The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-20

there Will be 300 baskets distributed. each basket containing sufficient for a dinner for five people.
 1 On Christmas Day there will be dinner given at the Army headquar- I ters, corner of Whitman ana Bell streets. at which Captain odom expects l to feed at least ssventy-nve people. The people who will partake of the hospitality of the Army at the Christi mas dinner will be men and women who are in Montgomery without homes and without the price of Christmas dinner Into the highways. the by- ways, and the hedRes the army off, cers will go on that day and bring to l. the table all that are found without homes and without friends
 EIhs win Give x2.o00. The Elks in their splendid charity work, make 1t a point that no hard ship is worked on a member of the order and no man is assessed to carry out the plans for the Christmas work.
 A. free will offering of s1,ooo was made ard for this amount more than S2.000
 worth of goods wifi find the way into
 the homes of Montaomery's poor. \ The committee from the Elixs In charge of the charity work found q
 ready response in tie merchants of Montgomery and all goods were sold to 1 them for half price and in some in- | | fifty baskets will be sent out by the
 Elks on Christmas Day and in every
 basket will be the following articles: one ham, ten pounds grits. one-haIf
 bushel meal, five pounds bacon, twenty pound sack of flour, three pounds leaf
 lard. five pounds sugar. three pounds rice, one peck Irish potatoes. two pounds coffee, two pounds saIt two, and one-half pounds syrup, one pound nuts, one pound candy, one pound rais- ms, one can cream, one package yeast powder, one package soda, one package tea. two packages hcpey-boy pop corn. one package oat meal. one package crackers, one package ginger snaps, one package lemons, ore can sonu. one can potted ham, one tin iel1ar. two ioayes bread, one-half dozen orail8es one dog er apples. Tweleye dozen dolls. beautifulIv dressed by the committee from the La- dies Auxiliary. will be given to little Birls and toys for the little boys have oeen provided. Substantial reEnem- hrances will be sent to the city inc firmary, St. Margarets Hospital. Hale Inflrmary. the county poor farm. the Soldiers Home, the Wofnan.s Hon1a and to several of the schools that are eon- dueted by the different organIxatIonm
 The charity committee of the EIks "A alVided ints seven sub committees, as Davis.
 No. 2--L. Strauss. J. M. Kennedy, F. l G.aLulz.
 No. s-R. M. Henderson. B. woln ! Paul Roedsr
 No. 4-charles 5. Teasley. Julius Rice, Frank D. Kohn.
 No. 5--T. J. Meyer, L.. c. Cardinal | Horace Hood
 No. e--I. H. Dewees. T. J. Mattox, D. | A. Mccall.
 No 7--J. L.. Haas. Emanuel Meertief, F. H. D. Warren.
 Dr. A, c. Kirkpatrick is the Chair. man or the Committee and w. R. Will l kinson the Secretary.
 A committee of the Ladies Auxiliary ! to the Elks, which has been helping in i the Christmas work. is composed of the | following: Mrs. Charles l.. Campbell, | Chairman; Mrs. E. Lobman, Mrs, I. H. DeWees, Mrs. D. J. Meyer, Mrs. W. W. Seidle, Miss Stella Meyer, Miss Fannie + Mathews. Miss Alice O connel.
 The Neighborhood House.
 Next on the list in point of the num- Der of children reached, will be the Christmas entertainments given by the House Association at the House In West End. iI
 4 Christmas tree will be given at the House on Christmas Eve
  gifts fer the chharen of the western portion of the city.
 On Friday night. Dee. 2S, a dinner will be given to the children of the classes at the Neighbor- hood House.
 The Misses Duffy, who are in charge ,f the Neighborhood House are doing a splendid work.
 At tho regular meeting of the Eagles c night the nature and the ' mount of the charity work of the or- ( 'ahization will be deternlined- It has ,een the custom of the Eagles for the { last several years to supply coal GO { hose of Montgomsry's poor whose [ reeds were made known to them, and ( t is supposed that their part in the ' christmas charity work in the city will { ake the usual form. S Mrs. ollie Edwards. chairman of the ,Fisoh and jail work of the City Mis- h ion Board. composed of women of the r Methodist Churches of Montgomery, ! f yiIl go to Speigners on Sunday and arry presents to many of the prisoners ss here from the Board and from mem S CTS interested in individuals in the S rison. ,I@
 Entertainments In Churches, a With but few exceptions the churches @ [ Montgomery will furnish some sort @ ! entertainment for the children of o le Sunday Schools. and in some in- 8 ances for the entire congregations. he Dexter Avenue Methodist Church ill give q Christmas ehtertainh Sat on aturday night to the children the B dnday school The Cumberland 'es- yterian Church Sunday school will I've Christmas tree on Christmas ce light. tf The Fifth Avenue Methodist Church sl III have Christmas tree on Christ M as night and will also carry out 8 m ell-prepared program by members of or le school, which will be of interest IT the entire church congregation. 70 Monday afternoon a Christmas tree ar i'll be given at the ayton Street as aptist Church for the q ldren of the n 'imary department and Sunbeam y sv ,ctety." S, The Forest Avenue MethA dist Church A ill give a Christmas tree to the chill ," 'en of the Sunday school Thursday sr ght ~ The members Of the Ladies Aid So- aa ety of the Highland Avenue Baptist lurch will meet this afternoon at the me of Mrs. c. P. Atkinson and pack box to send to the Baptist Orphanage u
 Evergreen. The box will contain "9 ticles of clothing, everything new, Id toys for the children. Ia,
 schOOIs VIII CIoue. be The Montgomery public schools will ose Friday afternoon and at a num- r of the schools in several grades of e schools, there will be Christmas ees and other entertainments far fha D1