New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-20
TO CHEER CITY'S WARDS.
FIower Mission Remembers De
pendent Poor at Christmas.

srMr A-Hcpelessly III with tuberculosis. Very
sreak- Family OF four children supported BY the
mother, who takes In washing. Needs sweater and
xubhers"
.aar. By-Ossihed thirteen gears. HaE use Of iert
hand but cannot move right hand. legs or head.
Teeth locked three years Els food has 70 be
chopped and he sucks Il through his teeth"
Mrs, Grail woman. employed as a house
keeper and takes In washing Two boys. six and
two and half years old. and gil Of four Needs
aniding up
The above arc few Sntrtes taken at random
srom the lists submitted TO the New-York Flower
4kssion BY desoonesses, clergyrnen, Charity Or
shniEstion visitors. etc. candidates for share
b its annual distribution OF Christmas cheer, and
b al OF them doubt. box of something COM
ksTtsble poGrishng. with superduities In the
sE1y OF dolls and oranges viii so.
but there many that cannot help
said Miss Frances l. Russell, secretary and treas
ursr Of the society, at the headquarters. No loa
East sOth-st yesterday. ''zEhe need is frightful.
No one can understand who hasn't seen 1t. The
poor children who have never had any dolls make
most pathetic substitutes for theInthe stove litter
O. potato masher even potato stick
Last year we gave doll to a child who died two
wrecks after Christmas; and she had become %
attached to IT IT laid In her IN her
conn and buried with her"
About fifty Of these lists have been sent to the
EMISSION, but they constitute only small part OF
sts work at Christmas Its principal business is to
prepare little Christmas brightness for the tn
mates Of the city institutions Bsckwens
Wards and RandaiTs islands.
al the inmates Of these institutions VIII get
Christmas card. trthing gift II would seem to
those fortunately placed. but which
counts for much In these ioyless lives. Each card
= wrseped Ia paper, upon which Christmas greet
Tag is written. and IS then tied with red cord and
decorated with biz of evergreen. It is an immense
anOunt OF work to tie up the cards in this way, |,
but the recipients value them much more than II |
they distributed without this personal touch
In the City Home formerly known the aims |
house every blind incurable woman gets |
package OF tea and sugar. and every gets /
package Of tobacco, TO his great Joy. Candy and /
oranges are distributed to all. and the very sick |
set jelly.
The patients IN the hospitals BlackwelPs Island
S-e all remembered with Christmas cards, oranges
and Jelly. and every Of the two thousand in
sane women Wards Island also gets something.
1t has been found that these take great de-
light in advertising cards, while empty spoos AFFORD
much diversion 70 the defective children. Every
one Of the 1.22 children on RandaL's Island gets
q gift IN addition TO oranges candy and popcorn.
Nearly every of these institutions Is deco |
rated for Christmas BY the mission and of its
fnerbers always so 70 BlackWells Island to do the
work IN person This year party viii go 70 the
Island Friday.
The mission opened its rooms yesterday for the
reception of Christmas contributions. and will keen
open until Thursday evening.