Judge — December 9, 1911 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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satisfying presentation of the World’s Famous Masterpiece, ‘‘The Night Be- fore Christmas.’” In the next event some very Amazing and Diversified athletic feats were fear- lessly performed with Rare grace and aplomb upon a Grand piano by the aston- ishingly clever expert in classical selec- tions—Miss Jeanette De Kellie. The next feature was a sextet of Superb and Pleasingly Fancy drillers and singing experts from the World’s Greatest Primary Department. Uni- versally recognized as peerless in their brilliant and beautiful costumes. Abso- lutely above the reach of all rivalry. ‘The ‘only Sunday School in all the land big enough, rich enough, or prodigious enough to produce such a miracle of Educated Action and Infallible calcula- tion. Display number four consisted of an Unequal and Unapproachable display of Christmas oratory by Parson Davis, At this point on the program came a Wild, Rash, Audacious, Impetuous ex- hibition of nerve and courage utterly un- paralleled among the Daring, Death Defying Deeds so often seen upon the usual Sunday School program; presented in its audacious yet artistic awfulness with such utter disregard of danger as to Astonish, Startle, and Stupefy the spectator. A Diabolical descent down absolutely perpendicular surfaces—truly a dizzy, Dreadful, dauntless trip—yet with a smile the Earth's Greatest Santa Claus dropped out of the chimney into the fireplace, and, with a supreme howl of glee from the youngsters, leaped to IMMENSELY. He—'‘ What sort of a part has she in your new show? Do you think she 'll please the audience?"’ She—'' She ought to. She gets killed in the first act.’’ the center of the elevated stage and be- gan to open his pack. Simultaneously the two Enormous, Superb, Glittering, Transcendentally Beautiful Christmas trees flashed forth like some scene from glorious fairy land, each lighted by thousands of colored electric lights and Oriental candles. Each and every tree loaded with an overwhelming, unknown opulence of princely, priceless presents. Waxen dolls, alphabetical blocks, fables and legends of elf and Mother Goose lore superbly printed on costly linen, curious and pleasing animate and inanimate toys, and hundreds of other novel and SOMETIMES. ** Yes, Aunt Mary went out without her rubbers, and now she is in heaven." “ My, my! what dreadful things result from a little carelessness."” attractive features too numerous to par- ticularize. Positively and without fear of con- tradiction the two enormous, united Christmas trees contained more toys, books, and other features than were ever possessed by ten trees of like character. Tropical oranges and sacks of choicest candies were quickly passed to the happy, bright-faced children, and met with their instant and unqualified ap- proval and applause. Thus ended the most important, impressive, composite Christmas exhibitional enterprise ever conceived, so vast and multifarious in its combination of amusement features as to dazzle the intellect, and yet pre- sented to the scholars of this enormous Sunday School as free as the air you breathe. The Rubbish Receptacle. By LA TOUCHE HANCOCK. ‘ALK about a schoolboy’s pocket! Here I found a broken locket, Matches and a cake of soap, Garters and a piece of rope, Dirty ribbon, blue in bag, Empty pin paper and rag, Foot of stocking, powder spilt, Several tassels off the quilt, Scores of letters, rubber bands, Stuff for whitening of the hands, Pins for hair and pins for hat, With an ancient hermit ‘‘rat,’” Rubbish, dust, and crumbs galore— All these things and plenty more, Topsy-turvy, in a mess, I discovered. Where? Well, guess! In a drawer—’twas really so— In my charming wife’s bureau! a