The age-herald., 1900-12-09
IN HOTEL LCB HES
 AND ELSEWHERE

ble; 1t will be best to remain as you are.'
 sYoung women will be courted.'
 A child born on this day will be sharp and active, but not fortunate in business or employ; if a female she will marry well and be happy"
 Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for Mon day, December 10 1900:
 Travel, ask favors, and seek work"
 Beware of losses In thy business and run no risks; thou wilt have sickness in thy family and an unsettled year."
 "A child born on this day will be found of change and pleasure, and spend it's money therein"
 A man writes:
 Good women are doing greatly good work in their effort to secure material sup port for the home for the boy waifs of the world at East Lake, and today and tomor- row, and throughout all the morrows, those women should receive the grateful recognition and constant aid of all men and women who are not wrapped up in themselves and therefore dead to the graces and beauties of life
 Happily we have been spared the usual whine of cant along the cheap lines of sec tariapf and non-sectarian' stiffness shown in discussing tue plans and purposes of charity, and the East Lake home stands apart from all sects and creeds, a noble charity calling for the support of all the people without regard to religion or lack of religion Neither 'seetarian nor non sectarian,' each a. nhrase of car fss ..Sce.,- breathed against that great enterprise of humane souls who are striving to do good for the sake of good, and not for the pur- pose of exploiting themselves or any fad or folly of self-seeking.
 ''rhe good women, and the good men who are immediately assisting them, have been and are laboring for the wider well fare of humanity; and the Legislature of Alabama can do no nobfer or worthier work now or at any time than to vote the money so pressingly needed at East Lake. The House has passed a bill for $l5,0Oo, which is notoriously inadequate by $10O0O; but s15, 900 will be godsend when it comes, and there seems to be no reason for doubt ing that the proposed appropriation will become law of the State. I was in Mont gomery this week and personally observed the beautiful work of Mrs. R. D. Johnston 
 cause of the boys home,~and I felt that those two noble women were worthy in the highest degree of every mans reverence. And they had the powerful assistance of Mrs. Wyker of Decatur Mrs. Johnston made a speech to the lower House of the Legislature, and no wiser better words were ever spoken upon that historic floor. Her presence was an inspiration to goo1;
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 ''But the $15,0O0, if it be finally given by the Legislature should not stay the hand of private charity. That sum will be a great help, it will be salvation, but it will be hopelessly inadequate. Therefore let the charitable people give of their abun- dance in this glad Christmas time!'
 
 "Something should be done to protect the public against drunken beggars," said a man last night. "One of these beggars, who is said to be blind and who is led about the streets by boy, created a scene at Twentieth street and Second avenue to- night It appears he helped himself to t-5d from a small portable lunch stand in tue street near the curbstone, and at first re- fused to pay the owner. This attracted the attention of passers-by, and small crowd collected The beggar used violent and very offensive language, which must have been heard by several ladies who were passing. citizen rebuked the beggar, and protested against his conduct, saying thas he had seen the beggar within an hour or so drinking and pay for three glasses or whiskey, and that the beggar was at the moment drunk. The beggar was clearly drunk, and used abusive language.
 ''That same beggar was grossly offensive to one well known citizen last Monday of- fering him rude insults which he could not resent, the beggar being blind. It was all be- cause the citizen would not give him money This beggar is in the habit of ap- preaching groups of men on the street and persistently making himself offensive-try- ing to hold them up for money with which to buy more drink than food, it would seem. Certainly tine public have a right to police protection against that sort of thing, and certainly every beggar should be cleared from the streets and sent to almshouses; where each may be cared for in comfort and in decency!"
 Congressman John l.. Burnett, the fam ous Jack of Clubs of the seventh district, has been telling a Washington lobby gos- siper about the trouble caused him by John D. Burnett of the second district, some time United States District Attorney. ''That other Burnett" said the Congress- man, iran as an elector on the Democraticy ballot and took 800 votes away from my ticket for Congress. You can imagine how that scared me, for two years ago l had two opponents, whose combined vote was 1700 more than mine. This year the two forces fused against me- but l pulled through by safe majority"
 "Since he came to Congress MT. Burnett has been indefatigable in urging improve ments for the Coosa river, which is a mighty waterway and which, after a great deal of advertising In the newspapers, MT. Burnett says is now a very weli-known stream" writes the lobby man. "Delega- tions from the House have gone into the southland to study its navigablity and re- markable water power, and now Alabama is waiting to see what will be done for the Coosa. in the river and harbor bill" =