Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1921, Page 33

MAGAZINE SECTION The Sunduy Star, [ rearves | Part 4—8 Pages WASHINGTON, D. ¢, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1921 Little Tony Spends His Happiest Christmas at Gospel Mission Today s ke, : . {Chan. Although the greatest part of | F[NHE v roday will their time is spent in study, the be introduced to the officials and UST what Christmas Day Means to the Youngstcrs and Homeless Who Are R e workers in the various bra | lected. Throughout the ducted under supervision of ONY today is spending the hap- little niece of a famous opera singer, ors on New Yo piest Christmas day of his| who fs one of Tony's closest friends.| 1 3 young life. |Sukey's daddy, brother of the singer, To most of you who do not| has been conflned for months in aj iches 0 know Tony this statement of fact|sanatorium, and her moiker works | C df 1) 1 S by . ) - . . . | I many picnics, partie G trips of| sion. The staff of the chiid means nothing, To Tony, & mother-| all day long to support her several| ared for by the Mission—One of Washington's Charity Organizations Supplies | | Miucuumma vatse were cosoved by | sonter o e i Weitare S less urchin of three vears, hm\'ever.i children, the oldest of whom is ten | the students and their A'\uwri(‘:lil‘ where conferences are just how much it means may be|years. < | gleaned by those of us who will pause Nor is all the gladness confined to The afternoons, »my long enough to divert our minds away | children. There are older hearts that| from the warmth, glamour and luxury | beat quickly and tired brains that] of our holly-bedecked parlors and read | rest easily and forget care every to Homes—The Story of Tony and Some of His “Pals"—How the Mission Work | |7 s, zr jor, e soume cvins: P r. br. | They will hold th Briscoe, nurse in charge. r Christmas cele- : i | j Dmner, Christmas Tree and Entertainment, Besides Sendmg‘ Well Filled Baskets [t . | Tusiday; Wadnestay the story of his short but so far|Christmas day at the mission. And a Has Branched Out in Past Few iears—The Clunese Sunday School. | bration much in the same way as the * street, - eventful existence. steaming scasonal dinn: that carries I | one in the afternoon, and Supt. Klinc ) staff: First, picture Tony, a bright-eved|the memory back to the old farm on = = e —ar=ve = SRS ST | asserts that they will enjoy e 5 A LI sician in tivities start. Five hundred gifts of | Aitlea stockinss, t be given out while the little ones | crowd about a large decorated tree. The entertainment program, to which mothers and fathers and friends have | been invited, will be put on by the dren themsely singing {the evening. ifis h cen sent {to the mission by numerous persons others were purchased with funds tributed for the purpo {1t is here tiat Tony. with his five s and sisters, will reach the lappiness. Some of the s now grown up from original thirteen” babies who were brought to the mission dispen- sary the szme day as Tony arrived, three years ago, also will take part in the exercises. It is considered re- | markable that only one of the thir- teen babies failed to survive, in view of the fact that the children came from influenza-stricken parents, z2nd were themselves, in the majority, ail- ing. The child who died had a high! fever when taken to the dis and lived for severa! days. Tomorrow night a novel scene wil be presented at the mission. Ame cans do not generally associate Chi- nese with Christmas. but it will be! possible to see Chinese hoys and girls participating s wholcheartedly and with as genuine merriment in the Christmas festivities as their American playmates did in the afternoon. These | young oriental youngsters are students of the Chinese Sunday school conducted at the mission annex. 326-328 C street, every Sunuday night from 6 to 8 o'clock. There are between forty | DR. and fifty pupils envolled and an adequare corps of teachers in charge. A num-| ber of the instructors are teachers by | profession, A many of them are|fall. just at a cruucial ti & of the mission, | taking special training for this work.|Chan was led into the work. He piace. This din- lessons are especially prepared | welcomed as a leader and instructor, | tree. gifts hout means | with the indi and candies, will FRANCIS A. ST. CLAIRE, IN CHARGE OF THE MISSION DISPENSARY. PREPARING TO WEIGH A CHINESE BABY. staff photograplier.) (Photos by 1. Pridgeon, se, Dr. P. C.