El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-25
SALVATION ARMY
GIVES 900 FOOD
Big Crowd of Hungry Men,
Women and Children Are
Given Christmas Dinner.

The doors of the Salvation Army
headquarters at IA South Oregon
street, were opened TO the hungry and
the lonely of FL Paso at 1880 o'clock
saturday morning, and between $50 and
5OON men, women and children were
given food Two large rooms were re-
served for the diners and each place re-
Ilected neatness and freshness. Gay
streamers We're strewn above the ia
pies and along the walls were legends
which expressed Christmas thoughts
Hungry and Manned Are There.
BEFORE the doors were opened, a
strange and interesting gathering Of
humanity assembled in dull and sad
oened groups IN the sunshine Of the
street. Down the street came trooping
molhers with youngsters Juggling at
their hands and little brown children
swinging on TO their mothers skirts
and their mantillas. PrOfuseiy scat
tered through the crowd were men
without arms and legs ana some with
out eyes There We're also bright
young faces, temporarily disabled, but
something bright as TO future in their
eyes. When the doors opened. the sad
ness disappeared and only brightness
was manifest
Work All Night in Preparation.
me salvation aTmy workers were
geH1ihs over their meats and their
dressings al through the night and the
room IN which these meats were pre-
pared smelt sayory and tempting. A
great five gallon can was filled 10 the
orlm with cranberry souce. that had
Jsilieu 10 Iine turn. Long tables were
streWn with carefully carved meats
from the loins Of beef and the breasts
OF turkeys twenty-five turkeys were
used az the dinner. 12O pounds of beef.
- pounds OF pork, IS pounds of dress
ing, 100 leaves of bread. four great
rich, black coffee
The dinner was superintendent bv
auJutant and Mrs Guy Case. adiutanf
lanes Hunter. engaged in the Mexican
work; envoy Elmer Hornaday. and an
the workers of the corps
.'NeWsies'' Get Christmas Feast
CHRISTMAS dinner. from soup to ice cream,
ana including turkey and an fhe Fi,irr-
we're enjoyed BY 160 'newsies'' Chri~trnas
Ia9, tue guests Of Mrs Florence L Hines
as memorial for her son. Rue Hines
, 4laose death occurred a few years ago. TIE
osn1 15 was served in the main dining room
men We're seated at 30 tables. The --newsies''
ranged IN age from youngsters OF seven
- - o,o men The neWsies'' were admitted
20 the dinner by tickets which were dis
lEiputec among the boys
Turkey Dinner for Prisoners.
S.IstlIL Fey lon }. Edwards entertained the
prisoners OF the. county jail with q big t1r-
Aey dinner as Christmas thoughtfulness
.-OIl me county and the dinner was served
~ 80 inmates OF the cells, as well as an
Sle workers attached 70 the institution The
1lhner was supervised BIZ taller sF3ucl's ~
lott and the food was served in the resner-
I'VE sections, each having special dinner
y us own In the dinner party We're IS
Americans. The remainder were Mexicans
IND negroes.
a., City Prisoners Given Feast.
annie Laurie. the negro cook for tie
'ity jail. furnished chicken dinner ~,
ne inmates Of the city Jail 10 prisoners.
no about i5 OF this number partooIz 81
ne Nlands the remainder having drunk
leeply in their cup and preferrinF the -
ace Of their cell cOuches,