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New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
THE STORY OF JO-JO.

Which reminds us-and it's moro interes,'
ing-Of the story OF Jo-Io II was Christ
mas morning. \ queue of ragged, dlshey-
cllcd men. who had their hands in their
pockets and shuhled ill shod feet TO keep
warm, was in front Of the Water Street
Mission. They were waiting 10 bo admitted
for the annual repast. Icicles glttered on
the framework of the Brooklyn Bridge over
head. a church bell sounded across the
river, on which cakes OF ice were floating
Some of the homeless men felt cheerful.
They amused themselves by casting jibes
at one OF their fellows, a dwarfsh figure
with leathery. spotted complexion. lie
was known as Jo-JO. Some said he had
worked in a circus in the role of the miss
ing link. wherefore his name. Anyhow, he
looked like the missing link, and the name
was appropriate.
Jo-Jo made no answer to the jbes, but
after a while a white faced thin man with
a cough-Charley the Con-spoke huskily:
''Youse fellas amt got no call 20 Kid
Jo-Jo"
Hear tn boz exclaimed the testers.
turning to a new victim. Did yeh hang
up yer socks las night? Did Sandy
Claws sec yeh carryin' de banner? e.. E.
Did yeh git present, Charley"
II got a present." said Charley solemnly
'Iiaw haw!' from wheezy, rafting
throsts. "Who give yeh the present, Char
lcy?'
"Jo-Jo.'
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

toys that go with II are contributed by up
town children who have been visited carrier
by Santa Claus. II this tree were trimmed
with all the presents that the doWh'o"I
children and their parents receive II Wou'd
certainly look queer. Imagine POTATOES oli
a Christmas tree and cans OF soup ana
beans and strips OF bedding and cheap
blankets. OF course, they cont put these
things on the tree, only the toys ana gllt-
terry ornaments. And second mana SANTA
Claus comes out on the platform ana the
children shout with joy, ana they rece'o
their TOYS and candy, Their mothers carry
quay the potatoes canned food, bedding
and blankets which have been piled up IN
a corner.
In one way it looks Ike Christmas ana
in another way It doesn't When you see
the tree and the happy children with toS'
it's like Christmas, but the mothers carry
ing off food and blankets looks like the
relief which our army once gave 10
starving recOncentrados in Cuba,
Besides the five hundred VINO have oe-
lated Christmas and are Sunday school
scholars, there are four hundred day schol-
ars of this mission who received last Fri
dav presents of shoes, Dresses. WAISTS
pants and underclothng. Last nght thtee
hundred dinners of uncooked food In paper
bags were given out TO their parents
Papcr bags arc more economical than poAes
NJ, baskets ''JIow many or the day Schol-
ars receive useful presents like clothes"
was asked. All" was the reply. "All
need them"
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
HUNGER WILL BE BANIsHED.

Perhaps the most interesting Christmas
fact is this: Every one Of the 100000 New
Yorkers will get a square meal. The state
ment may be a trihe short OF the truth. A
few people may get left, and the square
meal may not universally ht the specihca-
tions. II may be better 10 say that to-
morrow there Will be less hunger in New
York than on any other day Of the year.
Tens Of thousands who would otherwise
lie hungry or i'll fed will be well fed to-
morrow, because II is Christmas Day. This
is the big fact. The most obvious token OF
IT i'm past weeks has been the red-capped
Salvation Army lsssie. with her ding dong
bell and kettle at every other street corner.
not 10 mention the rather scrimpy Santa
Claus of the same order Every charitable
society, mission, settlement, and nearly
every church, is engaged in the annual
food distribution. Poor families get has
lsts of food Tho individual outcast can
set dinner ~ tho1nis sione The inmates of
hesp!tale a1ylumg and lalia sre specially
FED II any one mitges basket OF a mis-
sion dinnsr. he can find turkey on tho free
lunch counter Of tine saloon. There seems
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

