The age-herald., 1897-08-04
TECHNICS FROM
 CURRENT TOPICS

There was no intention of that '1nhu- | mauity to man"--of which pessmists talk l when the suggestion was made yester- I day that the beggars, now supporting l themselves on our street corners should he sent to institutions provided for the help less poor by the city and county authori- ties.
 Was there no such provision made for the support of the needy our citizens would, and should. be willing to contribute aims and submit to the offensive sight of mutilated manind. But line county is able to take care of it's beggars, and the city is equal to the task of supporting the few mendi- cants which we have. The people are taxed for all such purposes. and there is no
 reason why the rules applying to such cases should not be enforced. -o.s-f... Bcggars seem to prefer to sit on the most public corners in the broiling sun, and wait with pathetic patience for the few pennies that fall into their hands, to going to any place of refuge provided by the county or state. They evidently enjoy the street life and there has been little effort on the part of the authorities to interfere with these preferences. To many high-strung, ner- vous te-nperaments, sight of these maimed and wretched specimens of the human race Is a haunting horror, the effect of which lasts for hours. NO one ueSlfeS 10 cnfIdI -lne cOuIOFIS Ol these beggars; but the sentiment of our
 town is opposed to allowing them to exer-
 else their pleasure option as to where | they reside long they are dependent
 upon public charity. 1 ,ao'
 When this matter has been agitated in other cities, notably Atlanta, there have been sentimen talists who plead for an ex- tension of the privileges of the heggars; but the common sense Of the communf- ties and the influence of medical men were on the side of the authorities, who forced the mendicants from the public thorough fares into homes for the indigent. Or com pelled them to have-when physically ca- pable--a visible means of support.
 
 Why persons white and black who are | dependent upon public and individual char l ity. should always be so bitterly opposed to l accepting relief from the state or munich pal authorities, is one of the psychologi-
 cal questions of the day As is well known to southeIners negroes will suffer any l deprvat ton. endure every possible form of | dirt and deGredation, when ill., rather than go to a clean. well-appointed hospital And ! there is nothing humilating to them, i as a race, as to be buried at the expense of the city, yet some relative of the dead will 1 go from house to house, to friend and l stranger alike, and solicit contributions 1 fer funeral Expenses. The professional l beggar is generally self-indulgent but l there is no reason why he should object to comfortable quarters provided for him by l the county and city. 1 It has been suggested by several of our | good citizens that one of the surest and speediest means of stamping out the erup- l tive specimens epidemic (whether chicken- pox or smalpox1 HOW in possession of Bir- i ingham and other towns of Alabama is a1,. ,f ,J | orcd churches 10 suspend religious services 1 until all danger of the spread of the con 1 tagion be passed. The gathering of great crowds into limited spaces: the necessarily
 close contact, and closer atmosphere, are fruitful causes for the increase of the in- lection. Perhaps in every colored congre-
 gation there may be several persons who are affected with the disease in it's .in- cpient stage, and thus the contagion
 grows.
 In large cities, when there are epidefnics of dipththeria, scarlet fever or meningitis,
 the public schools are closed in order to aid the health officers to overcome tho 1 spread of the disease, and much good could be accomplished by closing the col ! ored churches for a while.
 The great University of California is to I be made even greater and grander insti- | tuition, archtecturally as well as educa- 1 ,ionally. There is to be an international l competition for building plans. which will l be submitted to such men as I'aul Na,lot. i of Germany: Pascal. of France Normal Shaw, of England Zeigler, of Hungary; Zaconni, of Italy, and others. There will >lso be an advisory board of landscape architects composed of such men as Alma Ladema, Lanciani, Knaus. Chavannes, and St. Gaudeus. It is proposed to substitute for the present quarters number of mag nificent buildings, which, like those now in use, will face San Francisco Bay. and look across through the Golden Gate. while a long line of hills stand sentinel in the rear.
 It is said that s4o0o,OO0 have been sub scribed for the proposed changes.
 
 It is strenuously denied by delegates who
 are returning from the Lambeth confer ence, ia England, that there were any seri- ous differences of opinion upon any sub ject under discussion.
 The suggestion that the archbishop of 1 the Episcopal, or Anglican, church is said and the reports of the agitation ascribed to American bishops on this point were greatly exaggerated. American delegates were overwhelmed with attentions of all kinds. The greatest kirdliness of feeiIng and the most perfect harmony existed dur in. the conference, and much good was &C., coripshed by the intermingling of church. men from various parts of the world. BALL.