The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-26
A DAY OF BEAUTY AND CHARITY
 WAS CHRISTMAS OF YESTERDAY
Generally Observed, Remarkable For It's Charity and Christmas Spirit There Was No Disorder and Not
 Much of Drunkenness --IncidentS of the Day.

A finer day never dawned. finer day never died in a blaze of glory than the Christmas Day of 1905. per feet Christmas Eve ushered In a per" feet Christmas Day. .
 Above all that was done in Mont gomery, above every deed or chdi iss accomplished. above every heart hlaoe glad, above every bit of cankering care and sorrow that spoiled the day TOT few, rose the perfect beauty Of the ehristrnas Day of yesterday. In the minds of all the joyful and the sor- rowing, who may have felt some mis- placed grief or care, the perrect oay of yesterday will remain as memory of beauty.
 It was as perfect a Christmas Day as this, the finest of all climates eau hosat and the memory of man runneth not hack to the time that the heart was giaddened by one more beautiiui. It was a perfect Indian summer oaS winnowed from the beauty Of autumn, brought forward to the YuIetide ano charged with the sparkle, dasn anu i. invigoration of winter. It was as IT one had come across. in the dead or |vinter- hidden and protected by dead and decaying leaves, luscious anu snlendidly colored peach, surviving the frost and freezes to gladden. the heart of man.
 An azure sky overspread the whole A brilliantly blue arch of SKY over. spread the whole. and under the arch 1t seemed there would De no naushe that was mean and lowly. It seemed the canopy of a vast amphitheatre m wh;ch there was only room for tho good and the uplifting. The sunshine 2 was like spun gold. One felt that he couId 20 into and with outstretcned arms seize handfuls of it's golden gio- ry. r.,ao,, own day. For His worship ana TIE glory no more splendid day was ever world to a gorgeous end Tn the west in the admiration of humanity.
 If might we'll have been a memora- bie Christmas in Montgomery as U was in truth. For many reasons II was a notable Christmas. For one thing of note was its beauty. For another thing it was observed as pro- bably no other Christmas was ever observed in the city. The observation 1t is true was caiet enough. There das little of noise, little of disorder and little of unseemliness. On the other hand more of charity was per" haps done yesterday than on any Christmas day. It is natural that this should be so. For Montgomery anu Alabama nave eHJOySu d lSA.eti T-N' ' prosperity All that have labored with brain or hand have done well. There were fewer of the unfortunates who need comfort at the Christmas season than ever before.
 And those that were equipped with means remembered their less fortunate brothers and sisters as they were nev- CT remembered befor.
 It was a quiet day, a very quiet day, but none the .ess enjoyable for all that. Ideals of Christmas day have changed in many respects in the past few years. There is less of wildness less of noisy disorder and less of drunkenness than one saw on Christmas day of few years past In these times in Mont gomery, 1t is more a day of quiet en- joyment with one's family. more day of thoughtfulness and more day of charity.
 But there were those who insisted on the traditional eggnog and the drinks that are stronger. They were in evil dence on the streets yesterday, some of thNm Still their number was not large, and they Iid not feel called upon to be disorderly. On the streets there was sufficient evidence to show that