The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-24
>->--. C1lrESE STUDENTS HT CXRkcZrAS
TEU/Y|OV At CHINESE LEG47Z0W

purchased and stored temporarily the embassies
are not all for the adults and children OF the household
The probable visitors of the day borne in
little Brazilian boy in Washington put it once: II
have had ten Christmases in ten hours"
Church going Christmas day is the In Wash
ington Some persons have been unkind enough say
that all the American officials to church on Christ
because the fact is apt to get into the
papers and 1T reads well at home The majority of the
Central American and South American diplomats TEN.
porary resident in Washington nominally at least
good churchmen and they attend service matter of
training and matter of Practically all the
from the LatinAmercan countries relgiously
devout, and with them church going Christmas
matter of duty that not to be neglected under any cir
cumstances No child is allowed to miss church and the
sesult is that all the capital city temples worship
we'll filled on the feast day.
President Taft always has a regular attendant at
church his service going since he became president
establishes precedent Mrs Taft and the chidreh
Episcopaians while the president Unitarian, and
1t is that Sundays and other church days the only
days in the that the family becomes in d.
vided The president attends service at the Unitarian
church of All Souls of which the Rev U. G. B. Pierce is
the pastor Mrs. Taft and the children regular at
tendants at St. Johns Episcopal church which in years
past attended by presidents of the United
States that it to be known semi-jocosely "the
Church of State Mrs Roosevelt and her children also
attended st. Johns on Sundays and Christmas days.
while Mr. Roosevelt went to the little German Reformed
church Fifteenth street. and rarely missed service
This Christmas the majority Of the members of
both houses Of congress in the capital CITY, Time
and not long that senators anu represent
atves took their families and went home to spend the
holiday season. but now for financial reasons the
tiona legislators in the main elect to stay in Washing
ton for their holiday making. Prior to the passage of
the last railroad rate bill most of the members of
gress had passes the railroads. Now they have pay
their way when they travel and for those who live
distance from Washin gton this considerable
penditure Of money in they desire to go home
Christmas.
Every empoye of the White House Is given Christ
turkey by the president This is custom of many
years standing, and only twice has it
The clerks in the departments and there many
thousands of them not only get Christmas holiday but
allowed to leave their work at the day prev
in order that they may do their Christmas shopping
The lot of the department clerk in Washington is
hard one far the matter of holidays is concerned
Every enploye is given months leave full pay in
each year, and is allowed another month Ito be sick
This last statement of course only that
ploye is i'll he she receives full pay for month on
receipt of the physicians certificate that the illness
been rea The clerks get eight holidays each
leave, and with the fact that the hours number
only and half each day, make the aborng condi
ton of the department clerk fairly comfortable.
Washngton's Christmas is always green Christmas.
if there is the ground for in this latitude
trees and shrubs that hold their leaves
and all through the year. matter Of fact
rarely in the capital city that worthy
of the All last winter for few hours the
streets bare of Then March 4th Inau-
guraton day. and recordmaking blizzard with down
fall of snow hail and rain mixed The holly is always