The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-25

y ne EH1FFn. aDf - Vas E1izaa AfE6t A4A
Cne OF the snree Or four huEf5red present
Ia. beer oyersookea. TIE chSrch even
wsa MOI for9stsen. fer G. r. Dszrisna. tns
sap@r1nsenaer; % re Ss1f4y scslooi pre-
s~nfea Il wifh a grszf BIG. ssnelT na3na
fssbse thai rags1 rave coSt great DEAL q
money.
Before ire presents ~srs distributed ire
Sunday school scholars rendered an *
cesient programme. III Nhteh TIE fol-ow-
frz nzusesf took part. Susie BaTnex. Mag
gts Thompson. Matte Lester. George
Cops. Massei Bird, Charles Lynch. Helen
Forasv. Nazxe Har Setfie Thomas.
Laura Ghaw. Eszel Pratt. Lille Bailey.
Curly fonxsr Mzael Han. May Pratt,
Howard sfexart. E1sle Mensing. Annie
Mcclellan ard Dora Bre@eT. The singing
ard recgfafsous evoked considerable af-
plssse. although there ~as one ys8nEsEer
VINO ssla. II 70 wish they would stop
singing and slYa tae presents
A. tire Fsrsf Christian church. on Sen
eea street beEwesn THIRD and Fourth ave
n8ea xaey had a merry CHRISTMAS festival
last eysning. The ehgrea had been galiy
decorated Tor she occasion with ever
greens ana 9gher ornaments suitable 20
ths season. 3fsd the effect vas both ar
t.stie and elegant. TIE beau1 ful caatata
Feniered n sneh pleasing manner as 70
ae sg8f AZ wAo were present ITS rem
dlr0n VAS frequently Interrupted By leEd
Sarsts 81 applause. AZ the cs0se Of t&a
esnfata performance Santa Clans came n.
and ths reckless way In winch ne alstr.b-
afted presents showed thai he had large
supply On hand and that he i very Ab-
sral sort Of fellow. Altogether. both me
young and he old folks Of the F.Fst Chris
tan church had a NaFE srterrE FiUa-
The canfaia gsVan b. tie Sunday school
Of North Seattle Baptist church vas
grand success. The building was packed
70 overfi0~iEsg and many were turned
away. The stage decorations, under tne
9upervizse. OF SIR J. 4. Gresham. we're
artistic end beau,sfBi. Santa Claus house,
win Is kgipg picture. Miss Lil-aa Csdy,
waa &. center Of attraction, while the
FroAt Queen" Miss Mesdag. and little
Snowflake" Carrie Bowen, rsce.ged
hearty applause. Their costumes were
3.anasogne. and both young ladies sang
seli. Mss Carpenter rendered a vocal
s0lo. followed by a bye Low" by Mrs. j.
q Bixby while rocking her little one,
sfabei. The little 70; was then placed in
an old-fashicned cradle amid hearty APP
pause Mss Alexander and Mss LatIuler
Gang a duet. followed by the quartette
ton and Bowen. The choruses were we'll
s,rilled. as we're The Young girls who took
.fai9gue parts. Mr.. Stephen Han took the
part of Dick hedhead. an eccentric osd
hooksorm. AIR Noble. as Mr.. Wait: Mr..
Compton, as AR. Vim. the superintendent,
and Mr. Bowen. the secretary, deserve
credit
During the third act. when Santa. Claus
appeared with bss dwarfs, the audience
a AefipfsaH "a Tahr
deran acted the parts Of dwarfs. After
the cantaia Santa Claus made an appro-
pirate speech and MS awarfs distributed
bags OF goodies TO all children present.
The committee IN charge. composed of
Mrs. B.ehy. Miss kIllen. Miss White. Mr.
Bowen and Mr. Gresham. was unt.ring IN
Is efforts 10 make the entertainment so
perfect success.
