The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-02
Armory Hall Was a Scene of
 Great Joy.
Tribes of the Order Entertainea 5e, Little Ones and Hampers Filled With Good Things were Seat
 Charitable Institutions.

Have some more of the turkey? you take some more?''
 This Is not a dream of Montgome-
 ry's new hotel. Neither is it retro
 spective glance at Christmas dinner
 It is pr. s. H. Saul and fifty or more of the Montgomery tribes of Red Men l assisted by the ladies of Pocahontas Council entertaining the children of Montgomery at a dinner. The scene is the big Armory Hall in the City Building; time p. m., of New Years Day 1905. It Is an inspiring scene. There is a babbie of happy little voices. cries of laughter and clapping of childish hands. In and out among the children moves Dr. Saul. the General Chairman and the other Red Men are assiduous in their attention to the happy guests. Give this little boy some more ham" calls Henry Engelhardt. as Berto Johnson swiftly passes. doing a move- ment that would have been the envy of any waiter in town. J. R. Wing is putting up packages of fruits, nuts and candies and Alderman J. E. Mad dox. proud of his affiliation with this great order of the forest and stream. is dealing out cakes for the hungry little boys and girls.
 "Ain't it fine." screams a fat little boy from West End elbowing his neighbor, a thin little one from vesu- l vius. The response Is chokcd by the gluttonous efforts of the one from l the North side. The great Armory Hall is filled with
 pretty little girls. ugly little girls.
 daintily dressed little girls and poorly clad little girls There are rough
 
 | with parents and boys who do not
 know tine pride of paternal hearts. No | matter what Is their condition in life
 all of them are happy. smiling and | grateful to the Red Men.
 Five hundred and sjxty-flva chtl- | dren of Montgomery were entertain ed at the annual dinner e the five
 Montgomery tribes of the Improved Order of Red Men. This custom of the Red Men with which they begin each
 new year, is one of the noblest of
 the hearts of the members of the
 order and brings happiness to the l hearts of many children of the city | who would otherwise begin the year | with misery at their narrow and eom- fortless lives.
 Each year interest in the dinner for the children has grown and the at- tendance yesterday was larger than ever before
 eve had covers for 54o," said Chairman Saul, land we had to make | provision for at least a dozen more.
 There were fully 565 children at the tables and enough dinner was left to feed at least 100 more. The entertain | ment was a success in every particu- lar. Last year we took care of about
 800 children. Next year we hope to entertain far more than we did this year."
 | The inspiring entertainment was not
 confined to any single tribe of Mont gomery Red Men. It was conceived
 and executed by a committee of rep-
 resentative men from the five tribes
 assisted by the ladies of the Coun-
 cil of Pocahontas. The General Com | mittee consisted of pr. s. H. Saul, of Owassa tribe; Henry Engelhardt. of Chickasaw tribe; J. F. Wardlaw, of | Tippecanoe tribe; J. R Wing, of Tal- | lapoosa tribe, and c. D. Muse, of Co., necuh trtbe.s
 Mrs. Annie L. Skipper. the executive officer of the Council of Pocahontas
 was present. She was assisted by Mrs. John F. Jones, Miss Jones, Mrs. Lola Belle Wachter. Mrs. H. l.. Rose, Mrs. George Todd, Miss DeBardeleben. Mrs. Bell. Mrs. Harry Hawes, Mrs. August
 Barr, Mrs. Oland. Miss Lizzie Oland.
 Mrs. W M. Browder and other ladies
 of the Council.
 It must not be understood that the
 rank and file of the Red Men were in- l different to the success of the dinner.
 They did not depend on the ladies
 and the committee raisel by the va rious tribes. Many~of the Red Men
 were at the ArmoFy Hall and they worked just as though the success
 of the occasion depended on their ef- forts.
 Amng those noted as conspicuously
 busy were ". 6. Smith, J. c. Abercrom-
 bic, August Barr. John F. Jones. T. H. Bailey, H. L. Rose, Harry Hawes. R. A. Crowell, Jake Brockman, John D. Phelps, Berto H. Johnson, James E. Maddox. Frank Videtto, s B. Kent, W. M. Browder, and H, H. Cheatham. These men made themselves useful in waiting upon the tables and in an- swering every demand placed upon them by the happy-hearted children