Evening star., 1914-12-25
Old Santa Pays His Annual
Visit to Many Men, Women
and Children.
INMATES SHARE IN THE
JOYFULNESS OF THE DAY
Christmas Trees, Gifts and Good
Things to Eat Contribute to the
Days Enjoyment.

Old Santa paid his annual visit today
TO the several hundred men, women and
children in the Districts various penal,
correctional and charitable institutions
As usual, spirit of the yuletide was
most in evidence in the training and
reform schools, where Christmas trees
and entertainments were provided for
the children. But there was Christmas
cheer as we'll in the Jail and at the
workhouse, where good dinners were
served, while inmates of the Home for
the Aged aud Infirm, at Blue Plain,
also shared extensively in the joyful
ness of the day.
The District Institutional festivities
started last night with celebrations a
the juvenile schools. There were two
trees for the ninety-SiN boys and nifty
girls at the Industrial Home School,
and they were ladened with presents
for each child, furnished by the Cathe-
dral Society for Girls, Christ Child
Guild and St. Adams Church. \ Christ
mas playlet was presented in the
chapel and other features introduced
to make it memorab Bile Christmas
eve.
This morning the boys and girls of
this school attended devotional exer-
ciseS, conducted by Supt. C. w. Skim
ner, and at noon were served q big din
ncr with turkey and cranberry sauce
as the attractive items on the menu.
Three hundred and sixty boys at the
National Training School for Boys also
enjoyed a Christmas eve entertainment.
Supt. G. y. Stirling provided tree and
the boys were given bags of candy,
nuts, oranges and other gifts. A mu-
Slcal and picture show also were a
part of the program The festivities
were continued today with a turkey
dinner.
Gifts for Training School Girls.
At the National Training School for
Girls there were separate celebrations
last night in the cottages occupied by
the eighty-dve girls maintained in this
institution. In each cottage was a tree
filed with gifts, and in each girls room
Christmas decorations. which added to
the gayety of the occasion. Services
were conducted at the institution this
morning, followed by a dinner consist
ing of chicken, celery, cranberries and
other delicacies of the season.
Christmas was ushered in at the Indus
trial Home School for Colored Children
with Christmas carol sung by the
Lightweight boys in the school at $50
o'clock this morning. The regular
Christmas entertainment at this insti-
:; o'clock next Monday afternoon. At
that time there will be a tree and con-
cert.
Supt. Leon Perry has arranged en-
tertainments for the boys for each
Gvenlng OF the holiday season.
Tree for Prisoners at Jail.
In accordance with her annual GUS
tom, Mrs. L. +. Zinkhan, wife of the
superintendent of the Washington
Asylum, provided a tree last night for
the prisoners in the Jail. The tree was
placed in the rotunda of the Jail and
illuminated with electric lights. The
prisoners were given candy and enter
tanned with records on a phonograph.
This morning services were conducted
in the jail by the ST. Vincent de Paul
Society. Special dfuners were served
the go or more prisoners in the Jail
and 200 patients in the hospital wards.
The latter were sent gifts by friends
and church societies.
Inmates of the workhouse at Occo-
quan, Va, enjoyed a good Christmas
dinner. which was followed by song
service in the afternoon. Oysters,
fried potatoes, Vienna bread and plum
pudding composed the rather unusual
menu served at this institution. No
work was done by the prisoners during
the day.