The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-25

Explained By star. Cspe. Blanche Csx.
Of the sslvasisa Army.
The Monday evening ssrvics by Stan
Capt. Blanche Cox, Of the Sal. alton
Army. took place at she First Presbyterian
church and attracted an audience syhich
filled the church to the doors. The; char.
acteristic services Of the army took lp the
hrst part Of the evening. Capt. Coz made
short prelude descriptive Of eertlin ex.
periences. In this city, she sait, her
brethren had been Imprisoned for heating
the Salvation Army:drum. "Nov &s like
the drum" said Capt. Cox; cit 81 the
church bell for our communion. They
Imprisoned our brethfen, and vheH they
let them out, kept The drumstick n jaii.
When came to the place extemp,rised
drumstick ont OF . potato msshkr and
beat the drum myself and got into fail for
my pains. Bat - the Jail was smaSl, and
there was no place ior . woman, thty had
70 Jet me 90. You Nee it 10 an advkntags
o times to have jSil too small"
She also told anosher episode hot, out
side certain club. . party Of meA were
annoyed BY Salvation Army drusa and
moved that the drummers b aeked to
move on. One Of the club men stopped
and told . story Of how he lost hih only
daughter. He was then policeman. One
night he was called in TO Salvation Army
barracks and there sound . woman s,e had
himself arrested o few nights befAre for
drunkenness. Al she lay there dying he
recognized his Los. daughter, ans ever
since then he had lad . different feeling
toward the Salvatica Army drum.
In their behavior toward the fallAn, she
said the order Of procedure of thk army
was first soap. then soup, then religion.
In places like Chicago, Buffalo ana New
York the slum sisters had washed
the babies, scrubbed floors, &alked
around among the very low.
est. carrying 6sst cleanliness and
comfort and then talking religion. an one
case she had seen: . dirty baby wtashed,
and his contemptaous looking mother
frightened up . Little when the trocess
was done and said:; "Why. didn't know
Jimmy was 30 pretty" In anothdr case
tho speaker visited . tenement IN the
worst parts of Nav York. Ole If the
tenants proved particularly obdursYe and
wouldn't let them in. They 6nr;ly -
cured admission TO her room. h&wever,
and made inquiry - to whether shy ono
had ever visited her before. "Yek " said
she. - woman came here all dre3sed up
and asked il had ever been confirmed or
been baptised or wsnt to church. Il said
no, and she left tract and told mo i would
go to hell if I didn't change, and:I just
told her she could so there. too"
I'VE continued to talk to here" said
Capt Cox, land finally, a. We LEFT, she
called after rs AID said: Say. fe can
come again whenever 70 like"
Miss Cox then gave . description Of the
work In San Francisco, the ''liieboat''
where Thousands we're sheltered aid res
cued. She concluded by an appeal for
money for the stun and shelter york OF
the army, and service in the nature of Q
revival.
Through the kindness of the ofnsers Of
the congregation, the army will a,e en-.
abled to meet in She First Presbyterian
church this evening instead of in tho bar
racks at 315 Jackson street, as announced
yesterday. The services will begin at 8
o'clock, and will 20 the last tha. Capt.
Cox will hold in this city. She plans to
appear on Wednesday. Thursday and FRI
day in Port Townsend and on Sunday and
Monday in Whatccn.