New-York tribune., 1906-12-24
NONE NEED 60 HUNGRY.
PLENTY OF GOOD CHEER.
Poor and Needy TO Fare Sumptu-
ousIu Through Efforts of Charity.

Christmas Day. as usual, will be celebrated
sn all the churches throughout the city with
special devOtions, and the various charitable
organizations have made the usual elaborate
preparations for entertaining orphans and
widows. the homeless and the afflicted and the
inmates OF the various charitable ana penal in
stitutions. No man woman need so hungry.
whether on the East the West Side. In the
Bowery or The Bronx There VIII be hundreds
OF public dinners in every section OF the city 70
which the man down his luck" for time.
as well as the scores OF poor families. will not
only be welcomed q urged 20 attend.
The Salvation Army viii have its annual
Christmas tree and entertainment at the Grand
Central Palace beginning at 10 o'clock to-mor-
row morning. At this four thousand baskets
VIII be distributed and hundreds Of persons
fed: besides. there VIII be a special entertain
ment for children. Miss Evangeline Booth viii
preside. The Bowery Mission and Young Mems
Home and the Holy Name Mission. in charge Of
Father CunniOn, VIII give big dinners and
entertainments The Bowery Mission has pro-
v4ded food and entertainment for everybody
that comes along. and Father Cunnion expects
20 feed at least $500 persons. The festivities
at the Bowery Mission win begin at o'clock In
the morning with the distribution OF baskets
containing dinners for ten persons. In the
for the Bowery followed by an entertain
rnent and address On Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock Mrs. Bird VIII have her annual
christmas corner" for the poor children in the
downtown section OF the city. ]. G. Hallimond
the superintendent OF the Bowery Mission. says
no one win be overlooked. At the Workhouse
on Blackwell's Island the city has provided
dinner and entertainment for the inmates.
Christmas VIII be observed as a home day bv
The West Side Young Mems Christian Assccia-
tion, al No. 800 West 57th street This even
ing there VIII be informal entertainment for
members and tomorrow at D. m there will
be a Christmas dinner served in the Young Mems
Christian Association building for members who
cannot get home 20 take dinner with their fam
HES and who wish TO be with friends rather
than strangers in boarding houses or restau-
rants The ST Ambrose Trio win furnish music
at the dinner. In the evening. around the log
fire in the paTlor. there viii be an entertain
ment for members by S. NJ Spedon. the artist
This home day ushers in the series Of entertain
ments and athletic meets which i'll up the even
ings Of the week.
The annual dinner given by the late William
~. Fless for many years TO the newsboys at the
Brace Memorial Lodging House. No. a Cham
bers street viii be continued in his memory by
his son. William Fliess jr. This dinner takes
place Christmas night at o'clock In all the
hospitals throughout the city special dinners
viii be prepared for those whose condition viii
permit them TO enjoy the luxury; in addition
there will be musical entertainments. ST. Marks
Hospital viii have special exercises at 3 In the
afternoon.
The Brooklyn Disciplinary Training School for
Boys has prepared interesting programme for
the day, which includes a dinner and entertain
ment, review and military drill and an inspection
OF the institution Frank Tiford viii give A
dinner for seven hundred little mothers" at
Murray Hill Lyceum, beginning at ] O'clock
There viii be a Christmas dinner and a Punch
and Judy show for the children OF st. Joseph's
0ay nursery oilh street, near Ienth avenue
1he stage children are never forgotten al this
season OF the year by the managers or the actors
In whose companies they appear The annual
dinner for these little ones viii be held at Tony
Pastors Theatre, in l4th street
The railroads and the pOstofice in their own
way ten story Of the great Christmas cheer
tn store for distant mothers and fathers and
sweethearts Several hundred thousand dollars
have been shipped home 10 Europe for Christ
mas through the banks by foreigners employed
IN Now York This year. probably because Of
the nigh rates OF wages, the banks have been
buster with this class Of exchange than usual.
The bulk OF the drafts go TO England and Ire
land Servants particularly make up the great
er part Of this business, and none IS apparently
so poor or ragged that he or she has not al
least the equivalent II pound sterling to send
home 10 the old folks. In the Mechanics and
Traders Branch Bank on Times SQUARE alone
IN the neighborho0d Of which several thousand
servants are employed in the big restaurants
ana hotels, the demand for these small drafts
raj hundred dollars a dav
John Washington, general superintendent of
The city delivery. when asked how this wears
CHRISTMAS mall matter compared with last year
IN volume. said that I'D 10 the present time
mere was more. The bulk of the mail will
nave 70 be handled to-day, however
. The General Postoffice and almost all the
branches in the city had nearly their full force
e. work yesterday. Extra work was caused by
The lateness Of the mails from the West The
New York Central train due at 8: 80 a. M the
postoihce officials said. five hours late and
90 was the Empire State Express. The steam-
thips Cmbria and Amerika, which arrived yes
teroay from Liverpool and Hamburg respective
~ Drought some one hundred and fifty thousand
letters Tor New York City and 225 sacks Of
reWEpaDers These were all sorted yesterday
IN ADDITION 10 the regular Christmas mail and
sent 70 the respective branch stations ready for
early delivery to-day
=, hf Washington said that the ruuor that sta
non II. AZ 4Sd street and Madison avenue was
congested with extra mail was not true and
mat all the mail was being handled as eypedi-
nously as possible. Extra handcarts and wagons
vii Rave to be used by carriers IN the ilptown
clsulcts TO deliver the Christmas mail as has
been done in former years
Inc immigrants on Ellis Island VIII be treated
20 a big dinner prepared by Henry Balfe the
oommissary contractor on the island The din
her VIII begin at II 80 a. m.
AWAITS DEATH HTGGTNG NEW DorTv