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1 : IV i 1 YUEETIDE HAPPIEST RECORDED IN YEARS TJnprcccaoutcU3ra of Buying flcportjyfby Morcimtilo Asdociatfdns.v NAVY "WILL CELEBBATE No Matter Where the Ships Mny JIo Turkey Somehow Hns Been Provlrfctl. WASipcTOhf, Dec, 24. With pence a de facto Iflnot a da Jure, condition tho American people to-night began the celebration , of Christmas In pre-war spirit. Evidence of tho natlonwldo return to the spirit that domlnatod the American Christmas prior to 1914, when th war, although then confined to Europe, cast a. reflection across tho Atlantic, has been noted In unprecedented buying of gifts, according to reports to the headquar ters of mercantile associations. Chrlst mai mail one of the moot exact Indi cations of national participation In the np!rf oftUefda'jr haVe bcn .the hcaviest'on recorI. .It was said to.nlffht by Post tTillco bepartriient officials: President Wilson, owlnr to his Illness, will pass tp-morrow quietly Because Vof Mr. Wilson's Illness the grandchil dren of thj 'family will not bo at the VJOrt'o. House to-morrow, and for the flnvt tlmo'in tho Wilson Administration therfc will Ae no Christmas tree. Tho Inter Vr of the White House to-night, howeVr. viaa decorated throughout In Christians sfylc, Mrs. Wilson during the day haVln supervised thq ,placlng; ot evergreiViB, "holly and other Christmas decoratloYs,- ... Restrlc.Vdns on the Presidents diet ..mnvrw1 hv hln nhvHielan. hit, k .. j -----near Adm lal Grnyson. and he will eat his Christ! s dinner in nis room, un less the w Wther should prove dlsagree nble he wll V follow hla newlr prescribed custom of l tossing a part of the( atur noon In a tyheel chair on the White" House portkto. t ' Grretli W Sent Id Army. Officer and men of the army, whether they bo In ci ranps In this country. In Europe. In Sib Wa or In the Island pos sessions or "th Panama Canal Zone, had received to "right the wishes for a merr Christmas t meat out by Secretary (mtniWlitT'the" navy.-.ine rsayy ZZl-&HhV fnlfl-itf. that Its for uranjnwkiiiDu --n'r..,- j . ,h.hr in tamo waters or In re mote parte of the World, would have tho merriest Chrlstma ( In the nary's his tory. Ship supply officers, It was said, began earlier than ' usual this year to prepare for the ocf wlon, so that every man !s Insures of a turkey dlntwr Naval radio sta tlons Jo-day sent broadcast the follov. ting "moss.age from' Secretary Daniels: , . Christmas grcetln s tc atl n tho naval service. Dei noblllzatlon has lost many Shipmates who wera with ' us last Christmas, when we cele brated the peace tho l Wivy had helped to win, but they are still our com rades. The glory o achievement abides with nil who jtorved dn tho world war.; Slay the tfJf-sslDsa.ql the peaco won and tho ble wings of tho Prince of peace cheer every heart this Christmas time. x ,. Return to the 01 t-'ftrh.' 1 Secretary J-inslng Issued 1 -to-night this statement addressed to; I ho American people : ' Christendom on Dcceml ter 25 cele brates the anniversary of 1 1 birth of an era which gave to. mar Itlnd n dl- . vino messago of peace mil those principles which have been . tho foun dation stones of modern pr. (gress and Civilization. To-day It Is heraldea ah road thai we have entered upon a mw era of peace and of higher standa ttls of In ternational and national It fo. It Is not a new era but the old ra which was ushered In by the birth ot Jesus, perfected by Ills teachings kind con secrated by! ills death-r-the ol.l -eq, to which we' return afjert rime dt madness, o'f agony and of evil. Clothed In .(he ancient per leo pro claimed over nineteen centu rles ago on the hills, of Jerusalem, th -world, with conscience awakened by ttho fiery 'ordeal through which It has passed, should find renewed hope that! Chris tian principles will triumph itnd be.-.