Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1921, Page 26

SERVICE MEN GET MOLIDAY GREETINGS flességes to Army, Navy and Marine Corps Sent by Weeks and Denby. Holiday greetings have been sent by Secretaries Weeks and Denby to all the officers and men in the Army, vy and Marine Corps. * v Weeks' message follows “To the Army of the United States Begular Army, National Guard, Or- ganized Keserves—I extend best wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. “This year has béen critical and im- portant. The transformation of the elements of our national defense from & war to a peace basis has been com- pleted. The Regujar Army has un- dezgone a trying reduction. Stringent measures of economy have been suc- cesstully effected. g “The foundation of our national defense has beep laid in accor with a definite “military policy first in the history of our government. { The citizens’ amps_ of last summer were a success. Real progress has been made in rebuilding the National G . tion of the reserves wa. “The new r promises much con- structive work in _the elopment of the Army of the United States. All The organ is well under 3 THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER 25, 1921—PART ‘2. Begs Mr. Hays to Ship Him by “Reggersted Parcal Post” on Trip Lots of people write to Post- master Genmeral Hays nbout lots of things. and per! letters, like the ome quoted below, partly explain why his doctors have ordered him to rest. <The following ix quoted “am "z PLAN 0 FULFILL JEWISH AID PLEDGE Simon Lyon and F. S. Gichner Preparing to Obtain Quota of $2,125,000. Preparations for fuliilling Washing- ton's pledged district quota of the $2,125,000 for the relief of suffering Jews of eastern and central Iurope are being made by Simon Lyon and F. S. Gichner, who represented Wash- ington at a recent conference in Philadelphia when the plans for rais- ing the budget were made. | The quota represents anticipated | contribution from eastern Pennsyl- vania, western and southern New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and the | District of Columbia to the $14,000,000 national fund now being raised by the American Jewish relief committee, of which Louis Marshall of New York is_chairman. The territory forms the third of | the eleven zones into which the coun- { try has been divided for the appeal. ! The delegates to the Philadelphia conference chose Dr. Cyrus Adler of Philadelphia_as the zone chairman. The campaign will start on Janua 30, in this zone, and continue through- out February. Mr. Lyon will be the chairman of the committee for the District of i {Columbia. The appeal of the American Jewish relief committee has the full in- dorsement of President Harding and have a subject to put before your eves as there han never beem a man sent by Reggersted Parcal post it will open the eyes of the people it will make the Govement Money By the trance action throu the mafl it will make the Rail roads momey by the Excurshen to Destanation to xee man un- pouched as I havent but 20 Dollars | would like to see my Mother at D % Texas | would like to be xent By Parcal Post Regersted to Miss - -* Dallas, Tex. ir. - - your Honor will you please Grant me a Per mit to be went from Los Angeles to Dallas, Tex. 1 only way one Hundred & Eaty pounds. to Arive at Dallas Texas on New Yeurs eve Thanking you in advance for the Future Favor for I havent seen my Mother in a time." Under the pareel post regula- its mel rs are performing th 5 1t e T e T e it of | | tions, the Post Offce Depart- | |of Secretary of Commerce Herbert betwe the Regular | | ment explainw, it is mot pow- i | OOV ‘f‘;‘“h‘;":‘"‘l‘gu:t conalgecanls X ‘”"«;fl“_ai?;ll Organized | | wible to comp's with the | |been raised in states where the or- iz tapiatiy i | request. ganization work got under way ear- “ H ier. “Veterans of the world war are B o 2 earncstly nssisting in the. Teorzaniza- Raising the $14.000000 will make tion of their old divisions. Young possible the care of Jewish war or- men, who were ineligible Lecause of L nonttlisiestmatedithicic their wouth for service during the jare SullyaI200i000 int exsternificucope, present emergency, are recognizing are of Jewish refugees, their their responsibilities under the national defense act. Message to Ships and Stations. ry Denby sent the follow- ing message to aii naval ships and lerry Christmas and happy New Year to the officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps. “To those who have served with and are now, through operation law, about to leave, 1 take this opportunity to say farewell and to express appreciation of yvour faith- ful =ervice and work well done. “To all officers and men I say again, I have ocomplete confidence that you will ever keep the Navy an organization in which we may take a just pride and