| minute of it as thoroughly as willlcharg Tony and his pals. There will be afucl W n everything.” Dr. Chan Youngster of worthy Italian parent-| Main street helps to accomplish these | Will be occupicd in presenting to in-!in the main bu age, at this moment surrounded with | results. | mates of the jail, the Washington 214 John 3 toyw and. candies: which o benevolent x % % % | Asylum Hos and the Home for|ner will be fre dual in mind, and the|for in their native tongue the boys| Will be in charge. 2 nta Claus brought to him last night | (VHRISTMAS falling this year on|the Aged at Biue Plains some 1,200 of enjoying a home “fecd” and with-|puplls are classified. ~ Those who { Placed their difficulties before him "‘l:u'- l'J' }M\zf""f"d-,""}',m 2 :f‘.l‘-‘n]'; while he lay asleep in his little white Sunday, Supt, Kline has arranged | PAckases of candy. These city mis- out finan means of sceu jlave suicient knowledze of English]and sought his advice. For many| e/ SO el o bed at the Gospel Mission, on John|to hold only religious services in|S olaries are in charge of Mrs. elsewhere. Here will gather all types | study the Bible with advanced Eng-| weeks they talked the matter over, (V"L" 9 “(_"’( ZE0rae :’“‘:’""-"l“;l 'u«..‘;: Marshall place. Toys, bright-colored; honor of the birth of Chri | Kline, wifc of the superintenc of males—not down-and-outers, but |lish, while those who cannot speak |Bnally concluding that their greatest | Gospel Mission. at Sath and 2 | EU L) % i ion, and include Mrs. Wil | men unable to find jobs through sick-| English are given practical begin-|need was a churuch of their own. rorthwest. will hold their entertain- t candies, a book or two—: < L ho o ! 5 < e Viaraat 1 bos r two—all these and . deferring until tomorrow the custom- Mrs. William Payne, | ness or scarcity of positions, feeble- | ners' English such as would be taught| Many of the older boys and young|ment on N Year The pro-}s { gram to be given tomorrow will be|and throat arc tr ur- from 11 men on aturday. Diseas: :‘on“ sre sbundant reasons for 'zh'e; ary celebration for old and young. | s, Mrs. John Siaven and ness or other causes. On the tables!in any school of languages. {men who are employed in the restau- i road smiles which wreath the child’s| Things will begin tomorrow with!Mrs. Mary Lawton. These ladies visit| confronting them will be hot meats Yan s { rants canuot attend Sunday school on | dublicated on the latter occasion. The | Thurusday. B s An oppor- celebration in this instance will take; Th emergency of an appetizing char- account’ of their work. his offce and tea and suit-| RECENTLY a Chinese Ciristian| tunity fxiven all Chinese to attend place from 3 to 5 o'clock in the after- | face and contribute to the spirit of| the distribution of approximately 100'rezularly the in about the | and vegetabl 3 I > thwest, is cheeriness which pervades the nur-. baskets of food to as many needy!cily housing unfortunates and mik-|acter, with Bt ion | families, to whom the 25th of Decem-ister to their physical and moral needs | plp gesserts. The meal will be pre- church was organized at the C!the night school. English for begin- ! noon of the Irst day of the new year.|suis s Kline. : Contrast this picture of Tony With!ber otherwise would mean no more/ iR €Very way possible. pared in the kitchen of the mission’s | street center. A number of boys ex- | ners, intermediate and advanced stu-] The mission will observe “open| The board of tru: of thie it house” on New Year day from 2 to follows: Mrs, H. E. Mon- i ECE X E | lunchroom, adjoining the assembly!pressed a desire to affiliate with a|dents is taught. The curriculum in- church, but there were a number of |cludes ong course in Chinese, sanita-, hildren’s fes-|reasons why they could not. Last|tion and hygiene, conducted by Dr. the vision of life which confronted| than any other day. so far as gift: him three years ago on an October|and goodies are conccrned. These| [N the middle of the day will be held | hall. y i day, when, as a sickly infant, born but| baskets were filled with substantial| © the annual Christmas feast for men' 1In the afternoon the time to inspect the work of the mis-| two hours before In a *fu"-infested | foods and a few delicacles, donated by | eeeoe—— | ¥} and obtain a first-hand glimyse | Houghton. as household, where his mother lay|friends