-come the dominant force In the affairs of mere aDd of naJtpTjy. Reindeer Too Slow, So Santa Claus Will Fly KptcUil DttpattH ( Thw Sex. fjUlCAGO, Dec. 24. Santo -Claus haa surrendered to tho usfc. of tho airplane For.the. first time in tho long lifer of tho rollicking, old gonlleman fie haa decided on the- um of tho air: rilcans' at transfibriation for the ' distribution ot uorne of Wa Christmas gifts this year. Direct from his winter quar ters thcro camo word to-day to tho Post Ofllco Department hero that tho reindeer were not sturdy enough' for tho transportation of an tno guts irrougni oy mo pros-, polity of 1919, and tho postaU officials immediately oircroa tno uso of the mail planes bo that no one in the country would bo missed in his annual visit Thus whilo tho nation sloepS to-night Santa Clails wlT bo witjging his way; through tho' air from, Chicago to Newark, stop ping at all tho intormddiato points and stuffing stockings with CTrristmaa. cards, jewolry and other small gifts. : " EDWARDS LAMENTS PENURY OF THE U.S. McAdop Supports Plea for Higher Government Pay. Big Bill Edwards, Collector of In ternal; Bevcnuo for this district, and William .0. McAdoo, formerly Secretary of. the' Treasury, woro the prlnclpsl speakers at a Christmas party given at the Custom House- yesterday, and both of them devoted tnelr orators' glfla to a tartent that the practice of the Christ mas bonus has not found an upholder In Uncle Sam, For a number of years it has been. In order In the Custom House to get to gether on tho flay before Christmas tand stir up the Christmas spirit. But at yesterday' party all the speakers eon ceded that they were trying to evoko sunshine out of a gray sky. "Some dajV said Mr. Edwards, "some big fist is going to line up and knock on the door of official Washington and demand that Federal employees have an Increase In wages. . Their worlt ha got to bn done well. I challenge any man to show mo any set of men who dot their work better than the force here In the Custom House. "But at this season of the year when all the .Wall Street firms and other Mg business houses are handing out 30 and 40 per cent bonusos It Is very humili ating for me as Collector to bo obliged to get up here and talk as I am talking. But what I am trvlnc to do to-dav Is ;,to'alart.a spirit andmovemcnt to bring It" abou(;that Federal employees will get iomc!rcal recognition for tho services they render." To which Sir. McAdoo added 'this sentlmentr 1 "I don't hesitate to say that tho Gov ernment of tho United States pursues a policy with respect to Its officers and employees which is absolutely indefensi ble, osoeelalty Willi those who occupy the less Important positions. "I hope sincerely that some day our great Government will see to It that the wages paid to those; serving th United States are at least put upon a parity with the- wages for similar services In most private Industrie and occupations." CAROL SINGERS ARE HEARD THROUGH CITY In Tree Decorated Trucks Visit Four Boroughs. Four of. the boroughs of the greater city wore visited last evening- by groups of Julia Richmond High School students singing Christmas carols under the aus pices of Community Councils, the Idea being to depict nnd spread the spirit of old New England early In the nineteenth century. Motor trucks carrying large Christmas trees elaborately: lighted ana decorated rolled through the streets, while groups of fifteen In picturesque costume spread cheer and the holiday spirit m spite of adverse weather condi tions. "A. Town Crier, representative City Fathers and the Mayor were among the characters In costume- on each truck. Wiyi Boy Scout buglers to herald the approach of the "official" party the truck were halted at their scheduled destinations, the Mayor's reclamation was read by the Town Chier and the carols were sung.. '.Mrs. Helen Hartley Jenkins. supplied tho Christmas trees from her country estate. Major-Gen. David C. Sbanltk, Commander of tho port of embarkation, Hoboken, furnished the trucks. CITY CHARITIES PEA SANTA TOTHE POOR thousands of Christmas Gifts r and Dinners Distributed to Needy. SALVATION ARMY BUSY Socinl Service Durcnit of Dcllc- . J vuo Jtomonibers littlo C v Fntionfe. Never heforo have the charltablo or ganizations of New York had moro ambi tious programmes for bringing Christmas cheer to-the clty poor than this year. Thousands of' Christmas dinners wero distributed In basltdts yesterday to needy families, gifts of toys, warm clothing and candy-were handed out almost with one mimher to children who otherwise might havo