The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
SOCIETY.
BY EMMA ToULMiN REID. Bell Telephone 1897.
ROOMS FOR BOYS CLUB.

The doors of the BlrmlnBhdih Doys club were opened at No. 2O16H2 Second avenue, over the Albert restaurant, few days ago. Six well appointed divi- sions of the second story space of the building make possible one of the best arranged and most satisfactory suites or club rooms in the southern states. Each room is large and well ventilated and situated in such a manner as to con form to the uses of the work of the club such as the reading room where several magazines and papers of interest to the boys will be found, the game room, with number of checker boards, erokinole, carrom and other games.
 Two rooms will be used by the free night school for the members of the club, where reading, writing, arithmetic spell ing and geography will be taught by a corp of the best teachers in the city. The school will be under the direction of one of the most successful educators of boys in Birmingham and he will be assisted by a graduate of the University of the South and the graduate Of an Ohio college both of whom have had experience in teaching.
 The tuition of the night school will be free to the newsboys, working boys and other members of the club who will furnish their own books to be purchased at cost from one of the leading firms of the city The classes will assemble two evenings of the week from 7:3O to 9:3O o'clock. It is planned to inaugu- rate the school for a term of sixteen weeks immediately after the first of Jan uary, 1907.
 As soon as possible the two remaining rooms of the club will be fitted up as a shower bathroom and dormitory. The bathroom will be equipped with three shower baths, the necessary toilet ar engagements and lockers. This privilege will be granted to the boy-members three times per week with hot and cold water. During the summer months the club members will enjoy the use of the Bir- mingham natatorium once each week un- der the direction of the superintendent of the organization.
 The dormitory will soon be furnished with triple-decked sanitary steel cots, which will accommodate temporarily as many as twelve or fifteen boys, who will be in charge of the keeper of the rooms. This privilege is for the home less and unfortunate youths of the city and such boys as are found on the streets during the late hours of the night without places of accommodation. A leader has been secured for the drum corps of the organization, which will consist of six snare drummers, six buglers, six ffers, base drummer and cymbal player making a corp of twenty two with the leader and music carriers. The uniforms of the corp will be of unique character, using the colors of the club-red, white and blue. The man agement of one of the restaurants near the club has agreed to reduce their rates on such plain, body building food as will be nourishing and filling to the youthful cravings to very small prices, making this privilege one of special benefit to the street and working boys who earn small salaries
 Arrangements will be made from time to time for Sunday afternoon talks to the club members, and such boys between 10 and IS years of age who care to take advantage of them on civic, intellectual, moral, religious and business lines. The rooms are open to the boy members and others who wish to inspect them from p. m. to 8 p. m. Mondays and Fridays, and from a. m. to D. m. Saturdays. When the bath arrangements have been completed the rooms will be open until 9:30 Tuesdays and Thursdays. the nights of the evening school. and until 10 o'clock Saturdays to accommodate the office, business and working boy members. No membership fee will be received until the first of January, 907, when monthly fee of 10 cents or a yearly fee of $1 will be required from all boys who use the priv ileges of the club, otherwise than the reading room. The membership will give all privileges, including the restaurant reduced rates arranged.
 The Birmingham Boys club of today Is the outgrowth of the efforts of a few noble women of the city who have for several years been endeavoring to meet the need of the street, news, messenger, office, store, cash, errand and apprentice boy who is trying to make his way in the world, oftentimes under very adverse cir cumstances. Judge N. B. Feagin first started the organization, and was soon supported by the women in his efforts. He has always been deeply interested in the work of the club and gives much time and thought to It's welfare now, and Is considered its patron friend. Judge Feagin recently said: T consider the fu- ture of the Boys club with more faith and hope than ever before. With the new location, so near the center of the city, meeting the greatest need of the boy-members, the excellent arrangements of the rooms, the interest of the ladies of the board of directors, and the services of the new superintendent, MT. L. H. Putnam, I feel that we are starting on very bright and useful future'
 Much encouragement is felt by the off, cers and members of the board of direc- tors of the organization. Mrs. T. c. Rob- bins, president; Mrs. c. A Nolan, secre- have expressed their determination to build up the work to the proper point of usefulness and to make the Birmingham club the model of the south, with the CO., operation of the interested women of the city, and the business and professional men who will profit by the work done. The new superintendent of the institu- tion is well known in this city, having filled the position of director of the Boys department of the local Young Mems