Evening star., 1916-12-24

to Mother Crown" who sees that 70
is supplied. The men are little behind
the women in their generosity. and they
do their part in seeing that the boys
have their due share of the toys and
candies which go to the little orphans
OF the Bell Home and the poor children
of 81. Peters parochial School each
Christmastide.
short time before Christmas the
dolls are displayed in one OF the rooms
In the department building that those
who have supplied them may see their
completed work. and the public Is also
invited upon certain day to take q
peep at this little doll kingdom.
For the past few years II has been
the custom for n few employees OF the
Department OF Commerce to supply q
few worthy families with baskets OF
produce as a Christmas remembrance.
This year this bounty will be enlarged
by permitting the entire force OF the
department TO contribute TO general
fund, managed by committee or tSe
Commerce Department Club, which
will provide large number OF poor
families with Christmas baskets.
The Christmas activity OF the Depart
ment of Labor finds its most active e1-
preston in the bureau OF immigration;
whose sympathies never seem TO coos
toward the thousands OF poor foreigners
who annually flock to American shores
The immigration commissioners OF the
larger ports of entry and the inspectors
in charge OF the smaller. with the aid OF
their officials and Interested outsiders, al
most universally see to II that there is
good Christmas dinner for all the new
comers, and the little foreign kiddies
rarely fail to have a taste OF genuine
American hospitality and generosity TO
celebrate their first Christmas in the new
land.
Singing Christmas carols is the favored
form OF celebrating Christmas at the
government printing office. where there Is
a noted chorus of about thirty trained
voices who sing upon many special occa-
sions This big national printery makes
II a rule to observe the special holidays
Is they come along throughout the year hy
a little song festival and some speaking.
the lunch hour being extended from NJ
teep minutes to half an hour for the
n,,rnose Public Printer Ford usually in
,,,.ad some man of note to make a short
address TO the employees gathered IN IN
great upper hall Of the building
r-rcIe SANS men in the field have as
lonely A time at Christmas as any IN
the service A former forest ranger
snanding his first Christmas in many
wears at home. spoke of life IN inc
leld at Christmas time.
..So matter what the conditions are.
ne said. 1--WE try to make Christmas
q d,v anart from the others. although
sometimes 1t is pretty hard work IL
we are within travelling distance OF
sitv we go there. / recall one Christ
mas In Montana. We were TO move
camp. and we started on snowshoes
on the 10th of December, carrying
everything we required to live witn
upon our backs-food, clothing and
bedding We made great enort 70
reach town in time to celebrate Christ
mas. and actually made 1t on the 24th
after fourteen days OF steady snow
shoe walking on a diet OF hardtack'
tea and dried beef. You may imagine
how much we enjoyed our ChristmaA
dinner rest ard recreation next day.
Then / recall a Christmas spent In
the field in South Dakota. over nun
dred miles from town and the wealth
er twenty or thirty degrees below zero
We had lots of game and other things
to eat So we got a tree and decorated
1t as best we could and then we sent
MESA ges to the eight or ten neighbors
within a radius of a few miles to bring
their families and celebrate Christmas
in camp with us. They all came and
we gave them. especially the kiddies .
very good time