gone'unremembered. And In many sections of tho city there wero brilliantly Illuminated Christmas treeb hr tho streets and Christmas celebrations In which" muslo and gifts and food all liad,lt)pir.Rart. ti,. u.ii.iiin, imtf fallnwmir Its an nual custom-,. gavo S.OOO basUets contain ing-the. Ingredient or cnnsimns oiniwca to famlllfB.found worthy nnd In need. Instead of making the distribution from national headquarters In 122 est Fourteenth street, as has been the .plan in former years, It Was decided to dls trlhuta the dinners from various central points, thai mothers with small children might not be, compelled to mako tho long Journey to Fourteenth street Distribution centres were established at At Clierry street, where 600 baskets 'were given away during the- forenoon; n tt T?nitt. tro.t vhrA there were" 675 baskets ; 60 Cooper square, 500 baskets; 157 liasi jzoin mrwi, u banket ; at Staten Island, whero 75 bas Mnta Klv hundred rvcvo "Cio wl... v . mora basket were provided la Brooklyn. Each basket coniameu a cnicurn, i pounds of rfce, a- can of condensed milk. nf hAfi a hftr- nf salt, can of soup, pound of coffee, can of pork and bean ai potatoes, macaroni, jenj. u.,.... Knlna wna fnlinrl ImOOSStblO. however; to provider sugar, despite efforts by the army autnoriues ner iu uuiam two or three tons. Santa Clans at llrllrrne. Tho Social Service Bureau of Bellevue Hospital gavo Christmas presents to all the children .patients as well as to man who have been discharged recently. The bureau raised an unusually large Bum. for the purchase of gifts by sending' out pasteboard stockings, each of which con tained, ten hobs In which charitably dis posed persons might place dimes. Prac tically all of the stocttlngs wer returned with their full quota of money It was said. Miss Ituth Harris, one of the workers In the bureau, loaded an automobile with gifts yesterday and visited neiil children who aro patients In tho malnu trition clinic and who are spending the holiday with their parents. A airfatmas party at which several hundred sailors were entertained was given by the New York Community Scrvlco at tho Riverside Community House, Ninety-seventh street and River side. Park, last night. There was a Santa Claus In cosrume and a distribution of fflfttt 'followed rdanclng. A-There's was another' Chrlstmaa 'party' last night for sailors at the Sailors Homo and Institute of tho American Seamen's Friend Society, which was at tended by moro than BOO, including the crews of Cunard Lino ships. Gifts were distributed and thero was an entertain ment. In Madison Square Tark the Tree of Light, which lias blazed forth there every Christmas Eve In recent years, was lighted at S o'clock. Thero was an accompanying fanfare of trumpets and Christmas carols wero sung by tho Now York Community Chorus of J00 voices, led by Harry Barnhart Books of Christmas carols wero distributed by Boy Scouts. Innumerable children received Christ mas greetings from their favorite mov ing picture actresses at the Community Service booths at "Playland" In the Grand Central Palace. Miss June Caprice, Miss Louise Huff and other mbvlo stars spent several hours with the children there. Follee Christmas trees for the poor children of the various precelncts con ttnued to be held In station houses all over town, permission for tho festivities having been given by Commissioner En right. Holders of tickets who received no gifts at the Seventy-first Regiment Armory party Tuesday night, whero the presents were raided by a'jnob of young sters, were taken cars oft by precinct commanders when they presented their tickets yesterday, s 1.1IOO Poor Children Uaonyv f Over 1,300 toor children wero guests of Capt John Noblo and his men at a Christmas troo .at the East jS6th street ktatlon. Patrolman Thomas Byrnes lm rlsrsona'ttd Santa Claus and distributed tho gifts, which had been stacked at tlio has pf 'a brilliantly lighted tree. The girls received dolls, hats and stocklnrs", and caps, toys and stockings were, pro vided for the hbys; In addition each child received a. bag- of candy and fruit and a charlotte ntsse. There was also an entertainment at which two Jazz bands furnished music; sa well as tho police band. Vaudeville