Evening journal., 1912-12-16
HAPPY WORKERS
In XMAS SOCIAL

The Christmas meeting of the /
Happy Workers Missionary Band of 1
West Presbyterian Church was cele-
brated with appropriate exercises on
Saturday afternoon IL would be hard /
10 Judge Of the greater surprise and /
pleasure during the afternoon-the
childrcns. when. az the close of the
exercises. they were Unexpectedly !
visited by SANITY who presented a
box Of candy to each child, or that
OF the Rev NJ Frankling Smiley, who
was guest of the children, when, IN
response to a request from the presi-
dent Miss Grace Baird that he make
an address. he made his way to the
platform; but before reaching it, was
greeted by the choir OF ~ little girls,
who rose. and with graceful gestures,
sang a sweet personal greeting, I'VE
Welcome DR. Smiley" This had been
previously arranged by Miss Baird
as surprise. and was a complete
one, besides being a very beautiful
and touching tribute to the new pas
tor, who. in a brief address. express
ed his appreciation of the honor.
"This is very kind and generous
Dr Smiley said. ~ came IN for only
n few minutes because. I was 80 busy.
] have stayed all this time, and am
going TO stay until the end He said
be had travelled North. South, West
and Southwest, but had never seen
such a gathering OF children. "a lit
Ile bird he said. had told him that
the children had given $500 for mis-
sions last year which he thought was
q splendid work. and he said he was
glad to know there was such a large
organization of children who gave
their money to missions. The mis-
sionary Offering for the afternoon
amounted TO $40.
A delightful little Christmas story
was told TO the children about
''Bappys visit 70 Santa Claus Land.
which was thoroughly enjoyed. Miss
lBaird must have felt somewhat like
the "Old Woman in the Shoe.i but un-
like the "old woman's" children. the
125 or more little ones who were
present. did not have TO be whipped
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contrary. we're most exemplary mod
els OF goodness, and were so very
quiet that the large number Of grown
people present could hear every
word from the platform.
The program Of the afternoon was
of unusual interest and attractive be-
cause of the spirit of Christmas tide,
which was felt i'm tho carols. and was
further emphasized by tho Christmas
tree. which stood on the platform.
with branches laden with glistening
tlnsel ropes and ornaments, and many
raily cOlorod halls.
In opening the exercises. the choir
singing as they came marched from
The rear of the room up on to the
platform where they led in the sing
ing during the afternoon. The de-
vouonal service was conducted by
the chairman, Marguerite Clymer
who offered a ,briof. original prayer
The interesting program, which
follows was arranged entirely by tn,
little chairman. who had added fur
thcr tu lbs attractivcness by an orig
inal colOred design of SANITY Claus
ON the cover.
Procession. choir OF dfteon llull
eirds; devotlonals. in charge Of th'
chairman Marguerite Clymer open
ing song, 20 Little Town OF Bethle
hem" led by the choir; reading O
minutes, by secretary Allis Applcby
Talk on Syria and Persia. by the
chairman; Xmas Welcome, Madeline
Reid: quartet Myrtle Brown. Rutl
Christy. Marguerite Clymer and Ger
trude Pyle reading, Little Musta
pha.' Edward Staulier; cornet solo
William Milliken, accompanied b,
Anna Brown. Snowflake Song, Made
line Reid, Mildred Stiles. Ella Lysin
ger. Clara Harrison. Elizabeth Parks
Margaret Bruce, Mary Jeffries and
Constance Colwill flute solo. vii
lard Humphrey, accompanied by lii
liam Humphrey; solo. Paul Reynolds
Offering exercise led by Mildred
Tenny.
A letter from the editor of "Ove
Sea and Land the little missionar'
magazine was read by Myrtle Brown
Miss Baird gave the names of Rutl
Christy, Mildred Denny. Katherine
McRae Marian Taylor, Myrtle Brow
and Alice Lyman, as being on tn
Honor Role OF the magazine, TO
having secured FIVE new subscrip
tions each The carol while Shep
herds Watched Their Flocks B
Night" was sung, in chorus by tn
choir who took the different parts 4
an efficient manner
The concluding carol was:
"Shine on. o Star of Bethlehem
Shine on o star Of Bethleheml
Shine on with guiding ray
And light the happy workers
On their blessed CHEEKY. way,
AS they send their loving greeting
To all on Christmas day.
MIGHT AZ WIFI