On Friday afternoon the annual treat was given to the children of the Union Chapel Sunday School and some of their juvenile friends, at the Temperance Hall.
Hall was very tastefully decorated with evergreens and flags. The Christmas tree was the largest we have yet seen on such an occasion in Shanghai, and was fairly loaded with gifts of all descriptions, many of them being really handsome. Every child, we understand, received a present, and all came in for a supply of orihons, About four o'clock some fourscore happy-looking juveniles sat down to tea, after which upwards of an hour was spent in various games. Seats were then arranged in front of the platform, and after the singing of several hymns in a manner that did the children and their teachers great credit, the presents wore distri from the brilliantly-illuminated exhibition of a number of magic pictures, which created much amusement, brought a very pleasant afternoon's entertainment to a close.
The third entertainment of the Temperance Society, which took place on Saturday evening, was only a moderate success. It appears that the Secretary had had much difficulty in getting up a programme, many persons being otherwise engaged while the absence of any previous announcement of the proposed meeting no doubt militated against there being a very full attendance. We were favoured, however, with two songs by Mrs, G. B. Dodwell, and a flute solo from Mr. Manz, whose name is already well-known as that of an accomplished flautist. Mr, C. Iburg sang 'Good night beloved,' and afterwards assisted in the very pretty part-song 'Banish 0 Maiden,'—which, however, did not appear to have been practised overmuch. was decidedly weak. The Rev.
Muirhead, who occupied the ch: vered a very genial address, listened to with much attention; and the Rev. W. L. Groves gave a dramatic reading of 'Marley's Ghost,' a very appropriate selection for Christmas Eve. The proceedings terminated about ten o'clock with the usual Temperance hymn, sung to the music of the National Anthem.
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