Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-25
CHRISTMAS TREE EXERCISES
 ATTENDED RY A THousAhp
Falling Snow Only Lent Attraetivensss to the sesne-peIIahtfuI Musical Programme by choirs and Band.

With a. shimmering mantle of snow softly settling down upon it's light laden branches, the municipal Christ mas tree was a thing of beauty in Union square Thursday evening, and as the sweet-voiced singers gathered round it and sent up their songe of cheer and rejoicing there was a real
 spirit of Christmas in the scene and
 in the hearts of the people who came
 to see and to listen The programme
 was a delightful one. not only the mu-
 sic itself, which was spiendidly ren- dered, but the public spiritedness and
 the liberality of time and energy and
 optimistic labor put into it by singers
 and committee of arrangements, and
 all the others who helped make It no-
 table. and essentially worth while to those, numbering thousand, who joined the Christmas eve throug last night.
 When Mayor Murphy pulled down tree with light at 7.S0 o'clock. and with it the star on the Broadway Con- gregattonal church, TubbS band. un-
 der the leadership of John M. 5Wahn,
 standing on the north side of the square, broke forth into Hall to the l embracing the old swinging tunes of Onward. Christian Soldiers, and Adeste Fideles. the band began the Christmas music. This it followed with Sousa's march, King Cotton. For
 it's second part, after several hymns
 by the singers, the band gave old | Trinity, with the refrains of Holy Holy. Holy, and Hark! the Herald An l gels Sing. The Stars and Stripes For
 ever, by Sousa, and Aud Lang Syns gramIne, which was thoroughly enjoy | ed and as cordially applauded.
 l The singing followed the progranmt
 that had been arranged and without
 execution the choirs Of the variou: | churches, as they took their places ! guarded from the crowd about it by z | roped ring maintained by Boy Scouts l gave evidence of cordial eo-operatioT i as well as excellent singing. Tht l young ladies of the Trinity M. D church were first on the programme 4 giving Harki the Herald Angels Sing | followed by the St. Patriclk's junio, Il choir singing As With Gladness MeI of Old. Under the direction of Chor | ister William F. Habekotte the Chris | Episcopal church choir rendered II Came Upon the Midnight Clear Still Il Nacht as sung by the members of tn Il German Maennerchor was one of tn
 most harmonious, full and pleasinl numbers. The programme was brough II to fitting close at g by the 1oinini
 of the people with the combined choir in O Little Town of Bethlehem an T America.
 Il John H. Perkins assisted in thefpro gramme with his cornet and for quarter of an hour before 7.30 tn bells of the Central Baptist churc was rung. The words of the hymn , were thrown by stereopticon operate
 hv John H. Carney on a screen owe the courthouse steps.
 I The ladies who had charge of tn , celebration were: Mrs Eheneze 2 Tearned. of locatiro the tree: Mir Gardiner Greene. of decorations: Mir Edmund W. Perkins and Mrs c. I Preston. the music: Mrs Willis Aus tin and Miss Louise c. Meech, print ing.
 Tonixht and on Saturday night tr 2 tree will be illuminated, but there wi be no further exercises.