El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-26


ing. With scores of lighted tapers
;. strings of glistening ornamentation;
candy packages and things that mos
delight the youthful heart, the tre
surroundings were very brilliant: ant
n the Lutheraus may justly be proud c
their exhibition. Then the children
recited and sang in German, and tn
pastor, Rev. Simon, and Rev. Hoffm an
of the Myrtle avenue church, spok
auf Deutsch to the pleasure of every
> one.
. There was Christmas preaching a
the Door of Hope mission on Soutl
Oregon street by Rev. j. F. Corbin anG
u an experience meeting followed.
THE MEXICAN SCHOOL.
o 1t was the pleasure of a reporter tt
!, have witnessed the Christmas exercise
, of the Mexican public school. Prof
Lopez and his efficient assistant Mis-
: Emily Rush, had the large room taste
fully decorated with evergreens, and il
I the center on the east side, the plat
!, form was placed, at the right of which
stood large tree and behind and a
the sides the presents were hung anC
stacked. All the seats had beer
crowded in the room to face the tree
The Mexican children were all neat anC
. clean though many of them were thinly
clad, ssome having only garment or
their shoulders, but all eager eyed ano
expectant to behold the glories OF
what was to many their first real
Christmas, with tree and presents and
the legend of good old Santa Claus.
RecitatiOns and songs, some in English
and some in Spanish, commemorating g
the birth of the Christ child, and told
the traditional tales of Christmas tide.
The warmth of affection between
teachers and children was reciprocal,
| and without doubt the spirit of Christ
mas was better exemplifed in this
evenings work wherein the poor and
lowly were gratified in body and spirit,
than in any of the other many services
held in the city. The program observed
was as follows:
Song, America, by the school.
Memory Gems in English by George
Nlllegas, Francisco Barron, Jesus Lu-
cero, Juan Garcia and Noises Napo-
| les.
''El Porvenir de FL Paso, Texas"
Carmen Vlllanueva.
The Psalm OF Life, Maria Rodriguez.
II body find a Lesson, Clemente
Villegas.
The Spelling Match, Vibiana Lii
mon.
"El Unico Padre" Carmen Villa
nueva and Jose Hernandez.
Lighting of the tree.
Ori gin of Christmas Greens, Juanita
Napoles.
Gel Aguinaldo del Pobre," Soledad
Casarez and Maria Enriquez.
He comes in the Night Eliza En-
riquez.
"Hurrah for Santa Claus" Nellie
Shrout.
Neds Christmas Tree, Viola Baca.
Song, Home Sweet Home, Sci
Hogar" the school.
Every child in the school, about $50,
received present and a box of candy.
=,
were services at st. Clements at 80
and l. 100 a. m, Rev. DR.. Higgins Off
ciating at the early service. The in
terior Of the church, pretty already
with its artistically stained-glass
windows had been tastefully decorated
with flowers and foliage, and Christ
mas texts. The word "Bethlehem''-
each letter on a separate banner and
circled with hoop wreath of ever
the building. Under each of these
letters, printed in red on a white
ground and framed in evergreen. and
divided into the proper mum ber of por-
tions, is the sentence that formed the |
text for the rector's Christmas sermon.
Unto you is born this day in the city |
of David Savior which is Christ the |
Lord" The symbolic badges of the |
brotherhood of ST. Andrew and the |
Daughters of the King are also con-
spicuous among the decorations. The |
altar end of the church is wealth of |
simple beauty, the new quasi-reredos, |
presented by a member of the con-
gregation, adding not a little to the |
appearance. An important feature is |
the new dossil of pure white swiss, |
which sprayed with ivy and smilax,
and pepperberry, and set off with |
beautiful Gala lilies. red carnations |
and papperberries from the re-table, |
symbolises the significant words with |
which it is surmounted-'In this place |
will L give peace Over the altar, and !
to the right of it, is suspended the sill |
yer ''star of Bethlehem" shrined in |
evergreen. A memorial wreath of |
white carnations, in the form of star, |
made the front prettily conspicuous, |
and won much admiration. The music |
and singing was especially fine, and |
will be repeated tomorrow. Dykes |
setting to the TIE Deum was sung, and |
the beautiful anthem, THE Syrian |
Shepherds - by Otis, was very finely |
rendered. This will be repeated at
both services tomorrow to an offertory. |
The Sunday school Xmas entertain
ment will be held at Chopin hall on
Monday night at 80 o'clock.