porformcrs from near by theatres volun teered tholr services. But mOBtrfntcrest Ing of all to tho youngsters was the truly amazing feat of Buck McKee, a West erner, who actually rode a tame elk from tho street up a stairway to the second floor ot the. station house, whero the gifts wero being distributed. Baskets wero distributed to poor families who called' at tho station during the day. Thero was a similar Christmas party yesterday at tho East 104th street sta tion, in command of Charles Ruth. About 500 children were there, and the samo number of baskets wore sent out. Tho same number of kids gathered at tha MorrlsanlA station, where Capt. John X Lantry was host. At the "West M2d street station tho Christmas tree was lighted at 3 o'clock. Baskets and gifts were also distributed from the Alexan der avenue station In The Bronx. Ca-ptaln Jerry Butler and Patrolman Joseph McGownn doubled as Santa Claus ogid .distributed Christmas gifts valtred at' 16,000 at tho Liberty Avenue Station. Brooklyn, yesterday. A chorus of twclVo policemen sang with Patrol man William F. Maley as tho splolst. Captain Butler told tho kids always to regard the pollcemon na their friends and never to be afraid to tell them their troubles. Other Brooklyn station .houses holding celebrations yesterday wero those at Avenue G and East Ninety-fifth street. Captain W. II. Nod well; Snyder avenue. Captain M. IL Kelly, and Wilson avenue, Captain J. U. Van Wagner. Christmas Eve services ushered In the holidays at many of the city churches 'last night There was a "Festival of Lights" at St Anne's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, after tho manner of the famous midnight moss at tho Church of Uho Madeleine In Paris. Jit St. Agnos's Chapel, Trinity parish. In West Ninety-second street, children sang Christmas carols at a service nt 6 o'ploclC yesterday afternoon. There was also a children's service and "Feast of Lights" at the Chapel of tho Interces sion, Trinity parish, Broadway and ISSth streef. Afterward a procession of light bearers marched to the grave of Clement C. Moore, author of "Tho Night Before Christmas." Carols were sung and wreathes placed upon the grave. From there the proccrslon proceeded, to tho grave of Alfred Tennyson Dickens, eldest son of Charles Dickens, where thp ceremonies wereJFepeatec'. There-, was n, midnight communion service, at tliei Church of the Heavenly Disciples. Christmas Eve 'carols were sung and them was also a service lcit night In the Church of the Heavenly Rest. Mayor Hylnn yesterday Issued a Christmas greeting to hla fellow citi zens In which ho assailed the forces "still operating to create discord and dissension on both continents." KB' !!mllll ", S1 I It ' "Wise, Mans Christmas. 'Thought, INSTEAD of giving large sums of money outright, many prudent men arc putting such funds in trust with this Com pany, making the income pay able to the beneficiary. The principal -amount can be paid over, oh a specified date. Might it not be wise to .establish, as a Christmas gift, a trust for each of the persons dependent on you, or for some other person or object you wisTi to support? Thus they would have the satisfaction of knowing that their maintenance will be assured, k no matter what your own circumstances might be, because under -the 'law their incomes would be entirely separate from yourmynt ., . ,; , : Our leaflet "The Voluntary Tiust," which will be .sent to you on request, will show you how. Bankers Trust Company Memher Federal Reserve System ttowntown Ofllce: 16 Wall Street' AatorTnutOmoe; fthArauic at 42nd Street SOLDIERS ASSURED OP HOLIDAY CHEER Elaborate Plans Mado for Wounded Heroes by Many 11 Organizations. PARTIES FOR CHILDREN Toungstbrs to Hayo Rcce tions of Their Own Spc ofnl Church Services. Christmas celebrations will engross New York city to-day to the exclusion of virtually everything else. Practically all of the- churches will hold eorvices and charltablo and benevolent organi zations will do their utmost to spread cheer among tha city's poor. Thero will be Innumerable Christmas trees at which gifts and basket will bo distributed. Business will practically be suspended. Wounded ooldlera fortunate enough