The Washington times., 1915-12-29
LEXANDRIA RED MEN
TO TREAT CHILDREN
EIks Gave Brilliant Dance.
Exercises At Churches New
Year Eve.

ALEXANDRIA. Dec. 29.-All ar
rangements have been completed for
the Christmas tree festival which Sem
mole Tribe of Red Men Will gve to the
needy children of Alexandria tomorrow
night in the Young Peoples Building.
About go invitations have been issued
for the occasion, and the celebration
promises to be a success in every way.
A Christmas stocking will be given to
each child, containing fruit. nuts, and
candy. besides some clothing and a
present OF some toy.-The committee
in charge OF plans for the entertain
ment Is composed OF the following
members of the tribe: Walter 5. Nick
lin, Harry II. Newton, Conway Z.
Brawner, Roger &. Sullivan, and Ar
thur j. Butcher.
Three Sunday school celebrations take
place tonight. The main sunday
Church, the Trinity Methodist, and
Methodist Protestant all hold their
Christmas festivals at 1880 in their re-
spectiVe auditoriums and Sunday school
rooms. Last night the main schools of
the M. +. Church South, the Second
Baptist, and Grace Episcopal churches
held their celebrations, and yesterday
afternoon the primary department OF
its festival But one more Sunday
school in the city remains to hold u
festival, that being the school of the
First Baptist Church, which will hold
the church auditorium.
Alexandria Lodge of Elks gave
Christmas dance last night in the audi
torium of its home on Prince street.
More than hundred guests from
Washington alone attended the affair,
a special car having been provided for
their return to the Capital City. Sup
per was served in the rathskeller, and
the whole affair was unusually brilliant.
Decorations were of Christmas greens
and palms.
Only two Alexandria churches will
hold exercises in connection with the
passing away of the old year, the Sec
ond Baptist and the Trinity Methodist.
The first named church will hold a big
reception for its members from 7:3O
p m. New Year eve until II o'clock.
From then until midnight, special re-
ligious services will be conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. o. w. Triplett, to
usher in the year 1916. At Trinity
Church watch night services will be
held from 10 until midnight, conducted
by the Rev. Lyttleton NJ. Ferguson,
pastor.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Kob-
lein. who died Monday night at her
home in Dey Ray. will be held at $3.50
o'clock tomorrow morning and at st.
Mary's Catholic Church. Interment will
be in st. Mary's Cemetery.
The funeral of little Allan p. John
son. the -month-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allan p. Johnson, who died Nom
day night. will be. held at 3 o'clock this
afternoon from the residence of his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. b.
AeCher, where the death occurred and
will be conducted by the Rev. Edsar
Carpenter. rector of Grace Episcopal
Church
The three remaining nights in the year
1S1S will be the dates of the holiday
dances of three dancing clubs OF .Nlex-
andria- The one taking place tonight
will be the Christmas german OF the
Junior Assembly, the biggest event that
organization gives during the season, at
which a large number Of out-of-town
guests are expected. Tomorrow night
the holiday dance of the Alexandria
Assembly viii he given. and on New
Year Eve the Alexandria German Club
will dance the old year out. The Ju-
nior German Club meets the afternoon
of New Year Eve.
The alumni of the Alexandria High
School Will he entertained Friday after
noon. December 81. by Miss Corinne
Reardon. who is president of the alumni
association that organized this sum-
mer. at her home in Prince street.
Castle Christmas' was the name of
the pay presented bv the pupils of st.
Paul's Sunday school at the Norton
Memorial last night