Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-28
FOUNDRY AIDS THE POOR.
Supplies and Money Contributed 4
the Sunday Snhnnl

| Supplies and Money Contributed by
the Sunday school Glasses.
The Sunday school Christmas entertain
| ment at Foundry Methodist Episcopal
| Church was given In the main audience
| room Tuesday evening. The exercises con-
| sisted Of Christmas carols. interspersed with
other music and recitations, under the d.
rection Of JAS L. Ewin, superintendent OF
| the school. and h. A. Wilson. precentor.
/ Instrumental music was furnished by Mr..
| w. X. Cohen and Miss Mable Brown, organ
ists and the Sunday school orchestra. head
| ed by DR.. W. +. Dieffenderfer. The primary
| class. Miss lvah ). Townsend. teacher.
sang selection, and contributed several
numbers. including a greeting by Albert
Carver, an exercise entitled Little Lights"
by seven boys and girls. ana Questions to
| the Stars. by Rhoda Watkins. The Scrip
ture lesson was effectively read by Kent
Brown, one of the pastors sons; Meta Alt
schu recited "A Christmas Question and
| Miss Anna Tilton recited Phillips Brooks
| Christmas Carol" Miss Grace Altschu
rendered the solo, Celestial Anthems Fill
the Air" and Misses Lizzie wahley and
Bessie Fill the beautiful duet, welcome
the Night of Song"
Midway Of the program gifts for the poor
| were brought in by the thirty or more class
| es of the school and by members of the con-
| gregation and piled upon the platform, and
offerings OF money were received for the
| remembrance fund Of the school. This re-
membrance fund is original with Foundry
years. $3.50 was dispensed last year for
| thfrty-four ''remembrances'' to members OF
the school who were sick or In trouble, with
| out regard to poverty or wealth. AS
sample of the responses received, the super
| intendent read the following communica-
| ton:
| To the Superintendent:
| Will you kindly return nv thanks to the
| school for the bunch OF beautiful flowers
| with which 1t remembered me- They were
source OF comfort and pleasure. and
| bered when away sick, and wished that all
| sick people could have around them such re-
| minders of love. Sincerely
| LUCY NJ. MOORE.
| the superintendent handed over to the pres
ident of Foundry Epworth League an order
| on the treasurer Of the Sunday school for
500, to be used for the poor OF Foundry
Sunday school and congregation this being
| the amount which would otherwise have
| been spent for candies for the members of
| the school The usual Christmas gift Of the
| school to the precentor was handed to him
by the superintendent and the pastor of the
| church, Rev. Oliver A. Brown, d. D., dis
| missed the congregation with the benedic-
| ton.
The Fourth Street NJ f. Sunday school
! held its Christmas entertainment on Tues
day evening, the church being crowded with
the scholars and their parents and friends
| The room was beautifully decorated with
| green and the platform with palms and
/ potted plants. back or which was the motto
His name shall be called Jesus, for He shall
| save His people from their SINS" The pro-
| gram included Christmas carols by the
school and recitatons by several of the
| scholars. The teachers and scholars received
a number OF presents, among them being a
handsome gilt chain to T. B. Stahl. from his
| class; and 300 boxes OF fine confectionery
| were distributed.
Gurley Memorial Church.
The Christmas services Of the Gurley
Memorial Presbyterian Sunday school were
held yesterday in the chapel of the church.
| The room was beautifully decorated with
| evergreens. holly and bunting and illumin-
ated by colored lights. In the afternoon
nearly two hundred little ones, with a large
number of parents and friends. met for the
exercises Of the primary class. Under the
direction of Miss Mamie c. Withers, teach
| er of the class and her assistants. a fine
program was carried out in excellent style.
| In the evening exercises of the main school
were held. at which the superintendent, Mr..
Charles l.. Gurley. was compelled to an
| nounce before the service began that there
was standing room only remaining. The
school sang choruses appropriate to Christ
mas. of which the music was by Handel.
| Mendelssohn, j. r. Sweeny, Adam Geibel.
| p. A Schneider. They were accompanied
| by the orchestra of the school, under the
| leadership of Mr.. VIM. G. Doyle. The pas
tor, Rev. J.R verbrycke, made a brief ad-
DRESS Mr.. Brooke Amiss played a violin
| solo, Miss Cynthia Griffin gave q recitation
| ana Mrs. Joseph N. Rose rea0lng, MISS
Hazel Henderson sang a solo and a quartet
| from the church choir sang q selection. A
prize was given Willie Curtis for ticket
selling and banner was presented the
| class Of Mrs. L. r. Finney for perfect at
| tendance. Santa Claus was very happy in
| his remarks and was greeted with a song
by a chorus of thirty little girls. 1t was an
| occasion of special enjoyment and pleas
| ure The arrangements were made by the
| assistant superintendent, Charles H. Mer-
| win, and an able committee.
Stickney Memorial.
On Wednesday at the Stickney Memorial
Chapel a novel Christmas entertainment
was given, under the direction Of Superin-
tendent Louis Bliss and Messrs. Leeds and
| Glover.
After two Christmas songs by the Sunday
school, Rev. Mr.. Green, pastor of Calvary
| Baptist Church, made an interesting ad-
dress. Then came the feature Of the even
ing, IAN Old-fashioned Singing School,"
The principal parts were taken by Misses
| tombstone, Foster. Mabel Stickney and Rob-
| ertson, and Messrs. Leeds. Glover. Brown
and Groundsal1. The chorus consisted OF
the following singers: Misses Stickney,
| Crown, Robertson, Ethel Foster, McKeever.
| tombstone and Mrs Foster. and Messrs.
Mothershead. Hoskins. GroundsaI. Brown.
| Chaplin, Walker. Hatch and Foster. Dr.
rector, Mr.. E. Leeds. Pianist. Miss M.
Stickney.
During the entertainment Miss Pearl
/ Kramer reCltoQ -SaTeleSS Santa SlduS, anu
| Miss Fern Hoskins recited Dear Old Santa
| Claus"
| Mr. Frank Brown Of Lincoln National
Bank made jolly old Santa Claus. and dis
| tributed a number of presents to teachers
| and scholars. Each person was presented
with a box Of candy at the close Of the en-
tertainment
Lincoln Memorial.
The Christmas tide musical and literary
| entertainment by the Sunday school of the
Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church
took place last evening. The exercises.
opened with prayer by Rev. DIR. johnson.
| pastor of the church, were as follows:
Sing Unto the Lord" by Mrs. Johnson's
class: Rotations. Missionary Spirit" by
| six little girls from Miss James class; trio
by Misses Malvern, Nixon and Simmons;
recitation. Christmas Bells" by Ollie Mid
dleton; solo, "A Child's Idea of Snow by
Annetta johnson; recitation, THE Last
Hymn" by Annie Walker; singing Soft
ly Sleep" by Prof. Horris club; Rotations.
| Looking for Christmas" and Christmas
Already Here" by Eva Keys and Percy
| Keys; recitation, "A Letter to My Aunt"
by Louise Florence; singing, I'VE Praise
Thee. We Bless Thee" by the Sunday
school glee club: defamation, 1.-The Times, 4"
| by w. B. Johnson; solo by G. n. Horris;
essay, Progressive Education" by Miss
Mamie Hill. closing with a chorus by the
Howard University Glee Club. The church
| was well filled with an apprecatfye audI-