The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
Orphan Asylums, Hospitals Jail and Almshouse Unite to Give Cheer to the
 Inmates.
a!F1S PREPARED FOR ALL
Trees, Entertainments and Good Tur- key Dinners Provided by Dircc- tors of New Hnyen's Pub
 lie Institutions.

l. lH llle ud4 DeloIe NllIl0llnd7 'i'' '' ! through the city reaching from the l peaks of the high places to the very lowliest spots that hundreds of Christ mas cheer bringcrs can reach there spreads not only the idea of peace and love but the earnest concrete embodi- ment of it in the attempts to make the season brighter for those whose lot Is not glstenng in the sunshine or along meadows where the flowers bloom Not only in the individual homes does the city celebrate the Christmas tidngs but in the churches, In tho places where misfortune or mistake has con- gregated hundreds together there Is to be a reminder in tho shape of unwont cd and to be remembered joy In the two orphan asylums of the city the chndren gathered from broken homes, will find their stockings filled and their stomachs satisfied with the Christmas good things and their hearts filled with good cheer At the New Ha- ven orphan asylum there arc ll2 chil- dren who will turn ont early tomorrow morning to empty out their stockings and reve in the little offerings prepar- cd for them in the way that only chill dren fully know No special exercises have been prepared for Christmas day at this asylum except the usual tur- key and all the fxings feast hu about ,.ig ia, annual custom the Christmas tree ex- erclses will he held
 At St. Francis Asylum.
 At St Francis orphan asylum thero will be more childish galcty Here there are 425 children to be delighted and the preparations have been carefully made to give them all grand day Two Christmas trees have been arranged for and these will he ornamented in the most approved fashion and hung with gift for every one Of the i26 During Christmas day all these gifts will rc- main on tho tree as matters of general admiration and on Saturday they will be taken off and distributed continuing the Christmas idea yet another day of course there will be entertainment, singing, recitations piano selections and music by the splendid St Francis asylum hand At noon there will be the big Christmas dinner to which tho hun dreds of children are already looking forward with eager anticipation In tho Hospitals.
 At the hospitlls the lot of those who have the misfortune to he III, crippled and out of thn active Christmas life of the outdoor world win ho finely taken care of. The New Haven hospital has couple of now Ideas which will be worked ont in its plans this year, In- stead of the usual one Christmas tree there will ho two. one for grown poo- rle upstairs and another for tho chl- dren downstairs Every one will ho remembered with a gift Rut unlike the usual custom the gifts will not he dis t.rhutod from the trees They will hc placed a each patients place as he sits down to the fine Christmas turkey dinner which will he an event of the day
 Nt in the evening will take place the entertainment This is under tho charge of the ladies committee o' which Mrs P IT, McHenry is chair. man This entertainment which Wll he for all in the hospital numbering about l60 in all, will he held in the Gir- ford chapel Among the performers who will entertain and make up most delightful program are Nlr Fay of tho Poli bill the week little Miss Coddng. ion who will render selections on tho rlano. Miss Elizabeth Gafnev who vii give vocal selections. Miss Cole witt recItations Miss MCCabo with dancing and whistllng solos by pupil of Mis- Oshorns who has not yet been an nounced.
 No elaborate preparations have beer made at Grace hospital There will b, s splendid Christmas dinner, the hos
 rItal will be handsomely decorated an(
 of course there will be presents for ev
 eryone of tho patients. A feature of th'
 day will be a singing of carols hy mem
 hers of the Dwight Place church
 Al St. Raphael's hospital the day wil
 also be quietly observed Beyond th
 Christmas dinner and possibly q pres
 eut of some kind for the patients ther
 will be no general celebration of thu
 day outside of the religious exercises, Cheer for springside.
 Another large group that will have glad cheer brought to them at tho yule-tlde season is that at the Spring
 aldo home There are 463 persons about fifteen more than last year Wh' " win be taken care of. There are 3O, men. 13a women and twenty-tWo chiI
 drcn at the home now. For thos
 twerty-two children there will be
 tree at the chapel tonight and iron
 the tree there will come little gif
 for each of the twenty-two. At nool Christmas there will be the annua
 chicken dinner with cranberry ant
 all the other condiments that the da,
 includes. meaning candies, orange
 and so on
 At the Jail there will be even riff
 in the cloud in the shape of dinner special dinner, such as the i'm mates know but once a year For al his wards Sheriff Hugo has provldor bounteously and under tho circum
 stances the season will be as cheerfu
 as possible for the inmates.
 The following is the menu whicl