The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-26
TURKEYSFORTHEPOOR
Inmates of the Various Hospitals
Are Feasted.
LIBERALITY OF CITIZENS
CHRISTMAS TREES LOADED
WITH TOYS FOR CHILDREN.
st. Marks Hospital Recipient of
Legacy of $3.50 From Brooks Es-
tate-Midnight Mass Celebrated
By the Rev. Father Curran at
Holy Gross Hospital.

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By the Rev. Father curran at
Holy Cross Hospital.
Yesterday was a happy one for the
unfortunate many who are forced by
dint of circumstances to weather the
storms of life in the seclusion of IN
firmaries and charitable institutions.
For a brief twenty-four hours they
were released from the thoughts that
destiny is not so considerate as she
might be: that the design woven by
the fates into the tapestry of human
events is faulty. and that there would
be less need for charity had sunshine
been substituted for some of the lower
ing clouds that cast dark shadows on
the pictures of life.
Despite the lack of snow, the jolly
fat Kris Kringle drove his eight rein
deer TO all the benevolent establish
ments in the city, and. dumped himself
and immense loads o. toys, books,
games, turkeys. cranberries, celery,
nuts and candy into the tortuouS CHM
neys. The children Jared especially
well, and yesterday afternoon they
were voicing their thankful sentiments
in Christmas carols, shrieks of merri-
ment, and the kind of noises on drums
and tin horns that are wont to drive
their elders distracted. e.s
Children of an older growth had their
fill of happiness in the shape of brown
meat, white meat, craDberries, and
mince pie, and Lass evenings sun went
down on the merriest scene il has wit
messed in a twelve month.
holy Cross Hospital.
Christmas day was ushered in at
Holy Cross hospital at midnight Sun
day by a macs with the Rev. Father
Curran as celebrant. During the serv-
ice Father Curran delivered very inn
pressdve sermon on the Gospel of the
Day. Rossini's mass in CO. was
sung by the hospital choir. At 10:3O
yesterday morning the Rev. Father
Morrisey celebrated another mass. AT
4 o'clock Father Morrisey celebrated
vespers during which the "Adeste
Ffdelis'' was sung IN full chorus by the
choir. All the inmates who were able
attended the different services.
a Christmas dinner was served at
12:3G with a menu containing such
edibles as turkey, craaberries, celery,
two kinds of potatoes, mince PIE,
oranges, apples, bananas and cakes
Candy was given to all who could eat
ii. All who were able. sat down TO the
table, the others being served in their
rooms. So many good things were con-
trihuted by the residents of the city |
that il is impossible to enumerate them |
all or to give the names OF contributors |
The Holy Cross hospital people wish 10 |
extend thanks to their MANY frienos |
who so kindly assisted in making the |
dinner a success
st. AIMS Orphanage.
Eighty children ranging in age from /
9 to ii years were making merry in the |
orphanage on First South street yes
terday afternoon. They had been re-
called earlier in the day by hearty
Christmas dinner of turkey. cram
berries. vegetables pies, fruits. nuts
candles and cakes contributed by the |
Idaho bakery, Utah Cracker factory
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kearns. Judge and Mrs. Mansnail, Mr.
and Mrs Smedley. Mr.. and MIS- Nc
Gurrin, Miss Carson and others. dne
Theatre Candy Kitchen, John Mc7
Carthy, Mayor-elect Thompson, ).
lynch. David Splitter, john Weber. y
10 Kearns and Jake Smith united IN
contributing large quantity OF caiiuy
nuts and raisins, and Mrs. AcCornlch'
Mrs Kearns. Mrs. Keith, and Mrs
Salisbury made the youngsters haPpy
bv liberal gifts of dolls, toys DooAS'
and games. ,.,,ra
Owing to pressing uQblCS .NAoN'
Father Curran was unable TO see TO the
erection and decoration of the CHRISTI
mas tree. so it was postponed until TINS
q fternoon. when the regular exercises
viii be held.
orohan,s Home and Day Nursery.
Yesterday was one Of the happiest IN
the lives of the eighteen youngster.s o.
the Orphans Home in the southern
mart of the city. Mrs. c. j. Ballou, the
GENIAL matron of the institution, waived
AN the customary rules and regulations
ord as a consequence the children We're
and rollicking indoors ana OUT
from sunrise to sunset Inc JACKSON
school remembered the tiny waits with
. Grand Christmas tree loaded down
with strings of gaily colored popcorn,
of candy and other fule
tide decorations.
There was a merry dinner IN the al
ternoon, and despite the fact that most
of the children exhibited the oliating
movers of an anaconda in slowing away
meats. vegetables, fruits. nuts, raislns
an5 nies there is enough left to fur
nish CHRISTMAS dinners every day for
whole week
THE unfortunate in this institution
we're far from being forgotten by their
more fortunate brethren, and Mrs. Bal
lou wishes to express her appreciation
of the twelve turkeys sent W MI oAAN
Mrs. David Keith, toys. books and
pair of shoes for each child ana dolls
from Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. Walker. the
box of oranges from the Hanson FRO
duce company, soda water from the SAT-
Lake Soda w alter company, CORRECTION
err and nuts from Mr.. and Mrs John
Walker and all other contributions by
other charitable citizens.
St Marks Hospital.
St. Marks hospital received a Christ
mas gift of $3.50. 1t was in reality
legacy from the Brooks estate, but the
handsome remittance reached the insu-
tuition yesterday and was turned over
TO the hospital fund.
Nowhere was the Yule tide season
more f.ttingly observed than at St
Marks. Carols were sung in all the
wards. and the usual service was con-
Quoted in the little chapel of the insti-
tuition. The patients-or those of them
who were able-sat up to an elegant
spread early in the afternoon, no pains
being spared to make the dinner one
long to be remembered.
At 5 in the evening the good things
were laid out before the nurses, whose
artistic hands have, during the past
few days. converted the bare halls into
a veritable Eden. The walls were COW
cred with notices commemorative of
the season, the tasteful decorations be-
ing carried out all over the building.
A Christmas tree in. the sitting room
was laden with good things for the
children at the hospital, numbering
twenty-five or thirty.