The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-10
One Woman Who Wears Ply
laCterieS on Her
Breast.
AN Elk. sALvATIONIsT JAP.
The Youth Who Advocated Heresy
and Was Asked to Leave the
Y. M. G. A.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO UALL,l
9OS Broadway. Sent. 9. {

Admission day was duly celebrated to-
night by the army of cranks that nightly
assemble in front of the City Hall. The
shortly become law and then all the
lovers of the sound of their own voices
must move outside the fire limits. which
means the marsh on one side and Lake
Merritt on the other.
Among the latest additions to the ora
tors is an aged, white-haired old lady, who
made her debut tonight. She carries a
placard foot square hung over her breast.
1t bears the inscription Prepare to Meet
Thy God" She has never been seen on
the street without this warning and
breaches all day, except the few hours
spent in attending to her household duties
or in sleeping. She is Mrs. Warren and
lives in a bay-windowed suite of rooms
directly over the Oakland Postoffice on
Telegraph avenue.
These windows are filled with cards
upon which are printed scriptural texts
for the benefit of the public who are sup
posed to read them, though in the second
story of building so far from the street
that it would require an opera glass to
do it.
The rugs at her doors are of home manu-
facture, made of scraps of dark goods,
while upon them in bold prominence
worked in scarlet are the words again !:
Prepare to meet thy God" and my all
for Jesus" Even the white glass globes
of her lamps bear messages in black letters
of print Come to Jesus" and "Jesus
Saves"
She is one of Oakland's most eccentric
characters, and claims that God has given
her the mission to warn sinners of their
condition. and she does it faithfully, car
ing not whom she offends. Until recently
she resided in public building on Clay
street, where a great many lodges and So
cial clubs meet.
The old lady was distressed at the world
illness of the crowds who congregated, and
several times stationed herselfin the lower
halls distributing tracts TO the young folks
on the 'sinfulness of dancing" until they
were annoyed, and the owner OF the prop
erty was exceedingly veXed. A short time
ago she saw that her warnings were I'M
needed, and moved, leaving 1.-The devil's
children" as she named them, to their
fate.
When the ordinance prohibiting street
meetings was enforced Mrs. Warren was
one of the first street preachers to be ar
rested, and since has worked in a different
way.
w IlcA she Was lOICcu W hSSp QulcL ollC
hit upon the plan of this big white plac-
ard, which she carries like shield and
which everybody reads out of curiosity.
She attracts considerable attention wher-
ever she goes, but does not mind the SCOTS
or jeers of what she considers the "lost
world that she is trying to do her part in
saving from perdition.
Another City Hall orator is a Japanese
boy who was once a member of the Saliva
ton rmy but seeded because he thou hi
every officer should be able to exercise as
much power as is attributed in the Scrip
lures to Jesus Christ. Because he could
not do this he became disguised with his
position, and now lectures on Japan in
bad English.
Another young orator is the member of
the Y. NJ. G. A. who was requested to
Withdraw from membership on account of
expressing heretical opinions. The negroes
who perform foot-washing, and ]. Ii.
Zones, who seeded from the First Meth
odist Church. about complete the list.