The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-24
CHRISTMAS Is
CHRISTMAS IN
PRISON OR OUT
Spirit of Good Cheer lnvades the
Sombre Walls of
Ga0IS.
HOSPITALS WILL CELEBRATE
Patients will Have Trees anc
the Nurses YuIetide
Parties.


marck tomorrow behind the sombre
walls of the state penitentiary ant
the Burleigh county jails, in the two
large hospitals, in every church i
the city as we'll as in the hundreds OF
happy homes Of capitaldom.
Christmas at the state peniten:iar.
will be ushered in this evening will
moving picture entertainment f0.
the 10 inmates-the smallest numbe.
who have observed the Yuletide il
this institution for many a year; ir
itself fact for rejoicing. Tomor
row at noon will be served a biz
chicken dinner, supplied with the fin
est of fowl from the penitentiary':
own poultry yards. The inmates ha
ducks for Thanksgiving, and they vo:
ed unanimously in favor of chicken:
for the big feed tomorrow. Following
the dinner the penitentiary's officia
family will remember each prisone
with gifts of cigars, candy and tobac
cos, and presents from home will bt
distributed. None except the neces
sary duties of the day will be per
formed. Later in the week the Thurs
day Music club of Bismarck will give
the prisoners a Christmas musica
program.
In the county Jail, eighteen prison
ers will enjoy turkey, cranberry sauce
sweet potatoes, mince and pumpkin
pie and other fixings as guests o
Sheriff French. There will be ci
gars and candies and little sprigs 9
Christmas green's to enliven the
gloomy cell blocks.
At the Hospitals.
Twill he real Christmas for Els
marck's two big hospitals, with thei
hundreds of patients and nurses. A
bc:h St. Alexius and Bismarck hos
pitals tonight Christmas trees will b
provided on every floor for the pa.
tients. At midnight, the beautiful
Christmas mass Of the Roman CathC
lie church will be celebrated at 81
Alexius, and every patient who j
able will join with the sisters an
nurses in the service. JA
Tonight the nurses of st. Alexiu,
will have a Christmas party, anil tC
morrow night the nurses of 'Bismarc
hospital VIII celebrate. In both hos
pi:als thelnurses' choirs will sing th1
beautiful carols of Christmas for tn
patients.
At st. Mary's.
The Very Rev. NJ. J. Hiltner, vica
general of the Bismarck diocese, will
the assistance of two visiting clergy
men, will celebrate midnight mass a
ST. Mary's pro-cathedral tonight.
Childrens, programs will be Civ
en- in all of the churches of the cit
tonight and tomorrow night, as note
elsewhere in today's Tribune. 81
Georges Episcopal church will hav'
two services tomorrow, holy eommun
ion at s and at II, and St. Mary's vii
celebrate three masses. Trinity Luth
eran church will have it's Christina:
service at II tomorrow forenoon.
1emplars to Celebrate.
The annual Christmas observance o
the Bismarck Tancred Commander
No. I, will be conducted Christina
morning at II o'clock in the Masonic
temple. This is in accordance with The
custom OF the Knights Templa'
throughout the world to present them
selves at the asylum on Christina
day to participate in the sentiment
and responses proposed to the mos
eminent grand master and the righ
eminent grand commander. DR.. w. H
Bodenstab is commander and NJ. {
Gulliks0n is recorder of the Bismarc'
commandery.
Baskets for Poor.
Ensign Marshall and his staff @
the Bismarck Salvation army this al
ternoon are happily engaged in pact
ing 80 well-stocked baskets which vii
be distributed this evening. bringin.
Christmas cheer to half-hundred Bis
marck homes which else might not e-'
Joy their share of tomorrow's goo,
things.
Light Your Candles.
This evening in the window Of ev
cry bismarck home will be lighted tn
candles which are to make this TO
the canital CITY a Red Cross Chris
mas. From behind Red Cross servic
flags these hundreds of little taper
will shed forth on the night rays o
good cheer, with their message o
peace on earth. good will to men.
cuuL6.. toc,.e 'soissu Kthe