of the mission and its work.! of the various branches of the in: :\.omkru« | quiet, a victim of the dread epidemic,| One basket will go to a shrunken old | gution; S he was received by welcoming ma-|woman, alone in the world, who lives| a2l troply arms at the mission and|in an attic room of a building sand- | started on the road to healthy child-| wiched between structures imposing | secretary; w. . o'clock. The public is invited at thisj T this reception Supt. Kline and 4% his assistants will report that dur- hgodv i"dSP"e of despairing opinions|in contrast, and in a section marked of attending physicians. by its appearance of wealth. This old ing the last six months the Gospel| E H. Czemmerer * k% % 1ady is ‘the widow of a man Who for- Mission conducted 457 religious serv-!ana William Flackford, zuditors; hiteets, “ices, at which persons professed | Gregg & Leisenring. | conversion and 932 requested prayer:|airs. Delia H Wr ¥ furnished more than 17,000 lodgings on and its work are !and 20,000 meals to men, women and | (pho charities indorsement committee. -/ | children; that the free dispensary, in = - charge of Dr. Francis A. St. Claire, | /g treated 1,142 cases, referred 65 to h /’( et 3 I i pitals and treated 82 in their homes:| oo M @‘g\ Medlly |- i (i that the children's house, under the|(QF *% '™ &0 ,((“\\_m‘, KP4 > e i e supervision of Mrs. Kline, furnishea| _ °2" POt T was not medical advice that saved | merly was well to do, but who, on Touny's life and afforded him today | being defrauded out of his last $10,000, the opportunity of participating in thel died of brooding over his losses. The Polo an Ancieat Game. d none story than 9 oA 559 lodxings to children: thatithe day|P010- In this comparison n“i‘:(rf’xr- nursery was attended by 3, chil- Pk dren; that more than 1,000 articles of | wearing apparel were given those in need, and that more than 100 homes|in the modern were visited and relief given. other hand. was The mission now has a total of |today. an exhibition of « about sixty rooms, where an average [ manship and a g of 125 men are accommodated with| The earliest re lodgings at a charge of 25 cents a|Persian tradition c night, providing they can afford to|centuries antedating pay this amount. No one is turned|era. So popular was it in Pe ‘away who applies, however, and alit not only survived the downfall of excluded, as having away times, rather a method of kill- ing game or wag an a sport sens on the ences to it in rry it back to the Christian a that good many free lodgings are afforded | that mation at the hands of the Mo- penniless men each week. Of late|hammedans, but also mastered the.- {the demand for lodgings has increased | conquerors, and became with then beyond the capacity of the rooms, and| 55 great a passion as it had been on several of the cold nights recently | ity the conquered. [men have slept on the benches in the|" qur present knowledge of the game missionfassemb 1y all may be traced to this very fact; for Before going to bed the men are{jt was the Mohammedans who car- given a good meal, consisting, for ex-|rjeq polo with them in their onward ample, of corned beef and cabbage,|gyeep through Afghani and into potatoes, bread and butter. bread pud- ypgi,, where it flourished in the hardy ¢ jding and coffee, for which a charge, ;qqp and was there found and adopt- of 25 cents is made to those having| ;v tpe oflicers of the British army. the money. Free meals are afforded | " € DN 0 those in need. Brealfast and lunch-j +t &8 FHTER L Gl B poto eon also are served in the lunchroom i i i was an honored game a thousand at the mission at prices which cover | S only the cost of the food to the mis-|Years ago. The 'immenlen s of the sion. The lunchroom makes no money |game in ancient times, however, dif- for the institution, and generally|fered somewhat from those now in there is a deficit to be met from thejuse. The chowgan, or crooked club general fund. or stick, resembled that used in hockey rather than the polo mallet of _the modern gaine. The gooe, or ball. {to find work in Washington. and the|was made of wood, and was consid- officials endeavor to find employment |ered a very dangerous missile when for them. . Lodgers seldom stay at the |played by expert horsemen. Serious mission more than a night or two, but ! accidents sometimes happened to it the: case warrants Supt. Kline will|players. allow them to