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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

christmas dinner for poor children
IN New York and in Rye.
Mrs. Sage's Charities.
- Mrs. Russell Sage has many charita-
Die irons in the fire, and working girls
are her chief interest. On all HOLIDAYS
she has entertainments for them and
lew women pass as much time in ner
sonal visits as Mrs Sage.
NO list of charitable women would
pc complete without the name of Miss
Leary, the picturesque spinster who
oeVotes SO much of her time to women
VINO are i'll. Miss Leary has persuad-
ed her smart friends to send flowers
after every entertainment to the hos
pltals, and on Christmas morning Miss
Leary brightens many a charity pa
tlent In the city hospital by plants or
boxes OF flowers.
Before her marriage to William R.
Wilcox, Miss Martha Havemeyer gave
up much of her time to her protegees
IN the Sums. Her fathers enormous
fortune was at her command, and she
herself gave children's parties on East
er, thanksgiving and Christmas for the
Italians. Miss Havemeyer became a
sort of saint in the eyes of those chill
dren. Another young matron who is
noted in this work is Mrs. John Nc
Cullough, formerly Miss Anna Dodge.
In the Italian Colonies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Mckay
TWombly and their daughters are the
boon of the Italian colonies near Nor
ristown, N. 7. The Christmas ar
ties they give for the little aliens are
arranged by Mr.. Twombly's agents,
but the result is none the less graf
flying. Mrs. Adolf Ladenberg believes
in Frightening the lives of children,
and besides giving money to organiza-
lions, she buys toys and donates them
secretly to poor children who live near
her country home at Westbury.
Although the Astors give bountifully
to the large charities, they do little
personal work Mrs. Astor, like Mrs.
Clement G. Moore, gives the servants
in her home the most amazingly cost
ly Christmas gifts.
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CHRISTMAS GIVING
BY MILLI0NAIRES
CHARITIES OF RICH WOMEN.
THE GoULDs LEAD THE MILLION
ARE GLASS.

Golden Purse Strings Loosen to Give
the Children of the Poor In New
York a Happy Day-HOw Mrs. Rus
sell Sage Gladdens the Hearts OF
Working Girls at Christmas--Mrs.
Stuyvcsnnt Fish's Christmas
Trees.
New York, Dec. 10.-The rapidly
growing millionaire class in New York
is as extravagant in it's charities as
in it's cotillions and it's jewels. All
the year around almoners of the very
rich distribute gratuities, but at
Christmas time silken and golden
purses open even wider than usual and
there Is prodigality about these gifts
which insures a Christmas dinner if
not a merry Christmas to all the poor
of a city whose poverty has unques-
tionably been over estimated.
All of the Christmas givers do not
belong to the same class. There are
those who give because they love the
Christmas season, and they really sym
pathize with the poor who benefit by
their charities, and there are women,
notably those who are anxious for So
cial recognition, who rack their brains
for original ways to benefit the poor
and the sick. and incidentally to get
their names in the newspapers.
Many Ways of Giving.
Some of the most admirable women
give so quietly that news of their
bounty never finds its way into public
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MISSI0NERS HERE
TO BEGIN SERVICES.
Special Series of Meetings Mt st.
Paul's Begin To-day.

