Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-24
How the Day of Giving Will Be
Observed by People of
Rock Island.
CHURCH SERVICES AND AMUSEMENT
Indications Are That Kris Kringle
Will Be Unusually
Active.

Judging by the general prosperity
and the activity that has prevailed
in the shopping marts during the past
few days, it will be an unusually mer-
ry Christmas in the majority of the
Rock Island homes. There will be
more than the usual number of gifts
presented and received. and the hap
piness of the givers and the recipi-
ents will be proportionately greater
than the day usually brings.
Being first of all a religious holiday
the day will be made much of by the
churches. The services at the Catho-
lie churches will. of course, be the
more elaborate, in accordance with
the significance that is attached to
the origin of the day.
At Trinity Episcopal
! The services at Trinity Episcopal
church will begin at o'clock this
AFTERNOON with the children's festi-
val. At midnight the Christmas cele-
bration will begin, with mathis, ser
mon and celebration at 10 o'clock in
the morning. Services at the chapel
will take place at o'clock in the af-
ternoon. Friday the feast of st.
Stephen will be observed with services
at the church ut 10 i'm the morning
and ut 7:3O in the evening. Saturday
the feast of st. John. the Evangelist,
will be observed with services at 10
Il. IN.
| At st. Joseph's Church
At St. Joseph's church there will he
masses at ;, and 1890 a. IN. celebra-
ted by Rev. Thomas Mackin. The
choir, enlarged for the occasion. will
be directed by Will Andersen. with
Mrs. Grace Mackin as organiSt. Mil
lard's 18th mass will be given. with an
"Adesti FideliS," i'm chorus. at the
opening of the service. Neidlingers
Birthday of Il hing" will he sung mt
the offertory by Will Andersen and at
communion And There Were Shep-
herds will he given by Il quartet com
posed of Mrs. w. y. Crubaugh. Mrs.
Thomas Casey. r. j. Murray and j. NJ.
Colligan. Farmers ''Agnus Del will
be sung by Mrs. w. A. Crubaugh, Mrs.
Minnie Ranson-Barller and Mrs. Thorn
as Casey, while The Waterman" will
be given as closing chorus.
At Sacred Heart.
At Sacred Heart church there will
ne solemn high mass at a. m. with
low mass at s and high mass again at
1920. In the evening there will be
solemn vespers. At high mass there
will be elaborate musical produc-
tions, in which the soloists will be
Mrs. Moran, Mrs. Ida Smith, Miss
Anna Green. Miss Nellie Brough. Leo
Larkin, Name Meenan and James
Findley, with Miss Florence
Freistat. violinist. and Frank Freistat,
organist. Rev. j. +. Lockney will be
assisted in the services by Rev. w. p.
Lauriault and a priest of the Pas
sioniSt order. from Cincinnati.
Christmas observances for the lit
tie folks took place last Sunday when
there was a program of songs and
recitations. with the distribution of
presents.
At st. Mary's.
At ST. Mary's church services will
begin with solemn high mass and
sermon at ) in the morning. At 81
o'clock there will be mass for the
Belgian members of the congregation,
conducted by Rev. Louis Heidmann.
At 10 o'clock there will be second
high mass with sermon and at 3 p.
m. vespers and benediction. At first
fiat will be sung by the choir.
The Christmas exercises for the
children will take place Friday even
ing at Columbia hall. when a program
of song and recitation and play APP
propriate to. the occasion will be
given under the direction of the sis
ters. There will be Christmas tree,
with Santa Claus and the distribu-
ton of presents and good things to
eat.
Broadway Presbyterian
At the Broadway Presbyterian
church, where the general services
were held last Sunday, the Sunday
school children last evening gave their
Christmas program. The exercises
were held in the auditorium of the
church, which was prettily decorated
with greenery and effects in electric
lights. There was tree with Santa
Claus and the distribution of pres
ents after the program which was as