to obtain leayo of absenco from military hospitals In tha vicinity of the city will be entertained this morning at a Christ mai tree In the Pershing House, whore candy1, gifts and two Jl bills will b presented to, all comers. Mrs. James Madison Ban will make the distribu tions bafort the soldiers sit down to an old fashioned Christmas breakfast. It will' be the fifth continuous Christ mas party arranged by tha-Community Service for wounded men hereabout Tho church festivities at Pershing House will be continued until Saturday. Tha opening of the new Carry On Club, 271 Madison avenue, whloh will house forty disabled men, all of whom have been on the waiting llt of tha Carry On Association for several months, will be celebrated to-day. The boys from th new club and tho old one, opened last April at Madison avenue anfl Thirty-eighth street, have invited thirty chil dren whose fathers were killed In the war to have Chrl&troas dinner at tho old club. The party will then move up to the new club, where the Christmas tree la to be held and gifts donated by the wounded men will be given each child. Dinner for Newsboys. A long programme will be observed tho Brace Memorial Newsboys' House, 2H William street Tho annual Christ mas dinner Is being given by Thomas W. Lamont In memory of Evert Jansen Wendell, known as the "friend of boys world wide." This will take place noon, and In the evening the boys of the house will present an entertainment of vaudeville skits. There wllll be gifts for very boy. Russian children will be the chlet beneficiaries to-day at "Playland," the Christmas carnival for youngsters belns held this week In the Grand Central Palace. The American Central Commit tee for Itusslan Relief is planning to closo its booths all the afternoon and evening to-day and devote Itself to the ... A ,n- -MM pen. Miss Jean IManrison iv1IV lty ,JlusJUi Q rlst mas muslo on the harp, and thero win M spec a numbers oy a Daiaiamu. ,Y composed ot Russian children. Tho He- Drew urpnanngo jvsyium m prominent part In th carnival m tWs a series of atmeiio games. rnoro is 10 do u cnuurwi- -tho Community Service booths at tn i r, . I T-l nt X n'dOClC tU afternoon ai wnicu - !,. will recelvo and entertain the youngrter Mlsa Dolores Cassinelll will hostess to-morrow and Miss Virginia Pearfon on Saturday. .jion TAt the Tree of Light In Mteon Squsra there will bo singing 'JK a group of Italians, un 'V-U"li7', ",T, there will bo muslo bytho B.f Army Santa uuvua assisted by n chorus of soldiers and sail ors. New Tears cvo mm negro ong rally. Plenty for floldlrrs. end vut'h avenue me wavy v-iud v:y i,iiaM will entertain sick and "0unl6fMBO1,,dt? and sailors rw the hospitals m the vicinity... Several hundred Do aiHxiouieu. oo n "- ntw . . An QAUAntv-sevcntn otreet will entertain with Christmas tree, presents ana ew. . The T. M. C. A. is provWlne Koo cheer for eervio men at ,rtl-.P tnrougnoui mo ,-r- t Battery Tark la provldln an a'ortS dinner, followed by ChrlsUnsMree and gifts, a social afternoon with Bmtth Co lege 'girls, ana in me be dancing, vaudoyllle anS refreshments. At the Fifty-sixth street barracks of the Motor Transport Corps there Will be a distribution of gifts at now to- lay. and lively Y. M. C. A. parties will take place In tho "V buildings at Forts Slocum. Jay and Hancock. Such war ships as there are In port will bo vis ited and glfta supplied to Wry member fThe McAuley Water Street Mission will repeat Its ysrly Christmas dinner. LUut-Col. Theodors Roosevelt will ) be Santa Claus for the chlldron of the little red brick schoolhouse near Oyster Bay.. New York Lodge. No. 1. Order of Elks, ... . ..AAA rul.Yam hftflketS tO WUl give AV,VMV .. Santa Claus for distribution among tho nee.dy- m h wrved several hundred rnen at the Bowery Mis- . . T.ui. n mnnd will de- liver an addresa on "Tho Spirit of Christmas." n, m, .nt ..n.uq at the Cathe- dral of St. John the Divine at 8 and 11 ft - .1 Aa r. i jit 'inn tviuiii. itoii Charles Sumner Burch. Bishop of New York, will preach. HYLAN'S GREETING EXHORTS TO THRIFT Says Private Expenditure Must Now Be Curbed. Mayor Hylan Issued a Christmas greeting to tha people ot the City of New York yesterday, "Although the ugly