New-York tribune., 1902-12-25
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY.
MANY DINNERS FOR POOR
.Sno,r or Ram Predicted-4n En-
ceptionaHy Merry Christmas.


10, hT, the sky Was already clouded in, so that
their prophecies seemed in fair way to be realNeu
Certainly the holiday shopping season VIII nav =
he recorded as one Of the most favored, SO -ar as
weather is concerned, in the citys history.
heavy snowfall of the early days Of the month hau
been carried away by the rain so as 10 iesNe ny t
streets clear of the incumbrance- Moreover e'eiS
sbonninr day was favored with excellent "'h'e
weather The only RAINY Gay III 'i W
O Sunday ,,, coo
The crowds of the final day IN the shopplhE So
tions were stfIl large and busy though poSsIoiS '
br department stores not so crowded rs on
,roz-ious DAYS Thousands of people plan ho"Hu"s
., oct their shopping done early. so as 10 aNoiu
The rush Of the last day. Consequently lhere - ~ ~
GO much Of a rush any more on the AaS' E
carriage shoppers however seemed more huIheI :
- ,,as,sr,5a, than Oh Monday and Tuesday AT
most OF the big stores carriage porter was KEPT
constantly busy. and the check system was resl |
80 60 dense was the thronG OF Carriages apoIt
+,o,,rteepth-st at Broadway. at Ninth-st ara an
along the main artery of traffic Up as lar as
+v-forr1b-st that the Broadway cars oo h'Ne
more than creep through those sections
shopping continued until late in the evening ana
nm 10 midnight Santa Claus was seen wendine ms
;,,o 40, ir 4 ruvriad shapes and sizes. to
Harlem to Brooklyn and to Jersey, heavily laoeh
with the outward and visible signs or MS Vocalo
Christmas Day in this city VIII be more se1eId
observed and more formally celebrated than Tor d
,,,,-oner If seasons the celebrations ranging from
,boeo he'd hv the various churches 10 the ne"spoys
dinners and the informal good times arraiseo oS
the charitable for the less fortunate OF l'e ei''
population
IT, salvation Arrny's dinners for poor persons
have come 10 be a feature Of Christmas In New
York City To-day they plan to feed at least
twenty-five thousand in or from Grahd oenIIai
Palace At 10 O'Clock baskets of food VIII De
.z;,er ont There will be forty-ive hundred OF
them and each viii contain sufficient 1000 IoF
five persons. At p m. tables VIII De lalo Ioi
twenty-five hundred persons in the DIG nan oi 'ne
Grand Central Palace. while following the olllie
Will be an entertainment of moving pictures ana
music The American Volunteers viii give no pup
lie dinner this Christmas. but they Will SEND out n
large number of dinners TO needy families.
seven masses will be celebrated to-day at the
chanel of the Mission of Our Lady Of the Rosary,
No State-st. an institution better known as the
Irish Immigrant Girls Home. Father Henry. OF
this mission. will also hold service in the army
Tost chapel Governors Island. at 10 a m
The children now in the custody of the Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty Children will not
he neglected dinner and gifts have s,od been pre- Pre-
The day will be celebrated while the hosplIals on
tn the M Islands & in an de 6%ar aasf kksd MssioH VIII De
All the institutions under the & care oI C,Iioss tris
hservances, the public appropriati9ns 70! Ia6 b Pu
pose having fngers e sa rscIet OF te season viii form
part Of the programme, while small gifts VIII also
TO please his Israel Rossnstsin sens tgS q,
dealer at No lis Park Row VII ere rer1 10 10 i9
O'clock Any poor boy or girl who & has sa not at 0ffa fSe
store within those hours will receive a p14 preSe.S
1ooI 6TF chests san and nnmsrous other piaythngs
Randolph G1uggenheimer. ex-presiGent OF ire
each newsboy who attended the dinner pair OF
El95 a96s of she Sews6oys e Lodging House at
Duanest where the dinner Will ILL.,, be tb TeTTe6 sao To-
Thomas E. stTan g d hsS ,be White Rose Home
10 g17 East Eighty-sixth-st. The Misses NJ. F and
{. stma 4 daughters GIN o. M SUM t b;oe @i tnsv
John D. crimmins viii furnish the customary
Christmas dinner to the inmates Of the Home 6 Sl
the I{e SISTERS & 0I bi ee f9ToiiI serving the dinner
In addition 10 the Christmas service. already an,
ueS be held IN IN the coIlegiate church Fifhave and
Forty-eighth-st this morning at II o cIoCki @ 1,T "A
Macsy will preach The hristmas esSage ,5rf for
y West Four1eenth1s high ign, mass M & NIL @ ee music
m 6Ta9a 1s s ser.ic9 q and al Tespers at 80 p m
At the Bowery Mission and Young Mems Home
b served 2 GTS6 fT6m to m '9 At m Mrs
s s o Rpql 9 ssf ea se ske 5ese soe TeepOn TO he
The universal character of the observance of
when more than 700 immigrants. representing a
dozen different natonaities. who have been held
Ellis Island entered one of the large detenton pens
tTee which had been set un there for their enjoy
rnent The lighted tree. with its bright ornaments
cakes and fruit spoke to them in the universal
ny eded e Of AFe re homes they 1 ' hsd e began
TO cry. Eagerly they followed the programme OF
native tongues. Some did not regain their
posure until after the exercises were over One
large German typical hausfrau. who
wore waist Of pink material and yellow head
covering, hid her face the back Of the seat in
front Of her and quietly cried An Italian woman
with shining black hair and rosy cheeks occasion
The address in Italian made by the Rev James
Cambera- After the exercises the immigrants
marched in a iine past the table on which we're
the packages of nuts. fruit and cake and the tree
bags The children also received dolls toy wheel
harrows and carts and Noah's arks. AS they left
one another IN excited tones. One little girl left
rhe room proudly cuddling her doll A wrinked
woman leading little boy bent over and kissed
the hand Ct the missionary who had just given
them bags Of nuts and candy
The Christmas for the immigrants was provided
ng ne dlreTent missionaries @ on Ellis Island
mas dinner VIII De given 10 the immigrants Some
idea OF what the immigrants will receive be
key, Two barrels of cranberries 10 punches Of eel
cry and 80 American mince pies have been pro-
Vloed- Each immigrant is receive one of the
pes The attendants expect TO be obliged to ex-
o pam 70 many OF the Immigrants that celery is
Many Of them probably have never seen it. So far
island No immigrants will be landed or exam
Members of the Hungarian Literary Society No
Ssa East Ienth-st following their usual custom.
from which they distributed toys clothing. CANDY
ana kalck-knacks to some three hundred children
IS feature Of the society Te ppoceeds 9S
OF OF NE ne AFFAIR are always distributed in the
IN the distribution last night is part of the pro
The gamblers probably will have a rest to-day, as
District Attorney Jerome will pass the holiday
a. ms country home in Lakeville Conn. and will
nave as his guests Captain Piper, Deputy Police
several members Of his office staff. anu
Fifty pair Of ehildren's stockings hung in min
chidrens ward. Bellevue Hospital. grew fat last
sra , n one DIrsca OF me rooms connected with the
worked all night after their charges had gone to
some one had sent to the hospital Sprinkied over
ees mIsh irosdy 1 1nsei The boSghs We're laden with
sGmttea % INTO the room this morning. Besides the