The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-02
SALVATION ARMY SEWING BAND
Many Prominent Church Ladies As
sist i'm the Work.

MANY Prominent Church Ladies As
sist in the Work.
A number of ladies gathered together yes
terday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Soper,
No. 261 Grove street, to sew for the poor OF
Jersey City, New York and Brooklyn. They
form the Salvation Army sewing battalion
of Jersey City, but this does not imply that
they are all members of the Army, for as a
matter of fact, only two or three OF them
are. These ladies are members of various
churches about the city who believe in the
work the Salvation Army is doing among
the poor and are willing to devote a few
hours a week to helping it in its great slum
crusade. There are similar battalions in
New York and Brooklyn and they are all
under the charge of Mrs. Staff Cap
started the Jersey City battalion a
week ago last Tuesday. There was
present at the first meeting only six ladies,
This meeting was devoted to the election OF
officers and the laying of plans for future
work. The officers elected were as follows:-
Mrs. Soper, President; Miss Susie Macom-
| Der, Secretary; Miss Soper, Treasurer; Miss
Miss Olmsted, Cutter. 1t was decided to
hold the meetings every Thursday evening
| at Mrs. Soper's home and work from one to
four o'clock. The object of these bait
is to make garments of all kinds, bed clothes,
and all kinds of the necessities OF life. They
| are also to be places for the reception OF
| donations of shoes, ready made garments,
material for making clothing or any article
| which can be converted to, or is ready, for
for the alienation of the sufferings of the
poor. These articles are sent to the head
quarters of the Salvation Army slum
| work and from there are sent where
they are most needed, be it in
Jersey City, New York or some other city.
The Salvation Army cares for the deserving
poor cases that come under its notice, and
these battalions, together with the contribu-
tions of clothing and money by the ladies of
| the Auxiliary League, which numbers many
ministers and their wives among it, enable
it to carry on this branch of their work.
The six ladies who were present at the first
meeting canvassed the cause among their
friends and solicited their help. The result
was that in the week the following donations
were received:-C. p. Freund, six yards of
lawn, eight and one-half yards of sateen and
| seven yards of cambria; Miss Huff, under
wear. The New York Battalion sent ma
| terial to be made into two dresses. Mrs.
Marshall addressed a meeting of railroad
men in Hoboken or Saturday night. She
| told them of the work, and raised $2.7 for
it. Besides this, the ladies found a number
| of their friends who are willing to assist
in the work, so at the meeting yesterday
there were about fifteen charitably disposed
women who piled their needles for the bene-
fit Of the needy, ana 10 sucn Sood advantage
| that they completed half a dozen sheets.
The material for the sheets, thirty yards of
unbleached linen. was bought out of the
money received from the railroad men. 1t
only cost about $3.50. A contribution was
taken among the ladies and this, with all
other monies received, will be devoted to the
purchasing of materials. The ladies present
yesterday were:-Mrs. Staff Captain Mar
shall, Mrs. Staff Captain Bell, Mrs, Kirk,
| Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Cloud, Miss Huff. Miss
| Cloud. Miss Way, Miss Cowen, Mrs. Tomp-
KRIS and the officers OF the battalion.
The next meeting will be held next week
Thursday, and the ladies will be glad to
welcome any lady whether a member of the
Army or of one of the churches, or neither,
who IS willing to spend three hours in sew
ing for the poor. They will also be very
grateful for any contributions either of
money, material or ready-made garments.
They will be received and acknowledged by
the president of the battalion, Mrs. Soper, OF
No. 261 York street.