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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
4
Boston Mayor James Michael Curley spent a full day in Roxbury and at church, trimming his tree with Mrs Curley then entertaining children. He delivered toys to families, ordered 10 Christmas baskets, and sent gifts to needy kids as Volunteers of America hosted 75 women at Warrenton Street. Major A Handicott led the event.
Volunteers provided a festive meal of three 18 pound turkeys with fruits and holiday treats funded by public donations raised at street corners. The guests were working women in temporary hardship who receive seasonal aid, many employed part time, with some returning to share the Christmas dinner with Major and Mrs Handicott.
An advertisement touts Eimer and Amend’s 2851 as a rheumatism remedy. It claims thousands endorse it and notes reliable druggists carry the product.
Crews mark Christmas Day aboard ships in port with turkey dinners and entertainments while news of battlefield losses dampens cheer for some. At Long Wharf immigration detention, 41 immigrants receive gifts after a grand tree celebration with Commissioner Skeffington observing.
Christmas services were held in Protestant churches citywide yesterday and on Christmas Eve. At Trinity Church Charlestown a union service of all Methodist Episcopal churches in Greater Boston took place at 10 15 a m with Bishop John W Hamilton delivering the sermon and music from last Sunday repeated.
Numerous Boston churches observed Christmas with multiple services from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. Notable times include St Paul on Tremont with late night music, Trinity Copley Square at 10:30, Emmanuel Newbury Street at 10:30, and Arlington Street at 11. Other parishes listed include Christ Church Old North, Shawmut, and St John the Evangelist with varied early morning to late morning schedules.
Hundreds of youngsters in Brookline and across Boston received toys and meals as donations and volunteers brightened the holiday. In Brookline a touring car delivered gifts to the Home for Little Heart Children. at the Little Wanderer and destitute Catholic children homes, trees, dinners, and plays filled the day. Donations from society figures also funded gifts and a money shower from Dr. and Mrs. William Appleton.
London reports a festive military Christmas with khaki and blue uniforms filling trains and streets. Funds across the nation supported gifts for troops, prisoners, and Belgian refugees. King George and Queen Mary sent cards. churches saw large attendances. Box ing Day theatres planned free matinees for service members amid wartime austerity.
Twenty eight women and three children were treated to a Christmas dinner at the Chardon Street Home yesterday. The meal included all the usual turkey dinner fixings though roast pork was served instead of turkey. Plum pudding candy and fruit rounded out the meal.
Mrs. Mary Copeley Thaw mother of Harry K Thaw and her sister Mrs. G P Whitney from Milton Mass visited Manchester for the holiday weekend bringing news of the Thaw family.
Deputy Stevens and the Thaw entourage arrived by limousine at the rail station from Boston. The Thaws closed their home to the public and enjoyed a arranged feast and entertainment. Mrs Thaw and her daughter will stay several days. Thaw visited the State Industrial School and donated a stereopticon machine last Thursday. He attended the 11 o'clock presentation today and then viewed the boys dormitory.
The Boston Lodge of Elks hosted a Christmas celebration at the Elks Home on Somerset Street for about 1500 needy children. A dinner, a large Christmas tree with gifts, and musical entertainment were provided, with tickets issued by police district captains to distribute the guests. Santa Claus, portrayed by Oscar Shaffer, distributed the presents as children enjoyed songs and a festive atmosphere.
Crowds filled the state and city almshouses at Tewksbury and Long Island for Christmas dinner as three tons of turkey supplied the feast. Officials attribute the surge to widespread unemployment forcing people into penury who had previously managed on their own.
The Phillips Brooks House at Harvard served as the Christmas headquarters for several hundred students in Cambridge. An evening program was staged with undergraduates assisting in a varied entertainment for the men remaining on campus during the holidays.
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