hold
The NewYork Free kindergarten Association reiu
It's Christmas tree exercises for its little ones
morning in IFS Sunday school room at No 3ol East
Finy.third. st. Seventy neatly dressed ana sini'i"e
faced Young ones sat down to tiny tables l" ia".
cheon The tree was we'll loaded with dolls anu toy '
were the Gift of friends, through the insuuheia'9
OF Mrs Grover Cleveland and the mahascr' "a '"'
Charity Doll Show. Mrs. Grover CIeVeidNu' "a "
George Haven Putnam Miss Frcyllnghuy'eh' MIS- 'o"
G. Carlisle, and Mr.. and Mrs. Perrine were P'cSo' a.,
The Chinese sunday school Of the Church OF tno
S,ra,gers win have Christmas festival on Monday
evening in the chapel of the church, Greene-st near
Clinton Place Alexander d. Penfold Will eNc III.
pupils a stereopticOn exhibition on inc Lio VI
Christ"
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
uniouo Christmas Eve service held at ma
Mich, lat night in the Italian Protestant Episcopal
Church. at No. 3O7 Mulbcrry-st 1T was service Vi
great beauty and solemnty. II began WIFI :"
symphony by the organ and full orchestra a pro'
cesson of twenty five children. surpllced ana pedns
crosses then marched down the aisle iono"cu W "o
deacous and rector. The Holy Communion was iheD
administered. A solo was sung by ChaTlo LdTurlno'
one Of the choir boys. After the epsle the orchestra
nayed one OF the beautiful Italian pastoralS Inc
rector the Rev. Alberto Pace selected for the suDJcs
Of his discourse IL Santo Natalie del Nostro slsoio
taking his text from st. Luke II, 10 ~ 9c'oi"'
solos followed. and fifty voices, accompanies " tg
organ and orchestra, joined III another VI uo
pastOrals. The service closed with fecl''''o"''
nymn and march. 1 =
This morning there will be masses at o. = anu az tn
O'CLOCK. both AT tine City House 0i the Mission VI ,
immaculate Virgin, in Lafayette Place. ana me Drd
home at Mount Loretto For the late mass an oA
boys OF The mission will compose the choir d IL
o'clock 400 boys will sit down TO bonhuiul uicr'
and at l. 80 the outside poor VIII be served
THE HOLIDAYS KEEP THEM BUSY.
The employees of the Postofice. while they have a
great deal OF work to do, are not pushed hard as
they have becn in previous years Just before Christ
mas. f. d. Morgan, superintendent OF the city dc
livery said Yesterday that there was not that over
whelmng crush of mail mater which made LIE sucn
The holidays had of greatly increased the postal
business. , . ,.., Val, pos,onco T.,
The one addressed 10 the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany The second largest RECEIVED 10y KC C6rr pom
BESIDES the fathers Of large families whose pocket
books have been fattened by officiating a santa
Claus, the express ult,otIir.I VIII
that Christmas has come. TINS mas peer IuS
busy time and he has been working for sixteen hou,s
a day for the last three or four days ~ an cary
hour yesterday morning there was heard tlc hveN
clater Of horses hoofS upon the stone pavement
Tie milkmsn who awakens people AT an unseemy houI
with his Indian warcry sol ont o his way 10 nlaHo
for the exp'e'sman lie Is ne modern Sd, ~
Claus ard in spite Of the lack II rcindccrs snow ana
incling bells. gives ont more packages m more poo
rle than the my thical Pez Nickc was ever cedI'N
with carrying. a.. III
II wa, after midnight this morning when inc ratile
Of the last express wheel ceased and the weary OK
pressmen sr1k 10 rest.