Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-20
SHE RIDES on THE ENGINE.
Mrs. HallingtOn booth, the Saliva
Zionist, Thus Takes n Trip.
(New York Tribune.)

(NeW York Tribune.)
A small woman, dressed quietly in
black, boarded the Southwestern Limited
at the Grand Central Station and took
seat in the parlor-car She was accom-
panied By another woman. even more
quietly dressed. The car was full. but
nobody recognized in the little woman
Mrs. Balllngton Booth. the great saliva
tion-Army leader. Mrs. Booth expects TO
go clear through to San Francisco In the
course Of her work. There was no display
incident upon her departure by the Saliva
ton army. and only few friends came 10
see her off.
Mrs Booth Is a woman Of original ideas.
( and she startled the officials OF the New
York Central during the week by asking
permission to ride. at least part OF the
way, to Buffalo. on the engine. II was
granted. and when she got on the train
she had a pass In her pocket-book which
entitled her 10 board the engine at any
stopping-place and ride on IL. as far as
she wished. She said, in speaking OK this
within to ride on the engine:
81 know that some women have ridden
upon engines to report their experiences
In a newspaper. Others have done IL for
notoriety but | have more distant mo-
tive. Why does the Salvation Army go
down into the slums and into every con-
ceivable place? II is because We want TO
get experience to meet and fight the foe
upon his own ground. 1t is our desire
to learn what men suffer, that we may
sympathize with them: what they enjoy.
that we may rejoice with them what their
labor If. that we may be with them in
their work. The life OF an engineer is a
fascinating one II is free and untram-
melled. think that in riding with an en-
gineer, upon an engine going IT'S regular
run. | will see much and hear much that
will be OF benefit TO me in my work. j VIII
see the technical side OF rairoad-man's
lie. That Is the reason that / want &c
ride upon an engine.
y representative OF the New YORK
Central railroad rode a part OF the way
with Mrs. Booth. she asked him about
the best part OF the road that the engine
would 20 over, and he advised her TO get
On the engine at Poughkeepsie and ride
Ia Syracuse She said that she thought
she would do this. When some one
suggested that riding on an engine
smacked somewhat OF the new woman.
Mrs. Booth replied:
81 don't know about that. 1 am. how
ever. despite reports TO the contrary, the
champion of the new woman. l mean
by that the advanced, the educated. the
cultivated, ana progressive "OJndh' NHat
! object 10 Is that the type OF new wo-
man is built upon the lines or the cha
racters In modern novels. where women
are depicted and cartooned as mannish.
Sometimes they are met in actual life.
That is rot the real woman"
Mrs. Booth has beautiful home in
Mortelair. y. j., and two interesting chill
dren. When asked II she did not hate
TO leave them at home, she said:
Il shall miss them. but they under
stand why ] leave them. leave them
with the same trustfulness displayed by
the mother OF Samuel long ago. go TO
San Francisco direct. and returning Will
stop at all the principal cities 10 meet
and get acquainted with the officers of
the army. l feel confident that my
children will be cared for. and when my
work calls me elsewhere have to make
sacrifices