The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-16
REV, JOHN DAILY IN
 LYCEUM COURSE Speaker Makes Plea for the
 Homeless Boys GREETED BY LARGE GRO WD Speaker Referred Warmly to Early Days of Birmingham, When He
 Was Connected With St.
 PauI's Church.
GREETED BY LARGE GRO WD

The Rev. John Daly, rector of the Boys home in Milwaukee, and known through out the country for his active interest in all movements for safeguarding children ameliorating the condition of the homeless and reclaiming the outcasts of society, was the lecturer in the lyceum course at the High school last night. Twenty years ago he lived in Birmingham and was attacned to St. Pauls church. and Judge Feagln, in introducing him to the lyceum audience, referred to him as one or the pioneers of this city. He told of Father Daly's work here and said that wherever the reverend father had la bored his fife had been an inspiration for spiritual living.
 Father Daly was greeted by a large and representative audience. Ministers Of va rious denominations and a number of Catholic priests were present, and not few men and women who, like Judge Feagin, knew and esteemed the speaker in the years long gone, were eager lis- teners on this occasion.
 Father Daly has five or six lectures for the lyceum platform, but he did not an- nounce a theme last night His discourse, however, was on the homeless child. He spoke for an hour and three-quarters and out of the abundance of his experience in humanity's cause, and especially In be- half of boys, he made practical obserVa- tions and stirring and eloquent appeals for the purpose of arousing the interest of the public in the work of child saving; and the audience, by its frequent ap- plause, gave evidence of its hearty sym pathy with the speaker and it's apprecia- ton of his informing discussion.
 Father Daly has a rich voice and manner at once unconventional and captl- vating. He quotes freely from the Bible and recites poetry-Poe, Hood, Tennyson and Shakespeare-with singular grace and beauty. Nothing could have been more finely done than his recital of One More Unfortunate" Father Daly gave out flashes of eloquence and keen Wit ana few platform orators have so large stock of humorous stories or racy anec- dote as Father Daly. The speaker proved himself capital mimic, too, and he re- vealed a certain waggery that was ire sistible. He made many playful allusions to the old days in Birmingham and spoke tenderly of the late Mary Cahalan, the late Dr. w. E. Be- Davis and the late Fla their O'Reilly; while his remarks about citizens still living and prominent-Judge Feagin, Dr. Phillips and others-Were felicitous and well received. He praised the schools and the humane institutions of Birmingham, and his friendly refer ence to Protestants and Catholics alike was taken as an evidence of his broad and liberal spirit.
 He said his heart exulted in the fact that the right minded people of this land were taking a lively, intelligent interest in the homeless child. With emphasis he reminded his hearers that the child, be it good or bad was here and had to be counted. 1T described many scenes taken from the dark side of life, some of them tragic, and condemned in strong and burning words the men who refused to