Special Series of Meetings at st.
PauTs Begin To-day.
''The Mission" which is to be con-
Quoted at st. Pauls Episcopal Church
for the next ten days, will begin with
the services at the church to-day
Rev. Fathers Huntington and Hugh
son, o. II. c., arrived in Savannah
yesterday and the first of the series
of services will be held this morning.
The complete programme of the mis-
sion" has been heretofore published in
the Morning News.
Both of the ministers who will con-
duct the special services are skilled in
their work and understand men thor
oughly. Their work has brought them
in contact with all classes. Missions"
have been held in the slums of New
York, in the hay fields of the country,
and in districts where only the wealthy
classes are found. AS a result. all
classes of men and women have been
met, and the men who will conduct the
services have learned from experience
just what is necessary to make the
meetings interesting.
The services are not for the mem
bers of st. Pauls Church alone, but
for all who desire to attend. The rec
tor of the church, Rev. Gilbert A. Ott-
mann, has publicly extended a most
cordial welcome to all Savannahians,
no matter with what denomination
they are affiliated. To the members
of ST. Pauls Church an urgent invita-
ton is extended.
The Mission is not revival in
the sense in which that word is gener-
ally used. There will be no attempt to
create excitement and to arouse the
emotions of the congregation. Doc
trines of the church will be discussed
and its teaching expounded. Questions
will be answered and the great lessons
Of the church taught In their full
meaning. The object Of the services
is to create a deep, earnest, spiritual
awakening and to give better under
standing of the church and its doc
trines.
Rev. Father Huntington is a son of
the late Bishop Huntington of New
York, and is the founder and presi-
dent of the Order of the Holy Cross.
Rev. Father Hughson has devoted his
| life to the work in which he is now
engaged, and the rector OF st. PauPs
feels that the church has been unusu-
ally fortunate in securing the services
of two such experienced teachers.
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print. Other women send typewriter
accounts of their donations to city edi-
tors. Many women, famed for their
generosity, have pet charities and real
ly weary their friends by asking for
donations for "The Home for Tired
Shop Girls or The Settlement for
World Weary Seamstresses.
The simplest solution of the problem
is to contribute toward the public din
ners. Scores of millionaires give glad
ly to those Christmas dinners, and the
East Side halls are always rented for
this day. Admission is by ticket and
a few days in advance the poor of
the neighborhood are invited to make
application. No questions are asked,
and often a youth with a boundless APP
petite collects three Christmas dinners
in one day. These dinners are usually
under private auspices and the names
of the donors are never known.
The GouIds Leaders in Charity.
OF all the wives of millionaires,
the women of the house of Gould do
the greatest amount of charity, and
Miss Helen Gould is known all over
the land as a thoroughly philanthropic
woman. Miss Gould has under her
! especial charge The Robins Nest
Home in Tarrytown, where hundreds
VI CIlpplcu are yCoA4J AOA sou
back to health. Christmas day is a
gala event for these little sufferers,
and in the coy parlor a huge tree
stands laden with toys and books and
goodies" for Miss Gould's protegees.
Mrs. Edwin Gould and Mrs. Frank
Gould assist at these Christmas fes-
tivities. To mention all the protegees
of Miss Gould would be impossible.
She visits the Y. M. c.. A. houses
regularly, and always provides some
sort of entertainment for the friend
less members on Christmas.
Christmas at Lakewood.
Mrs. George Jay Gould believes
''that charity begins at home" and her
regiment of servants at Georgian
Court in Lakewood have the most
delightful Christmas parties. The
Goulds have a dozen or more house
guests, and the friends and the SER
wants mingle at a grand ball, which
Mrs. Gould usually leads with the
butler. Then come games of SNAP
dragon and hide and SEEK and for
one day absolute equality is MAIN
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At the First Church of Christ, Scien-
tist. The regular morning service will
be held at II o'clock. Subject of the
lesson will be: rs the Universe, In
Guiding Man, Evolved by Atomic
Force?" Golden text: Except a man
be born again, he cannot see the king
dom of God" John, 3:3. Sunday-school
directly after morning service. The
Wednesday evening testimonial meet
ing will begin at $50 O'Clock. All serv-
ices are held in Metropolitan Hall, %
President street, west. The reading
room, located at is Oglethorpe avenue.
east, is open to the public daily from
$3.50 to $50 p. m. The public is cor
daily welcome to services and reading
room.
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CHURCHES

