The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-19

Interesting Holiday Exer-
ciSeS at Public Schools
Meeting Last Night OF Firemen's
Relief Association.
Embroidery Class SaIe-Cautata at Grand
Army fialI-Notes About the City.

Army HalI-Notes About the City.
The public schools of this city closed
yesterday for the Christmas holidays. The
exercises in the different grades and rooms
were on an elaborate scale, and the pro-
gress evidenced by the pupils in recitations
and vocal training speaks well for the
careful instructions Of the teachers
throughout the whole public school sys-
tenn. The teachers of the various schools,
under the direction of Superintendent
Draper, prepared well-arranged programs,
which were given in an excellent manner
To draw a comparison between the
different schools as to the merits of the
programs would be doing an injustice, as
each and every grade presented programs
of great merit and excellence.
One pleasing feature of the days exer-
cises was the large number Of visitors who
attended the schools yesterday, and the
complimentary remarks in praise of the
scholars and their work repaid ten fold
the extra labor of the instructors in pre-
pairing and rehearsing the program. About
tree, decorated with many useful and
pleasing presents, which gratefully re-
ceceived by the pupils. Some three years
ago an innovation was inaugurated Of
giving away Christmas dinners to worthy
poor families. This year the custom was
adhered to, but on a more extensive scale
than formerly. Overseer OF the Poor Pen
der grass gave list of the names OF fami-
of thx. onhn nIov
generosity, and today and tomorrow the
choice collections will find their way to
the homes of these families.
Space forbids us from giving the pro-
gram of the different schools in detail.
Nothing but praise can be said in regard
to them, and this particular training for
these holiday exercises leave an imprint
which will last forever.
The exercises at the High School were
commensurate with the standing and dig
nifty of the grade, and in view Of the inn
portance of the work the program in full
is given as follows:
Reeitation-Extract from SIN Memoriam"
Bertha Fitzsimmons.
observation-disclosures Time"......
Alice Simmons.
Observation-Disclosures in England" .....
Eva Riley.
Recitation-"Winter"., ,.......... .... Lowell
Margaret Bennan
Recitation-"The Morning of Christmas"
Nativity. ............."..
Alice Flood,
Recitation-"A Christmas Hymn.
Nellie Milligan.
Recitation-"Merry Christmas"-......,...
Eva Weeden. @5~ !.
Neutrality-suspicious. Day..
Nettie Walmsley.
Recitation-"The Mystic's Christmas.
Nora Snow
observation-disclosures Bells" ..........
Mabel Buxton.
RecitatiOn-"A Selection from Winter
Tale. "......... ......... ..................
Frank Leach.
Recitation" Extracts from Trving's
Christmas. ........ selected
Leslie Brown.
The recitations were interspersed with
vocal selections by the scholars.
A Bill I'm Equity.
The bill in equity of Alanson p. Wood,
George ID. Jencks, Daniel M. Jencks and
Ardelia Easton against Benjamin A. Rey-
nolds, collector of taxes for this city, ta-
ken as confessed by the respondents.
The complainants object to the sale of
their property, consisting of real estate on
Broad street, for non payment of curbing
tax assessments. They claim that they
did not receive proper notification that
the city was to lay a curbing or that tax
was livied against them. They ask that
the city be enjoined from collecting the
tax.
The collector and the city answered the
case, saving that the tax was correctly lev
led and that the complainants never tried
to have it abated through the regular
channels of protest.
Program of the Concert.
The different committees of the Sacred
Heart Temperance Society, which has
charge of the arrangements for the concert
and lecture to be given at Temperance Hall
tomorrow evening have arranged a pro-
gramme which will be pleasing to all those
who attend. The concert will be under
the direction of Miss Katie Butler, who
will also be accompanlst. Miss Butler has
arranged the following program for the
evening: Duett, ''Separation," Miss Lizzie
Lewis, Master Thomas Carly; reading,
Miss Maggie Lonargan; vocal solo, Miss
Martha German; violin solo, Henry Dono-
hue; reading, Fanny Waich; cornet solo,
John McNin; vocal solo, "No One Ever
Loved You Better Than L." Peter Flynn;
reading, Peter Duggan. Lawyer j. j. Fitz-
gerald will give an interesting discourse
on his impressions OF the city Of Washing
ton. The committee of arrangements are
Thomas Carney, chairman, William Max
well John Lonargan and William Donahue.
a Day In the Woods.
"Down over the meadows the shadows fall
A. the night comes creeping on;
While the curfew tells W. In solemn tones
That our holiday IL done"
The Juvenile League of the Embury NJ.
T.. Church had holiday last evening, or
to be more precise, they endeavored to
demonstrate In song and verse to large
audience, gathered I'm Grand Army hall,
how to properly and joyously spend
holiday. The nature OF the entertainment
was a cantata, entitled "A Day In the
Woods" The uncomfortable weather did
not deter the members OF the Embury
Church and a great many of their friends,