The Washington times., 1910-12-25
CAPITAL OBSERVES
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Rich and PooI Share Alike
in Festival of
Worship.
MIDNIGHT MASSES
LARGELY ATTENDED
Charitable Organizations Distribute
Baskets 10 Hundreds of
Needy.
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Fideiis" awoke 8Ir- Taft. who don1cd
a blue hath robe and appeared Q mo-
Ineat later The waits were ali boys
and musicians from the choj- Ok II
PauTS Catholic Church.
Hardly had the boys begun their
Christmas carols before the sound OF
an opening window was heard and the
CEUt by hand Of the President Of Il-e
Ca'. ID States was waved IN the dIrec-
tiol- Of the serenaders-
, leTTy Christmas. boys" he shouted.
81 thank you very much
TIE cOrnetists and trombone players
carrying lanterns and hymn books IA
the accepted Noel fashion. were almost
turned back rs q bIue-Coared police
man. who dIdn'L know whether 1ir- TAFT
would relish a midnight interruption of
his Siumbers- When the plans OF the
waits was outlined to the White House
guardian, however, he fell in with the
Christmas spirit of the occasion and
marched behind the procession riGht I'D
beneath the President = window PreSi-
den Taft welcomed the mel0dious in
trUsiOn all right
Usual Scenes About City
The usual Christmas Eve scenes were
enacted downtown. The shopping dis
tricts were crowded with negligent
shoppers, who had DELAYED their es,pedT-
ton until the last moment 10 seems
that there are always several thousa nd
OF this species Cay crowds. with noise
making cevices- paraded the streets
The confetti tlrOWer was fairly busy.
and the restaurant thr0ugs. brilliant in
holiday attire never seemed nerrier-
Turning again TO the religious Oh
SerTanCeS OF the night there were seen
N the midnight lEron-S those " no had
been called by church chimes TO attend
the midnight masses held al many Of
the Catholic churches The dark-TObed-
sandaied monks at BEooklaud pa-tici-
parer IA a celebration OF S1iETlu sig
fancy 20 the stable in Bethlehem to
see the image or The Christ Child mon
bed Of straw Preceding the process
sion OF the Franciscan monks TO tle
Erott0 of the Nativity, q procession
which wound through the catacomhs
OF the mouaststr- The hiEH mass was
sung by the biack-ro5ed priests
MlCnlgnt masses were sung also al
ST PaJricl5'S. in 81. Al0ySiUs-. at the
Church Of the Holy Comfo-rer. St
Martins Catholic Church, the Church
tie Holy Trinity 81 Peers. St Steph-
ems, and the shrine ot the Sacred
Heart
Annual Distribution eff Baskets.
The charitable associations Of the Dis
1rict meanwhile were making tbei- an
nUsl distributions OF baskets 10 the poor
OF the city. and many man who was
OF the d0wn-aud-Out class called at one
Of the missions and old not so away
hungry
The Salvation Army distributed 20
baskets, each containing enough Tor 1--WE
persons. The American Salvation Army,
the Central Union Mission. and the Cos
pei Mission also furnished dinners 70 the
needy who called for the charity OF
Christmas EVe-
The Central Union Mission. SO LOuisi-
ana avenue, VIII feed 500 needy ones to
morrow from = 10 4 O'Clock The
American Salvation Army gave away
today - baskets OF food and > addi-
1ioual baskets which we're sent in from
outside sources The army also gave the
inmates OF its home a special dinner at
O'Clock this afternoon
The Gospel Mission 1--e PeluSy- lTc-Ild
avenue VIII furnish diupers 10 a num-
from J. 10 O'Clock The mission fed
many homeless ones at Christmas
brea kfast this morning
The church services, which 4faE been
general throughout the Capital today
Will continue at practically all OF the
Protestant and Catholic churches tins
evening The sermons preached and the
music sung have all breathed the spirit
OF the day and every edifce of worship
has been crowded 10 the doors
So perfect have been the weather con
ditiOns on this Christmas that many II
the worshipers walked for blocks 20 at
tend their faVor1re church. and on each
side of the street. as they wended their
way chUrChWard- might he seen scores
Of windows with their wreatns o. holly
and a bow Of red. ourwardiy symbolic
Of the Christmas cheer within
Again it may be said that he Is q pes
sin.ist indeed #hO cannot say and mean
II. Merry Christmas today