The age-herald., 1900-12-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE


 and keep myself quiet and run no risks of any kind; thy business will require much attention to keep it together"
 "A child born on this day will be very unruly and headstrong, rash and impetu- ous, and will seldom be out of mischief; it will succeed best in employ"
 Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for Thursday December 1S, 1900:
 oCourt marry, and ask favors before D. m
 ''Thou hast a very unfortunate birthday, and thy money and business will waste, and what thou undertakest will fail; keep myself quiet and do not run any risks, neither travel nor remove"
 "Young women will court
 "A child born on this day will be very unfortunate whether in employ or out of it, and be poor; it will have good sfriends, but will throw their help away. If a female, she will marry well and be rather happy"
 
 Said man.
 ''The energetic work of hundreds of good women. many of whom are as beautiful as they are wondrously good, in furtherance of the charitable purpose to erect a suit able building for the Hillman Hospital challenges the admiration of the people, and should call forth in abundance the money support so pressingly needed by that meritorious charity. More money, and great deal of it, is an absolute necessity to dhe Hillman Hospital, and certainly the toll and anxiety and prayers of such mul- titude of true-hearted, charity-loving, noble women as those who are conducting the great fair in First avenue this week should receive material recompense in the form of thousands of dollars for the charity which they are piously endeavoring to promote and sustain. Evrybody should go to the fair and spend money there!'
 The Very Rev Father c. A. Lennon, c. M, of Emmitsburg, Md, Superior of the Sisters of Charity in America, will arrive in Birmingham today, and will remain Gere for few days looking after the business interests of St. Vincent's Hospital, the splendid palace of charity which was op- ened to the great public on Thanksgiving Day, and in which Father Lennon feels greatest pride as a man of charity. It has been several months since Father Lennon was here, and so a great deal of joy awaits him in the completed hospital He is the official head of the society of the Sis ters of Charity, which is precisely what it's name indicates, and is the national admins trator of tine society's business affairs, which are of enormous extent as St. Vim cents, one of nearly forty great hospitals builded by the society, would indicate.
 
 of tha ern Industrial Association stopped off in Birmingham yesterday on his return from New Orleans, where he has been for the past two months at work on the recent convention held in that city. He will go on to Huntsville today. In conversation last night Colonel Thompson said many things that will do to print. He appears to be strong an "expansionist" for Birmingham and Birmingham industries as when he was a resident here As evidence of this he spoke of his visit to a Louisiana sugar mill, and on investigation found a certain portion of the heavy iron work there made in Boston by firm that uses 90 per cent of Birmingham pig iron.
 That is on par" he said, with sell ing raw cotton to the New England mills and buying back the finished product, pay ing freight both ways and a manufacturer S profit in addition. Birmingham can make every portion of the machinery that I saw in that mill and that, too, cheaper than any other place in America This is one mission of the Southern Industrial Associa- ton, to stimulate manufacturing along all lines to ascertain where conditions are most favorable for any given industry, and then seek to interest capital to develop that industry at that point. Before leaving this sugar mill subject let me say that there is fortune in store for some one who will invent process for making paper out of the sugar cane after it has been ground, or the bagasse as it is called there. This has a woody fibre, and should be very easi- ly and cheaply turned into paper pulp, and I look to see this waste material of one of the South's industries become as profitable to sugar planters as cotton seed is now to the cotton planter"
 In reference to the recent Industrial Con vention, Colonel Thompson characterized it as a great gathering" and one which he thought would result in much good to the entire South. "It had an attendance of something over 9O0," he said, "and of the very best business men from their respec-
 
 from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, all though there were representatives from twenty-six different states. The pro- gramme was an exceedingly heavy one clear through, owing to the continued pres ure from various localities for recognition after the regular programme had been made up. For instance there were delega- tions from three cities representing impor- tant expositions all of which came in after the programme had been made out. Bir- mingham being one of the number But Birmingham really had more than the Hons share of the honors at that conven- tion. President Kettig of the Commercial Club was made chairman of the committee on resolutions, the most important commit tee of the convention, while Secretary Gib- son was made one of the associate secre- tares."
 "The Warrior canal was endorsed by a unanimous vote. In fact, New Orleans and the other (sulf cities are as deanlv i,+ar