The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
Y. M. C. A. NOTES

Missouri Y. NJ. c. AS are puzzled to
know what to do with the $1,000 which has
been bequeathed to them by A. W. Car
son, an old newspaper man of southwest
Missouri, to provide for the distribution
Of Mark Twains How to be a Gentle
man. among the associations of the
north. He claimed that the young men
of the south do not need the good advice
given by Mark Twain Northen men are
finding difficulty in seeing the point of
this joke.
The membership of the Johannesburg,
South Africa, Y NJ c. A. is now go
The ffuctuating character of its constitu-
ency is shown in the fact that no fewer
than @4 young men connected with the
association removed from the city during
the year, most of whom go to the gold
fields and ranches, while 329 new members
have been added.
Berlin has at present ffty-two Young
Mems Christian Associations, which
maintain a common committee of $50
members with special secretary, for the
welcome and visitation of young men,
from 1927 years old, on their arrival in
Berlin. In 1905, about $4,000 such new
Corners reached the city.
Sir George Williams will recently pro-
bated makes a bequest of 5000 to the
London Y. NJ. c. A., and among other
requests, LOCO for the purchase of Bibles,
to be presented to persons employed by
his firm and to his descendants. He did
not leave a large fortune. as fortunes CO.
Lil;c great number of Christian men of
wgi4 h. he was the administrator of his
-, estate and gave largely while he
lived. The sum of his gifts would be
princely if the aggregate were known
The saloon men near Ft. Seward in
Alaska are getting nervous. The keeper
of a dive said to business man the
other day in response to the question
"Hows business?' - poor. On pay
day night that secretary of the
Y. NJ. c. A. at the post put on moving
picture show and the soldiers stayed over
there Another wrote: Il talked this
morning with the swabber out of sa-
loon. He allowed that things were de-
cidedly bad there" He said: 1.-THE Y. NJ
C. A. had a pe-eating contest and a
cake walk last night They are trying to
do all they, can TO keep the boys home"
When Andrew Carnegies car was at
the station in Richmond recently. the
railroad employees who have been work
ing for a railroad Y. M. G. A. building
for the past year, thought this too good
an opportunity to let slip. They called
on Mr.. Carnegie with the MAYOR and
told him that the railroad companies had
annronriated sa0 0oo for this building
thev had raised sl2 600 among themselves.
and they needed s1oOOO more TO complete
their assembly and educational equip
inent Mr.. Carnegie readily consented to
give It, The committees thanks he
turned off with you don't need to thank
isfa o,io,,e o,,t of this than Won have lam
having the pleasure of my life in giving.
nv money away, while | live. as can
nIace n where If will do the most good
70 tho most men
The report of the Worlds Alliance OF
the Y. M. G.. A. shows 7.77S associations.
ross ,11a,',bersbin ~ 791 AZ as against
500 7ae General secretaries empIoved
u',n,har . 400 as against 92s and go
own buildings as compared with $50
The value is s3e ee7 f0o a again of ~ 800 900
-rho,a a.. 4, ADDITION , 594 unaff1ia tod
assooia tio,,s With a gross membersb,n
q, ~ o. All. If tbem are in Europe
-.
Kansas CITY Y NJ. c. A. has raised in
thirty days s2a 900 for building. BY
sn,'''a e. pa,,i ana D'l,'th have secured
Nei, %. 's.,,i., g., ,,,ont,,s>
pu'ioi. s 49, -, :, 10 100 -
sresa'i's ~ az
nj , ...a. Al r. haoan
T., NJ 1000 MIR i,o members and II
III MAY l5o-' WI Nv ,,.s,a,,t ,,ot,a,,,,i
now ma "'o ~ W, = ~ I'll, oIassas
ties M =, 80, IN. -
began VIZ az ., -.
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