Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-12-24
Pine Bluff People Display
True Christian Spirit Try
ing to Make All Happy.
EsLKS' TREE TOMORROW
s'Best People on Earth" and Charities
Caring fer Riddles, While Y0Iun-
teors Providing for Grown
Ups in Want.

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| Christmas tree distribution of toys,
gifts, candies, and useful things.
Work OF preparing for the affair has
! been under way for several weeks, d
! big committee of members of The or
ganization having the details in hand.
Almost everything had been arranged
last night, when the workers quit for
The day, after spending several hours
arranging the gifts in their proper
places. The things not finished will
be completed today
The Distribution will begin promptly
at Il o'clock Christmas forenoon. The
general public is invited to attend the
exercises, which will be held at the
Elks theatre. Seats in the auditorium
will be occupied by eli ccmers. the
children as we'll as tho spectators, and
no tickets will be needed.
AS the poor children enter the the
ater however they will each be hand
| tG "a share in the distribution of the
rretties and goodies. F. O. Niece
hee, c. b. Murphy and J. A. Clement
will be at the door to distribute these
| tickets
Once within the theatre, the children
will be in charge Of a committee made
up of Caesar Tomaszewslli. Dudley M
Burford, j. NJ Cook, J. d. Miner and
M Donovan At 10 o'clock, the cur
tain will be lifted. Rev. J. |. Norris
will open the ceremonies. Then the
children, enc after another, will mount
to the stage over . platform at the
! right OF the auditorium, and will make
the round of the stage. leaving over
a passaeeway at the left to return &C
the auditorium.
In the center of the stage will be
the Christmas tree, glittering with
decorations donated by Manager Ev-
erett of the Kress company. Around
the stage in a semi-circle will be
tables bearing the gifts fer distribu.
zion, and as the children pass by the
INables members Of the committee VIII
Ihand them their gifts. The committee
on the stage to make the distribution
will be e. 7. Miller. Z. A. Howell. w
| p McGeorgc, j. S. Knox, w. G.. Crit
tenden. Leo. NJ. Andrews. George p
Darby, II. E. Bluthenthal, +. W. Rcane
simon Bloom. G. e. Custer, Capt, San
lIilzheim, William Nichol and A. G.
Pohl.
There will be no other ceremonies
or formalities II will be an affair for
The little kiddies, and the hig-hcartcd
Flks will use every effort to make the
little folks feel thoroughly at home
and to remember that Santa Claus
does not forget the ounssiers. 1t is
expected the distribution will be com
plcted about noon.
TO Distribute Dinners.
Thirty-two baskets, filled to their
capacity with material fer Christmas
dinners for as many families, will he
distributed this evening and tonigh'
by the Volunteers of America. With
the cooperation of the Associated
Charities. the public school children
and the people generally of Pine Bluff
The work OF filling the baskets was
started last evening by Capt. rowel
and other officers and members o.
The Noluntccrs of America, and all this
baskets will be distributed this even
ing or tonight Each of the baskets
contains meet. potatoes, canned stuff
flour, coffee, sugar, fruit and othe'
seasonahle and substantial food sup.
plies. more than enough for hearty
meal.
N The industrial home maintained
by the Volunteers, Il biz ChristmaS
spread will be served the transient
poor, and ii is expected "a to 100 mer
win he fed during the day. The worl
of collecting the material for tho
baskets and for the table dinner has
been going on for a week or so past
and WIS retarded because OF the in
clement weather, but Capt Doweil is
of the opinion that nobody will &C
hungry in Pine Bluff Christmas Day
VIII Release Prisoners.
Police Judge ]. 4. Stewart will play
Santa Claus again tomorrow morning
when he follows q custom established
by him eight years ago. when ht
spent his first Christmas in Office anC
celebrated it by releasing from Gus
tody all the shOrt-telm prisoners ii
the city jail Judge Stewart has KEPT
this practice up each of the years
since, during his entire tenure OF
office to date, and tomorrow morn
ing he will order the release OF The
short-term men-who are now serving
sentences imposed by his court,
Santa for Poor aids.
|
or more poor Riddles Of the city to-
night when special messengers from
his large corps will call at many Of
the homes Of such Youngsters and
leave toys, candy, nuts, fruit and 9th
er such stuff in the little stockings
which will be hanging by the hearth.
When the holiday season started,
! Miss Julia Houston and Miss Resale
Philpot of the Associated Charities
began gathering names and informa-
ton of the little folks, and arranged
for the messengers from Santa Claus
TO be sure to find all the youngsters.
As a result, the messengers, in the
guisa CT ordinary men CT Pine Bluff.
have gathered their dolls, trunpets
drums. rattles and other such stuff
! and tonight these will be placed IN
the stockings and tomorrow morning
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