New-York tribune., 1896-05-09
IN AID OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
MRS BALLINGTON BOOTH TALKS TO
NEWARK WOMEN.
THRoNG OF SOCIETY LEADERS LISTEN TO HER
ELOQUENT ADDREss-FoRMATIoN OF

THRoNG OF SOCIETY LEADERS LISTEN TO HER
ELOQUENT ADDREss-FoRMAT1oN OF
BRANCH OF THE DEFENDERS LEAGUE.
Mrs. Ballington Booth with her eloquent words
and magnetic presence. made many friends among
Newark's most prominent women Yesterday af.er-
Her address, upon the aims ana methoos
OF the Volunteers" given at a meeting
held at the home OF Mrs. Washington Il. Williams
No. 800 Mount Prospective. from until O'CLOCK
go anxious were the women invited TO near the
famous Army worker tell her story, that the house
was crowded at the hour for opening the meeting
People who could not possibly get into the pariors
sat on the stairs stood in the hail. and even on the
piazza-wherever they could get within sound OF the
speakers voice.
Mrs. Booth began by recounting br,ehy' 1or the
benefit Of those OF her audience who, perhaps, nad
not heard q correct statement. the reasons for the
recent division In the Army She said that the
workers In America soon found that they couid
not. owing TO the different conditions here coi'-
duct their work exactly the same lines as III
England This caused the first trouble ana Drought
remonstrances from the headquarters across the
water. Nevertheless the American members sa"
that the only thing to do was to adapt their means
and methods to America. exigencies Ihe maj
separation was the result Mrs Booth added tha'
she had never Influenced any member OF the oa'-
walton Army to join her side. The Voiuntee"' sne
sald were not aggressive. and the country oush'
enough
tons.
The pictures which Mrs Booth drew OF the utter
wretchedness OF the city Sums where the Nouh-
teers expend their greatest efforts, were strhiis'
The sums Of America were worse, she said' tlai
those Of any other country. chiefly because my
were composed Of the lowest of-scourngs OF loresh
lands The Salvation lassies who were trying u
helm these people did not stop at praying ana sing
ing They went into the most repulsive places ana
worked until these were transformed into some
thing like decent homes Many a time hao she n.'
self gone down on her knees TO scruD where 'io
wretched tenants were too ignorant or heipeSs ~
do :, Themselves. The work in the saloons was de-
scrjbed. and from that Mrs Booth passed OH "
her ,abors In the prisons. Here she sad' per
hans moro than In any other line, her sympathes
were enlisted .
"I have seen so much misery" said Mrs. Booth
that I seldom cry now. no matter now patneiic
case may be- But when entered the prison cnapei
at al Quentin on the Pacific coast and looked over
,hat assembly Of men whom / was TO address,
confess that broke down. thought that II nau
been placed In the same circumstances uhoer "hic"
these men had been reared. might have been De-
hind the bars In their stead and couid not 'ei'
them that they were depraved and abandoned Great
ures 90 I talked 70 them OF the love or Goa ana
the forgiveness and compassion OF Christ. After
had finished most OF the men came up 40 % u" Thnv
had been afraid when they saw me- that was going
10 tell them about the Prodiga Son. ana tnsy Haa
was curious to See when the recent DIVISION cane
how these farofr Saivationists would stand. WltnIn
a week received many letters saying that all were
ready to stand by me- ,,, - ,.o,s,or
Mrs Booth announced that. according TO a cecision
Of the Supreme Court yesterday morning. the oIu
Prcsby,erian Church In Newark, about the occu
pancy OF which there had been dispute pe'wecn
The Saliva tionists and the Volunteers. had peeh
granted to the latter. ,,, -. o,a f.,
II have been asked to speak to-day, she salu ~, III
concl,sIon .'for the Defenders League. A Defender
&C. a trlsnd who is in sympathy with the Volunteers
v ork and who gives s. year TO help IL aions me
Ac,iv T1afe tcrx NJ "A
promise TO work continually for the cause IN ,nelr
own churches Those who Jon$he League neeu Ii nUi
he afraid that they will be madf conspcuous OF VIII
be urged to do more than they care TO- we doh IN
tend to make Defenders into Volunteers; we appIe
ciate the tremendous amount OF sood they can 10 III
their own way. .. 4. ,,a,o,,.
Dcrenders go we'll was this appeal responded TO.
that she and her secretary, Lieutenant Hughes were
kept busy for fifteen twenty minutes AFTER tne
meeting in taking the names of those VINO Wlsheu 10
join Nearly all the women waited paiiently aiteI-
ward for q chance to speak 10 MID. Booth ana thahN
her for her address. . ., , 1.
Among the well-known Newark people present
| were Mrs Edward Pennington, Miss H. bennington
| Mrs Franklin Murphy. Mrs L. ). Osborne, Mrs'
George AShrnan, the Misses Kinney Mrs a. White
Wrs John f. DIX Mira Henry J. Winser. Mrs. f.; ID.
| c. smith, Mrs. William Hasey. Mrs; j. l. Douglas,
Mrs. J. s. II. Clark Mrs. Thomas 9. BroWn; o., MIS-;
Henry II. Brigham. the Misses Mctarter, WiIiiani
bennington, Mrs ID. s Mackay, tho Rev. George
Downing Sparks Miss Van Ness, Miss Depue. Mrs.
Nelson Wright the Misses Wright. Mrs. William
| Hardenbergh and Mrs. G. c. Hne.