New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-25
CHEER FOB EVERY ONE.
INTERESTING PROGRAMMES FOR CHRIST
MAS DAY.

LARGE BUSINESS REPORTED by THE STORES
GOOD WORK OF THE CHARITABLE SOCIETIES.
prookIvnItes Of both low and high degree Will nave
an unusually happy Christmas to-day II the aco'..'
of the last week two In the stores, III Inc '""'
and in the charitable societies furnishes truS'
worthy indication. The big stores IN rui'one,'
u,here the shoppers find their Joy and delight III
spendlng the hard-earned money OF WEEKS ,".e
been crowded from one end to the other lot io'
n,rht or more and the stockngfuls OF usefui anu
ornamental things that will gladden. the eyes VI
Young folks and old folks ae well TINS morh''s ~"
nish a remarkable proof OF the power Oh 'he N"i'
mas spirit 10 turn pocketbooks inside out "e"e''"'
nroyslon for the happiness OF the less fortunate ones
has also been made by the scores Oh e"'ii'a' ~
benevolent societies In the city
The Brooklyn Christmas Tree Society mas spareu
no effort to make its celebration this year pese'
than ever before More than 1000 tickets have peeh
issued to poor children who VIII gather IN the w.
lumbia Theatre at $50 O'Clock this morning 10 re-
celve from Ernest Snow, of the His Exceiency
company who will take the role OF Santa Claus, al
sorts of nice things At the Amphion 1heafe'
there will also be a distribution OF gifts 10 poor
children Mayor Schieren has promised 10 a'teho
both OF these Christmas tree exercises various
church societies and organizations the hins
Daughters naturally among them. have interested
themselves In nearly every hospital ana asylum III
the city
THE CONNECTS REMEMBERED.
Even the convicts have been remembered ana
their Christmas will be made as happy as IL can
be under the circumstances Warden hayes VIII
give his charges In the Crow Hill institution COCA
dinner and will In other ways try to make the DAY
noteworthy for them. Nevertheless the inmates
of the Peniteniary will not it is reasonable 10 sup
nose spend much time plying two Of their recent
com1anlors George Ciunther and James Robinson
who yesterday set free by United otaieS IN IN
missioners More and Benedict respectively, alter
serving terms of two years for breaking into d'
Special services with attractive musical features
and Christmas sermons, will be given In the churcn,
es, and ii Is expected that many o. tne pashi r Ts
make the present war talk the subject OF their os
WhiIe many Of Brooklyns charitable o 1rgan sS5
ons make Christmas special time for GYM, a, anu
reaching the hearts OF The poorer p5oPe r no
sSSa IL he oee Tns snd N
iares have no especial reason given them to remene
these societies is the Brooklyn Association for I'm.
proving Condition Of the Poor wnc en- Is JI Se
SJJ days In the year on December 20. mis- assO-
citation leaves 20 Its sister sSclee1 S o vs and
other less substantial and necessary things whicn
bring wiz then happiness csn6nd hG 10 the entreatie
of the poor with free gfts'oI wholesome iooo anu
warm clothing.
READY FOR APPLICANTS.
In a rear room in the associations buiioihs' aI
No l0i LivlngstoD-st, are quantities OF tea muir
pork and beans and piles of serviceable though
,,in clothing which the officers readily give to all
appllcants who are known to be deserving or assist
ance In the year ending on May l, 1885, over ooooo
mounds of -four 1884 pounds of tea. 'A3co POUNDS
of oatmeal and other groceries were Distributed
and 7os tons of coal, 1883 pairs Of shoes ana run
hers 2Oj articles Of clothing and other things were
81 Sy ss5 lc away the ""O'S '''''' 'I,. m
The busiest months in the associations office are
January and February, when more WorKlnBiHch al e
out of employment than at any otner times anu
when the weather Is often severest DeceinDer -
also busy month when the winter seasoh se.s ~
time lessons the demand for clothing conslderaply
When asked yesterday by tribune repori,e Ger
whether the condition OF Brooklyns o Uii nam
had improved perceptibly since last christmas
Edward C. Avila, superintendent OF relief sad
THE calls made upon US vary little IN number IRON
year except in the case OF sdcn renar
panic Was at its worst we assisted 30 families
think that at this time there is more than the
ordinary number of men without work our Doohs
show that we are doing the usual amount or busi-
ness now but when the cold weather sets IN i9r
who VIII need warm clothing 1t Is one or the most
gratifying features of our work that whenever
generosity of contributors" $780, .,
so far as we are able to Judge from the hgures, y
said an officer of the Brooklyn Bureau OF Charities
at No 90 Schermerhorn-st.. to a Tribune reporter
Yesterday. there is nearly as much restitution IN
the city this winter as there was last winter. Ihe
ago but we are looking after about as many app-
cants for relief formerly. For the six months
ending on October 81 last there were 1000 appl-
cations for assistance Here al the central bureau
we are employing about thirty or forty destitute
women right along The children OF these women
VAL have their Christmas tree on Monday next in
ters and charitable ladies Interested in the bureau
provide the gifts"