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Show li!LL lllllSlLl ill tejiiuni Prosperity and Prohibition Prohibi-tion Given as Reasons for Lack of Guests at the Mission Dinners. President Wilson Eats Meal Cooked by Wife and Signs Edge Bill to Promote Trade. YOKK, Pee. LW-'Chi-stma.-s dinners din-ners went hedging on the Pov.vry tonight. J'oa.st turkey with all its " trim tilings." an fly and mi nee pic fulled to attract half i-s many hungry men no were served in former 'years. This was attributed to prospi rity and pi'olfibitl'Ut. The famous pf.wery nii.-s1''' served only I1'" pt.-rs.in.-. v. lie re in Mrmer ears tliey huvo been caMnl en im tM(.iido for at K-ast J ;..). A L UadU-ys Ilesene hall j fewer than "00 appeared fm dinner. Many missions did not sere the usual Chrisi--mas repast because of the lack of ap-phe-a nts. Thu usual Christmas noon-hur dint. or at the McAuley Water Street mission was postponed until tonight because, of the lack of appbeauts. Not a man appeared a L noon, ait houh 4'.i oimtls i-f turkey i and n.ai'V t'-od things had hr- n prepared. I A ears ago u v. o -.l uou.-uil r the mission i u feed i ." but tonight fewer than 'J hungry u-ei' a p.-ar-'d. - Ouisue the- F-Ji.wi-ry, (."bri.-i ,nas eheor was spr- ad into many humble homes by ' ortani.aiioiis, insuiutions and indi-vainals. indi-vainals. Th-.: Salvation Arciy furnished Christmas Christ-mas dinners to more than oU"0 families. More than f.00 merchant sailors were entertained en-tertained at a dinner at (he Institute uf the American Seaman's society. Several armv trii' ks, bearing Christmas trees and thousands of presents, made lours of the poorer sections. MANY CHILDREN MADE HAPPY. ,;,rK' 70 chiMivri ! OiiSilc !u'ppy v.-itli pin-. Y.ihird at ,M.ii'"'. :inrt lllstr.b-at lllstr.b-at liie annual C)ni-Ll,iis 1 1V-' r-'le-hralioii i,( Ihe N"W Yrk l"uC'' "f Klk. I pl'ruxi:,iatplv Ion tuns "I ' 'liriM mas .-aipplit-s wti'f iliL-tn'mjliMl I," i!i" Knii.'lits of Coluntb'is lt wound'-rl .-,., (luas. 'I'urV also provide! for vav sailor on ihe iiuval slii s in tl,o harbor. The "(.'hrislinas job tree, erecloil by the KniRhls nt C'oluinhu.s in l.oncacrc iquarp, was covered with cards from employers em-ployers inviting ex-service men to see them for employment. The cards were 1 distributed to jobless veterans as gilts I policemen throuchout the city acted as Santa Glaus for needy families In their districts. Kach station house had a I Christmas treo and thousands of fc-ifts and baskets were distributed by the bTl:deepcst sleigh tracks ever cut hy 5t Nicholas's reindeer-drawn equipage were discovered by the oi. servant today in the oid-fashioi,e,l "white 1'hristmas blanket that enfolded New orlt. Never before in the history nt the nation's na-tion's metropolis had the celebrated reindeer rein-deer been called on to draw such a bounteous boun-teous load, and never did Santa Glaus Wtter so beneath the packs with which he '"descended the chimnevs of tno rich child and the poor child alike. Scores of white-whisker, d. red-CTrbed assistant Santas continued this mornini; the work the holiday saint sinms-'ied with all nil?ht, and it was promised that before be-fore til dav was done every fluid ami every uruwnun who could be lound would have shared in Kris bCringlCs bounty. WILSON DINES IN KIS ROOM. WASHINGTON. Dee. The national capital, offieinllv- and privately, spent a ouiet Ghristmas. All di partmeuts of the government were cb sed, and congress was in the midst of its two weeks' holiday recess. The onlv official act of 'the day was the signature by President Wilson of the Edge bill, passed by congress just before the holiday recess began and designed to promote American participation in foreign trade. With the exception of attaching his signature sig-nature to the bill, the president rested, (Continued on Pag- 3, Column 2.) FREE TURKEY FAILS ! TOLUlEiHEilKl! . . : j (Continued from Page One.) j spending most of the forenoon in the