Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-24
COMMUNITY WILL
WELCOME YULET|DE
SEASON TONIGHT
Double Celebration at Tenth and
Market Opens Christmas
Festivities.
AT s AND 7-30 O'CLOCK

Evsrvthmg rs in readiness for the
xtcning OF the community Christmas
celebration Mt Tenth and Market streets
this evening The first program begins
Al 5 O'Clock, when children from the
puhlic and parochial schools will march
q, tho playground and render Christmas
s,roLs and exercises Between two and
shrs, thousand ar expected and the
axcr-isses will last for about an hour
The BIZ tree will be lighted for their
bsns..t and after their program Is compiet-
cd the lights Will be cxtmgulshcd SO as
W give the night program more erect.
The evening program will open at
745 when from n moving picture machine
views of devastated Europe Will be thrown
uron screen placed against walls that
still r,snain of the partly wrecked oourt
iIour
The first episode Christmas IN Europe
IN 1917 will start Mt 8 o clock. American
I.~lon and Organized Militia of Delaware
.,ldlers will combine IN an attack and
t.elense of the Court House ruins, the
sham battle made spectacular by machine
guns bombs, nd ire and search lights.
The Red Cross Will bc seen IN ITS errand
as ucrcy carving OF the wounded heroes.
I'm sl of the warlkc representations
shCrr will be- none who will represent
Abe huns. II viii simply be IN attack
and defense of the ruins hy American
mn. Adlutant General WIckersham will
supply the ammunition. There Will he
forty American Legion and twenty
Organized MIlitia Of Delaware members
An the battle The Red Cross workers
ulil be portrayed by Miss Evelyn Hayes,
Mrs Mac Gochcnaur Miss Pcari VIII
son and Nus Olive 'Hartlove-
The second episode will depict Christ
rnsss IN Europe IN 1918. High up IN
shr cur.ols Of the Court House will appear
shc Angel of Peace Within the old
runs. out Of sight members OF the Com
munity Chorus under the direction Of
William p White viii sing Peace on
Earth Good VIII 10 Men and other
carols
Then tho lights will ho shifted to the
gaeg,dc Of the Public Building where
soldiers and sailors will participate N q
lahleaux America the LIbCratOr.
The third episode Christmas IN VIII
mmgton will open in the playground at
Tenth and Market streets with the light
ing of the big Christmas tree by Mayor
TayIor The Community Chorus will
sing Ring Gut Sweet Bells Of Peace
and the playlct, "Santas Visit followed
I,y '7T'hc Frulc Of the Dolls and com
uumty singing
Late tonight. between II and u
O'Clock the gifts that have been contrl-
butcd for the "shut-Ins Of the city will
he loaded on trucks and accompanied ny
carol singers IN autos the city IN
situations will he visited under the dircc-
taon Of Irving easier. song leader
Tomorrow evening ST 7.45 Q clock
Tho Nativity depicting the birth oi the
Saviour and tho location OF the mangel
IN Bethlehem by the Mag will bc pro
ducsnd. The characters will be portrayed
as follows:
MARY the mother Gladys v hIftngtor
JoSrnh. the father Frank T. Shaub
The Mag Ncssrs C. Wade
Harold G anc
Charles " Shaub
Tho Shepherds Jack Mcdonald
Bobby Andrews
] L. Savllle
Thcr,, Will tse tAhleaux, The Shep
herds and The Wlsc Men and a.
Bethlehem and during the tahleaux /
concealed octcttc VIII sing appropriate
Christmas music The octette viii b
composed -
Sopranos Mrs. Mars II Haughey
Mrs J. T. Saville Miss na l. Tucker
Contraltns Miss Emma > ~haub, Mis-
Smcox. Miss Helen Howard
Tenors-Ear T Plummer. III Nj Whit'
c W Townsend
Bassos VI Crossan Irving Brntnn
Irving G easier.
The decorating committee Is Indebte'
u Charles G. kaymond the Christina
tree man FOR many choice trees that max
up a part OF the general plan Of decora
t.on> abou; the playground at Tenth ant
Market streets Originally Mr. Raynono
had paid for the use Of the playCroun'
~ thls $ ason u store his Christina
trees. When he was told jha; the play
ground was needed for d general com
munIty celebration be voluntarily CAV
UP the playground although he had pal
for rs use and moved across the street t
the old Court House runs.