which will command the respect of our fellow country- men. “Carry on.” For Local Dintrict. Brig. Gen. Harry L. Bandholtz, com- manding the military district of Washington, has extended ‘*hearty Christmas greetings and all good wishes for the new year” to all persons in that district. “Present recruiting methods,” he says, “seem to be well adapied to at- tracting and selecting the best indi- viduais from the appiicants. Certain it is that recruits now enlisting ap- pear to be of a superior type and con- tinued increments of such material in- sure to the Army a personnel that will uphold its highest ideals and tra- ditions. and it is most encouraging that the military service now seems to appeal to the best class of young Americans. “Although the district of Washing- ton, as such. has been organized but a few months, many enlistments of a desirable quality have been made for the organizations within its limits, 2nd it is believed that the sixty-four vacancies, all in the 3rd Field Artil- u lery, stationed at Fort Myer, will be | t havens’ filled with the required exceptionally desirable men before the new year.”™ AMERICAN LEGION POSTS SETTLE CONTROVERSY | Armistice Signed Disposing of Dis- | sension Which Arose at District ! Convention of Organizatioh. i Armistice came to the weary Ameri- | can Legion officials who for the past ; week have been engaged in a great| battle of words, following the dis- 1sion caused the District con- | vention Monday. vincient B. Cos- | tello Post. probably through no fat of its own. #nd its commande liam F. Franklin, the princ the various storm centers. signed the ! truce Friday night in the District building at the meeting of the exe-, cutive committee of the post. Res-| olutions were adopted pledging har- | ‘harmony to the new elected officers ¢ the department and the bovs got out of the trenches just a few hours prigr to Christmas eve. Xo longer will the D umbia legion shake a ‘house divided against is united once more. peace was drawn up in few words and | provided for no indemnity or repara- tions whatever. Watson B. Mijer was accepted grand chief of the cap- ital domain, realm of the District of Columbia, and “all's well that ends well.” Mr. Franklin at the meeting Friday | right declared that it was his belief | the convention had been legally called ! and what transpired at its meetings he was unable to say, not being pres- cnt when the alleged troubles sprang | 0. His statement in full is as fol- Tow “It is well known that T was not a candidate for the position of department commander; nor, for that matter. any departmental office | am perfectly con- tent to serve in my present capacity in the Vincent B. Costello Post. I am rateful to my numerous friends wio paid me the compliment ,of presenting Iy name to the convention. “The interests of the American Le- | zion as a whole, and those of the Dis- in rict of Col-{ d quiver as a! itself, for allj The treaty ofw tiict of Columibia in particular, are paramount to all else and are above all personal considerations. I there- fcre respectfully request the execu- tive committee of the Vincent B.Cos- tello Post to consider all happenings at the recent department convention a closed incident. If the executive committee of this post will pass a i | fed one meager meal and work given i {win ;we ‘| one month. ! Bond building. i moderate to fresh northerly winds. repatriation as far as possible and lhe:rv economic rehabilitation, the re- opening of hospitals closed since the war for lack of funds, the improve- ment of sanitary work and hygiene among the Jewish population and the feeding of the starving. FAIRY TALES IN MOVIES « WILL BE PRESENTED BY RS, STEVENS Christmas Finds Hordes of Women and Children in Starving-Condition. Mrs. Cabot Stevens, for three and a! half years volunteer honorary direc- tor of the local Near East Relief work. has issued the following Christmas statement: “Today we report to the people of Washington that in the land of the Christ Child there is Christmas cheer in more than 400 mstitutions, over|New York avenue. which flies the Stars and Stripes. be- | Dorphia Brown. four-year-old film cause Near East Relief has translated | star, will be featured in the first pic- gifts from great-hearted American§{ture, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, into food and shelter and care for[in which a cast of more than 400 hundreds of thousands of orphans and | children takes part. This play will be refugees. ‘rlenealv‘rll ;‘:esd:y. while on Wednes- ‘Work Repatd Tenfold. dayian hursday the popular nur: ry story. “Littl “These children are to be the mak- | will be § S aedl RidingilHOod, will be Shown in film form, an equai- ers of the new near east, filled with |y large cast employed. devotion and gratitude to America. L ployed; W On' Frinay 