White House jiarden and at noon eating j a Christmas dinn-r in Ids room. The : dinner was cooked by Mrs. Wilson Pur- j ing th-j afternoon, while Mrs. Wilson drove out to present gifts to friends 01 the ; , faniilv and to the children living along tiie , ! road to the country club wbeve the inesl- ; , dent before his illness plnyed golf. .Mr jj Wilson read the large number ot Christ - h mas messaces which he received from all ll parts of the United States and Irom j abroad. . Members of the cabinet and other high !i government officials spent the clay atjj their homes-. j Tho president received hundreds of tele- grams and Christmas cards and spent: some time looking them over. The children of Trancis l uarvin. alien , propertv custodian, came witli their father to the White House to give the president some flowers and to wish him a Merry Christmas;. , Pershing With Famiy. r IdNCC'ljN, Neh.. 71.-C 2r.. Tor tiie first j i time since 1S1F. Oeie ral .iohn ,i. Pershing today was with his )u-year-o!d son. Warren War-ren and other members of bis family for ! Christmas. He planned to spend the rlav 1 ouietlv exchanging gifts and gem-rally I e-i joying Christmas at the residence of his sisle'r, Mrs. n. M. Bntier. General Persliing's Christmas day with his family was spent at YA Paso. Subsequently events prevented him from aain enjoving that privil. ge until today,! as a few months later he was called upon j to head the American punitive expedition into Mexico following a raid by Mexican bandits on commi.uf, mu next year the United States entered the world war. Pope Receives Cardinals. ROMS0 WcdnesUay, Dec. 1' 1. Ail of the cardinals' present 1:1 Rome, tiie patriarchs, ai-ehhisnops and ecclesiastical lay coorts gathered at tiie Vatican today to present their Christmas greetings to Pope Culi-dict Culi-dict Cardinal Vonnutelli, .ban oi the sacred college, wiio headed the visitors, delivered a short address voicing the sentiments' sen-timents' of ids colleagues and himself. The pope replied, returning greetings and recal'lng the urgent necessity for aiding the poor and children of war victims. "The necessity for faith," said the -301 e "is demonstrated by too inanity of lite efforts of those who vainly try to give mankind peace and well are, fnr--e'tin-' or Ignoring God. Peace cannot be olUaincd by the Individual and by mankind if there, is not order In botn. ' There is no order without an acknowledgment acknowl-edgment of the domination of God over His creatures. Notes Danger Trend. "Order also reauires a mastery of spirit over matter and a practical, sincere sin-cere love of man for bis neighbor. At present there cannot he true peace because- order has been subverted by individuals in-dividuals and hy mankind. The moral miri-, ac to i!..- ; I ,,:oii.ed by tiK.cc . V-11!1, ..' 1 !''-:v ;ne'1s"i,r'or'i,iUKW:,,,dc,,ee har of this shows .i.it mo . ctte.nptrd to sot f. from tol- ;;!;;::! 5,ivWl to.,- fioeiety t... revob ui..n :;' , ''' ,;; -,. djfl I Domini. in:; UiH rvH! n, ,w. a,"3"'x: rn'ii tbW.h y-lli.-h order I o nl;', ' i ' Pb-'i.- 1 ami P'-aco w.,u!.l : would I e I eesl.ini., .11' ! triumph. . t i,,, ! i:,Htim,' true pea.'.i m,s. ."uenlee-" a' o''" ' id'sener oia'de ualties. but , not desira.-tion." .. iw- Visit Friends. 1 I )i N a F'OUS 1'"'". IS. Vice I'vesi-,lent I'vesi-,lent Thmoas K. .Marshall. Mrs Marshall and their fosiev son, Morris..., Marshall. . spent V!jri:-i MU.s day iiiictly ! j e o at the honif oi' ;i frioii'I. Air. i:u-sh:ill wi.l be the s'ur'St of lioiiOj-it. lioiiOj-it. ;i luncheon to In; triveti tomorrow at i lie Inli;. t.;i Jinourai ic club. Paris Is Enthusirastic. PA HI.-'. V-r. 23. ('M:iv.?.m) P:triH celo-liiiitLd celo-liiiitLd her lirKt fchcc Christinas today wi y l r:i I emhUMia:iin. great crowds thror-giii. tiie chnrcliL-ri and theaters. Thj prinrinil streuts of iht; irapital were filled all iiihi with ccichrators and tiie popu-. popu-. lar rstK 11 rants were carried by storm. |