The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-06

After this, the following program, is
rendered.:
One Boys Wish. John
Jolly Old St. Nick. ............ School
Expecting Company. ........J Josephine
Talking to Santa .Tinsley
Game: The Cobbler School
Christmas Trees ...............El Elmer
11eIio w !Snes ALBERT
Winken, Blinken and Nod. School
Pleasant Wishes Ruth
Mother Go0se's Christmas. Rutherford
Carol, Sweetly Carol School
The Day After Christmas .......
...................Th Three Children
how Can Santa ........... .....Laura
Game: Busy Lads and Lassies. ........
..:......... School
Santa's Telephone. Frank
If Santa Should Fall ....... Margaret
Kriss Kringle ..................Sc School
One Thing More. Herbert
Jingle Bells. School
Stocking Song. lien Children
On This Happy Birthday. :.... School
Why No Bells?. -, Concert Recitation
Frank has made q telephone to con-
meet (?) with the north pole, and he
and Tinsley amuse the audience great
~ by their monologues addressed to
Santa Claus and his wife. Elmer tells
very sweetly of the Christmas trees
that are on their way iron the forests
on the mountains to the children in the
town." Laura shakes her brown curls
over the perplexing query: "How can
Santa go to Florida when there isn't
any snow?' Dear little Margaret gives
Santa Claus an earnest injunction not
to attempt the icy roof, but to ''come
right in the door," Herbert triumph
antly displays the stocking into which
the mouse ''put one thing more," and
the three who enact the greedy boy
who ate all his Christmas candy in one
day, his patient sister, and the doctor,
elicit much applause.
The ten lettle people who sing the
song of the Christmas Socks are
behind the scenes" each one holding
string which is carried through the
"chimney" and stocking attached, OF
each of which is letter of the name
Santa Claus. These are made to dance
up and down by means of pulling on
the strings as the stockings "come to
town." then each is jerked up in turn;
as voice from an invisible source
repeats petition to Santa, tinkle of
sleigh bells is heard, and at the close
John, as the good saint himself, in
white-bearded mask and fanciful cos
tune, suddenly bounds into the room
from the fireplace, sees the people, the
tree and the stockings, and as if scared
out by the number of the latter, van
ishes ''up the chimney" again.
Tinsley and Ruth have very thought
fully invited Kitty, their colored cook,
who has never seen any thing of this
kind before, and this last is much
enjoyed by her and the children visi-
tors particularly. I'll H.
The gifts are removed from the tree
and distributed, and with many wishes
for happy holiday season, we dis
perse to our homes for weeks vaca-
ton. "@...>'l -. r1"!&> 49,. IT'D L:
But we are going to keep you with
US, little friends, until after the Christ
mas festivities, for am sure that you
will wish to know how the boys and
girls OF the South enjoy the mid-winter
holidays. ~s ..@f>~.> %al~4 2T.
You hear that swapping sound, so
much like the Fourth OF July, as we
are on our way home from school?
Well, those are ''sure 'nuf" fire crack
ers and we shall hear them almost con-
stantly from now on through the
Christmas week. You will see fire.
works, too, every night and now that the
weather is moderating you feel that it
must all be q dream as to this being
winter and that Independence Day