The age-herald., 1900-11-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
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Beware of law and quarreling and run no risks with thy money; thy business will require attention"
 1 "A child born on this day will be very quick in anger and difficult to manage; in business it will have but poor success, and should keep in employ"
 This is All Saints Day.
 Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for Fri | day November 2, 1900:
 Ask favors, seek work, and push thy | business before D. m
 Heavy losses, changes and annoyances threaten thee; see that thou dost not spec ulate; those in employ will be more for tunate.'
 "As for November, the position of Mars is not good for our foreign relations, and disturbances will occur, neeessltating vigil ant outlook and firm language. The lunar conjunction occurs exactly on the cusp of che nirth house in sextile aspect to Saturn and triune to Neptune, which aspect is fa- vorable for the President and government, and denote public favor. The elevation of Mercury is favorable to science and trade, but the cadent position of Saturn threatens muCn secret crime ana d SpTedu O1 Scul- tious opinions through the country, and probably acts of violence in neighboring countries. Towards the middle of the month labor will be agitated and strike will threaten; the minds of the people will be unsettled and there will be talk of war and of the movement of troops. The pass age of Mars through the sign Leo will ex- cite the minds of the French, and that may cause anxiety in England. The general aspect as 10 the nations is fair. The Amer 1can elections will cause but very little disturbance of existing conditions.
 
 Local interest in the general election of next Tuesday is perhaps more indifferent than ever before experienced on the eve of the great quadrennial civic event; and there is next to no local betting; maybe hat here and there or a five-dollar note on particular States Prevailing opinion as to the general result is apparently favorable to Republican success.
 Nobody need be fooled by this wild talk about election bets in New York" said eminent business man of Birmingham, who but recently spent week in New York, and had the best of opportunities AHA iliieiliS Obb 6ANhS tAiihSS oiAu
 
 Most of the gossip is due to a curious vanity certain men have for seeing their names in the newspapers connected with betting and other sports generally. MT. Josh Slosher will see a reporter and tell that he has bet $7,OOOOOO or less on McKin- ley or Bryan, as the case may be, and authorize the reporter to say as much, but ,l1,, I T t.. 4I,o e,l.; on. We read that Croker stands to win half million on Bryan. There isn't an in- teligent man in New York who believes that Croker stands to win five thousand dollars of his own money by betting on Bryan; though doubtless he stands to win heavily in some way, however the Presi- dential cat may jump.
 !" -.4r. Blackegs agent, Mir. Snyde, was in Wall street today with $15O,OOO of Bryan money we read. That is a cheap cam- paign lie which isn't worth the trouble of mailing or of doing anything else to it. And so it runs Croker winning $5O0,OO by bets on Bryan-stuff and nonsense My inves- tigation and observation in New York forced upon me the conviction that there isn't quarter of million money all told involved in election bets in the whole of New York. And I talked a great deal with men in the best possible position to know the general facts about election betting and election sentiment.
 The big professional sporting men are always ready to make big bets when they can do so with advantage to themselves; but big money doesn't talk in bets on sen- timental grounds. Money hasn't got any sentiment. Therefore the real gamblers who have big money to bet on the election can't get any takers; for they want to bet the way every well-informed man is thinking-on Mckinley. The question isn't one of certainty, but it is one of positive belief, which is much the same when 1t comes to betting. Yet intelligent men all over the United States are daily looking for the betting in New York There is no betting in New York on the election which amounts to anything noteworthy: its mostly part and parcel of the campaign stiffness, and lying-like the bogus inter- views with MT. Cleveland"
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 There was a novel and highly interesting amateur theatrical performance at the con vent school of St. Paul's yesterday. Little Miss Aurelia SewalPs original play, "The Lost Child" was performed by the little children of the school, and it was remark ably successful. The play was written en- tirely by little Miss Sewall, whom every body in Birmingham has seen dance divine ly at charity entertainments, and she her self made copies of it on a type writing machine her company of players. The en ns,i talnment of yesterday was en- tirely the conception and planning of Miss Sewall and her infantne associates, and its purpose was of their own accord and sug- gestion in devotion to the Blessed Virgin; the proceeds of ticket sales to be expended in the purchase of flowers for the altar to the Virgin in St. Pauls Church. The re- ceipts were about nine dollars. Competent critics are agreed that Miss Sewalfs play is wonderfully bright, and that the performance was in the highest degree creditable to the little ones who