The age-herald., 1902-03-04
ID BUY EAGLE HOTEL
 ON VERY EASY TERMS
Ideal Residence Will Be Furnished d Young Business Women of Birm. ingham at Reasonable Rates.
 Reading Rooms.
BY ANNIE KENDRIcK WALKER.

l
 At the meeting of the Ministers Union yesterday morning. the proposition In re- 1 gard to opening a Home for Young l Women was referred back to the joint committees from the union and the Wom- l ans Club, with full power to act. A meeting of the committees is called for tonight at o'clock, when regularly in- corporated organization will be effected and a board of directors elected The committees have recommended the purchase of the Eagle Hotel at the corner of Second avenue and Twenty fourth street. The building can be bought for fifty thousand dollars. $S4ooO cash and the balance in five years.
 The proposition which MT. C. J. Stick ney presented last Saturday In regard to the munihcent donation of s250OO from out of town parties make the purchase of the property advisable under the condi- tons named. An effort will be made at once to raise the additional s25OOO, or at least the $1O,OOO or s12,0OO required for the purchase of the property.
 The Eagle Hotel property represents an expenditure of $90,O00 and the committee | considers the present price remarkably cheap. During the boom days 1t was one of the leading l.otels in the city and 1t has always been popular hostelry.
 Will Make Good Home.
 The building Is properly adapted for a residence for the hundreds of young women who are now forced to live in un- comfortable lodgings and deprived of the comforts and protection of home.
 The plans of the committees are to make 1t delightful residence for the young business woman.
 l In an interview yesterday with Dr. J. P McFerrin, chairman of the Ministers Union committee, he outlined plans which, when carried into effect will make an ideal home.
 "A competent woman," said Dr. Me- Perrin will be put in charge and every effort will be made to make this resi- dence for the young business women in the city an ideal and home-like place.
 "In addition to the private apartments to be used by the young women, there will be parlors and reading rooms where l tion. There will be sewing room, equipped with machines, at the disposal of those who care to use them, and every convenience possible will be provided.
 Will Live cheaply.
 "The cost of living at the Young Wom- ems Home will be a minimum amount, regulated in a measure by the salary of 1 ho indi m dent upon her own resources and without protection may find there a home where the cost of living will be in keeping with her modest salary
 Dr. McFerrin spoke of the great needs of such an institution. He recalled num- erous incidents that had come under hls observation where young women depen- dent upon their slender incomes were compelled to pay exorbitant prices for board. He dwelt upon the uncongenial surroundings that many of them experi- enced, and of the privations endured
 Dr. McFerrin said that he had long recognized that the only solution of the problem was in the opening of a home for the army of young business wom en who were without home protection. He brought the subject to the consideration of the Ministers Union several weeks ago.
 Dr. McFerrin Is delighted with the re- suit. The movement met at once with hearty endorsement and the organization to take immediate steps In aiding the Ministers Union was the Woman's Club.
 Yesterday Mrs J. E. Torrey, the chair man of the Womans Club committed, and Mrs Zac Smith, the president of the club, were both interviewed In regard to the work. They met with the Ministers Union yesterday and are enthusiastic over the success of the work
 As previously announced In The Age. Herald, the offer of s25,OOO was made to l the chairman of the Womans Club com | mittee.
 | Another organization strongly coop erating with the work of the two com mittees is the Saleswomen's Prot ective Association. of which Mrs Carrie Bond is president. This organization may be said to have laid the foundation for the great work that has now been under taken. One of the objects of the associa- tion Is to assist in securing lodgings for