New-York tribune., 1917-12-24
Station Houses in Many
Precincts Have Regular
Yuletide Celebrations
All Corners Cared For
Little Children Made Glad by
Presents From Their Blue
coated Friends

A multifarious Santa Claus in blne
uniform and brass buttons looked out
Yesterday for the most Of the little
Knickcrbockcrs who might have been
overlooked I'm the rush preceding
Christmas. From West Twentieth
Street TO West Chester Village reached
string OF stations given over for the
day 10 providing Christmas cheer Tor
children.
Had the shade Of Clement c. Moore
sought again the farmhouse near the
Hudson whore he wrote the verses be
ginning Twas the night before Christ
mas" which have cnthralled childten
for nearly a century it would have IN
deed have been a bcwildered ghost, but
the scene about the building with the
green lights on Twentieth Street west
Of Seventh Avenue would have conjured
M a cordial smile and warned the
shadowy cookies Of its heart;
All Departed Happy
All thc afternoon Twentieth Street
was fllcd with children, two streams ;
of them. one going in empty handeo
and eager and the other departing,
staggering under the burden Of gifts.
Eighteen hundred Of them visited the
station house. and every one received
q burlap sack filed with candy
oranges. TOYS. "a book, stockings. cap
and other presents. Moreover, each
can and each pair Of stockings htted
the recipient. for Santa-Patroiman Al
tbur Carmick. who learned the value ol
rrecis.oY along with telegraphy. mad
taken census Of the youth OF CheI,,
sea with particular regard to heads and
feet sizes.
Inside the station house q great tree
tapcred 20 the very ceiling, molly ana
smilax were twincd on the walls and a
big electric sign some more OF santa
Pstrolman Carmicks work Dlazed out
"AIcrr. Christmas 10 all corners. Cap
tain Percy J.. Du BoIs and reception
committee Of Sauts-Patrolmen were
busv all afternoon discovering and sat
isfviag the wants Of their guests, not
all e. whom were children.
Occasionally "a mite so tiny that the
laden charcoal bag lowered above hls
head vanantly grappled alone with the
GOOD fortune that had betallen him.
I'm such instances Captain Du Bois
nudccd one Of the biggest Of the santa
Patrolmcu. who promptly picked up
both bag and younAster and carried
them home. A few cases seemed 10
call for something more than was con-
taincd iu the charcoal bag. and more
theu once Sauta-Pstrolmsn surrep-
titioueiy slipped q bill into cold fingers
that clutchcd convLlsively at the touch
OF money.
Treats in Other Houses
CAPTAIN Duggan had a similar enter
taiumcut i'm the East Fifty-nrst Street
station. where TO the other attractions
were added a piano and a station house
quartet. Residents on the northern
borders Of "Jones's Woods were taken
care of at the East Eighty-eighth Street
station. where Captain Paddy Cray
plavcd Santa Claus 20 an enthusiastic
audience.
Sfu further toward the Pole Santa
Claus found way stations at the East
lO4th Street station and West 10th
Street. while iu the sprawling pre-
cinct OF Nestchester a motion picture
house had been turned over 70 him by
his friends. the police. There were a
tree. motion picture show, music and
presents and an extra and most eXhila-
rating treat visit to the police sta
bic. where the most daring Of the
young visitors were lifted 70 perches
on the glossy chestnut horses Of the
policemen.
Commissioner Woods. Deputy Com
missioner Dunham and other depart
mcnt officials visited several of the
station houses. Commissioner WOODS
particularly commended the fore
thought and care devoted to the cele-
bration in the West Twentieth Street
house