Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-23

them before; the landlord forgot to
rub in the fact that the high cost of
living is just as burdensome to the
renter as to the tenant; the market
man told you the price of his turkeys
a wee bit apologetically-at least you
thought so, anyway; the wife admitted
she was tired, but did so in a way that
made you feel like asking her to the
movies" for a final bit of holiday
deviltry, and She-well, the chances
are she'll call you up, if she hasn't
already done so, to caution you not to
forget to come out and help hang the
holly.
In office, shop, street, car train,
store, it was all the same-all Harris
burg has finished a nerve-racking time
of it and is about ready to heave a
mighty hearty sigh of relief and to
turn it's eyes backward some nineteen
hundred years to tiny town in far
away Judea. &.
Two in Row-Oh! My
Elsewhere in the Telegraph you can
read in detail just how Harrisburg has
planned to spend Christmas. Most
everybody, by the way, is feeling more
than ordinarily cheerful at the way
the calendar man arranged the dates
this year. Two loaf" days; yoi-yoi
Switching On the Light
At 9.15 o'clock tomorrow evening
will be switched into all the blazing
glory that the experts of the Harris
burg Light and Power Company can
produce. Tomorrow evenings cele-
bration, in the language of your
''newsie" poet is going to be a bear"
The Rotarians arranged all the de-
tails and bore the bulk of the expense
Current was provided gratuitously by
the electric company: the lamps were
! loaned and the wiring was done at
cost. Chairman Frank B. Musser of
| the Rotary Club committee, provided
the tree and appointed a committee
of hustlers from the Rotarian organ
ization which has planned such an en-
tertainment as Harrisburg will always
remember.
The Program
The Moorhead Knitting Company's
| giant chorus, together with the Mu-
nicipal band, both of which have Of
fered their services gratuitously, will
furnish the music. The hour has been
selected in q way to give the church
| folks a chance to attend.
Here's the program as announced
by Chairman MuSser:
'Cantique de Noel" Municipal band,
under the leadership of Frank Blu
menstein; Joy to the World" assem-
blaEe; three Christmas carols, Watch
man on the Walls" Far Out Across
the Hills and Christ in Glory" Moor
head Knitting Company Choral So
ciety, under direction of Abner W.
| Hartman; 80 Faithful Pine" Munich
pal band; while Shepherds Watched
Their Flocks.' Moorhead Choral So
ciety; 80 Sanctissima," Municipal
band; Holy Night" Moorhead Choral
Society; "Adeste Fideles,' Municipal
band; America" by the assemblage.
and "Yuletide Fantasia" by the Mu-
nicipal band, as closing number.
The Prayers
At the opening of the program the
Rev. James +. Bullitt, rector of st. An
drew's Episcopal Church, will offer a
| Christmas prayer, and the Rev. DR..
| George Il. Hawes. pastor of Market
| Square Presbyterian Church, will read
| a Christmas story.
The band and the choral society
will meet at the Board of Trade build
ing, where the members of the chorus
Will don their robes, and. headed by
! the band, will leave the building at
9 O'Clock and march out Market to
Third street, to Walnut, to Second, to
| Market Square, to their places in front
of the tree, the band playing as a
march Onward. Christian Soldiers"
The Angels Serenadc
Just word about the church serv-
ices, too. In every house. of worship
tomorrow the exercises will have
more than ordinary significance;
choristers and choir singers haven't
been on the job for nothing during
| these last few weeks. But it will be
long, long after services that dreaming
Harrisbur" will get its first delightful
appreciation of the dawning of the
Birthday. From church tower and
nearby street corner bundled-up choirs
will give a mighty decided touch OF
realism to the suggestion of the angels
serenade of nineteen hondred years
ago.
Tonight Harrisburg will observe
Christmas Eve unofficially.'
The Campaigns Seal
"Belsnicklers' viii be out in force
tonight and after you have finished
your shopping and helped Santa trim
the tree, and so on, you might bring
the wife down town. Bring some
loose change along, too. for the final
effort in the Red Cross Christmas sales