El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-12
SOCIAL EIPASO TO HAVE WHLRL OF FYETY
PRECEDING Beginning OF HOLIDAY SEASON |

vited as well as the officers of the
other regiments stationed at this point.
Mrs. Johnson is the sister of Mrs. Wa
tcrs Davis, and has many friends
among El IasO people \ number CT so
cial events viii be given in her honor
during the next few weeks
Second symphony Concert.
Music lovers in the city are anticipat-
ing with great, interest the second con-
cert program Of the Ei Paso symphony
orchestra. directed by ID. y Van Sur
dam, which will be given Friday after
noon, Dec. IS, at 4:30 o'clock. The con-
cert will probably be given in the
Crawford theater, but this will be an
nounced later. The program VII lnI
clude Grieg's Peer Gynt' suite ana
Rossini's William Tell' music. A fea-
ture of the latter viii be the cello SOLO
played by L. 2. FACET which Will be
the introduction to William Tell
Claimants AT Dawning' will be sung
by H. E. Van Surdam, with the full or
chestral accompaniment, directed by L.
E. FACET Owing to the length OF the
Peer Gynt' and William Tell music,
only two other numbers will be given,
another vocal solo that has not YET
been selected and a lighter grade OF
march music to open the program.
The musicians, of which there are 4O
in the orchestra, have been working
daily at rehearsals and this Friday
program is expected to eclipse any pre-
viOuS concert of the Symphony orcheS-
ira Inc DuDllC y GlltIdlAl - III L~NNA ~
attend, as the concert is free, the or
chestra being supported by private sub
scriptiOns.
This week also marks the close of
school for the Christmas holidays and
the return of numbers of Ell Paso'S boys
and girls from schools and colleges.
! Their advent will also mean the live
lest kind of time for the holidays.
School for Girls Give Play.
The Ell Paso School for Girls viii
| give one Of its entertain little plays
on Friday afternoon, marking the close
| of the school for the Christmas holi-
days The play will be an aliegory'
THE Spirit of Christmas JOY by Con-
| stance Darcy Mackaye, and viii be
| given Friday afternoon, Dec. IL, at I
| o'clock promptly, in the upstairs nan OF
I Kendrick hall, the parish house or tne
church of St Clement. The play depicts
| the search for the spirit of Christmas
( joy The seeker unknowingly follows
! the wrong guide, the spirit OF Get
| ting" who leads to the abode OF sell
/ tshness, gluttOny and other unpleasant
/ and disagreeable personages- Eventual
| ~ disillusioned the seeker returns home
! to find the Spirit Of Giving is the
| only true guide to the spirit OF christ
The pIaylet is in three scenes, the
| first at the peasant home of Mother
! Elsbeth,' a peasant, in Germany. me
/ second scene is in the Inn Of Gut
/ tony" and the third scene is again the
/ peasant home.
The Cast of Characters.
| Alethea Coffin will take the part OF
! Mother .Elsbeth." Conrad" who goes
| on the Quest of Christmas JOY" will
| be acted by Paula KrUpp. Johnnie Nc
| Cabe will be "Eckbert." Gretchen will
! be acted by Louise Crawford. Jeanette
! Rawlings will be blanca" Julie Haw-
! 6ins will be Wilhelm" and Ruth Nc
| Nary will be Cousin MargOt' The
/ neighbors and friends and the Christ
mas carol singers are Charlotte Harris.
~1,. nil IL aa-
! Campbell will be Hugo Hummer" Bar
! bara Wallace will he Hans Hummer
| Ruth Rawlings will be Maria Konig;
/ Louise Beach will take the part Of
| Helen Konig;" Frau Mueller will be
I acted by Marguerite Calfee; Gladys Cal
/ fee will represent Herbert Mueller,
1 and "Hedwig Mueller" will be acted by
! Gladys Chapman Smith. Virginia Cad
! wallader will act the part of Nina
J Braun" Frieda Laskin will be "Frieda
I HedWig, Frances Hirt Will act the part
! of Franz Held" Shirley Booker viii he
| Helene Held" The part of Frau Held
| will be taken by one Of the school
| teachers, Miss GeOrgina Martin. OF the
| allegOrical characters, Winifred Woods
| Will represent the Spirit Of Giving,
| Nancy williams the spirit of Getting"
| Elizabeth Pfaff the Soul of Creed
! Katherine White the Soul OF Selfish
! ness and Josephine Morfit the Soul
! Of GluttOny."
| introduced into the play are a num-
! Der of Christmas carols. Reinecke's
! "Tannenbaum7 will be sung and also
/ the old carol, christmas Eve Hath
| Come Again" The other Christmas
| carols sung by the carollers viii be,
( when Joseph Came a Walking" Il
I Saw Three Ships What Child Is
! This?' THE First Noel" and Reinecke' s
| Christmas Song"
! Miss GeOrgina Martin will direct
| the music Sylvia Chase will play the
\ piano accomplishments and the Incl
/ dental music through the play. Miss
I Marion MaddOcks Miss Marjory Steu-
| art and Miss Stella Treadwell of the
| school teaching staff are the managers
/ of ths play.
From the rtistcally presented and
] well managed productions of former
/ seasons. The friends Of the pupils Of
| this school are Looking forward to a
most pleasant of this little play.
! presentation Of this little play.
! Club Women to Discuss ''MOvies.'
An interesting program is promised
/ by the Current Events and Literature
/ department of the WOman's club for
| the coming Wednesday afternoon, as
I the moving pictures of today and their
1 educational value and moral influence
| will be discussed at length by the club
( women. 4
Through the week there viii be a
number of club meetings and small
parties, although most of the card clubs
have adjourned until after the holidays
to give the members time to complete
their Christmas preparations.