The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-23
CHURCH PROGRAMS
TO BE EXCELLENT
Various Bemidji Houses Of Worship
Prepare Splendid Christmas Enter.
tainments-All to Have Trees.
CHILDREN TO TAKE PART
Baptist Church Starts Tonight, Pres
byterian Tomorrow and Episcopa-
lians and Methodists Friday.

Bemidji houses of worship, as in.
the past, have prepared splendid
Christmas programs, the first to be
given this evening and the last next
Monday. The children are to play
a prominent part in each of the en-
tertainments, and there will be pop
corn balls, oranges, stockings full Of
candy, recitations, cantatas. appro-
pirate Christmas plays and other ex-
cellent features, including old Santa
himself.
;. The Baptist church will stage it's
program this evening, the Presby-
terian, Christmas evening, the Epis-
copal, Christmas afternoon and the
Methodist, Christmas night. The
programs in several of the churches
follow: -
To Give Cantata.
Santa, Claus Mistake, or the Bun
die of Sticks, will be presented at
the Methodist church by the Sun
day school children Friday night
Masdames J. w. Naugle, E. H. Denu
and Charles w. Gilman have been
drilling the children for the past
several weeks, and the cantata prom
ises to be one of the best ever given
in the city The characters are as
follows:
Aunt Rachel 80. Alice Minnick
Mables $500. ........ Alice Whiting
Molly ..:r..... Florence Bagley
Santa Claus
These Are Fairies.
Fairies-Flora Sheppard, Vera
Cutter, Jordice Wallace. Edith Hor-
locker, Ruth Guenther, Dorothy
seidle. Bertha Phibbs, Virginia Wit
ting, Floy Palmer, Alvera Larson,
Luella Backus, Bessie Malone, Irene
Powell, Edna Holden and Verona
Achenbach.
So Icicle Boys - Harvey Williams,
Jack McGregor, Dan McGregor, Cor
don Smith, John Smith, Merton Dem
ley, Donald Stevens. Foster Vincent,
Luverne Holden and George Dyer
Dolly Girls-Ruth Hayner, Mary
Maude Mcconnell, Eltha Whitney,
Fern Guenther, Beulah Gilman, Mar
garet McGregor, Vera Holden, Doro-
thy Rhea, Sadie Williams, Vera OPP
sahL Evaline Getchell and Fern Scar
rot.
Boys and Girls-Roy Webster,
Willard McGregor, Edward Shep-
pard, Milton Schaddeg, Lorraine
Kreatz, Elsie Shannon, June Will
liams, Margaret symons, Edith An
derson and Martin Hammond.
Synopsis.
The scene takes place in Mable's
home, where she and her mother are
ready to welcome crowd of sisters,
cousins, aunts and other relatives
and friends. The Christmas tree
has been decorated with candles,
festoons and pretty toys and every
thing is ready for Santa Claus. Ma
BILE, in going to the window discovz
ers a poor child, with basket on
her arm and takes her into the house,
inviting her to remain for the fes-
tivities.
Three Cheers for Santa.
Molly, the little match seller, has
never had a visit from Santa Claus,
and listens earnestly to Mable while
she explains that he is the "kindest
man in the world" Mable falls
asleep while she and Molly are watt
ing for Santa Claus to appear. He
comes in singing" Merry Christmas,
the Blue Aarch." Molly makes friends
with him and he explains that he is
very, very sad on account of having
to bring Mable, whom he loves, a
bundle of sticks, as she has been
naughty. Molly intercedes for her
and asks him to give .Mable the pres
ents she expects and she, Molly, will
take the bundle of sticks. Mable
awakens, the chorus comes in sing
ing, Three Cheers for Our Santa
Claus. .
Santa tries to escape but the chill
dren surround him and keep him
from getting away. Santa asks If
Mable has been naughty and the
children answer by singing, "Mable,
Why She's the Best Of ALL" Santa
Claus discovers that this is not the
naughty Mable'' and that he has
made mistake, and makes all the
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