2 and Saturday the third picture, “Cin- fmbued with American ideals, and. as | derella and the Magic S’Alp;e’:" ::{lh President Harding mas said. ‘All weja cast of 500 children, will be shown. have done has borne dividends ten-| The proceeds of the entertainments fold in the consciousness that we|will be used for the purchase of ad- Three Stories With Great Casts of Children to Be Shown at New Masonic Temple. Three fairy tale motion pictures will be shown under the auspices of the District of Columbia Coml;ress of Mothres and Parent-Teacher Associa- tions tomorrow morning, beginning at 10 o'clock, in the auditorium of New Masonic Temple, 13th street and have done a humane thing for a peo- [ ditional equipment for the play- ple well deserving our generous sym-|grounds of Washington's public pathy.’ schools. “Between half and three-quarters The Mothers' Congress already h of a million refugees have been daily . s made arrangements whereby children in the city’s orphan asylums will be afforded a view of the pictures. Sam- ueli K. Ross will act as host to the children of the Bruen Home. The Loyal Legion of Women, through its president, Mrs. Thomas Cabel, 11 be hostess to the children at the Wash- ington Orphan Asylum. furnishing free candy and automobiles for car- rving the little ones to and from the performance. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president of the Mothers’ Congress, will be hostess to the American Child Aid Society of the Salvation Army. Judge and Mrs. Tolson will sponsor the Baptist Home for Children. It is expected that other charitably in- clined persons will be hosts to other groups of children. them in various trades where possible —they are so eager to work! “But therc is another picture— ‘Outside the doors of the ‘American countless unknown hordes of starved, half-crazed women and chil- dren beg for admission. To their cry for Lread the relief workers must be deaf. They cannot open the doors, There is no reom in America's in because America has not sent suffi In fact, all of the ‘inns’ Half ra- cient funds. cannot now he maintained. tions is the rule in many. that even morseis may be those outside. In all southern Rus- sia the anti-bolshevfki who followed Gen. Wrangel are hundreds of mile: from home and dare not return. They | TRU25 B0 €7 Ehey jiiiads ppeal has been made are solely dependent upon the Near | wadninston oresnists and other mu. East Relief: they will not share in| s itorlav for an hour orNo each si day during the performances. 64 CAPTURED IN RAID ON THE VENDOME HOTEL Sixty-four were taken in a raid on the Vendome Hotel, 3d street and Pennsylvania avenue, shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday morning, when a the congressional appropriation which be administered for European tussians. City Far Short of Quota “Here in the District of Columbia have not one-third the amount assigned to us. namely, $100,000. “War has not cease the levant. Peace. goodwill on earth can .only £0 to Ahat country by the united un- sSelfish efforts of all Christians and Jews. ‘Feed my lambs.' said Jesus. In His name may we not pray that a y Vision of brotherhood shall impel |force of sixty policemen entered the hearts today to share their joys and jhouse on a raiding warrant. Several open a door for even one child of [quarts of liquor were seized by reve- .our faithful allies? Five dollars will { nue agents accompanying the raiders. mean a child saved and cared for for | The raid was partially resultant from activities of federal investiga- tors ‘who had received information from sailors and soldiers who had {stayed there regarding alleged dis- reputable practices. Federal authori- !iies urged that the raid be made, it is THE ‘NEATHFR lundsrstood. as a _protective and pre- “The treasurer, John B. Larmer, will acknowledge ail gifts sent to 308{ ventive measure for the benefit of the F ~ N . rvice coming to ity. District of Columbia—Cloudy and|S°Lyicemen coming to the city. ot much colder today, probably unset-jand Van Winkle of the women's tled . this morning: tomorrow fairi|hyreau directed operations. The “zero {hour” was set at 1:40, when the Marylapd and Virginia—Cloudy and| yfficers swooped down on_ the hotel much _ colder today, unsettled this{;ng each man took an assigned post. morning; tomorrow fair: fresh toiGeveral doors were battered down strong northerly winds on the coastjvhen the inmates of rooms refused today. admittance to the officers. West After investigation at the precincts, colder today; tolwhichfouriinatrols carried the . = prisoners, the great majority of those Records for Twenty-Two Houmrs. |PRSCHCTS TE BECEL! ne of the sixty-four taken to stations were women. Charges, how- ever, were placed against two couples and ‘against Mrs. Martha Abramovitz, proprietress and lessee of the hotel, and against her son, Henry Charles {Abramovitz. Against the proprietress iwas placed the charge of keeping a disorderly house and maintaining a nuisance. Her Son was charged with illegal possession and the selling of intoxicants. Mrs. Abramovitz was re- {leased on $1,000 bond, and the son’s ibond was fixed at $1,500. Six women Virginia—Cloudy _and much tomorrow fair. Temperature—Midnight, 37; 2 a.m., :8am., 45: 10! 