Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-23

Salvation Army will have Christmas
tree for the poor children of the city
and at that time presents will be given
to the little ones.
It was said at army headquarters to-
day that the money collected on the
streets in unique receptacles win COM
pare favorably with the amount similarly
collected last year.
Owing to the recent death Of Mai.
Marian Snalley, the festivities at the
Quoted by the American Salvation Army
at John Marshall place and street
northwest, this year will be curtailed.
Food and clothing will be given away
will be put in place for the inmates of
the home only.
1t is planned to have more pre-
tentious celebration New Year day. Capt.
and Mrs. Wylie of New York are now
in charge Of the institution.
Breakfast and Dinner.
At that clearing house of charity, the
Central Union Mission. arrangements
have been completed for Christmas
breakfast and a Christmas dinner for the
homeless, voorhees, mep and boys. 1t is
planned to accommodate 200 men at each
| meal. During the day barrel of apples
will be placed In the main hall for the
visitors.
Inc OluIST Will lIlcIuUe HAIL VI TURKEY (,
vegetables, cranberry sauce. mince pie
and fruit. o. B. Brown and Francis J..
| Lukens, superintendent. will welcome all
corners.
| baskets to poor families who have ap-
piled. For some unfortunates who make
their home at the mission there will be
| stockings, containing little presents.
placed above their cots Christmas morn
ing.
program of sacred song and prayer
has been prepared by the ladies' auxil-
larry of the mission.
Not only are the missions to welcome
the poor to Christmas dinners. but scores
of churches and private charitable or
CARNATIONS have also been receiving
donations of food and money and are
prepared to entertain the deserving poor
at dinner.
At the Gospel Mission, 1890 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest, III. w. Kline,
superintendent and his assistants have
completed arrangements for Christmas
dinner for those men and women who
are to be seen standing in the bread line
daily The dinner will follow a special
program of religious exercises. which will
begin at noon Sunday.
The ST. Vincent de Paul Society is pre-
pared to distribute clothing and food to
those families in the various Catholic
parishes whose names have been submit
ted to the directors.
Masonic Humanity.
The Shriners have completed arrange
ments whereby 700 or 500 baskets will be
distributed tomorrow at National Rifles
Armory, on G street. The funds which
are used to finance this charity are OBJ
tanned each summer. when the organiza
ton gives an excursion to Marshall Hall
and places the proceeds in a separate ac-
count.
Each basket will contain sack of
flour, one peck of potatoes, one ham, two
pounds of hominy. one pound of sugar
coffee, one can of tomatoes. one can of
corn and one pound box of candy. The
candy was donated by Ross Andrews
W. c. Long is chairman of the COM
mittee which will distribute the baskets.
Out at the home of the Little Sisters
of the Poor, Sd and II streets northeast,
the aged men and women who are de-
pendent on the nuns for their subsistence
will be made glad by Christmas presents
sent by friends of the Institution. The
sisters have arranged to have special
Christmas dinner.
Everywhere throughout the city
churches, guilds and religious organiza-
tons will each commemorate the birth
of Christ by some acts of charity.
In the District Jail.
Warden Mckee OF the jail will provide
a special dinner for the convicts Sun
day. In addition, those prisoners who
have friends on the outside will be per
lnitted to receive baskets of food and
fruit. They will not be allowed to re-
ceive any liquid refreshments.
Down at Occoquan, where Supt Whit
aker is In charge Of the workhouse pris-
oners who are now constructing the new
penal institution for petty offenders.
dinner will be spread that will be little
better than the substantial courses of
plain food served every day.
At the German Orphan Asylum in Ana
costa and the Washington City Orphan
entertainments have been prepared and