Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-31
CITY is READY To Z
GREET NEW YEAR
Municipal Celebration Will Be
Held at Christmas Tree in
Military Park.
; MIDNIGHT PERFORMANCES
IN MANY OF THE THEATRES
Balls and Entertainments Are
ScheduIed-Watchnight Ser
vices for the Churches.


The silver tones of a bugle. sound
Ing taps, viii float over Military
Park on the stroke of twelve tonight.
1t will mark the city's requiem of
the old year
Benjamin S. Saver u. S. A. re-
tired will sound the call from the
stage where the municipal Christmas
tree celebration has been held. The
celebration itself viii end with the
old year, after an elaborate pro-
gram lasting from s o'clock to mid
night
Besides the crowds that will Sc the
new year in at Military Park, thous-
ands will throng the restaurants and
hotel dining rooms, the theatres and
the various halls and auditoriums.
Many of the theatres will have spe.
cial midnight performances. A num-
per OF balls and entertainments will
be given. Watchnight services will
be held in many churches.
The city's official celebration of the
New Year will be held at the munich
pal Christmas tree.
After a preliminary concert. Sla-
vonic folk songs and drills and dances
by children from the cit Fairgrounds,
those assembled to listen to the eXer-
cises will join in singing the hymn
20 God, Our Help in Ages Past" A
trombone solo will be followed by
Ring Out, Wild Bells"
The ninety first Psalm will be read
by Rev. George p. Dougherty, pastor
of st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
Church. Rev Michael z. Corcoran.
chaplain of the fire department and
assistant rector of st. Rose of Lima S
Catholic Church, will speak on "a
New Years Message to Newark"
Rev. John A. Mcdowell, of the Park
Presbyterian Church, will make an
address on the same subject.
The New Years crowds will then
sing the BATTLE Hymn of the Re-
public" ''Phe star spangled Banner
and Praise God, From Whom All
Blessings Flow"
Prayer for New Year
Two minutes before midnight Rev.
John S. Miller, rector of the House of
Prayer, will say the Lords Prayer
and pronounce benediction. Then will
come taps on the bugle.
The earlier part of the program will
begin at 8 o'clock. Children from the
seven city Fairgrounds will dance to
music of the Letter carriers Band.
Photograph selections, to which the
playground girls have been accus-
toned to drill, will be played from a
big machine To add a patriotic tinge
to the program Secretary j. Leonard
Mason has arranged to have about
500 of the youngsters sing America"
and salute with miniature flags.
Although the "kiddieS" have had
but short time to prepare for the
affair, William Gaunt, the instructor
of dancing, is confident that the lit
tie ones will surprise their parents
and older relations. The children will
meet in East Park street, near Park
place, at 7:30 o'clock and march to
the square roped off in time to COM
ply with the time announced by the
Committee.
The program follows:
Folk dances, children of all play
grounds; ace of diamonds dance.
Irish jigs and highland dance; pansy
dance, Prince Street Playground; rib
bon dance, Oliver Street Playground;
tarantelle, Canal Street Playground;
fairy dance, Newton Street Play
ground; barn dance, Summer Avenue
Playground: minuet, Belleville Ave-
nue. Playground.
Drills-Dumbbell, Lafayette street
children; freehand exercises, Summer
avenue children: leader corp drill,
Prince street children.
Song ana March han, rather
Christmas" general chorus, and
America" chorus.
From S:45 to $3.50 o'clock there will
be Slavonic singing by Ruthenians
under the direction of Cantor Theo-
dosius Kaskiew. 1t will be the only
contribution of Slavonic music in the
entire celebration. As is the rule of
that church in the East there will be
no instrumental accompaniment
~ ell
America, Ruthenian National Hymn,
Boy sya razdaye God is Born),
Matink; Zazvenymo Net Us Rejoice),
Matin<; Bob predviehny (The Eternal
God Came Down, d. Vorobkevich;
Vosyavey mad sontsem (Who Was
Born in a Manger), M. Rutkowski;
Slava vo Veshnih Bohu GLORY to God
In the HighesD. Lisenko; Nebo Y
Zemla fHeaven and Earth Triumph