17 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, DECEMBElt 26. 1911. 0 MAKE DESTITUTE HAPPY Christmas Fund Left With The Oregonian for Poor Cheers Many Hearts. SANTAS FIND NEEDY TOTS ll I'rlt.hnrrt and Mis Ajiwi Tlircla nir Give Toj and Foort to Families in Albina and Kle where Farenla Pleased. The fund which had been placed at the disposal of The Oreeonlan bjr a number of Ita readers, following an effer made by thin newepaper to see that funda entruated to It vert proper ly expended went to make manr hap PT. Part of tha money waa given to Miss Prltchard. of tha People's Insti tute, who promised that boantlful Chriatmaa dinner ahould be tha lot of a I arc number of Portland families, otherwise without aupplles. Alklaa Pm Helped. Mlm Aanes Thecla Kalr kindly con sented to officiate aa The Oreonlan Santa Ctaua to a number of poor fam ilies la Albina. Aa a result of her work, the happiest child In Portland lives In a small shack on Graham ave nue. For weeks hrr motner has told her that onlssa papa found work be fore Chrlstma she could not have- a murh-to-be-deelred dollle. On her falHer'a return everv day she asked: ' Papa, did you ael work today" When the dally reply waa "No. even aa late as Saturdar niaht. trie- little one gave up all hope. , when Tlie oregonian Santa Clans paid a call yesterday with a real sleep ing doll, there waa a look In her brown eyes of heartfelt gratitude. Santa 1'laus. herself, felt merrier thaa she haa felt for many a long time, she said. ".Man cannot, and certainly children cannot live by bread alone." plltrhtly misquoted Santa, as ehe aoon found out that the dolls and the tops put tha food stuffs, f- and randy altogether In the shade In Albina. anyway. Had it not been for the visit of Tha Ore 'soniaa tanfa tliere would have been no hrlstma dinner In an? of tha liumn netted. Id r.lka A law Pleased. The dilht of the older members of different families In tha prospects for a good meal were more than out weighed bv the shrieking Joy of the ki.I.lles with the toys. Ju-t to show the careful manner In which funda were expended, extracts fri.rn one of the bills are given as an Indication that expensive loya -tare not r'"J"l. One dull. $ rent: one doll. ;i tent: si- bo of candy. Si) cents; one et of dishes. . cents: one rattle. 1 rent,, five tops. rents, and a large number r.f small toys of a similar na- I 'ire. Among Ine foodstuffs there waa np turkey, but there was bread, flour, rice. ta. clfre. meat, peanuts, butter and inniar constituents of a Christmas . Inner. aaa.sssseettsss.iessaiiT---"----' t CAMXP.A CATCHES PORTLAND "NEWSIES" AS THEY SCE AMBLE TOE PENNIES, NICKELS AND J -Aa-vai DIMES ON CHKJSTMAS DAY. l v .f.r ri - I -5 ' '" -r--- - ' . . ''''sla, T :- H-i Aa'Wv : LADS IJ FROST OP OBiXSOXIAX BIH-DIXG- iimrms have mkkiu day How IVdcral. City and iounty Serv ants Paard Clirlatmas Season. Joy predominated in the Christmas of Portland s offl.lala. Christmas brought better tbinga for Federal Judge Hean. lie received word last week that his son. who has been attending college at Eugene, was 111 with typhoid fever. lie was sent at once to the Onod Samaritan and. al though the lad had symptoms of tha disease. It developed that typhoid is not his aliment. The son was able to attend the family gathering at horn yesterday. The six grandchildren of Harvey Xcott gathered about the Christmas tree at tha home of Leslie M. Scott. I'm led States Marshal, yeaterdar morn ing. Marshal Scott passed a part of the afternoon at his office, although ha had no arrests to make. Poetmaster Mrrlck"a father, mother and four brothers visited htm at his home yeeterday. He passed ttre morn ing at the ilose t'ltv I'ark postal sta tion and the afterroon at the main of nee. He found 10 sarka of Christmas mail stacked high on one side of the office and expected (0 more sacks to come In before night. The Portland office handled the Chriatmaa mail quicker and better this year than In IS years, aaid Postmaster Merrick, in spite of the fart that the mall waa heavier. Thla la due In part in the rMin provided In tha basement, permitting an enlargement of the reg istry division, and to the meaannlne floor put in for the carriers. Two car rier fr the residence district left the main office yesterday each carrying between : and :SM letters. This is an exceptionally heavy load. Post master Merrick aaya that .. let ters for points outside Portland passed through the atamp-canrlllng machines in the main office last Krlday. "There are still many packages of Christmas mall to he delivered." aaid Mr. Merrick. -tne reason for the de lay in delivery la that tralna are com ing In late. They have been arriving late fr almost two weeks." TVater 11. Kvana and Robert Ma gulre. Assistant I nltd States JMstrlrt Attomev. with their