The evening times., 1898-12-28
CURRENT EVENTS
In GEORGETOWN
POOR PEOPLE SEEKING AID
Applications for Coal and Wood on
the Increase-IIOliday Entertnin-
ments-Feu in u Fit.

the Increase-HolidnyE Entertain
|, ments-Fell in u Fit.
| The sndden fall in temperature last night
had the effect OF compelling a large num-
| Der of Georgetown's poor to seek aid from
the. branch Office of the associated charities
on Thirty second Street. This morning
| scarcely period of five minutes elapsed
without one or more applications for aid.
Coal and wood were more in demand than
anything else The officers of this branch
of the charities are making preparations to
meet the large demands incident to the
cold weather which they anticipate will be
| made upon them now that settled cold
| weather is here. The collection of food,
| clothing and money which was taken up
! just before the schools closed for the holi-
days has been turned over TO the Associated
| Charities for distribution. Until today the
demand on this office of the charities has
been very light for this season of the year.
During the past week aid was furnished to
only fifty persons.
| There has been a great deal of sickness
among the poor of Georgetown. Grip has
been the prevailing malady and the num-
Der OF cases has been very large. 1t is
feared that should the present cold weather
continue any length OF time that there will
be a decided increase in the amount of
sickness, especially throat troubles and
pneumonia.
The Sunday school room of the Dunbar
ton Avenue NJ. e. Church was crowded to
! the doors last night by the members of the
church and Sunday school, who gathered
/ to witness the Christmas entertainment in
which the small children of the Sunday
school were the principal participants.
The affair passed off very smoothly, and
the Juvenile entertainers won unstinted
applause. The first two numbers of the
| program consisted of choruses by the en-
tire school. Mildred Cornweu followed
with a solo, and after her Frances Som
merville recited. Leila and Walter Bag
ley sang childish ditty. A quartet of lit
| tie girls, consisting of Ella Allen, Eta Sc
bastian, Leila Bagley and Bessie Birch,
! followed with dialogue and song. A reci-
| tation was then given by Sara Cruit. Frank
Bowling as Santa Claus was ushered in
with loud ringing OF bells, much to the
| delight OF the children. He presented TO
| the little people appropriate gifts, and 10
each OF the older members of the Sunday
school box of candy. The program was
| concluded with chorus by the school
The Sunday school of St. Johns Church
| held their Christmas celebration last night
! at o'clock in the parish hall. The choir
| singing. The pastor, Rev. Frank Barton,
| delivered the opening address. A Christ
| mas tree had been previously prepared
| and was hung with presents for the chill
| dren, the rector making the distribution
of the gifts.
| A musical and literary entertainment
! will be given at the Tenleytown Baptist
| Church on January 6. Mrs. Walter
| Stewart, the well-known elocutionist, will
I n,I,
| ent has been engaged.
| The Sunday school entertainment of the
Baptist church OF Tenleytown will be held
! tonight in the Sunday school room Of the
! church.
The funeral OF the late James P Wal
! lace took place this afternoon at O'Clock
| from Oak Hill Chapel DR.. Hammond,
of the Congress Street NJ. p. Church Off
| ciated. The chapel was crowded with the
| friends of the deceased and the members
of the lodge. The floral offerings con-
tributed by George C. Whiting Lodge were
very beautiful and elaborate. Interment
| was made in Oak Hill Cemetery. At the
grave B. N. Murch, the Worshipful Mas
ter of the lodge. read the Masonic ritual
the Masonic apron was wrapped around
/ the coffin and the body lowered to its last
| resting place.
William Bower, living at Rosslyn, Va,
was seized with an epileptic fit yesterday
| afternoon about 4:30 o'clock while cross
+ ing the Aqueduct Bridge. on his way to
! Georgetown The Seventh Precinct patrol
wagon was called and the sick man taken
toathe Georgetown University Hospital. Af-
j ter receiving treatment he recovered suffi-
| GENTLY to be taken to his home.
Mrs. w. n. Gill, who was knocked down
and seriously injured several weeks ago by
an unknown bicyclist, is reported TO be
improved. She is confined at her home at
! 320S ? Street
Mrs. Benjamin Gissell is suffering at her
| home. 1921 Thirty second Street with a
| bad attack of grip.
l. VIM. R. Ulrich. an electrician by trade,
was arrested last night about u o'clock
| by officer Hess, on complaint of Gabriel
Jones. cab driver, who charged Ulrich
| with refusing 10 pay for cab fare