The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-12-27

chestra began the overture, "Joy to
the World" the lights were turned on,
and the scene that met the childIen's
eyes brought forth joyous outbursts of
applause and the exclamation Oh!
Oh! Oh! A brief address was then
madeby the Rev. Leonard j Christ
Ter on the spirit Of Christmas, decar
ing that If we had more of the gos-
pei OF good cheer, Of laughter and be-
nevolence we would soon reclaim the
world After the rendition Of The
Holy City by Hills orchestra, the
! choir of St. Marks Episcopal which
consists Of about thirty voices, sang
the Christmas carol, 1T Came Upon
the Midnight Clear" Among the in
teresting features Of the choir work
was the picturesque arrangement OF
!, the stage, Evergreen trees being sus-
pendd by wirs, forming perfect out
| line Of an evergreen woods, and with
! the use Of cotton the representation
Of snow covered tree-tops and was
very effective. Around and about these,
trees stood the chrous which rendered
the carols with fine effect. The carol
deserving special mention was that CT
20 Littl Town Of Bethlehem" with sol
part by Miss Margaret Wright who
was never heard to better advantage
she taking the first half Of each verse
and the chorus the last half, making
a very impressive selection. The solo
| by little Miss Ruth Smith entitled,
christmas Song" was we'll received
by thechildren and the duett, Oh,
Wonderful Story by Miss Phyllis
Smith and Miss Clara Mckenzie, was
one of the best ever heard. The pro-
gram closed with a selection from the
Hilla orchestra and then Santa Claus
came in from among the trees on the
stage. The glad shouts and generous
round of applause that went up from
all hands was tremendous, but the
oceans of good fun that followed
when the gifts were distributed from
around the tree as the children cluster
ed to the center and out of the bu1td-
ing, was even greater Smiling with
gratitude and delight over. the festivl-
ties of the hour the young and old
left for their homes declaring that it
was "the incest Christmas they ever
had"
r,1.; nf Nay
greatest day of the year in united
manner or as one efficient whole was
proposed by the Rv Leonard J. Christ
| ler with the purpose that the nearer
the forms of festiyity approximat
ed to the real spirit Of Christmas, ell
iminating the charity reasons entirely
and making it mutual and fraterna'
among all, the more real Is the Joy
of those who receive or give or take
part in the celbration.
Accordingly committees were ap-
pointed by several of the fraternities
of the city to foster and care for the
celebration, among them being the
Masons, Odd Fellows, knights OF ~
, thias, the Woodmen of America and
the Elks of the city. The response
was generous and hearty showing the
(, good spirit OF the men who make uT
e. these fraterna.~ bodies and demoastrat
n ed their interest in the WhatsoeveI
things are of good report for the pub
n lie veal of our city. The general com
niittee organized from the committees
= of these various fraternities with thu
Leonard j Christler as president
4, Willard c. Kester. secretary and iud2
William g. Pyper, treasurer. Tn
x buying committee. cons sting o
re Messrs. II. w. StringfelloW, F. A. But
IT, trey, NJ. Auerbach and Lou LucKe ar
i. deserving of the highest praise 10
their painstaking and efficient laoors
Y They worked hard, selected wisely an
bought economically. The solcitln
committee of Messrs. Thomas w. We
George Hanks and Judge Pyper ado
Is ed generous quota Of work to the ce
be ebration. as did also the committee
d. no decoration OF the opera house an
it distribution of gifts, including Il
ly ladies committee. The members
as the general committee were Rev. L.
nd Christler, Judge pyper, Messrs Jof
all Matthews, George Hanks. Ed M. A
it len, James Holland, Willard c. Keste
I'M Thomas w. West, Q. S. Gofi.
by Auerbach, T. ]. Troy. w. Young, 4
fred West. THE ladies committee W.