sermon at II a. M: Sunday-school at
4 p. m; service and sermon at S:15
p. M; Litany and lecture, Wednesday,
at 4:30.
st. Johns Church, Madison Square,
Bull and Charlton streets, Rev. Charles
H. Strong, rector; Third Sunday in
Advent: Morning prayer and sermon
at IL o'clock Sunday-school at p. M;
evening prayer and sermon at s p. m.
Night sermons on Pictures of Early
Church History" on Sunday night
The Picture of the Persecution and
the Martyrs"
st. Paul's Church. Duffy and Bar
nard streets, Rev. Gilbert A. Ottmann,
rector; Third Sunday in Advent: Early
celebration, 1880 a. M; morning prayer
and sermon, IL a. m; Sunday-school,
p. M; mission service with instruction,
8 p. m.
Baptist.
First Baptist Church. Pastor John
d. Jordan will conduct services at
II a. m. and p. m. Sunday-school
at 4 D. m. The committee requests
immediate responses to the letters
sent out to the members Dec. 1. Prayer
meeting. Wednesday, at s p. m. Sub
ject, Repentance and Faith"
Duffy Street Baptist Church. Preach
ing by the pastor, Rev. Robert Van
Deventer, d. D., IL a. M, "Our Father
less Ones" p. m, "Demetrius, or
Spoken Well Of" p. M, Junior I'm
ion p. M, Bible-school $3.50 a. M,
Bible-school, Berian Mission: 3 p. M,
preaching West End; $3.50 p. m, Bible
school West End. The offering for the
orphans will be taken up at the MORN
ing service.
South Side Baptist Church, Thirty
fifty and Barnard streets. Rev. d. s..
Edenfield, pastor. Services, IL a. m.
and p. M; Sunday-school, 4 p. M. F;
Senior B. Y. p. U. class meets at 10
a. M; Junior b. Y. P. u. class meet
at p. M; prayer meeting, Wednesday
eve, at S:15; chorus meet Friday, D.
M
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

The sermon this morning at Wesley
Monumental Church will be preached
by Rev. Bascom Anthony a former
pastor of Trinity Methodist Church.
The night sermon will be preached
by Rev. T. d. Ellis. presiding elder
of this district.
1.-THE Mission of st. John the Bap-
fist" will be the subject of the SER
mon tonight at the Church of the
Sacred Heart. Rev. Father Aloysius,
o. S. B., will deliver the sermon.
The morning sermon at Grace Metho-
dist Church to-day will be preached
by Rev. w. A. Huckabee. The SER
mon at night will be preached by Rev.
o. B. Chester, pastor of Wesley Monu-
mental Church.
"Our Fatherless Ones" will be the
subject of the morning sermon to-day
at the Duffy Street Baptist Church,
Rev. Robert Van Deventer, pastor. The
subject of the night sermon will be
'Demetrius, or Spoken Well Of"
The Ladies Aid Society of st. PauTs
Lutheran Church will meet at the par
sonage at A o'clock on Wednesday aft
ernoon. The Missionary Society will
meet at the same place on hour later.
Circle No. 4, Parsonage Aid Society
will have a Christmas sale of useful
and fancy articles, Thursday and Fri
day, from to II p. M, at Mrs. Adam
Kessels. Refreshments and supper
will be served.
Mrs. Percy wickenberg has accept
ed the position as soprano in the
Synagogue choir.
Roman Catholic.
Services at the Cathedral Of st. John
the Baptist as follows: First mass, T.;
second mass, 8. Sunday-school mass
will be followed by Sunday-school at
$3.50; high mass at IL; vespers and SER
mon at o'clock.
Services at st. Patrick's Church
First mass at z; second mass at 9;
third mass at 1920: vespers and bene-
diction of Blessed Sacrament at s
p. m.
Services at the Sacred Heart Church:
First mass, z O'Clock; second mass, 8
o'clock; Sunday-school in the College
building; high mass and sermon, 10: 30
O'Clock; vespers, sermon and benedic-
tion of the Most Blessed Sacrament. s
O'clock Subject OF evening sermon:
THE Mission Of st. John the Baptist"
Text: who art thou?" John /, 10.
Father Aloysius will deliver the even
ing sermon.
Episcopal.
Christ Church Buu ana Congrass
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11
THE CH0IR'S JOB.