4 pm. | 0 p.m., 41 59.5: lowest, ve humidity—$ a.m., .97; 2 p.m., .0: 8 pam., .89. Rainfali (8 p.m. to 8 p.m.), trace. Hours of sunshine. 0. Per cent of possible sunshine, 0. Temperature same date last year— \Highest, 39; lowest, 30. ‘Weather in Various Cities. B e There Must Be Some Explanation for It. AIN'T HE A GREAY Boy, HE'S GOIN' T PLAY TH' BASS VIOL WHE™ HE GROWS UP WALLACE YOU'RE OLD Erou To BEGI~ THINKING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE., Z KA WALLACE, \F DON'T BEHANE —By WEBSTER: You YOURSELF WE" LL NEVER LET You TAKE LESSOMS ON THE BASS NIOL WHEN You GRrow ue ! H NMOwW [N | HAVE MADE ARRANGEME NT § \WITH PROF 4 BASS NloL Art — NO! | PROMISED Your GRANOFATHER Orv HI5 DEATHBED THAT 1F | HAD A SO~ HE WOULD PLAY Td' BuLL FIDOLE AN 1Lt KEEP My WORO - CHILDREN GUESTS AT POLICE PARTY Santa Claus Appears When Officers Entertain on Christmas Eve. Seldom, if ever, has police head Quarters seen so merry a Christmas eve as it witnessed last night. In the squad room, scene of trag- edies in the lives of many criminals, where they are lined up before head- quarters detectives so that the “cam- era eye” men may recognize them in the future, at 7 o'clock last night poured in two score and ten happy children of - the neighborhood, red- cheeked, glistening-eyed and with faces registering pleasuraBle antici- pation. In the room as their hosts were Washington's policemen and fighters for the law. grouped about watching the young guests—some of the lat- ter. dirty faced and tattered—most of them clean and neat in a modest way. There were rather sad-sweet lights in the eyes of these hardened and husky men of the police force as they watched. Dolled Up as Santa Claus. To the jingle of sleigh bells in walked “Biff” Phillips, headquarters detective—curiously, at present, in charge of lunacy cases—all dolled up as Santa Claus. There was a hush among the guests. The proverbial pin, dropping, would have sounded like a rifie shot. Then of a sudden, cheers broke out among the young- sters, cries of *“Santa Claus, Santa Claus” went up,.and the party was on. : . For the benefit of those who be- lieve not that as warm hearts beat beneath the shield of the policeman as under the coat of any philan- thropist, it may be stated that the men, led by Detective Sergeant Pat- rick O'Brien and Chief of Detectives Grant, had dug down in their own pockets to provide a cheery evening for those children who know too well what the smell of -an oil stove is and what scant heat it throws. Prexents Distributed. They chortled, . and, yelled, and screeched with pure joy. “Biff’ was in his element.. With .perspiration running down his cheeks, and carry- ing a bit of rouge into the snow shaggy beard, he distributed stock- ingfuls of presents to virtually every one there. But there’s a sort of a jinx that hangs over headquarters. There were not enough of the stock- ings to go around: . The unlucky ones had to take fruit-and candy instead: ‘These kids really wanted the stock- ing, though, and the looks on their faces when the last one was given out was more disappointing —than that seen on any, master criminal whose methods had ‘been uncovered resolution recommending to the post; Precip- | are being held for investigation. Vir-|? =i large thuh the department may | s‘:.‘r‘.:"?é tually all others were weleased. '"nl.?zmit“;:":srgml,\,ippy party. The count upon the complete support of . 8p.m. went back to the street this post, I shall consider it as the {Asbury Park, N. J 0.34 kiddies : rosappropriate (hing to_do “gnser | e ¢t |COLORED PEOPLE’S AID ot ine s S iaenis on e circumstances. So far as I am 2. G £ d - hold-ups and assaults concerned, I have no rancer, and if | Atintic Cit | Iarcenies. ‘et Ty the spirit which actuates all mankind | baomor:, iy L) S_ESSWN ON JANUARY 3 |and crime geperally. at Christmas time will govern | Mamarct, ¥, I il S R T A, TED throughout the eritire year in the | Boston, Mass. 2 5 . ‘treatment of those for whom the le- | Buftalo, N. ¥ 018 FREED AND RE-ARRESTED. glon exists, the men and women of | (hicago, TiL 0.13{ The annual meeting of the National —_— the service, I shall be happy.” e o 197! Association for the Advancement of | Among the: police ‘one will find all Cleveland, Ohio. 0.3 | Colored People will be held January |sorts of Christmas ‘storles with va Davenport, fowa. 0.08{3, in New York