TOUR million New Workers are hanging
II up their stockings tonight. and they
IL will celebrate tomorrow the happiest
day OF the year Merry Christmas! The
bells are ringing peace on earth. good will
10 men.
This is the month. and this the happy morn
Wherein the son Il Heavens Eternal hlng'
OF welded maid and virgin mother born
our great redemption from above did bring
Some people may regard the festivity like
Miltons poem. as out of date. This is the
twentieth century, and we have learned the
pagan origin Of Christmas, and 1t is a
nuisance 10 swap neckties. art calendars
and other gimcracks. We have fretted ana
sweated to pick out the right gifts whch
are bound TO be wrong. lot or caSh mas
been spent on nothing in particular Every
one knows that present giving is a frame
up-an institution like the tipping evil-and
that II the other fellow only had the man
hood 10 say lets quit the rest Of us
would stop il right away. This is 1Sll.
Time that Christmas was reformed. turned
into Il rational holiday and all that. Make
It n peaceful session. with a good dinner
and no nonsense.
"B-o-o.o. hoo Can't 7 set 10 presents.
Don't cry. little one. We are speaking OF
reforming Christmas for grOwn-ups, not de-
priying kids OF their annual increment from
Santa Claus. Any man who would say
word against the white whiskercd chap who
slides down chlmncys and fills small stock
ings ought 20 get a box OF cigars selected
by his mother -in-law.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
$500 Toy Auto Dolls House with All Modern Improve
ments and the Present Which Jo-Jo Gave to
Charley the Cor" Down in Chatham Square.

to be no excuse Tor hungry person in
New York tomorrow.
There will be perhaps 10000 Christmas
meals given away in this city tomorrow.
How about people who are not in Jail.
are too proud TO ask for baskets, don't
care to visit the free lunch counter and are
still shy on their Christmas dinner?
Oh, well, YOU can't expect everything. Do
you want a detective TO find out your hun
ger and report Il TO the proper authorities,
so 1t can be respectfully attended to? There
are proud people. come TO think Of it, who
don't apply for dinners themselves; they
have some one else bring the basket home.
If they're women and go after the free
food, they wear a heavy veil, so nobody
will recognize them on the way. These are
people like actresses. clerks, artists teach
ers-refned and respectable people, who
never thought they would have to ask for
food that is given away They are out Of
work and they are hungry. Just like unre-
fined and disrespectabe people. The proper
thing for their station in life is TO borrow.
They have borrowed 10 the limit. Here is
chance TO set a square neal 1t hurts, but
they need the food.
The st. Regis, the WadorfAstoria, the
Cafe Martin and other places will he splen-
didly decorated for Christmas, and there
will be special menus and
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
TAKING HOME CHRISTMAS DINNER
BASKETS WHICH ARE GIVEN
AWAY.

dow in bank. Through the hole each
man will receive u rasteboard box contain
ing an apple, an orange, two sandwiches
and two crullers and-and-an apple and an
orange in the phrase OF the person who de-
scrlbed the menu and wished TO amplfy e.
When he has received his box the bread
liner will get big cup Of coffee and then
ne VIII pass into on inclosure to eat his
Christmas repast standing with his fellows
II he wants more he will go into the street
and fall In again at the tail Of the line. No
service without a feed IL the motto Of the
Bowery Mission, 80 there Will be another
luncheon to some 1900 men at the evening
services. Also 100 baskets containing food
for 1000 meals will be given out To families
There are 10000 homeless men every
nlgnt Within mile OF the Bowery," said j.
T. Hunt. who manages the mission labor
bureau, and $4,000 men i'm lodging houses.
The trouble With most OF these men is not
that they are sinners, but that they are out
Of work. They need food ana work as
much, IL not more than prayer"
Mr. Hunt told OF Christmas time when
he was working at his desk in the mission
Office. and thinking he was speaking 10 an
assistant said:
Get me s. worth OF stamps from the
postoflce, will YOU Ilcasc"'
\ face the most dirty and hldeous that
he had ever SEEN loomed over his shoulder
and whigkey voice croaked:
"Who. mo-"
"Ycs YOU" Shot bach Nh. Hun, an tho
spur of the moment Take this s. hin
set those stamps an' bo quick about It."
The bum took the blll and alnost fen
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
A TRAIN THAT REALLY GOES.

