The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-26
IN GREATER NEW york.
Feature There Also Was n Salvation
Army Dinner


Army Dinner.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-One of the chief
features of Christmas day In New York
City and its vicinity was the weather
Not only was the sky clear in all d.
rections save to the southwest where
heaVy clouds acted as a breaker to the
glor1es of the sunshine, but the rays of
the sun after 8 o'clock in the
morning were so genial that heavy wraps
were uncomfortable and furs could not
be endured except as fashion dictated
that they were the proper thing at this
season of the year. The consequence of
this almost springlike weather was that
the churches were thronged with Wor-
Shippers and the streets Of the city fIlad
With merry throngs of men, women and
children who left the Christmas tree in
their homes and got out for breath of
1nVigorating atmosphere. 1t is estimated
that more money was spent in Christmas
gifts this. year in New York than ever
before and the same is true in regard to
regard to charitable gifts 1t was only
because case of restitution was kept
hidden that the unfortunateS were not
supplied with Christmas cheer. OF all
the set Christmas feasts that of the Sal
Walton Army at Madison Square garden
this evening was the largest. boun.i-
full Christmas dinner was served to about
The cost was betrayed by a fund of about
$1,000 contributed to the army chiefly
through the kettles, which for several
weeks have hung from tripods in various
parts of the city, to receive contributions
to keep the Christmas pot boiling" All
afternoon 400 helpers were busy laying
the fifty tables and preparing the food to
make good cheer for this army of the
city's poor and probably no happier
nT1y1
in the city. Men and women drawn from
all walks Of life into the ranks of the
Salvation army were eagerly enjoying the
pleasure Of bringing Christmas cheer to
others and one of the happiest of the e
400 was the grandson of the late Arch
bishop Trench, of Canterbury, new re-
cruft, who made merry as he peeled pota-
toes. When the gallery doors of the
garden were opened at 5 o'clock there
was rush that required vigorous eff
forts on the part of a score of po,ics-
men to prevent the little ones who were
in the crowd from being hurt BY 6
o'clock there were 1900 people in the
galleries waiting in jolly mood for the
dinner, while the helpers in the arena
below We're serving out the good things
provided. Promptly at 6 o'clock the Sal
walton army's guests were marched down
? to the tables ana took their places after
the doxology had been sung to the ac-
compartment of the headquarters bra s
band. Then for threeAdua1 tiers of an hour
spectators in the balcony saw a rare
sight as 1900 poor reveled in a bounteous
Christmas dinner. After the first re-
lay had been finished the tables were
reset for the other 1000 guests of the
army. After the dinner the head
quarters band struck up Onward Chris
tian Soldiers" and the great crowd jo n d
in the hymn with vigor and then Com
mander Booah-Tucker made an address,
Five hundred newshoys enjoyed the
Christmas feast at the Newsboy's home
on Duane street this evening. The dig
tribution of gifts took place at the home
on Saturday night, every boy receiving
present of a sweater Those who had
studied hard at the homes nights schools
earned suit of f1eece-lined underwear.
Miss Helen Gould provided the dinner
to the boys at Woody Crest sanftarium,
which she maintains near Tarrytown
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gould provided a
Christmas tree loaded with presents and
served a dainty luncheon to 200 school
children at Port Washington, L. I.
At the United Charities Office the dis
tributien Of Christmas gifts to the poor
was not finished until late tonight The
various voluntary contributions of
clothes, food and moneys had been dis
tributed by the workers during the past
week, and thousands of presents were
received by the poor Of this city All Of
the hospitals had been visited and the
deserving poor in the tenement districts
had been relieved of their unhappy cir
cumstances.
Nearly 1000 homeless men and friends
of Senator Timothy D. Sullivan were
guests today at his sixth annual Christ
mas dinner. In the wards of the city
hospital there was Christmas sunshine
and Christmas cheer. Unwonted smiles
lit the faces of the sick, the manned, the
halt and the blind, while the GONZALES
cents were regaled with luxuries and un-
usual delicacies.'.-