New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-16
THEIR MAY CONGRESS-.
AT THE SALVATION ARMY
MEETINGS.

CONVERTS TELL THEIR STORIES EXCITEMENT
At CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL IN THE EVEN
ING-APPLAUsE FOR TIE TROPHIES"
The May congress Of Salvation Army workers
began at noon yesterday. the first days work Old
no; end until almost midnight. The congress con-
,inues all day to-day and tomorrow morning
By far the most interesting exercise was the
gigantic trophy meeting" held in The evening at
the Carnegie Music Hail. There were abou; 400
workers in uniform the stage with their ban
rers flags and tam5ournes. At one side sat a
brass band Of sixty-fiye pieces: the conductor was
Ensign Trumble. The audience filed every seat In
the orchestra the two tiers Of boxes and one OF
the great galleries.
When Mrs. Darlington Booth came upon the plat
form with her husband Commando Bal.ngton
Booth there was a scene which has probably
never before been witnessed In the Music Han.
The workers and the audience cheered AZ the top
Of their voices the brass band played hercely and
every tambourne in the hall was thumped with
energy. while the handkerchiefs waving seemed
like a snOwstOrm.
Ballington Booths speech told OF the ADVANCE
ment of the army's work.
The trophies OF war" or. in other words, the
converts. were then introduced. The first was an
old coorcd man named Solomon. who sang a
song entitled "Once | was blind ana could nos
See" and at tho close he danced plantation
'Dle0FdOWD TO the intense GelSnt OF tHt "o'h''S
and the amusement Of the audience.
James Shaw. better known" said the Com
mander. "as Shorty a drunkard and a converted
thief" was then introduced. shorty" took the
audience into his confidence and he sad mat WAen
he did work. which by the way, was seldom lie
would "hy the coop ana go on a buster Il OF en-
tried" he said. ter git pins, but every time
de cops would pinch me. Wen der police saw
me agoin' wild de army dey would give me- der
nudge and say. You're fixed. Shorty Dcy meant
dat I'd grab a fat collecshun. sure, but dey wuz
dead wrong
Lieutenant Vincent. n converted Spaniard. then
came on the stage in Spanish costume and carry
ING a guitar He gave way to Sergeant Major
Bailey. n one-legged colored man, who said that
there sunlight in his soul ,.. ,...
The star card OF the evening. however. Wa
Nat!na an Italian whose perfect fTanknes' won me
confidence Of the audience rishi away. i wuH paI1
a yer bada temper. once talka T. man an kno ka
njght; door IS a .ockei become yer lnpass.oned;
breaka door ina two; waka in. When get went -
one years / wanta gcttd marry; be hoCla. 81
girl but l no iowa her ! marry her iinka love
mont / triei TO Iowa h,r. but couldn't ! ran
way and worked in a iallor-shop goa to I,lly.
one day Dc boss say lady VII baby Ask you. <
say your baby goa back here wd her. buy run
always run way Poor woman. she wuza tired" IL
then told in detail how he had run away from rs
wife twelve times "One TINA ] say % nfr. we -,
IN" c6nver laughed as he though OF hi wes Dis
comfturc. "Bu; Iowa my wife now When d. Sal,
walton Army come my boys 81. my VIE; TOO. !
kcka DE- boy but hlmcby 20 meself. I'm christian
nov Ven we pray | pray 10 Iowa my Wiz In
twenty-five years I no ks my vile twenty-five
times ] kiss her lis year every day.
TAe applause when thc convert had eni was ter
rife. -.,
Major Cox lel grca; preliminary pay r-Ineeing
az noon in me Church OF thc S,rtnse.-. IN Mrrcr,
g. near .hth-st. AMI not .ong art r"trl a t"at
acierist!c salvation Army meeting Wa hei ~ u.e
n r,c rl4ca tn r.ro-'e. staining near tl' i''F
way 4 policeman remarked. Tho people Ip t''l
wcTk DO YOU that biz chap SITTING over
th.rc o. mounting 10 % burly man. with "a fright
fnllv scared face. who sat IN back new, singing
81 the Foot Of the Cross AS II hi life Depended
on II well hr used 20 De- tough NUT I've
locked him mp for lots Of different things. NOW ne
as good as n lamb II this army keeps on u he
out OF job soon