The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-29


age they received, Holiday shopping
began earlier than usual this year, and in
the rush oi the final hours
was less wcarisomc.
The union meeting in the Congrcga-
iional church Christmas eve drew an
attendance which taxed the seating cap
lcity OF the church To the utmost, chairs
being brought in from the vestry TO ac-
the audience The united
rhoirs Of the Congregational Baptist,
and Univcrsalist churches,
together with an orchestra composed Of
c. NJ and Alison Dugan, Scwall Morse,
II. L, Jordan, Arthur Brasor, and +, C..
Leitsingcr, gave a pleasing musical pro-
gram The cornet solo by Mr.. Morse
Cantiquc de Noel, and the violin solo by
c. NJ. and Alison Dugan, Bcrceuse from
Jocelyn and Salut d Amour, deserve special
mention. also f. G. Adams s solo, Under
the Silent Stars. There were other good
numbers by the full orches-
ira and these were followed by the can
tata, The story OF Bethlehem, in which
W. 4. Gilbert, Miss Katherine Martin,
L. V. Morse, Mrs. ". II Bond \. j..
MAYNARD, and Mr.. Adams took the solo
parts and were ably assisted by the or
chcstra and an excellent chorus. The
scriptures were read by Rev, T. G. ).
Osgood and Rev. II. NJ. Houghton and
PRAYER was offered by Rev d. l., Trout
Tl.,., ,,,. ,aI,I,ot;nns M tho Rantis a
church began Friday evening at 4 o clock,
when bountiful supper was served to the
members Of the primary, intermediate,
and Junior departments OF the Bible school
Immediately following the supper the
young people and a large number OF
adults gathered in the audience room and
the presentation of beautiful
and impressive pageant, which empha-
sized in striking manner the true slgnlll-
canoe OF Christmas A large electric star,
symbolical Of the star of Bethlehem, Shed
a soft light over the room rs two Shep-
herds came TO the platform and pad
homage to the name of the holy cmld
These were followed by three wise men
who related the story Of the worship anc
OF gifts by the wise men o.
old. The shepherds and magi, havinl
told what the birth OF Christ meant to The
world nearly two thousand years ago, !
for people from those land'
which are the fields of missionary activity
to describe present-d day changes wrought
by the message OF peace on earth, good
will to men The representations were
J. +. Mckcon and G. II
Palmer magi, l.. W Hawley, J. +. Hal
and G.. s. Hopkins Chinese, Miss Mar
jorie Crosby; japanese, Miss Helen Hop
kins; Hindu, Howard Thayer; American
Indian, Joe Estey; representatives, iron
the West Indies, Miss Manuela Gonzact
of Porto Rico and Misses Beatriz anC
Martina Monies of Cuba. Missionaries
story of Christmas customs in her native
land was intensely interesting All OF thu
were in appropriate costume
Mrs. w. II. Bond sang, O Little Town o
and the choir rendered sevcra
HYMNS of the nativity, which added mucl
to the effectiveness OF the pageant nv
eryone then went into the chapel and
following the custom of former years, tn!
various classes brought their gifts OF food
fruit, vegetables, and money e
be distributed throughout the town on tn
BY this means the COMMITTEES
in charge was able to carry genuine
Christmas cheer into % homes, thu
the hearts of both givcrs ant
recipients. The decorations, which re
NAMED throughout the Sunday services
4 1. nl,,,.t ~
cedar trees in the church and festoons 0
red and green in the chapel At the regul
lar session of the Bible school Sunda,
noon, special music by the choir and thu
smallest children constituted a prominen
feature of the exercises,
The children OF the Unitarian Sunda,
school ,unrn antprtoin ot thn home o