The morning call., 1894-12-17

as the building had never held before.
And then the greeting was repeated. It
was the welcome of his people to their
leader He had come a third the way
round the world to meet and review the
legions in the west that having never seen
him had vet enlisted under his banner and
responded to his orders for years. And
now. for the first time they stood face to
face.
a man considerab bly, above six feet in
height, with broad shoulders and strong
chest. straight as an Indian, clean limbed,
his head well set, nose like that of Glad
stone, gray eyes that are not as large nor
as melting as they are alert and intelli-
gent; the full, long gray beard of the
patriarch, Int the 1.-THE quick action of a
man in his prime full head. also of gray
hair, heavy wave of which was brushed
back from the forehead. 1t was the face
and figure not so much of pleadeT as of
a commander, the commander Of the Sal
walton Army, face that had long ago been
convinced and was now convincing.
An old man and then 2 woman had
tainted in the crush at the door and some
how or other they had gotten them out to
the air. 1t was then that the banners. pre-
pared in anticipation. upon which were
printed in large letters: 1.-The doors are
closed the General is speaking" were un-
covered outside.
There NAV bp long sileuces In the SER
vices of the Salvation Army it seems, for
once be had begun To speak, the great
hall, packed with humanity, as it was,
flor and gallery alike, was absol uteiy
hushed. He was telling, IN quiet, nerv Gus
but uuimpasSloned speech. much as a man
viii talk of an important business matter,
about the social work of the army. Hav-
ing much to say in short time, his hur-
fol nf ha iuhf ID
times, compelling him to hesita and 90
back over it again until the word was fitted
to its place.
He was standing erect and motionless
behind the hag-draped railing, only the
fingers of his hands twitching nervously
as they clasped and unclasped behind him.
His long black coat was open, aud the
blazing red vest cut TO fit neatly, seemed
properly becoming.
He had referred to their work and dis
coveries away down along the lower levels
of the human strata in London as "our
mining operations" and what they deyel-
oDed.
II will give you some instances and you
will say that there are instances, unusual
instances, of life in the slums," he SAID,
''but we who work there know better
They are not even peculiar TO London.
saw them in the cities of South Africa, in
Australia, as we'll as 10 the older cities of
Europe, and again l find the roots Of them
in the cities of this new world.
"Two of nv officers are climbing q pair
of dirty and rickety stairs. Follow them
TO a room that has for its punishment a
soapbox and few rags In the corner, upon
which a woman. covered with morse
blanket. laws suffering from beating her
husband gave her last night, the outward
evidences of which are two black eyes. A
baby PLAYS upon the floor. These two
young women who have entered, who look
so much like loving angels under their
broad bOnDets care for the chllu ana sootne
ana help the woman.
"The second scene. It is on the busy
thorOughfare just in front OF the Bank OF
England. There is the same unhappy
woman. She - alone now and has llt'le
basket of matches which she pleads with
the hurfying throDg to purchase oil her or
her babe al home will die. Wbile she IS
standing there in the wet and cold the nour
of travail comes and she is hurried away
in wagon TO the hospital. and before she
arrives there child is born.
Scene three: Same place and same
woman and her babe, which lies upon
shawl near the iron railing while she
pleads as before for sale of her matches.
A policeman looks over her shoulder and
says: There Is something the matter
with YOUR baby. madam" In alarm she
lifts it up. II is dead.
''Sceue four: The Stun again; the squalid
room up the uncertain stairs; those angels
in poke bonnets are there; the woman has
been sent TO the Woman's Rescue and the