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All of us,â€"the poorest of the poor and the kings and princes of the carth,â€"are troubled with ‘the soâ€"Falled "sbcial problem". The answer to it is not the‘overthrow of one system by the other one,â€"but only LOVT people! Worshipping at the manger we find the shepherds of the wilderness and the Wiseâ€"men from the east. And they all reâ€" turned "glorifying and praising God", i.c. in "great joy" beâ€" cause at the manger they found all their prob‘ms solved and all their troubles done away with, by the love of God, who "so loved the world, that He gave His onkyybegotten Son . . . "‘ Christmas is here! May it be the great jay to all the JACOB H. JANZEN, BISHOP, UNITED MENNONITE CHURCH (Luke [ Alvin Panli in the role of Clristian ; Eby and Mr. Edward Neigh in the |impartant â€" role" of â€" Sam â€" Bricer | Misc EMzabeth â€" Spohn as Naney, : (hristlan‘s wife; Miss Margers Tailâ€" |by. that of Becey, Sam‘ o sweet |heart; Miss Evelyn Klugman, Susie {Eby; Miss Kileen Little, Lizzie: Mr | Walter Eifert. Hannes; MroBdward : Neigh, the Incorrigible Sam Rricker; |Mr. Waiter Hamm, John, Sam‘« broâ€" ther; Miss Verna Tauman,. Annie ‘ John‘s wife; Misa Lean Klinck., Litâ€" [tie Johnnife; Mr. James Lochead, |Sem Betzner; Miss Dorothy Tailhy, Elizabeth Betzner; Miss Jean Brent, Jthe barmaid; Mr. Rudoiph Breitâ€" haupt, â€" Géneral â€" Isadc Brock; . Mr Herman Little, Jame« Wileon; Mr Carl Seltzer, Heasley; Mr. Henry Enns, Bishop Peter Eby; Mr. Clare Kruepe, _ Josiah Schneiden;, Mr Richard Ruch, Mr. Ryerson |Cassel man and Mr. Jullue Neff. the Menno nites. The Waterloo Concert orches trayconducted by Mr. Ervin Lang. {nrnished the music. The directore, Mias Eleanor Doherty and Mr. C. F Klinck; president of the claes. Mr Carl Seltzer; businees manaeer, Mr Wm. Nolting; advortiaing, Mr. Karl Knauff; lighting affd sceenery, Mr. E. Harrieon Perkina; stage, Mr. Herâ€" man Little and Mr. Harry Alhc-rfl.‘ properties, Mr. Juline Neff, and cosâ€" tomes, Miss Evelyn Klugman. a At §t. John‘s Church The Sunday School entertainment ai the St. John‘s Lutheran Church will be given Christmas evening with pageant by the senior Bible Clase, Dec. 20th or 27th At the First United Church The First United church held its Junior Sunday School entertainment Saturday afternoon. The program by the senior Sunday School will be given tomorrow evening. The choir will give special Christmas music at the evening service, Sunday Dec. 20th. A Christmas service will be held Dec. 27th. Rev. Finlay Matheâ€" son will conduct the services. At The Evangelical Church Christmas services will be held in the Waterloo Emmanuel Evangelica. church on Sunday, Dec. 20th. On Christmas Day a German morning service will be held and in the evenâ€" ing the annual Christmas entertainâ€" ment will be given. The program will comprise a cantata and musical numbers. The cantata will be reâ€" peated Sunday night, Dec. 2ith. | At the St. Louis‘ Church ‘ An impressive midnight mass will be celebrated in the St. Louis‘ Roâ€" man Catholic Church, As in other years this large church will be crowded with members of the conâ€" gregation and friends to withess this beautiful and impressive service. On Christmas Day a series of masses will be read. 1 Knox Presbyterian Church The Christmas entertainment will be held in the Knox church tomorâ€" row night. On Dec. 27th, the service. will be a service of song in keeping with the Christmas spirit. | At the Anglican Church On Friday, Dec. 18th, the anuual entertainment will be given. Ser vices will be held Christmas Day. _ _At St. Paul‘s Mennonite Church The Russian Mennonites will hold their Christmas | services | at â€" St. ‘Paul's Church, George St.. on Christâ€" mas morbning, with a Sunday Schoo! concert Dec. 24th. A Christmas canâ€" tata will be presented on Sunday evening, Dec. 20th. At the Mennonite Church Large crowds are expected to crowd â€" the â€" Waterloo _ Meanonite Church, on Erb St., to capacity at 10 o‘clock, Dec. 20th, when the Sunâ€" day School concert will be given. On Christmas Day services apprepriate to the season w@l be held in the morning. } The New Apostolic Church Services will be held both morning and evening on Christmas Day at the New Apostolic Church on King St. N. The Sunday School concert will be given Dec. 24th. Waterloo College Cast Delights Big Audience at K.