Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-22
FLOOD OF GOOD
THINGS PROVIDED
FOR DESTITUTE
Folks in City's Charitable In
stitutions Will Be Well
Y Cared For This Year

The destitute and the needy, the
poor and the afflicted all will be
flooded with the material good things
this Christmas because of the gen.
erosity and rm-heartedness of the
people of Harrisburg. Organizations
and individuals without number have
given unstintedly OF their substance in
order to tighten the burden of those
who are too weak or i'll to help them
selves.
The Flower Guild of the Harrisburg
Hospital has been indefatigable in it's
efforts to make this the best Christ
mas that the inmates of the hospital
have enjoyed for years. The various
wards will be decorated and Christmas
trees will soothe the eyes of the sick
on Friday morning. Moreover, a new
innovation in the way of victrola has
been provided and will play classical
and operate music for the benefit of
the patients in the different parts of
the hospital. Some of the churches
will send singers to brighten the day
for the unfortunates and an especially
big Christmas dinner will be served for
those who are allowed to eat to their
normal capacity. The Polytechnic Hos
pltal has been taken care of by the
Ladies' Auxiliary, which has presented
handsome rug as Christmas pres
ent for the reception room. The wards
will be festooned by the Junior Aux
iliary, big Christmas tree will make
the reception room attractive and
turkey dinner will be served on Christ
mas Day.
To Make Youngsters Happy
The happiest children in the city
Will be those at the Childrens Indus
trial Home, where Santa Claus will
present gifts which the merchants of
the city have kindly donated, and
afterward the boys and girls will make
merry around a festive board upon
which will be set for their delectation
eight or ten enormous turkeys with
stuffing and mashed potatoes and
cranberries and corn and all the other
extras that go to make up a real
Christmas feast. The dining-room will
be festooned in true holiday fashion,
and the teachers are arranging a Won
derful Christmas program that will
feature the afternoon before Christ
mas and will be given unaided by the
children of the home. The friends and
parents are privileged to come and see
them on Christmas afternoon, the off,
Cials announce.
Scarcely an institution or orphanage
in the city but will be enriched by the
inspiration of the Christmas spirit on
Friday, and practically all will have
trees and special dinners. Not even
the inmates of the county prison will
hc forgotten. They will be served
Win al SdutIhTduJ uInneT ana ali dC-
ceSsories. Sylvan Heights OrphanaEe
will have its annual Christmas tree
and special distribution of gifts. The
Free Kindergarten will be given
treat by the students of Central high
school, who have already collected
more than 800 to pay for the cele-
bration on Thursday at the high
school. A real Santa Claus will dis
tribute presents to over fifty happy
Youngsters each one of whom will be
given a stocking full of good things.
toy and some clothing. The Children's
Aid Society has on its list 200 children
who will receive gifts, and the inter !
mediate department of Market Square
Presbyterian Church will have a meet
ing tomorrow evening when each class
VIII bring offerings for needy families
Many of the other churches of the city
are doing likewise and it looks as
though everybody is going to be pro-
vided for and there will be a good
reason for universal rejoicing in the
city over the thought of Peace on
earth, good will toward men,"