families, spent tha dav together at Mr. Kvana' home. A Christmas tree Sunday nlsht added to the dellaht of the children. Mayor Kushlight passed the entire day at home with hie family, stopping Plav with his two children only long enough to eat a big Christmas dinner and ini er an occasional telephone call A Christmas tree was enjoyed. This is the one dav of rest." said t'-e Mavor "I generally have much -.ore. to do on ord'nary cays of rest, hut today I rest. I haven't thought of a single one of the 'troublea whicb al rait confront the Mayor and I it-a't Intend to. ! roulfl appreciate my Interest at home if you could aee the yooegstere at play. I couldn't think if I wactad to." Many Multnomah County officials passed Chriatmaa by their own flre il,Di with their wives and children, w'th the exception that a few were guaaia of friends at dinner. "ii home" were tne reports which came from Circuit Judges Oantenbeln. iistsri and Kavanauab. County Judga i lee ton. County Clerk Fields. Auditor Martin er d Commlaetonera Hart and Llghtner. Judge McOlnn la tn Califor nia paea'cg Christmas with his par enta. Judge always takea h la va cation around Cbrlstniaa and always Journeys io tile atate which borders Oregon on tha south for a two weeks" etay with hia father and mother. judge Morrow apent bla first Cbrtat snas lo Portland eeier.lay aa the head of a family. Tha Judge was married Xecenber II. 11. and last Christmas ha was va bis tasneymuua. RIUDREIM WATCHIVO I 1000 POOR DINED Portland Commons Supplies Feast for Destitute. MUSIC PLAYED MEANWHILE Scrent,-tlve at a Time Are Waited On From N'oon I'ntll o'clock, the Christmas Menu Contain ing All Desired. If famuel Pickwick and his faith ful servitor. Sam Weller. bad "dropped In" at tha Portland Commona any tlma yesterday they would have had the op portunity of seeing what Sam would have described as the process of swelling wlslbly." More than lono destitute men were guests at a din ner of the most lavish description. It started with soup and It ended with fruit and nuts, which may be taken as an Indication that tha "In between" was not lacking in any way. At the same time. Mr. Pickwick would have been compelled to wipe from his eye that ever-ready sympathetic tear of his without any danger of Sam likening his master to Mr. Jingle, of the "tears always on tap." In fact. the only parallel to the wholesale feeding of the multitude of hungry ones can he found In Dickens' account of the Chriatmaa dinner Mr. Pickwick gave the prisoners In tha Fleet. From noon until ( o'clock they lined up on First street In a patient, hun gry line. Without a murmur the men waited hour after hour. 73 at a time being admitted to the banquet tables. Sam Weller's remark was mads, too. In substance, for as the waiting ones watched the well-fed ones emerge more than one was heard to say: "Why. man. you look fat." "So will you look fat when you get outaide that grub." was the reply. A five-minute Interval elapsed be tween each set of 7i diners. During that time the tables were re-covered with white paper cloths and other preparations were msde for those waiting In the cold. Paring the time the banquet was In progress an or chestra played and a number of vol unteers sang. Ttie dinner, which lasted until long after o'clock, was described aa the largest aliened aa well as the most successful of the many arranged by the Portland Commona. flTVR WARDS MADE HAPPY Kvasts Served In Kverjr Charitable Institution Here. Chrtstnas cheer went hand In hand with delicious repasts at the various detention and refuge homes of the city yesterday. The big heartedness of the Portland general public was respon sible for the happy smiles and the general merriment at all the Instltu- tlons. Santa Cls.ua visited every one and before leaving remembered all with presents and good cheer. The Christmas-eelebration In all the homes consisted of a turkey dinner, music, games snd unusual surprises featured by Christmas trees. In all more than S00 children enjoyed the day and received cheer In the form of good things to eat and attractive presents. At the Frexler Detention home the programme waa atarted with a turkey dinner at 11:10 o'clock. Forty chll drea including a number of former in mates who have homes, were on hand and enjoyed turkey and dressing, raaahed potstoes. gravy. vegetables mince and pumpkin pie. oranges, ap ples and candy and nuts. Tree Lasca by Pablle. Hundreds of pretty presents given the children by the public were hung on a tree decorated with ribbons and candles and were distributed last night. The general merriment was followed by sn Interesting programme of music and recitations. Superintend ent Baker declared the celebration one of the best In the history of the home. He expreased thanks to the public for Its support and said