St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
WHEN GIFTS ARE GIVEN.
NMerry Christmas'' and How 1t VIII
Re Observed i'm st. Paul.

morning than all other words compiheu' anu
hardly will these words be said before thou-
sand night-gowned figures will De making |
quick time to their stockings to see with
what Santa Claus has filled them while they |
have been asleep. There Will be peas or
treble laughter and joyous voices as the con-
tents of the stockings are brought TO light, |
and the praises of Santa Claus will be
loud in the mouths of the youngsters all
day A feeling that one has lost some
thing comes over the boy or girl
who has arrived at that age this year when,
for the first time, he or she feels ''certain
sure' that there isn't any Santa Claus,
and that instead of the funny little man with
q pack, who drives his RENDERS, his own
papa and mamma have given him the pres
ents. He feels disappointed, as if some one
had wronged him, and half the fun is gone
out of Christmas But the day comes just
the same and before the sun shines this
morning thousands will be up and the gifts
will be eagerly examined. as if they had been
made by the little old man.
An day long yesterday the crowd of anx-
ious people surged through the principal
streets of the city, lodging in and out OF the
stores whose windows were gaudily decked
with holiday goods OF varied coors and fantas-
tic shapes. Within tall walls and long counters
ornate with the fruit of ingenious brains at
tracted the attention of the swaying mass that
struggled to find its way to the corner that
was the most attractive. 10 stand aside and
study the different couptenances that came
before ones eyes was pastime at once
pleasurable and profitable. Here the
daughter of the millionaire stood
shoulder to shoulder with the
child of poverty, both happy in their ad-
miration of the attractive and brilliant
glamor that surrounded them. The daughter
of opulence, the beck of whose hand brings
the most affable clerk to her with his most
polite manners and sweetest smiles and WHO e
order is ODE ed with the utmost promptirude,
in loadil g her valet with plethoric bundles
of silks, satns and velVets. lives in no
higher sphere of happiness than the thinly-
clad child of Indulgence. who sees in the
vast array of Christmas tokens some trivial
article which she is able to purchase with
her stinted means to gladden. the heart OF an
aged mother or loving sister. One Is a gift
of the purse, the other an offering OF the
heart
One could not walk through the streets
without becoming impressed with suspicion
that everybody was not happy. Here, with
her face pressed hard against the pane OF
glittering window, is child of Emean statue
with shawl wrapped tightly round her slight
shoulders q thin dress. clinging to her SILVER
ing form and shoes much worse, but half
concealing the wretched condition OF her
stockings. Anxiously and covetously, she
gazes through the glass at the bright things
"A
checked doll bangles and dances from the
slender branch of an evergreen tree, hardly
two inches from her eyes, that so eagerly
drink in the artificial beauties of the little
elf in gauze and paint the cold. slender
fingers against the glass, tremble and clutch
1t the smooth surface as though they would
dig their way through and capture the idol
within; look of disappointment creeps into
the pinched wan face and as it is lifted from
The glass, the tiny lips are quiVering and
;ear-drops well from the sad eyes, as with dis
aeartened step she turns away and is lost in
The great crowd that jostles her over the
pavement, with hearts untouched by her
tears.
CHRISTMAS FESTIVALS.
Christmas will he well observed to-day.
Numerous enter ainments are provided and a
general good time will be enjoyed by all. The
churches throughout the city will hold special
services and in many of them elaborate mu-
steal programs have been prepared. At the
cathedral masses will be celebrated at and
10 o'clock a. N. At the latter hour grand
high mass will be celebrated at which some
grand music with full orchestral effects may
be heard. Seiberts orchestra, assisted by q
chorus of forty voices, will render Haydn s
grand mass in c, under the direction of
Prof William Manner. The offertorium at
o'clock will be sung by Francls Smith and
Mr.. J. Shea will sing the offertorium Con
1rma hoe Deus" at 10 o'clock. Gregorian
Vespers att p. m.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
will hold morning services at which the fol-
lowing program will be rendered.
Processional-Adisti Fidelis, Venite Exult-
anis, Flagler; GLORIA inExcelsis, Tours ;TeDeum
fat, Bach; benedictus, chant; hymn, Hark
the Herald Angels, Mendelssohn; K RE in b
Elieson, Tours; Gloria Tibi, chant; offertory,
And There We're Shep nerds. Williams:
Communion, Tours service in F. The musical
service will be under the direction of Mr..
Gordan, assisted by Mr. R. W. Middleton, Or
ganist, and the following choir: Misses
Pennington, Scare and Gordon, sopranos;
Mines. James, Curtis and Offiar altos; Messrs.
Lupsky, Willis and Wirth, tenors; Messrs.
MIRIAM, Simmons and Gould, bassos.
ST. JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Corner of Ashland avenue and Mackubin
street win have the following as their musical
program: Organ voluntary. 'Alegr etto
Grazioso," Tours; hymn, shout the Glad
Tdings," Gounod; TIE Deum, Warren in G,
Miss Smyth and Mr.. Carman; Benedictus
chant Stainer; anthem. Sing and
Rejoice" Baruaby; hymn, "Hark the
Gloria, Elvey, in a; offertory, Nazareth
Gounod, Mr.. Carman; voluntary, Batiste.
The choir, consisting of Misses Mary Smyth,
Louisa Smyth, Nellie Hope, Mrs. A. P.
Wilkes, Messrs. William J Reed G. E.
Soaring. ]. Blake and L. Carman will be
under the direction of Mrs. Henry r. Curtiss
who will preside at the organ.
ST. MARY's CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Services will be held at this church at 5,
$3.50, $50 and 10:30 a. m. Mr.. Henry McLach-
program. which will be given at grand high
at 1890 o'clock this morning.
Marcos ''Messe Solemnelli in c. will
be sung complete, except the Credo, which
will be from Gounods St. Cecilia mass.
The offertorium will be sung by Miss Alice
Shave. The "Adesti Fidelis' will be sung
before and after the high mass for solo, duet
and chorus. The regular choir will be greatly
augmented for the occasion.
CHRIST CHURCH.
The very elaborate and beautiful deeora-
lions of this church had never been surpassed
on any Christmas, but unfortunately all of
the labor of the pastor and the ladies in this
direction was destroyed by fire last even
ing. The janitor in lighting up the
gas IN the chancel, accidently set fire
to some of the decorations, and they were en-
tirely consumed before the flames could be
extinguished. The fire caught to the roof
above the chancel and burned it slightly. The
altar cloth and the carpets surrounding the
pulpit were badly burned but beyond this no
damage was done. The childrens choral SER
vice and Christmas entertainment was to have
been given last evening bnt had to
be postponed until Sunday evening The
fire will in no way interfere with
the services to-day, however. Morning
prayer and celebration of the holy COM
munion at 1880 a. N. The sermon and cele-
bration of the holy communion at II
am At this service an extensive musical
program has been arranged and will be given
by the following ladies and gentlemen: Misses
Thurston and Hostetter, sopranos: Misses
Inurston and Pearson, altos; Messrs Shaw
and Merrill tenors: Fahnstock and Buckelew.
bassos; organist, Prof. Frank Wood. The
program is as follows: Professional,
I'VE are Come to Worship Him." Smart;
anthem, Using o, Heavens" Tours; three
'tGlorias," one by Bach, two by Bristow; TIE
peum, Brstow: Bendictus, Bach; hymn,
ssGlury to God in the highest and on earth