Evening star., 1915-12-31
Churches and Societies to Pre-
sent Special Programs,
With Music as Feature.
FREE DINNER TOMORROW
FOR CITY'S UNEMPLOYED
Police Enjoined by Maj. Pullman to
Guard Against Rowdyism-To
Enforce Laws.

All is in readiness for the welcome
to the New Year. at midnight tonight
In churches watchnight services are
to be held, while in the homes and ho-
tells feasts are to be spread and a
grand welcome is to be given to young
1916.
services in the churches are to COM
mence an hour or more before IL
O'Clock. At the Fifth Baptist Church
the exercises will begin at 10 O'Clock
and at the Gospel Mission the program
will open at 7 o'clock and continue un-
I'll midnight. Different speakers are to
be in charge each hour.
Inc new year is to be ushered in al
st Dominics Church by the holy hour
service, lasting from II until !:
O'Clock. A program of music is to be
supplied by the choir. Very Rev. @. l
Conlon is to preach the sermon. and the
exercises are to close with the solemn
benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
The watch-night service at Central
Union Mission will commence at
o'clock. After o'clock there will be
a change in leaders every hour.
A watch night meeting is to be held
in the Sunday school room of the
Union NJ. f. Church. goth street near
pennsylvania avenue northwest, to-
night, beginning at o'clock. Holy
communion is to be administered from
11:15 to 1905 o'clock.
Members of Richard ]. Harden Camp.
No. 2. Department of the District of
Columbia, L. S. w. ", are to celebrate
with ladies' night program at Pyth-
ian Temple, when music will be fea-
ture.
Program for Tomorrow.
A New Year reception is to be held
by the Department of the Potomac.
Woman's Relief Corps, tomorrow after
noon from II until 4:3o o'clock at G..
A. R. Hall. Mrs. NJ. A. Dorsey, presi-
dent of the corps, is to be assisted by
her staff anu all past national officers.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
building, 522 9Th street northwest. from
to o'clock tomorrow. Mrs. Emma S.
Shelton, president of the District of
charge of the arrangements.
An at home is to be held al the Y. w.
c. A., 619 14th street northwest, from
3 until o'clock tomorrow.
New Year is to be celebrated at Cen
trail Union Mission tomorrow with a re-
ception, religious services and a din
ner at ! o'clock for the unemployed of
Washington. The reception is to be
held from to 5 o'clock. The religious
exercises are to begin at 12 o'clock
noon and will last until o'clock, and
the evening program will be taken up
at 1880 o'clock and last until 9 o'clock.
A reception by prominent women,
who are friends of the Gospel Mission.
together with the wives and members
of the executive board. is to be held at
the mission tomorrow. Refreshments
are to be served from / to o'clock
Religious services. at which there is to
be different speaker each hour, are
to be held from - o'clock noon until s
o'clock in the evening.
Guarding Against Rowdyism.
"See that the New Year is not ush-
cred in with rowdyism and disturb
ance of the peace" Maj. Pullman. su-
perintendent of police, last night ad
vised members of the force.
The firing of revolvers or other ex-
plosives during the night must be sup
pressed.
You will see that the excise laws
are enforced Friday night. December
81, 1915; that all places where liquors
are sold are closed at the proper hour
that no sales are made to intoxicated
persons or to minors, with a view of
preventing drunkenness as far as pos
sible."
A New Year eve dance is to be given
this evening by the Modern Dancing
Club of the Margaret Wilson Social
Center at the Grover Cleveland School,
Sth and T streets northwest Officers
of the center and the board of control
comprise the reception committee.
Open house will mark the celebra-
ton of New Year day at the 18th street
branch of the Y. NJ. C. A. tomorrow
Visitors, who are invited to inspect the
building, will be entertained in the aft
ernoon from 2:30 until $50 o'clock with
a program which will include music by
the Symphonic Mandolin Orchestra. A
basket ball game is to be played at
1:3O o'clock