Evening World Christmas Tree Festival This event was one of a series of "Christmas tree festivals" sponsored by the Evening World around the city, at which gifts were distributed to "children of the poor". According to a brief notice announcing the event, "President Morris Reno has tendered the use of Recital Hall, at Carnegie Music Hall, Broadway [sic] and Fifty-seventh street. It is a splendid hall, capable of seating 1,200 persons. It has a fine gallery, and is fitted and decorated magnificently. The seats will be removed, and here the children of the middle district will gather to a festival, over which will preside Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Ayer, who will be aided in the work of distribution by a bevy of pretty girls and stalwart young men. The distribution here will begin at 10 o'clock and end at noon. The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.), 22 Dec. 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="external" href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1891-12-22/ed-3/seq-1/" target="_blank">Link to listing (see column 3)</a> The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.), 25 Dec. 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="external" href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1891-12-25/ed-1/seq-1/" target="_blank">Link to review</a> The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.), 26 Dec. 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="external" href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1891-12-26/ed-3/seq-1/" target="_blank">Link to review</a> children's concert reception 1891-12-25T10:00:00