Evening star., 1922-12-24
YULETIDE SPIRIT
PERVADES CITY ON
EVE OF CHRISTMAS


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mas night. when 'Old Doc Sharp" and
his six Lion Cubs" are to give an
entertainment and jollification for all
the children of the community around
the community Christmas tree in the
yard of the Community House. The
tree will be brightly lighted and
decorated and a number of visitors
are coming to play host TO the crowd
of children.
On Tuesday at 8 pm, in the recrea-
tion hall Of the Community House. a
cast Of children will give two Christ
mas playettes. the Dream Maker"
and the "Bas Of Dreams"
The Episcopal City Mission has ar
ranged an extensive program. Cele-
brations Of the holy communion have
been arranged for at the reformatory
Occoquan. Va: the Jail at 18th and
B streets southeast. the Gallinger
Hospital. the National Training
School for Boys. the National Train
ling School for Girls. the tuberculosis
Hospital. st. Elizabeth's Hospital for
the Insane. the Home for the Aged
and Infirm at Blue Plains and Vet
erans' Hospital No. SO at Mount Alto.
The City Mission is helping with
the Christmas morning service at
Garfield Hospital. with music and
distribution of flowers for the char
ity patients Of that institution. when
the nurses. at o'clock Christmas
morning, will have a procession
through the free wards and sing
carols At all the institutions named
Christmas good cheer boxes will be
ers has been busy at Trinity Com
munity House during the past week
packing $500 of these boxes. Each
box contains an apple. an orange.
candy. nuts and Christmas postal
cards with a stamp on them.
To Decorate Jail Tree.
The City Mission is to decorate the
Christmas tree in the rotunda Of the
Washington Jail and will hang q pair
of socks on each cell door. one Of
which will be filled with Christmas
cheer.
The City Mission also Is providing
six Christmas trees for the Gallinger
Hospital, one for each ward. On
Christmas eve at II o'clock there
will be a midnight eucharist at
Trinity Diocesan Church for the gen
eral public. Beginning at IL o'clock
there will be a musical program con-
sisting of old English carols by the
choir. solos by Master Edward Crouch
and c. MCGEE, and a cello solo with
organ accompaniment by Clifford
Kershaw.
! Rev David Ransom covell. superin-
tendent Of the City Mission. will con-
duct the service and preach the ser
mon.
| Holiday week at the City Club
will be marked by three entertain
ments for the members and their
wives and families. The first feature
on the program for the week will be
the clubs at-home reception to the
wives Of members and their woman
guests on Wednesday from to pm.
On Friday afternoon. December 20.
the wives and children Of the mem
bers will be guests of the Associa-
ton of Theater Arts at two playlets
and q musical interlude to be pre-
sented at 2:30 pm. at the Trinity
Community House. Sd and c streets
northwest.
The grand finale of the holi-
day week will be the clubs New
Year owe bohemian night ball. start
ing at II pm, December 81. with
q supper in the main ballroom. after
viii continue from midnight until
I3 am. Tho house committee. under
the direction of Frank H. Bryson.
has made elaborate preparations for
the special program.
Army Omcer Plays Santa.
The employees Of the Acacia Mutual
Life Association held their annual
Christmas celebration yesterday at
noon around a tree set up in the
large workroom. Following the
usual custom. the directors awarded
q bonus.
Employees Of the miscellaneous di-
received gifts yesterday from a
Christmas tree, distributed by Santa
Claus in the person Of Col. H. II.
Tebbetts.
be erected through the efforts of the
Woodside Development Corporation.
with the cooperation of the entire
community of Woodside and Silver
Spring. Nd. in the mansion house on
the Moves estate. now known as
Woodside Park.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments consists of: DR.. J. Henning
Nelms, rector of Grace Episcopal
Church. Woodside. Md: Rev. Ralph
D. Smith. Woodside Methodist Episco-
pal Church. Woodside, Md: Mrs. Rob-
ert e. Langley, president Of the
Women's Club of Silver Spring. Nd;
Miss D. Fox. president OF the Current
Comment Club. silver Spring. Md, and
Mrs. Henry p. Alden. Silver Spring,
Md.
Santa Claus will be on hand to meet
all the little children of Silver Spring
and woodside and promises to pluck
off a present and a bag of candy for
each child between the ages of four
and twelve years. Santa Claus, jr.,
also will be there to greet the chill
dren.
A program has been arranged by
DR.. Ralph d. Smith, which will in
clude selections by Saunders' Orches-
ira, a Christmas recitation by Miss
Pauline Whitacre ana selections by
Quartet There also will be commu-
nifty singing Of Christmas carols. The
women Of the community are now en-
gagged in helping Santa Claus make
his Christmas bags and filling them
with candies. nuts and presents.
Christmas cheer will be distributed
bv the sections Of the District chap
ter of the American Red Cross to the