The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-12-17
Shriners' Riddles
Invited to Party
PARENTS ALSO WILL ATTEND
CHRISTMAS FETE - ARRANGE
MENTS MADE FOR ANNUAL
SESSION

Every Shriner's wife and every
Shriner's child within the jurisdiction,
which extends from New Brunswick
to Cape May, is invited to attend the
Christmas entertainment to be held
Wednesday evening, December 22nd,
in the mosque of Crescent Temple,
North Clinton avenue, Trenton.
The committee in charge of the
affair has arranged an elaborate pro-
gram, with Christmas decorations and
refreshments. The doors will be
opened to the children and their
mothers at o'clock. Fathers, of
course, may attend; the banquet hall
will be opened to them as smoking
room, with quot games and other
forms of recreation.
From 7 to o'clock the children will
be entertained in a Christmas play
ground which will be arranged on the
main floor Of the mosque. There will
be a Christmas tree at each corner of
Christnas-land A dozen women, sew
eral OF them expert play directors,
will be in charge of the activities. The
apparatus provided will include play
ground slides, some of them extend
ing from the balcony of the building,
giving the youngsters fine opportunity
for sliding. Big rubber balls, bal
looms, tops, go-carts and other play
things will be provided for the little
ones.
There will also be United States
mail box into which the children may
drop letters to Santa Claus. He will
appear in person later in the evening
for the purpose of collecting the mail,
so he will know what the children
want for Christmas.
Music under direction of Prof.
Albert T. Stretch will also be a
feature of the Christmas-land play.
Refreshments will be served under one
of the galleries.
At SIS o'clock there will be a
punch and Judy" show, with Chris
Hills as the stage manager and d.
rector.
This will be followed by a Christ
mas Revue by children under the di-
rection of Prof H. Roger Naylor. The
numbers will include recitations,
Mother Goose sketches and dances by
children directed by Miss Gore. of the
Blisard Academy.
The next program will be a two
reel moving picture, THE Riddles
Christmas" with William 3. New
comb, the Official operator of the
Shrine, in charge.
Following the photoplay there will
be Christmas sketch, entitled prov
ing Santa Claus" Mr.. and Mrs. B.
Frank Stratton and their children viii
7 be cast for this sketch. David c.
Griffith will also have an important
part. Santa Claus viii arrive during
the presentation and show the children
how he trims tree and fills the stock
ings. He will also make an address
to the little ones and tell them how he
intends to answer their letters.
Lang johnson has been engaged to
decorate the mosque for the occasion
The festoons and other trimmings
which he will place in position will be
left there for the rest of the month,
during which time the auditorium will
be used for a dance for the benefit OF
Mercer Hospital and for the annual
session of the Temple.
The annual meeting will be held the
evening of December 18th. Election
of officers will be one of the features
of the program. 1t is expected that
| Chief Rabban Howard ]. Dudley, OF
Camden, will be elected Industrious
potentate to succeed A. K. Leuckel, OF
| Trenton, who has held that important
office for two years.
Following the business session
there will be an athletic entertainment
| in which some clever out-of-towr
talent will participate.
The winter activities of the Temple
include a ceremonial session in Febru
airy, with entertainments each othel
month The January entertainment
viii consist of comic opera, king
Hungary l." to be followed by dance
The entertainment will be provided b.
the new Players Club of the Shrine
under the direction of Horace M
VanSiyke.