The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-26

MobiIe. Dec. 25.--(Special.)--The Christmas spirtt was most assuredly in the air from dawn to midnight and one young woman said she knew It was so because she smeit 1t.
 The celebration of Christmas in Mo, bile parts begins at a most unearthiy hour by the pernicfous hre-cracker habit; this is followed. just as society turns over to take another snooze by hands of music announcing that the local military is either returning from en all-night serenade march or begin ning firing salute tour of the city.
 After the city is thoroughly awake. the Athelstan and Manassas Clubs are the rendezvous of those of egg-nogg inclination. This beverage Is served unstintedly to the club members, and at the Athelstan Club, to which the ma 5ority of the younger or unmarried por- tion of society belong, there were many who exchanged the merry Christ mas greeting.
 President Charles A. Hall was on hand to do the honors. as were Messrs. .. c. Rich, Murray wheeler, Lloyd Ba- Ire. Dargan Ledyard. Glen E. Auns- paugh, E. Fitzgerald, E. D. Huger, Or vile Cawthon. L. C. Fry. Gail Owen. Frank Ward. L. c. Dorgan, W. c. Horn. Perrin Bestor. K. M. Robinson, D. R. Dunlap, Joseph McPhillips, J. c. Bush, Jr.. Walton Sirik. Joseph Lyons, c. M. Luce. N. R. Clarke. Gen. J. w. Whit far club members.
 From there the scene of action was removed to the Country Club, where the lovers of that sport had perfect golf day for the links. There was no regular competition on and the game was played for pure love with prize eggsnog served at the club house throughout the morning.
 The Elks' Christmas celebration took the form of a Christmas tree for the poor this morning, the tree apparently growing in the club house on Govern ment Street Many hocked there at the early hour of 10 to see the happy faces. Among those who had the affair in charge and carried 1t successfully through were Col. E. L. Russell. Messrs. F. j. Lyons, N. R. Clarke. Le Boran Lyons, A. Kim ball, G. E. Aunspaugh, J. s. Gibbony, R. V. Taylor. Price Wii- Hams, IT,, L. c. Dorgan, r. B. Merrill. J. c. Bush, Jr., T. N. Kearus. J. F. O'Connell. O. F. Cawthon, Jr.. and many others.
 Tfere were several home gather ings at the dinner hour but state dinners were surely not the order of this Christmas day. Mir. and Mrs. W. W. Heron had as their guests, Gen. and Mrs. J. W. Whiting, Mrs. Lawler. Mir. and Mrs. George Robinson and Mir. wythe Whiting. It was the first ehter- tainfng event to be chronicied in the handsome and artistic colonial house of this young couple, which is even as yet not quite completed. The din- ing room. which is done in Copenhagen blue with high wainscottng of white enamel, is perfect in detail from the silvery electrolier that overhangs the table to the rare rugsy artiQue wean under foot partially covering the hard wood and highly polished floor. The table, chairs and sideboard are of ma hogany colonial in design. Rare plates form a dado near the top of the wall and the hangings are of course in keeping with the blue color scheme. For the Christmas dinner over which the Herrons presided. red poincetta, holly and thistle were used in decorat- ing.
 Of course the event for many years of Christmas evening has been the