New York, Dec. 1o.-Bishop Henry
Goldman Potter, whose dedication of
a chapel in memory of the late Alfred
Corning Clark, Sewing machine multi
millionaire, and the Bishops wife first
husband) Is an unusual but perfectly
proper thing for him to do has as keen
perception of the humorous as the next
one.
One of his many interests is the
choir school at the slowly progressing
Cathedral of st. John the Divine Elk
tolling the schools work to a friend
one day, the Bishop said it reminded
him of an incident years ago in famous
Grace Church.
"A countryman was in the audience
one Sunday morning." said the Bishop,
"and when the first hymn was to
be sung, he prepared to join in. The
sexton, who had taken notice Of his
intention, tiptoed up to him and in an
agonized whisper begged him not to.
Don't sing he sibilated, they hire
the choir to do that The choir sing
ing in those days was bad enough, .
said the Bishop, but the Cathedral
Choir School of to-day is improving
the church music wonderfully"
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Christian Church.

Christian Church, Bolton and How
ard streets, A. r. Miller, pastor.
Bible school at 9:45 a. M; morning
preaching and communion services at
II o'clock. Evening services at 8
o'clock. Strangers will find a well
come.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

-Grandma-"Little folks must be
reasonable" Elsie-"Yes, but, grand
ma, as sure as you want something,
the grown folks want you to want
something else. Life.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

Sir Lowthian Bell. one OF Great
Britain's famous metallurgists, who
visited the country fourteen years ago
at the age of rs. has just been elected
president of the British Institute of
Mining Engineers. He is still vigorous
h at the age of SO.
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Young Professor (who has taken
her down to dinner)-"By the way.
Miss Gaswell, have you ever seen the
nebula of Andromeda?" Miss Gas
well-"No; I was abroad with papa
and mamma when that was played.
But I've heard that it drew crowded
houses. Chicago Tribune.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

Lutheran Church of the Ascension.
Rev. w. c. Schaeffer, D. D., pastor;
preaching at IL a. m. and 8 p. M;
Sunday-school at 4 p. M; Deaconess
Society, Monday, 4 p. M; Ladies
Guild, Thursday, p. m, at Mrs.
w. H. Powells, 80 OglethOrpe. east.
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Sc. Paul's Church, Bull and Thirty
first streets, Rev. NJ. ]. Eptfng, pas
tor. Service at II a. m. and p. M;
Sunday-school, p. m: meeting OF the
church council. Tuesday, $50 p. m !;
the Ladies' Air Society will meet at
the parsonage Wednesday at 4 p. M,
and the Missionary Society one hour
later, same day and place; Bible in
struction, Friday, at 4 p. m.
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Lutheran.

Woman's Home Mission and Parsonage
Aid Societies, Monday. at p m.
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PreAbyterian.

First Presbyterian Church, Rev. w.
p. McCorkle, pastor. Services at IL a.
m. and p. m; preaching by the pas
tor; Sabbath-school, p. M, Mr.. Mant
Hood. superintendent; prayer meeting,
Wednesday, 8 p. IN. Seats free. Strang-
ers cordially invited.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

The services of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Rev. w. A. MIS-
bet, pastor, will be held at IL a. m.
and p. m. in Lawton Memorial:
Sabbath-school at 4 p. M; prayer
meeting, Wednesday, 8:15 p. m.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11

Wesley Monumental. Abercorn and
Gordon, o. b. Chester. pastor. Regu-
Tar services at IL a. m. and s p. M.
Sermon at IL a. m. by Rev. Bascom
Anthony. Sermon at s p. m. by Rev.
T. d. Ellis. Everybody invited. jun
Tor League. 10:30 a. M; Senior League,
after morning service; Sunday-school,
4 p. M: prayer meeting. Wednesday,
$3.50 p. m. aaAAAAAm
Grace Methodist Church, Park ave-
nue. and jefferson street, Rev. f. #.
Morgan, pastor. Preaching at II a. m.
by Rev. w. A. Huckabee. Preaching
at p. IN. by Rev. o. d. Chester. Sun
day-school at p. M, e. w. Stroller,
superintendent: Epworth League meet
ing. Tuesday, at Sis p. M; prayer
meeting, Wednesday, at Sis p. M;
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Episcopal.
Christ Church. Bull and Congress
streets. Rev. Robb. White, rector;
Third Sunday In Advent: Service and
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Services at St. Patrick's Church:
First mass at Z; second mass at 9;
third mass at 10:3O; vespers and bene-
diction of Blessed Sacrament at s
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

