The New York herald., 1922-12-20
CHRISTMAS PARTIES
TO Care FOR ALL
Every Section of City Has
Plans to GLADDEN. Poor
and Helpless.
BIG TREES FOR PARKS
Municipal Building to Hold
Celebration for It's
Workers.
SALVATION ARMY ACTIVE
Sick Children, Cripples, Prison
Inmates and Street Waits
to Be Remembered.
SALVATION ARMY ACTIVE

There are to be vaudeville ana dan
cling on Saturday-where? In the
Municipal Building. pile of city Of
fees. The Christmas spirit, which is
felt in various ways, has inspired
Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner 0!
Plant and Structures. to arrange a
celebration for 500 members OF the
executive force OF his department.
This is one item of Christmas cheer
OF the thousands Of New Yorlz's pro-
gram. II would take many columns
OF newspaper just to indicate the
parties and the gifts that are being
prepared by public and private philan-
thropy for persons who for one rea-
son or another couldn't manage much
for themselves.
One dives into heap OF type.
written announcements and brings up
this: Five thousand Christmas stock
ings for tenement children" Such is
TO be the distribution on Christmas
morning by the nurses and visitors OF
the Association for Improving the
Condition OF the Poor Each OF the
5000 stockings Is being filed with
some particular child in mind Schools
churches. clubs and employees of
business houses. as well as individ-
uals. have taken empty stockings ia
stuff. A Fifth avenue woman tool;
the names and requirements OF forty
children and will spend So on each.
Sick Children Want Toys.
More than 1000 cilildren IN the flfty-
eight non-municipal institutions of the
United Hospital Fund must be amused
on Christmas. More toys are needed II
Santa Claus is to give complete satisfac-
zion. The fund suggests that manu-
fscturers, dealers and exhibitors who
have shopworn or otherwise unsaleablc
toys on hand cannot do better than call
up the secretary. Frederick d. Greene.
Gramercy 2157. and tell Jus. what they
can give. Psrents OF large per cent
of the hospital children are unable to
pay even for treatment, to say nothing
OF toys.
The Salvation Army has prepared
10000 addressed bundles of toys for a.
many children In this city. 1t also Is pre-
pairing 5000 b skets. containing chicken
dinners for $4,000 persons, To bo deliv-
cred to the homes of the needy on Satur-
day. that is not all--the army will
have four great parties for children
held simultaneously In different parts
OF the city on December "a. AS Santa
Claus has TO appear at each OF these q
special automobile. faster than reindeer
will be provided for him. Also the vari-
GUS army branches will have parties OF
their own.
For the city's hospitals and homes and
penal institutions elaborate plans have
been made. Bird S. Coler. Commissioners
OF Public Welfare. will see that presents
are distributed In each hospital under
nis charge. Park Commissioner Francis
d. Gallatin is to have a festival for
1000 park playground children at the
Palm Garden on December 2S. Correc-
tion Commissioner James A. Hamilton
promises his prisoners a special Christ
mas dinner and the Parole Commission
will take care Of dependent families Of
prisoners.
Testivtties Under Way.
On Tuesday the children OF the Metro
politan Hospital will attend the Hippo
taurant. Santa Claus will carry his
pack to the feeble minded children on
Rendals Island as well as the others,
and several organizations. including the
Rubenstein Club. knights of Columbus
and Madison Square Church House. will
help to enliven the day. At the City
Home for the Aged the fun began yes
terday with a recital by the choir OF
the Cathedral OF st. John the Divine.
At City Hospital contributors to good
cheer are the ST. Vincent de Paul So
ciety. Fruit and Flower Mission and
Charity Organization Society. Every
hospital Will have q Christmas tree.
Pupils OF Erasmus Hall High School
will distribute 900 gifts to patients ia
the chroLic division of the Kings Coun-
ty Hospital. In the Palm Garden Fes-
eival on December 20 there will be
presents for 1000 children. who will
ride from the Fairgrounds In buses cup-
piled by the Department OF Plant and
Structures, and vaudeville provided by
E. r. Albce. The menu OF the Christ
mas dinner TO be set forth In the city's
correctional institutions is soup, roast
chicken. celery. mashed turnlps. apple
jelly. baked sweet potato. hot rnince pie,
fruit, coffee. Each institution will have