Evening journal., 1912-12-26
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JOYFILLED
MANY HEARTS

for al least another - hours, a DAY
Of grace granted by custom to resi-
dents OF cities whose size is such that
ordinary friends and acquaintances
do not often see each other except IN
the usual course of~business affairs.
For the guidance of those who desire
TO be painlulls accurate in such nice
points Of etiquette, it may be men-
stoned in passing that this win be-
succeeded by a combination Of Com
plmcnts Of the season and Happy
New Year.
Some may with reason vary these
with How are YOU focling? depend
ing on the post-Chrisimas appearance
Of the one greeted But this should
be used with canton. TO avoid lengthy
rccitals of how we went down 10
Johns after dinner and found them
just sitting down 10 the table and
they would have us join thcm,' etc.
etc
Well It was a grand day anyhow.
Bright sunshine sparkling over the
mounds and stretches of cleaning
snow and Transforming every city
block INTO stcroscope picture post
card of course. sun and snow make
g combination under foot which jars
the csthotic effect OF a Christmas pic
ture trihe; but this didn't
present the streets being we'll filled
with happy-faccd pedestrians, many
with bundles IN their hands.
The jingle OF sleigh bells re-cchoed
along the streets Every child for
oncd his other gifts of secondary im-
poriauce and crowds Of gleeful.
shouting Youngsters filed streets and
open squares, coasfinE with the reck-
lesfncsa of youth undor the very feet
Of horses and escaping disaster by
such narrow margins as would shat
ter the nerves OF any one old enough
20 be conscious of having such in
convenient adiuncts TO their anat-
omy.
But while the day was primarily
and by rights that of the youngsters.
the grown-ups cnioyed 70 10 the full
ns we'll. Throughout the city there
was feasting and mcrrlmcnt and good
cheer until far into the night Every
whore sparkled that wonderful ever
green that bursts into blossom in a
single nlsht-the Christmas trce--in
thousands of private homea hospitals
and institutions Of aN kinds Presents
were given TO The inmates of nearly
Hll of the latter and some of the
Eccnes in the long whito-walled wards
whore little forms were stretched on
cots Of pain were enough 10 touch the
ftonicst heart
At the vorkhouso the prisoners en-
doyed turkey dinner ana an enter
tainment was arranged for their
amusement last night The snow pre-
vented the prisoners from using The
eNerciso yard. but they hac most
enjoyable time despite This handicap
There was a big timc az Tie Ferris
industrial school. whore. Suporintcn-
dent Stewart had made an arrange
monts for q turkey dinncr and also
fer am Cnl'riainhcut last evening The
dinner was given ic the boys az fhe
expense OF the managers of me home
from their own purse Last evening
Santa Claus visited tho school and
presented o. She boys ton row must
chi instruments for their band
The inmates of the Industrial
School for Girls Jared equally we'll
A turkey dinner was served at noon
and each Girl received pair of
gloves, a gifi from the managers of
the institutions Last evening they
had their Christmas dance
Superintendent Fostcr~of the New
Castle County Hospital provided his
charges with "A chicken dinner. while
al the Delaware State Hospital for
the Insane superintendent Hancker
arranged a turkey dinner The un-
5ortunatcs in this institution re-
Ceiyod many gifts from their friends
and relatives and 500 boxes OF candy
were distributed among them. The
men patients also received cigars, to-
bacco and a pipe.
The children in the Homeopathic
md Delaware Hospitals we're not for
gotten. cold kris visited both in-
sttuuons and not only the childrer
but the grown-ups were remembered.
The same may be said of the physi-.
clans and Surgeons Hospital where
a Christmas tree was SET up and spe-
cial music served to enlivcn the day
Several hundred poor children
were made happy last night az the
annual Christmas distribution OF
presents of the Salvation Army The
youngsters assembled I'm the meeting
room OF the army on East Fourth
street early in the evening.
There We're about $50 present and
the distribution and entertainment
was conducted by Joseph Saylor who
IS junior experimentation OF Young
Peoples Work Of the army IN this
city
Edward krause, proprietor of the
New Merritt Hotel. gave 10 the home
Of the Little Sisters of the Poor a
SO-pound turkey The home is To-
Gated at Fourth and Grant avenue.
Christmas at Hope Farm was a
happy event The new assembly
room at the Administration building
was in readiness and the patients
gathered there The presence OF TIE
81 children made tho day seem more tnan
ever like Christmas aud the house
committee wants % thank the donors
of the trees. Logue aud Company and
Public School No. II. the donors OF
the fruit before mentioned and ,hc
man, friends of the patients who had
prepared before hand for Christmas
YAH day Tuesday access TO town vas
cut Of hy the snow diiis, but yestcr-
day TIE shoyoing force had made
PATHWAYS 10 the cars and The farm
was once more within reach of the
outside World
The Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis
fociely's Christmas mail brought IN,
following checks
James B Ctchiiet. Milford S25.of
VIM y Dannard Wilmington 300
q. H. SQackman Wilmington. 500
Cnas r Rick Nilqiingion 5.ol