rizes I have seen were worth over one
pound."

OTHER SEASONABLE HOSPITALITY AND BENEVOLENCE.

The good example set by royalty is followed throughout the land.
Friendly hospitalities are general at Christmastide, and in London and
other large centres of population many thousands of poor people are
provided with free breakfasts, dinners, teas, and suppers on Christmas
Day, public halls and school-rooms being utilised for purposes of
entertainment; children in hospitals are plentifully supplied with
toys, and Christmas parties are also given to the poor at the private
residences of benevolent people. As an illustrative instance of
generous Christmas hospitality by a landowner we cite the following:--

CHRISTMAS DINNER TO FIVE THOUSAND POOR.

On Christmas Eve, 1887, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., the largest
landowner in the Principality of Wales, gave his annual Christmas
gifts to the aged and deserving poor throughout the extensive mining
districts of Ruabon, Rhosllanerchrugog, Cern, and Rhosymedre,
Denbighshire, where much distress prevailed in consequence of the
depression in trade. Several fine oxen were slain in Wynnstay Park,
and the beef was distributed in pieces ranging from 4lb. to 7lb.,
according to the number of members in each family. A Christmas dinner
was thus provided for upwards of 5,000 persons. In addition to this,
Lady Williams Wynn provided thousands of yards of flannel and cloth
for clothing, together with a large number of blankets, the aged men
and women also receiving a shilling with the gift. The hon. baronet
had also erected an elaborate spacious hospital to the memory of his
uncle, the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, M.P., and presented it to
the parish.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF CHRISTMAS FARE TO THE POOR

are liberally made from various centres in different parts of London,
and thus many thousands of those who have fallen below the poverty
line share in the festivities of Christmastide.

This illustration of Christian caterers dispensing creature comforts
to the poor children may be taken as representative of many such
Christmas scenes in the metropolis. For over forty years the St.
Giles' Christian Mission, now under the superintendence of Mr. W. M.
Wheatley, has been exercising a beneficial influence among the needy
poor, and, it is stated, that at least 104,000 people have through
this Mission been enabled to make a fresh start in life. Many other
Church Missions are doing similar wo