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18 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TIIURSDAT, DECEMBER 24. 1914. CITY EMBRACED BY . CHRISTMAS SPIRIT EARLY YULE TIDE CELEBRATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND MUTS PREPARATION SUBSTANTIAL CHRISTMAS CHEER. spreading; Numerous Yuletide Festivities Are Scheduled for Today and Cheer Reigns. SANTA CLAUS AT ARMORY Sluts' Good Saint Jick to Arrive on Sleigh Hauled by Elk to Distrlb . ute Gifts to 4000 Children This Afternoon. , SEVERAL BEFORE-CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCES SCHEDULED. Muts' Christmas tree for chil dren at Armory, 2 to 5 P. M. Salvation Army, Volunteers of America and other organizations distribute Christmas dinners to the poor. Christmas tree in Frank T. Rogers' barbershop, for children, 1 to 2 o'clock. y. M. C. A. to have Christmas tree for homeless young men to night. Children's Home, in South Port land .to have tree and entertain ment tonight. Christmas tree for nursery home waifs tonight. Portland is ready for the biggest celebration of the Yuletide It has ever known. Plans and preparations have required weeks, but with Christmas but one day off, everything has been ar ranged for a notable observance. It will be a day of gifts and tokens of friendship, of merry old Christmas customs that have come down with the ages, and will be marked by the pranks of Santa Claus. the jolly patron saint of the day so dear to children. The day will be notable above all for thoughtf ulness for the unfortunate and for the sharing by those, who have a plentiful store of good things, with oth ers who lack Christmas cheer. Through out Portland there will not be ono who cannot celebrate the day of good will to all men, unless the true spirit of Christ mas, that prevails so widely, shall fail of its purpose. It is the expressed will of everyone In the city that every other one shall have In truth a merry Christmas. Muts to Be Santa Claus. Biggest of all the Christmas events In many respects is the Muts' dis tribution of gifts to children of the city this afternoon at the Armory from 2 to 5 o'clock. Three giant Christmas trees that tower 38 feet have been set up In the drill hall and the old armory has been transformed into a fairy bower for the 4000 children, who will be entertained. Firemen wired the trees yesterday and gave them a trial Illumination. They were ablaze in the afternoon with lights and decorations, employes of theaters assisting the fire men in the work. More than 4000 packages of toys and a like number of baskets of candy, nuts and fruit were taken to the Armory yesterday from Mut head quarters in the Pittock block for dis tribution to the kiddies today. The police band and quartet will play and vaudeville artists from the Orpheum, Empress and Pantages theaters will entertain. Frank CofTinberry had charge of col lecting the presents for the children and R. L. Adams, assisted by George L Baker, is in charge of arrange ments at the Armory. Elks' Ladles Assist. Mrs. W. H. Daughtrey is chairman of the Elks' ladies committee that proved of great assistance in the work. . Dr. II. G. McCorkle. with a corps of assistants, will attend the entertainment to provide against any mishap to the guests. A number of firemen, with a chemical engine, will be on duty at the Armory and no fewer than 40 policemen will be pres ent to help in any way they can. At the proper moment in the festivi ties, a regular Santa Claus will ap pear, seated in the regulation sleigh, which will be drawn by four big elk. Decorations will simulate the snowy scenes so In keeping with the season and so closely associated in childish fancy with the festival. It cannot be doubted that the Muts' Christmas trees are the biggest ever set up in this city and the occasion will be the largest similar party ever given on the Coast. Children will come from all parts of the city, tickets on all lines having been contributed by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. Many Tree Fetes Arranged. Christmas trees innumerable will be ablaze tonight throughout the city. The eve of the holiday will be ob served generally in accordance with the time-honored custom. The Young Men's Christian Association will enter tain tonight with a tree and homeless young men to be the guests. The fes tivities will commence at 8 o'clock. There will be a tree at the Children's Home, in South Portland, and a play, "Christmas Stockings," will be pre sented. Christmas trees will cheer pa tients at the city hospitals, Sunday schools' plan Christmas-tree fetes for their members and all sorts of organ izations have similar events scheduled for tonight. The Sunday school of the First United Brethren Church, at East Morrison and East Fifteenth streets, held a musical entertainment and gift shower last night. The presents will be distributed to families in that district. Frank T. Rogers will install a big Christmas tree this afternoon in his barber shop in the basement of the Corbett building, where 200 kiddies from the Frazier Detention Home and the Children's Home will be enter tained and provided with a feast of candy and nuts. Christmas Vacation Is On. Children In all the city schools were et free for the Christmas holidays yesterday afternoon, and as they do not resume their studies until January-4, every one is mied with joyous antic ipation, looking forward to the celebra tion with no end of glee. The tele - graph companies are prepared this morning for the biggest day's business In the history of the Portland offices. Holiday messages will load the wires bearing greetings from friends widely separated on the holiday. The West ern Union reported that an unusually large number of cable letters are being filed by friends and relatives of thodo in Great Britain and other countries involved in war. Banks Give Cash Gifts. Portland banks are following their Usual custom of making cash presents to employes. The First National will present members of its staff with one month's salary. The United States" Na tional Bank will give cash to the amount of a month's salary to each of Its employes, accompanied by Christ mas greetings. There ane 75 on the staff of this bank. The Lumbermens National Bank and the Lumbermens Trust Company will HI V I" H'vf H 'f iM i :: H? ' I &c - w raster m ' " ' "W. i ' - ? f J lfTfV-"- ' fet' fllf III 1 X i iij, i' v ,ifz.