Then there is a toy railroad, with
steam locomotive. with a throttle and
everything real; the train goes around for
hours. II costs only $50 81. Also here Is
dolls house, lighted bv electricity, equipped
with a vacuum cleaner. firoiess cooker and
all the modern Improvements. You can
have il FOR 500 &C, reduced from --; that
is, Mr.. Claus will give Il away, out Of the
generosity Of his heart 10 little girl who
lives on Riverside Drive. And look at this
Noah's Ark-auimals that arc perfect re-
productions in miniature Of those you see
I'm tho cages at Bronx Park, Compare
these GiS 7D with the clumsy caricaturcs
~ knock -kneed. vabbly beasts you used 10
get. and admit that Santa Claus is "sthetic
as We'll as progressive.
It IS true these ultra fancy gifts are not
distributed IN all quarters Of the city. II
YOU thought otherwise. you are mistaken.
The uptown presents. such as these, would
not do for downtown. Santa Claus knows
It. and acts accordingly. He is no re-
specter OF persons; he does not discrim-
mate. II is simply a matter OF fitting the
gift TO the recipient and the locality.
What good would II do Sadie Swiggen-
baum, OF Hester street, 10 get dolls
house with modern Improvements with
which she was unfamiliar and consequently
couldn't play with? Likewise, a child's
automobile could not be operated safely on
Delaney street, or the reaches Of Helfs
Kitchen. So, too. there is not enough space
for a toy railroad Of the real kind in a
home which consists OF two rooms for half
a dozen persons Santa knows his busi-
ness. When the downtown folks are pre-
pared TO receive and use fancy gifts he will
be only too pleased 10 present them.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
IN THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

The Childrens Aid Society gives Christ
mas dinners and presents 10 seven thou
sand children in twenty-seven industrial
schools throughout the city and provides
dinners for about one thousand boys IN
half dozen newsboys' lodging houses
The industrial school children get useful
gifts, shoes and clothes, as well as toys
and candy The newsie in the "hotle,"
whose life often approximates that of the
adult hobo who carries the banner or
sleeps huddlcd above the gratings Of news
paper offices when lie lacks the price Of
iiyc-cent lodging, who fares I'm prosperity
on iivc-cent meals at tho lodging house and
tWo-cent sandwiches OF the huckstcr. will
know what TO do with his dinner OF turkey
and mince pie.
The Department Of Public Charities plays
Santa Claus 10 about eleven thousand
paupers, sick adults and children. i'm
beetles and homeless men ia a number OF
institutions on Blackwelrs and Randalls
Islands, Staten Island and elsewhere.
chicken fricassee dinner with all the trim
mings, will be served. All hospital wards
VIII be decorated with laurel. holly, palms
and ferns. which are furnished by the de-
partment hothouses. Each chldrens ward
in the hospitals will have Christmas tree
supplied by the city The decorations for
these trees, such as crepe paper. tinse and
Nari-colored glass bells, are preserved from
year to year. The presents for the chill
dren come from the outside II is visit
ing day on Christmas, SO that relatives
and friends may iix up their gifts ON the
city trees. Photographs play during
dinner at several institutions. There are
sixteen hundred children in the hospital
ana school on Randalrs Island The CITY
HON" or almshousc on Blackwelrs Island
contains three thousand paupcrs. The
Municipal Lodging House in East 9th
street with It's half a thousand guests, will
not miss the regulation Christmas dimes.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
THOUSANDS OF NEW WORKERS SQUARE
The Festival on the Great White Way in the Bread Line
and the Newsies Home-Five Pointers Have
Belated, Second Hand Christmas.

