South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-24
Celebration Held One of Most
Artistic Yet Presented to
City-Lighting e.
feCtS Beautiful.
SEVEN LIVING PICTURES
FEATURE ENTERTAINMENT
Huge Tree With Massive Star
at Top Brings Forth
Bursts of Applause
From Audience.

With its light. color and song.
South Bends third municipal
Christmas tree celebration attracted
hundreds of people TO the court
house square Saturday afternoon.
From the fanfare which marked the
opening Of the program 10 the hight
ing of the tree which marked its
close the crowd gave eager atten-
ton 70 the artistic presentation
commemorative Of the coming OF
the saviour.
The familiar incidents associated
with the story Of the birth of the
Christ Child were portrayed in an
exceptionally beautiful manner in
seven Irving pictures" which were
made unique through the lighting
effects which were employed 10
achieve their backgrounds. These
seven pictures were The Coming of
the Light" shepherds in the
FIELD" Announcement to the
shepherds" 'erhe Holy Family"
Shepherds az the Manager ''T'he
Three Wise Men" and Hope" Each
of the pictures was accompanied by
appropriate IruSlt-
Star is Flashed.
Just at the close Of the last pic
ture. the huge star which surmOunt-
ed the Christmas tree. was flashed
on. flooding the crowd with light and
evOking a spontaneous burst of ap-
probation. A few seconds later the
tree was lighted with hundreds of
colored lights and the children's
chorus greeted II with song.
The characters who participated
i'm the tableaux were as follows:
Light and Hope" Carl Prell;
the Virgin. Miss Mildred Lane; Jo-I
seph. Delhi Martin. shepherds.
Frank Kelly and Glen Cunningham;
Wise Men. Ralph Dumke. Eli Mo
lndarfer and George Hagey.
The pictures were presented on al
stage erected TO the south * the
east court house entrance, the first
three and the last two being posed
in front OF a curtain upon which col
Ored lights were thrown while The
Holy Family and The Shepherds
at the Manager" were set on the in
terror Of the stage.
Hope" Beautiful Picture.
Perhaps the IOveliest of the scenes
were those conferred about the man
ger. ana the last one. Hope" in
which a single white-draped figure
representing mankind was shown in
"A posture OF alteration in the white
light falling from an illumined
cross
The color effects were beautiful.
not only the light effects. but the
costuming The nrst picture, The
Coming OF the Light" showed a
single figure in white against a
background Of deep blue, standing
i'm the rays Of a soft white light
which fell from above. symbOlical
OF the coming of the Saviour. The
picture was accompanied by carol.
The Coming Of the Light" eXquis-
itely sung by Mrs. @. a. Fulmer.
During the interlude between the
first and second pictures the boys
choir of s.. James church--th only
choir which contributed its services
10 the Christmas tree celebration
sang the traditional melody, 20. Lit
tie Town Of Bethlehem under the
direction Of Fr Howard L. White.
The second Picture.
The second picture. The Shep-
herds i'm the FIELD" depicted two
shepherds gracefully posed in an at
titude OF wonder as the light from
the east shed its golden glow upon
them. + =. Koos accompanied this
uicture with the song shepherds
Are Abiding" This is the third
YEAR that MT KoCs has contributed
his voice 10 the Christmas tree pro-
cram. II seems particularly well
ADAPTED To out-of-door singing and
he has been most generous in re-
sponding 20 requests OF the Christ
mas tree committee. In the third
picture. THE Announcement 20 the
Shepherds.' the same figures and the
ssme background were retained. as
RI White read the scriptural text re-
lating 90 the announcement 10 the
.he3hcrd- az the close II which Mr.
Eoos chanted. "Glory 90 God in the
highest and on earth peace 10 men
az good win"
AFTER brirs interlude the curtains
81 The little STAGE we're drawn aside
d.scIo 1u the mluser scene which
.howed the Virgin bending over the
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