New-York tribune., 1907-12-26

dinner with her husband. but Commissioner
Coggey refused her request and she ate alone
at her hotel Half q dozen friends OF the Pi'0 =.
one 5 sent boxes Of fruit and candy. and most
of the lawyers who had a number Of prisoners
waiting to be tried sent presents to them
Nearly twelve hundred men and women had
Christmas dinner in the BlackweIs isiaiu
workhouse and saw a vaudeville entertailllh
there. ABE" Humnel ate his turkey in beo'
not being able TO leave his cot Out Oh 'lls
I400 children under the care Of Mrs. Mary -
Dunphy, in the Children's Hospital OH ''ii
daIrs Island, six hundred are feeble mlhoeo'
but even they appreciated the Chrisini&'
which Mrs. Dunphy gave to then- .
Warden Frost spent his first Christmas III
Sing Sing Yesterday, but the prisoners had just
as good times as they have had on previous
years There was no stage entertainment 'i4iS
year but discipline was relaxed as lhucii a'
possible and all work was calied OIL ioi 'i'0
dav Pies and other dainties. as well as TWO
c;,-ors for each man. were enjoyed by the prls-
oners in their cells, unusual privilege
SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES.
Five services were held at St Patrick's Ca
thedraI The first mass, celebrated at 4;'o
a. m, was attended by about fifteen hundreo
persons. Archbishop Farley officiated at the
II o'clock mass. The sermon was by Father
Arthur ]. Brown.
The Rev DR.. Morgan Dix, in his Christmas
sermon at Trinity, referred to Christmas eHer-
cises in the public schools He declared that
Christians should rejoice that successful pro-
tests were made against the proposal to elimi-
nate the exercises. Holy communion was ceie-
brated in English at 1880 a. m and in German
at $50 morning prayer at 10 o'clock and nigh
celebration at IL o'clock, at which Vicar T. H..
Stetsou recently of Washington, officiated
At the John Street Methodist Church there
was a sermon by the pastor at II o'clock In
the evening at the lecture room OF the
church was filled with crowd OF homeiess
men. all Of whom received generous meal
In Brooklyn about the biggest affair was the
Sttig Christmas Tree. For the sixteenth time
this organization. Incorporated TO cohuuCt
Christmas entertainments for the children OF
the poor carried out highly successful pro-
gramme At least $500 children gathered at
the Columbia Theatre, In Washington street.
at $50 o'clock in the morning. All VINO coulo
get into the building saw theatrical perform
ance and afterward received the cakes can
dies oranges and toys which were packed aoout
five big evergreen trees presented for III oc-
casion by Park Commissioner Kennedy. AS
these gave way tie children on the outside were
called in The affair as usual was under the
MANAGEMENT Of Mrs. Lena Sittfg.
The Salvation Army. from its Washington
street headquarters, in Brooklyn, distributed
thousands of Christmas dinners to the Needy
There was a tree at the Blind Babies Home
and there will be another for two thousand III
tie ones this morning at the First Reformed
Church of Williamsburg
The biggest Christmas present reported IN
Brooklyn was one to the German Hospital, ST
Nicholas and DeKalb avenues. The aid society
of the institution turned over to it $500, the
proceeds of three benefit performances held
last week at the Majestic Theatre
Following his annual custom, frederlc
Thompson gave a turkey yesterday TO every
member of the fire and police departments of
Coney Island