THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
the Childu n are all Right
Lpt n Sant i’s request the school
gave hn entertainment. Michael
Chepednoy, Nida Call.gun, and Annie
lul nogcff recited, then “Aunt Ed
na * led the babies, Tohn Chya, Mari
on Coe, Klla Olson, Olga Pavloff,
dnnie Ni.njak, Vancy Mathison, Max
Sauers, I va ! t well, Prank Lowell,
and Vera >! asur in a quaint little song
much to the < elight of all. espec
ially of the fond parents.
Mary T>avloff and Tina Anderson
each recited upon the die me of the
play “Loving Giving”. A very
pretty tableau and concert exer ise
bv Mary Palmer, Annie Pal tier,
Christine F or s til an and others w..s
followed by a chorus of ten v >ie?*.
Coiia Arunknuk then asked Sa 11
if he wanted to hear some boys talk,
who had eater too much pium-pud
ding last Christnia. If those boys
felt as badly as they represented they
had, they certainly needed sympa
thy.
A tall now came for Santa to pass
around the stockings. In reply the
school saHg “So Pass Around the
Stockings." All were made happy
by one of them, for which each boy
was glad to "be it,” and no girl was
so big but a stocking "would fit.”
At the appointed hour on Christ
mas Day, the doors of the asse ubly
room in the mission were thrown
open ami the home Christmas tree
was greeted. If there are a few child
ren in your home, imagine them to
be fifty, equally as eager, as free, as
full of life as vour own, and you may
form some idea of how it sounded in
that room as Mr. Coe called off the
names, and one after another the
packages were opened. Such a chat
tering! Kverything must be admir
ed and exhibited to everyone, and,
oh, how happy they were!
So you find that while all wan still
here there must have heen busy feet
ami living hearts somewhere to plan
and execute and pay, else where did
all these lovely gifts come from?
Did I hear the winds whisper,
“Thousands of miles away, long,
long months ago, Mrs. McWhiunie
planned, Mrs. 1‘orter executed, and
the Southington Mission Hand gave
of its store that these dear children
should not be forgotten, though they
aie on a little green Wood Island
away in the cold blue sea?”
Before dinner we all rejoiced to
greet Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass who
had come from Kodiak to spend a
day or two at the Orphanage. Their
visit was not the le. st among our
Ch istmas joys us they have a quiet
way of creeping into the hearts of
young ..ml old.
I he Christmas dinner was equany
well appre. iated as those of former
n, casiotis. The dining room was
hung wilh wreathes and branches,
hut the most beautiful decorations
were ihe bright and happy faces of
boys and girls.
The sigh, of that dining room and
the sound of merry chatter, followed
by “after dinner songs and recita
tions" amp v repaid those wdio had
labored long hours before that this
might be a re 1 dll ist u is dinnnr.
A hilarious crowd soon repaired to
hill and lake for coasting. The day
ended with the usual prayer meeting
which was in the real sense another
feast of good things.
In behalf of the K, B. O. we heart
ily thank all who in any way contrib
uted toward this festival, or in any
manner helped to make this comfort
able home for orphan children. May
the same blessings which you implore
for them he granted to yourselves.