The New York herald., 1921-12-24
EIks' Distribution Tomorrow

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street, between Sixth and Seventh ave-
nues.
Elks' Distribution Tomorrow.
The New York Lodge of Ells will dis
tribute dinners and clothing and toys
for the youngsters beginning at 0:3C
A. NJ. tomorrow. The Brooklyn Elks
will provide Christmas dinners for 1000
needy families, the baskets being given
out this afternoon.
Bellevue Hospital will receive 1000
Christmas dinners from Mr.. and Mrs.
Vincent Astor. who have made a similar
gift every year since 1914. They are be-
ing packed at the Osceola Democratic
Club, Elghty-fourth street and Park
avenue. No person will be discharged
from the hospital until after Christmas
unless the patient so requests.
The Association for Improving the
Condition Of the Poor will give out more
than $4,000 worth of gifts in 1000 red
stockings. At Polytechnic Hospital, where
disabled soldiers are patients, the Red
Cross will provide Christmas trees for
every ward and room. Tonight a well
filled stocking will be hung on the bed
of each patient. Bags containing sweat
ers. mufflers and other articles will ba
given to each Of the 26S ex-service men
at the Manhattan State Hospital.
The Red Cross Club. 129 East Thirty
ninth street. will keep open house for
week. beginning tonight. for Fedora!
board students who cannot go home.
Three hundred children of disabled vet
erans In hospitals also are on the Red
Cross Christmas program. Two hun
dred children of disabled veterans will
be guests of the crew of the u. S. S.
Wyoming at the New York Navy Yard
tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow evening at o'clock 400
newsboys will receive Christmas din
ner from Thomas w. Lamont at the
Brace Memorial Newsboys Home. PA
William street. The dinner is in mem
ory of Evert Jansen Wendell. There
Will be Christmas tree and entertain
ment there at o'clock Monday evening.
Hylnn I'm HclPs Kitchen District
Mayor Hylan will attend Christmas
party in the women's precinct of the
Police Department at 434 West Thirty
seventh street at o'clock this after
noon Capt. John c. Anon of the We'll
fare Bureau. will act as Santa Claus.
About $50 children OF the Hell's Kitchen
neighborhood will be guests OF the po.
licewomen.
Challim Core OF 10 West sixty-ninth
street will entertain 220 children. who
have written letters to Santa Claus
al the Hotel Majestic this afternoon
Copeland Townsend, the manager also
VIII give children's party there. The
Tammany Central Association of tho
twelfth Assembly District will act as
host to 1,500 children at a special per-
formance to be given this forenoon al
Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre.
The knights of Columbus will dis
tribute more than 1000 Christmas
baskets from Veronica Council club
house, 60 Morton street; Corrigan Coun-
Gil. 16Oth street and Amsterdam avenue
Vera Cruz Council, East Twenty-third
street; st. Plus School Hall, 143d street
and Third avenue: Bronx Council, 156th
street and Courtland avenue, and from
the New York Chapter headquarters at
242 West Fifty-first street.
Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival OF
Lights. chances to begin at sunset
Christmas this year, and Jewish famil-
les will celebrate 1t by lighting candles.
feasting and giving presents. Each
night for week one candle will be
added In the menorah. or seven branched
candle stick, which every Jewish family
owns.
AS to the weather, generally fair and
much colder Is the forecast for Christ
mas Day in the States east of the Mis-
sissippi River.
General precipitation Is expected i'm
the Eastern States tomorrow. but this
VIII be followed generally by clearing
and much colder weather Sunday.