Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17

vites the passersby to drop into the pots
their offerings for the poor of the city, and
adds that free Christmas dinners will be
provided by the local branch of the Saliva
ton Army for $500 of the citys poor and
unfortunate. These dinners will be given
out at their hall $50 Pennsylvania avenue
bright and early Christmas morning to all
who have previously been provided with
tickets.
Almas Temples Contribution.
More in number and larger iii contents
will be the Christmas baskets which will
be given away this year by the A1mas
Temple Mystic Shrine, to deserving poor
families in the District F. A. Sebring,
chairman of the committee in charge of
this work, is taking a vacation from his
work as financial clerk of the Police Court
and is devoting all his time to the work
of the preparation and the distribution of
the baskets He is making his headquar-
ters for this work at 1214 street north
west.
1t has been the custom for several years
in the past with the members Of the Almas
Temple, Mystic Shrine to give away Christ
mas dinners to several hundred families in
the city, who otherwise would have no spe-
cial commsmoration of the day. The
proceeds of the annual excursion down the
river in the summer and those of special
%ar sen cards p
each of the members of the temple on
which to send to him the name of one
deserving family to receive one Of the
Christmas baskets Those names are be-
ing sent In.
Mr. Sebring closed the contracts for the
provisions for the baskets this week with
local firms He is providing for 700 bas.
kets the largest number that has as yet
been given away by this organization. In
each basket there will be an S-pound ham,
2 pounds of coffee, 2 pounds of beans
pounds of hominy, pounds of sugar, one
half peck of potatoes. one-sixteenth of
barrel of flour, pounds OF rice, L can OF
corn and l can of tomatoes.
The distribution of the baskets will take
place Saturday, December %, at the Ma
tIonal Rifles Armory From m to noon
it is expected that there will be stream
of applicants for the baskets. but they Will
be given only to those with the signed or
ders thus insuring their distribution to de-
serving families.
From 2 pm to pm. on that afternoon
the annual cfiIdren's Christmas tree cele-
bration will be held, and every child who
applies will be given a box of candy. II
Is expected that fully 1000 pounds of candy
will be given away on that day. Noble
Charles Jacobsen has charge Of the ar
rangements for that part of the Christmas
Offering.
Relief Association.
The annual campaign for funds for the
Citizens Relief Association and the Asso-
ciated Charities has been opened. The joint
annual report of the two organizations is
now In press. With it will be issued pub
lie appeal, stating that both associations
must begin replenishing their treasures for
the new year s work.
For the relief society subscriptions must
be addressed to John F. Wilkins, treasurer
of the Citizens Relief Association, s1l u
street, or Washington Post building. The
Associated Charities treasurer Is Mr.. John
Joy Edison, president of the Washington
Loan and Trust Company, who may be adj
dressed either at 9th and E streets or al1
G street.
The Blue Button Army Mission an
nounces, through Mr. w. r Chipley of the
local committee, that free meal will be
given to all who come for 1t this evening
at 7 o'clock at their quarters, Potomac
Hall, nth street and Maryland avenue
southwest.
Detectives to Protect Shoppers.
On account of the crowds of Christmas
shoppers on the business streets and in the
stores Major Sylvester has found It neces-
sary to detail several of the precinct de-
tectives for duty in the first and sixth
precincts. These men are working with the
members of Captain Boardman's squad of
detectives and are giving the mercnants
the usual extra protection that is afordeu
them at this season. Thus far only a few
arrests have been made for shoplifting.
Major Sylvester has already arranged to
prevent demonstrations of roWdyism on
the streets during the coming week, espe-
cially next Saturday night. The blowing
of big horns by men and boys is not to be
permitted and the police have received in
structions to make arrests in all cases in
which the law Is violated.
Extra Carriers at City Post Office.
The officials at the city post Office are
preparing for the rush of Christmas pack
ages that will be sent through the mails
next week Extra carriers will be taken
on and other facilities provided for the
prompt delivery OF gift packages. AS yet
the mailing division has received but few
holiday packages and those were destined
for distant offices. Christmas gifts for the
soldiers in the far-away Philippines have
been passing through the mails for several
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