Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-24

word Of greeting for each boy whom he
bsnnened to recognize. He knew lot or
them, too.
The bows filed into the rotunda and
found seats on chairs. the ioof, me starr
way and the bases of the tall marble
columns. The Orloff trio opened the pro-
gram and was followed by several songs
bv Baby Bernadine Mccarthy, a wee
snrite whom the mayor thinks is headed
straight for big time vaudeville. treat
for the old as we'll as young was offered
throuyh the courtesy of Manager Rotare
Egpleston. manager of Keith's theater
when Horace Golden, headliner on keith
bill this week. demonstrated his magic
powers A surprise stunt preceded the
/ feature of he program next in importance
to the distribution Of the candy.
/ CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
Is FEATURE
The feature was a Christmas pageant.
"The Heart Of a Christmas Tree" staged
by the recreation department with chill
dren from the community centers and
girls from the recreation department
| training school at Lauter Memorial
House in the cast. Miss Maurinne. Wat
kins had charge of the dramatic features
Of the pageant and Mrs. Carroll Carr Of
the music Miss Verdi Miller was soloist
and Misses Elizabeth Sacre, Helen Bedell,
Martha Doris Michaelis, Veryle Holt and
| Helen Ledig as solo dancers, assisted by
/ youthful dancers from the Greet street
/ and Brightwood community centers and
the chorus from the recreation school.
| r. Walter Jarvis, director of recreation,
and his assistant, Miss Alice Mescall,
were in charge. OF arrangements
The mayors party was one of the high
| lights ID a general observance Of Christ
mas by Indianapolis citizens, marked by
return to the fine old customs which
have helped for centuries to keep in the
minds of the people that the true reason
for the holiday is the Offering of thanks
giving for the birth of the Savior those
1921 years ago.
CITY CELEBRATION
TO BE BIG AFFAIR.
The municipal observance, under the
recreation and park departments is to be
on its usual extensive scale, while
churches and civic and fraternal organ
izations are doing more than their share.
! Tonight the carolers from the recrea-
tion school will sing Christmas songs in
the downtown hotels and public build
ings and then sing at the thirteen spots
where community parties are being held
around Christmas trees furnished by tho
park department
At $3.50 O'Clock tomorrow morning,
twelve brass quartettes, furnished by
| the boards Of park and school commits
| sioners, will start roaming about the
| city to herald the dawn of Christmas day
with the melodies with which men have
expressed their appreciation of the
| Christ's natal day for centuries The
musicians will play until 40 o'clock.
philosophical men will carry them in
their automobiles.
! Christmas party was to be held In
the rotunda of the tSatehouse this after
| noon with Mrs. James Ogden's Christmas
carol singers on the program. big
Christmas tree occupied the center of the
rotunda
Little folk whose parents are not SO
sure that Santa Claus Is going to come to
their house this year have no need to
worry. II the chimney is too small for
Santa to get down it's the business of
the Riddles to look up Santa Claus. He
viii be at a number Of places to. which
such boys and girls are urgently invited
There is the party which the Salvation
Army Is giving in Tomlinson hall this
evening. The guests here will be hon
| ored above those at any other Christmas
| party because Governor Warren T. Nc
Cray has promised to forego his own
Christmas eve plans and make speech
Christmas night the Wheeler Rescue
Mission will be host to all children who
do not have a Christmas in their own
homes at the old Empire Theater.
The First ward Republican Club will
start out at o'clock this afternoon to
take Santa Claus and group of child
carollers to seven places in the First
ward Candy will be distributed to all
children who gather at the stopping
| places.
While all of these public affairs are
going on, dozens of churches and organi-
cations and hundreds of private citizens
are distributing overlooking baskets, con-
| tanning all the necessities of real
Christmas dinner, to the poor of the city