New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
CHARlTY'S SMILE
FOR POOR md SICK.
Institutions and Individuals
Proiide Boundless Cheer.

Institutions and IndiriduaIs
ProItde Boundl6Ss Cheer.
The festival Of festivals. the most deeply
snd iovfuily religious Of all Christian
celebrations has come and gone again.
And New York. with fierce pride in its
gigantic generosity. has gathered I'm 20
It's seasts. 70 is showers OF gifts. the de-
pendent and the helpless. IN the amount OF
its magnificent largess and in the mum
her % fts hensacisries the richest ara
most psssio-stely charitable 90 cities he's
nsde = rev record. IS IL does every year.
when Genes 70 statistics on the thou
sands OF turkeys the carloads OF potatoes.
the rnorassss OF cranberry sauce ana Lili-
putian forests OF celery which tbs great
metropolis forsges for its poor. the ssV-
age splen5er of this survival OF the Roma,
Ssturnsma strikes hom-. II is the day
when morality Is not only tipped with but
hsthee. in smotien. and Matthew Arnold's
delicate definition OF religion hardly seems
adequate But the apostle OF sweetness
and light was thinking OF an older, more
sophisticated civilization Perhaps he
would call ,,ew York Christmas bar
barrie
The lsst touch OF hssrtiness was lent
~ the snOwsterm which began IN the
forenoon and bstore nightfan had soft
ened with its gentle touch the harsh edges
of brick and of stone. sitting down with
thar little onineus sound which makes the
heart expand 20 orsn fires snd shelter and
multiplies charity snd gratitude u must
have enhanced the soy in the anniversary
FOR every one with the possible exception
OF Big Rin" EdTsrds
EARLY MASS AND LATE MESS.
The day had its austere side for IN.
sscetieally inclined. Who jumped cut OF
warm beSs when the morning was still
dark. shiversd into their clothes ana
trooped silently 20 early mass through THE
ismp ~ streets Fer these whose oevo-
tionsl needs we're less exscting ali manner
OF service. were provided later in the oay.
from the elaborate pontiheal mass in 81.
Fstricks Cathedral "a the simple ritual
and homely talks in the smallest evsngel-
ical churches
AZ the other extreme were the citizens
who observed" Christmas after the crude
light Of day hsd fades utterly, whose tenn
pies we're cafes ara whoss sources % in
srirauon we're bottleo Rut early mass
ana late mess are both dissinations. and
NEST OF the SOY snsehed OF neither.
There was sorrow. too. in the air. fo- a
tribune ot the people died Just too soen
% knew the gratitude OF the indigent army
which he fea every year. The usual hilar-
'ty vas missing from the fss6" az the
Metsraora Club. Ne. ee7 Bowery where
Little Tim" Sullivan hsd played the he's,
on 50 many Christmas DAYS with his
uncle. Big Tin The hundreds ot tat
tered. shutting outessts nlea into the club
rooms as usual for their turkey and pie
and eoHss ana souvenirs Of tickets for
shoes, hUt Il was a funeral they were a.
tending Little Tins" last wish vss
thst hss Death should net alter the plans
Tor the celebration, ans IL didn't 50 far
as the bounty went
Santa CLAUS AND KIDDIEs
Dinners we're furnished 20 al T-ho cansd
81 the various missionary institutions like
the Bovery Mission. the various headousr-
ters of The Salvation Arnay ana the Cath
ono seanen Mission. IN West street In
the ehilorens wards IN the hospitals. rhsre
the walls were fsstooned with holly sns
eversreens. HUletide entertainments were
gwen There the spirit of the dav was EN-,
eodieo IN the portly person Of santa Claus
con'ureo ID by physicians ana nurses
turned mstsriaiizing mediums
He distributed the gifts 70 rhe uttl. o,ss
from The Christmas trees, laden u-ith tovs
ana scintiilstins v1th tinssi ana srti6eiaI
snovnsles And churches, sl,,asv schools
and private charity saw - T. that The bovs
ana girls Of the poor hsd their bsss AZ
'eys sne candles, distributing centres being
eslaoAsheo m every Section CT the citv
l-lAe NE groVn-ups they, too had their
dinners ef turkey snd uainoe ME
The salvStion Army proyioed cbris,u.s
o'0sl TOT . polyglot horos OF four thou
sand az the Grand Central Palace "a,
O'Clock . line had formed which s.-,,,L.s
around the corner from the sSd s,rs.-
entrance INTO Lexington avenue ar6
from every direction more were cop,In,-
Shortly sfterward the hard -orkinr mis-
slonarles began giving our the Chris,-,ss
baskets, and many different languages con.
ulDu1ed 10 composite blessing as tha
"oufs Hore on and one applicant after a.
o1ler received his sustenanoe
TILFoRD FEEDS LITTLE MOTHERS
Two thousand men sna women rec.,,,.,,
CHRISTMAS oinners a. the Mission n, 81,
immaculate Virgin Great Iopes "a
Lafayette streets. and the tvre bu,sras
boys who live IN Tire Institution also bsd 4.
Special rspast
III the Murray Hin Lyceum mora .hs, .
thousand little mothers" ate rs,e,o,,-,,,
of turkey end other good thing ,-t;,.
FRANK lliford SAT IN . box IN the gsllsr,,
snd beamed On hts little beneHcisrias n.
Mss the eighth consecutive Christine. H.
her be had given these littl. girls W. ,sl,..
csre ~ their little brothers ana r,s,.re
NilIe their ulotaers are absent fror, No..
rorking Pew could smile. theypb On -.
Piltul array ~ men and women. ana som.
teN children, who crowded about ,bs 49,,
OF The Harlem headquarters % the H-ol,,,
trers of America, az 70 s5s West ,es,h
slfeet 10 await the distribution 30 ~.
CHRISTMAS dinner bses Several erlnrlee
and one or two blind men usrs 4, a..
liro'g. fise hundred bass were given on,
BoWERTs BREAD LINE.
A. The BoVery Mission. 10. 227 Ro-.-,.
me celebration Of the day began AZ
o clceh in th- morning, when rolls ana %,
zee were served % = thousand men Who
tormsa IN The bread line" AZ ths, hon,
ihere was special sonz service ana sn-
perln'eneent Hsllimond spoke 20 a.. me-,
as they passed. wishing each = a1sr,,
Ihristnss and happy New Year In the
evening twelve hundred Christmas Si,,.-g
put up N boxes were given 20 as NAV
men, Who stood IN q line which passsd
slowly through the Easement
The members ~ the Home for ,be Arsa