Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-26

and candy will be distributed after
wards.
The $50 children and young girls in
the House of Good Shepherd, Thir-
tenth avenue and Ninth street, OBJ
served Christmas In an appropriate
manner yesterday. The amusement
hall. dining-rooms and dormitories
were decorated with Yuletide green's.
Every girl received useful gifts, such
as clothing, fruits, nuts and candies.
The mother superior and the forty
sisters saw to it that the inmates
passed an enjoyable day.
A solemn mass was celebrated in
the Institutions chapel at midnight
Christmas Eve by the Dominican
fathers of st. Antoninus's Catholic
Church. Yesterday morning at z
o'clock an additional mass was cele-
brated The children's choir sang APP
propriate carols and Christmas
hymns.
Following breakfast gifts were dis
tributed by Mother st. Plus, head Of
the local community of the Sisters OF
the Good Shepherd, In the amusement
hall. A turkey dinner was served at
noontime. The afternoon was given
over to recreation and merry making.
In the evening the inmates at the
house gave an appropriate Christmas
entertainment, including recitations,
songs and instrumental selections by
organ, piano. guitar harp, etc.
Good cheer prevailed at the j. Glenn
ent Industrial Home for Men, 81 Plane
street, on Christmas Eve Short adj
dresses were made by Rev. DR. Riley
A. Vose, pastor of the Clinton Avenue
/ Baptist Church, and Rev. John Nc
Dowell, of the Park Presbyterian
Church, who is the president of the
home Twenty men who have been
set right and are making good" gave
minute talks. Gifts of clothing
were given to the regular men of the
home and a half barrel of apples and
ten pounds of nuts distributed to the
transients Rolls and coffee were
served to the entire audience.
Yesterday nearly hundred men
were served with fine chicken din
ner, with all the "fxins'."
At st. Joseph's Catholic Church
solemn high mass was celebrated at
and II o'clock yesterday morning.
The mass sung on the occasion was
Gounods st. Cecilia, and was rem
dered by the quartet and chorus
choir, with organ and orchestra ao-
compartment. The remainder of the
musical program was as follows:
Professional, Holy Night" the "Veni
Creator Willard; offertory, Adeste
Fideles Novelties; occasional hymn,
"And There Were Shepherds" Coate.
Vespers were held at 1880 in the
evening. The professional was given
by the chancel choir which also sang
all the chants and antiphones.
The quartet consisted of Miss Mar
garet G. Lynch, soprano: Miss Rose
G. Lynch. contralto; Edward Cary,
tenor, and Hubert Healy, bass. The
yiolinist was Garold Milward. The
!, organist and director of music in the
church is Miss Kathryn e. Lynch.
Pontihcal high mass was celebrated
, at ST. Mary's Abbey yesterday morn
ing at o'clock and again at 10
o'clock The celebrant was Rt. Rev.
J Ernest Helmstetter the abbot. The
choir sung Giorza's Mass in G at the
early services.
Pontifcal vespers were sung by the
fathers of the abbey and the sanctu-
ary choir of boys in the afternoon at
O'clock The musical program was
given under the direction OF Frank A.
: Mindnich, organist The soloists were
, Miss Gertrude Mindnich, soprano;
, Miss Lizzie Meister, alto; Michael J.
/. Zetwick and Frank Voge1, tenors, and
9 Nicholas G.. Kaufman and Emil
!; Gromer, bassos.
| Beginning at $50 o'clock yesterday
morning masses were celebrated
hourly in the Church of the Sacred
Heart, vailsburg section, and con-
!, tinuing until 1920. The first and last
| of the masses were high masses.
The church choir and a quartet,
composed of Mrs Thomas Tracy,
! soprano; Mrs. Frank Milbauer, con-
! tralto: Alfred Rachel, tenor. and
! Clemens Rachel, bass, rendered a
musical program of exceptional merit
at the main masses
3 At the $3.50 O'Clock mass the music
! was rendered by a children's chorus
a under the direction of Sister Mary
: Anese The musical programs were
q under the direction of Miss Adelina
Murray, organist. At the $3.50 o'clock
r mass Miss Theresa Boyer officiated at
: the organ During the masses a male
: quartet sang "Adeste Fideles," No
e vello
e The Christmas services in the
Y Church of the Blessed Sacrament in
e the Clinton Hill section marked the
e tenth anniversary of that church. The
d parish was founded In 1903 by the late
Rev. Joseph Dunn. The church first
e erected in Clinton place has given
@ way to the present $125,000 edifioe of
& which Rev Frederick G. o'Neill is
e the present rector.
e The new organ chimes of the
: church we're heard in the prelude
"Adeste Fideles,' Novelio, during the
@ services yesterday. At $3.50 A. NJ
:, Lachache's mass was sung. Mozart's
2. second mass was sung at the IL
IS o'clock other masses were celebrated
t. at $3.50 and $3.50 o'clock. Father
8 O'Neill delivered special sermons at
IS the $3.50 and IL o'clock masses.
G. Perhaps the most impressive Christ
IS mas service in the local churches was
that which was given in the chapel
i of the Dominican Convent of Per-
n petual Alteration, Thirteenth avenue
i and South Ninth street, Christmas
y. Eve at midnight Christmas anthems
II were sung by a choir of cloistered
IS nuns. Admission to the midnight
+ service was by invitation only. The
q priest NJ the Dominican Order a