New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25
CITY CLOVIS WITH JOY
FOR CHRISTMAS DAY


, cause Of the difficulty in shipping sea
men in any Of the European ports.
With peace ss its keynote, the Chel-
sea Neighborhood Association will
+ hold a Christmas celebration IN Chel-
sea Park, Ninth Az. and 2Sth ST., from
Christmas Eve 10 New Years Eve, in
elusive. 4 30-foot tree, colored lights
/ galore. moving pictures and singing
will be the features Of the celebration.
The neiRhborhood embraced by the
association has 10000 residents.
The peace hymn will be sung nightly
by choirs from neighboring churches.
The proper conduct Of the tree re-
quires $3.50, contributions toward
which are being received by Mrs.
Joseph W. Cushman, 209 West 23d st.
Christmas comes to-day in its usual
form 10 prisoners in the Tombs, dis
trict prisons and penitentiary. The
only variation from the usual pro-
gramme Of chicken dinners and music
will be in the Tombs, where all pris-
oners must eat the same fare. IN
former years those who had money to
spend on a Christmas dinner from
Outside" could do so. This year they
will take what the rest do.
winners are in prison, received Christ
mas baskets from the Prison Associa-
ton yesterday and l48 children in
these families received Christmas
stockings. Even the babies were not
D forgotten.
Among contributors OF other than
money for the Christmas baskets and
stockings were y. Ogden Chisolm,
4 Mrs. n. R. Lindheim, Mrs. Sidney New,
| Mrs. Frank Presbrey, the Ritz-Carlton
/ Hotel. Mrs. Paul Sachs, Mrs. William
| K. Sidenberg, Mrs. Frederick Stclnway,
/ Miss Dorothy Strauss and Mrs. 5. X.
Walker.
The churches, Of course, will have
special music at the services.
Ris Carol Singers Out.
With the death Of Jacob A. Riis, his
/ custom Of having Christmas carols
/ sung on Christmas Eve beneath the
| windows of Richmond Hill residents
| kept indoors by illness has not been
! stopped. The other members OF the
! society he founded carried out the
, popular scheme last night.
The Christmas Eve celebrations in
Brooklyn and in Queens we're extern
D
| White House, touched a button which
/ lighted great tree in McCarren PARK
/ Brooklyn. a band Of the Park De
pGrtment played.
Several OF the heads of city and
county departments remembered then
] employees. Sheriff Max 6. Grifenhager
gave cigars TO his men and TO the
guards in the Tombs and the Ludlow
- -.
gave cut-glass glove boxes. Deputy
Sheriff Frank X. Boxers gave 200 bas.
kcts of food TO the poor families OF
/ his aldermanic district
All of the hotels and restaurants
are decked with Christmas wreaths anc
garlands and many Of them have giant
/ Christmas trees. That at the HOte
Endicott is forty-two feet high. Guests
AZ the Martinique got individual
Christmas trees, two feet high, a.
gifts from Walter Chandler, jr., man
ager. A. II. Meyer, Of the Pabst Har
lem restaurant, ransacked toy shops
until he got diminutive soldiers repre-
sentinr each one of the belligerents II
the European war. As an evidence o
complete neutrality he hung them al
on his Christmas trees.
John McE Bowman, OF the Bit
more, and James b. Regain, Of IN,
Knickerbocker, have invited their re
spective employees TO Christmas dinner
There will be 1000 at the Biltmor'
dinner
Most Of the hotels and restaurant
have arranged special musical pro
grammes for Christmas. In many o
them there were dances and children
parties last evening, the hotel SAINT,
Claus remembering the children Will
gifts.
The Children's Ala Society will b.
host to-day at two Christmas dinners
one at the Newsboys' Home, given b.
! William VI. Fliess, jr., and one at tn
, Harlem Boys Home, given by Mis-
, Grace H. Dodge. There will be
Christmas tree for the newsboys, an,
: in both places the boys have arrange,
, and will present programmes consisting
of music, Rotations and sketches.
Greeks, Bulgarians, Montenegrins
G Servians and Rumanians, all of whor
, belong 10 the Greek Church. will cele
7 brate Christmas on January ..
e Raymond L. Ditmars. the snake ma,
e at the New York Geological Park. an
{ the management Of Wallacks delighte
! one hundred orphans from the Prot
! estant Episcopal Home yesterday after
P noon with Mr.. Ditmars's animal pict