Show CHRISTMAS JOY t l j Pleasing Exercises by Children ofl ttri II Free Kindergarten Yesterday Yester-day Morning wi I r I Many hearts wero gladdened yesterday morning at tho Christmas exorcises given s n by the children of tho free kindergarten 1 t In the old Thirteenth ward meetinghouse Contrary to the usual rule the lllllc rom was crowded with parents nod friends ot I the children and prominent women of thu a city who arc Interested In the success of I P the kindergarten Fifty little children with their loachors s I gathered around the KaylybodeckctL I Christmas tree listened to the story of tho I Christ child sang pretty Christmas carols I and Joined In the dancing uiul gumc It 2 I was Indeed a pleasing I picture aud the few IJI women who huvo worked untiringly for l the success of the kindergarten yesterday felt fully repaid for all the efforts thoy I I p have made In behulf of tho children and through the children for their parents tAt I t-At the close of the Interesting pro gramme each father and mother was presented I pre-sented with Home token of remembrance I such IIH Ironholders pincushions match 5 cases dusters ete all made by tho children I chil-dren themselves As for tho children they 0 weN remembered by Mrs Simon Bambcr gcr who gave each a drawingbook and L I net of colored pencils by tho pupils oil r i Miss Ethel Lanes room at tho Hamilton I j school who made for each child a pretty I box of confections and by lllljg Ollvo Benson daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Benson who presented each boy hi thb t kindergarten 1 with I harmonica and each girl with a barrel 1 of tiny clothespins For moro than ihreo years now tho free i r J kindergarten has bout maintained by a few earnest women of tho city who have time In Iho I devote much of their tmo securing I fund necessary to carry on the work Tho room In which tile work wua started la I hardly recognizable now on account oC tho Improvements mado It Is now aa cosy and comfortable an could bo daslrcd and every day from fifty lo sixty little ones are cared for while th < > Ir parents iro away OI at work one of tho rules being thac no child whose parents uro able to imy for UK tuition will be accepted nt the free kindergarten J The work In In charge of Mite Vera t Lane a trained kindergartener who Is 1 us I blstod by lIes Clare Williams Miss Elizabeth I I Eliza-beth Craig of liawllns Mlsa Lyle AVlnn low MIsH Laura JIadlcy Miss Mary Whitehead of Pure City and Miss Annlo I I I Taylor > 11 I I |