Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
VISIT OF SANTA CLAUS
Children Look Forward With
Eager Anticipation.
PROGRAM OF THE WEEK
JUVENILES TO BE ENTERTAINED
IN VARIOUS CHURCHES.
Special Music to Be a Feature of Holt
day Exercises-A General
Observance.
PROGRAM OF THE WEEK

The churches in the city have not for
gotten that Christmas is primarily a re-
lgious holiday and festival. All are pre-
pairing for the celebration of the anniver-
sary of the Savior's birth. Choirs and
Quartets and soloists ha .e been making
ready for the past month. and tomorrow
and Christmas morning in almost every
church auditorium will burst forth glorious
Christmas songs. anthems and carols.
| Flowers and greens will be used in pro-
fusion and everything will take on bright
aspect, most fitting on this day of all days
| in the Christian calendar.
| The celebrat ton Of the holiday in the
| churches will continue throughout the COM
| ing week, and In some cases extend into
| the week following. The Catholic and
Protestant Episcopal churches, notably, will
| hold their most important services Christ
| mas day. while prominent among the de-
nominations that will observe the religious
| aspect of the annual festival tomorrow and
the following Sunday are the Presbyterian,
the Methodist, the Baptist and the Congre-
| gational. The childrens entertainment WILL
| for the most part take place in the even
| ings during the week, beginning with
| Christmas eve.
| Special Music Tomorrow.
The New York Avenue Presbyterian
| Church will have a special program of
music for tomorrow mornings service, and
the following Sunday evening will hold its
| annual Christmas praise service which
| was announced for tomorrow evening, but
| has had to be postponed on account of the
| Illness of a member of the choir. On
| Christmas eve In this church there will be
| a musical responsive service for the chill
| dren, after which gifts will be handed
| around.
The evening of Christmas day will be the
occasion in the New York Avenue Pres
/ byterfan Church for the children's enter
tainment of Bethany Chapel which is a
| missionary off-shoot from the old Church
of the Presidents" The following Wednes-
| day night Faith Chapel. another branch of
this church, will come to the "old home
and sing Christmas carols and give and
| receive gifts.
| The Church of the Covenant has engaged
| for the service tomorrow afternoon the
| quartet consisting of Mrs. Clarence Price
Miss Corrie Berkhart Mr.. VIM. d. Nc
Farland and Mr. Frank P. Reside. whose
| singing has been favorably commented
| upon at the church during the past month
! 1t Is proposed to feature the musical part
or the afternoon service, and under the d.
! rectfon of Mr.. Harvey Murray, the organist
Of the church. good results may be ex-
| pected. The quartet will also sing at the
| Christmas morning service.
| The Sunday school of the Eastern Presby-
| terrain Church will render Christmas can
| tata during the week.
A unique plan and one unusually appro-
| pirate for the holiday will be carried out
by the Sunday school of the Metropolitan
| instead of receiving gifts will contribute to
others. Each class has been collecting
| money with which to make its purchases
Ihese VIII be distributed among the poor
| and needy on and after Christmas day.
| The superintendent and teachers of this
| school go upon the principle that 1t is
more blessed to give than to receive"
The Fourth Church.
| The Christmas selections to be rendered
| by the quartet of the Fourth Presby-
terrain Church, 18th and Yale streets north
west, tomorrow morning include an OPEN
| ing anthem with contralto and tenor solo
christmas. Awake! Salute the Happy
Morn and an offertory, soprano solo
and quartet, There Were Shepherds" In
the evening the offertory will be soprano
and contralto duet, Songs of Praise the
| Angels Sang" The church quartet con-
Mrs. w. c. Wells. contralto; Mr. j. Noble
| Hoover, bass, and Mr.. Griffith Evans
| tenor Mr.. A. B. Kelly is the organist and
! director.
| The Methodist Protestant, Methodist
| Episcopal, Baptist, Lutheran Congrega-
| tional, Christian, Universalist and all of the
| other Protestant churches have arranged
| special music and appropriate addresses for
| tomorrow or a week later.
First Congregational Church.
The First Congregational Church will
have music by Dr. Bischoffs choir the
evening of Sunday, December 81 The
quartet of the choir is composed of
Miss Virginia Powell Goodwin, So
! prano who recently succeeded Mrs Hat
| tie Meads Smith; Miss Edna Scott Smith.
| contralto; Mr.. Douglas G. Miller, tenor,
and Mr.. ]. Walter Humphrey, basso. The
| chorus is as follows: Sopranos-Mrs. F. H.
Bacon Mrs. Sadie Bailey, Mrs. j. A. Burk-
hart, Miss Ethel Chatf1eld, Miss Josie Helen
Dobson, Mrs. C. Fl. Elliott. Miss Erney,
Miss A. l.. Grant, Miss Edith Lipphard,
| Mrs George Newton, Mrs. Isaac Scott.
Mrs, Shackelford. Mrs. s. e. Snyder, Mrs.
George E. Walker, Miss Lena Woodruff
Altos-Mrs. d. L. Burnett, Miss Elizabeth
Cushman. Miss Letta B. Fisher Mrs. D. b.
Ingalls,, Miss Eva Jackson, Miss Florence
| King, Miss Moser. Miss Nellie Newton,
| Miss Alice II. Peabody. Mrs. ]. s. Ray
mond, Miss Helen Skinner. Tenors-D. L.
| Burnett, P. w. Coleman. V. L. Dodge.
Louis Du Riemer. G. f. Johnson George
Newton, w. ]. Reed, II. A. Spear, Duncan
Stuart. Bassos-D. H. Clark, Mr.. Drexell
r. d. Gardner. F. D. B. Ingalls,. O. NJ. Nc
| Snow, /. Stockton, Mr.. White.
The Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
! Church, Marshall Place. will celebrate the
holiday season with special music tomor-
| rom morning and during the week there will
be Sunday school entertainment under
the direction of Mr.. w. c. Eldridge, SUI
perintendent of the school.
| The following program will be given by
| the choir of the Asbury NJ. e. Church to-
morrow evening. beginning at 7:30 o'clock:
Hymn, IAN Hail the Power of Jesus
! Name" choir and congregation: solo and
chorus, Now. When Jesus Was Born"
Mr.. r. w. Johnson and the Asbury choir;
| solo, Beyond the Gates of Paradise
(Shattuck) DR.. r. F. PIummer; chorus.
And the Child Grew Strong" (Trowbridge),
| the Asbury choir; quartet, Consolation
| minnie Bailey. Miss S. A. Tyler, Mrs. H.
c Smith and Messrs. I. L. Henson and
Phil Green; solo, THE Master (Bartlett),
Mr.. r. w. Johnson; male chorus Sing,
Oh, Heavens perkins,, tenors and BASES;
violin solo, selected, Mr.. Bernardne Smith
chorus. Come. All Ye Faithful (Schneck-
err, the Asbury choir solo, THE Newborn
King o.. Espho) Miss Bessie Hamilton;
female chorus, There Were Shepherds
CPerkins). the Asbury choir; chorus, 'Fes-
| tiva. TIE Deum" CBuck), the Asbury choir;
| Mrs. Estelle V. Jarvis. organist; Mr.. Ber-
nardine Smith. violinist; Prof. j. Henry
| Lewis, director.
Early Morning Service.
| number of the Protestant churches will
| have early morning services Christmas
| day Among these is the Luther Place
| Memorial Church. which will hold spe-
| cial service at o. clock in the morning.
The following Sunday this church will hold