The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-27

| mcnts and, In their tniH' - ~ ,.f'g.1,i..
| robca sisters and some OF the OLD p,Vpit'
! and the congregation. almost an OF lntHi
| near or past the allotted age OF man az
waiting for their call 70 me Noti~ liz ~.
| spirlts-ail combined to ti'd.t 4''''''~
! al awe ln those who witnessed u.
AT sEVENTH-sTREET CHURCH
A eoodlv number OF people assembled
O., ~ Setenth-Sfrcet Christian churcn on
| Chr.gtmas morning to unite IN piaisins
J and worshipping Him whose hilh 'Hc
| Gay commentaries. - 49,, Mo-
Rev. J. a. Spencer, pas VI ',e q
| chester Christia. church, pfeache1 q
| ,nosf anDropriate sermon from the teN''
| GLORY 10 God In the highest, anu on
/ earth peace. good will TOWARD men ,,l -
| argued that on this or an oJ 49,. va. q, the
/ OF the Saviour should be SHOWN ~ wy
! lives of men rather than mat license
| Should be granted 10 wickedhess.
yrbe music was especially GOOD by the
| choir. composed OF Mrs. !. X Noei M's'
| N. ". Wright, Mrs. Il. "a Anderson
| Mrs. L. G. Daniel, Mr. +. ,. McCaI, my ,
and Mr. H. W. Durret OIsai"S'' w. u
/ TitzwisOn.
LEIGH STREET SUNDAY SCHOOL.
OF all the many celebrations held
/ Christmas-Day none, perhaps ahoieeu
! more pleasure Or enjoyment en"e ei. ~.
! forfv-eecond anniversary or LelBh street
! Baptist Sunday school, under the aoie
! Supervision Of Miss Alyce BllupS, as
I sisted by Miss Mildred peasants ana Nir.
| and Mrs deuel.. The pulpit nau Deeil
/ Handsomely and appropriately decorated,
! and the bright and Joyous faces OF happy
| children evidenced that old santa haa lui-
! filed their fOndest anuclp@' ons, -
Mcssrs. 4. X. Butler ana " it4lah -
/ Atkinson had general charge OF the ar
/ fair. and much Of It's success IS Que 70
/ them The music was rendered ~ the
| y y i H. choir. under the dnle dlfec-
| ton of Prof. j. G. HARDWOOD ahd froI.
| Leslie Watson presided at lhe Vibd" lH
bis usual brilliant style.
| Mr. ~ O. Garrison is the superlntend-
ent Of this school. which Is the largest lh
/ the city. and makes an eihcient oihcef.
! Tho ran0rt of the secretary shows mat
! tbere are 81 officers and teachers and
! 60 scholars on the roll. percentage OF
/ church members in school, q, new schoi-
| ars 1872. cOnvers Ons lUz. DapllsHs, iN''
| deaths 3. largest attendance, May lsth-
| ~ officers and teachers, 6s4 scholars The
! following We're present every Suhudy
during the year: Miss FANNIE Bufch j
NJ. Godsey, George a. Goode. Henry g.
| Mason Misses Grace Atkinson. Alice j.
| Crump BELLE I.eaer. Ada Parrish. Hester
! Richardson fhrce years., Bessie VIII
| kinsOn. Mrs English. Mes5rs. Clay Ahen,
| W. r. Atkinson Ernest Butler, j. X.
Butler. Harry Crump George r. paws,
Gates. oscar Hord. Trent Mack, Lawrence
| Smith. Harvie Richardson, bennie Tray
/ Tor 1.-TWO years.
THE PROGRAMME.
