The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-03
MEET AN ANGEL UNAWARES.
Twenty Types OfThsm Walk the BOHery
MinisterinS to the Ills Of Mankind.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CLUBS.
"ammoniar and Horse Blanket angei'
other Kinds Are Tenement h""-
cheon," "white Wings ana
elev-A Peculiar Fad that HAS
Grown to Bo Useful.

Grown 10 do s
One Of Mrs. Ballington Booths ,ne
unteers" stood IN the Doorway W,,hin
,.aInnteer co,ps on the Bowery. Nl'nili
sat Mrs. Booth, sweet-iaceu' SUI
by her Inevitable pile OF let.S.S. r,,v gray
yrbe little volunteer wore the aiuiy hor
., he new organization. and upon ne
Head was the becoming llttie Ill
shape Al her side hung oas WI WI
filed with round bundles. over ne - 81, ar
der was strung a knapsacs, ana sHe gu
re sf am going to carry first aid to the
injured said she. II am not an an,
gel but help. There are twenty |mS along
OF angfels in New torh,
81 don't blame YOU for not wah,ihs
,-ccns" said She, seeing the neg d.ir,U
shake because there's misery enot t6a
that you've got to see. Bns io'e''
misery in the 10y afterwaru,
TENEMENT ANGEL. ,,,,a
last week had a call. IL was 70 oo" -,
% a Tenement within d stones thIow ~
the barracks. 1t WASH case III
and children, but that or snA, as 7
~ trimmed around there as Iast a.
could knew the floor, ana hau 'i'
room pretty we'll IN my nip nraad She
woman who came here FOR pIedu, 80, 80
told me there was az git /,
but could not come after IL. .Ao-o MAS
..I knocked on the door, but there We" in
no answer, % | owl 4 soS Sna ~ girl no
older than myself. ana ever 50 A room but
Tier There was bed IN the rooln' ~
tbe Girl had lain upon the floor TO set Sooi
and mad fainted away there. IT. Wa s uui
5nr our hot weather. when 1Vo peoPio
died every day. The gr nad n room nor "a air
came She lighted her room with he IT,
como lamp. and by this glow worm IN
did sewing. IL wasn't the on SUI u,as
time but a new one for me. j ne 5lli " a.,
trying to support herself ana save money
- - III. nor father who was doing time
In ten days he would be OUT asaln' Gnu
nod nromised 10 do better II Ne eouiu ~
"A suit of clothes TO look Tor worn 10
girl was earning the SUIT an pu asa ,me or
own bread and butter. .nd she-gaNe ou..
"'Tl ere happened 10 be an alSei III
III. barracks d rich woman VINO ildu
come TO offer her services 20 anu anu w
than girl an easy chair ana loot-resC
arS some pillows | said, and take them
10 her. Work over her yourseit an ho9l,
ard Won will bring her back. and may DE
save her life she did 1t. smoothing poor
Mas pillow with her own hand Tor az.
hour. and Mag got wen. lhaI "oii"i
was a tenement angel
AMMONIA ANGELS.
"Do Won know We have ammonia an
celsg You don't know what theS az.
Well. | will tell you. "A womth Starts
our on a searching day win Dig Dottie
| OF amncria and a silk handkerchief, also
some sponges. Y. hen she secs a man get
faint ard turn pale she helps MN u 4
seat somewhere. and hurfes ava. u
wet q spor ge for his nat. by the tlhiY
she comes back he IS very faih'' inervu'
| She puts the ammonia 20 ms ao7trls'
| bathes his head With the SILK hdhuk'i-
| chic, and in little while he goes OF
| feeling better. II a woman she gives her
| a little of the ammonia 20 take hoile,
for poor people do not have the money
TO buy ammonia. , ,, f,
eve nave bicycle angels, too " chirped
| tho little graycOat, looking down ny lue
| BAG. I'VE do not call them Angels III
the army. but ortsiders do. Inat pas h as
| needed among the poor, where a doctor
| asks VIII she pay?' before he goes OUT,
| Poor people get hold OF old bicycles and
| ride them. They get two ODD WhtelS anu
broken handle bar and a pen. II ia,sl
| and mako wheel IL IS their only pleas
! ire They ride and the wheel DreaAs; ai'd
| thew get hurt. 4 good bicycle angel can
all but set a bone. She can stop bleed-
| ing arteries. and she can pima no cuts,
| and nurse spiains. Nothing IS too Da0
A0' ' " RICH ANGELS.
| "OLr best angels are wealthy girls that
| come down 10 see what poverty IS IKE
| They are unaware Of the danger OF the
| dark streets OF the Bowery, and they
| go into them fearlessly. We can't stop
| them. III we suggest a bad locality they
| say they will 60 and when they come
| back they tell us where they nave been.
| Often it Is into streets where we do not
| dare to 90 ourselves. 1t Is no rse to eau
| tlCn them,
People think that spring Is the fatal
| time of year. You see so mi en- spring
| medicine advertised that you think once
| spring is past there is peace on earth
| But we don't find it so. or hard WORK
comes in the fall. One hot day IN sep
| temher prcstrates II ore people than three
| in August. There systems are so weaR
| from the long heat they can't stand any
| thing Then we have sickness IRON
| drinking bad water all summer, typhoid
| and gastric fevcrs and the poor children
get their first fall colds. September is
tnI time OF united misery for us.
The 'Tombs Angel who goes around
| engaging counsel for poor people, 20,
| know all about. but have you ever hearc
| of the street gel. She l. not I'm ths
| employ OF the City Department. but she
| ought To be. This woman Is frienc
! OF the street-cieaner. Her mission Is L
help him. No said the little volunteer
noting the quiz In my eye. she does no
| supply him with new broom, nor sen'
her hired men 10 assist him. nor does she
| pick up dirty papers. She goes further [,
the root OF ttir IS than that
"As you doubtless know. the street
| cleaners OF most cities have to dress II
uniform. In New York IL is snowy Whit
| duck that they must wear. and IL mus
| look Clttn ivory ustIuluS- Inc poo
fellows ere dubbed White Wings Now
when the street-oleaning angel sees
man I'm a soiled slit she questions him
Has he got a wife? Is she sick? Has h.
| "A good hcme2 are there too many in tn
family for Il street-cleaners dollar an,
| a fraction n day? What is the matter?
WHITE WINGS ANGEL.
1.-THE man Is very grateful. and tell
the angel where he lives She, dear
worthy woman, visits the wife. MIN
times out OF ten she takes in washing an,
IS too poor and too hardworlked 10 iaua
der that white duck suit iaily. The an
gel buys soap powders and "a yrinser ant
extra tubs. and when she goes ava.
there IN a rainbow OF cleanliness In thu
Woman's soul. Notice the street -cleansrs
that seem TO you like automatons as yol
pass by. and see the look OF patient sur
fering Upon the faces OF so many
There is a horse angel always oil
the alert In this city. This woman goe
around picking up horses. Wherever sh
sees a horse upon the ground she goe