Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-29

Where is He."; full chorus, And To-
the star; tenor solo, Earth has many
a noble city," Mr. Maynard finale,
chorus and congregation, Adeste Fideles.
Christmas celebrations in the Baptist
church began Friday evening at
o'clock, when a 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 large
number of adults gathered in the audi
ence room and witnessed the presentation
of a beautiful and impressive pageant,
which emphasized, in striking manner,
the true significance of Christmas.
A large electric star, symbolic of the
Star of Bethlehem, shed a soft light over
the room, as two shepherds came to the
platform and paid homage to the name
of the holy child. These We're followed
by three wise men who related the story
of the worship and presentation of gifts
by the wise men of old.
The shepherds and magi having told
what the birth of Christ meant to the
world nearly 2O00 years ago, it remained
for people from those lands which are
the fields for missionary activity to de-
scribe present-day changes wrought by
the message of Peace on earth, good
will to men" The representations were:
Shepherds, j. f. McKeon, C. II. Palmer;
magi L. w. Hawley. ]. f. Hall, c. S.
Hopkins; Chinese, Miss Marjorie Crosby;
Japanese, Miss Helen Hopkins Hndoo,
Howard Thayer; American Indian, Jo-
| seph Estey, while the representatives
from the West Indies were Miss Manuela
Gonzales of Porto Rico and Miss Beatriz
and Martina Monies of Cuba. Miss Con
zales's story of Christmas customs in her
native land was intensely interesting,
All of the characters were in appropriate
costume.
Mrs. w. II. Bond sang 20 little town
of Bethlehem" and the choir rendered
several hymns of the nativity which add
ed much to the effectiveness of the
pageant. Everyone then went into the
chapel and following the custom of for
mer years, the various classes brought
their gifts of food, groceries, fruit, Vege-
tables and money to be distributed
throughout the town on the morrow BY
this means the committee in charge was
able to carry genuine Christmas cheer
into % homes, thus gladdening the hearts
of both giVers and recipients.
The decorations which remained
throughout the Sunday services, consist
ed of masses of laurel branches and cedar
trees in the church and festoons of red
and green in the chapel. At the regular
session of the Bible school, Sunday noon.
special music by the choir and the small
est children constituted prominent fea-
ture of the exercise.
In the Methodist church an entertain
ment and tree was held Monday evening
i'm the vestry for the children. The en-
tertainment consisted of stories and mu-
sic, +, a, Shaw and Miss Rua Yeaw
taking a prominent part, and Miss Ger
trude Matthews sang several selections
Previous to the entertainment for the
children of the UniVersalist church
Friday night supper was served in the
vestry to about $50 persons. The
program consisted of songs and recita-
tions and selections on the photograph
Gifts were distributed by Santa Claus.
The home of Mrs c. w. Durham was
thrown open for the use of the Unitarian
society Saturday afternoon. The children
sat down to a bountiful supper at $50
o'clock and the grownups were served
afterwards Following the supper gifts
were given the children from a tree and
games and music were enjoyed.
The social features of the Christmas
week in the Congregational church took
place last week and notices of them
were given in The Phoenix Friday. The
Sunday school held its opening exercises
in the church Sunday morning and Mrs.
c. IL. Thompson read a selection en-
titled From a carpenters shop" 1t was
voted to send $25 as usual to Rev. An
tonic Alright of New York for the
Christmas celebration of his Italian
evangelical Sunday school.
good-sized number OF persons at