guest. According to their etiquette it
is the bounden duty of the host to sup
ply his guest with all the food he may
desire, and, as a rule, the apportionment
set before the visiting Indian is much
in excess of the capacity of a single
man. But by the same custom the
guest is obliged to eat all that is placed
before him, else he grossly insults his
entertainer 1t was found that this
practice would work a hardship, but in
stead of dispensing with the custom the
Indian method of reasoning was APP
piled, and what is known as the pro-
fessfonal eater was brought to the
front
while the guest is supposed to eat
all that is placed before him. it serves
the same purpose if his neighbor as
sists in devouring the bountiful repast
the main object being to have the plate
clean when the meal is finished. 1t is
not always practicable to depend upon
neighbor at table to assist in getting
away with a large dinner, and in order
to insure the final consumption of the
allotted portion visiting Indians call
upon these professional eaters. whose
duty it is to sit beside them through a
meal and eat what the guest leaves
The professional eaters are never look
ed upon in the light of guests, but more
as travelling companions with a partic-
ular duty to perform. These eaters
receive from 81 to 81 and even SO for
each meal where they assist.
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IN THE MARKET
BY A HoUsEKEEPER.

With such delightful spring weather
housekeepers have right to expect
an attractive market this morning.
But there are not many spring vege-
tables on the stalls.
The vegetables that are to be found
at this time are fresh looking, and in
most cases the prices are not so I'M
reasonable. Shelled green peas retail
for 40 cents a quart, and those in the
huh at Is cents a quart.
Small squash can be purchased for
40 cents a dozen, but two and three
for rs cents, is the prevailing price.
Tomatoes are 20 and rs cents a quart
or SO cents a basket. Egg plants can
be had at Is cents each.
The strawberries offered are really
fine and sell for % cents a basket. OF
course, a basket doesn't hold a quart
never has and never will. Within a
very short while, now, Georgia berries
will be putting in an appearance.
There has been an Improvement in
the poultry market and grown fowls
are plentiful at SO cents each. Eggs
too, have taken a tumble and, where
they sold for 30 cents a week ago they
can now be purchased for 20 cents.
The bird season has about closed, and
the few birds that are to be found are
inferior.
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A whacIs at Oatmeal.
From the Hospital.

Now that our hoardings are placard-
ed with enormous pictorial advertise
mentS of the merits of various kinds
OF cereal food, some one has risen to
denounce the first and best known of
all-oatmeal. The complainant de-
clares that the prevalence of ricketts,
in Glasgow is due to the consumption
Of oatmeal porridge. Such q state
ment is rather beyond what the facts
warrant. If he had said that ricketts,
was more common in Scotland than
elsewhere there might be some ground
for the arraignment of oatmeal, but
ignoring the Highland glens and iso-
lated farms where the people are, as
the late Robert Wallace NJ. P, said he
was in his childhood, compulsory veg
etarians," and yet grow to strong and
vigorous maturity of mind and body,
he chooses an industrial town where
the conditions of life cannot be so
healthy, and where even the poorest
are more likely to indulge in a varied
diet.
AS matter of fact, the prevalence of
ricketts, in Glasgow has been set down
by local observers to the growing lux
ury of the working classes, which has
led to a diminution in the consumption
of porridge. Children whose parents
had porridge for breakfast and often
for supper also, now subsist on tea
and white bread, with scraps of meat,
often of a kind more savory than
nourishing. There is no proportionate
Increase in the consumption of oatmeal
to account for an increase in the prev
alence of ricketts,. 1t does not follow,
however, that oatmeal whatever its
merits, is invariably the best food for
breakfast or any other meal. More
over, it's consumption tends to a tenn
porary sense of repletion, which pre-
vents the eating of any further food,
while hunger often comes on before the
time of the next meal. In short, it is
not the best food for everybody, and
perhaps because it has been so thrust
upon people by its advocates it is DOOM
ed to the inevitable reaction, and will
for little while be unjustly decried