Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

hall the Temple Baptist Bible school
will give it's Christmas festival An IN
teresting program has been prepared by
the different classes and departments.
Each pupil will bring some useful and
appropriate gift to be distributed
Christmas.
Saturday evening after Christmas, at
the club house in the Echo park play
ground, the Bible school of the Echo
park Baptist branch will give Christ.
mas captata entitled Santa Claus
Triumph"
Through the generosity of Temple
Baptist church members large num-
Der of beautifully dressed dolls have
been provided for the girls of the mis-
sion, and there will be games for the
boys and candy in the usual Christmas
style for all. Friends or visitors IN
terested in this work should come early
If they hope to secure a seat at the
cantata.
At Bethlehem Church
At Bethlehem Institutional church
the Christmas festivities will be of an
international nature. Sunday, Decem-
Der q, a special Sunday school pro-
gram will be presented at the morning
service, and that evening Mrs. Bradley,
deaconess, will have an entertainment
the Sunday school. Monday evening,
December 2S, exercises will be held for
the children of the night schools, In
Guiding the Greek and Russian children.
Neighborhood work. Last year seven
separate Christmas trees were given to
the children, and it is expected that
this plan will be followed this year.
Aside from the work among the chill
dren Christmas cheer will be carried to
the prisoners Of the city jail and to the
inmates of the county farm. The Vari-
Gus Episcopal churches of Los Angeles
will hold manager services at which the
children will take presents for the poor.
These will be distributed under the
supervision of Rev. Mr.. Marshall and
his helpers.
Among the busy workers these days
are the members of the Salvation
Army. For several weeks pots with
the motto, Keep the pot boiling" have
been placed on the streets for donations
The army is preparing to distribute
200 baskets of food, thus reaching
about 1000 people. Aside from this it is
expected that 800 men and women will
be served with a free Christmas dinner
at Monarch rink on Hill street, at 11:30
a. m. Councilman A. ]. Wallace will
make an address Of welcome to the
people.
The Volunteers Of America are plan
| ing to send out about 200 baskets of
| food. and, in addition, will give an en-
tertainment with a Christmas tree on
! Christmas evening for needy boys and
| girls.
| Special music is being prepared, and a
fish pond, with appropriate gifts, will
be a feature. A tree will also be in evil
dence.
At the Ell Club Belen, 61S New High
street, J. c. Nava is preparing a
Spanish cantata to be given Christmas
eve. At this celebration one of the
principal features will be a tree. Be
! ginning today stereopticon views rep
resenting the life of Christ will be
/ given at this branch of the Bethlehem
work as preparatory to Christmas.
Christmas eve d. A. Mata, pastor OF
| the Spanish Presbyterian church, will
hold a festival for the children of his
congregation at Bethlehem church.
| The primary department of Emmanuel
! Presbyterian church Sunday school, fol-
! lowing an annual custom, will enter
! tain the little orphans from the Los
! Angeles Orphans home Tuesday after
noon, December 20. About 120 children
will be given a pleasant afternoon. A
program will be rendered and refresh
ments served. The main school will
| give a Christmas tree next Tuesday
evening. The members of the Young
| Women's auxiliary and the Young
| Women's Missionary society will dis
! tribute baskets of food to needy
! families.
The Christmas festivities of I'M
| manuel church were really opened yes
terday afternoon, when a Christmas
tree was given for the Chinese children
at the mission, 1853 North Alameda
street The little Chinese tots furnished
the program.
Nelghborhood Settlement
n MT a;A
missionary and head of the Neighbour
| hood settlement work, is planning to
| give Christmas celebrations to the diff
ferent clubs and auxiliaries of the
For several years the special philan-
/ thropy of the Los Angeles Fellowship
has been the giving of a dinner to the
prisoners in the county Jail. Christmas
morning a group Of Fellowshipers go
/ through the various tanks and render
short programs of music and song with
! brief message of good cheer. This
celebration is in line with the work of
the Fellowship prison committee that
visits the women's departments of the
! jails every two weeks; but the Christ
mas dinner includes both departments
of the county Jail and the women's de-
| partment of the city jail.
FroIic and Wax Works
The Bible school of the First Con-
gregational church will give a Christ
mas frolic at the church Tuesday even
ing. Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works will be
presented and Santa Claus is scheduled
to call during the evening.
Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock a
manager service will be held by the
children of st. Johns church, at which
presents will be brought for the less
fortunate. These gifts will be placed
in a miniature manger.
/ Christmas festivities for the Sunday
school of st. Paul's pro-cathedral will
be held on Holy Innocents' day, Mon
day evening, December %. A short SER
vice will be held in the pro-cathedral,
] al, thn childrnr1 will r.nna In