New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
Christmas Spirit Throughout
Greater City, Penetrating
Homes of Poor, Missions,
Hospitals and Prisons
Reaches All Unfortunaies
aIany Organizations Will
Be Busy To-day Serv-
ing Yuleiide Dinners

efther, % humber localities OF th'
io~sr East and West sides, the Ghetto
sss waterfront districts, in which re
eide many Who would have Jared badly
sn the Yuletide celebration but foi
sen.rosity snd forethought displayed
be their more fortunate fellow citizens
Old residents Of lower town who
Ssspits having become prosperous con
,i,ue 70 live in homes established by
them many years ago. kept open house
chdstns I've for friends and neigh
bors. Bowery missions and lodgin ns
bersss we're we'll supplied with FOOD
for al who applied 70 them many
hundreds OF unfortunstes were housed
and fed last night. nor was the spiri'
Of r.vinr restricted to any one locality
Committees organized for the purpose
sought out and aided needy persons IN
,ysry part Of Greater New York.
In.washington Heights $50 families
S.,s supplied with dinner baskets By
N. Washington Heights Chamber of
Commerce. under whose auspices need'
os those aided had been Investigated
More than 1880 bags q Chri'tmsss dais
.an,ii.s ver. distributed az the 6sth
Rernent Armory, Lexington avenue
ard Twenty-sixth Street
Gives $4,000 Dinners
-. s.lvation Army. according 70 an.
.,,i custom. cared for thousands OF
E.w York City's poor. The Army gave
sy,v 2BOOO Christmas dinners ana
cyovdded more than 10000 poor chill
S,er With TOYS. Ths Salvation Army
entertainments included Christmas
tress and ehildren's entertainments IN
fourteen local stations OF the organi-
,stfcr Az the Salvation Army wom-
ans home and hospital. known as the
1ooth Memorial Hospital, 3l2 20 3le
Psi Fifteenth Street, three distinct
functions will be held to-day. First
viii be . dinner for girls now living
,r ,bs home A Christmas tree has
bean provided and each resident will
Ysoelvs a Christmas gift. A second
dinnsr Will be given girls Who former
iv we're residents and who have no
b.nss in New York In addition the
stef dinner for those engaged IN the
uansRement Of the home takes place
At midnight.
More than four hundred privately
owned automobiles were used by the
Army yesterday In distributing Chrst-
mas supplies. Most Of the cars were
driven By their owners. and some con
tiuued distributing baskets IN poor dis-
tYiets during the greater part OF iast
night. .,...s
In vaudeville theaters Of the Keith,
P,eetor and Moss circuits. many Of
them holding Christmas tree eelehra-
tIons Managers Of theatrical enter
prisss In the Ave boroughs gave gener-
ouslv toward relieving distress In vari-
ous districts and there was whole
hsarted eo-operation By performers
evervwhers. Manager Elmer Rogers Of
the Palace TheAte. sent the complete
puneh and Judy marionette show 70
Randall, Island for entertainment OF
children In the defective ward there
Tonight IN every Keith, Moss and
Proctor theater IN greater New Yorf
Christmas dinners will be served foi
performers. In each instance Christ
mas tree Will be Installed on the stage
after curtains fall on final acts.
Big Tree on Ellis Island
Two programs were planned for ELL
Island. The hrst was carried out yes
ferday In the great hall Of the immi
grafton station when 300 personi
newly arrived in the United Statei
were entertained with a musical an'
theatrical performance by volunteer
from various New York City theaters
Following the concert an enormou
Christmas tree erected IN the eente
of the hall was electrically illuminated
Every spectator was presented with
rift from the tree. The presentation
was arranged b. welfare workers o
Ellis Island under chairmanship o
John Carroll Robert Z. Tod, Commits
sioner of immigration, aided In tn
celebration. Gifts we're sent also 4
400 patients IN Ellis Island Hospital
Artists who contributed 70 the immi
grants entertainment we're Georg
Bersin, baritone, Nine. sophis n. Tsek
hanovsky, pianist: Miss Christin
Howells. hutist. Miss Grace G. Becker
pianist; Miss Mary Dell bowman. so
II prAno: Miss Alice Starkey, pianist, an
John Gushing, organist.
4 Christmas dinner Will be serve
y immigrants to-day IN the main dinin
hall. Turkey it provided with oil th
other elements Of Christmas feas'
Following the dinner q second musies
program will be given. This will in
elude q chorus Of 100 voices under di
rsction Of Or. Y. Raffaelli. Twelv
compositions will be sung by the ehoru
including: Christmas Night" "Adest
Fidelis" and 90 Holy Night" III
entertainment will end with singing O
the "star Spsngled Banner"
Angelo Rizto. known as "the Mayo
of Mulberry Street" discarded ths
role yesterday and became the SAINT
Cisus Of his district. He distribute
DTS baskets Of Christmas supplies {
needy persons living In the vieinit!
Assistant District Attorney Frank Maj
70 ard Albert Mahhello, a former coui
warden. aided IN the work Of distribu
tior.
Az the famous old Jane Teller mar
sion. a. lie East Sixty-hrst Street, Wi
liam j. Robinson, who now owns IN
place. arranged q distribution OF bulls
Ing Christmas stockings 20 the score
Of poor children who are his neighbour
The choir from the church Of Our Lad
ef Perpetual Help sang Christina
carols.
The patients and star Of Bsllevu
Hospital we're entertained last night o.
the lawn in front OF the hospital by
Pageant Of the Nativity. The presents
tion was directed by Miss Elizabeth 7
,whitmarsh, director Of personnel 70
fhs hospital. A choir Of twenty-hv
nurses sahg Christmas esrols durin
the intermissiona
The Board OF Child Welfare dis
trsbuted 5000 baskets 10 poor cit,
children at les headquarters, Ia
worth Street. IN two sessions, morn
lne and afternoon. Miss Sophie lreni
Loeb, who is president Of the board
directed The proceedings, which inelud
"A an entertainment and Christina