city, according to an |rious twists: Here's a Christmas 1 COLONELS PROMOTED. |penver, Cot 0.021 ghnouncement from the headquarters | eve incident in_the life of Patrick —_r—— DesiMoines s toms ¢ 9% ot the nll;ganizlll%n, 70, 5th_avenue, O'Brien, h:;gn::;:"&" fi‘:c}fi"‘:-“ jang " Min 18| New York, yesterday. e business | generally Many Are Elevated to Rank of | Dulpth M meeting will be held at the Russell Sown on anyslisctorsthebenshcior 5 veston, Te: {Sage Foundation Building, 130 East|some one elseé: Brigadier General. [ n)‘lxnn 224 ‘street, at 2 o'clock in the after-| He stood outalde the gates of tho i s, i - | N erst 2 y - = ired, living at 906 Aspen street, Ta- l.l.tllll!:.l!g" 096 |and Madison avenue, at 8 o'clock. Francis Maloney of Buffalo walked koma Park, D..C., has been appointed | s Angeles, Ci e The Dyer anti-lyfching bill and the |out, paroled as a Christmas“present, a brigadier general in the Officers’ Re- | Loulaville, 13| Arkansas peons are to be discussed |O'Brien’s hand: came down on his serve Corps. * Marquette, 002t the mass meeting, when it is ex- |shoulder and he was broug i i S - Memphis. - 2 +! pected that Representative Leonidas|Washington to face a charge o Fcn el O L R T % C. Dyer. father of the anti-lynching |fOrgery: - . . . o ¢ten out of pen- given twelve other officers. ‘a8 follows: | obile, Al% | measure, will be one of the speakers. | Maloney had just g oL D 4'.l = tmNr - erce, S. A. re- 13w OO FH {Others to address the mass meeting { itentiary for the same type of offense. trm. 3 e"’ sm'k city; Col. James | 30T, "pigs 2 8 will be James Weldon Johnson, sec- | He is twenty-five and a formar‘over» lm nxu_y,c > Mél" retired, at Louis- | Gmaua, A 2 |retary of the N. A. A. C. P.; Charles | seas man. In July “k“'fn is alleged. X e, u"'a ‘ol Cl (onnF. Davis, U. S. | philadelphia, 44 34 38 | Edward Russell, a member of the he purloined five checks from the per- . r;‘ red, aé 'Ornwi ll-on-tha-Hud- Phoentx, Ariz. :2 :: 38 board of the organization, and Rev.|sonal checkbook of Representative L R L S e T e P e e e Mordecai W. Johnson, @ Harvard Uni- | Clarence McGregor, represented him: E A Detred, O ppayenmorth, | ortiind, O s 30 a4 versity student, now on leave of ab- |Self as the Congress member and R B Qe M Tooiliy | 5 ek clty, 38 24 88 sence from his church at Charleston, | passed checks on local merchants 200 inois Na nou.lc Mt m om rey F. | gi ‘Touts, Mo, 28 26 2 W. Va. * banks to the exumt othhekhv;een SH B Enoxsilie, Tenn |scopanidimn 20 1t 4 Following reading of annual re-|and 3800, according to the charges; Fe Gz rr:mci 1 C:l G: 3 E-w iy San Antonio, Te: 80 [ 42 ports at the afternoon session, the | Was brou‘;llt re‘r': ooked, an 'a oo Gt ol LB L L San Dlego, CAl. e & 5o . oo treasurer and other officers, and also | Spending his Christmas eve and prob, o. . of Towa Cliy, Tows; Col John | San Eranciy SA 5052 members of the board of directors,|2bly will spend his Christrias in a col . Carty, O. s Col. am . field, 22 30 20 will be elected. = a precinct® station house. s elsh, O. R. C., of Baitimore; Col. R B R whereabouts were not known to the Willlam J. Mayo, O. R. C., of Roches- " Ohlo, 26 2 22 B - |local police until they received the ter, Minn., and Col. Frank Billings, ! vicksburg. Miss. o & b7 Peacock was the regular Christ-| notification of his release from New & R-C, of Chicago. - WASHI'GTON, D.C. 60 36 43 mas dish until the year 1650. * Jersey. X . ESSOR SCRAPE , TEACHER OF THE | DOM'T WANTA PLay T’ ! 1 WANTA BE A ANYyWAY, HERE HE 15 . SAWING- Copmvight, 1921, W T. Wobster. Board of Trade W, Discussion of Activities—Past, Present and Future of the Big Civic Organizations Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assn. Plans for the annual meeting of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, to be held at the Willard Hotel, Jan- uary 10, at 8 o'clock, are practically A_ president. two vice idents and ten directors will be Nominations directors will ose December 27. While there is not much doubt that the present president, Albert Schulteis, and the two vice presidents will be elected to serve another term, tl the directors promises to be a vigor- ous one. Those who have already been nom- inated for directorship follow: Simon L. Nye, Ivan C. Weld, Thom- P. Littlepaj Miss Edna Sheehy, A. Wade Wells, Henry B. Davis, W for City Club ork for Greater Washington he fight for | AWAY HOUR. AFTER HOUR. | Chamber of Commerce McK. Stowell, F. A. Van_ Reuth, G.| H. Brown, G. Manson Foote and Charles J. Stockman. ! No committees will report at the| meeting, the report of the president | and secretary covering the work of all the committees of the chamber. The first meeting of the newly ap- pointed executive committee of the! | Washington Board {held last Monday. Arthur Carr was elected secretary and twenty-one H | new members were added to the rolls of the organization. i The membership committee. under | he lcadership of George Farquhar.