Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-25
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GET SEASON'SCHEER
Special Christmas 0bserv-
ances Mark Day in Hospitals,
Homes and AsyIums.
FOOD AND GIFTS FOR ALL

Christmas cheer was carried To-Day into
the hospitals of Washington. into the
homes for those who are aged ana
inf;rm and into the asylums where or
phaned children dwell. There were
Christmas trees and distribution OF gii.s
by santa Clauses; music and mowers
and good dinners, at most or when the
turkey held the place of honor
Churches. Sunday schools, Red Cross
,na other organizations and individual
citfxens contributed to making the day
a happy one for the sick and the un-
fortunate. Belief In the doctrine ,tnal
it is more blessed to give than TO re-
ceive was evidenced by the nurses At
George Washington University Hospital
In past years there has been CHRIST
mas tree for the nurses. oeauti d,
stockings There will be no tree TINS
year The nurses voted UNANIMOUSLY
to turn over to the Red cross the money
it would have cost At sunrise tnis
wards and sang Christmas carols Tor tHe
benefit of the patients and there was
no indication that their Christmas lack
ed in happiness
Day Made Less Lonely.
It is possible that the sick soldiers at
watel Reed Army Hospital benehted
directly from the sacrifice of the nurses
at George Washington. The Red cross
took the money contributed by the
George Washington nurses, or prac,
tically an equivalent sum. and decorated
the wards at walter Reed. 1t is hard
enough to be lonely boy away from
home at Christmas for the hrst tne
but it is infinitely harder to be sick in
addition to being away from nome ana
lonely. At Walter Reed this hardship
was softened SO far was possible
through loving effort. The patients
there today will not soon forget the
Red Cross-or the unselflsh nurses at
George Washington
Celebration for Elderly Folk.
j, The old gentlemen and ladies at the
Methodist Home for Aged People are
having a Christmas celebration that is
to extend over most of the week. 1t
began last evening with Christmas
tree, which was donated and decorated
by the girls who are members OF Mrs
Church's class of the Metropolitan M. Z.
Sunday school The girls and their
friends, among them number OF SOL
diers, provided an entertainment last
evening and gifts were distributed to
the forty-ffve inmates of the home.
There was turkey dinner today, fruit
for which was contributed by the young
people of McKendree Church. One after
noon this week there VIII be an enter
tainment provided by the children of
Mrs. Hoskinson's class of E1dbrook SUM-
day school and another afternoon the
Junior Epworth League of Calvary
church, headed by Miss Helen Gardner.
VIII provide program. Friday after
noon the regular Christmas entertain
mont will be given by the Reading
Circle of the home. There will be an
orchestra and other music and Santa
Claus will distribute gifts. New Year
AA AI<~.
TOR which the Reading Circle will
provide ice cream.
At the Louise Home on Massa-
chusetts avenue, where the family
spirit is maintained at all time, Christ
mas Is being observed in about the
same way as in other cultured Ameri-
can families. There were exchanges
Of presents among the ladies who reside
there and many gifts from outside
friends. There is to be a turkey din
0er this evening.