Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1923, Page 15

== lsl = lale——al ——] ool ——lol—— ] = _ " YULE BRINGS J0Y [CHRISTS GUIDANCE TO ORPHANS OF 0. URGED UPON WORLD, =g T}le Hou:e Y Frolic Among Decorated Trees at Institutions Marks Festivity. 1 Charles Dickens could have peeped Into Washington's orphanages and homes for children this morning he Would have beem the happiest man in the world, for in marked contrast to the conditions he once knew, there ex- isted in these institutions a Christmas spirit that hard to match in any of the ¢ idences. . At an early hour hundreds of small boys and girls, after a more or less sleepless night. burried through break- fast, and in some cases “endured” short religious services to the breaking point, to rush into aseembly rooms, frolic arpund large and beautifully decorated crewm and clamor for gifts from | a’s very hands and then proclaim to the world how beautiful and won- | derful it all was. Y . The superintendents of these institu- | tions, in conjunction with governing | boards and auxiliaries, were gratified morning over the results of thei many weeks of preparation No attempt will he made to draw gomparisons among the many cele brations because they were all at the k: SPIFIC was over- opal Orphana wide awake before t ed | for rising. Brief chapel services fol- | lowed and then breakfast. mehow the breakfast wasn't enjoyed very much bLecause, really. the_chijldren didn't feel like eating. For their health’'s sake, however, it Was neces- sary that they have ‘some nourlsh- | ment. Then the order to form in Ifne beforc the library was given. The doors were thrown open. The slght that met 160 eves as they gazed upon eighty bulging red stockings hanging from the wall and upon little chairs piled with presents that ! the stockings wouldn’t hold. could only be appreciated by a person look- Iag_through those eyes. i/ “Everybody has been so kinid." said the superintendent. “and the girls from the Adams and Columbia tele- phone exchanges have sent the children some wonderful presents.” Over at St. Vincent's Orphan | . one hundred and forty-four B s. “and all of them well”!| to bed early this morning after | ding midnight mass. Despite the ! > of a few hours from their | Tegu D, they were at the break- | fast table at the appointed hour. And | such presents those little ladies re-| céived in the assembly hall after the | morning meal, and were they happy? | hter and_cries of joy «ould be heard down on Rhode Island | 1 s not subdued until 11:15 o'clo when an immense tur-! key dinner was served. H Racket at St. Joseph's. ‘ ¥s at St Joseph's certainly | stirred up a rac n the vicinity of | Sth and H streets. They, too, had to | sing carols in chapel early this morn- Ing: had to eat breakfast against! their wishes and put up with all sorts of delays (they imagined) before the doors of their playrooms were opened | and beautifully lighted trees loaded | and surrounded with presents wished | Christmas.” i Orphan Asylum last night, Santa ock and bringing to genulne German Tonight the little one will | the First Reformed Church, another celebration awaits | "hey, like the other institu- ! déd up” on turkey and its | Many inmates of other homes and | orphanages were allowed to spend| with relatives and friends, received these persons utions. So far today idle moments. and, as- | been given that toda) tonight * will be the fullest! ristmas many of the children have | ever experienced. Superintenaents | | i and directors of the many orphan- | ages and homes were loud in praising the help they received from the out- side. Gifts by the wagonload poured | into all these places, and presents, | ranging froni little trifies (to be used ' as stocking fillers) to expensive ar- | ticles, were included in Santa Claus' | work H . i — PARfiES AT TREASURY. Christmas Celebrated in Register's| Office. i Christmas was celebrated in the | office of the register of the Treasury during two days preceding the holi- day, with Christmas trees, and ap-| Propriate exercises | In the Welfare Club headquarters | on the fourth floor of the building, | # Christmas party was heid Saturday a oon for the children of em- | in each section of the| ams were held at various | Saturday and Monday. Gifts form the Welfare Club to St JSlizabeth's hospital were distributed to ex-service men there by a com- | mittee composed of Miss Mary B, Hayes, president of the club: Miss Bone, ' Miss Robinson, Miss Gettis, | Miss Patterson, Miss Chapman, and Miss Foley. FORD MAY BUY PARK. BOSTON, Mass., December 25.—May- or James M. Curley announced last night that he would recommend to the city council the sale of the eity- owned Charlestown playground, at Sullivan Square, to the Ford Motor | Company, where Henry Ford has of- ‘ tered to construct a $1.500,000 as- bling and export pla: Mgr. Thomas Says Message From Manger Will End Most Human llls. “If only the modern world would listen to the message of Bethlehem much of its troubles would vanish,” declared Monsignor C. ¥. Thomas,! in his sermon at the midnight mass at St. Patrick’s Church, which marked the. advent. of Christmas. i “Guide your lives by the spirit -of divine love which poured forth from the manger at Bethlehem.” declared Monsignor Thomas. 1 Special music was arranged for Dboth the sanctuary and mixed choirs. | Hundreds received communion. Be- | ginning at daylight masses were said at every hour ending at 11 o'clock, with a solemn pontifical high mass. —_———— SING AROUND TREE. Takoma Park Residents Gather About Community Tree. Residents of Takoma Park vesterday | evening hetween 5 and 6 o'clock assem- | bled around a large lighted Christmas rec and sang carols in celebration of ; U ovstows evi The troe remined | lighted last night and will be |lh|u||nuh\d' i temight 1t was =ent from Port-: Me., to A W. Harned., who | ommunity POLICEMAN EXONERATED. Freed by Coroner’s Jury in Killing Assailant. That Robert Jackson, colored, of 442 Q street northwest. who was killed by Policeman Milton W. 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