} at noon in the board new applications for | and ; dinncr! Federation of Citizens’ Assns. | met Tuesday rooms. ine | membership plans for | discussed. were approved the midwinter FOREIGN CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS RELATED BY D. C. STUDENTS Pupils in Americani zation Schools ‘Write of Interesting Observance of Greatest of All Holidays in Their Native Lands. How Christmas is observed in for- eign lands is vividly described in es- says of absorbing interest, written by the students of Washington's Ameri-, canization schools at the request of Miss Maud E. Aiton. principal. Al- though the compositions are not liter- ary gems, they manifest the progress the foreign-born students have made in acquiring a knowledge of the English language after a few years' instruction in the Americanization schools. Some of the essays, from which ex- cerpts are quoted in the following paragraphs, were picked at random from the numerous ones submitted to Miss Alton by the students. Among the countries whose Yuletide customs are depicted are Italy, Armenia, Porto Rico, Philippines, Ruthenia, Hungary and Poland. Make Birds of Eggn. “In Poland we celebrate Christmas December 25,” said the essay submit- ted by Meyer Keisler. “The boys go to the woods to cut the trees. They take’/apples and potatoes and wrap them with gold and silver paper and they take eggs and make two little holes and they blow inside and out and they take the egg skins and make birds. The boys put dresses and masks on and sing ‘Holy Night Perhaps the most interesting com- position is one written by a native. of Ruthenia. “Lovingly rests the na- tive upon the little province of the former Austrian empire now belong- ing to the Polish republic,” =aid his essay. “Above clear, blue sky, with a golden sun in the daytime and a frozen-like silver-colored moon at night, and below a fertile, dark and productive land. “The people of Ruthenia are very religious and satisfied. As soon as they hear the monotonous but mu- sical ting tang of the church bells on Christmas morning they hurry away to the church. Christmas is the first of the twelve religious holidays. Pray at Sound of Bell. “Two weeks before the holiday, the priest, in guard of his special, rides all over his community and, stopping ! in each house, presents the occupants with so-called holy water and which is kept by them for the whole year! as a remedy for sickness. As the priest rides, his assistants ring a bell and the people hearing this fall on their knees, no matter where they are, praying. “The natives of Ruthenia prepare Christmas trees, but only the richer class, and they hang on it all kinds of figures made from paper and fruits. It is the custom to prepare for this holiday twelve kinds of food. “On Christmas day the older people g0 in groups with four or five musical instruments and sing at the houses of their neighbors and, stopping fore windows, they play or sing some religious or national song. After th the inhabitant invitcs them » sents them with food and drini: = sometimes with money. They do this for the whole night. Youth Merrily Sings. “On the second day of the Ciri mas holidays the oider peopic st: at home and the vounger class out. On the third night we do not hear any more of these separate zroups of wandering singers, but one whole great orchestra of young voices, and you can find the entire youth of the county singin “The preparation for _this holiday_starts about four weeks in, great b fore. The peopla clean their houses, painting them inside and coutside, washing and cleaning.” Chri s in Ialy is described by Teugh Salvatorelli. On Christmas day. he eaid. “the streets are snon ' crowded by churchgoers and marker- ing people. The children. in new of Trade was|clothes, Ret busy to enter the candy jis the Chy money stores_and spend their little siven by their parents. Custom In Ttaly. “Lntil noon. churches are cr by people BOINK 1o the presceps is au old-fachioned custom: in All churches and many familics out. their so-cailed Lrescepe. whici fix consists of a figure of Bethlehem « grotto- on the night of Jesus' birth The baby Jesus is placed on straw between a cow and an ass, which. they say, have warmed him on thw bitterly cold December night.” “At _ noontime _everybody A~ the table enjoys the sutapiwons am- ner. When the dinner is over, all | hurry to the room where gifts and | toys are hanging on the tree. Often jthe day closes with music and danc- ng."” “The _celebration of | Porta Rico, differ in many way: { the celebration in this country.” said |a composition written by Mrs. Ros. | Tizol. _“We start those celebrations From 7 te 8 o'clock on December 