Show character ball A arand character ball will be riven given in the pavilion next wed edday evening De december under the auspices of the north ward sunday school the proceeds will be bogged used fr f r the purpose of entertaining tho the sunday school children of the ward christmas day all u ire invited but be sure to bring 25 cents which wilt will bo lie tho the price of admission Th the ethar acteria to be represented will be mr and mrs santa claue claus ro meo and juliet george and mar tha washington pocahontas am erica uncle sam lady of the tile lake sir robert bruce bir sir anvil vil liam wallice wall ice buffalo bill nero I 1 ceasar etc etc the ball should be a grand success as the pro coeds will be used for a worthy cause christmas ie is the season for good stori storied et oriee ev and frank Le eliea popular monthly for december makes the moat most of ita its opportunities the number contains eix six complete all of them good aa as for or instance ine tance mrs sarah winter kelloggs KelloR Hs touching etory story the black prince and the little cap tain ll 11 are peculiarly appropriate to the season but the editors edi tore wisely enough have felt the dan gers gore of harping monotonously on the same chord i striking contrast therefore are two unusual tonea stories illustrating types of the strenuous life which is ao so earnest ly breacht nw adaya the bero of one these tones stories I 1 sam week weeks ne ine of the most india bidual chu cairs which has appear ed in mK moga azin zint literature for a long time the elory Is told by mr wm R lighten much ao as be he himself beard heard it from a sturdy old pioneer of the middle west the name of the other story la is the scout it ie is written by E hough author of the girl of the half way hous housa etc like I 1 sam week the figure of tho about is drawn from life and a comparison of the two to portraits aits ite id interesting the december number of the improvement era contains a por trait of the third governor of U utah tab jobu john Wb awson and the biography of governor alfred cum cum ming the closing chapter of the life sketch of walter murray gibson by andrew jeneen is given N R porter a missionary in germany garmany kivee gives a ery interesting die crip tiou of 0 the strasburg cathedral thomas hull 11 general secretary of the Y M M 1 I A con Iri an article the woodruff monument and its dedication which article ie is accompanied by an excellent portrait of the monument a mong the religious ar in this number is infant baptism aad and the sacrament by john V bluth beauty and har mony in organic creation by bp 0 A alada n u I 1 fincun tennies 8 ten cies by attewell Att ewall wootton I 1 he lie scientific article by dr john A ie is a treatise tre atiee on air 1 under the title I 1 one of element elements among the leading events in the story of the world |