Middletown transcript., 1920-06-12
BIG RED LETTER DAY
Bethesda N. E. Sunday School Pre-
sented Fine Program
THE LITTLE TOTS DID WELL

THE LITTLE TOTS DID WELL
Methodism had last Sunday big
RED LETTER DAY! Note the majus-
cules that would emphasize its bigness.
Two exceptionally fine exercises on the
same day, superbly successful Chill
dren's Day program in the morning.
and a rarely fine address in the evening.
either of which events had signalized
the day, but both together, made it
doubly notable.
The Scribe means to give some i'm
pressions of both. First, then. about
the Little Folks, for it was truly their
day.
1t was striking scene that greeted
the beholder entering the large and
handsome auditorium of the Methodist
Church last Sunday morning. A large
audience filled the room, the front being
occupied by the older Sunday School
scholars and their teachers, while in
front of them around the chancel rail-
ing, seated in their tiny chairs, were
massed several rows Of little children
all dressed in white as spotless as their
own pure spirits, their sweet, happy
faces radiant with joy and expectation.
For the most part lassies. though num-
bers of bright.eyed lads were not want
ing to complete the pleasing picture.
1t would be an agreeable task, to tell
how each little performer in the Chill
dren's Day program, tiny cherubs in
heavenly white as well as manly chaps
in knickerbockers, almost always fault
lessly 'spoke their lines"; or how a
wee snowy quintette lisped their parts;
or how other, small folks again and
again sweetly sang in tuneful praise of
f'Children's Day and the Children's
Saviour" which sentiment was, indeed,
the burden of most who spoke or sang;
or to tell how lovely the "big" girls
also looked attired in immaculate hite,
atop of their shining brown locks, silken
bows IN pink. blue or red; or how now
and then came smiling sailor lad in
regulation sea collar and tie, drawing
from the house soft laughter with his
short, speech: or, again, how five pretty
lassies in white sang and acted pleas
ing motion song; or how still other
Lilliput orators, girls and boys too, de-
lighted their audience; or how the Pri-
mary. Department made sweet music.
or the larger scholars, led by the fine
choir with its big organ, sang several
melodious selections, and yet other lads
and lassies spoke briefly and we'll their
pieces-all this to tell in detail, were a
pleasing duty did The Transcript space
allow.
But the Scribe must speak of the
pretty spectacular movement scene
which closed the fine program that
went off so smoothly. A dozen of the
older girls, all dressed in white and
carrying large circular wreaths, march
ed two and two up the center aisle to
the tune of "Onward Christian Sol
diers," then dividing before the chan
eel railing, marched six and six down
either side of the church and next
again up the center aisle on to the plat
form, where beneath and around the
floral arch they march and counter
march in many graceful formations;
hen at the last are led one by one to a
old mass on the right, each holding
out her wreath and uttering an appro-
pirate sentiment whereupon little
miss in white, lucky No. 13, joins them
holding in her hand large placard
bearing in gilt letters the sacred name
of Christ, all wreathed about with
flowers, when, finally, the whole 1s
ended their beautiful performance by
marching in long, impressive single
file down the center aisle. Altogether,
the speaking, and singing by the young
and by the older scholars, made up a
fine program highly enjoyed by all who
heard and beheld it-a scene of two.
fold beauty, that of sweet, smiling
child-girl-and boyhood, and that OF
the perfumed, smiling flower faces thai
greeted one.
The pastor in few words spoke his
appreciation of it all, and very fra
ternally offered his church and his owl
services to his Presbyterian friends fol
time shepherdless, heartily welcoming
them to use both himself and his
church.
Temperance Union Convention
The annual convention of the New