passions of war im-mlnated more than a year ago," It began, "many forces are still operating to create discord and dissension on oom continents." The Mayor referred to "alien fire brands," to unrest in the business world, and declared tnai me -worKer has ceased to be regarded as a chattel This Store Closes at 5 P. M. James McCreery & Co. 5th Avenue BEGINNING FRIDAY 35th Street A Holiday Offering "McCreery Footwear" 8.95 regularly 11.00 to 14.00 You can make no better investment of your Christmas money than to purchase Shoes or Pumps during this Sale, for the price at which we have marked them is Actually Lower Than To-day's Wholesale Cost Every pair is fashioned of finest quality leather, finest grade construction and highest class workmanship. They have been taken from much more costly stock and reduced for this event. Evening Slippers Strictly hand-made models of Black Satin with inlay of Silver Cloth on the tongue. Also models of all-over Black Satin. Charming styles of Silver Cloth with high or low Louis heels. Walking Boots All-over Tan Calfskin of heavy grain, full wing tip and walking heels. AlsCsome smooth Russian Calfskin in brogue effect, with straight tip. For Afternoon Wear Pumps of patent or plain leather with hand-turned soles and Louis XVI. heels. High Buckskin Boots in Fawn and Beaver shades, with light welt soles and covered Louis heels. Also smart two-tone effects of Kid and Buckskin. Winter Oxfords Tan Calf Brogue Oxfords with heavy sole and walking heel. Same model in Black Calfskin. , Tailored. Models All-over Brown Kid Boots with welt soles. Cuban or Military heels. CV.-.;.;A-7 n ..u.i. i .vinrahm adODtlnff A . i......LHAn-. Biinh. a. nollcy. pwiH.ui -Tr. :j nit auk is indeed imperative, no nuu, wu. future; cltlsens are to be naved from tlw rank of the malcontents." After throwing a bouquet at the work of the. Mayor's Commltteo on Kent Prof iteering the Mayor pdded th tor him self: ' ,KTh travelling public nre still ahla to enjoy tho only benefit they rocolve under Uiq dual subway contrtetjT" ,cent4frA ; To. UJMiery this ts?,.' administration has been onno;. ol will continue to oppose tho iw u traction Interests who woum ?k '""I n solemn contract." 18 "rti( Having eliminated waste and ,,,. ngance from the municipal hou,A?,V tho Mayor declared, he Is of the "i '4 that private, expenditures IT? curbed. It la time to practise thrift. "SP5slssjI Alttttatt & to. V ' . V A Rare Assortoeinit of the . Choicest Sports Silks is now displayed in the Silk Depart ment, oii the First Floor Designed knd woveini in America, with a special view to the exigencies1 of the Southern season, these silks are - miracles of beauty-Htheir texture ex quisite, their opulent effulgence of color suggestive of Oriental magnificence. Tlhe Departmemit for Woolee Dress Fabrics has ready' 'for selection a most uftu'sual assortment of s for Southern wear ' including many colorful effects in stripes, plaids and checks; golf tweeds - in attractive tans, blues, reds and mixtures; and the perennially popular white serges and flannel suitings, some of which are plain, others richly embroidered in vivid color, and others in black. . (First Floor) Europe and your pocketbook We Americans are no longer a raco apart, sufficient unto ourselves. Our fortunes, as a people and individually, aro interwoven with tho affairs of the people of Europe. No matter from what your income is derived, you have a direct, personal interest in knowing the truth about conditions abroad. It is to serve you in this connection that we publish, Friday morning, the GREAT BRITAIN AND CONTINENTAL SECTION OF Sty fife Published as an integral part of the paper, not as a supplement, this.section gives you a compre hensive understanding of the week by week de velopments in commerce, finance, reconstruc tion, politics and all other important phases of life in Great Britain and throughout the Con tinent. Cables, wireless and mails bring a large volume of reports from experts in every country; and these are carefully edited, collated and presented so as to give you a correc,tly proportioned picture of things as they aro. No other newspaper attempts, to do this, so Rememberl)je tttlk Fri d a y dU