The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
Advertiser Bureau.

The event of today in Mobile was the eighth annual distribution by The Daily Herald of fruits, candies. nuts, toys and substantiais to the poor children of Mo- bile. Eight years ago The Herald inau- gurated this movement and Hon. Erwin Ledyard. managing editor of the paper, with Max Hamburger. Jr., business mahager and co-proprietor. set out on their first. effort towards giving to the poor children at Christmas. Mrs. Anna Fosdick, one of Mobiles philanthropic women. consented to assume thesmanage- ment of the arrangements for the laud- able enterprise and. assisted by the ladies of Mobile, together with committee of pubiic-spirited men, succeeded in making the effort a grand success.
 For seven successive years The Herald gave these distributions to the poor child ren of Mobile. Mrs. Fosdick assuming the management in the arranging of the va- rious good things for the little ones. Hon. Erwin Ledyard died during the past year and Mir. Hamburger, as a token of respect. named this years distribution the Erwin Ledyard Memorial
 At o'clockl this afternoon the distribu- ton took place in the Auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. building.
 The ladies who had assisted Mir Fos- dick in arranging the gifts were:
 Mrs. A. M Fosdick, chairman; Mrs. E. O. Zadek Mrs. c. s. Orton, Miss Luler Lebaron. Miss Hattie Foster, Mrs. W. E. Mfckle. Mrs. Clara Simms. Miss Amelia Lyons. Mrs. c. J. Larrey. Mrs. L. H. Marx. Mrs. A. W. Brooks, Miss Lillian Faith. Miss Margaret Billups. Mrs. Ralph Richardson, Miss Duffie. Miss Sallie Creagh, Mrs. James K. Glennon. Miss Hannah Lyons, Miss Edith Dyche. Mrs. Alfred Proskauer, Mrs. Max Hamburger, Jr., Miss Sallie Van Antwerp.
 The gentlemen who lent their aid and assisted fin the distribution were:
 Max Hamburger, Jr., chairman, ]. c. Bush, w. L. Pritchard, A. c. Harte, Paul Rapier, E. L. Russell, Phelan B. Dorian, w. F. Tebbetts. John Craft, R. c. Fosdic. Jacobs J. Bloch. Carry W. Butts. John F. Cothran. Saffold Berney, Joseph T. McNamara, Richard Hines, Jr. William l.. woodruff. c. W. soost, T. o. Fowlkes.
 The children. classed by years and sex, at the time the distribution began, were seated in chairs in the vast auditorium and all shared alike in the good things provided for the occasion.
 This years distribution had an added feature, decidedly out of the ordinary and unexpected until yesterday Quinlan and Walls Minstrel Company played in Mobile Tuesday night and had a two days rest here. Dan Quinlan heard of the event. Yesterday he proffered to MT. Hamburger the services of his band to render music for the delectation of ;ha little ones before the present were given out The tender was promptly accept ad and at 1:15 o'clock the band assembled :n the auditorium and for three-quarters of an hour discoursed music.
 The pupils of the Knott High School. just before the closing hour yesterday afternoon. presented to the Misses Knott, principals of the school, a hand some set of cut glass goblets It was a happy surprise to the recipients. Mobile to-day was thronged with hun dreds of strangers who, together with the local people, made glad the hearts of the business men by spending their cash for holiday goods.
 c. S. Clark, general manager of the Mobile and Ohio, came to Mobile from St. Louis this morning to spend Christ mas with relatives.
 Bart Chamberlain arrived to-day from the University of Alabama to spend the holidays with his people.
 At o'clock this afternoon in the Sun day school room of the St. Francis Street Baptist Church. the infant class receiv- | ed many pretty and useful presents. Miss Ruth Bush Is teacher of this class, which numbers about eighty pupils. To this most estimable young woman was en-