The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-25
THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
The Festivities at the hurches-Last Evening
Notes of To-Day's Observance.

the First Baptist Sunday school were held in the
main audience-room of the church, and conclud
ing IN the lecture-room. There was singing by
the choir and Sunday school, instrumental music
by Professor BeissenherZ and the school orches-
ira, and Rotations by Willie Jeffery Oracle
Taylor, Maud Featherston and Miss Fannie
Taylor, after which came brief address by the
pastor. This had hardly been concluded before
jingling of sleigh-bells was heard on the out
side, and moment later Santa Claus entered
and presented himself to the school. He
welcomed i'll neat little speech by Harry
Griffith The children were then about to retire
to the lecture room, which, like the church. was
beautifully decorated with flowers and wrea ths
of evergreen, when On interruption came from
the Chinese class. These sant-eyed exiies from
far Cathay are always doing some unexpected
thing There are half dozen or more in the
Baptist Sunday school, and they came to the
front with present forSuperintenden Perkins,
In the way of half-do rare Chinese silk
handkerchiefs, wonderful nest Of boxes FOR AS
sstant Superintendent Jordan with an elegant
silk fabric of some kind concealed in the ulti-
mate box, and floral crescent, nearly two feet
from tip to tip, intended for Dr. Jefferys Christ
mas stocking
In the lecture room there was towering
Christmas-tree, glittering with jewels and COW
cred with wreaths as white as cotton. Then
came supper and five hundred or more persons
were fed after which every bow and girl was
given box of choice cardy and an orange.
The Christmas entertainment at the South
street Baptist Sunday-school an enjoyable
affair The principal attraction was the render
ing of the Christmas cantata 'St Niehoiass
and ma Uarinn
parts were well executed, especially the solos
and choruses The cast was as follows: ST.
Nicholas. Mr.. Bert Painter; Queen Winter Miss
Jennie Williams LGng Aso Mr. Fred STACK
Mr. o. B. Ball; Shepherds, Messrs. Price. Ball.
Duthy and Norris chorus of Rearers Misses
Maggie and Daisy Wright, Minnie Anderson
Susie Niedlander. Ella Cox, Emma Norris Grace
Coburn Mamie Wolf, Title Helm, Minnie and
Ella Crafty, Hattie Fulmer, Lizzie Kayor and
others; Autumn, Miss Hattie Joyce; East Wind,
Miss Ella Cox; South Wind. Miss Susie Med
lander; Aurora Borealis, Miss Nettie Briggs;
Misses Minnie and Ella Crafty. At the close of
the cantata st. Nicholas distributed unique lit
tie carts. well filled with candy, to the children
highly enjoyable entertainment was given
at the North Baptist Church. An elaborate pro-
gramme of music and tableaux, constituting
Christmas cantata was carried through by
select company of the church choir, aided by
| members Of the Sunday school, in the presence
or an auUlenco tnaC nleu the mouse TO overflow
ing. AT the conclusion presents were inter
changed between the teachers and pupils, some
of them of considerable value, and packages Of
candy were freely distributed. It was one of
the most successful occasions of the kind that
the North Baptist Sunday school has ever had
A CHRISTMAS INCIDENT.
1t is not the prevailing thing in overall
factories, where large numbers of girls and
women employed, for the proprietors to
make Christmas whit brighter than the other
days of the year. In some overall factories it is
the custom to charge the poor girls for the
ingmachines they use, even for the oil they put
upon the machines, and to have system of
fines and penalties that frequently make serious
inroads upon their hardly earned wages.
Something took place yesterday, however, at
an overall factory on East South street that
was quite unbusiness-li like, and that will doubt
less be frowned upon in other stitcheries. There
are over forty girls and young women employed,
and errand boy there is little fellow, an
orphan, bright and oblgng, who has made
friends with everybody aboutIthe place. sThese
girls got together, sometime ago. and resolved
upon present for the boy. They put dimes
and nickels together until they came
it in the hands of the employer
asked him to buy the lad suit Of clothes The
boy was called up yesterday, much Bob
Cratchet was called up after Christmas by old
he didn't know exactly what, waited in fear and
trembling for something to drop. 1t did Not
only was he given the suit Of clothes bought bv
the girls, but the proprietor added q handsome
overcoat and above that a rain coat and warm
pair of gloves, and put something in his pocket
beside.
Then he turned in and gave each of the girls
beautiful book, and the engineer was called up
and found that he too had been remembered.
This the engineer thought the greatest surprise
of all, and all surprising occasions it is his
custom to take something, he rushed OUT and
returned with several gallons of cider and gen
eral health all round was drunk, three times
three, and no heel-taps.
NOTES
The public Offices will all be closed to-day
The Board of Trade yesterday adjourned until
next Monday.
ST Pauls Sunday school will have festival
tonight at the church.
Fifteen turkeys were distributed among their
employees yesterday, by Eastman, Schleicher e.
Lee.
The Universaist Sunday school will render
beautiful christmas Offering in True Friend
Hall this evening. The exercises will commence
at 1880 o'clock
Christmas festivities will be held to night at
St. Paul's, Sixth Christian, Fletcher place,
Seventh Presbyterian, Third Christian, ana at
the New Church (Swedenborgian), 1913 North
Alabama street.
There will be a novel shooting match at the
Phoenix rifle range on College avenue. beginning
| at 10 o'clock this morning, and continuing all
day. The shooting will be at common white
saucers on black background
Holy Innocents Church, on Fletcher avenue,
has made preparation for an appropriate observ-
| ance of the festival season. Holy communion
will be celebrated this morning at 1890 o'clock
On Sunday, Bishop Knickerbacker will visit the
parish. The annual Christmas festival Of the
church will be held on Holy Innoeents' Day,
next Monday.
PontiGeal will be celebrated at 1890
o'clock this morning at St. Johns Cathedral and
solemn vespers at o'clock this afternoon. Spe-
cial music will be rendered under the direction
of Miss Annie Abromet, assisted by Lizzie Alb.
romet Maggie McKeever, Annie Coulter Kate
Sweeny. Rose McGnn and Messrs, Frank De-
wald Will CRITIC, Steve Bedel and Martin