24 of December 24, and they last until 3 or 4 o'clock the following morning From 7 to 9 o'clock on December 24 all the dry goods stores are liter ally full of people, shopping for the midnight soup. Many Kinds of Music. “In the meantime, the people in the streets are singing and playing w guitars, quacharos These people used Christmas i fron: | and mara to go from o house to another playing and singing popular airs, and the people in the house used to give those singers land players something to drink o | something to eat. When they are not ready to receive those singers z players, they give money, until they have a big lot of monex or when they are tired of too muci drink or too much to eat. So i every street you can hear mnothin: but music and singers.” “At midnight all the families tak. their midnight soup, which consists roast pig in the stick and rice witi chicken, and candies, nuts and flg- Some families use turkeys, but the are few. In some houses they dancr after midnight soup. Christmas January 16. “Our Christmas is on January said the essay penned by Jacob Labelian, a native of Armenia. “W celebrate two days. When 4 o'clock in the morning rings from the church ibells cvervbody awakes and pray [to God. All the people dress in nev isuits and attend church at 5 o'clock After morning services they return their houses and get breakfast. “At 10 o'clock the people begin to i visit their relatives and friends. They {do the same thing the second day, too. but there is no church service. { “The people in Armenia have their mifts New Year's morning. but on Christmas if any one is engaged they {Send their presents to each other und lgive parties.” 1 | 16 In his composition, Ramon Ricafort, |a native of the Philippines. wrote Midnight Masses. | “In the Philippines we have dif- [ferent kinds of custums concers four Christmas. province has ; own e iner to celeir althougn a Iin ou a8 day we have = aich begin the {1615y of December. : masses from ! s 4 Before this mass 4 ni. iour band of mu sic will run around the town Lo awake the peopie Afler miss all the bachelors and ladies to the -t L we cail “New (Street' —the street most importance n the town-—to take a walk. After taking a w these bachelors and Tadies take breakfast in one of {the houses ladies. which has been design ‘ed one day before. Every {night tie b nd of music p {in the fron: of the church. On the dth we at 12 o'clock that we o We have areo 31st_of Drecembar wuary. i of the children hildren go to the ieuges of 1icir protector (godfather) to ask for sifts or to The | the most happy day. m this day ladies. In this day we generall (gregate uud organize a ball. a [ 1his night 1o one can Slgep. heca they await the end of fhe year the cominz New Year. The 6th January Cliristmas fc cAdast, tne d; ho cur 1elat our Christmas gifts, is On | MRS. HARDING 'S KINDLY ACT REMINDS Santa Claus Carries Good Cheer | oF INCIDENT IN LIFE OF LINCOLV To the Ex-Service Men at Mt. Alto | . ua ceoine ot » Santa Claus presented ex-service men at the Mount Alto Hospital with various types of delicacies and pres- ents in behalf of the Women's Over- seas Service League of Washington yesterday at the Mount Alto Hospital Hut during a Christmas entertain- ment. Among the presents were stuffed dates rolled in sugar, homemade cakes, ice cream.and chocolate, made by the members of the league to show the patients that they had mot lost the knack of getting up palate-tempt- ing viands for service men. The program started at 7:30 with selections by the Marine Band. A member of the league in overseas uni- form announced the various numbers, the first one being a Christmas ta- bleau of the three wise men. Gen- uine costumes from Palestine were wern, 5 Songs and tricks and antics ‘charades as well as by a pre-eminent clown formed features of the pro- gram. Members of the league pre- sented “The Girls of the Allies” ta- bleau, in which girls appeared wear- ing the native costumes of France, Belgium, Italy and England, while America was represented by a girl in the garb of Columbia. To the sound of sleigh bells, Santa Claus appeared and announced that his pack was too small to contain the presents the Women's Overseas Serv- | ice League had asked him to bring to the Mount Alto Hut, so he had sent it on ahead—a player-piano with rolls of music, a banjo attachment 'n everything, to make the hut gay every day in the year. For the occasion the hut was festively trimmed with greens, colored lights and flags, many of the decbrations having been given by the American Red Cross. And, of course. there was a tree with tinsel and bright ornaments. x Besides furnishing the music for the entertainment, the Marine Band played for dancing, which brought the evening to a close. - | SANTA, UNDER VARIETY OF NAMES, VISITS THE In nursery