New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Bows and Girls of Deaf
Mute Schoo' Have 10 In
visible Guests, After Civ
ing 500 Of Meager Funds
Churches Deliver Baskets
Gifts Distributed, Big Din.
ners Served in Asylums,
Hospitals and Prisons

~anred celebrations and turkey din
ners for those whose fare would have
been meager but for such help.
Six hundred children and $50 moth
srs had a real Christmas celebration
at the New York Founding Hospital,
Sixty-eighth Street and Third Avenue,
where ten Christmas trees dressed by
the ladies' auxiliary were supplied.
Each child and mother found gift
II breakfast time and at noon an old
fashioned Christmas dinner was served.
In Presbyterian Hospital DR.. Duncan
Fuller was Santa Claus to the doctors
aid nurses. There was Christmas tree
in each ward, Christmas dinner was
served the patients and Christmas
baskets distributed to visiting patients
Remember Children Abroad
The boys and girls in the Institution
for the Improved Education of Deaf
Mutes at Sixty-eighth Street and Lex
ington Avenue had ten invisible guests
at their Christmas dinner. Although
most of them are children in poor cir
cumstances, they contributed 500 out
of their meager funds to send to the re-
lief of children abroad.
Boys Taken to Theater
The New York Home for Homeless
Bows, AL East 123d Street, gave ciotn-
ing and toys to the 125 boys of that
institution, and in the evening they
were entertained at the Yorkville Thea
ter, Eignty-sixth Street and Lexington
Avenue.
An elaborate Christmas entertain
ment was Given in the chapel OF tle
Funeral Chu ch, Broadway and Sixty
assembled as the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank E. Campbell. The children,
selected by the principals of Public
School Cd and Public School 141 and
& parochial school in that vicinity as
teing members of poor families, were
admitted by ticket.
Jailor Distributes Cigars
Prisoners in the West Side Jail were
treated to a substantial Chris tmas din
ner and the jai:or gave cigars, cigar
cites, fruits, candies, etc, 10 each. The
Salvation Army conducted Christmas
service in the jail
At the Tombs at o'clock mass was
celebrated and at o'clock the Protes-
tant services were held.
Welfare workers provided ice cream
and candy for the twenty-five women
and 1l5 boys, aged sixteen to twenty
one years. The dinner served the prs-
oLers consisted Of chickeH mashed po-
tatoes, relishes, fruit and mince pie.
There was a total of GIT prisoners
were in the Tombs year ago. Dr.
Perry Lichtenstein, one of the prison
physicians, was on duty to aid any of
the feasters who might be inclined to
overeat.
Santa Claus arrived at the City Hos
pital at $50 o'clock in the morning.
leading a procession of nurses who
went through all the wards singing
Christmas caro- S. There were fourteen
Christmas trees for the 700 patients
Festivities will continue for week.
At Bellevue Hospital the 1900 pa
tients and 500 children Of the cut
clinic shared in the biggest Christmas
celebration in the history of the in
stitution. There were gifts for every
patient.
Patients at New York Hospital and
st. VlnceNts Hospital were reused yes-
terday morning by the singing of
Christmas care by the nurses. A doc
tor played Santa Claus at each hos
pltaL giving presents to the children
and adu IS. Entertainments were given
during the day at each hospital and
Christmas dinners were served at
noon
In Jefferson Market prison about one
hundred men and women were guests
at dinner presided over by Warden
John Bockel The warden gave each
Of the men cigar.
A thousand disabled veterans Of the
World War were guests at Christmas
dinners yesterday in homes of city res
idents who responded to the appeal
sent out by the New York Community
Service, 230 West Forty-sixth Street
Some families entertained eight or ten.
lhese now in the army and navy dined
At the Community Service clubhouse.
AT the Union League Club eighty-two
wounded soldiers were nt.rtained
oeventy-fve wounded soldiers from vo-
catlonal schools dined q. the Yale Club
rive thousand persons were provided
with Chr stmas dinners yesterday, when
sne annual distribution Of Christmas
baskets by the Volunteers of America
vas held in the large hall of Madison
square Garden, under the supervise n
OF General and Mrs. Ballington Booth
1t was the most touching scene
have ever witnessed in a long Garrett"
sald General Booth. "The JOY Of the
g iidren particularly knew no bounds
and even the polio c,men on duty, who
see much suffering and hardsh p, were
affected"
In addition Mrs. Booth, who has
lohg been interested in prison reform
"o'k, sen. out 800 packages to tn.
"'ves and families Of men now in
prlson.
Concert in the Bronx
The Catholic Prot.ctory in the Van
Gest section of tn, Bronx held
snnstmas celebration at diew 1900
.sys and 800 girls together. High
.e,s was followed BY band concert
snI a. noon dinner, featuring turkey
~ FAXED ham, was served The chill
,x,I 80 rnrstmas prcxents were dis
t,rDuteo from FIVE large trees
:. ne Re cue Mission served dinner
~ men in the Oriental Chinese
sss.sstaorant. Bowery and Pcll Street,
.,Ifuckloada Of toy~. besides gifts Of
.sssh'hg and about % in cash, were
.ssesiYfd oy the Health Department for
Ss, p@''eHts III the hospitals Of the
sse s,nent accord ny II DR. Royal s.
-keaaha, Health Ccmmissioncr. He
ss-. s1 Iestsfday that there had been a
n.s generous response 70 his reuuest
~ - forget the bocpital patients.
s,aa sorne days the work Of arrnng.
bs 'he gifts for the various hospitals