The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
JEWISH CHILDREN PRESENT.
OHHESrMAS EXERCISES SHOW
FEW ABSENTEES.

A. the CAnn0n 8tgeee DcnaDl enA Ypung
Pcrfsrmcrs sang About snt Claus
ASH rhsre Had Been NO p~retess-0thsr
schssas nspert Boo A~tseadaaoA
Sanity b wsnknn' an his sVrOs.
Ourrytn' an saddlin' his reindeer hsrsss
Jus you watch and hsD appear
WA all his nstxhbsls rtngtn' olsaA
Hen s0t dons for Little gouA, "a
WA rosy ohseka an naxen cola
On. how nns that santv'a hsrs-
christmas bsst OF ali ne year,
Jennie 0ottlieb took . fugitive hitch on
her garters and then SAT down In the old
arm chatr,'a vanished school CHAIR from
MLss Simpsons Office. to
wais a sanity doth appear.
For tomorrow 10 Christmas mornfnR
There DIDN'T appear % be any noticeable
revolt against Sanity or Christmas among
the pupils Of School 10 at Brooms and
Cannon streets yesterday afternoon, al
though q report had reached the news
papers that the citizens OF the school city
at ITO were 10 celebrate Christmas and
that there was likely 70 be great trouble
stirred Up by the mothers OF tho Fast Side.
The reporters went 70 the Cannon street
school and had 10 stand Up during the exsr-
cises because, IL seemed. all OF the East
Side mAmmas. from the East River 30 Orchard
street. had arrived early and settled them
selves on camp stoos around the end Of
no big assembly room 70 enjoy the spec
tacle.
When Jennie Gottieb waited for Sanity
Claus In the opening number OF the pro-
gramme the mothers applauded. Besides
jennie there we're Sarah Fest, Fairy God
moth sr. and Sarah Gruber. FGiyy. God
mother Sarah wore gtsrohed skirts and a
paper crown Of gold. and she spoke her lines
with exactneos and great histfonic art.
Fairy Sarah only had one thing to say, but
she had such fine shoes on--al golden Wild
tassels by the tops.
There was a paper clock on the curtain
behind, and AZ Jennie Gottlieb spoke her
lines Hattie Goldman, Sophie S~choenburg,
Bella Rand and Freda Freund stuck their
heads through the spaces between the
hands and spoke such pieces as never was.
Oh, they were 30 goodl
Then came the farmers dance. Cannon
street Knows a great deal about farmers
A farmer wears such funny clothes and he
always carries a rake-not a broom, like
the White Wings, but a rake. These six
scholars, they looked just like the pictures
Of farmers you see IN the funny papers and
they did such a ridiculous dance.
When five little girls and five little boys
came out TO do the Virginia reel, that was
such an excitement among the mothers.
A Virginia reel il something where you
walk out and bow and then you turn
around and make such a bowings to right
and left. Between times all the little
scholars stepped forward and sang;
Airy fairy snownakss
Whirling 10 the air:
Gliding round In circles
Failing everywhere,
Maybe s~nowfakes don't do that Oh Can
non street, but ia the books one can read
about what they 90 in the country.
The Highland fling was next. There
was Willie Campbell; his father came from
Scotland and he was an engineer on one
of the brick boats the on East River. And
besides Willie there was Moe Solinsky and
key Schimmenberg and Rosie Gonorowsky;
they all knew the Highlanders' dance.
There were some more songs about
Sandy Claus and about sleigh bells. There
were some dances and some speeches.
All the children seemed to know about
Santa Claus and not even the mothers
seemed much afraid.
Other East Side schools held exercises
similar TO those al the Broome street school.
At few Of the schools was there any notice.
able diminution in the attendance. In
one East Side school a teacher reported
that Of her class but two pupils we're absent
and OF these one had been sick for several
days.
Tn editor Of the Je IRISH Morning journal,
one Of the papers which urged the children
10 stay away, declared last night that in
of the schools the programmes had
been modified 10 exclude songs which were
essentially Christian.