The Saint Paul globe., 1900-12-24
KRIS kR|NaE HIS GONE
SANTA CLAUS HAS BEGUN HIS
WORK IN THIS
CITY
ACCLAIMED BY LITTLE ONES.
Odd Fellows Hall the Scene OF nm
Enjoyable Entertainment Un-
der Auspices of Spir-
ituaI Alliance.

Santa Claus has already commenced his
work The great, big bewiskersd fl end
of children craw.ed down a chimney
at Odd Fellows hall yesterday after
noon and popped his head out in a room
on the second floor where he was greet
ed by some eighty little boys and girls.
In the center OF the room was large
Christmas tree laden with lighted cand es
and presents. Santa fairly beamed with
happiness, the children were living i'll
fairyland, and the members of the st.
Paul Spiritual Alliance were 'tickied to
DEATH" for it was under their guidance,
their Christian work, that the praise
worthy celebration had been brought eff.
The children were poor but they
didn't know it in a feeling way. They
only knew that Santa was in the room,
that soon they would have dolls, tin
horns, and candy and gum. The mothers
and fathers of some of the tousie-'s
heads were present, and they were
brought to a realization of the fact that
others besides themselves loved their chit
dren, that the world is good, though
sometimes harsh. 1t made them happy.
The Twin City Mandolin club was on
hand to help make the occasion what
it was. AS soon as Santa Claus hopped
into view the room was filed with Christ
mas music. and straightway he loaded
himself with presents which he lost no
time In distributing.
Here, Santa, give me one II lite
over-excited little chap was heard to
shout me too," ech ed an unbash.al girl.
''Too-too,' came from d tin horn and,
just at that particular moment in that
particular room the world seemed to be
going around at an unheard-of rate.
The entertainment of the children was
not chilled fer the older people by an
undercurrent spirit. Every man and wern-
ORR and hoy feel
home The givers mingled freely with
those who were given to, and the atmos-
phere was one of brother and brother
and sister and sister.
One of the most interesting parts of
the programme for the children was
turkey dinner that was served. The ta-
bles were nicely set and laden with all
the Christmas viands that heart could
wish for The children had no hesitancy
in asking for this and for that and
cramming their little stomachs with ev-
erything at hand. It was Christmas and
they were going to enjoy themselves to
the utmost. :,
They showed how thoroughly they had
enjoyed themselves during the afternoon,
when it came time for speaking their nt-s
tie pieces. Several girls and boys stood
up and recited poetry or prose without a
trace of bashfulness Two girls played on
the piano, and very creditabiy.
G.. w. Gates, the agent for the State
Association of Spiritualists, was on hand,
and spoke few kind words of encour-
agement to the children. He said he.
wanted them to understand that every
body loved them, that they should all
be good and kind and true. Then they
would succeed in life. -
The presents that were given away
were collected by the ladies' auxiliary of
the St Paul Spiritual Alliance. Many
IN +laa aif Il R6
good cause.
TEST SEANCE LAST. NIGHT.
The members of the st. Paul Spiritual
Alliance held one of their regular meet
ings last night at Odd Fellows hail. and
two mediums of the associafcS held test.
.seances. Mrs Ella White who was the
first on the programme, offered to take
various articles from people in the au-
dience and through these, hold com-1
munion with spirits in the other world.
A young man gave her knife and, FEEL.
ing it and closing her eyes, she said
the possessor was a man of very deter
mined disposition, one who would not be
downed by obstacles, but that the knife
had nothing to do with spirits.
TI don't know why" said the medium,
''but the name Frank comes to me-"
''That is my brothers NAME" said the
young man.
one eooh eoHle al 'hCte Ah01i M oii0 @ p tp
sey, and, after going through the usual
preliminaries, said that he had had
great deal of trouble lately. that his
daughter and wife had died less than
year ago. that they both sent him
their greetings. and several other things.
Mr.. Dempsey stood up at the close of
the meeting and said that all that had
been said about him and his was true,
and that he had never seen or heard OF
the medium before. He said that spirit
ualisn had made him happy, and he knew
that when he closed his eyes on this
earth the first he would meet would be
his lost ones
Other like instances happened during
the evening, in some of which Mrs. e.
A. Sauer took a part as medium. but ap-
parently there were many doubters in
the audience.