&k j-i j j vuj ca Yeon Bldg. AMD I 1 ti e MEN TORE And Entire Temporary Annex No. 1, 5th and Alder Sts. 0er.ast Open Tonight Until 9 oXlock Greatest Assortments Quick:, Courteous Salespeople Lowest Prices ! For Last-Minute Gift Buying at Meier & Frank's Two Parcel Post Substations AT MEIER & FRANK'S Packages for Mailing Wrapped, "Weighed and Stamped. . SUBSTATION 1 Basement, Sixth-st. Bldg. SUBSTATION 2 Accommodation Desk, Temporary Annex No. 1. A MEIER & FRANK Merchandise Order Solves the Gift Problem These orders are issued in any amount, $1 or more, redeemable for merchandise in any department at any time. Merchandise Orders Issued at Booth, Fifth-St. Arcade; Accommodation Desk, Temporary Annex No. 1. REMEMBER! Main Bldg., 6th and Alder Sts Closes at 6 P. M. grive cash presents to its entire staff and the banking hotfse of Ladd & Til ton will follow its usual custom of giv ing: cash presents to employes. Busi ness houses throughout the city will in many instances give presents to em ployes, although some are devoting these gifts to charitable purposes this year, such as local relief work and aid for Belgium. There will be large distributions of Christmas baskets today by the Sal vation Army, the Volunteers of Amer ica, the Muts. People's Institute. Asso ciated Charities and other organiza tions. The churches are busy aiding the needy with the various societies the object of which is to assist the un fortunate. Mem in Prison Remembered. The Portland Commons, will ship Christmas boxes to the State Peniten tiary today for distribution among the prisoners. Each box contains delicacies of the season. On Christmas day the Commons will serve a dinner to the families of men incarcerated in prison. There will be a Christmas tree at the Albertina Kerr Nursery Home tonight, under the direction of the Portland Commons. Cooks started yesterday to prepare the Christmas dinner for 1200 unat tached men to .be served Christmas day by the O.-W. R. & N. Company on the steamer Hassald, at the Ash-street dock. Mobilization of the foodstuffs for the dinner is an immense task and two days will be required to cook the meal. Archbishop Christie, of the Cath olic Church; Bishop K. J. Cooke, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Rev. A. A. Morrison, of Trinity Episcopal Church, will make brief addresses to the men at the dinner. Churches are preparing special pro grammes of music for Christmas serv ices, shoppers are making ready for the last rush today and . everywhere throughout Portland the busiest air prevails. From this time on, Christ mas parties, trees, entertainments and events of all kinds will follow in rapid succession until the end of the week. TREES BRING SMILES Tots and Aged Enjoy Gifts at Christmas "Parties." TOYS WIN BABY GURGLES Emit Jolianson Held for Burglary KALAMA, Wash.. Dec 23. (Special.) Kmil Johanson is in the county jail here on the charge of burglary. Yes terday, while the section crew at Car ronton, four miles north or here, were away from their lodgings, R is alleged, he broke into one of the houses. The .noise he created aroused the suspi cions of a passer-by, and several resi dents surrounded the place. Johanson escaped through a window. Sheriff Close, with a deputy, found Johanson about one and a half miles south of Carrollton, hiding behind a log. Elderly . at Patton Homo Happy When Young: - Give Presents, , Practical and Otherwise, at 'Yuletide Celebration. Some of the youngest citizens of Portland, and some of the oldest, too, enjoyed Christmas parties yesterday. In the Baby Home In the Waverly district tiny babes and toddlers up to three years of age had the most won derful Christmas tree imaginable and out in the Patton Home in Alblna, the old. people gathered round a bounteous ly - laden tree and were even happier than were the babies at their party, if such a thing were possible. The Baby Home fun started ' early in the afternoon, so that the young guests might get their toys, then have something to eaf and take an afternoon nap. Even the wee mites who couldn't sit up without propping were remem bered at that beautiful Christmas tree. There were rattles, dolls, linen -books, peppermint canes, woolly lambs and kewpies. according to the age of the recipient. Goos and gurgles of delight and Infant prattle made the musical ac. companiment for the distribution of Santa's wares. , Mrs. - Blaine Smith beaded the com mittee who had arranged the details of the party. She was ably assisted by the superintendent and nurses. It was the first Christmas for many of the, 65 babies who assembled for the fes tlvity. "They certainly got -a happy start." declared one of the members of the home as she looked on at the happy youngsters enjoying their candy canes and hugging their dolls and toys. Sev eral- pupils from the Glencoe School were guests of