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Show sonus i.f childhood at Christmas time, f The next part of the pmgram W:J one of the nnt uubpio ever glwn In th. 8 city. Amid n H.-ne only l.ri.V..i by the Httlnu solos of Miss Ilollu-r.: and the soft straWis of the ii:in.. m, -by one the ".rein.'; of the 'uni ma story passed in panoram.i before th" nudkne.-. whll,. the changing, shlttur; lights iipi.n the tri-.i prodiued iid'v day. thin nlht.. wbil-j. s the wl.v.1 men slowly rroKed the phttform. I'...' xlar of Itethlehen: rose md slion.- ' OVrrhead. K.-n t b-Ta intner'Aii Itself foul I not be more realistic and .-ncn-d. The anininriatiiu tn Mary, the , pearnnce of an a;ig.-l to Xitcharl.i.-. In the teniple, the luc.'tlng of t)i wise nen In the donorl. the journey of .to-yep), .to-yep), and the Holy Vlrcln 1.. li.-thb-hem, the i) 1 li t scrnc of the shepherds shep-herds on the plain, the visit t.i the nungcr and the adoration of the Magi all were portrayed with beauty, simplicity sim-plicity and vividness. The climax of the evening came when the wl-v tu.-n, reappearing, invited the childn-n and young people to the mangM. an 1 then In a great procession class after clas came to the manner bearing precious gifts to be glon to the Christ like work of the Florence Cri'tembei borne hnd taking away with them beautiful gifts from the manger ksef. GHRESTHAS STORY TOLDIiiPIOSAl The First Methodist church was the scene of a great Christmas celebration last night, which delighted and inspired in-spired the large audience present The platform was arranged as a Christmas forest, amid whose pine trees the beautiful scenes of the evening were enacted. The evening opened wi:h a processional proces-sional of tho Sunday school, followed by prayer and the famous Christmas song, "There's a Song In tho Air," by Lutklo. After a solo by Miss Rosalie Holberg and a welcome by Superintendent Homer Ho-mer A. Selp, the program of tho fs-ttval fs-ttval beegan with a half-hour crowded full of sweet music and recitations by the little folks In charge of the primary pri-mary superintendent. Miss AdlU Rcwse. Nothing cau surpass the |