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r iffy K the rock Island akgus, Friday, December 2, ioou. SNOW, SMILES, SLEIGH BELLS 'Hock Island to Have Christmas of the Old Fashioned Kind. SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES iseveral of Congregation Will Begin Day With Divine Worship Big Week for Merchants. , Rock Island is promised an Ideally fold fashioned Christmas snow. smiles and sleigh bells. Plenty abounds. None is to be de nied the cheer that the day should bring to every heart, young and old. Rarely have a people shown a more generous and charitable spirit. The solicitude of the more fortunate the good fellows of both sexes for the less comfortably situated has been beautifully expressed in the work that has been performed through The Argus Santa Claus fund and through other agencies in the city. The weather of the week has been of the real Christmasey kind. It has had an awakening influence on the people, rousing them to the true spirit of the season. It has been one of the biggest business weeks in the history of Rock Island merchandiz ing. Religions Service. The day will be observed1 tomorrow as usual. In the Episcopal. Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches there will be religious services, the hours of which are given in the regular an nouncements following in this column. For indoor diversion, there will be the theatres, the roller rink and skat ing. But the real Christmas will be in the home reunion, with the children, some from their school studies in other cities, end others from their employ ment elsewhere, joining at Ihe feast at the paternal board. Snupronlon of Bntlnnt, There will be general suspension of business. All of tho banks, the city and countv offices and the stores will . CAMlRtCAN RED CROSS) 8S& TTJS ana.. mni tt 3 9 m of Bethlehem" Redner St. Joseph's Catholic Cbnrcb. Program for 5 and 10:30 o'clock masses, Christmas day morning: J. Welgand's high mass will be ren dered by the full choir of 25 voices, led by Director A. A. Burt, with Miss Marie Frick at the organ, and Kinney Leins violinist. Prelude, organ solo, "Venite Adore- mus" Miss Frick "Kyrie" (Weigand) . . . . i Miss Fuller and Chorus "Gloria" (Weigand) J. Huston and Chorus "Credo" (Weigand) .. .Miss Schmidt, Miss O'Farrell, Mr. Naab and Chorus Offertory Miss Amanda Schmidt "Sanctus" (Weigand) Full Chorus "Benedictus" (Weigand). Mrs. Mae Richards-Casey and Chorus "Agnus Dei" (Weigand) Chorus Communion, "The Birthday of the King" Mrs. Mae Richards-Casey Violin solo Kinney Leins The following program will be given by tthe children's choir at the low masses at 7:30 and 8:30: "Adeste" "Silent Night" "The Angel Heralds" "The Wondrous Story" "The Angels' Song in the Silent Night." Soloists Misses Marie and Edith Frick, Florence Winter, Marie Smith, Lillian Barnette, Anna Gibson. Organists Misses Katherine Kurth, Cecelia Burkhart. Violinists Mr. Kurth, Albert Gei ger. The Tri-City Railway company has granted a concession to I St. Joseph's church which will be ap I predated by many members of the co;i jgregation. Those people who attend 1 high mas3 on Christmas morning and 1 who live far from the church have, as PUT ON FINE TRAIN Bock Island to Transform the Golden State Limited. MANY FEATURES ADDED Addition to Chicago-California Ser vice to Become Effective on 2d of January. Notice was given yesterday by the management of the Rock Island road that beginning Jan. 2 a new train will be established between Chicago and California. The additional train i3 in demand for a second line, and by its establishment the Rock Island will make an innovation by transforming the Golden State Limited into an all first class sleeper, first class fare train. This will eliminate tourist sleepers, and will make the third train carrying only first class passengers to be operated between Chicago and the Pacific coast. This train will be reequipped through out and will leave Chicago at 9 p. m, daily on a 72-hour schedule to Los An geles. Many new features have been added to this service. Including news bulletins, stock reports, barber, mani cure, and frequent mechanical musical recitals. Through electric lighted standard sleepers will be carried from Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. California" Is JVew Train. An additional train to be known as the "California" also will be placed in service Jan. 2, leaving Chicago daily at 10 p. m., carrying both standard and tourist equipment from Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City through to Ixs Angeles and San Francisco. Supplementing this service, another train will be operated from Kansas City on a 59-hour schedule, leaving Kansas City daily at 10 p. m. Corresponding service will be inaug urated eastbound, making a double daily 72-hour schedule between Los Angeles and Chicago via El Paso and Kansas City. the Olden Time," Clara "Once in Royal G. H bf closed frir tho ilnv Thprp will hi one delivery of mall by carrier from ! a rule- had to walk the distance in the the postofflco. the carriers leaving the i cold gather. Arrangements have been office at 10 o'clock. At that hour the ! Ulau Utt lue """P" " - office will close for the day. Trinity Epiacopnl Church. Midnight service, Christmas eve: Processional Hymn 59, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" Willis Ixmg View cars start from Ninth ave- 1 nue and Twenty-fifth street and from, j Eighteenth avenue and Twentieth I street at 4:40 in the morning and car ! ry the passengers to the church. The Thlrel line car will leave the barn at Processional Hymn 54. "While Shep- U.jn .nli -., 9rrlro nt st wonh's church at 4:45, in time for mass at 5 herds Watched" Tansur "Kyrie Eleison" (shorter form) Custance "Gloria Tibe," "Gratias" Eyre Baritone solo, "The New Born King" Raymond J. Syrett i Anthems, "The Heavens Are Telling" Simper "There Were Shepherds" Reade . "Sanctus" Eyre "Benedictu3" Eyre "Agnus Dei" Eyre . "Gloria in Excelsis" (old chant) "Seven-Fold, Amen" . . Adlam Recessional Hymn 58, "O, Little Town cus parts of the mass. The Bleuer ilemenway orchestra will assist in tho rendition of the mass. The same pro gram will be rendered at the 10:30 mass. There will be musical vespers at 4 o'clock by the choir and a sermon by Rev. Father Thayer. Jit. Mary'n Church. The choir will render special music at the high masses to be celebrated at 5 and 10:30 o'clock Christmas morn- o'clock I B' ciock. ramer Aaoipn snored Heart Catholic Church. i Geyer will give his sermon in Eng At Sacred Heart Roman Catholic i lish t 10:30 In German. There church, on Christmas day, the musical jWI" be a lowr mafiS at 8 o'clock in the program will be given bv the full choir ! morning. At 4 o'clock in the after- of 30 voices under the direction of j"rv-'.1 "1W uc ,"'"r,s uvuv Professor Chatillon. chorister, and Miss Annie Oakes, organist. The first mass will be at 5 o'clock, sung by Rev. Father Lockney; deacon. Rev. Father Valentine; sub-deacon. Rev. Father Os borne. The sermon will be preached by Father Valentine. The boys' sur piiced choir of 24 voices will sing vari- Winning Chap-O-Lene Limericks FIRST PRIZE. Fancy-work for sale is high; Christmas day is drawing nigh; Though the dishes must be done Floors swept and furnace run, Pretty things, you too, can make If of hands good care you take. CHAP-O-LENE will make them right; Firmly smooth and softly white; CHAP-O-LENE will leave no trace On your work of silk and lace. Nothing sticky dr unclean Can result irom CHAP-0 LENE. t MRS. NELLIE T. MONROE, City. SECOND PRIZE. The season's now here, the last of the four, Whose cold winds doth chap and make our hands sore. But joy and happiness reign supreme, For we've found the new remedy CHAP-O-LENE. 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Price 25 cents at your druggist. ' diction. rrfrmaa Lutheran Church. There will be services tomorrow morning at lO o'clock at the German Evangelical Lutheran church and In the evening at 7:30 an English set vice will be conducted. The Christmas ex ercises for the children will be held this evening. A Christmas program will be given this evening' at 7:30 and special Christ mas services tomorrow morning at 10:30 at the German Evangelical church. There will be Christmas services tomorrow morning at 5:30 at Grace Lutheran church. Klrnt Swedish Lutheran Church. At the First Swedish Lutheran church early matin services will be held Sat urday morning at 5:30. "The Good Tidings of Great Joy" will be the