folklore it'is only Santa Claus who is the Christmas'friend of the chiidren, yet ae never failsto come in some personage or cther to the chil- dren in every land. In Germany it is Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle. Holland, ‘Sunder Glass, Sint Nicaloas, Sinter Klaas. In Switzerland he is Sainiklaus. Heligoland, Sonner Klas. In Voraviberg he is Zemmuklas. Alsace-Lorraine, he comes down the chimney of that country as Knecht Du- precht. or CHILDREN OF ALL LANDS To the French children he is Le von Papa, le von de Noel, petit Noel. To the Austrian children he is Niklo or Ntjlo. . In Russia it is Elka, whieh is known as the “fir tree,” Who gives-all the good things to the ‘children of tiat immense country, though in recent years tae American Santa Claus has been Visiting the Russian children. In Italy it is Babbino who looks after the Italian children on Christmas night. Poland has a Santa Claus known as Giviaska (Little Star). 5 In Scandinavia it is Kristine. Denmark has a Jubuissen for the chil- dren’s Christmas friend, 5 s The Irisa_children ‘are cared for at Christmas time by Niamb Nicklause. _— HAVE TREE IN OFFICE. Officers' and employes of the Allan E. Walker Company, numbering about sixty, were treated to a Christmas celebration yesterday in-the second floor offices of the firm, in the South- ern building. A Christmas tree was provided in.one corner of the room and gifts were distributed, to all em- ployes. i he entire force joined in- present- ing to Mr. Walker, president of the company, a traveling bag. At the conglusion of the ceremonies, a luncheon was served. i BANK DISCUSSION DELAYED. PARIS, December 24.—Discussion by the chamber of deputies of the affairs of the Banquet Industrielle de Chine has been postponed until Tue: day. The bank several months ‘ago filed "a petition in liquidation and was placed temporarily under the judicial administration of a tribunal of commerce. 2 DR. EVELYN GILBERT DIES. Dr. Evelyn Gilbert, for many years an employe of - the - Treasury Department, died Friday night .at her, home, 55 Quincy place. ~Funeral services are to be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon. In- terment is to be in her native state of South Carolina. L Dr. Gilbert, before her retirement, was for thirty-five years in the Treasury Department, end prior to that had been jan employe at the War Department. She was a leader in temperance work, bothiin the national and internationai eld. - 3 — CARPENTERS REJECT PAY CUT. ST. LOUIS, December '24.—The car- penters district council, representing about 3,000 craftsmen, today announced it had ‘rejected the proposal of building contractors for a 20 per cent wage re- |- duction. The present wage is $1.25 an );.wr. Contracf o “l:'! t.h‘uh cost of labor a - prominen! or holding up nearly - $20,! here. Irs. Harding for the shivering policemen on the outside entrance to the White House and the provision for their comfort in ordering & couple of sheltered nooks, electrically heated, last Saturday, re- calls & similar incident in the life of the martyred President Lincoln, when the humane feeling of the great man was illustrated by ordering a sentry to “come inside and get warm.” It is well known that among the many lcvable traits of Presiden:t Lincoln’s character was his thoughtful and kindly feeling for those exposed to danger or want. It was a coM. windy winter's night during the civil war when Président Lincoln stepped out of the front door of the Executive Mansion on his way to the War Department, where he was accustomed to go in person to get the midnight dispatches from the fleld. As the cold wind struck him while passing the sentry he turned and said: “Young man, you have a cold job tonight. Step inside and stand guard where you can get warm.” “My orders keep me out here. M: President,” the soldier answered. “Yes.” said the President. “but your duty can be performed as well inside as out here, and you will oblige m. by going in." “I have been stationed outside, Senltr_'l replied. and resumed hi trol. President Lincoln walked about twenty paces from the front of the White House, but returned in a mo- ment to where the soldier was on guard, and said: “It has occurred to me as I walked away from you that I am commander- in-chief of the army, and I order you inside.” This pathetic Incident in the life of the War President came to light in recent years, and was told by the soldier sentry, who has since passed away. It is said to be one of the times— perhaps the only instance—in Presi- dent Lincoln’s career when he re- ferred to his position as commander- in-chief of the army. —_— A smoking room reserved for women is a feature of a new London hotel. the pa Store -all day closed Monday See Monday Star for full details 7th e HHecht at F _au.m of b\lfl‘lfl"_ profects fi