The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-16
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purchased temporarily the embassies
alltfAr adults children of household
The probable visitors of the day borne mind and
little Brazilian boy in Washington put 1t once:
have had Christmases in ten hours"
Church going Christmas day is the rule
1ngton. Some persons have been unknd enough say
that all the American officials to church Christ
because the fact is to get into the
and it reads well at home" The majority of
Central American and South American diplomats
porariy resident in Washington nominally
good churchmen and they attend service
training and matter of Practically all the
from the LatinAmercan countries religously
devout and with them church going Christmas is
matter Of duty that not to be neglected under cir
No child is allowed to miss church and the
that all the capital city temples worship
well filed on the feast day.
President Taft always has been regular attendant
church and his service going since he became president
establishes precedent Mrs Taft and the children
Episcopalians while the president is Unitarian and
1t is that Sundays and other church the only
days in the that the family becomes in a di
vided The president attends service at the Unitarian
church of All Souls of which the u G. b.
the pastor Mrs. Taft the children regular
tendants at st. Johns Episcopal which years
gast attended by many presidents the United
States that it to be known semijocosely
Church of State.> Mrs Roosevelt children also
attended ST. Jokn's on Sundays and Christmas days
while Roosevelt the little Reformed
Fifteenth street, rarely service
This Christmas the majority of the members of
both houses of congress in the capital city Time
and not SO long that senators and
adves took their families and went home spend
holiday season but now. for financial reasons, the
tional legislators In the main elect to stay in Washing
their holiday making. Prior to the passage
gress passes the railroads Now they have pay
their way when they travel and for those who live
distance from Washington this considerable
penditure money in they desire go home at
Christmas
Every employe of the White House is given Christ
mas turkey by president This is custom many
years standing, and only twice has it bro
ken The in the departments. and there many
thousands them, only Christmas holiday, but
are leave their work at the day prevf
GUS in that they do their Christmas shopping
The the department clerk in Washington is not
hard one as far matter of holidays is
Every empoye is given months leave full pay in
each year allowed another month ito be sick in
This last statement of course only that If
ploye ill she receives full for month
receipt of physicians certificate that the Illness has
been real clerks get eight holidays each
year and these, taken in connection with the months
leave and the fact that the hours of work number
only half each day. make the laboring cond
tion of the department clerk fairly comfortable
Washington's Christmas Is always Christmas
even there the ground for in this latitude
there are many shrubs that hold their leaves
color all through the year AS matter of fact
rarely in the capital city that is worthy
of the name All last winter, for few hours. the
streets we're OF Then came March 4th. Inau
guration day. a record-making blizzard with down
fall snow. hail and rain mixed The holly is always