downstairs in his haste. An hour passed
He could have gone TO the nearby branch
postoffice and back In ten minutes. II
seemed hopeless to expect him to return
But at length thero was noise on the
stairs. The caricature OF man, breath
less, sweat streaking channels down the
dirt of his face, appeared and laid the
stamps and the correct change upon the
managers desk. The branch postoffice had
been closed, so he had run all the way
downtown to the main postoffioe and back
Did yeh think wouldn't come back?'
he demanded
Mr. Hunt replied candldly that it had
been an even gamble in his own mind, and
then he took the man out and had him fed.
cleaned and newly clothed, and eventually
sent him rehablitated 10 his family in New
England
The Salvation Army will celebrate in the
9th Regiment Armory on 18th street, op-
posite its own headquarters. There will be
distributed here four thousand family
baskets. In the Washington street citadel.
Brooklyn. the army distributes one thou
sand baskets. IL you want to know just
what's in each basket: 4 four-pounl
eight pounds OF potatoes, two-pound loa,
OF bread, one pound crackers, one pound
sugar, half pound OF coffee and can
OF condensed milk The funds Tor these
twenty-five thousand Christmas meals have
been chiefly derived from the pennies
dimes and quarters flung into tho army
kettles by people hardly less poor than
those who receive baskets. Applicants for
baskets have been booked and investigated
In advance.
At p. m. in the armory there will be an
entertainments for children, the dispensing
OF thirty-five hundred packages of toys to
youngsters who have applied and been in
vestigated, and a view OF a Christmas tree
seventy-five feet In height. The tree, CON-
posed Of many small trees on a frame
work, will be illuminated with eectrics
a box Of candy and an orange will 90 with
each package OF toys. There are two toys
in each package. graded according to sex
and age Of recipient. Moving pictures
music. juggling and drills by the children
are on the programme. In Brooklyn the
army celebration and distribution occurred
yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

h's route through the city prinss him drst
TO uptown then to l'iyo Points.
There arc rauonaliFts who say that Santa
'''" runs ont Of supplies aud is com.
l'll'd to ei'c tha Five Pointers = bclatcd.
''''nd hand lhslnas Thcir Christmas
u"e come nom an uptown church whore
II haS been uagd once. and many of the
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
TO SOME IT'S A BURDEN.

There arc many thousand work people
who would like 10 see the institution re-
formed Tor them Christmas has meant
double hours in tho last fortnight. Post
men have carried extra burdens, postal
clerks have worked overtime, express driv-
crs have been Oh the job until all hours.
Aud the department store giri. she has
been driven nearly frantic by the hordes
of Christmas shoppers. II destroying army
OF boneyolence jamming The aisles from
morning until late evening. ordinarily the
sales girl must spend her merry Christmas
in bed recuperating from the strain OF
the last few days This year. thanks 10
the calendar, she has an intervening day OF
rest, which will partly enable her to APP
preciate the festival She has also been
helped 10y the movement in favor of carly
shopping.
one class Of persons has benefited by the
seasons rush--thosc out of work, who have
been taken on as extras in stores and
shops Unlike the others. they are sorry
that Christmas comes and goes so quickly.
Whatever may bc said Of reforms in the
institution. Santa Claus himself Is very
much up 20 date lie is a progressive old
fellow, in spite Of his years. lie is alive to
invention and modcrnity in the field OF toys
He stiu prefers 10 drive a team of reindeer,
hut he gives away automobiles and aero
planes. Nr. Claus's private secretary in
formed tho reporter that a child'S automo-
bile in his pack had cost $500 This is a
truly machine that can break the speed
laws OF chldland. II goes 10 house on
Fifth avenue. The toy acroplane is per-
feet model Of a srown-ups machine, flies
long distances and is almost quite safe to
send un a cat in.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
FOR THE PRISONERS.

