New-York tribune., 1905-12-25
FOR CHRISTMAS CHEER.
Combined Efforts to Make Day
Most joyful an Year.
Christmas weather prediction. Fair; light
west to southwest winds.


The participation of charitable and religious
organizations in the work of spreading Christ
mas cheer in this city to-day is to be a
larger scale than ever before Aiding the gen.
eral observance of the day in the giving of
presents. the organizations are to do their full
share of work in making Christmas in the
metropolis the most joyful day of the year
About two thousand families, including nearly
ten thousand persons are to receive Christmas
dinners presents of clothing through the
activity of the relief department of the Associa-
ton for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
Friends of the association have contributed to
it about $4,000 TO be spent in this Christmas
work of relief. Agents of the association have
spent weeks in preparation for the distribution
of the gifts to-day
The Salvation Army and the Volunteers have
been rivals for weeks past in the collection of
contributions on many street corners, clamoring
for money with which to buy free Christmas din
ners for thousands of the city's homeless poor.
The Salvation Army has sent from its 14th-st.
headquarters the announcement that it will give
free dinners to-day to $4,000 persons in the city
and about 100000 throughout the country.
The annual Christmas dinner for the news
boys at the Brace Memorial Lodging House. in
New Chambers-st., is to be given this evening
by William NJ. Fliess, jr. At the same time
Inefe VIII De distributed 10 the neWSDOyS SIIS
Of clothing which friends of the institution have
been sending for days past.
From the Bowery Mission are to be sent this
morning baskets containing Christmas dinners
to many poor families The free dinners to
homeless men OF the Bowery will be given at
the mission in the evening, when there will be
a Christmas service.
Another Christmas dinner for men of the
BOwery will be that given by Timothy D. Sulli-
van. This will be at IL a, m. at the Sullivan
Association rooms. at No. 207 Bowery.
Randolph Guggenhemer is to give Christ
mas dinner to the members of the Newsboys
Athletic Club, at No. "A East 4th-st.. to-day
trbutors to fund to clear off the clubs debt
Frank TflfOrd is TO give Christmas dinner
at l p. m. TO the members of the Little Mothers
Aid Association at the Murray Hill Lyceum, in
East 34th-st The guests at the dinner will he
$50 little girls.
Carrying out his dead wife's wishes Clarence
C. Ferris, Wall-st lawyer, on Saturday even
ing distributed toys candy and clothing from
a big tree to about 200 poor children in store
which he had hired for the occasion on the old
Kingsbridge Road. near Spuyten Duyvil.
Seven hundred detained immigrants on Ellis
Island were made happy yesterday by the mis-
sionaries of the various religious denominations
who held Christmas services for the new arri-
walls. All the little children received dolls or
other toys, the women boxes of candy and the
men pipes and tobacco. Harry Balfe, the
to every one of the immigrants a Christmas din
ner. Addresses were made in eight different
tongues by the missionaries. immigration Com
missioner Watchorn spoke. as did Father M 7
Henry, pastor Of the Holy Rosary Mission and
Father G. Moretto