the Joy in the hearts of the children well paid the efforts of kind .residents in remembering tha youngsters. Thirty-five Juveniles enjoyed a real old-fashioned turkey and plum pudding dinner at the Florence Crlttenton Refuge Home. Old friends of tha In stitution and the general public pre sented gifts that more than provided every one. A big Christmas tree created greet Joy at the home. The to Inmates of the Patton Home enjoyed a turkey dinner and a big Christmas tree. That Christmas holds as dear a pla.reyin th hearts of the Infirm a Red as It does with children v.as apparent from the outburst of merriment following the opening of a room at the home In which was a tree covered with presents. These were presented by friends of the inmates. Everyone received a present. Ceacert Held at Hosse. A chicken dinner, a programme of music, recstatlons and general merri ment comprised the celebration at the Home of the Sisters of Mercy. Tha 42 Inmates were all presented with gifts from friends and the general public Last night a programme was carried out and Ice cream, cake and fruits were served. The celebration at the Baby Home was held Sunday. The Executive Board gave the S3 babies a dinner and a Christmas tree. There was no celebra tion yesterday, excepting music and games. Wards of the Boys' and Girls' Aid So ciety enjoyed a turkey dinner and a Christmas tree. The dinner was served In the sfternoon and the tree was en Joyed by the. youngsters last night. Kach of the 63 wards received a present. The Salvation Army homes all com bined In a general celebration. A turkey dinner was served at t o'clock and a Christmas tree was stripped of presents in the evening. Music and recitations were enjoyed later. Twenty five grown folks and ten children en joyed the celebration. NOW IS THE BEST TIME to secure extra value in slightly used plsnos that were taken in exchange during our Christmas season. Nearly all makes are represented, the variety and quality Is exceptional. You mill buy here If you wish to save money. Sherman, Clay Co., Morrison at Sixth. , DOYS CATCH COINS Newsies Scramble in Street When Money Is Tossed. STRUGGLE LASTS ALL DAY Ono Hundred Begrimed Lads Tuaelo for Honrs Before Hundreds of Spectators Who Throw Cash and Tra&h to Them. Coins of all denominations up to a dollar were scattered lavishly among the newsies In front of The Oregonian building yesterday. Gar ments ripped. oscs bled but these did not deter 100 begrimed boys from their scramble for stiver, nickel and copper pieces thrown to them by the crowd of spectators. The first shower took place early In the day when a man in the . Wilcox building threw handfuls of metal from the third story of the structure. The money was mixed with pieces of tin and lead. The boys would watch some large piece fall and then slide for it. They soon learned, however, that the smaller pieces were the more valu able. The larger disks which came down toward the last proved to be halt dollars and only a few paid much attention to them, believing them to be "fakes." as at first. One little fel low soon found out the others' mis take. Soon the bystanders and per sons in some of the surrounding buildings began to throw coins to the young paper venders, and the crowd of tussling boys .became so large as to block the street for a time. The sport continued throughout the day. One lad had secured 114 when the throw ing finally ceased. In front of the Imperial Hotel an other large crowd gathered and fought for the shiny disks. A woman appeared in one of the fifth story windows and threw handfuls of nick els and dimes to the street. Swimmer's Mother Is Happy. Of all the presents received yester day by Mrs. George H. Thomas, the one that brought her the most Joy was presented by her son, Lewis, who won the annual Christmas swim for the second successive time yesterday. It Is doubtful If Lewis got as much Joy out of his sensational victory as did his proud mother, who watched the aquatic stars battle for honors tn the waters of tba Willamette, from a point of vantage on one of the numerous crafts that crowded the stream. Thomas' well-earned victory brought all the more Joy because It was the second time In two years that he achieved the signal honors, and now the beautiful Britten trophy Is his. Mrs. Thomss was kept busy a good part of the day answering messages of congratulation, and Lewis was show ered with compliments from his friends. PORTLAND COMMONS DINNER TO 1000 MEN ATTENDED BY HUNGRY AND DESTITUTE. j , 1 f t - - ' ' "ej i I 1 4UaT, 1C ' s , 1 I w a V at I -. r --e -eV t :! t - - - ; . , 1 "" " 1 . Ie vt ' I ','f ill t . ' 1 1 1 -s . i -.. . . a . v. a JuL -t 1IIRKK TABI.EK AT FRF.B CHRMTMA MKAl. YULE MASSES SUNG Every Catholic Church in City N Honors Christmas Day. PRELATE IS CELEBRANT