Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-12-27
CHRISTMAS IN ANNAPOLIS.
How the Day Was Spent by Many
The DistI fbutlon OF Gifts TO
the Little Ones.

For abe first time In many years snow
and ice helped TO maze Christmas 1f
1892 more enjoyable than on former oc
cssions Old mother earth was whitened
with light covering of snow aud the
intense cold Of the past few DAYS SO con :
gtaled the placid waters Of the Spa and
College creeks, as 10 render their sur.
face solid floor OF glisiening ic /, upon
which hundreds OF forms were seen Gid
ing 10 and fro over the CLASSY surface.
duriog the day. All places 81 business
were closed early in the morning and
merchants and business men generally,
with their employees, spent the day with
their families around the festive board.
and exchanging calls. TIE little ones
were made happy in the distribution of
the gifts from Santa Claus, and their
gseeful shouts could be heard In all parts
Of the house as they made merry around
the Christmas tree. Mother, father, sis
ter and brother-each came IN for share
of Christmas remembrance from one an
other. and the day was most happily
spent in every household. The poor
were also remembered by those who had
more of this worlds goods than their
unfortunate brethren. and packages of
good things were sent out by kindhear-
ted neighbors.
The day, like all days, was not void OF
Its sorrows In some homes. The angel
of death has entered many homes and
left vacant chair in the household, aud
an aching heart on this Christmas ami.
versary, that was light aud merry on the
former.
THE CHURCHES
Special services were held in many of
the churches Christmas morning. At st.
Mary's Church High Mass was celebra-
ted at 4 80 o'clock. and al the First NJ
f. Church a special service was held at
A. M, under the auspices of the Ep-
worth League, at which Christmas carols
were sung by the league accompanied by
several instruments by the Naval Asadc-
my band Early services were also held
at st. Anne's p. Il. Church Special mu-
sic was rendered on the occasion In all
the churches, several of the choirs being
augmented by instrumental music by the
Naval Academy Band The trimmings
were also special feature of the day
and many of the edificies were profusely
and artistically trimmed with evergreens
and notices In the Presbyterian Church
a large arch spanned each side of the
pulpit and from the center was suspend
ed large white star, while in the rear
of the pulpit on the wall, entwined In
evergreen. were the letters tEmman-
uel, the whole being artistically arrang-
ed The pastor, Rev. j. w. McIlvain,
preached.an eloquent sermon In morn
ing on the subject; He hath filed the
hungry with good things, and the rich he
hath sent empty away" In the evening
his subject was Jesus the Saviour of tho
World
At the First M. K. Church, the Rev J.
III. Dashiell preached an able sermon in
the morning on "The Infancy Of Jesus"
In the evening the Rev. w. L. Mellow
ell, preached sermon TO the Masons,
who attended in body.
At Wesley Chapel. the Rev. Watson
Case. pastor, preached in the morning
and appropriate and impressive sermon
on The Christ Child in the Manger OF
Bethlehem" and in the evening "The
Glorified Christ in Heaven At all the
Churches the attendance was good.