El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-21

g., old old English carols. King Wen
/ ceslaus" and What Child Is This
( The little girls OF the primary then
} presented a cleverly acted GramatiZa
! ton OF a quaint old story Of a little
7 III tree. This little tree, represented BY
Z Esther Calvert Pickett stood alone il
the forest and beWailed its fate that II
I was too little 10 be good for anything
had been taken away by the Woodcut-
ters 10 be wonderful Christmas trees.
The big trees were acted by Jeannette
! Brown, Edith Garrett Edith Anne
Walthall. Shirley Booker: the wind
Q acted By Margerv Nav McNarv- the
birds, acted by Charlotte Ban and Vir-
sinia Smith. and the snow flakes, rep
resented by Bessie Levenson, all con-
soled the little tree, or told II OF the
wonders Of the places 10 which the big
woodcutters. acted by Elizabeth Fin
ley and Mary Olga McClintOck. came
TO the forest place. hunting for q lit
tie tree. They hailed with joy the
disconsolate little fir. They cut It
down and carried it 70 the market
place.
Then the children came TO the mar
ket place and 10 the incredible Joy
OF the little fir. selected IL and carr
ried ii home with them The children
were acted by Josephine McCIintock
and Betty Hawkins They took the lit
tie tree to a biz room. in q childrens
hospital The little tree was placed
in the incest part OF the room and
all sorts of beautiful glittering things
were hung upon its branches The
room was filled with little sick chill
dren- These we're acted by Jeanette
Brown. Edith Garrett and Edith Anne
WaIthau. The nurses were acted by
Shirley Booker and Anita AndreaS.
Then suddenly from the JOY with
which the children hailed the sight
Of the pretty little tree, The fir real
lied that after all IL was a Christmas
tree. The play was presented with the
most charming naive sQontaneity by
the children
Following the play. the whole school
sang Martin Luthers Christmas carol
and The First Noel" an old English
carol The primary pupils sang Long
Ago on Christmas" Then the whole
school sang "As Joseph was Walk
ing" with Miss Georgina Martin sing
ing the solo parts. The school glee
club sang the old German carol Holy
Night" The girls of the glee club are
Ruth Schwartz, Eleanor Falconer. Dor
othy Knott Lydia Happier, Charlotte
O-rnsbee. Mildred LaSale. katherine
Dick, Minda Laskin, Margaret Neff
and Winifred Woods. Miss Hazel Da-
mon played the piano accompaniment
Miss Elizabeth Davis PLAYED a violin
solo. The Golden Wedding" Miss
Hazel Damon accompanied her The
primary children sang oh Clap Clap
the Hands" and recited in unison scar
ing Santa Winifred Woods played
all the piano accomplishments for the
scholars singing.
The final event Of the program was
arranged by the older girls OF the
school as a surprise for the younger
girls Il was a dialogue between a
little girl, who was acted by Rather
Inc Dick. and Santa Claus. acted BY
Charlotte OrThsbee- The dialOg was
written by Charlotte Ormsbee- The
little girl as the play was opened
was surveying with great pleasure
the beautifully decorated Christ
mas tree, and awaiting the ar
rival OF her guests 10 enjoy II
with her. Then in came Santa I
Claus with q woe begone expression
and an empty sack He told the little
girl that he did not have enough pres
ents to go around and that his pack
was empty and he could get no more
toys and that there are lots Of little
children az the day nursery N II
Paso who would therefore get no .
Christmas presents.
As poor old Santa Claus was ex- 3
pressing his grief. the little girl had
an Illuminating idea she offered him
all the presents that were upon The +
tree and when her little guests ar
rived, who we're acted by all the other
students OF the school. they all helped
in filling Santa Claus pack with the
TOYS and decorations from the tree
They also promised to meet Santa
Claus at the Lydia Patterson Bi5le
institute yard on South Florence street
on Saturday afternoon. and help him
put the gifts on the Christmas tree D
for the little day nursery children.
The Sunday school Christmas enter
L inment of the First Christian church /
VIII be given Friday night at 1880 [.
o'clock in the church. 4 Christmas /
play. The Night Before Christmas /
uresm, vii be given. The play viii (
Q in two scenes. Helen Stevenson
IL be Dolly" Her mother viii be
cted BY Florence Cathcart. Charles /
Sharp viii be the sandman. Walter (
stevenson viii be the teacher. June
Covington will be Maize" The school
girls will be acted by Pauline Epper-
son, Thelma Jones, LOvette Cssseus. q
Julia Ellison, Adeline Marsh, Beruice
EppersoE. Donna Hale and Wade
l!ameL The Christmas waits VIII be
acted by RiOrGen Jackson, Dorothy
Iovington, Mabel Lee Gunther, Helen
Jackson, Edwin Rice and Charles
Sharp Walter Snider viii be Father
Time. Kendall Anderson, The Nan
II the Noon" Clarence HaInel, the
snow man; Walter Stevenson. the
junce: Harold Davis. Prof Cabbage
lead" Harley Kreamer, Prof. Rah
icah;" Lawrence Snider, Jack Pud-
DIM" Claude Hamsl Il globe trotter.
'arshan Myers, Jack of All Trades