The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-01-05
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CHRISTMAS TREE.

at Thorn psons hall. Given TO The
Episcopal Sunday school children
Of Phoebe by the Ladiss Auxiliary
to that church.
The tree was laden with presents
for everybody and was deliberately
and artisiically decorated from top
to bottom. The grand and beauti-
full scene was impressive of gener-
osity and inspiring to sentiment; il
Illustrating in beautiful manner the
characters behind the good work.
At an early hous the hall was well
filed and everybody seemed lie.
lighed with the surroundings.
The little folks each wearing
pleasant and expectunt countennnce,
occupied and filled the stage, being
arranged 10 order as to size blend
hack to the largest.
The bright little faces, the neat
diversified costumes, The deport-
ment OF each one and the ord
witt which they were arranged
filed each heart with pride for the
rising generation OF Ploche.
The exercises were opened in
few well chosen words plainly aud
eloquently spoken by Mr.. r. W.
Dickle to whom honor is due for
the splendid occasion.
The FIRST thing on the program
was u Christmas Carol by the Sun
day School children, "Ring out the
Bells for Christmas, and the order
and time with which il was carried
throu exhibited plainly careful and
efficient training and most of all the
sweet voices filed with enthusiasm
for the work at once captivated the
guidance and elected cheer after
cheer.
The recitation by Lena Franks,
"Santa Claus" was exceptionally
well rendered and indicated un-
usual talent from start to finish
The "Jam-pot" by nine boys elic-
tied much applause. which is dem
onstrative of the excellant manner
in which it was rendered.
The recitation by little Miss Dor
athy Price, "Chr stmass on the
Polly" was rendered with such ad-
mirable clearness aud grace that
one could in Imagination almost see
the ship The applause that fol-
lowed was long indeed.
The second Carol by the Sunday
school children was splendid, equal
ing il not surprising the first, and
as their sweet little voices Gang out,
CANCELS in the Silent Night" the
audience seemed to realize in a deep
and splendid sense the Divinity il
both the voices and sentiments,
"Coming Thru the Rye" by little
Lena Welland and Harold Clark
was the browning feature of the
entertainments. The earnestness
with which both performed their
parts and the bashful innocence and
eloquent childish ease prevalent
throughout the recitation stormed
the house with applause and a re-
petition had to be rendered before
silence could be induced.
No less entertaining and no less
we'll aud admirably rendered which
Immediately followed was lthe me
gro Woman" by little Orr. In
either performance, perhaps, no
stage audiance ever witnessed any,
thing of the kind more perfect, aud
in this as III the other repetition
was inevitable
A recitation by niue ladies, "In
5udea" aud "Softly the Night" by
three girls, in their sweetness OF
rendition, prepared the closing
feature OF the entertainment, by
Miss Goodlander, teacher in the
Phoebe public school, of "Belshsz-
zer's Doom" That this was we'll
and eloquently rendered was dem
onstrated by the exceptional atten-
ton of the audiance and the subse.
quent applause, forcibly illustrating
that the people Of Phoebe are appre.
cia.ive Of literary and Evolutionary
effort.
To Miss Rose Falconer, teacher
OF our grammer school, Miss Maud
Goo Handler, teacher of our primary
school aud Mrs. Geo. o. Sawyer,
great credit is due for the careful
and splendid manner in which the
children were trained aud respect
lively performed their parts.
During ail this the beautiful spec
tacle OF the Christmas tree was the
pride and admiration OF anxious in.
nocence, when Hon. Chas. Lee Hot-
sey, prominent attorney Of this