Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21

were presented with enthusiastic prin-
cfpals and choruses They came In their
best frocks and sailor suits. with faces
shining with animation, expectation ana
cleanliness For each school there was
a big Christmas tree, hung with Feu
balls and chains of coiored enihss; ~
,ay nothing OF the gifts the children
had made all by themselves. ...
Although each kindergarten had ns
own welcome to Christmas. ana tuhs
the the Thomson and Seton buildings were
given the honor of visits from oi1I Ss
high up in the school system Iol .heso
two kindergartens are the noue,s 80,
tached TO the Normal School. anu ny
arc said TO be so fine that Norman ochooi
girls go there to watch ana no.e, 81 p,
that they too. will be as piohGien. aan
the delightful work OF the ciu 1ht We're
there TODAY in all the glory of a Chris'-
mas entertainment.
Mothers See Great Sight.
Mothers came TO see what their chii-
L., have heen doing in the morning
hn,,.s of the past few months. They
COW a great sight, too. Forty of these
s,oa,Iast living undergrads sitting IN
;-1a of little chairs and behaving them
selves like model storybook people prottu
10 the mothers that kindergarten ttat
are Just ipout 'Ao ~
people alive ..,,- and
.,o,tIv like the we'll oiled choo-choo cars;
The pupils sitting in the circles "di 81 -
notes sweled into a song thtS hiie"
forty Young voices were ralsGI III O.
acknowledgements of the music IL nv, ~
adjust as easy as that In tne Ia
ION school the piano was partly MODEM
bv a splendid Christmas tree. mae 80 80
tifuI by scores of artistic little hai,u i;,
FROM ON a.
1,i,nn was hidden. and when the music
came the whole thing reminded an
iIuaelnatiVe person OF Il HdSiC 60 :
with live dolls sitting IN Il circle: w.
Il musical tree slooh oil ho0
nder the trees in the kindergarten
were TOYS brought a few days ago ioi
the express purpose OF showing t,e
smallest living undergrads that 1t IS more
blessed to give than to receive; All VI
those TOYS will be sent to orphan dss
INNS Some of the children brought gu i
TODAY. and notable, indeed. was the o-iei
of the prettiest little boy in all the XIII
His mother told the teacher about II:
Sent spanking Hair Brush
We were packing up the toys she
said. and 1 was explaining how they
could be sent TO poor children. He went
away for a moment and came running
oh. mother he said as he ia sed a
familiar household weapon, here is the
spanking hair brush. Let's give that 10
a poor child'S mother.
i hobby horse of generous proportions
was made the central figure III an I'M
nromntu opera at one of the kinderSar-
Iens three-year-old visitor was placed
in the hobby horses and the rest OF the
circle sang a song which If introduced
into any of the So-called musical comedles
of the day would make as big sensation
as the Waltz Dream or the Merry
Widow" 1t was something about climb
ing on the hobby horse and galloplng from
Darby Town TO Banbury Cross, done WI n
gestures. One girl pronounced il ''rooDlne
horse" and her itinerary lay between
Dolly Town and Cranberry Sauce, blu,
aside from that everything was all right
They were excited after all that gal
looping. and the teacher at the piano
soothed their minds by playing "Narcis
sus" while the three-year-old visitor
rocked back and forth. If ever you wan
to see rhythm in is natural. untamet
state get that teacher to play "Narcissus'
behind a Christmas tree while forty O
the smallest living undergrads sway il
time to the music and a three-year-olt
rocks in a, hobby horse with complete
freedom.
Mrs. Mussey There, Too.
Miss Cooling. principal of the norma
school, was on her rounds this mornin
and dropped in at the Thomson and SeatO
L-ip.lars,arfepS with Ellen Speucf