The midnight mass services ut the
Church OF Our Lady Of Good Help were
witnessed by a large congregation. The
services were impressive throughout. and
the music excellent. An orchestra under
tho direc zion Of Prof Alfred Lueben. aid
"a as IN the rendition ~ the beausl-
TAI c@thoilc music. Following h the pro-
gfs'n.rne and the personnel OF the choir and
ore nesira.
farmers Mass in II Flat ...........
"Adeese Fidcles'' ..-.............. Dres<sier
"Neni Creator ,.................... Rossini
ssPasiorea Erant Ntrslanfes1 .KVksranS
Choir Sopranos, Mrs. 81 Dennis, Porte
land Miss Nellie Russell Miss Camraua
Mrs. Hudgin, altos, Miss Baker. Mrs. Fer
r Ms Ward; 'enofs. Rev, Father
Mr.. Agncw Mr.. Harker. bass Mr. Car
kaek. Mr. Michel. ar Clayton. NJ. Booth
Orchestra For string sextette AND fute;
vaas: viola. Mr.. Msssiag: alto. Mr. M.
Reuiay, bass Mr.. ia ster. flute. Signor
Iprsnti. organise and director. Prof. AL
fred Laebcn,
Gloria IN Excslsls Dec" The impress
sise midnight mass az the Sacred Heart
church. which ushered In Christmas.
thrilled many hearts IN all The seats sat
people and in the alslcS they stood. over
their heads foafea she music OF song and
urcheslra autaned to tire spirit OF the
coming day, Early che acvout members
81 The chUrch began 20 gather. ana visit
ora who came 10 hear good music The
church. agrk at II. was hghjed by the
patient altar hpys untlt by midnlgh. y
7h0ue On the light 90 many candies. over
tte altar and about the images over a
hundred OF these Pickering lights were
counted. The last tone ~ the bell .0Ntng
midnight had hardly died away when the
50 eptera's can was heard. The ievout
b9we>i their heads. This cali by Mr. Wag-
"a
by 20 the Infant jesus. rendered by a trio.
composed Of Father KaulE. Miss Fair
ii ia nd Miss Ecleefiy. THE tri1 was nc-
tompauiea by Mr. &. F.aEiehsrc on the
metaliophone. ana the string orch as-ra.
\ choir of twenty-fouF vo8ces rend red
Has au's "Tmpecial Ma a." accompanied
hy an orchestra. Including Messrs WaE-
ner Anderson. neilus. Dr. t.gsey and pf
Palmer. The ofyertory was "pastores.'
By J. Niegand
After mass Edward sposh's Christmas
carol. ~Memento Perpm." was sung by
tho choir. aud the exercises concluded
vfth "Aaeste Fldeles. BY the orchestra.
The choir was composed ne follows.
Sopranas-MssS Falrfleia tso.oistl Misses
McIniyre. kuEnenstein. ssnnie r. kerlv.
Annie Nsst. Belle Hood. Doian and Ada
l{Vf
Contraitss --Niss oHvls Eckcrly tsoloss,).
Mrs. WhIstie~ey Mrs. Fairfield. Misses
Mabel Meiregsor. Ella McGrcgsor and
Tenars~Mr. Neuss tsoiolsO Messrr.
Nahn, Carpenter. Hayes. Hert ana
isssses -Nessrs conaat. Hell, Lindsey
ogganlst -Mlzs Ella Eskerly.
Taday's services.
In the Swedish church. today VII Ne
celebrated by a3vine services as s q ~.
and s p. H tn the morning Rev Martin
f. larsen VIII preach on Christmas
JOYS" with Isaiah tNe-T az feXt TIRE
cao3r wiN stng Ahaut So ran1tes VIII ~
burning in te~ Christmas tfte. ana on q
very lAree area heaind the pulpit and a
small arch in earh wIu3oW
In the evraIas she pastor WtH preach
era fhe text Far fhe day Nats f.Is.SE