ser mon. The choir will render a can tata. "The Birth of Christ," by L.A Lundh. Regular Christmas services will be held at 6:30. The pastor will deliver a sermon, "A Reasonable Service." The choir will render an anthem. "The People That Walk in Darkness." German M. K. Church. There will be Christmas services at the German M. E. church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Saturday even ing at the church the Sunday school will hold its Christmas entertainment. Broad-tray Sunday School. The Christmas exercises of Broad way Sunday school were held last evejiing at 7 o'clock at the church. Songs and recitations were given by each department of the school under the direction of the superintendents. It was a giving Christmas and the pupils of the school brought a large quantity of good things to be given to the Associated Charities for distribu tion. There were flour, potatoes, canned goods, coal and baskets filled with Christmas dinners. The pupils of the Sunday school were given a Christmas treat and Santa Claus enter tained tho children on his annual visit. For Trinity Children. A Christmas service entirely for the children will be held Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock at Trinity Episcopal church. The program for the eervice is as follows: First Opening carol, "It Came Upon the -Midnight Clear." Second Shortened evening - prayer. Third Carol, "We Three Kings of Orient Are." Fourth-i-Recitations: Greeting, Mary Hemenway; "What the Stars Said," Richard Ullemeyer; selected, Ethel Terbury; "A King Came Down," Ber nard Schroeder. Fifth Song, primary classes, "Christmas Time Has Come Again." Sixth Recitations, "The Haughty Aspen," Horace Smythe; "Giving," Margaret White; selected, Granville Sherwood, Jr. Seventh Carol. "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night: Eighth Recitations, "Welcome Christmas," Dorothy Lambert; "A Story of Lange. Ninth Carol. David's City." Tenth Addresses by Rev, Sherwood and R. G. Hudson. Eleventh Offertory. Song "Holy Night," by Barnby, double quartet: sopranos. Misses Char lotte Anderson, Katherine Chase, Marie Harder and Alice Ringold; altos. Misses Maude Young, Edith Beck, Elizabeth Craig and Lila Hud son. Twelfth Distribution of candy. Thirteenth Closing carol. "O. Little Town of Bethlehem." West End Settlement. The . Sunday school ' of the West End Settlement, Fifth street and Sev enth avenue, will have its Christ mas exercises tomorrow evening, the program beginning at 7:30. The ex ercises will be as follows: Song, "His Name Shall Be Jesus' School Recitation "WIsn Tou a Merry Christmas" .... Nettie Petersen, Frances Henghy, Marie DeSmith. Anna Schroeder. Scripture lesson. Prayer. Music . . . "Birthday of the King" Recitation George Niesili Recitation, "'Twas a Starry Night" Caroline Geiger Rosie Pewe, Marie Schroeder Song, "Star of the East" . .Mrs. Pet ersen and Mrs. Barker's classes. Recitation. "Truth" Edward Carlson Recitation "Come Ye Gentles"... Bessie Petersen Song, "Sing a Song of Christmas" Primary class Recitation, "Signs of Christmas" Edward Fuller Recitation, "Little B's" Eleven of primary class Song, "Holy. Holy, Holy" ..Mrs. Almquist, Miss Morse and and Mr. Huntley's classes. Recitation, "Christmas Carol" . . . Dorothy Lodge Whistling solo. Song, "Love in the Heart" Mr. Justis and Mr. Mattison classes Recitation, "The Master Is Com ing" Marie Losand, Augusta Geiger. Bernice Babholtz, Mable McKinney. Recitation, "Constant Christmas" Frieda Niesili. Enima Gei ger, Grace Petersen, Hulda Vogt, Ruth Johnson, Martha Wanke, Ilila Johnson. Piano solo, "Flowers" .. Mable McKinney Recitation Frieda Niesili Recitation Roy McKinney Duet, "Little Town of Bethlehem" . Marie Losand and Hilda Johnson Recitation Arthur Fuller, Frank Johnson, Guy Fuller. Recitation, "Trust" Martha Hueghey, Delia Eckerman Song. "Hark the Herald Angels" Mrs. Barber, Miss Sturgeon and Mrs. Barker classes. Recitation, "On Christmas Day". Experience a Hew Delight Cooking by ElectriciKi oi In thousands of homes that thrice-daily task of preparing tbe meals has becon pleasure. Cooking by electricity is so convenient the utensils are so bright, shiny an. clean, due to the absence of dirt, smoke or soot, that it is truly an