The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-28
Little Ones Made Happy.

The Memorial Day Nursery, on Willow
| avenue, Hoboken, was, a scene OF gaiety
| yesterday afternoon, when thirty-seven
little tots, all inmates of the institution,
made merry around a large Christmas
| tree, heavily laden with toys, candies
| and useful articles, which were later dis
| tributed to them.
The children marched around the tree
| singing carols, afterwards adjourning to
| the lining room, where they were treat
ed to ice cream and cake. After they
had partaken of the refreshments they
were presented with a new garment each
and the gifts from the tree.
The tree was donated by the scholars
of No. 1 School. The festivities were
! under the management of the matron,
| Mrs. Stenlien, who was assisted by Mrs.
! Julian, and Mrs. Rossier, of the Board
of managers.
Central Avenue Reformed school.
The Sunday School of the Central Ave
nue. Reformed Church, on Bowers street,
held its Christmas anniversary last even
ing. About 500 presents were distributed
to the scholars, who in turn presented
(! their teachers with beautiful gifts. The
| entertainment was very good. A repre-
| sentation of fairy land, in which Santa
Claus appeared in a toboggan,, delighted
the children very much. Mr.. O. B. Du
Bots performed the part of Santa Claus.
Mr.. Walter Hartman played on the vio-
lin. Miss Clara Duvel gave a mandolin
solo. The banjo was played by Mr.. Frank
Ashforth and a vocal solo was given by
Miss Edith Platt. Six little girls sweet
| y. " a sfropcu- T,,,ruu Gbor,,r -
REGULATIONS were given by Miss Maggie
Campbell and Miss Annie MacGlashan.
A pretty scarf drill was performed by
twelve young ladies.
At the United Presbyterian.
The annua Christmas entertainment
was given last evening at the Second
United Presbyterian Church, on Han
cock avenue. Four hundred and fifty
presents were Distributed among the
scholars. The programme was inter
spersed with Christmas carols, sung
sweetly by the scholars. Those who took
in the entertainment were:-Joseph Ed
gar, Francis Kendall, William T. Steven
son. John Wells, Lillian Doughty, Will
lam A. Wheeler, Florence Maccracken,
Peter Pentland, Maggie Fry, Annie Han
dorf, Robert Green, Adele Emmerich,
Mary Ramsay, Hattie Macmillan, Cor
don &. Decker, Freda Booth, Marion Mar
tin, Helena S. Martin and Miss Kidd.
Refreshments were served.
At the Children's Home.
The Christmas exercises at the child
ren's Home on Glenwood avenue were
held last night. Mrs. Winchester. the
matron, had the parlors beautifully
decorated with Christmas green's. A
large tree was erected INK was loaded
with presents for the inmates. The
Christmas presents were arranged and
distributed by the following ladies OF
the Board of Domestic Control:-Mrs
Judge Beach, Mrs. r. o. Rabbit, Mrs.
Scion Palmer, Mrs. Cummings and Mrs.
Walker. A number of ladies and gentle
men who are interested in ths Home were
present and enjoyed the programme, con-
sisting Of songs and recitations by the
children.
Santa Claus Crowned.
The Sunday School Of the Summit
Avenue Baptist Church gave a cantata
and distributed Christmas presents tc
the scholars last evening. The interior
of the church was decorated with ferns
and wreaths. Six hundred and fifty
presents were given to the scholars. A
large Christmas tree, with its pretty or
naments, presented a very beautiful
appearance. The antata entitled ''Ths
Growing of Christmas" was performed
by sixty little girls, representing the
different holidays of the year. Each
in turn spoke OF the merits of their day
petitioned for the crown which was
finally presented to Santa Claus by lit,
tie tn~ree-year-old Carrot Berry.