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Show ' ' BUTTE, MONT. j The Catholic churches of Butte were crowded with devout worshippers at a'! the masses and othor solemn Christmas services Christmas day, and the special spe-cial music and derivations were the most beautiful . aid impressive ever presented on that sacred festival occasion occa-sion in thH city. 'Solemn' high masses v.err celebrated a i St. Patrick's churvb J.t 5 a. m. and 11 a. m.. and on each occasion oc-casion the spacious auditorium o: the edifice was crowded ' to overflowing. Many who came to the last ma.vs were scarcely able to ?ecure standing: vooni inside the doors during the services. At the 5 o'clock mass at St. Patrick's church the. pastor. Rev. Father De Sieie; was the. celebrant. He was assist -t-d by Re v. Fathers Barry and. Follet. Solemn vespers Tuesday evening were also very largely attended. The music! .v. .l.ri 111115 OlSil Jllcl.-t . Ci L -L. Patrick's was very beautiful and effective. ef-fective. .The muie was under the direction di-rection of the organist and choir director, direct-or, Mrs. Rooney. Tip.- program was as follows: "Kyrie." from Goirza's fourth mass: "Gloria." from Gounod's mass of the Sacred Heart: "Credo," from Hag-g'-rman's ntss; offertory. 'AdesLe Fi- . deles." "Novello; "Sai.ctus," G;e-.i. iourth macs; "Agnus Dei. 7 Gounod's I iv.ss of the Sacred Heart : "Pasiores " Weigand. Choir: Mrs. W. C. Di rks. I leading soprano: alios. Mis. Ilobbs. and Miss Ka.e Nevin; tenors. Messrs. Hobbs and K renter; bass. Me.snrs. "tlo-gan. "tlo-gan. Gallagher and Hubble. At Sacred Heart. A brilliant spectacle, was presenied at ilie 5 o'clock mass at Sacred Heart church Christmas morning, when Cue thousands of electric lights ihar sur-louncT sur-louncT the altar and . .are distributee irotusely in the ceiling and other portions por-tions of the . building .were turned on. Rev Father Carr was celebrant at the T. a. m. and 11 a. m. m:.-ses. Rev. Fathers Fath-ers l,es!mcr and Moran being assistants. assist-ants. The fine special lr.iisic for the occasion oc-casion was furnished by the male choir of the church. I L consisted of chants with a soio at the offertory. St. Mary's Church. 1 no cnnsimus services at fi. .Marys church in Centerville v. ero very beautiful beau-tiful and impressive.. and were largely attended. There were nine, masses during dur-ing the forenoon, and large congregations congrega-tions were present at all. The high masses were at o and 11 o'clock. Rev. Father Gueymard. officiated at the fiis-1 high mass; and Rev. Father Hannan at the 11 o'clock- mass. The program1 of music for these-''. masses was quite elaborate and strikingly effective. The 'members of the choir were: Basso?. Messrs. Lee" and Berry: tenors, Messrs'. 1 William and Richard Sables: altos; Mrs. Rose Seal" and Miss E, Befrey; sopiai os. Mrs. F. Kdr.l and Misses Lot-: tie McDermott. Br id gelt McGra-.v. T.a-die T.a-die Russell. Margaret . Sullivan. Kitiie Harrington and Nellie O'Brieir. The j male quartet of the eduuh sang "Reth-j lehem" at the beginning of the mass, icd the "Adeste Fideles" during the j offertory. Rev. Father Gueymard of j AH Hallows college preached at both of the high masses in .the' morning at St. Mary's church. The subject of tha sermon ser-mon at the 11 o'clock mass was "Christianity." "Chris-tianity." The discourse was highly edifying to the great congregation. At St. Lawrence. i The largest congregatJons in the his-ftory his-ftory of the. church on a sacred occa-s!on occa-s!on attended the services ..at St. I.tiw-jer-cgls-church in Walkerville Christmas; Christ-mas; jftev. Father Batens delivered the Sermons at the solemn high masses aj 'Tv. a. m. and .D a. -m. , The altar 'Va,.-' 'elaborately and ben'tMfully decorated ..for the occasion. -and the special music 'was very fir.e. At St. Joseph's. i At St. Joseph's church the first mass ' was at 8 a. m.. followed by a beautiful service for the children. The music for this service was furnished by the choir of the Sunday school. Rev. Father Van Aiken preached to the little folks. Tie also preached at ihe two high masses in the forenoon.- Meaderville Services. The special Christmas services at Holy Savior church in Meaderville C.hri&tmas were Very largely attended and of gr.?at interest. The pastor. Rev. Father Sullivan, preached at the high I masses at 0 a. m. and 11 a. in. The children's mass at 9 o'clock wai well ! attended by the little folks of the parish. par-ish. Miss Alice Webb is in the city visiting: vis-iting: her brother. Howard Welch. Miss Rosemary MacGinn's is recovering recov-ering from a serious attack of pneumonia.' pneumo-nia.' " Miss Hazel Kemtody, who is a student stu-dent at the State Normal school at Dillon, Dil-lon, is at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kennedy. Miss Margaret Meagher will leave soon after New Year's day for St. rati!, Minn , where she will ent'jr St. Catherine's college. ' Miss Hal-ie Boucher and Miss Florence Flor-ence Ledwidge are hone from Sacred Heart academy at Ogden. Miss Alice Magill. .stenographer for the Barclay Abstract company, lest for a visit to relatives in Fresno, Ca'.. A number of her friends accompanied Miss Magill' as. far as Silver Bow to wish her good luck on her journey. The Misses Nissler and Mrs. Louise Jahreiss entertained at a . dinner on Christmas day, when covers were laid for twelve. Red an! gtefn decked the tuble. while the center held a. miniature sleight drawn by six reindeer, with aid Santa on the seat holding the lines. TI12 sleigh held the table favors. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs.' Bor. MacDonald. Mr. John Jahreiss, " Masses Christine, Maud, Mabel, and Doris Nisslfr, Mrs. Louisa. Jahreiss. Chria and G rover Nissler, Niss-ler, Rita and. Wilbur Jahreiss. : |