New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-01

o;de nroperly upon so important step ineIV
0'uo no s,otes djsregarded his appeal
Thcv held that the service of Jesus was p"'"
,oornt m nil family ties; bis daughter was on''
n,,. 81 MANY bovs and girls whom they nau III
duced to leave their homes con.fa,y 80 .,h
wishes of their friends MT. on"'ies"o
temnorized; tried to interest his daI,sn'o' :"
other Christian work took her 10 rai'' "n
endeayored to induce her to take part III q"'o'
work for the poor. 70.
RET all 70 no purpose. She must take her re-
,,on hot and higIi.navored or not at all ono
Ieft him Iamentipg like Lord Ullin on the DAM
of decorous responsibility (or. as some wo"iu
saw. Christian sobriety), and she pluhscu NV
tbe full tide of excitement. She donheu 'ho
uniform and went with Miss Booth to Geneva
whore The tn, Young apostles were SUMMARY
broncbt heforu the courts on charge ol us
orderly conduct. Miss Charlesworth pore ner'
self "a n heroine should. She gave the magiS-
trates the lie. talked of their "cross and I'M
saved faces: kneeled down and "prayeu
aloud and felt the better tor 1t -; anu WIG"
worsted in the fight and ordered with her coii-
panon to quit the Canton, she wrote nome
glowing account to England OF her suiletiheS'
II is amusing to observe the effect OF this ap-
neal ON the English press. Nothing could pe
more ropulsve to English traditions than 'ne
whole conduct and adventure of the young
woman the most emancipated Americas siii
that ever outraged British proprlety 1eii shoI'
of this. But the courage and grit Win WHICH
she faced the Genevese authorities touched the
English pride and love of fair play. In one
leading journal she is described as Lamo
among Wolves" even The TSmes just hints
n f,mlt and hesitates dislike of her course,
while the inferior papers, which denounce the
Salvation Army. hail this pretty, we'll born girl
"a a sangune and tender SOUL" Chrlstiah
martyr
Americans are used to all kinds of social
and religious eccentricties, and tolerate them
with large good-nature. The Salvatioh
Army may have good work to do; 1t Is organ
lied and directed with much executive skill
and acuteness. by men whose motives nave
not vet been impugned in England, where they
have been longest known. We have nothing to
say Just now of the Army or its woi But we
do say emphatically that young delicate glrls
and children can always find work Ter their
Saviour, if they are minded to do 1t, III their
own homes, by which they will serve Him anu
win others to purer lives and better thoughts
much more effectively than by wearing
uniform and marching through the streets
shouting hymns.
Proposals through private sources have re-
Gently been made by some of the leading DILL
cials of this Army in England that the adven-
turesses and unquiet, clever, vagabOndish
women (wbo are supposed, to abound in Amer
lean cities) should be induced TO- 90 to Lon
don. there to have "work" assigned them.
Fifteen ycar-old girls sach as this Miss Charles
worth, with pure soIls and nflamed magma
tons, can hardly work to much advantage
on sthe streets, in gn-shops and haunts OF
vice, side 10y side with these women. At
least we should recommend a few years strict
devotion to schco-books to the homely pre-
cepts Of old fashioned parents, to the lnilu-
ences of home and quiet church, before they
choose to enter upon such career for the
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