, 1891-12-26
A W WHITE CHRISTMAS
HOW LII WAS OBSERVED In VARI-
GUS CHURCHES.


Santa Claus Visits the Many sum.
day school Children-A Day o1
! Joy and Happiness.
\ Christmas day dawned in robe Of whit,
and the snowfakes continued to fall dur.
ing the morning until 1t reached a deptt
Of nearly two inches. The night before
was typical Christmas eve, cold, cleal
and starlight. The cheering shouts Of
/ little ones rang on the morning air, as they
hastily brought their sleds into service il
anticipation Of days sport, but with the
| advance Of noon disagreeable rain set III
and the beautiful snow was soon convert.
! ed into disagreeable slush. All business
was suspended and families united in dis.
cussing the usual Christmas fare, at which
many remained well into the afternoon.
Sweetmeats and toys gladdened the hearts
Of the little ones, and gift giving was gen
eral, in following out the old custom, with
Christmas cheer was apparent in every
household, while the churches contributed
more than their share toward the obsery-
ance Of the happy holiday.
| The Sunday school children in the yari
oys churches were remembered BY Santa
Claus, who made his rounds as usual
4 The festivities of the Temple Baptist
church at Columbia Hall brought out such
crowd that it was difficult to gain admit.
tance. Miss Whaling presented report
Of the Sunday school since it's organiza,
ton, showing the rapid progress that has
been made. The program, in addition tc
the choir singing consisted of: Prayer by
Mr.. Douglas, recitation by Oracle Canaday.
recitation by Eugene Canaday. guitar duet
| by the Misses Allen, dialogue by four
misses, vocal duet by Miss Edith West
and MT. Warner, recitation by Will Dywer,
recitation by Fay Taylor, recitation by
Mrs. Burntrager's class, song by Jennie
Sayidge, dialogue by eight young ladies
and seven little misses, recitation by Dan
iel Savidge, vocal duet, accompanying
themselves on guitars. by the Misses Allen
The Cleaners and Church Workers pre-
sented the church wish a handsome COM
munion service, with linen which was the
work the Ladies' Aid Society Of the church
and during the exercises Chief of Police
George Sayidge was the recipient of a
handsome clock, with the compliments 81
the following officers of the police force
William Andrews, captain; Frank Taylor,
Marx D. Mack, 9. J. Peterson, w. =.
Hawthorne, q. Dwyer and David Morrell,
officers, and of G. v. Savidge, ex-officer.
The exercises at the Unitarian service
were equally interesting and were accom-.
| panied by the usual enjoyment of eyery-
thing connected with this progressive
church. The Rev. Mr.. Hoagland, Superin.
tendent Funk, Ina Forrest, Mamie Lam
mon, Iva Van Epps and Phil Vincent as
sisted in the distribution Of gifts. In COR
nection with the exercises the following
| programme was rendered, with Miss Mel
lie Frost at the organ and Misses Edna and
Janet Moore and Anna Frost III the choir:
Music, by Sunday school; reading, "Storv
Of Christ Bev. n. Hoagland; recitation,
Freddie Guyot; recitation, Victor Stork
song, We Three Kinds Of Klngs,n by Mr.,
Funk's class, composed of Iva Van Epps,
Verne Chilberg, Mary Stone, Lizzie Mars,
4 Annie Bulge, Lena Hosneider, Annie
Neuffer, Ina Forrest and Mamie Lammon
short talk BY the pastor; song, Silent
Night, Sunday school.
4 The happy children of the Presbyterian
Sunday school, in charge Of Supt. Gilbert,
welcomed Santa Claus on Christmas eve,
amid decorations of green. With the dis
/ trlbutiOn OF gifts, this program was rem
dered: cliff the Song, school, reading
and prayer, by the pastor; hymn, 'Songs
of ssc,, Praalse, !" congregation; recitation,
giers; song, Praise the Lord,' school ;
recitation, ''The New Santa Claus. \
George Allen; song, Behold the King 81
Glory.v school, recitation "The Star in
the East" Cleona Billings; solo and cho-
rus, Hope and Cheer" Miss Ella Bowen
recitation, Marian Williamson; song,
Brighter Morn" Sunday school; recita-
ton, christmas Tide" Lois Wright re-
sponsive reading, THE Manager" school
and leader; recitation, s.How Long2n Mel
lie Everhard; song, Wonderful Savior-''
school; responsive reading, "The Sign, .
school and leader; address by the pastor;
recitation, "a Child's Idea," Lottie AL
giers; song, Great Salvation," school.
| #. G. Tottenham appeared as typical
/ Santa Claus, to gladden. the hearts ofthe
children ofSt. john 5 Sunday school. Christ
mas carols and the many decorations Of
green, made the exercises bright and in
teresting, after which the children were
made happier still in the receipt Of gifts
which We're handed out froma prettily de-
i signed Christmas house.
/ At the Providence Academy the
thoughtful sisters remembered the child
ren by decorating a-large tree, the branches
Of which were laden with gifts.
Last night the Methodist and the FIRST
Christian church Sunday schools held
their exercises. The crowd in the former
church was sufficient evidence of the
needs of larger and more commodious
\ church building for every seat and space
4 in the aisle were packed, and many were
unable to gain admittance. The exercises
| embraced the cantata, "Santa Claus,u con.
Quoted by Miss Mamie Covington, of the
Collegiate Institute, with Professor Royal
Mise r.. IL. Smith and Mrs. Luther Coving-
ton as the committee on arrangements
4 Robert Anderson as the Frost King was
excellent, while r. Al. Ford as Santa Claus
was hidden behind an immense growth OIL
white locks. Among the leading charac
ters in the programme were: u. J. Hen
derson, Miss Mcintyre, Misses Gilmore
Mann, Ida Mumford, May Ford, Nellie
Clark, Cora Covington, Maggie Cotter
A Pearl Mumford, Fay Adams, Myrtle Haw.
thorne, Ethel Knox, Ethel Grow, Zylpat
and Ida Mann. Miss Nellie Brown pre-
sided at the piano, and was assisted by
by Messrs. Samuel and Adolph Kaufman
The WAITS Christmas' was the title d
the cantata at the First Christian churct
last night. Superintendent Warner tool
the part Of Santa Claus. The program
was interesting alike to the children and tx
the large audience which thronged the edi
flee. About forty members Of the Sunday
school took part in the exercises and retirec
to their homes with gifts from the tree.
Christmas services we're held at st. Johns
Episcopal church at IL o'clock yesterday
and were followed with the celebration o
the Holy Communion. The church wa,
beautifully decorated with christmas
greens, and the choir rendered the follow
ing music:
Opening hymn. No. 2
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Hymns. Nos % and L
Ayrle ~ HENDERSON,
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