Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-22

punches of celery, five barrels of cram
berries, $50 large mince pies, five bar
rels of apples, twelve boxes of or
anges, twelve boxes of lemons. LOO
pounds of candies and five barrels OF
popcorn. On Christmas night an en-
tertainment by volunteer talent will
be given in the amusement hall.
The Sisters of Charity at st. Mary's
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, in
South Orange avenue. are planning
for four trees, two for the girls and
two for the boys. The orphans will
arise early in the morning and go to
the chapel and attend mass. After
breakfast they will assemble around
the Christmas trees, when the sisters
will begin the distribution of gifts.
AT noon a turkey dinner will be
served.
Fun for the Orphans.
AT the Newark Orphan Asylum on
Tuesday afternoon a generous supply
of clothing, toys, fruits and candies
will be distributed Miss E. T. Or
mandy, the superintendent, is making
the arrangements. The children will
give an entertainment, and at its con-
clusion they will make merry around
large Christmas tree. They will
have a turkey dinner, and in the
afternoon all of the orphans, except
those in the nursery department, will
be taken in groups to various enter
tainments in this city.
The 200 orphans in st. Peters Or
phan Asylum, in Clinton place, ana
also those in the orphanage in Living
ston street, will have Christmas trees.
The presents will consist largely or
articles of clothing, though there will
be toys and fruits and candies
a-plenty for one and all.
In the Foster Home on Wednesday
afternoon, from to o'clock the 115
children there will witness an enter
tainment in the assembly room. There
will be a large tree laden with various
articles, and it will be beautifully
illuminated by varl-colored electric
lights. The boys and girls will APP
pear in an entertainment, at the COLI
clusion of which Santa Claus wall dis
tribute presents TO all the children.
Mrs. Robert +. Ballantine will Donate
the Christmas dinner, which WIFI con-
sist of turkey, seasonable vegetables
and delicacies.
Stockings will be hung up by the
children in the Home for the Friend
ltSS, W fDOulh 1IdHS6 avenue ana
Bergen street. Besides a generous
supply of clothing and toys they will
receive fruits and candies. On Christ
mas day they will receive a turkey
dinner. The managers are arranging
for a Christmas entertainment which
will be given In the home some time
between the holidays.
At the Parental School and Home,
in Verona, Christmas morning mass
for the Catholic boys in the home will
be celebrated in the chapel by Rev.
Father Masterson, of Caldwell, while
for the non-Catholic boys services are
to be conducted in the Verona Pres
byterian Church by the rector Rev.
Mr.. Chamberlain. The 17S boys will
be served with chicken dinner. and
during the afternoon they will re-
ceive their parents, relatives or
friends.
Poor Henry" a humorous operetta
in two acts, will be given by the boys
on Christmas eve. On the stage will
be Christmas tree and during the
evening Santa Claus will distribute
many gifts to all present.
Old Folks Remembered.
The 200 men and women in the
Home for the Aged of the Little Sis
ters of the Poor, at Warren and
South Eighth streets, nearly all of
whom have reached their eightieth
year, will begin the day by attending
mass in the chapel. The chaplain,
Rev. Louis busters, will be the cele-
biant. After mass the old folks will
20 to the dining-room, where light
luncheon will be served. They may
also have wines and brandies, and
the men folk cigars and tobacco, as
the friends of the home are usually
generous in their gifts at Christmas
time. At noon a turkey dinner will be
served. Everyone in the home will
perior. In the afternoon the inmates
will make merry in the recreation
room, where there will be large
Christmas tree. An entertainment of
vocal and Instrumental selections will
be given. At 1870 O'Clock there will
be benediction in the chapel
A turkey dinner will be served at
the Kruger Home in Clinton avenue.
where more than score of men and
women are spending their old days
Two hundred and fifty children will !
be made happy at the House of Good
Shepherd. at Thirteenth avenue and
Ninth street, Christmas Day. Every
girl is to receive a number Of gifts.
Wednesday at midnight solemn
mass will be celebrated in the chapel
in the institution by the Dominican
of st. Antoninus's Church. |
The sisters and all of the girls will |
and the choir will sing several |
Christmas hymns. After the services |
tea and cake will be served In the din |
ing room. Mass will also be cele- |
orated at z o'clock, when the chill |
drens choir will sing. After break
fast will arrive the happy time for the !
girls, as at that time Mother st. Plus, |
head Of the local community of the |
Sisters of Good Shepherd, will play |
the role of Santa Claus and distribute |
gifts in the amusement hall. The lat
ter will have appropriate decorations
and in It's centre will be large |
Christmas tree. A turkey dinner win
be served at noon.
At the J. Clement French Industrial |
Home, Plane street, on Christmas eve
Santa Claus will descend from the |
open fireplace and distribute presents |
to eighty inmates of the home.
On Christmas afternoon at o'clock !
a chicken dinner will be served, with |
dressing, soups. cranberries and fruits |
to 200 men who are dodgers.
Services o. ~. Bridgets Church.
Precedingifa solemn high mass at
5:45 o'clock Christmas morning in st.
Brldget's Roman Catholic Church.
Plane street. o new custom which is
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