â€"W. Collegiate. "TRALL OF THE CONESTOGA" DRAMATIZED The historic hbook "The Trail of the Conestoga", written ly Miss Mabe] Dunham, was dramitized and given by a cast at the Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate, Wednesday night under the anspices of Waterâ€" loo â€" College. â€" The anditorinm. was backed with Twin City people who enjoyed | the excellent| presontation and caw the lives of the plancor per ple precented | The Ebys, Potznas and Brickers were all depiéted and rave the audience some ides x Nre sacrifices made by the Pemneviviania Mennonites | of | Waterlon | Comunty early in Athe eighteenth ocentury The play was dramatized l Eleanor Doherty aml Prof Klinck of the College freulls with the author, Miss Dunhas are to be congratulated on 71 vees of the play The members ef the exct 4 portrayed the various parts drama The people in the andence wers greatly | interested in ofhe oaniqi« «tage cetfings and costumes â€" Thes included a ehair. carried from Poun sylvania in John Brubacher‘s cones tega in 1816 and a pleee of Hmen, a part Of a Mennonite‘s Dbrido l ons tume in the early part of the last entury. These helrlcoms were loan ed to the cast by Miss Lysia Mnesel man Special mention «honld b of the portayal given his part The young people Oof the various churches in Waterloo have arranged excellent Christmas programs which will be given on or before Christmas Beautiful pageants, singing of carols, recitations, etc, will comprise the programs and promise to be unusuâ€" ally interesting Excellent Programs Prepa: for Sunday School Enterâ€" tainments Christmas SERVICES AT CHURCHES s Dundaim, they fed on "the site Prepared THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Jack Wolfrane of another Bank, has a burrel down in his cellar Contmins a liquid, wine or cider, ob, that lucky feller, Someone should investigate, and just try out that stuf, And not let him get away, with any kind of blufM. Christ‘s hair are also numbered, but gee, they‘re mighty few. But he‘s got nothing on Norm Forwell, he‘s got enough for two Beith from Preston is a Reeve, but that isn‘t any sin, But when we come to Dotrert, then the fun begin=. It‘s said he tried to cut the wages, and what a fuss we had, It even went so tar, as make some lady mad. We won‘t mention any names, I guess, Sam Cassel, he will know And we can‘t discuss at any length. but just let it «o. Have you ever been in Lichty‘s office, when Charlie wasn‘t thereâ€" Gee, I hute to say it, but he‘s wearing out that chnir. Even Sheriff Kribbs thinks it isn‘t right 1 knowâ€" But he hates to interfere, ot ask him please to go. Charlie Mosser has a memory, that must be not so fine. He forgets a certain signal, and don‘t stop at those stop signs But he‘s not like Allan Cook, who gets his car all wreeked, Fred Snyder, Hallman‘s sonâ€"inâ€"law, is somewhere in the pince But ‘cause Jack Adam‘s here, he hates to show his face Jack‘s at the BHank of Toronto, just a farmer‘s bank, And to widows and orbans, he‘s anything but a erank. Juhn Bingeman of Hamburg, surely you know that man, He‘s not what we‘d call a midget, but that isn‘t any slam. There‘s quite a little contrast, surely you would know, Between this John so mighty and that little Christian Groh P. A. Snyder, though a clerk {no relation though to me} Isn‘t like Bob Russell, who‘s health is fuiling by degrees. He complains about his asthma and about an aching side, Can‘t even Dr. Henhoefer, get a remedy to guide? Frank Klein from Little Germany, can he talk the Dutch, "Just a glana bissel" or not so very