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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.
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t CAMXP.A CATCHES PORTLAND "NEWSIES" AS THEY SCE AMBLE TOE PENNIES, NICKELS AND J
-Aa-vai DIMES ON CHKJSTMAS DAY.
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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.
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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.
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the years to
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