New-York tribune., 1921-12-18
Community Fete
For Forest Hills
On Christmas Eve
Public Tree and ssFireplace
Fantasy With Visit of
Santa to 500 Children
Will Be Main Program

FOREST HILLS GARDENS, L. L.,
Dec. 17.-A community celebration will
be held here on Christmas Eve in which
every resident Of Forest Hills Gardens
will participate, either as performer or
spectator
Under the direction Of the Celebra-
tons Association, the program to be
presented this year excels anything
that has been tried before. A Christ
mas tree, fifty feet high, will stand in
the bowl of the fountain in Station
Square and huge fireplace will be
built against the station platform,
where Christmas fantasy will be en-
acted. Songs and carols will be sung
by the Forest Hills Choral Club and
gifts will be distributed to all the
Gardens children, Of whom there are
more than 500.
Late Saturday afternoon members of
the Forest Park Riding and Hunt Club
will ride through the streets of the
village to summon the residents to the
gayeties. They will form an attractive
and coorful procession, every horseman
in red and white costume, carrying O
bright lantern. BY 7 o'clock all the
men, women and children of the Gar
dens will have gathered in the square,
where the "Fireplace Fantasy" will be
given by the Gardens Junior Players
under the direction Of Mrs. Donald
Clark
Among those to take part will be
Thompson Tyler Sweeney and DIME
Claypoole, as Any Boy and Any Girl
Anna Mae Grant will be the Doll;
Prentiss Wynne, the Tin Soldier, and
Benjamin Halsey, the Teddy Bear
! Others to take part are Alice Eckman
Margaret Kendrick, Peggy Hines
James Eder, George Casselman and
Fred Gretch.
Santa Claus, who will come dowr
the chimney, pack and all, will be i'm
personated by Harvey Warren. But
the task of distributing gifts to SOC
children will be no light one, so there
will be two assistant Santas present
in the persons of S. S. Freeman and
Kenneth Small.
After the presentation of gifts the
yule log will be carried ON by 81,
| men in costume, escorted by a number
of wights carrying torches of red ant
green fire and singing a Yuletide song
the log will burn on prepared bed be
tween the tree and the fireplace.
The celebration is being financed by
voluntary contributions by the resi-
dents of the Gardens. 1t will cost more
than $4,000. The tree itself was OBJ
tanned in Canada at a cost Of 5000.
Officers of the Celebrations Associa
ton are John Messenger, president
Mrs. A. ]. Wilson and r. J. Mitchell
vice presidents; Homer Croy, treasur
er, and Scott Robinson, secretary. The
program committee includes Mrs
Charles H. Scanmell, chairman; Waltel
league. John Messenger. r. B. Coltor
and l.. P McGahie. The costumes were
designed by Walter league. Mrs. j. S
Maxwell arranged for the purchase O.
the toys. The singing Will be conduct
ed by Bruno Huhn. There will be more
than one hundred voices. Among the
singers will be Mrs. Jewel ST. Legel
Aldrich, II. Dentin Bostow, William
! Harper, Mrs. Frank Herne, Pearl Ben
ham Kaighn, Mrs. w. +. Mohan, Will
liam Roberts, N. B. Pope, Mrs. Edward
H. Moir and Mrs. Albert V. Moore.
There will be a Christmas Eve dane,
in the Forest Hills Inn on Saturda,
night. Miss E. L. Rantlctt will be tn,
hostess. Other holiday festivities q
! button of gifts to children on Christ
mas morning, with William Dunklin il
the part of Santa. A Christmas Dime
will be served at noon on Monday ant
will be followed by a dance. Their,
will be a mid-week dance on Thursda.
evening