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

when the usual Christmas dinner was
enjoyed The meal consisted of tur-
key and the usual number of side
dishes. In the afternoon the inmates
grouped themselves about the big
Christmas tree and passed the time
in conversing or reading. At 4:30
o'clock there was benediction in the
chapel. The sisters at the home re-
ceived many gifts for the inmates
this year.
More than 500 poor, children re-
ceived presents of candy and neces-
saries yesterday through the courtesy
of Mrs. Pattie Watkins Lindsay. The
distribution took place in the Gospel
Temple, 289 Market street, where a
large and beautiful decorated Christ
mas tree was erected for the occasion.
The gifts were made by a deputy
of Santa Claus. Exercises of an APP
propriate character were given and
there was general singing. In the
morning 100 baskets of good things
were given to as many poor families.
The twenty-five children at the Pat
tie Watkins Children's Home at $50
Franklin street, Bloomfield, were not
forgotten by Santa Claus. They re-
ceived appropriate gifts also, in addi-
ton to the usual Christmas dinner.
Owing to the generous response
made to the appeal for toys and ar
ticles of clothing for the Home for
Crippled Children the children in
that institution yesterday passed an
enjoyable Christmas. Each child re-
ceived some toy, candy and clothing.
A Christmas dinner was served the
little inmates at noontime.
The Christmas entertainment of the
children will be given tomorrow after
noon. There will be an additional
distribution of gifts by the home
management at the affair.
The children in the Foster Home, in
Belleville avenue. were all visited by
Santa Claus yesterday morning. Dur
ing the day the children played games
and amused themselves with their
new toys. There was the usual
Christmas tree in the new hall of the
building. The tree was Illuminated
with many colored electric lights all
afternoon. In the early afternoon the
children held Christmas exercises. A
program of vocal and instrumental
musical selections was given with
recitations, etc.
The patients in ST. James's Hospital,
numbering about sixty, observed
Christmas, in an appropriate manner
yesterday. A special high mass was
celebrated in the hospital chapel ats
o'clock in the morning by Monsignor
Patrick Cody, rector of st. James's
Catholic Church, with which the hos
pital is connected. The services were
attended by all the patients of the
hospital who were able to be present,
the sisters in charge of the institution
and the members of the hospital staff.
At the regular meal hour a special
turkey dinner was served with all the
usual side dishes. In the afternoon
useful gifts, candies and fruits were
distributed to the patients. There was
special tree and gifts for the few
children that are in the hospital. The
nurses had decorated tree and cele-
bration in the nurses parlor. The
wards, corridors and private rooms
in the hospital were deliberately dec
Grated with Christmas greens.
The Ladies' Auxiliary. of the Home
for Incurables and Hospital helped the
inmates of the home fittingly observe
Christmas yesterday. The patients
were all served with a turkey dinner
The rooms of the building were deco
rated for the occasion with wreaths
bells and Christmas greens. There
was also the usual Christmas tree
The Christmas exercises took place
on the afternoon of the day previous
Mrs. Edward Ackley was chairman Of
the committee in charge of the Christ
mas festivities.
On New Years Day another cele-
bration and dinner will be held. The
! committee in charge of the latter
affair is headed by Miss Grace De
4 Mott.
1 More than a score of men and
J women in the dottfried Kruger
1 Home. in Clinton place, were wei
4 cared for yesterday by former Judge
! Gottfried Kruger. There was a tur.
| Rev dinner for all and each of the In
mates received a suitable gift. Ther'
| was also a large and Handsomely dec
GRATED Christmas tree that lent
| cheerfulness to the day. In the eve
ming a musical entertainment was
given
| When the children in the Home fol
the Friendless at South Orange ave
/ nue. and Bergen street awoke yester
| day morning they found that the
stockings thai they had hung up thu
4 night before had been bountifull.
| filled by Santa Claus. Besides thu
| gifts of fruits, toys and candy tn
1 children also received clothing an'
other necessaries.
AT noon time the children wer'
served with a turkey dinner. TIL
manager of the home are ARRANGING
for a Christmas entertainment to h'
given by the children In the hom'
some time during the present holi
days.
The children at the Crazy Jam
Day Nursery, numbering about forty
| were well remembered yesterday
| Each child received appropriate gift
| with the usual sweetmeats and fruit
4 The usual Christmas dinner wa
/ served at noon time. The day wa
spent in merrymaking and playing
i games under the supervision of Mis-
i II. Berry, superintendent
On Christmas Eve Mrs. A. Dusen
berry's class of the First Presbyterian
Church gave another Christmas din
ner to the little ones at the nursery
Next Tuesday the little inmates wi
give a playlet entitled Christina
Secrets, at the nursery under the di
!, rection Of Miss H. Van ylRpk Iox