Pontifical Services Are Held at Cathedral, Where Concert ,.'Is ' Given at XlghtFirst Prayers Are Said at 6 f. M. Every Catholic church In the city celebrated the day yesterday with Christmas masses. At St. Mary's Ca thedral solemn high mass was sung at ( A. M., and solemn pontifical mass at 11 A. M. There were low masses at 7, and 9 o'clock In the morning. At the solemn high mass Rev. Wil liam Cronln was celebrant. Rev. E. V. O'Hara. deacon, and Rev. A. J. de Lor lmier sub-deacon. Father O'Hara preached. The music was "Kalliwo da's Mass In A," with the "Noel" of Adolphe Adam, and the old German carol. "Heillge Nacht." Archbishop Christie was celebrant at the solemn pontifical mass. The large choir sang Gounod's "St. Ce cilia Mass." "Noel" by Adam, "Naza reth" by Gounod and selection from Stewart, Elgar and Molitor. The solos at both masses were sung by Miss Irene Flynn, Miss Rose Friedle, Albert Gianelli. R. A. Cearns and 8. A.' Mc Cartney. Rev. H. J. McDevitt was as sistant priest of the solemn pontifical mass. Rev. E. A. Davis was deacon. Rev. A. J. de Lorimier sub-deacon, and the deacons of honor were Rev. E. V. O'Hara and Rev. Robert Koehler. Rev. William Cronln was master of cere monies. Father Davis preached the Christmas sermon. A musical recital was given at the Cathedral last nlsht. Among the se lections were "Splendente Te Deus." Mosart: "Blessed City. Heavenly Sa lem." Goodrich; "Andante Rellgloso." Tflome; "Sanctus," Gounod; "Ave Maria." Masten: violoncello solo, "Meditation." Massenet; "Ecce Deus." Clifton; "Praise Te the Father." Gounod-Federlin: and "O Salutaris Hostia." by Hold'en. Professor F. W. Goodrich waa In charge of the music at all the services. At St. Francis' Catholic Church at East Twelfth and East Pine streets, nine masses were said yesterday, be ginning at 5:30 o'clock and ending with the solemn high mass at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. William i. Kane was celebrant at the solemn high mass, Rev. James H. Black was deacon and Rev. F. Galllgan waa sub-deacon. Father Black deliv ered the sermon on "The Nativity." The church, which Is a new one, was several times filled to oversowing, there being many non-Catholics In at tendance. The choir was under the leadership of Joseph Altstock. At St. Lawrence Catholic Church the first mass was at 5 A. M. This mass was sung -by the children. There were low masses at , 7, s and 9 o'clock and solemn high mass at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. John C. Hughes was celebrant, being assisted by Rev. H. S. Gallagher and Rev. J. P. O'Flynn. Father Gallagher preached a sermon on "The Meaning of the Christmas Feast." The music was under the direction of Mrs. Mattie A. Fleming. At St. Mary's Catholic Church, at Wil liams avenue and Stanton street, there were nine masses, beginning at S A. M. Rev. D. V. Kelly was celebrant at tha solemn high mass at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. .George Marr. of Colum bia University, was deacon and Rev. John A. Ryan, of St. Paul's Seminary, St Panl, Minn., was sub-deacon. Father Marr preached. Rev. W. A. Daly was master of ceremonies. The choir was under the direction of Daniel W'llson. The Bible school of the White Tern pie gave a Christmas entertainment last night. DAY QCIKT AT CITY'S CLCBS Newspaper Men Will Celebrate With Christmas Tree Thursday. Christmas in the clubs of' Portland waa celebrated with little ostentation besides appropriate decorations and Christmas dinner, with all or tne time honored dishes appropriate to the sea son. Several of the clubs had their holiday celebrations beforehand. Others have the formal celebration oi unnst mas still in prospect. The Portland Press Club will wel come the spirit of St. Nicholas next Thursday night in the Jinks room at the club, where a Christmas tree will be aet up and loaded with presents in dicative of their recipient's chief char acteristic, yesterday, therefore, tne members contented themselves with stringing holiday decorations and with a buffet lunch and a bowl of Christmas nunch. One of the best celebrations of the dav was in the Elks' clubrooms yes terday afternoon. Nearly 800 members gathered and held an impromptu pro gramme of music and speeches, in which all had an opportunity to par ticipate, and the afternoon waa passed In Christmas good fellowship. Give yourself a- chance to save some money on street taxes in the years to come by turn ing into a "booster for bitulithic." THE BARBER ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY Constructs Asphalt and Other Bitu minous Pavements. SOo-anJ Eleetrta Bids, Portland, Or. Oakar Haker, Manager. . TBAVgU-fy GCIPaV NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA (l nlon Line of N. 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