Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-22
COMMUNITY TREE
IS IN PLACE FOR
YULET|DE EVENTS
Upwards Of One Hundred Persons
TO Take Part in the
Programs
SOME SPLENDID MUSIC

The big Christmas tree for the COM
munity celebration of Yuetide arrivesd in
this city on Saturday and was put in
place at the playground at Tenth and
Market streets at O'Clock Saturday
afternoon George Lyons, president of
City Council supervised the work direct
ing the Community Service workers and
making finished job of the business
Decorations about the fence of the play
ground where the outdoor celebration is
10 be held, barring bad weather are
partly up and this work will be completed
today. Electricians of the trolley COM
pAny will today string the hundreds of
tinted electric light globes on the tree
and the work OF arranging the ground
on the playground so that there Will be
the least chance for any one to catch cold
from wet feet will he completed.
For the next two nights rehearssls OF
the entertainments will be gwen probably
IN costume SO that the hundred or more
persons who are to take part Will be
accustomed 10 the role they are to play.
The opening program OF the eight
dav's celebration will begin at D o clock on
Wednesday afternoon about the ig out
door tree at Tenth and Market streets.
Ret.een two and three school children
will assemble there and sing carols in
LATIN and English After the music
there will be- sketch showing the arrival
Of Santa Claus in the home of two little
girls. The part of Santa Claus will be
taken by Mr. Thompson Plummer; the
two little girls whose home SAINT. visits
ase yers Bromley and Pauline Keen.
After the two little girls have hung up
their stockings and gotten everything IN
readiness, for Santa they fall asleep.
Santa comes down the chimney, bringing
With him his best assortment Of dolls.
The baby dolls are: Anna Holton. Naomi
Or, Rose Cohen. Elizabeth Tarhutton;
the Red Riding Hood doll is Bessie
Goodman: the French dolls arc Zerelds
Hsughey. and Ethel Wardeli; the Pier
rctte doils are Caroline Howell. Ruth
Ellis and Edna Russell. Pauline Hir-
shout, Jack in the box.
Christmas eve there will be presented
. spectacular entertainment about the
Court House ruins in three periods,
Christmas 1917. Christmas 1918,
and Christmas in Wilmington, 1919.
In this about fifty American Legion and
Militia of Delaware soldiers will partlcl-
pste In addition 10 vocalists and jolly
time vIll eDsue about the outdoor tree
and the arrival Of Old Kris VIA the Chin
ney, ERE place, etc.
Christmas morning the gifts that have
the tree will be distributed among the
hospitals and children's homes. Christ
mas night there will be tableaux and s.
pIaylet of serious character, depicting
the reASx,u for the celebration of the dsv.
Pnday evening there will be presented
ssanes Il joviAty ssch "a were the habit
in EnelAnd years ago and the play has
barn called "Ofd English Night. The
cast of characters follow
The Lord of the Manor, ". Taylor: the
LADY Of tire Manor, Gladys Wilmington;
The Jester, Edward Montgomery.
The peasant girls who come to visit st I
the Manor: Rrgins FeeriA- Helen Tucker /,
Edna Murray, Edna Evans, Blanche /
pettiorrd. Marion Brown, Ms1on Leary, /
Nary Raborn Catherine Connolly
The Merry MInstrels: KRONER Picrson.
James Stoddard
On SATURDAY. night viii be gwen The
Winter Frolic" with the following cast:
King. Jack Frost Billy Raymond;
The Snow Queen. Viols Pierson; Four
Boy Scouts, Jacks.
The Skating Walters are: Gertrude
KInsLsr. Julia Bolton, Florence Barnhill-
Helen Parthree. William Logan, Edward
Abbott.
The Holly Dancers are Regina Feegua,
Helen Tucker, Edna Murray, Edna Evans,
Marion Brown Catherine Connolly, Mary |
Raborn. Marion Leary.
The Mistletoe Dancers: Helen Howard
jack Mcdonald. Edna Henry, Bobbie /.
Andrews
On Monday evening the Salvation
Army will have charge and an unusually
attractive program Of music Will be pre- /
sented:
/. March, Solss ~ Semper Fideies +
Provincial Staff Band Philadelphia.
q Wand Drill,
Salvation Army Girl Guards I
g. Comet Solo .......-.. Selected I
Lieutenant Russell Main