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Show I JOYOUS CHRISTMAS I FOR II KIDDIES IK Children of Free Kindergarten Wm Enjoy Festivities in H New Home. $H NICE GIFTS FOR ALL wjm Formal Opening of New H Building Will Be Held H Thursday Afternoon. Hl Scventy-Ave little once. ranging In use fn-m a. few inoulhfi to 0 ywrx. gathered BBB around u Christmas tree In the new Hfl building of the Free Kindergarten and Neighborhood House association, V5S vt First South street, and were made IH happy by gifts contributed by the asso- nation, through Its board of directors, MH etcrday forrnooti. Tho tree, placed in tho center of the Kindergarten room on the main floor of iH the linlldlng. was bright with tliiHel and decorated with stringa of cranberries and popcorn. Gifts for the little, ones wore hung upon it and placed on the tloor around It. The tall mantel In one corner of ih room wax lump and banked with Christmas stocklnps. fllied witli poodles for the children. The pupils of tho klndorgnrtcn. numbcr-ing numbcr-ing fUtv-thre. formed Jt circle, around Die trao. seated in small chnli-s. Hack of this circle was another of tho parents of the children, many holdlnp babies In l t,elr arms. Still another proup of mem- bera of the board and friends of the ln-Atitntlon ln-Atitntlon were on the outskirts of the Hj gathering. Impressive Progranuno. The kindergnrtan children, led by the BH teacher, Miss Nellie Shermcr, assisted by Mli-s Beaurosard anil Miss Grocc. fiir-nlsh'vl fiir-nlsh'vl a programme for the cnterlnln-ment cnterlnln-ment of the "guests. First, the little-heads little-heads wer bowed, the eyes closed, and a morninp prayer was simp, followed ny a "Good Morninp" song, welcoming teacher and friends. A Christmas carol waa next given and then the little ones gather! around their teacher anil Uh-tened Uh-tened to the beautiful story of the Christ child.1' The baby voices then Handed in a sonp of praise to the divine infant, born in a manger, as the wor d s greatest pift of love, on the first Chrlst- 1 mas morning. ... H Miss Shermcr announced that the cnti- H dren who had been attending the kinder- B gallon regularly had made small puts fl for their parents. which sho .Piyo thorn to distribute. Dainty llttlo calendars and naehet bars for the mothers, and match bolder for the fathers, fashioned by the (hlldren, showed much oar.; on the part of the teacher in instruction and help. Makes Kiddies Happy. Tlu- distribution of gifts Jo the chil-dren. chil-dren. which followed, eaueed each little fact- to beam with joy. and soon pandc-monlum pandc-monlum reigned its the small boys bogan tn Mow thIr brand new tin horns. Illus-Haling Illus-Haling nilev's Idea of a small boy a way of showing blt by maUinp a noise, In Hues: "Miat did tho 'title boy at nobod wanted him to. hid not do noihinp but bang him gun And shoot firecrackers and '1st have run. And 'afs all the Mttle loy done. T.ach child was given a collection of 1-lnvthlnga anil a Christmas stocking. I he H,ninp of u goodbye song completed the proem mmc. .... Ttie n-w home of the Krec Kindergarten Hid Neighborhood House Is not nulto eom-nMed. eom-nMed. hut will he by next Thursday, when the formal opening will lake place. rcentlon will be given to the friends i.f ihc institution in tho afternoon from ' to 3 o'clock and In the evening from s io V). A general Invitation Is cx-tended cx-tended to the public by the board of di-rectors di-rectors to cU and cxamiuc tho horns, it has been impossible for Invitations to be cnt personally to everyone who ntlght i'.- lntaretel in the work, so the man- 1 igrment has taken the press as a means 1 oi gnlitg a gwiiial inviiutlon. H) Reception Next Friday. HU On Friday afternoon the neighborhood ill bv rei-civml and shown ibroush the liotue. The board of dl rectors will rc- H9 i rtvp both days. I Th" klndergrt"ii room, in which tno oi.tLitalnmenl was held ytsierdny. w ..it-xc and light and will be well suited i the puipoc for which Jt is to b used. W hen Kchool Is not In session, thn room v. Hi he used as a playroom for the larger lar-ger chlldn-n In the nursury. . Th'' nurserv now has a "mascot, in a woo hit of humanity, who Is a perma-iirn; perma-iirn; rrsklSflt. It Is the sU-months-old daughtor of Mrs. Mary Plekott. avIio Is m uttaittMnt hi tm are of tho nursery jitul kindergirten. The llttlq one Is called Maiguerili' and has won her way to the i -cart of e"h member of the bontjl of dir"ctoi-s. well as to that of the lUBlron. Mr Cntlnrine D. IjUii". The iaby was fcliowered with gifts yesterday, on hr that Christinas, raiding from a blanket to tiny shoes. Grccliuc Arc Sent. The following telegratn was sent last .ight to Mrs. Klmer It. .Tons. who wns tie or th oi1liwors of the Fre Kln- l. rpart"n and Nelghhnrhotxl house work an "ff!Unl moiiibof of the board .f dlrw.lors. rorr sh" Wt Kalt Iike a f"w month ago .to make Ur home ii fn Ktanclaro: I Mrs. tamer I. Jous. Bllelw ho-"1. ho-"1. San Fransco, Cal. Tb laillos of ih klndefKarleu board and children Knd irrtln. Our rtrfam of years f.tllz! to4ay- Had ChristiuaK ire in ir o-n bout If ul new home. Wkh you i. know that In celebration you were n't forgotten. 'For h- that plantelh and he that watweth ar" one "KI DKK'JA UTBN IlOARD." |