Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-20
HOW CHRISTMAS IS
TO Be OBSERVED BY
WARDS Of THE STATE
Good Dinners For All and Lit
tie Gifts to GLADDEN.
Sad Hearts

Wards of the state institutions in
the vicinity of Salem will enjoy Christ
mas festivities as usual this year and
plans for big dinRess and Christmas
trees are taking share.
Three girls from the girls training
school will be given indefinite paroles
as a Christmas present by the school
authorities. If they do not break their
paroles they, not have to come back
to the school.
Twelve boys at the boys training
school, because Of exceptionally good
conduct during the year, viii be given
permission to go home from Saturday
until Tuesday Following Christmas
Superintendent Hale has planned
two.day celebration for the boys. On
Sunday there will be big Christmas
dinner and on Monday night the tree
will be seen in all its glory of lights
and presents. Then the presents will
be distributed. Christmas carols will
be sung and readings, instrumental and
vocal solos given.
Each and every boy win receive q
present of candy and some piece Of
wearing appa rel-usuaIly handker-
chief-from the state. Packages from
home will be distributed at this time.
There are about Is boys who have no
one to care for them outside and who
will receive no gifts from mother or
father or sister or brother because they
have none.
Saturday evening Santa Claus will
visit the girl s training school and his
coming will be celebrated by a program
of music, readings, and games, which
will be entirely OF the girls of the
school. Candy and fruit from the state
and presents from home will be dis
tributed.
Several SUNDAY school classes in this
city are preparing surprises for the
girls. These will be distributed on Sun
day evening. Miss Kidder librarian at
the o. A. c., has sent box of candy
for this event. On Monday the usual
Christmas dinner will be served and
afterward a program of music given.
There will be big times at the blind
school Friday night when the students
give their program of music, readings,
vocal and Instrumental solos. A fea-
ture Of the evening will be the musical
dialog "Christmas at the Kerehless .
The presents on the tree will be dis
tributed and the children will go home
Saturday morning to stay until the
Tuesday after New Years.
Christmas day there will be a pro
gram given at the state tuberculosis
hospital Special music will! be render
ed by Salem people. Each of the pa
tents will be remembered by a gift
from the state in addition to the pres
ents from home.
Most of the pupils at the deaf mute
school will go home for the holidays
but for those that remain Christmas
tree and big dinner on Monday viii be
featured. The pupils are to be back on
New Year day so as to be ready for
work on Tuesday.
A big dinner similar to the Thanks
giving spread will be served to the pa.
ticnts at the state hospital for the in
sane. The serving of this dinner is i
mammoth affair and requires tons OF
meat, gallons and gallons of all the
good things such as cranberry sause
salads, mashed potatoes, soups and thou
sands of pounds of bread. In addition
TO the regular menu candy, nuts and
popcorn will be distributed through The
wards
And the prisoners at the state peni
tentiary will have Il dinner that i
tempting to any one not dyspeptic
For instance, there will be chicken
and dumplngs, mashed potatoes, toma
toes, celery, mince pie (Which will take
the men back to the days when them
mouths used to water as they smelleC
! the mince mother was makino). fruit
cake and coffee