Evening journal., 1894-12-26
THE DAY OF ALL DAYS.
Christmas Was Celebrated
Throughout the City.
SOME HANDSOME TREES TRIMMED

Presents for Epworth's Pastor, Teach
ers and Choir Leadsr-Festive Times
at the state Hospital and County
AImshouse-Th Exquisite Church
Music Yesterday.
Never was the Delaware State Hospital
atFarnhurst so brilliantly and beautifully
decorated and never was there a more
enjoyable Christmas in any institution
than yesterday. DR.. Hancker and his
enterprislng and deeply interested assist
ants had twined evergreen-and 1t was
the prettiest holly and mistletoe, too-all
through the corridors, wards and hospital
rooms, while the amusement hall looked
like the home Of Santa Claus.
Early ia the day Santa went the rounds
OF the big asylum and gave each inmate
a tsrleton bag full OF candies and nuts, an
orange and fine, big apple, About /
o'clock dinner was ready, and the patients
nearly all of them-sat down TO q
smoking feast OF good things, prominent
among which wers turkey, celery, Gran
berry sauce, mince pie, cranberry pie,
vegetables aud fruits.
To morrow might the Christmas ex-
ercises arranged by DR.. Hancker will be
I held IN the amusement hall and the
First Presbyterian Church chsir OF this
city will give a concert, There will be
other exercises and at 10 o'clock a dance
will begin to continue until midnight
Only invited guests will be expected to
attend the entertainment, as there will
be little rom TO spare In the hall.
An Oyster Dinner at the Almahouss.
Every inmate OF the New Castle
county almshouse at Farnhurst received
a suitable preaent, the women getting
pretty aprons and fancy goods. At
o'clock big dinner was served Ia the
dining room by Superintendent and Mrs,
Mccoy. IL was an oyster di ner and
the bivalves were served in many diffor
ent styles, vegetables. fancy dishes and
all kinds Of pie accompanying them,
Epworths Enjoyable Festival.
The Christmas entertainment given
BY Epworth M e Sunday school last
night was an enjoyable affair There
was large audience present. The
scholars taking part in the program did
themselves credit. especially the infant
department whose singing, under the
instruction OF Miss Emma Shawb brooks
was fAyorably commented on
The feature OF the concert was tbs
Christmas music rendered by the churcl
choir. The music was of high ordel
and contained some very difficult pas
sages, but the choir and soloists sang
them with precision and expression
that showed careful training The
male chorus composed OF young mel
OF the church, also sang two selections
Nervousness ovsrcame II In It's frs
number, but the chorus redeemed itsel
| In the second selection and received a.
| encore
At the conclusion Of the musicA
, exercises, box NJ candy was given !
! each OF the smaller scholars, aud pres
ents were exchanged between teacher
, and scholars. All the ofiicers Of tn
! school and the pastor Of the church
/ Rev. L. w. Lay6sld, were preHente
with gifts. The choir also gave II
leader handsome present
Exquisite Music and Fine Dsoorotion
All the prominent churches OF th
! Episcopal and Catholic denomination
held services fer srief time In tn
morning The music was exquisite, th
decorations elaborate, the service
/ impressive, and the people who too
T time TO praise the One with who's
4 humble birth the festival originate
d enjoyed the more the remainder OF til
[ day All the programs as announced !
I the EVENING JOURNAL were successful
, rendered.