THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
VUImu^.i t!»e room was ablaze
with color and foliage, li^ht ami
*ha low, there must have been just a
.it: ie disappoin' merit, for where were
; lie stockim*s? Where were the ap
P eh Where were the usual tfifts
for the *' Is), n ! Folk ?
“A Beaut fa I Sot.^ of a Wonderful
hirtn w.i'Sun; by the school. Mr.
C)Ulwell then led in prayer after
which Mr. Coe conducted the Res
ponsive Script.tre I.cssoti.
Air. Favloff now came forward and
tide l ..s interpreter for Mr Coe as
lie made a a address, lie briefly re
tr«'spected his own and Mis. C«»c’s
sojourn amon^ his hearers for the
p st twelve years. It wuS with s,al
hearts the people listened, for they
realized that this was the l«is> Clni:
ni..s Mr. and Mrs. Coe wou.d he with
them. He closed with a:i earnest
appeal to old and voting, that they
honor and serve the Christ whose
birth all had come to celebrate.
Mr. Coe now explained that the
program had been planned and pie
pared by the School Teachers. It
was to l>e in two parts. Part I. was
the Bible story of the birth of Jesus.
Part II. was to be an object lesson
in “Loving Giving." From this
point the ihildteii rendered their
p «r s without further < h ectic n .\I .
Coe a- ifig as tnusica director a d
• • 1. ilia Coe presiding at
the org . .1
I'lie \ddress of W elcome hv Thom
as Hiviae was followed by Wasook
lull la nog off, Abraham I'esuiakoff,
Andiew Age/a. Nicbo! li Fadao, and
Charles .viatheson, wl o, dressed as
Oriental Shepherds, seated them
selves in a semi-circle on the stage.
•The school sang Chas. Gabriel's
beautiful hymn "Come, Shepherds,
See." A class of liit’e f ».k. Annie
Pavloff, Alexandria Lowell, Annie
Sauer, Maggie Masur, Mary Inge,
Philip Luskin. John Palmer, John
Perrin, and Peter Calugan, came near
the shepherds and sweetly told the
story of “ The First Glad Christmas
Morn,” end ini; with a "Child’s
Christmas Carol.”
Barbara Bowen next recited “The
Christ Child of Long, Long Ago,”
the school singing a response to each
stanza.
Another group of little ones. Nyda
Chya, Agnes Stewart, David Fors
mau, John Olsen, Philip Dobrowol
skv, Annie Bell Coe, Dolly Perrin.
Flora Robertson. Dora Miller, (»ub
tiel Wuspekoff, and John Waspekoff
sa n g Marti n Luther’s “Cradle
Hymn."
The shepherds then arose. After
each one told his part in the wonder
ful event, appropriate Scripture was
recited, either by groups or by the
entire schcol. After Alexandria
Pavloti and Athanasia Risoff sang
the beautiful hymu, “Holy Night,”
the shepherds left the stage.
Part II. was announced and the
school sang “Once Mote the Sweet
Old Story;” and the Star Queen (Hl
la Hallainootoif), dressed in white
and wearing a golden crown, walked
in She thought that all the child
ren had grown so selfish that to them
Christnn.s was only a time f
thoughtless getting for self, with no
thought for others.
Her plan was to hide and listen to
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