The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-08

training. Their life here is rigldly sim
pie and plain Their dormitory is orig
inal and unique, Within great room,
perhaps thirty feet square, there has
been built a plain, square structure,
reaching half way to the ceiling, and
within four feet of the walls on all four
sides. This structure Is not rooted, and
is divided up inside into tiny little bed
rooms for the girls. From each one q
door opens outside to the corridor like
space of the large room. Near the DOR
mitory in another large room, where
the girls sew and engage In other work.
The housekeeping is all done by the
girls, and each one takes care of her
own room.
Here, in the school, the same military
discipline that is characteristic of the
army in general is practised. All arise
at half-past six o'clock. Roll call takes
place at seven o'clock and is followed
by prayer. Then the soldiers return to
their rooms for the silent 'half-hour,
prayer and study of the Bible.
ROUTINE OF THE WEEK.
Breakfast is at eight o'clock, after
which the girls take care of their
rooms. When this task is done they at
once begin preparing their lessons for
the day. Lessons commence at ten
o'clock and last until half-past twelve
or one o'clock. The pupils are instruct
ed in prayer speaking, leading meet.
ings, Bible study, etc. Dinner follows
after classes and then there is rest
until two o'clock.
On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fri
days the girls go out and sell War
Cries" the weather permitting. On
Mondays there is an all-afternoon rest
On Thursdays and Fridays there are
street meetings or commandments as
they are called, if the weather is good
and visits to the sick. AT night all take
part i'll the regular meetings which oc-
cur without every evening, The poor
and unfortunate are welcomed to this
barracks and every day from twenty to
thirty destitute men, women and chill
dren are fed at noontime. The training
school for young men on North Clark
street is conducted on about the same
lines as the girls school. 1t is in the
hands of Ensign J. c. Ludgate, who
has general charge of all the street
corner meetings held in the heart of
the city.
Young men come here from all
the surrounding states to be trained
for officiaal duty" said Mr.. Ludgate
"We now have sixteen living with u.s.
We have a regular four months train
ing course the same as they do at the
girls school OF course we have some
very apt men who sometimes finish the
course in less than that time They
are then generally assigned at first to
do work at the point from which they
came to us. They go home well pre-
pared, as we have taken them to the
outdoor meetings here in Chicago, and
given them the best practice magma
BILE. Officers are changed frequently,
and they may be sent to any part of
the country. Change is one of the
great principles of our organization,
and obedience another. So officers go
from one place to another, and they al
ways accept their assignment grace
fully
what do you accomplish by your
outdoor meetings." was asked.
Il am sure we do more good than we
ever know off, was the reply. "Just
because we do not see the visible evil
dence of conversion at every meeting
we are not discouraged. Sometimes
without knowing it at the time we
have effected much which we found
out afterward. We used to have meet
ings every Sunday morning at ten
o'clock on the corner Of Clark and
Adams streets. There was man liv-
ing up on the second floor, The noise
we made with our talks and songs
aroused him from his sleep, for he was
one of the men who stay up most of
the night and sleep half the next day.
Tt made him terribly angry to be so
disturbed. But he couldn't help hear
ing what was said he was so near FL
nally he listened with some curiosity to
hear the remarks of the soldiers. One
Sunday night, after he sat down to a
game of cards with some companions
he threw down the cards and told his
comrades he had to go away. They
looked up in establishment. He told
them that he had an engagement. He
came over here to our meeting as fast
as he could come and + had the pleas
ure of witnessing his conversion. So
in our meetings on the corners, even if
we do not convert some one just then,
we feel sure that We have started good
work in some heart and before long
there will be evidence of its bearing
fruit
THE SLUM WORK.
One of the great movements of the
army is in the slums. The corps en-
gagged in this work are distinct from
the field corps. They properly con-
sist of two parts, slum and rescue