THE ORPTiANaGE NEWS LETTER.
Dr. And Mr* Newballof Uualaeka
were present and aleothe govern
meat eunool teaeb*r<, Mr. nud Mr*.
D*vid Dnuagau and their little girl.
In the evening there wa* no regn
lar eupper, the children eat around on
the benohe. and the waiter* p**wd
out tandwiohee, oak* and apple*
There were three fronted cake* all re
■pleodeut with candle* in honor of
the birthday* of Max, IPred •«•<!
Sophia. It wa* a very plea*ant onoa
■ion and wehope the *pirit of tbank*
giving will indeed be the epirit of the
whole year.
A. W. Newhall.
The Christina* Celebration
@CIR C h r i e t in a e Celebration wae
Ion* drawn out thia year. Owing
to the fact that Dec Wtb mb* •>*' Sun
day, t.ba Christmas sntertaiumsnt wai
given Friday evening in the •huroh,
which wai beautifully decorated for
the occasion; not the least item being
a fine tree at oue end of the platform.
The program was prepared by the
teachers of the Lnngwood Sobool. and
inolud-d all the children on the island.
They gave the cantata " Santa Claneee
Drea e ” Wm. Roberlaon did the
part of Santa Olnne a«d did it well.
The program waa well rendered and
ihowed that a great daal of hard and
patient work had been dona hy Mr.
and Mre. Dunagan
The Christmas trse than re
lieved of if* burd-n of gilts Every
one "'ll Mi- island reoeirsd some little
remembrance from the Orphanage.
And aa the tree i« a community affair
great stacks of presents were brought
in to bedistributsd. Quite a number
of people cams over from Eedaik to
attend the entertainment.
Saturday morning at the Mission
there was a tree far the Orphanage
family, lhe tree, with it* decora
tion! of ornament! and tinsel was
very beautiful, but loaded with gifts
it was beauty iu the superlative de
gree for tbs children when they gath
ered in the assembly room to enjoy it.
Our many frieuds all over the ooun
try, who contributed to make this the
happiest day of the year for the chil
dren iu the Orphanage, would have
been gratified with their efforts could
they have Men the pleasure their
gifts breug'it.
After tbe tree was stripped of if*
load, theOhristmasdinner wassefved.
It oouslsted of stewed chicken, with
gravy, nittbrd potato*-* and turnip*,
piokelvd aarrota, ic* cream, candy,
nata, am) oranges. With th* exemp
tion of th* last thre* articles the din
ner waa of home prod'.iota. It ia need
l«as to say that the ohildren did full
jiistio* to it. Our guests for the day
were Mr. and Mr*. Duuagau and
their little girl, Mike Chebituoy and
Johu Stewart.
In th* late afternoon the matrons
with the older boy* and girl* went
over to hear th* Kodiak School pro
gram. They came back enthusiastic
in praise of it.
On Sunday morning th* Sunday
Sohool lessen and the sermon were
appropriate for the day. In the even
ing with the stereopticon, some Illus
trated songs and Christmas pictures
were thrown on the screen. The mu
sic for the service wss furnished by
several celebrated musicisus on the
viotrola. The only nun* lacatng
through tbeee day* to complete the
C brief trial spirit was enow. The
ground wai hare.
We are very grateful to all who
contributed in any way to our Chriet
mae eheer, a»i thank you heartily,