Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
CHRISTMAS EVENTS,
Greatest Festival in Christendom
Appropriately Celebrated
in Rack Island.
IN CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL

General Observances In Various Forms In
the City-snow Comes just in Time
to Give an Ideal Appearance TO All Ma
ture-1Iore Unfortunate Provided for by
the Salvation Army.
I Just long enough before the mid.
night bells proclaimed the Christmas
day. to spread soft white covering
over the earth. snow began gently fall
| ing on Christmas eve. An ideal APP
| pearance was the effect on Sunday
morn. The weather. too. was mod
| crate, and all the churches were well
attended The first religious celebra-
| tion of the day was the solemn mid
night at Trinity church in which
Rev X. +. Sweet was celebrant.
Beautiful chants by the vested choir
added impressiveness to the service.
There was early mass at the three
churches of the Roman Catholic faith.
st. Joseph's, St. Mary's and Sacred
Heart, and in the Lutheran and nearly
all the Protestant the day. and its
meaning was solemnized in music.
sermon and in decorations.
The local Salvation Army corps fed
213 children ut the barracks Christ
mas day and made each child the
present OF Il bag of candy and an
orange beside. In addition Al meals
were sent out to poor families through
out the city.
Notes OF the Observance.
The Methodist church children 5
festival was held last evening.
The Christmas entertainment of
Trinity chapel was held last night.
The First Baptist Sunday school
held its holiday festival exercises last
night.
There were numerous home Christ
mas trees and other celebrations be-
fitting the festival:
The entertainment for the children
of the Central Presbyterian church
occurs at Z O'Clock this evening.
The Christmas festival for the chill
dren OF the Union Mission will be
held tomorrow evening at the build
ing on Fourth avenue and Fourteenth
street.
Sheriff Cralle gave the prisoners in
the county Jail a fine Christmas din
ner, which it need not be said was ap-
preciated by the enforced guests of
the occasion.
The inmates of the WATERFOWL asy-
lum were made happy Christmas eve
with big tree and appropriate exer-
cises, which were carried out as out
lined in Saturdays ARGUS.
There were two entertainments at
the German Lutheran church, one for
the children, Saturday night, and one
for the young people last evening,
presents from n large Christmas tree
being distributed on both occasions.
w. b. Mcintyre played Santa Claus
in his neigh borhood Christmas morn
ing, visiting fifteen houses between
Twentieth and Twenty-third streets,
bright and early. and filling the little
ones stockings with toys and goodies.
The Plattduet schen Breeder held
their Christmas celebration and dahce
at Turner hall Sunday afternoon and
evening. A Christmas tree was pro
vided for the children. Bleuer's or
chcstra furnished the music.
Old Santa Claus visited the Sunday
school scholars of Grace English |
Lutheran church last evening, when a
lighted Christmas tree shone !
before their eyes at the church and |
they were given.of the good things !
which bore down its limbs.
The children of the Memorial Chris !
tian congregation had their exercises !
at the church Sunday morning, when
their little hearts were made glad by |
n large tree richly laden with the
many things which please the juve-
nile eye and palate. and which were
equally distributed among them.
The annual Christmas festival of |
Trinity parish was held ut the church |
Sunday evening. There was beautiful |
~ lighted Christmas tree, ana each of /
the children was appropriately remem-
bered. the teachers and others con-
nected with the Sunday school also 4
receiving gifts from the rector. Rev.