Inc Department OF Correction viii not
go In for Christmas trees, but will provide
turhcy or chicken dinner for the inmates
oI the Blackwelis Island pcnitentiary anl
Morkhouse, tho Rikcr's Island prison. tho
ltarts Island workhouse and reformatory.
the Tombs prison, the Raymond street
TAIL and the district prisons attached 10
police courts. Prisoners on the islands will
DC allowed TO receive Christmas presents
from the outside but care will be taken
10 prevent the smuggling IN of morphine
or coke IN the guiSe OF candy II seems
odd that conyicts should prefer such Kid
OF Christmas gifts. Perhaps they want the
drugs to make them forget that it Is
Christmas.
No visitors are allowed at the peniten-
tiary on this day. The inmates spend mos1
OF their time I'm their cells instead OF in tho
workshops. They may attend religious SER
vices IL they choose. \ striped regiment
l,20o strong. forms shortly before noon arc
marches IN lockstep TO the eating hall. TIC
deputy wardens order their squads 70 rgh'
and left between tables OF moderate size
At each place there Ia a grea; bowl OF soup
overaid with a plate OF chicken fricassee'
q Hunk OF bT"au ana ull dS1tc cup W."
/ holds about a quart of coffee. The sefri'"
rCnks stand silent a moment as il wailn7
for some one To say grace. Instead or graz
loud military voice proclams DOWN
The men sit down simultaneously e
sumo their Christmas dinner In ABOUT u.
teen minutes and are marched back TO '"'"
cells They are permitted after dinner
smoke some Of the city tobacco Whl'" ="
regularly doled out To them.
Christmas In the Tombs is more '"v''
fu The inmates here are not conNlc'S' 's'
IIuyons awaiting trial and they ENJOY .o"
siderable liberty However the hest ps
20 spend Christmas behind bars IS Lul,'
street Jail, whore thc abmony rlo' W',
pinoche and resolves WauimoOsF '",
tcld weather It is better 10 he n-Hs wv
ine out than outside loukins ip'
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

out for lour million people. lie is sup
posed To- be- everywhere at once. As
matter of fact, no isn't lie can't do IT al
THIS tact Was Discovered
In vitit - the Five Point. Mission There
arc here i've hundred bows and girls and
their parent Tor whom Christmas comes
two OF three days after the schedule. Some
The evening world., 1911-07-07
FORT ERIE WINNERS.

FIRST Neutrality-suspicious.; $500.
five furlonss-White Caps. 80 (Olsen),
5 10 /. 4 to 8 and out, first: Sati. 93
Diggins), l to 2, ] to s and out, second
Gold Fern, % Warrington. 4 to !.
to 8 and out third. Time. i.Oi 3-5. Ttock
Spring and Bill ami also ran and fin
ished as named.
SECOND RACE-Two-yoar-olds; 800,
five furlongs.-Monkey, 95 tAdams). 10
TO |. ~ to ! Inc 8 to :, first by n length
Ochre Court. 100 (Shilling). II to 8. 4 to
; and lnt secnnd: Toast Rack. as nDig-
ginsD. n TO 1. 20 TO | n 10 to I. third.
Time iOl. Mad River won the race.
but VAS dis qualified. Terrible Boy,
Rod and Gun, bay May, Floridas
Beauty. Elma, Thirty Forty. Flamna a.
Yankee Lotus also ran and finished as
named.
THIRD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; 500
six furlongs.-Stare. % (Wingfeld). 4 10
!. 4 10 ! and 2 to /. won by half length.
Smirk, 1oj CWrispcn). 3 10 /. 8 to 5 and
2 to 8. second; Apple Prince. 1876 dur.
tom. II TO I. 6 20 | and 3 to 1. third.
Time. l.13 2-5. Iron Queen, INN Case,
Sir Raymond, MIssive. Alexandra, Car
din, Planutess. Muskmelon and Seconke
also ran and finished as named.
FOURTH RACE-lIandicap; for three.
year-olds and up; $500. six %furlongs.-
Fitzherbert. 40 Shilling. Ito Sane out.
FIRST; Col Ashmcade, 100. CGordon), / 10
and out. second: Pluvious, 1903 Diggins),
20 to !, 2 to l and out, third. Time, Lib
Grassmere also ran.
The evening world., 1911-07-07
SCULPTOR WOOED
SCULPTRESS UNTIL
COPS W00ED HIM
MacD ougal Alley Romance
Has Another Chapter in
Bellevue Ward.

