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were Mrs. Payne, Mrs. ]. NJ. Broas
Mrs. V. H Pavey, Mrs. NJ. A. White
Mrs. NJ. G. Herman, Mrs. NJ. A. Phil
lips, Mrs. John +. Slaven and W. e
Fanjoy.
Various business and civic clubs
participated in the program carried
out for the benefit of the poor.
This evening. at Z o'clock, the de-
tectives at police headquarters will
stage big Christmas party for the
poor children in the vicinity Of the
District building.
Midnight Masses.
Among the special midnight masses
will be those at the Franciscan Mon
astery, st. Patrick's Church, St Mat
thew's Church, and the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart
At the latter place. Sixteenth street
and Park road, the services will be
broadcast by radio over station WCAP.
The Right Rev. p. c. Gavan will be the
celebrant Of the mass. with Rev. Jo-
seph NJ. Moran as deacon and Rev.
Michael ]. Finnerty as subdeacon. AT
IL o'clock there will be low mass. and
the Christmas anthems will be sung.
Benediction will follow the mass.
There will be choral communion
at 1l:45 pm. at Holy Comforter Epis-
copal Church. in Brightwood
AT st. Mary's Catholic Church there
will be a midnight mass, with Rev.
Charles J. Trinkhaus as celebrant,
Rev. Clement ]. Jordan as deacon
and Rev. Louis A. Motry as subdea-
con. DR. Motry will preach the ser
mon. Choir music will be rendered.
Christmas services at the Church
of the Holy Rosary. Third and F
streets, will begin with a solemn high
mass at midnight tonight. celebrate ed
by the Right Rev p. Marella, auditor
of the apostolic delegation. A crib,
made in Rome and just received, will
be blessed before the service
The Chapel Of the Nativity will
celebrate its twenty-first Christmas s
eve anniversary at the chapel. 18th
and A streets southeast, at II 80 o'clock.
The Sunday School of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church will hold a
Christmas eve party from $50 to s
O'Clock this evening. There will be a
song service, followed by distribution
of gifts and the singing of carols on
the streets.
ST. Adams Episcopal Church will
hold holy communion at 1880 tonight.
At o'clock this afternoon the chill
dren Of st. Margarets parish will hold
their annual Christmas service, with
the rector, Rev. Herbert Scott Smith.
of7iciating A distribution of gifts to
the poor is planned.
Special Recital Of Chimes.
For the benefit Of the people who
will be in the downtown section at
that time, there will be q special
recital on the Mckim Memorial
Chimes of the Church of the Epiph-
any, G street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth, this afternoon at
o'clock The numbers that will be
played are: "Adeste Fideles,' Joy
to the World" "Hark. the Herald
Angels Sing" "It Came Upon the
Midnight Clear" 20 Little. Town Of
Bethlehem" we Three Kings Of
Orient Are" Good King Wenceslas."
"The First Noel" once in Royal
David's City" and Silent Night"
There will be another recital of
Christmas hymns and carols on the
bells at 1920 o'clock tonight. This
recital, as we'll as the Christmas
cantata, The Christ Child" to be
sung by the senior choir from IL
o'clock until midnight, will be broad
cast through radio station WCAP.
English Village Feature.
Christmas carols are to be sung
in Cleveland Park and the English
Village from Z to $50 o'clock by q
group of about so young women of
Cleveland Park Congregational Sun
day school, the Girl Scout Troop of
the church. The girls have been
drilled by Miss Nan Services and Miss
Lily Jane Axton, and under their
direction will seek to cheer shut
ins and others who may place candles
in their windows as an indication
that they desire a friendly visit from
the carolers.
Christmas Tree in Georgetown.
The Community Christmas tree in
Georgetown, located in the triangular r
park where Twenty eighth and NJ
streets meet Pennsylvania avenue,
will be the center Of activity during
all Of Christmas week. Tonight at
o'clock Georgetownians of all ages
will meet at the tree for a program
of carols which will open with a
torchlighted professional OF 400 of
the local choir members led by a
brass quartet singing THE First
Noel" The professional will form At
the home of Arthur Musgrave, at
Twenty-ninth and N streets. After
the arrival of the choir at the tree
the program will continue with
familiar Christmas hymns sung by