emancipation of womankind from the drudgery of the kitchen. Start VTith One of These Utensils Add the Others One by Ono Electric Coffee Percolator " Bread Toaster ' Double Boiler " Tea Pot ' Griddle Electric Chafing Dish Water Heater Waffle Irons Baking Oven Tea Kettle A novel and delightful experience is the cooking of a meal on'the dining table try it with the percolator, toaster, and chafing dish. When you are next in Chicago, visit Electric Shop, the show and sales rooms of the Commonwealth Edison Company, and witness demon strations of the many electrically heated and operated utensils and devices for the home. Electric Shop Corner Michigan and Jackson Boulevards, Chicago u TTm P. XeJankfn Adirrt.fioc ktncj, Ch'xm-zo Til Bernard Andrews Trio "Mistletoe, Holly, Evergreen" Dorothy Shields, Edna Griffin, Dorothy Lodge. "What I'd Like" Charles Mager "If I Could Knit" Dorothy Goble "My Christmas Wish". Raymond Seus3 "The Christmas Spirit". .Janet Alters Recitation Albert Moller "Santa's Wards" Ernest Coyne, Cail Kramer, Ruth Karns, Mildred Felske. "Question" Edna Williams "A Scared Santa Claus" Howard Curry "De Halleluiah Feelin".Frazer Vance Christmas exercise Etta May Young, Hugh Fitzsimmons, Rachel Cordts, Helen Valentine. Ernest Coyne, Floyd Koch, Harold Seuss, Violet De Vaney. Recitation, The Christmas Tree Mable Cranbeck Music. "The Glory Song." Evangrelleal Lutheran Church. Christmas program this evening at 7:30: Prelude F. Schenk Votum Song Congregation Invocation Choir song Scripture lesson .. ."Birth of Christ" Song Sunday School No. 4 Recitation Selma Pomranke Recitations Melow, C. Krueger, W. Mogler, C. Schmidt, H. Krue ger. Song Sunday School No. 13 Recitation Ruth Krueger Recitation Leona Rlntz Song Florence Krueger, Frlda Vogt, Mildred Maas, Edna Malt zen, Stella Bloomquist, Edna Lo renzen. Recitation Irene Miller, Elsie Nauechutz. Alma Wanke, Vera Klie, Edith Fricke, Laura Mogler, Irene Zismer. Recitation Emilie Kemnitz Song Confirmation class Recitation Mary Schmidt Recitation Florence Krueger. Frida Vogt, Meta Nauschutz, Mildred Maas, Edna Lorenzen, Edna Malt zen. Solo Rose Pomranke Recitation Martha Wanke Recitations Hilda Grote, Rose York Duet Ruth and Fred Krueger Recitations Anna Grote, Esther Zismer. Song Sunday school No. 30 Recitations Mabel Albrandt, So phia Krause. Song Confirmation class Recitation Rose Pomranke Recitations Mabel Krueger, Eva Miller, Viola Kile, Minnie Krause, Laura Gilbert. Trio Mary Schmidt, Hilda Grote, Edna Vogt. Recitation Oscar Woest Recitation Julius Weber Recitation Harold Wanke Song Confirmation class Announcements and distribution of presents. Benediction Song Congregation Vnlled I'renbyterlnn Sunday School. The Christmas entertainment of the Sunday school of the United Presby terian' church will be given this evening at the church. The program is to be as follows: Song "The Lord Is My Shepherd" Prayer Pastor Story of the Christ". .Pascal D'Aliso "Christmas Welcome". . .Bela Metcalf "Christmas Dolly" Darllne Clow "Hang Up the Baby's Stocking"... Alice Nelson "Christmas Tree". Dorothy Deisenroth "The Christmas Tree Wood" Chester Bell Just the Same" Harold Downs Recitation Julia Moller Our Baby's Stocking". .Roy Williams The Baby's Tree". . .Charlotte Bladel Passing Years"..'... Clifford Reid Song "Santa Claus Has the Grippe" ....Miss Ralston's girls M. Sh.VU.M9 l.vajlvlllij ........... ( Rebecca LetUg ; Song Etta May Younf Recitation Miss Edna Bueltner Song "Christmas Bolls Are Ring ing" Miss Ralston's class Santa Claus distributes gifts. Klsewond I'iirk nnptint Sunilajr School. SO iPIP TV I I Ilck-Peterson. At tbe home of the bride's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson, in East Moline, Wednesday after noon. Miss Frances Alberta Peterson os iiniteil In mnrriaee to Ross Clif- A cantata, "Santa Has the Grip," is j ford Di( k of Keithsburg. The Rev. to be the feature of the Christmas en tertainment of the Sunday school of the Edgewood Baptist church. The program will be given this even ing at the church at 7 o'clock. Joseph Wilmer, superintendent of the Sunday school, will be Santa Claus. and at the conclusion of the platform exercises will strip the big Christmas tree of its gifts and goodies for distribution