The following programme was rendered.
| Joy 10 the World. twelve lttle girls an
them by choir; responsive leadlng by
! pastor and choir. coronation. Christmas
| Thoughts" fbeing selections from the
/ writings OF famous authors. Misses bes-
/ sic Martin Writ Williams, Alberta Par
/ kinsOn. Nrgic Winfree, Messfs. JoHil
! GO0de IA W. Cottrell. W. T. clarke, ana
Robert Godsey; sextette, Mrs. ;. T.. WOOD
| fin. Mrs Addie Jones. Messrs. j. G. How
| ard. Samuel Reynolds 5. +. Woodiin, and
! Roland Chiidfey. Responsive reading oy
| superintendent and school Holy cam,
! choir. recitation, Mayor Jones Christ
mas Present" BY Master John Egglcston,
/ which was eXcellenuy rendered, Lovely
/ Chimes" by choir. collection for poor,
] and then came what proved, perhaps 10
! the children the best feature OF the pro
] grammc -le annual distribution OF the
| good ,hngs when all received Well
/ MED bag Of sweets
one of the most pleasing features Of the
| exercises was the presentation by Dr.
! Wright to Mcssrs. a. y. Clarke and Is.
! r. Allen, on behalf of the primary depart
/ ment, of which they arc the superintend-
/ ent and assistant, Of a handsome rocker.
The galleries were filled with friends
! of the school and visitors, and all pro
| nOunced IL one of the most successful or
! Xmas entertainments OF the numerous
/ good ones that have been enjoyed by the
The celebration of Broadus Memorial
| Sunday school was largely attended ana
a fine programme was rendered. num-
Der Of good things were distributed to
/ the children.
AT THE JEFFERSON.
Christmss-Day passed off very quietly
al the Jefferson Hotel Messrs Ainslie
/ a. Webster prepared special table
! dhote dinner. beginning al +. NJ
| in honor of the day. and a large number
~ ladies and gentlemen besides the
guests awaited themselves OF the onpOr-
] tunity 20 enjoy "a dinner the bill Of fare
! for which was carefully chosen and
/ served i'm excellent style The dinner bin
| was Il souvenir OF beauty, and was print
| cd on heavy cardboard. the house mono
| gram and title being IN gold on white.
| with a dainty hand-painted sprlg OF mis-
/ tlotoe tied with "a white satin ribbon in
| the corner The Jefferson orchestra
| played "a choice programme of music
! during and after dinner, when the ro-
! fund and arcades were filled with
| pleased listeners.
AN ARTISTIC EFFORT.
Monsieur T.. Bournouville, who is the
| clever pastry cook OF the house made
| ana presented 10 Messrs Ainsie &
| Webster an artistic cOnceit in sugar
| house and lot, perfect in every detail,
! even TO the lawns, fences, and walks
surrounding II, which was admired by
an who saw IL in the private office OF
! the managers
At the Exchange the Lexington the
DodsOn. fOrd's, the Imperial. and the
ST Glare most excellent menus were pre-
pared. and the good reputation q these
hostelries upheld.
one of the features OF A.e cining-room
az the Jefferson Christmas night WAS a
dinner party rendered by Messrs. Taylor
and Boiling for the TAYLOR a Boiling
Company 10 their employees. I'm recogni-
ton OF their years faithful services.
Mr.. Blair Boiling presided over the gath
cring. which embraced every one I'm the
house. from office boy 10 the confidential
.IUF HIllrr al...
with tickets for their escorts also and
they dined together In little parties OF
four Every one spent the evening de-
nghtfuly. and the time after dinner
went by quickly, all listening To- the band
play In the rotunda.
SOME OF THE CASUALTIES.
The usual number of casualties were
the result Of the Christmas celebration
hut fortunately there were no fatalities
Among the worst was one which hap
pened 10 Thomas Jeffreys. q colored man.
who had his left thumb blown off al
Twcnty-frst and Marshall streets by the
premature explosion OF a torpedo which
he was carrying In his hand The ambu-
lance surgeon attended him
Two boys named Rice and Enrght were
badly burnt-one about his hands and the
other about his face-by the premature
explosion of toy cannons. Enrieht lives
near the Old Market and Rice in the
eastern part of the city.
Police Sergeant @. W. Epps son. Frank
was painfully but not seriously burnt
about his face and hands Wednesday
while playing with toy cannon
Christian James fourteen years old.
living AT First ana Clay streets was set
ting of fireworks with a number of
companions Christmas night One of the
boys threw a lighted pin-wheel into the
pocket OF Christians Jacket, accidental
ly and the little fellow received a painful
burn on the hip before the fire In his