remain for as long as{ A story is told of Omar Valig, who, a week at a time, meanwhile seeking it is said, had only one eye, but who work for them. was appointed to the government of When' the mission first was opened | Khordesan. On one occasion he went in 1906 a penny lunch counter was|to the field to take part in a game of maintained, where a plate of beans, a{polo. He had as commander of his cup of coffee and bread could bejforces a noble by the name of Azhar bought with a penny each. In those|gpar. As it chanced, Azhar Khar aays, however, it was possible for the | cume into the field just at this time, mission to buy a bushel of beans for|,,q 4¢ once ran up and laid hold of what a quarter-peck costs mow, and |y Coe Omar Valis. the penny lunch idea necessarily was| ' . i pnos ciiow vou fo play the eliminated. A bread line also was af, )"y o ooy feature in those days, this move be-| P50 M€ MLE Lo wvnatt ing designed to counteract the attrac- 2 z 3 e tion of the saloon. The mission has|Shall you be allowed to play an not found it necessary to maintain a; e refused?” g bread line since 1916. | Aznar g:ve answer: “Yes, whi : 2 F ve we not two eyes, an The mission was first opened in the | [PL, be intured by the ball shail we building at 1230 Pennsylvania avenue!, "0 "0 B0 00 T T UT L eres northwest, with no provision for lodg- | * ‘ 5 : ing men or expanding the work. The|YOU have mow :"l"‘;‘“"l*ye' L place was purchased in April, 1911, for | &inment of Khordesan.” $22,000, with the assistance of Mrs.{ To the honor of the ruler, it is John Hay, who contributed $5,000 for|said that he appreciated the force The men who come to the mission for assistance are frequently unable NOT OSLY THE YOUNGSTERS, BUT SOME OF THE OLDER FOLK COME TO GOSPEL MISSION FOR THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER. TWEMNEY THOUSAND MEALS WERE PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS. N 7S B 3 % o01a-fashioned Christmas celebration| woman recently was “discovered” by which Supt. H. W. Kline has arranged | the mission workers, and on being this year for the mission’s wards.| taken some apples, oranges and other . Even the ekilled doctors who three|fruit she exclaimed excitedly: Years ago shook their heads over his| “No, mo! I don’t want any lu; frail form, scarcely three pounds in|ries. Give me bread or meat only. welght, and with no vestige of cloth-| The worker was unable adequately ing except a cloth around the wrist|to picture the squalor and poverty marked “Tony,” will vouch for that. | represented in the small garret where It was that indispensable something | this poor yet proud widow waits in a assential to babyhdod called motherly| forlorn hope that her lot may become Sare which nursed Tomy from the|Detter somehow without necessitating weakling he was to the plain Ameri-| ’fe"_a”""‘;“;‘ll s o can boy he ls—care which saw to it 'colSe of food seen by the mission the squealing babe was clotheq | FePresentative in the room was a EEst S bread crust and a glass of water. in warm flannels and laid on a dowWnY| wypen this old woman glimpses the pillow. The Infant's hunger was sat-|po ot bulging with bread, canned fafled with milk and water, fed With|¢yo4s and other nutritious edibles, ? % NS ) s ; mwc";od"”l’;f- m"'&'“ pounds| the donor will receive a blessing as T PN ?‘&V’i‘:’;” thirty-two pounds ree years—|only one lifted from distress can R 7 S e g 2 E e O = PR AR 4 that is Tony’s record on the scales. |give. Perhaps those who contributed = STy et - - - e 1 SV iy “‘fi—g‘:"‘i’;' But Tony is not the only glad heart| may never know of this blessing, but N at the Gospel Mission this Christmas-| they ‘will sense it in the feeling of tide. There are others of various na- | satisfaction that comes to those who tionalities and colors being cared for|do or give for others. X hy the mission Who are just as happy| While the distribution of baskets |y ¢ A e < : i e L. S——— — the al t. “Thou hast 11 and as fortunate as their playmate, |is going on in the city proper, other =T fi;l:;‘— “7}%?*- == the initial payment. There is yet :;qke;.. e T agres en Tony, the little Italan. It is appro-|mission workers, home missionaries g 4 ISR I 7l $G IR 2 = = about $5,000 to be paid on the Prop-|you. and so long s I live I will priate 2o tntroduce “Sukey” Gorgozo,!in the:true meaning of the words, . - 25 erty, < lmover enter the lists again.” 3 4 e . ~