much. ul Tile bilon't have so much to say, (1 believe 1 must be wrong} Must have him mixed with someone else, perhaps it‘s Charlie Hahn 1 Does he recall that hat he wore, once filled with foaming beer Mukes even Allan Shoemaker, glad that he is here There‘s ten spot, owed to Irvin, by his relative E. B. When will you pay, now [ ask? Just hand it right to me. Mr. Hoffer of Elmira, how is business up there? Baby slippers selling pretty good? How much wre they a pair! Allen Shirk pight be a customer, since he‘s got that son, But then the hockey season lately has begun. Juck Puinode woes to Toronto, and sometimes loses muney, We wonder if be‘s found itâ€"but we think it‘s awfully funny Peter Wagner, whom 1 often call, "Uncle Pete" for short, Cun be heard for miles and miles, but be‘s a dundy sport. Vaulentine Zoeller, bless his heart, a widower 1 understand, Has a pleasant smile for all, and so a willing hand. Bewure, I sayâ€"for Henry Griffin, coming up from Ayr, Is bound to tell us something, that he‘s just done down there Now 1 refer to Almon Snider, quite a jolly chapâ€"â€" He‘s yot a farm and lots of dough, but doesn‘t give For any girl, "not one," he says, "Can do the work So he‘s bound to be a bachelor. until bis dying day. Muyor Uffelman is busy, but not like Mayor Rezeauâ€" He hasn‘t had his salary raised, but we shall let that go. But then we also have our meetings, where we have a lawâ€" Led by one, who‘s known to all, as Warden J. J. Shaw. 1 know you have been wondering, just why us girls are hereâ€" But a Banquet with all men, 1‘d say, would be rather queer. And then another resson, to which you will agree, There are bound to be some women, where you find our friend, L. C But he‘s not unlike the most of you, but it‘s very sad to say, Bome jurt can‘t get the one they want, try it us they may. And there are some who think it bestâ€"to live a single life, Don‘t think two can live as cheap as oneâ€"don‘t even want a wife But if Walter Frickey could Auctioneer them uff (For twenty bucks or so} Bill Herman might give "Maude" a chanpce, before he‘d let her go. Perhaps Walter Bergmann who at the Kiny Edwurd goes, we‘re told. Wouldn‘t use the sattee, wrecking it, it can‘t be sold. He goes to Buffalo quite a bit, for Bridge repuirs [ thinkâ€" And like the rest of them NEVER takes a drink. Not like Gordon Leveck, wh’ don‘t get by so well. The Police sometimes get bim and how their funds then swell like Amos and friend Andy, he‘s checked und double checked REEVE HALLMAN‘S BANQUET Or Dr. Scott Mogg of Preston, the Medical Man of Health, Might have me as a patient, and it won‘t mean any wealth Colonel Ross of London, who once bought the Statler Hote! At least he thought he did, is ready now to sell. Bill Keith, the Chief Insector, is here to get a treat, Seems Toronto doesn‘t feed him well, don‘t get enough to eat. Joe Zuber is so generous, let‘s all come, to have their fun, Gives you eats, a room, and thenâ€"he asks you for your mon Another Road Superintendent, is Damel Shantz we knowâ€" I can‘t say half as much of him as another one or so, I forget to tell of Levi, bis moustuehe draws attention, And "Charlie" that contractorâ€"oh, the rest 1 eannot mention Let Roy Bean of the Chronicle, advertise it then for sale, And if it‘s like the Record, he‘ll have it wrong, it cannot fail. Norman Fleischauer, the undertaker, just likes to see ‘em dead, Get‘s them when they‘re all that way, so just life up your heads When Leighton Hallman grades the roads, and needs a little sand Alfred Forwell and his men, ure bound to be at hand, And now we‘ve come to the end I fear, I think I‘ve said enough, I‘ve brought in many instunces, but I hope I‘ve not been rough. 1 hope I‘ve done my little part to bring a smile to you. And not offended any oneâ€"as 1 often do. And now that Irvin has resigned, his public life to endâ€" December 15th, will recallâ€"a banquet with his many friends. (Composed for the occasion by Iv@h Schneider). Dec. 1531