Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
Recitation-Miss Edna Egert.

WHdts Gan no! Lyman Meade.
James DAIMLER and Eddie Fuller.
Recitation-Miss Alma Balm.
Recitation-Miss Dora Wilhite
Angel Song-Mrs. Van Heck's and
Mr.. Shaw's classes.
spirit of Christmas"-Dela Ecker
man, Vadie Pierce, Laura Obert Nina
Vogt and Emma Geiger.
Recitation-Miss Grace Peterson
Recitation-Miss Emma Geiger.,
Duet-Misses Hazel and Ruth Hunt
| ley.
Christmas Gifts"-Sylvia Fuller. Lola
Fuller, Rebecca Lettig. Minnie and
Louise Trotnow.
Recitation-Miss Grace Fuller.
What Is s?'-Winie Trotnow,
James Clinton. Arthur and Guy Fuller
Like the Stars'-Miss Anderson's
and Mrs. Hinkley's classes.
Recitation-Master Fred Danler.
THE Joyous Christmas" - Hazel
Huntley. Agnes Sherman. Bertha Trot-
now and Mary Belle Pierce.
Recitation-Miss lone Zeis.
Recitation-Miss Vera Kiie.
THE Star of the Scepter"-Bessie
Nichols. Augusta Geiger. Helen >Vogt,
Song-'Hark. the Herald Angels
Sing"-By the school.
At United Presbyterian.
The Sunday school festival of the
United Presbyterian church will be
held this evening in the church. The
| 70 will o-ip
ecitations-Primary department.
when Santa Claus Comes'-Bes-
sic Volk.
"Leglons of Santa Claus"-Stella
OberstaHer.
"A Letter to Santa"-Minnie Nelson.
| Christmas All the Year'-Stella
Hertahrend.
Santa Claus"-Vivian Schroeder.
| "How Santa Claus Clarence
Oberstaller
Christmas Eve Thought Florence
Kerler.
christmas Twice Year''-Cheral
Paulsen.
| Songs by several little girls.
| Cantata-"Mother Goose Christmas
by 20 children.
| Festival at Broadway.
| The Christmas festival for the Sun
| day school of the Broadway PreSby-
terrain church was held last evening in
the auditorium of the church. The
service under the name of Bells of
Bethlehem was largely a service of
song. The choir of 200 voices. under
the leadership of H. E. Van Duzer,
sang the choruses with esprit and vim
and evinced careful and painstaking
training.
The festival began with a process
sional of the primary class, the chorus
jim the meantime, taking its place in
the choir loft and large platform in
front
The opening chorus was Strike the
Harps of Glory" by the chorus and
entire school, Christmas Bells" a
duet by Misses Merle Hurst and Kath.
crime Thatcher, and chorus by the
choir and the quartet by Misses Alice
Carse and Florance McCandless and
Howard McCandless and Herbert Reck
Lighting Up the World" followed.
The solo by Mabel Parker. Star OF
the East" the duet Babe in the
Manger" by Bessie Reiss and Anna
Marie Van Duzer and the solo. ''Sweet
Be Thy Slumber' by Ruth South, al
little tots. were a delight
There was signal exercise by sever
juniors and a beautiful star exercise
in which six little white robed girls
with colored candles in their hands
with strings of, red and green ribbon
by a series of maneuvers, wove star
An exercise by six junior girls Ell
: titled THE Bells" accompanied b!
Mrs, Hogan on the piano and the ring
ling of bells in the choir loft was yer,
pretty A chorus by the primary OF
the platform gave an opportunity fol
Santa Claus when he came to ge
close to them and talk u them. which
with the distribution of candy ant
gifts closed very delightful program
At Central Presbyterian.
Il A unique and pretty program wa
given at the Central Presbyterian
church last evening. 1t was termed ;
Giving Christmas" Each class
brought something which could be o
use to poor and destitute families
Though the gift of each class and man
liner of presenting it was kept secre
It'll the presentation was made. Mrs
!. Humphrey class of young womel
came to the platform with larg
n financial pie" reciting:
six or seven dollars
+ Baked into a pie;
When the pie was opened,
II The bills began to sing:
s. Isn't this a Christmas gift
| Fit to give a king?"
e Elmer McAloon's class of boys cam
l, dressed as farmers and brought vegt
tables and produce. Rev. Mr.. Humpl
s lrey's class of men brought load c
Icoal. small wagon loaded with Goa
y drawn by team of harnessed boy
and driven by little Marion Humphre!
lpassed up the center aisle amid tn
Applause of the audience, signifyin
THAT a full load would be given Gil