The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-24

CHRIS STMAS DAY
How Jersey City Will Cele-
brate the Universal
Holiday.
JOY AND GLADAESS FOR ALI
Good st. Nick and His Many
Aides Prepare for a
Merry Time.


Tomorrow will be ChriStmas-the day
when the son and daughter come home
from college. and there is general re-
joicing in the family reunion. But the
fatted calf is not killed, because it is not
calf season-it is the fatted turkey who
now has that honor.
All over the land there will be general
rejoicing, and nobody need go without q
Christmas dinner. The poor have been
amply provided for and have only to
apply. In the Greenville section Mrs
Mary Hudspeth-Benson, assisted by her
corps of helpers, will distribute dinners
to the poor this afternoon from SchooL
'fNo. 20. Christmas dinners Will be served
at all the charity institutions of the city.
Although today is rather too warm TOT
Christmas weather, there are hopes OF
skating for tomorrow, with possibly
snow. The warm spell comes just IN
time to bring down the price of turkeyst
that all may participate of the Christmas
bird. There will be Qualifications and re-
igious services While half of society is
attending church tomorrow morning the
other half will be playing golf, as there
is going to be big foursome on the links
or having a good time somewhere Big
services will be held in many churches
The First Presbyterian Church will even
hold Christmas prayer meeting, as the
regular prayer meeting night falls on
I w ednesday and there has been no post
ponement. Family parties will, of course,
be universally held throughout the city
by those in town.
Warden Osborne of the City Hospital
has already laid his plans for the Christ
mas dinners he is to provide Tor the pa
tents Loads of choice delicacies will be
distributed literally and all who are well
enough to partake of a good turkey din
ner will have all they can eat.
Several local charitable societies have
already sent things to the hospital for
The patients.
Christmas is always awaited with de-
ightful expectations by the aged inmates
of the German Pioneer Home on Garfield
avenue, Greenville. A dull moment on
Christmas day in the home is something
that has never occurred since the home
! has been in existence. Good cheer rules
throughout the day. Everything possible
is done to make happy those who have
played their parts in active life and now
await with as much comfort as their in
| firmities will permit the end that comes
to all. The preparations for the Christ
mas dinner at the home tomorrow are
elaborate. The feeblest appetite has not
been overlooked and what is more. there
will be an abundance of everything that
the market can produce.
The Jr st. Hilda Guild of St. John S
Church will assist the Board of Managers
of the Children's Home in Glenwood ave
nue in making the tots happy for Christ
mas. The Christmas tree and entertain
ment will be held at the Home Monday
evening. when the usual reception and tea
will be given the guests. The members OF
the Junior st. Hilda Guild will meet a.
the Home at seven o'clock to present gifts
| to the children.
| The usual Christmas dinners will be
served tomorrow to the inmates of the
Home for Aged Women on Bergen ave-
nue. and to the children of the Home for
the blind on Pavoria avenue. Christmas
trees have been provided at the Home
! for Aged Women and everything has been
! done to make the holidays seem pleasant.
There will be the following services on
Christmas Day at st. Johns Episcopal
Church Sunrise service, consisting of the
shortened form of morning prayer and the
Holy Communion at 6 A. M. Holy Com
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