Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
Crittenton Mission.

A Christmas tree will be the feature of
the day at the Florence Crittenton Hope
and Help Mission. 21S Sd street, with few
present EXCEPT those who reside in the
house, but the gathering Of inmates is
looked forward to with pleasure, and
the gifts that the tree is to bear on its
generous boughS are already causing
considerable conjecture.
At Freedmen's Hospital. as announced
by DR.. Warfield, the patients will be given
the pleasantest day possible for them IN
the circumstances, and an extra good
dinner, with all the delicacies obtain
able, will be provided. AT the George
Washington University Hospital also 4
good Christmas dinner will be gwen to
the patients, and efforts made 10 make
the Christmas festival a pleasant one for
those who cannot get out to mingle with
their fellow-menS
At the Government Hospital for the
Insane the plans for Christmas COULD not
be ascertained. nor was information to
be extracted on that subject from the
Soldiers Home, but it is supposed both
these institutions will repeat substan-
tally their program of former years, with
Christmas dinners and some gayety. At
the Home for the Aged and Intirm. Shep-
herds point. number of visitors are eX-
pected, as is usual on great holidays, and
a special dinner will be served.
Rev. Frederick B. Howden will hold
services Christmas udS DIT llit lOE
Incurables, in r street between 31st and
32d A Christmas tree and regular old
fashioned Christmas dinner will also be
provided Gayety had to be abandoned
at the House of the Good Shepherd, how
ever. 36th and Reservoir streets. as a
number of those who live there are ill.
AllSorts of Good Time.
The children at the Industrial Home
School, in Tenleytown, are to have all
sorts of good time beginning with a
Christmas tree. The young people will
themselves entertain their visitors with
songs, recitations and instrumental music,
and very much the same program will be
followed at the Industrial Home School
for Colored Children, in Blue Plains with
the addition of the presentation of Bible
to every child by the Washington Bible
Society.
Christmas will be a great day at the
Methodist Home for the Aged 691 NJ
street northwest. with gift tree and p
social dinner and supper, but Friday will
be great day. too. for the many ladies
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church are GO
ing in the evening to the home and make
a regular Santa Claus occasion, with ev.
e-ything complete. including q pound OF
candy for every one residing in the home
1t could not be learned that there was
to be any especial pleasure for patients
at the National Homeopathic Hospital &c
and streets. but a good time is to be
provided for the nurses with card party
followed by dancing, one evening and q
theater party the next evening.
Miss NJ. d. Stuart. superintendent of the
Working Boys Home. go street, has
provided special Christmas dinner 70,
the lads on the day itself. and supple
mentary good time will be enjoyed on Sat
urday. when a full-fiedged Christmas tree
with all the ornaments it can bear, is II
be hung with gifts for the boys.
Reform School for Boys.
! Out at the Reform School for Boys no
| only is no shadow to be allowed to OBJ
scure. the giadness of the day. but hi
| bows are 10 be encouraged TO do some en-
| tertaiuing themselves for their guests ant
| fellows Each boy wiz get one-pount
| box of candy. and in'the evening Their,
+ will be a Christmas tree, which will b,
4 preceded by bounteous dinner.
The Sisters Of Charity, who conduct st