Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-12-23
ALL FOR THE CHILDREN
GREATTHINGs IN STORE FOR
THE LITTLE folks.
Trees and Entertain
ments at All the Churches for
Their Especial DeljRht-Charity
Trees for the "Vaifs."

Their Especial Deljxht-Cnarity
Trees for the "vvaifs."
Christmas in Asheville will be merry
time for the young people. Their elders
have done more This year than ever to
insure them good time and a great
many treats are in store for the children.
Almost all of the churches will provide
festivities of some kind for them.
The children of the French Broad Bap-
tist church will enjoy a Christmas tree
Tuesday evening. A genuine Santa
Claus will be on hand to distribute the
presents, and Christmas carols will be
sung by the members of the Sunday
school. The committee has been hard
at work for some time and the children
will fare royalty.
There will be no tree at the North
Ashevile NJ. E. Church South. Instead
there will be an entertainment for the
Sunday school children some evening
during Christmas week. Monday after
noon perhaps. Recitations and Christ
mas carols will be on the program. Each
child will be given fruit and candy and
some other token. Sunday morning the
regular service will be dispensed with
and the Sunday school and church will
unite in Christmas service, with songs
suited to the occasion. An address to
the children will be made.
1t has been decided to have no Christ
mas tree at the First Presbyterian Sun
day school. Some evening during the
week there will be a social gathering OF
the children in the Sunday school room.
Each child will be expected to bring
some gift, and the collection of articles
thus made will be devoted to the Christ.
mas celebration for the children OF the
Southside Presbyterian chapel.
The Sunday school of the Unitarian
congregation will meet in Hilliard hal
On South Main street at the regular
time Sunday morning, 10 O'Clock. The
celebration will consist of Christmas
carols and an address by the pastor
ing service at II o'clock, Mr.. Sanders
will preach special Christmas sermon
and the collection taken up will be de
voted to the free Kindergarten fund o
Asheville.
At Trinity Episcopal church the Sun
day school celebration of Christmas vii
occur Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
l. The children have spent considerable
time practlcing on the Christmas carol
! to be sung at this service, under the di
rection of Organist Peacock. Much in
terest has been manifested and the ser
vice will be unusually entertaining. 4
short address will be delivered by Rev
McNeely DuBose. Instead of a tree fo
the children of this church. a liberal funt
has been created to provide one for tn
Sunday school of Haw Creek Mission
chapel. The children at Beaverdan
chapel and at Upper Beaverdan chape
will lie gladdened by trees eener
ously furnished and filed by Miss Alic
Woolsey.
The congregation and Sunday schoo
of the Academy Hill mission chapel hav
been generously provided for. Monda
afternoon from II to O'Clock a bounti
ful Christmas dinner will be served t.
those who attend the church and tn
people living in the neighborhood. Al
sorts of good things will be spread befor
the guests and the ladies of the churc
will see that all are provided for. Fo
the children of the Sunday school an CT
tertainment has been arranged for b
the teachers. 1t will take place Tucsda
night. An interesting Christmas pre-
gram will be given.
An attractive program has been maj
ped out for the Sunday school schildre
of st. Lawrence's Catholic church at til
corner of Haywood and Flint streets
The Christmas tree will take place in til
church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'cloc
and a generous distribution OF present
will be made by Santa Claus to the lit
ones. The exercises will include the SIM
ing of Christmas hymns, accompanie
by the organ. Miss Ellen Lewis, Il
orgauist, has taken much pains with Il
training Of the children for this occasion
The Christmas tree at Bethel M.
church on the South side will take pla
Wednesday evening and its projecto
claim confidently that it will eclip
everything else in the city. No troub
or time has been spared in the effort
make it the best of all. A real Sant
Claus will distribute the presents and t
children will have recitations and mus
Superintendent Walker prides himself {
the thorough training of the pupils.
Central Methodist church will have l
Christmas tree this year, but elabora
preparations have been made tor entt
tanning the children OF the Sunday schot
Monday evening has been selected as t
. time for the celebration. Songs and r,
itations are on the program and the pa
ticipants are being thoroughly drilled
their parts. During the evening the
will be a distribution of candy packag
Enough of these have been provided
insure that no member of the school "
be slighted.
The Sunday school of the First Ba
tist church will have song and pra
service at its regular session Sund
morning.
AT Riverside M. E. church the childr
of the Sunday school will have their
- tertainment Wednesday night. Th,
y will be no Christmas tree. but Sar
" Claus will be on hand to distribute
presents. Rectations will be given a
the singing will be led by Fitch Tayl
The celebration of the West End Bapt
Mission will be in the form of Chri
mas tree, to be lit Monday night.
program of recitations and music
been arranged.
g Notwithstanding the Sunday sch
and kindergarten Christmas trees, tn
are always many little outsiders VIII
chimneys have been neglected by the ey
burdened Santa Claus. The IVA
Christmas Tree" will serve to bring
brightness of this happy season to tho
and surely some of the children VIII
st every wish has been gratifed by low
friends, will be glad to give to their
fortunate brothers and sisters.
waits tree will be at the Central offic
the Flower Mission, on Spruce str
Tuesday, December 9th. at $3.50 p.
The Office will be open after 10 a. IN.
receive Christmas necklaces