Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
Trees Provided for Children.


dence at the Industrial Home School, the
Industrial Home School for Colored Chill
dren. the National Training School for
Boys and the National Training School
for Girls. At these institutions there will
be Christmas trees, individual gifts for
the children, cantatas, religious services,
and last, but not least. big dinners, con-
sisting of turkey. chicken, roast pork,
cranberries. celery. pumpkin pie and other
things that boys and girls like to eat.
Arrangements have been completed for
cantata t. be given at the Industrial
Home School Christmas eve, beginning at
Z O'Clock. Immediately following the ex-
ercises the children will gather around a
large Christmas tree. and each Of the
nifty girls and ninety-One boys enrolled In
the school will receive a gift. The Ma
tional Cathedral School for Girls, ST. AL
bans Church and Christ Childs Guild
will supply the gifts which are to be given
to the children Of this school.
The holiday season at the National
Training School for Boys begins today.
At O'Clock this afternoon the Rev. Paul
Hickok will speak to the 36O boys en-
rolled in the school. Tuesday night there
will be a cantata in the assembly hall,
music by the boys band and other fea-
lures. followed by the lighting Of an i'm
mense Christmas tree. on which will be
gift for each boy. A good dinner, with
roast pork as the principal item on the
menu VIII NC served at the ScnOOl CnrlSt-
mas day.
Girls to Sing a Carol.
There will be Christmas tree in each
Of the two buildings at the National
Training School for Girls. Christmas
carol. In which seventy-six girls cared
for at this institution will take part.
will be sung Wednesday morning.
AS at the other juvenile institutions, a
Christmas tree will be provided for the
boys at the Industrial Home School for
are enrolled in this school. They will
be given dinner consisting of pork
fresh vegetables and pie.
Prisoners in the workhouse at Deco
guam. Va, have not been allowed to lose
sight of the fact that Christmas Is at
hand. Snpt William Fl. Whitaker has
declared the day a holiday. fhe work
house dinner next Wednesday will con-
sist of home grown pork and other COM
modities produced the workhouse
farm. Religious services will be con-
Quoted at the Occoquan institution at
2:3O o'clock Christmas afternoon.
1t is announced that prisoners at the
jail Will be allowed to receive gifts from
relatives and friends. Arrangements also
are being made for the presentation at
the jail of a moving picture show on the
day following Christmas.
AO1uc-0IOWu LUX on menu.
Homegrown pork was a big item on
the Thanksgiving day repast served the
nearly $50 persons quartered at the Home
for the Aged and 1nf1rm at Blue Plains,
but it will give way Christmas to home
grown duck Visitors will be received at
this institution throughout the day and
services will be conducted i'm the MORN
ing by a committee of the First Presby-
terrain Church
The municipal lodging house will serve
Christmas dinner. but not Christmas
day In fact. the day of the feast will
be kept secret. which was the plan fol-
lowed Thanksgiving. so that there may
not be a greater number of visitors than
the institution will be able to accommo-
date. At the municipal lodging house
Christmas q good square meal is assured.
It is announced that the Temporary
Home for ex-Union Soldiers and Sailors
will be decorated for Christmas with fif-
teen American flags loaned by the
c.. 4. X. A special dinner will be served
at the home.
Christmas dinners also will be provided
for the patients at the tuberculosis Hos
pital and other Institutions including
the Florence Crittenton Hope and Help
Mission.