The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-28
SPIRIT
TRIUMPHANT OVER
GLOOMY WEATHER
Honolulu, Ignoring Storm Clouds
and Drenching Rain, Cele-
brates YuIetide Happily

sitting down to an old fashioned
turkey Christmas dinner, Honolulu com
pletely forgot, or at least totally ig-
nored, the pouring rain which pelted
down practically all day.
The many tourists now in town, re
mernberingg only the CONTRAST between
an Island Yuletide and the holiday sea
son at home, sat on lanais or rode in
automobiles, drinking in the charm Of
their new surroundings with delight,
despite the rain.
Hardly mad the last merrymakers
of Christmas Eve reached home Sat
urday morning, when the dcvout began
the movement toward the churches.
This continued during most of the LAY
at one of the other sacred buildings
in the city. Some of the Christmas
services began as early as seven clock.
In the hotels and restaurants spe-
cial arrangements had been made TO
take care Of the visitors to the city;
elaborate menus with all the customary
garnishing, turkey, cranberry sauce,
plum pudding and other good things
heing provided to eat.
Xmas Spirit Everywhere
The spirit of Christmas giving was
everywhere, of course. In the homes
of the well to do and in the homes
of the poor. The Associated Charities
carried on it's customary work among
the very poorest classes in the city,
seeing to it that in so far as possible
everyone had at least some Christmas
cheer.
The Beretania and Palama settle.
ments, as usual, provided for the in
digent and aged and very young under
their charge. Great baskets of food
and other practical presents were dis
tributed. and all day long the work of
relieving distress and carrying happi-
ness into stricken homes went on.
Nor were these organized bodies
alone in their work. The churches
also were busy. The distribution of the
presents brought by the pupils of the
Bible School of the Central Union
Church was completed early Friday
morning. So too was that which the
Episcopal cathedral undertook this
year. Christmas Day was made happy
for many through these agencies.
Salvation Army Busy
The Salvation Army task of supply.
ing food and gifts to the very poor of
this year. More than 1900 persons were
fed from the two hundred baskets OF
good things given out by the officers
of the army under the direction OF
| Colonel Cox Friday afternoon. Nor was
the Christmas work Of the army fin
| ishcd then. This week Christmas trees
will be maintained for the children
Today there will be one at the Porte
Rican hall, Tuesday the big general
hall on Hotel street will have one fOr
all nationalities; Wednesday there will
be one at the Korean hall for the
Koreans and Thursday the japanese
will have one at the japanese hall.
| Many private individuals, knowing
the pleasure of giving helped in this
task. Among these was Mrs. Morton
| Grunne, who collected about fifty dol
lars, which she spent in preparing bias
krts for the six immigrant families
now in the Territorial Immigration
Station. This work would have in
cluded any person detained in the fed
"ral station, but just now that il
empty.
Santa Claus was good to the people
of the Territory who have friends or
the mainland, for he got into Homo
zulu one of the largest Christmas mails
Of recent years. The ChiyO Maru wa
the bearer of hundreds of sacks OF
mail, ANAL that kept the clerks of tn,
postoflice working double tides fO
hours.
Even in the prisons Santa Claus wa
busy. There were dinners, addresses
vaudeville performances and presents
| for tho iumatns nf tho hin Natal RIM
by Sheriff Jarrett, and Governor Pink
ham added to the joyfullness of tn,
season by signing a number of parole
and free pardons for offenders wht
had won the right to favor.