The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-08
The Free Lodging House Idea

trial judges.
 The Free Lodging House Idea "Concerning that free lodging house idea" said citizen yesterday, who is well known to be interested in philan- thropy, Birmingham is to be congrat- | ulated that she has such men as MT. Lazarus, with great and tender hearts, and this this challenge awakens responses like those from MT. Badham and others But there's another side to most things, and there's another side to this. I should shrink from a syllable that would dis courage human care for suffering He who can contemplate with indifference the man without dime, drifting through the cold night without a bed to sleep on or shelter from the wind, is worse off than the tramp, for he has a homeless soul. By all means let us protect the the un- protected and shelter the homeless and give cur love free course that it may run and be glorifed' <
 "But it must nat be supposed that a l shelter free for all would be an easy hotel to run. In a week it would be infested with verInin and in a month would be intolerably vile. MT. Lazarus furnishings would be sight to make his heart sick.
 "1'hen again, as Secretary McGrath recently stated, free lodging house would quickly make Birmingham the | Mecca of the winter tramp It would promptly need enlargement and the bet ter it's equipment the more the tide Of bcr1a1aSc onac N.-o,,ld aou, I,ifJ ar
 Hence, l do not wonder that MT. Kaul asks for time to investigate. Few peo- pie realize what vast numbers of the tramping fraternity have at this time of the year turned their faces southward and | towards the Pacific coast. They as rule do not want work Some have families, and their method is to secure transpor- tation from the public on account of l sickness or pretending to seek employ ment in some other city. Already this year several cases of this sort have ob- tainel local noteriety. But whether sin gle or married, travelling alone or in com pany. the fraudulent, lazy tramp is the essence of the problem and makes. sup pose, fully 90 per cent of the cases contemplated with just pity by the benev- clent heart Through them the more genuinely unfortunate get neglected
 | Hence, trust that when MT. Lazarus gets his bedding and his house in order, | he will insist on further equipment The 1 first essential is a woodward, or other place of employment and stern refusal to give a cup of coffee without the equiv | alent in honest work, except, of course, in case of sickness. And the next neces- sity is thorough-going disinfection and bathing equipment, administered by re- lentless authority. A third essential to I real success and satisfaction would be an employment bureau, whereby the man who wants permanent work would obtain 1t. Does Birmingham bid for the others?" One Of Alabama's Greatest Men
 "Mr. DeBardelebens death is a sad loss to the Birmingham district said ex-Mayor w. M. Drennen. "The deceased will go down into histoH as one of the greatest men Alabama has produced.
 'If we had 25 men in this state of the energy, capacity and enthusiasm of MT. DeBardeleben Alabama's population would soon reach 2,50O,O0O. MT DeBarde- leben accomplished wonders in develop ing our mineral resources. Just imagine l what 25 citizens of his type could do in building up the state, adding rapidly to her wealth and attracting population"
 Candy Man Discusses Business
 F. P. Muiphy, general southern repre- sentative of a well-known candy house of St. Louis, was in Birmingham yester- day. He visited several friends here and was the guest of his brother, Robert E. Murphy, the well-known advertising man.
 Business conditions are fine now" said MT. Murphy. "The trade has opened up very brisk for the holidays and we feel very much encouraged over the outlook. For the holidays we have placed orders that will surpass those given in any re- cent years. It is only recently that our company has been coming down south, but we have received a cordial welcome, and have been literally patronized. On this account we believe that the spirit of trading in St. Louis and Chicago, which we desire very much, will grow as the years pass. The New York houses have been securing the best part of the south ern trade for number of years We | EOpe to show the south hoWyam much better