Evening journal., 1910-12-24
IT'S The DAY
BEFORE XMAS
And All Through the Town
All Creatures Are
EuStIing
|THERE'S PLENTY OF CHEER
SANTA SOON WILL BE HERE
.nia tho dav hefore christmas.

'Tis the day before Christmas.
Once again, the feast is nigh and
many a heart will be gladdened. The
+ moor will be remembered and gifts
n will be exchanged. The children will
@lie awake tonight and listen for
& Santa. Claus as he calls Dunder and
4 Bitten and Dancer and Prancer TO
Nhalt over the chimney. Then in fear
3 they will creep under the blankets ana
|snuggle close as their genial old friend
E opens his pack and sorts the good
n things out for them prior TO his visit
& 10 Willie and Harry and all the other
bows and girls who have been trying
10 be good for the last month.
AS a sort of welcoming reception
10 the ancient fellow with the long
Z snowy beard there will be a parade
4 Of horn blowers at midnight. The
4 more serious, however. will assemble
& for meditation In Ola Swedes Church.
. Christmas carols will ring out at
4 midnight and from 3 o'clock until day
d break the Junior Choir Of Scott
4 Church will sing varols on street cor
A nerp.
The spirit of good will was manifest
4 everywhere today. shoppers were on
+ their last round and despite the in
4 clement weather both stores and
streets were crowded.
The poor and ,eedy will be cared
or despite the fact that the police
his year will not distribute gifts as
n IN past years, merely providing for
i Christmas treat for the poor children
at the City Hall on Monday with the
$500 given by a generous citizen. One
i thousand bags of candies, nuts,
oranges and apples will be distributed
to the children, as they pass through
the City Court room at the City Hall
and view the beautiful tree erected
there.
The Associated Charities, Salvation
Army. the Society of Prevention
Cruelty to Children and other similar
organizations will in large measure
see to it that the poor and worthy
antilles are taken care and and that
'obody will go hungry on Christmas
ny.
A committee Of fifteen was engaged
day yesterday and today at the
asadauarters OF the Associated Chari-
VS.. No. 6O2 West street, preparing
lid distributing baskets Of food
Nearly a hundred baskets were given tc
persons that called at the headquar-
tors and a dozen or more baskets
were sent 10 families where there is
sickness. The baskets were filled
with either a chicken or roast oi
beef, vegetables, canned goods, ap'
pies, oranges, bananas, nuts, candies
etc.
The Associated Charities is grateful
TO the public for its financial assist
ance. the money donated having beer
used TO purchase fifty chickens
oranges, nuts, cranberries and othel
things for the baskets.
In addition to distributing baskets
this organization sent the names o
deserving families to individuals wh'
will care for them.
The humane societies are doin
noble work Nobody gets closer I
the poor class than Special Agen
Frank Stout, and good work is bein
accomplished by him toward maxim
Christmas a joyful one for the un
fortunate. Mr.. Stout has been carry
ing on this work for several days. Tn
other day he found family that ha
absolutely nothing in the house to ca
Immediate relief was given.
The Salvation Army, as usual,
doing splendid work. More than 10
baskets filed with food will be dis
tributed to needy families this aftei
noon. The baskets contain potatoes
a can of tomatoes, cabbage, sugar, co
fee. celery. bread and a chicken.
A Christmas tree for the poor Chi
dren will be the attraction at the Sa
yation Army barracks in East Fourt
street on Monday evening. An entei
tainment will be given by the Sunda
school of the army and the childre
will be supplied with candies, orange
and nuts The same entertainer
viii be repeated on Tuesday ever
ing, TO which the public is invited.