Tho romance Of M%acdoural Alley
broke on; this afternoon with renewed
virulence. phe alley was once lined
with stables, but now every stable IL a
studio. and many names eminent in the
art catalogues inhabit 1t. The air there
is full of temperament. Therefore the
Alley has been greatly perturbed FOR
a month or more by the overstrenuous
efforts OF Augustus J. Jaeger. a youth
full sculptor of Long Island city. TO i'm
press Miss Frances Grimes, also n
sculptor OF the Alley, with n proper ap-
probation OF his personal charm. Jaeger
tried so hard that Miss Grimes was con-
strained to bolt her door against his
visits. She felt that IT was necessary
10 have friends of the Alley escort her
when she left her studio or approached
Il.
Always was the signing Jaeger OF.
guard in M~acdougal alley. sometimes
he ran when he saw she had a pro-
tecting male with her. At other times
he plucked up courage and advanced
on the protector with a scowl. Three
fist fights at least were the result of
such encounters The first two OF them
left the suitor sitting on the pavement
vowing vengeance. In the last the pro-
%tector, who was also n sculptor, Harry
T~hrasher. was so unfortunate as "a
have his foot slip on "A banana peel.
lie went down. Jaeger went forth
shrleklng In triumphant glee.
Miss Grimes. who had been con-
strained to change all her working
hours and habits. thought that the pub
licity which followed the thrashing of
Thrashcr made her retiring policy nc
longer worth while. She appealed 10
Magistrate Barlow, who summoned the
lovelorn Jaeger to court, lectured him
and made him promise to keep out OF
the alley. az least. The Magistrate ex-
torted from Jaeger these faltered words
II will try to stay away. sir, but
adore her"
Jaeger tried just three days and ther
he fell. Miss Grimes went to Magistrat,
Murphy at Jefferson Market to-day and
said that this thing just had to stop
Jaeger was brought in again.
II tried to stay away" said the sculp.
tor fervently to Magistrate Murphy
but I simply couldn't"
Committed to Bellevue for examina.
The evening world., 1911-07-07
WOODROW WILSON
|QUT OF STATE,H|S
L SALARY D0CKED
lost of Pay for May and
Three Days Of June Is
Held Out.

lrHENroN. y. J.. July Gov. Wood
INV Wilson received a Jolt to-day when
~ salary check for June was deliV-
Ased 90 him. The Governor noticed
HAT he was snort" about $50. He
thought a mistake had been made and
M, for John Riker, clerk in the state
Measures office.
lkrhe Governor called the attention OF
Ne clerk 90 the error and said he would
10 20 hare IL rectlfed. lie was amazed
xhen told there had been no error"
u the making OF the check. Rker said
Ne Eovernor had been locked for
4EreS days in June. when he wac An
t0hidg his Western trip.
jhRiker, when he went 10 the Cover
tSpr's office, took the p~recaut!on TO forth
himself with a copy OF the State
ocn~stitution. and he read that part OF
II which applied to the Governors sal
~. There is n provision which says
TIT during the absence OF the Governor
tbe State the President OF the Senate
hal be the Acting Governor. and shall
tc9Ae the financial benefits of tho Of
he while so acting.
,kche clerk Informed the Governor that
~ the three days In June that the ex-
Sutive was away from the State cap
~ oSenator Alderman performed the
xDttSs of Governor. and the state
Treasurer lad sent the salary for
tkess three days TO President Acker-
Nan. the remainder Of the months sal
~ being paid to the Governor.
ms Is the second time that the Cow
{kh8 has been locked since he was
xtcted. The first time was when lie
XAsi away during the greater part OF
NkH on his Western trip. At that time
~. kckoyman received the greater part
vi tie Governors May salary, the Cow
dehd getting about $50. instead OF $50.
~ Regular months salary. For June
~ Governor received the long end OF
~ salary. Mr.. Ackerman getting only
~ for the three days work.
6overnor Wilson accepted the ex-
tSnation OF Riker and pocketed the
CHICK with q smile. lie went to his
s3m9er home In Connecticut. where he
VA Jemain until Monday. He does not
etpept that he will be "docked' this
tine