The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1916, Page 5

i MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1916 BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE Dancing Parties to Mark Events of Week Dancing parties will be among the interesting events planned for the Christmas week entertainments. The Capital Dance Club will give another of its series of private dances Wed- nesday evening in Patterson Hall, the guests to include the younger dancing set of the city. A special dance pro- gram has been arranged and O’Con- nor’s orchestra will furnish the music. Society is interested in the dancing party: which the nurses of the St. Alexius Hospital will give Friday eve- ning in Patterson Hall. Nearly 200 invitations were issued and the guests will include friends of the nurses and hospital. y se Returns From Wedding Trip. Myron Hunt of the Gamble-Robin- son company, returned to the city Saturday from his wedding trip which he spent in the east. Mrs. Hunt stopped in Fargo to spend Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Sarah Kennedy, and will return to the city the latter part of the week. Their wedding was Christmas day and every day the best of all good wishes Finney’s Drug SOCIETY an event of Friday December 8, in the bride’s home in Fargo. of © Home For Christmas. Miss Susie Hunter and Miss Wini- fred Nutschelknaus, nurses at the Bis: march Hospital, are spending Christ- mas at their respective homes in Max and Mott. eet Entertaining Sister. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hanson of Tenth street, are entertaining as their guest over the holidays the former's sister, Miss Hilda Hanson of Stan- wood, ‘Wash. eee Visiting Son Here. W. R. Parsons of Page, N. D., has arrived in the city to spend Christmas with his son, W. E. Parsons, and fam: ily, of Fifth street. Mr. Parsons, Sr., will make an extended visit here. se 8 Visiting Daughter He S. K. Clark of Faulkton, S. D., ar Tived in the city Saturday to spend ‘Christmas with his son-inlaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E./.A. Thor- berg, of Ninth street. Mrs. Clark and daughter are also guests of the Thonvergs. eee | Spending Christmas Here. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Williams of Preston, Minn., arrived in the city Saturday on No. 3, and are being en- tertained over the holidays by their daughter, Mrs. Price Awens of Man- dan Avenue. s 8 ® Gives Dinner-Dance. Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Oberg entertained Christmas eve at a dinner-dance at the Grand Pacific hotel. Covers were laid for 24 and the Christmas colors were effectively used in the appoint- ments. The dancing party was held on the fourth floor and where a room had been especially fitted up for the occasion, The guests included. only the intimate friends of the hosts. “ok ® Gives Christmas Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Wilt of Fourth street, are entertaining over Christmas their son-in-law and daugh- ter, Mr. and Mrs. ‘Worth Lumry of Garrison. "Mr. and Mrs. Will enter tained at a family dinner at noon to- day. The guests included besides Mr. and Mrs, Lumry, Mr. and Mrs. George Will, small daughter, Margaret, Mrs. William Moore, daughter, Miss Hor- tense Moore, Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor and sons, Edwin and ‘Herndon, all of the city. . . Night School Entertains, The night school students gave an interesting Christmas program during the week-end at the Will school. A ' program of Christmas songs and reci- jtations were given. The teachers were also present and a very pleasant eve- ning was: spent in social diversions. John Millet, who is employed at the St. Alexius hospital and was unable to attend the entertainment, sent candy enough for the party and Dan Laris, a former student, now: station: ed in Mercedes, Tex., with his com- pany, sent cards and other greetings. jThose in charge of the school are | Phone 249 Thanking all Christmas trade: we have en- joyed we wish you a very Merry Christmas Brown & Jones for the good How the first Christmas tree exer cises were held in North Dakota is engagingly told in an interesting paper read by Mrs. H. P. Goddard at last week's meeting of the Monday club. Mrs, Goddard, after tracing the institution of the Christmas tree from its pagan inception, says: “And this brings us down to the story of the first Christmas tree at Fargo, which was the first in North Dakota, outside of the military posts and the Indian agencies. The story is told by one of the old-timers in his own language: Split With Moorhead. “Before this Christmas the few peo- ple on this side of the Red river had gone to ‘Moorhead for church service, but at the meeting held in Moorhead for the purpose of arranging for the Christmas tree of 1873, the Fargo rep- resentatives felt aggrieved at the ac- tion taken by the Moorhead people, as the Fargoites wished the tree to be for the pleasure of all children of whatever church or creed, or of no creed at all, and the feeling in ‘Moor- head was for a tree for the children more particularly of church people. We of Fargo came home feeling that we were not bidden to the feast. A few of us were talking the matter over when J. B. Chapin said: “Why don’t you have a Christmas tree of your ownJthe largest and the best? I will give $10 toward it.” With such a start we could not do otherwise than go ahead and have a Fargo Christmas tree. ‘Railroad Boys Help. “John Jennings telegraphed to Brainerd for two of the finest trees that could be got into a box car. The railroad ‘boys there got the trees and loaded them without any charge and the engineer. go them through to Far- go without freight charges. The ibox car was sidetracked in front of the old Headquarters hotel, but the next morning. our beautiful Christmas trees, the first to be brought over the river, were gone. Some one had stolen them away, and a fall of light snow hid all trace of their going. A careful search was made for the trees and a committee visited Moorhead on vancement of the pupils. sf © At Person Court. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Copelin, who have been staying at the McKenzie, have taken an apartment in the Person Court and have already taken up their residence there. eee Returns After Visit. Miss Veda Betty Brown of Valley City, who has spent several days in the city as the guest of Miss Olwen Hughes, left Saturday for Jamestown, where she has accepted a position. eee Entertaining Brother. Mr. and Mrs. D; T. Owens of Fifth street are entertaining the latter's brother, Walter Mackin, of Perry, Mont., over the holidays. They enter- tained today at a family dinner. “ee Gives Christmas Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Battey entertain- ed informally today at their home in First street, at a Christmas dinner, the guests including Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Ehrodahl and five children of Sixth street. The yuletide colors were used in the appointments, ‘8 8 Spending Christmas Here. Miss Agnes Orr, who is studying voice at the Wilson-Green School of Music, Washington, D. C., has arrived in the city and is spending the Christ- mas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Orr, of Avenue A. Miss Orr was one of the soloists during the evening service at the First Presby- terian church. Merton J. Orr of Jamestown is also spending Christmas with his parents. see Entertains Son and Family. Mrs. W. O. Ward and daughter, Miss Aldyth Ward of Seventh street enter- tained at dinner yesterday, Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Ward and children of Gar- rison, who are in the city spending the holidays with Mrs. Ward’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, R. N. Stevens, of Third street. Mrs, Ward and Miss Ward were entertained over Christmas by theirson and brother, Milan Ward, and family near the city. CHASTINS I CELEBRATED ALL CHURCHES Large Crowds and Special Music Feature Commemoration of Day Capital City churches celebrated Christmas with special programs of song at both the morning and even- ing services and the story of the birth of Christ was the theme of the ser- mons. A special feature of the Pres- byterial church evening service was the playing of the Chicago Musical club, composed of six instruments. The club is doing extension work for the University of North Dakota and stopped in the city over Sunday. A silver offering was taken to help witn the extension work. The annual Christmas entertain- ments given by the Sunday schools were held Saturday evening in the McCabe Methodist and First Eaptist churches when special programs were presented by the children of the schools. Christmas trees featured and Santa Claus distributed the gifts. The cantata, “Grandma’s Christmas Eve,” was given by the children of the Baptist church and was one of the finest entertainments yet given by the schools, «a Cantata Given. The cantata, “Grandpa’s Guards,” was given at the Evangelical church ! greatly pleased by the marked ad- TELLS ENGAGINGLY OF | FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE | IN FLICKERTAIL STATE 1a still hunt, Yor we felt sure some of the Moorhead boys had done us the trick, but the trees could not be found. Moorhead Hanged in Effigy. “ ‘At a meeting held that night it wag decided to hang in effigy the Moorhead men suspected of the theft, so the {bodies were appropriately labeled, and the next morning the ed river bridge wis decorated with a number of seeming dead men. Some- one on an early morning train out of Fargo saw them hanging there and telegraphed the Associated Press that as he crossed the river that morning six dead men were handing from the ‘bridge timbers, undoubtedly the work of the “North West Regulators.” At 0 o’clock that forenoon a locomotive and box car draped in mourning ran down to the bridge, followed by a large procession on foot. The bodies were taken down, and while the muf- fled locomotice bell tolled mournfully the ‘effigies were buried in a snow- drift with elaborate ceremonies, in- cluding a’ sermon and the singing of dirges. “phe next night the trees were returned to the car, and from there taken to what is now No. 27 Front street. Between $300 and $400 was raised, and the result was two of the most finely decorated trees Fargo has ever witnessed, and, as there was plenty of cash, there was a silver half-dollar for each child under four- teen, each coin hung on the tree, sus- pended from a cord passed’ through a hole punctured for the occasion. ‘Large locomotive headlights threw a strong glare on the tree from the rear. Santa Broke Ladder. “Santa Claus’ ladder broke when he made his first attempt to climb into the window, and a speech was made to quiet the children, who were assurred that Santa had been sighted coming over the Pembina hills, and that he would surely arrive soon. How they. did vell ‘when he did: appear! The Wild Rice band of six pieces fur- nished music for the occasion, and after the. children had enjoyed a Christmas tree to their heart’s con- tent, the older children, and this in- cluded everyone, turned in and danced until broad daylight, in the morning last evening by the children of the Sunday school, under the direction of Mr. Steiber. Songs and recitations were also a part of the program and a large Christmas tree featured., The Norwegian end German Luth- eran churches observed Christmas jointly last evening in the Trinity ‘Lu- theran church, when an interesting program was giver by the children, A large chorus choir furnished Christ- mas music and a large Christmas tree brightly illuminated completed the en- tertainment. Midnight Mass. The Swedish Lutheran church cele- brated the birth of Christ last even- ing and also this morning at 6 o'clock. Miss Alfson was in charge of the mu- sical program. Hundreds of worshipers attended the midnight mass at St...Mary’s church. ‘Rev. Father Hiltner, assist: ed ‘by a deacon and a sub-deacon, were in charge of this service, which was followed by a low mass. Other ser- vices were held at 8:30 and 10:30 a. m., and vesper services will ‘be con- ducted this evening at 7:30. Presbyterian Exercises. The annual Christmas entertain- ment at the Presbyterian church will be held this evening in the main aud- itorium and the program will be pre- sented by the children. A_ large Christmas tree has been erected on the pulpit and will be ablaze with countless little electric bulbs. Gifts will be distributed from the tree. The program begins at 7:30. St. George’s ‘Episcopal church will give the Christmas entertainment for the Sunday school Thursday evening, in the Knights of Pythias hall. Nielsen’s Av \ Nit S wig? 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