the home for the fes tivity. i At the Patton Home a number - of college boys and girls assisted the officers of the Institution in giving the old people "the time of their lives. The tree was a marvelous affair, gaily lighted and beautifully decorated. The big living-room, too, was adorned in all the trappings of the holiday season, greenery and holly mingled with bright red flowers and Christmas bells. Tears of joy came into the eyes of some of the elderly ladies when they received the dainty aprons of dimity, lace and ribbons or the boxes of pret tily marked handkerchiefs. The men had practical presents of the kind that appealed to them particularly, many of them receiving briar pipes and a gen erous supply of tobacco. After the gifts had been given out the "party was enjoyed. Merry col lege songs and good old-fashioned airs were eung. Refreshments of the dain tiest were served and age was forgot ten in tne mingling of youthful en thusiasm, the appreciation of the elderly people and the general Christmas spirit. Mount Ctna Is Active. CATANIA," Sicily, Dec. 23. There is considerable apprehension over the fact that Mount Etna again is show ing activity. The .disturbances are taking the form of -strong rumblings and earthquake shocks' which are felt as - far away as . Syracuse and Taormina. V CARD OP THANKS. I wish to express my sincere thanks to the many neighbors and friends, also the Woodmen of the World Lodcre, who assisted me so kindly during the recent illness and death of my beloved husband, and also for the many floral offerings. MRS. NELLIE BROWN. Adv. y t mB - 40 ARE MADE HAPPY Sorority Girls Play Lady Boun tiful to Less Fortunate. TOYS GALORE ARE GIVEN Addison Bennett Interested Specta tor at Inington Clnb Entertain ment and Decides That World Is Growing Better. BY ADDISON BENNETT. Tn the whole list of holiday enter tainments in and around Portland dur ing the Christmas season of the dying year, none will spring from purer hearts or better motives than that given to about 40 children of- the Irv- ington district yesterday. The affair was brought about by the young women of the Omega Nu Sorority liv ing in that part of our city, and the following composed the committee hav lng it in charge: Misses Lucile Bronaugh. Ada Otten. Norma Redman, Verna Barker. Dorothy Langford and Margaret Rader. Between 2 and 3 o'clock several au tomobiles belonging to the elders of some of the 30 young women of the sorority were busy gathering up the invited guests and bringing them to the splendid home of the Irvington Club at East Twenty - second street North and Thompson street. By 3 o'clock 40 little boys and girls ranging in age from 2 to 11 years, most of them being from 3 to 7, were gathered fti the spacious parlor of the clubhouse, wherein stood a great evergreen tree, elaborately decorated, and on it and the platform adjacent were hundreds of gifts for the visitors. Assisting the committee mentioned were several matrons and other mem bers of the sorority, and soon the lit tle folks were romping and playing games, enjoying themselves only as little folks can. It was Indeed a fine sight to . see the old play, "London Bridge Is Falling Down," participated in by old and young, and such games as the "Cat and the Rat," the "Miller, "Drop the Handkerchief" many of the dear old games were participated in by little and big until the room rang with the music of merry, merry voices. When I was told to go and see this gathering I was told that the young women of Irvington, in the kindness of their hearts, were going to give what pleasure they could to a couple of score of youngsters of that neigh borhood whose parents were perhaps i trifle shy at this time on money for Christmas presents. Mind, I have not used the word poor in connection with the guests. From the looks of the ap parel of the little ones they may not have as extensive wardrobes as some of us but let me say there was not the mark of what we call poverty upon a single one. Spick and span in cloth ing as clean as mother love and soap and water could make it, these little ones seemed to be there to enjoy them selves with their neighbors wh'o had more than them. It was a long way from a charity gathering. After the good-byes had been spoken automo biles appeared and the little ones were whisked away as If by magic. Ho w'd You Like to Get a Check A couple of weeks before Christmas? Just in time to buy your presents? That's Just what you will do and you -will hardly realize where it came from if you join our Christmas Saving Club You can't lose a penny. You have everything to gain. You may startiwlth & cents, 25 cents, 60 cents or a dollar, according to the class you join. There is a limit to the time in which we can enroll members. JOIN NOW Open Saturday Evening 6 to S o'clock Merchants National Bank Washington and Fourth Streets There is no Syrup more healthful or more delightful than 4 Tea Garden Syrup Scientifically refined on the Pacific Coast from the choicest Java Sugar. Order From Tour Grocer. Pacific Coast Syrup Co. Protect Yourself Atc for ORIGINAL GENUINE The Food Drink For All Ages Highly Nutritious and Convergent Rich milk, with malted grain extract, in powder form-dissolves in water more healthful than tea or coffee. Used in training athletes. The best diet for Infants, Growing Children, Invalids, and the Aged. It agrees with the weakest digestion. Ask fon"HORLICK'S"-at Hotols, Restaurants, Fountains Don't travel without it. Also keep it at home. A lunch in a minute, In Lunch Tablet form, also, ready to eaU Convenient nutritious. f Portland, Oregon 7 .V' 'i it r- rv I. t!4 0