The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
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for increased hospital accommodation In
| Birmingham. Particular reference was
made Ito the Hillman hospital, and the re-
| Spouse to the appeal is of noble generous
ness. No good man or good woman can
| ignore that appeal. The Hillman hospital
bears name which is cherished in Biz
mingham; but apart from its name, 1t pur-
pose must commend it to all persons Who
heed the call of charity. Those men and
" omen who are possessed of this worlds
goods in abundance should abundantly
| give. DIR. Morrow and DIR. Nabers have
given. The plea for this charity is as a
golden bridge of mercy spanning the space
between the toiler and those who live in
luxurious ease. The plea must appeal to
every man and woman in the valley. Con-
sdering all that charity has done to pri-
vate hospitals here, the hospital accom-
mediation is, at the moment, hopelessy in.
adequate. Therefore, in This festal time all
hearts and all purses should be open to
The appeal made in The Age-Herald of
Sunday.
| Reference was had on Sunday to st. Vim
cents hospital, conducted by the Sisters,
of Charity, and the plea was submitted
pletion upon the hill at the top of Twenty
seventh street, the South Highlands,
was not large enough. That was and is
true, and will remain true until the gifts
of the public enable the Sisters of Charity
to carry out the plans of their architect.
The new building which the Sisters hope
to occupy in April, will contain $50 beds.
James K Wade of st. Louis, supervising
md for
the Society of the Sisters of Charity, is in
Birmingham for the purpose of inspecting
the new hospital building and submitting
recommendations in relation thereto. Mr..
| Wade maintains that there is in this coun-
| try no more perfectly appointed hospital
| than will be this new hospital when it Shall
| have been completed. The plans call for
| the expenditure of 100000. Mr.. Wade has
made several recommendations, pertaining
| chiefly to the height of the chimney stack,
| and the material to be used in its construc-
| ton; the building of a barn and stables,
| a cow house, or byre, it is called in
| Scotland, and laundry, and provisions for
| a complete electric plant. Mr.. Wade is
| greatly pleased with the general work on
| the building, though ne recommends one
| or two slight changes:
| All theater-goers must have been panied
| to learn of the nervous collapse of Sol
| Smith Russell, which occurred on the stage
in Chicago Monday" said a well known
theater-goer. 81 have known Russell for
| many years, and good man he has proved
himself to be. All his life ne has borne a
| clean character. In his long career on the
| stage he has been absolutely free from any
|
model of sotriety. In his early days he was
| the monologist for the Berger Bell Ringers.
| He was very poor then, but very cheerful
| In his struggle with poverty no one ever
heard him complain. He married one of the
| Bergers, and their conjugal life was eX-
| tremely happy. About two years after this
| ladys death he married again and happily.
Within the past ten years Russell has
| amassed a fortune He pays on over a half
| million dollars worth of real estate in st.
Paul and Minneapolis. I have been with
aim often in little social gatherings of men
| but never heard him tell a story or utter
| a word that would have been out of place in
| the presence of ladies. He had no use for
| coarse wit. In every city he has personal
| friends. Sol Smith Russell and Billy Crane
| can walk through the streets of any city in
/
by name as the average man about town.
| 1t is perhaps no exaggeration to say that
| when Russell played in Birmingham he
| knew personally one-third of the audience
that packed O'Brien's opera house. His tens
| of thousands of friends and admirers will
pray fer his speedy and complete recovery
There is not in Birmingham any person
| who will not be glad to know that the Rev.
Father O'Reilly is now convalescAnt after
painful Illness of many days. 1t is not
too much to say that Father OReilly was
for a day or two perilously i'll; but his re-
markable vitality, and the general strength
of his physical constitution enabled him to
resist the malady from which he suffered
| The great labor imposed upon the Father,
| or imposed upon himself by himself is
scarcely comprehended by the general pub
| lie, in the esteem Of which he stands so
deservedly high He seldom has an hour
| in the twenty-four which he can call his
own. He is the head of one of the largest
congregations in the south, and in addition
| to his regular parochial duties, he takes
| upon himself duties very burdensome to
| bear Father O'Reilly is a man of great
| business ability, and of extraordinary en-
ergy. Father O'Rely was strong enough
| to leave his bed for a short time yesterday;
| but it will be two or three days before he
leave his bedroom.
Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, the
| distinguished railroad man, and leader in
| the industrial development of the south,
| was in Birmingham yesterday. Mr. Zim-
! norman is president of the Cincinnati
| Hamilton and Dayton railroad and is
| largely interested in southern mineral
| properties.
w. w. Lavender, a leading attorney of
Centreville, is in the city. Mr. Lavender,
| is one of the brightest and most highly
| esteemed of the younger members of the
Alabama BAR
Hon. w. P. Pinckard has returned from