Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-24


Queens Hospital. .....>:. $3.50.
| 4 special Christmas dinner will h7
served to the patients 4: the Queen :
hospital at noon :oEsoTroX On Tues.
day a Christmas party for the pa
tients and employees OF the hospital
will be held at the nurses home. AID.
dresses will be made by various OIL
GERS of the hospital.
Honolulu Ad Club. .>.. 49,
More than 500 people will be fur.
nished with bounteous Christmas
dinners in baskets tomorrow by the
/ Honolulu Ad Club. the PaIama settle
ment, Associated Charities and Satha-
lie societies have furnished the Al
! Club with lists of families, and the
organization plans to see that they ar"
well provided for. The baskets will
contain meat. vegetables anil other
eatables. The amount of food in eaeH
basket will be judged accord'ugl:E. as
regards the number of persons in
each family. The baskets will be de-
livered tomorrow in the vacant stora
room opposite the Catholic cathedral.
] Fort street. ~: =: s.
The following committees are IL
charge of the basket distribution:
j. Morton Riggs, chairman; W. R.
Harrington, chairman; Raymond c.
Brown, J.. ID. Levenson, G. p. Wilder,
Harry Strange, NJ. Brasch, c. B. Gage,
w de Wis Norton and Neil Slattery
Mrs. ]. Morton Riggs, chairman;
Mrs w. r. Harrington, Mrs. c. B.
Gage. Mrs. j. NJ. Young, Mrs. Arthur
Wall, Mrs. Raymond Brown and Mrs.
Albert p. Taylor. .:
Mayors Ball. .# ::-.....
All Honolulu-malihinis and kama
ainas-are invited to attend the grand
ball which Mayor John C. Lane will
give in Bishop street on the evening
| OF December 81. The affair will be-
gin at 8 o'clock and continue until
midnight and probably later Bishop
street will be illuminated in a man.
ner which bids fair to make it out
shine little old N'Yawk's Great White
Way" in point of brilliancy. Dancing
win be ON both Eva and Waikiki side
walks. and the Hawaiian band will
| furnish the music. Mayor Lane in
yitcs everyone to be present so that
the old year may be speeded on its
way and the New Year given fitting
| welcome.
At the Library.
| Christmas stories are being read to
a group of interested children at the
library this afternoon, the three stor.
les chosen being when the Chimes
Rang" "The First Christmas Tree
land .eThe Golden Cobwebs."
Special decorations are set up in.
honor of the season in the children,s
room, including pictures, and minia.
ture Christmas tree which stands
deep in imitation snow on one of the
tables. One Of the pictures on dis.
play is large reproduction of Mu.
rillos Madonna, kindly loaned to the
library for Christmas week by A. r.
GVrrey. Jr
On January 5 will begin the new
reading hour for larger children, it
being the plan to take up Morse myth.
ology in consecutive stories on Friday
afternoons.
j Christmas at Fort S5after.
| Especial Star-B Bulletin Eorrespo
FORT SKATER. Dec. 24.-Great
preparations are being made at Fort
Shafter for a lively Christmas. On
/ Christmas Eve the tree for the chill
dren will be given in the aerodome
commencing at Sis o'clock. Chaplain
William Reese Scott has worked
theoretically to make it a success
and his program is one of the best
that will be given in the island.
| A 16-foot Christmas tree has been
| placed in the Aerodome and a present
win be on it for every child and every
/ enlisted man in the garrison. For the
/ children there will be gifts of yari-
Gus kinds and candy, and for each
enlisted man there will be box of
candy, cigars and cigarettes.
To protect the tree and aerodome
from rain, the entire space has been
rooted over with canvas, so there will
| be no chance of the holiday events
being spoiled A real live Santa
Claus will give the presents and he
viii have many surprises in store for
ALL The End Infantry band will give
a concert during the evening, later
this will be followed by moving pic
i lures.
Chaplain Scott will have services on
| Christmas Day in the chapel at Post
Headquarters. Communion at 1880
a. M, special Christmas service and
music at 10 O'clock and again in the
afternoon at 4:30 when evening song
will be held.
Elaborate plains are being made by
all the companies for particularly
| fine Christmas dinner. Dinner will be
/ at noon and the various organizations
have arranged attractive menu cards
with appropriate poems on the back
so that the men will have a souvenir
to send home and let their friends
know what real Christmas dinner
in Honolulu is like. -. ,.. -
Cooks Busy for Days. -. ..y~..a
For days the cooks have been busy
baking cakes and pies and making
good things to eat, numbers of tur-
keys have been ordered by the COM
panies so that the men will be able
| to have all they want. ...:..~.. . -
Many of the companies for days
past have been sending attachments
into the hills securing trees and ever
greens for decorating the mess halls;
/ hoSidpS fhn everprenDS choerfuIneSS