The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
NEW yORKS WHITE CHRISTMAS.
Several Pretty Actresses Sing ON the
Streets and Collect Considerable
Money for Sweet Charity.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 26. - The
promise of white Christmas" was full.
filled yesterday. The day was very white.
1t was brilliant, for the sun shone on the
snow. Toward noon the sunshine became
quite firm and the snow began to melt.
Soon. however, the air grew cooler. In
the parks, all the space except the walks
was covered with snow. The sleighs
glided swiftly along the driveways. and
thousands of boys and girls coasted on the
hlllsldes. The air was filled with sounds
OF bells and laughter and chatter. 1t
seemed more of a holiday than usual in
the lower part of the city. The stores and
business houses were closed, and the
streets were almost deserted. There was
less noise and stir than on Sunday.
In nearly all of the churches were ap-
propriate services. The charities of the
season were not omitted. Numbers of
pubic institutions gave dinners and
others distributed substantial gifts. In
front OF some OF the missions or homes of
charitable associations were seen long
lines OF the poor and hungry people.
Many OF these institutions had wagons
distributing food and clothing in the
tenement districts.
Private charities are said to have been
unusually abundant. A great quantity of
money and other presents were given out
quietly. ALI of the children in the in
dustrial schools were literally remem-
bered. In all of the hospitals also, many
gifts were made to the sick.
Christmas day in the hotels is not very
lively, and yesterday was no exception.
There were few arrivals, and many of the
regular guests left during the day and
dined with friends. 1t has become Gus
TO- m hov n -.
houses instead of homes, and the Savoy,
Plaza, Windsor, Fifth-avenue, Waldorf
and others all had two or three of these
small parties. AT the Windsor Nine.
Melba gave party to seven friends.
Hotels like the Waldorf, Netherland,
Holland, Hoffman and Delmonico's res
taurant made no difference in their din
ners on Christmas day, or any other day in
the year for that matter. They, always
have Christmas dinner, as one clerk put
it. Other hotels always have Christmas
dinner, too, but Christmas day they made
things a little more elaborate by collecting
dishes suitable to the day and printing
the menu in the shape of dainty SOU
venir.
Several vaudeville actresses, followin g
the custom of their French sisters in art,
ing the noon hour yesterday and to de.
vote the contributions they received from
the people to charity.
Mile. Koruna sang from her carriage in
front of Delmonico's, at Fifth avenue anG
Twenty-slxth street, to an audience of 40i
or 500 men and women who were return
ing from church. AT the conclusion O
each song she sold roses, but no matte
what the sum given was, she gave M
change in return. She explained that sh,
had not teen long in this country and wa
afraid she might make mistake in giving
change.
Louise Boudel took up her station il
front Of the Union League Club. but she
said that she had sore throat and coulC
not sing in the open air. She carried sew.
oral punches OF roses, one of which sh,
disposed of for charity to those VIII,
waited to hear her sing, and the others sh
| presented to the Union League Club. Tn
contributions from the club members AM
| those in the street amounted to 1886.
Miss Cora Bout, accompanied by
| little girl and young man, gave a shor
open-air concert for charity's sake a
One Hundred and Twenty-Five
street and Eighth avenue. Few person
were present when she tripped in clad il
| q fantas tic costume, and taking her sianC
| at the southeast corner began to sing
Christmas carol. Soon crowd of upwar,
| OF 100 persons gathered and joined in th
| chorus. The roses which the actress car
led were put up for auction and were sol,
o a man in the crowd for $40.