Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-24

to the sick The ladies' committee of
the Pennsylvania Hospital has put trees
in every ward; Santa Claus will visit
the beds at the Presbyterian; services
will be held in the Episcopal; nurses at
the Medico-Chirurgical will sing carols
singing and n big dinner for $50 chill
dren will be the feature at the Frank
ford; Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will
provide music for the Polytechnic enter
tainment in charge Of the ladies' aid So
ciety; at St Timothy's the junior aid So
ciety will stage a treat; patients In the
Germantown will enjoy music and n tur-
key dinner provided by the women; at
the Jewish, likewise, there will be big
dinner. music and trees, as there will
be at st Luke's, the Chestnut Hill, St.
Josephs, st. Christopher's, tho Stetson,
the Kensington and st. Marys. The
Lankenau Hospital observed Christmas
yesterday. The Womans Hospital cele-
bratlon was conducted Saturday by the
social service department
The hundreds of inmates OF the city
institutions will be remembered by din
\ ners and entertainments--at the NUM-
| cipal Hospital for Contagious Diseases.
Philadelphia Hospital at Blockley. Home
/ for the INDECENT, Holmesburg, aud City
Farms, by berry. Under the super
vision of DIR. Wilmer Krusen. Director
of the Department of Public Health and
Charities, the following program will be
observed during the week:
I Wednesdays. Timothy's House,
Sixth and Reed streets, and the Italian
Mission, Twenty-second and ontario
streets.
Thursday--lIealth Center No. +
Twelfth and Carpenter streets; Cniver-
sity Settlement, Twenty-sixth and Lonl-
/ bard streets; Friends Neighborhood
Guild, Fourth and Green streets College
Settlement, sol South Front street
Health District No. 5, 2624 Kensingtor
avenue Shiloh Baptist Church. Eleventh
and Lombard streets, and Health Center
| No 6, 4409 Germantown avenue.
Friday-liealth District No. !, Tweltti
and Carpenter streets, and st. Rita''
Hall, Federal Trust Building, Broad ant
Federal streets.
More gifts than ever have been dis
tributed by the individual benefactor'
in the various sections of the city Mrs
Birchall Hammer, formerly Miss Olive
May Wilson-"the Santa Claus Girl -
has collected and distributed gifts foi
nearly $4,000 kiddies, it is estimated
Mrs. NJ. W. C"MotherD Ketchum vii
entertain the poor children of her neigh
borhood at 30GS F'ranlford avenue. He
work is duplicated in kensington b!
Mother" MAnro. In South Philadelphi;
Mrs Millie cliff is the santa Clau
Lady" to scores of poor children at he
home, 22ll st. Adams place, and II
West Philadelphia Mrs. w. B. keene'
generosity has made her house, 500
Hazel avenue, haven OF delight fo
the poor tots of the neighborhood
Charles II. Grakelow of Broad and cum
berland streets. will be Santa Claus 70
about 5000 needy children at Christ
EaEs t.s.r slA. 80 IL
House Friday night following his dona
tion of hundreds of baskets to destitut
families.
Christmas good wishes and thanks 70
loyal service were sent to all the cit
policemen and firemen by Director c
Public Safety Wilson. The message wa
read in all station houses and FIRE house
today and will be repeated tomorro'
morning.
POLICE COLLECT FOR POOR
Contributions Of the merchants fo
the poor flmilies of the Twenty
seventh Ward, collected by the police
men of the Thrty-second street an
, Woodland avenue station under ,instru,
: tians from Lieutenant George f. Bo'
.. ton, who instituted this annual affai
, today converted the station into a gre
| Gerry store, Coal, flour, apples, potatoes
bread and other food-enough for 10
: familes-were distributed.
Nurses mpersonated Santa Claus thi
morning at the annual Christmas Cele
: brationS held at the two philadelphi
= tuberculosis dispensaries maintained b
, the State Department of Health. at 1853
Poplar street and 400 South Twenty
.