Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
Congress, the President and
Residents Ready to OBJ
serve Christmas.
POOR OF THE CAPITAL
ARE TO BE REMEMBERED
Community and Other Trees to Be
an Important Feature of the
Festival of Yuletide.

schools of the District closing today
with President Wilson and family
about to set off for holiday at Paass
Christian. Miss: with some members OF
the cabinet and their families gone
home for a visit and other members
remaining here for the approaching
festivities, Washington began this aft
e1noon to settle down for wide OBJ
servance Of Christmas week.
Christmas week i'm some respects
is misnomer for the celebrations to
be held this year. inasmuch as the
holiday i'm Washington will last longer
than that period. Congress is not ex-
pected to reassemble until January Il
and 1t has been announced that the
President may not come back exactl,
at that time, i'm view of the fact thai
he has had no vacation since his IN
auguration. The schools. too will not
reopen until the first Monday in Janu-
airy.
All sorts Of activities have been cOmins
into play during the day. and many others
will follow. All over the city. i'm thu
public and private schools, Christmas
PLAYS are being held today, the kinder
gartens having Christmas trees OF theil
own.
Community Christmas Tree.
Tomorrow. Christmas eve. the CON
munity Christmas will be held at thu
east front of the Capitol. when ssrea
tree, set up in the plaza there. Will b'
electrically lighted at !. pm. and ther'
will be choruses sung and tabieaux pre-
sented, with the famous Marine Band ~
one of the principal attractions Tomor
row. also, there will be a big Christina
| tree at the Department of Commerce
! laden with gifts for all the employees o
| that department, with Secretary Redflel'
as the presiding genius.
Plans are being perfected this after
\ noon for large celebrations in the CLUBS
restaurants and hotels.and on the stage
of the theaters afterTt the pat{orsnance
| tomorrow night. All o.er the city re
hearsals are, being held for celebrations
especially among the churches
| In the I.furches of the District elabo
i rate musical programs are to be carries
out with midnight mass tomorrow nigh
i in sonic Of the Catholic churches. as u
previous years. The clergy at the Na
tional Cathedral of IS. Peter alsd Pau
are eagerly waiting to. see IL the ''Hol
Thorn of Glastonbury" planted by tn
late Bishop Satterlee in the Washlngtol
Cathedral Close, will bloom Christina
day, in accordance with century-oi'
written by many of the preachers of tn
| capital, and the religious observance
the day is expected to be the principa
feature of it, Washington being essen
TALLY a church going, home city
Orphans to Be Remembered.
The kindergarten children Of Neighbor
| hood House have arranged to celebrat
Christmas tonight. Children of the or
phan asylums will celebrate on Christ
mas day and night, principally, although
some of these observances will not TAX
place until New Year day. Elaborate
programs are to be carried out Christina
day in the correctional schools for boy
and girls, as well as for the oenene
prisoners at the workhOuse and jail
! Similar arrangements have been mao
for the patients of the tuberculosis Hos
| pitaI. the transients at the municlpa
| lodging house, and the inmates OF th
Home for the Aged. and the Soldiers AM
the city have been especially well iooke'
after, the Salvation Army having ar
ranged to give out 600 baskets containing
food tomorrow night. At the Cosmo
Theater 500 white children are 10
given clothing and shoes. and az the Nes
/ Howard Theater 500 colored children ar
| to be similarly remembered Christina
morning from 8 to II. Saks Co. vii
also continue their annual custom Q
supplying overcoats to poor chiidrei
| Christmas day. The Central Union Mis-
| sion will give a bountiful dinner to all tn
moor who apply Christmas day at
O'clock. The Gospel Mission will dis
| tribute baskets of food Christmas eve
The American Rescue Workers also vii
care for the poor, and the Ancient Arabi
| morrow morning, in addition, Will dis
! tribute a great many baskets OF foo'
from the National Rifles Armory, In &C
cordance with their annual custom.
Holiday for Soldiers.
| Uncle Sans men in uniform in an,
around Washington will all celebrat
Christmas with special plans. All dut.
| except that which is absolutely neces
| sary will be dispensed with at For
| Myer from tomorrow to January 2, ant
tomorrow night there will be big tre
in the post gymnasium for all the chill
| dren whose parents are stationed there
At Fort Hunt. Fort Washington, th
marine barracks and other military post,
| in and around the capital there will ais,
| he special observances. Many of tn,
| menus prepared for the enlisted men ar,
/ as elaborate as those that have beer
| prepared for the big restaurants of th'
| city.
] Washington markets never looked 81
attractive. according to older citizens o
| the Capital who visit them, and there /:
great supply of staples and luxuries, a:
| well as of decorations
The dealers at 0 Street Market have
taken especial pains, apparently, with
decorations, and that market is re.
garded today as being one of the
show places of the city, although the
greater part Of the shoppers. as usual
are thronging Center Market and the
he kx-
| to Center Market have been made gay
with trees, wreathes. garlands and
festoons the bright holly berries
seeming to be plentiful this year
Well known Washington women are
this year again pursuing the custom
of marketing in person, and are
tbronging Center Market much as the
well known women of Baltimore do
in the celebrated Lexington Market OF
| that city.