among the young folks. KlrM MethodiNt Sun.Iny School. The Sunday school Christmas entertainment at the First Meth odist church is to be participated in by each class of th Sunday school. The classes are preparing some sort of exercise which vill be a surprise to everyone else. It is to be a "giving and receiving" Christmas, as is the case in several other schools. The exercises will be this evening at 7 o'clock. Memorial farltttinn Sundny School. A unique program is being arranged by the classes of Memorial Christian Sunday school for their Christmas pro gram which will ne given Christmas night at 7:30 in the church auditorium. This is to be a "Giving and Receiving" Christmas. Each class in the school is arranging some sort of exercise to be given when it presents its gift to charity. Each member of the Sunday school will receive a gift from the church. Mrs. F. W. P.rimors, who has charge of the program, requests that the pupils assemble promptly at 7:30 in the Sunday school room. They will march in a body to the auditorium. Sundny at Ihe Y. M. C. A. Christmas music will take the place of the regular address to men at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon. There will be an informal program of appro priate selections, both vocal and in strumental, by some of the musical young men. Among those who will perform are Arthur and Olaf Jonassen. Roy Jensen, Frank Young, Frank Watts. John Kel ler, Bert Stoaks and R. c. Smedley. The program will begin at 3:30. and promises to be most enjoyable. All men, and especially young men are invited. The boys will meet at 2:15, as usual. "The Enlisted Man" 53 the subject of the talk to be given by II. E. Sniffer. It is desired that all the boys be present, as important announcements will be made concerning' the election of officers which will take place next week, and concerning some other va cation pleasures which are planned for the boys. Plans are being perfected for a series of practical talks on the ten commandments to he given before the B. G. M. beginning in January. The complete list will soon be ready for publication, and It will prove attrac tive, giving a practical application f t the teachings of the commandments to the everyday life ofj the boys. Frank Anderson, pastor of Plymouth Congregational church of which the bride is a member, performed the ceremony In the presence of 30 rela tives and friends. The decorations were red and white. Miss Alice Pet erson, sister of the bride, and Carl Dick, brother of the bridegroom, were the attendants. The bride Is one of East Moline's popular young ladies and has been employed in the Root & VanDervoort office for three years. The bridegroom is a machin ist employed by tile same concern. Mr. and Mrs. Dick will make their home on Second avenue and Fourth street. East Moline, the residence al ready having been furnished. Kramer-Hall. At the home of George F. Hall, 522 Rock Island street, Davenport, Wednesday evening at 8:30, Miss Ethel Hall was united in marriage to Frederick Kramer of Rock Island, Dr. LeRoy Coffman of the First Pres. byterian church officiating. The cer emony was followed by a wedding supper, with covers for about 20 guests, relatives and intimate friends. The groom is a pressman and the couple will live In Rock Island. Thirty Club Party. The Thirty club announces a dancing party for next Thursday eve ning at Industrial hall. The party will be an open one and members of the club and their friend are invit ed. The Criterion orchestra will fur nish iuu::ic for dancing. Winners at Curd. Court of Honor 3J. gave a card party yesterday afternoon. The win ners were Mrs. Ed Johnson, first, Mrs. Dressen, second. Mrs. Theut, third and Mrs. O'Brien of Moline. fourth. The next party will be held Jan. 13. Ilowers-O'H &ra The marriage of Mies Nellie O'Hara and Charles Bowers took place at 7 o'clock last evening at St. Joeph' church parsonage. Father J. J. Quinn officiating. The bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. Charles Heeney, and Mr. Heeney attended tbe groom. Tbe couple left on a wedding trip east for a visit with the bride's parents. They will be at home to their friends after Jan. 1 at 412 Fifth ptreet. 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