New-York tribune., 1919-12-26
.Er-SOIdier:s Pluck
Jobs From, a Tree
Wounded Heroes in Hos
pitals and Seruice Men
Reap BountifuI Cheer

VI boluleISs SAILORS ana marines In inc
city yesterday in characteristic fash
ion. Some thirty-fivc hundred sick and
wounded ex-service men in hospitals
were made to forget the circumstances
under which they had become Uncle
Sans patients. The arrangements made
those .of the two preceding Christ
masses, despite the greatly diminished
number of ,Unclc Sans boys now here
The Red Cross the knights of CO.
lumbus, the Y. M. C. A. and the War
Camp Community Service filled the day
with all sorts of entertainment and
Yuletide festivities for the men, many
of whom came to town on leave. Huts
remained open until midnight, and
some accommodated with beds hun
dreds who had spent themselves in the
days merriment and had no other place
to turn in"
$4,000 Pounds Of Candy
The fifteen huts and service sta
tions of the Knights Of Columbus dis
tributed more than $4,000 pounds of
candy to the boys Of the army and
navy. Vaudeville performers were
Yard to make merry for the crews of
the batteships Arizona and Pennsyl-
vania. The battleship Nevada, Mt the
foot of West Ninety sixth Street, also
was provided with entertainers by the
Knights. Another coterie of actors
was dispatched to the receiving ship
at Bay Ridge.
A general Christmas celebration
was given by the Knights at the Long
acre Hut, Broadway and Forty sixth
Street, starting at noon, several hun
ar- cnv ~ sol.
as we'll as candy and cigarettes The
"jobs" were suspended from big tree
inside the hut, along with other pres
ents. This unique manner Of bringing
cheer to discharged fighters was sug-
gested by the Knights Free Employ
ment Bureau and proved of unusual
interest to many Of the men who had
come to the hut without thinking they
were to leave with real job.
The Knights staged an entertainment
at each Of the huts last night and at
several the program was made typical
by the presence of turkey sandwiches
and cake
j. S. Ellsworth, in charge of Red
Cross canteen work for New York
County and chairman of the Military
Relief Committee, said last night that
the Red Gross expended about $4,000,
exclusive of contributions from private
sources, for the entertainment and
cheer of former service men in New
York hospitals on Christmas Day
Gifts Total SIS Each
At the Fox Hills Military Hospital
gifts totalng IS each were distributed
to each of the 1000 wounded men con-
valescing there. The day was other
wise made joyful by a vaudeville per
tormance, Christmas music and song
and the service about a tree strung
with trlnkets dear to a soldiers heart.
PARTICULAR attention was paid to the
men in the Ellis Island hospital, where
the Red Cross. by reason of the varied
service branches represented, had three
trecs erected in as many wards and
thus Kept back any professional jeal-
ousy' that might have crept into the
enthusiasm Of army, navy and marine
patients.
Nor were eighteen wounded service
men being treated at Bellevue Hospital
overlooked by the Red Cross. These
men mad little celebration all to them
sentials for Yuletide exuberance.
"a program of entertainment and gift
giving identical with that provided at
the FOX Hills hospital was given at the
United States Public Health Service
hospital, 345 West Fiftieth Street.
where the day was made merrier and
brighter for 250 wounded men. A mu-
slcal program at night sent each to his
bed 1atlgued but happier.
rive hundred and eighty soldiers.
I VINO arrived in the morning on the
ieSIoehI Grant, were greeted at Pier
4, Hoboken, by Red Cross canteen
workers, who arranged with the ""yre'l cow
manding officer to serve them with q
turkey surprise. provided by the Port
or Embarkation. After the "big feed"
the Red Cross workers passed ont pifts
for each soldier.
Smokes and Candies
Service men CHANGING into Grand
central Station or going to or from
trans were attracted to a Red Cross
information booth by the sight of lit
Tie Christmas bags piled high on the
counter for distribution to men in
uniform. Each bag contained cigarettes
and candies.
Workers of the War Camp Commun-
lty Service supervised the days festiv-
ltles in local huts. Service men were
guests OF this auxiliary body for the
matinee OF the "Greenwich Village Fol
hes at the Nora Baycs Theater. MANY
tickets were distributed to men in uni-
torn for the nights carnival in the
Grand Central Palace. At the Perish
ing House, 115 East Twenty first
Street, the thirty-six members Of the
"Communlty Convalescent Club" resid-
ing there permanently passed the day
quietly, reading the papers, listening to
piano music and enjoying Christmas
cigars and candies.
AT o'clock a regular Christmas din
ner was served and $50 additional men
were sent there by the Red Cross, the
Federal Board and Community Service.
Gifts were handed down from tree as
the concluding event of the evening.
y. M. c. A. Gives Dinner
The Y. M. C. A. gave the visiting
"gobs" all they could eat at the an
nual Victory hut celebration in Battery
Place. Grapefruit, turkey and dress
ing, cranberry sauce, fruit, cake and
much more composed the menu. The
big hut presented the appearance of a
typical Christmas haunt, with it's huge
open fireplace cracking with haring
logs and Iuletide decorations blending
in a novel color scheme
Six youngsters whose fathers fell
fighting in France with the American
army were given new daddy ycster-
day when the CarryOn Club, an or
ganization of former service men,
adopted them. The announcement came
from the clubs headquarters at 271
Madison Avenue, where it was ex-
planned the formalties of legal
adoption would be gone through at
the earliest moment
The names of the six YOUNGSTERS