The morning times., 1896-11-16
Mrs. Booth-Tucker Addresses
Three Big Audiences.
ALL sECTs WERE THERE
Salvation Army Consul Defines
and Defends the Work of
the Organization.

Consul Mrs. Booth Tucker has visited
Washington and very large proportion OF
It's population has seen anu nearu the fore
most women In the work of evangelizing
tiial onnipresent part or tile woriu wneie
the poor and outcastiive.
The public was keenly disappointed in
July last when an accident to Mrs. Booth
Tucker in New York prevented her visit
ing this city with Commander Tucker.
There was compensation in the waiting
until this time.
The large assemblage at Foundry NJ E.
Church in the morning ana at night, and
at Calvary Baptist Church in the afternoon
proved that her coming was awaited with
continuing and increasing interest and
enthusiasm.
There is picturesque charm about all
OF the Booth family. This had the effect
OF Introducing into it, as a member, Com
mander Tucker, the husband of the consul
now here, and he, too, has striking per.
sonaliLy. He is tail, and slim with light
blue far away looking eyes.
He impresses himself ON one as think
ing rather than talking philosopher, IL
dreamer who is enthusiastic on the sub
ject OF his dreams. His style is oriental
| He trusts to persuasion rather than to
oratorical. emotional flights. There is
not a strong line in his face, not i power
full tone in his voice, yet people heard
attention and admiration.
a REMARKABLE PERSONALITY.
His distinguished wife would lie selected
out OF a hundred thousand women for
force and individuality. She has been
lowered with face OF Intellectual lines.
Her forehead is high and smooth, her face
is pale, cheek bones prominent but not
distinct y so, blue gray eyes, 4 finely shaped
nose, i'll exquisite proportion to the oval
of her face.
Her profile is superb, like the Greek con-
ventionai type, and so is the half face.
Her lips are well cut, but larger than
would be expected by one who had first
seen the splendid profile, yet they are in
perfect harmony with the strong and sym
metrical lower features of the face No
body would pass Mrs. Boo H. Tucker on the
street without looking back, no matter
how rude IL might be.
The reg . alton hat of the Salvation
Army Is becoming the seriousness and
forceful' intellectually OF the vision of
grace beneath IL. All that is concealed is
The brown hair, which is in harmony with
the pure pale face and the stecly blue
eyes.
AS soon as you see Mrs Booth Tucker you
instantly begin thinking whom of the
heroic women who live in tradition or
romance she resembles. sappho might
have had such n face, or Clelia, or II ypatia,
or Veronica, and maybe you have Just
seen the original of the lovelicst of all
George Eliot's creations.
PAIR OF sPECTACLES
This isnot the way this woman evangelist
strikes you from the rostrum, but il is a
picture Of her without the Iarge-eyed
spectacles she wears before such as
sembles as her three of yesterday. The
Spectacles give one the impression of
austerity. pedagogism, dogmatism, irrta-
blity, pride or vanity. Nothing could be
farther from the truth.
She is sweet in manner and magnetic in
high degree, both in public and private.
When 1t is known that she is citizen of
no mans land, although n patriotic Briton,
and has given and received impression in
the remote superstitous East, the bustling
West the far n Nortb and South, and conserva-
tive Europe, ii can be understood that she
is cosmopolitan, both in her charity, love
for her fellow men, and In her religious
creed, or rather practices.
She came attended by two brilliant wo-
men, Brgadier Susie Swift and Brigadier
Alice Lewis. Brigadier William Evans also
came with the party, which is en- route to
st. Louis, where Mrs. Bootb-Tucker will
deliver addresses in conjunction with the
w. c. 7. u. The lady brigadiers are evil
IDENTIFY women of great mental accomplish
| ments. Both of them spoke with ease, and
| Brigadier Lewis with consummate grace.
She is the sweet singer of the staff She
makes prose poems out of her hymns SO
| distinctly does she enunciate.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker was introduced to
| the audiences by Brigadier Evans, of the
| Maryland, Philadelphia and Washington
Division. She appeared in the garb OF the
| order, her only distinction being the four
| golden stars on red ground on the epau-
| lette. Her dress was dark blue, which
| was relieved by red vest.
MRS. fuckers ADDRESS.
Her address was such a sermon as would
be expected from any pulpit on Sunday
| filled by an eloquent divine Of the Other
sex. Her text was the passages OF the
| SiNty-eighth Psalm, in which are found
what the army believes to be its com
mission. This she developed with great
argumentative skill, showing how tn army
was obeying the iniunctions to 20 fortl
into the dark places, lighting them up with
| the torch of the Christian gospel
The reward for this was found in the
| text itself, the Consciousness of work well
| done and as it was desired by the Master
to be done God, indeed, would leave
his impress on those who, believing in
| love OF Him as the motive for evangelical
work, made sacrifice of self and home
| for that cause
| The speakers voice is as remarkable
as her facial expression. 1t is particu.
larly Intelligent and strong in its emphasis,
| and although the address was evidently
suggested by the reading, the Language
was exquisite and the sentences as clearl,
| cut as il it was a defamation.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker made a, lasting i'm
preston on all who heard/her. She
thanked the people OF Washington for
their Kindness to the partjof the army
| here, and trusted that / t would be con-
tinued. She made an appeal for ar
increase In the auxiliary membership
| and this was numeruusly responded to,
! Mrs. Booth-Tucker will leave here thi
morning for st. Louis, where, as stated
| she Will deliver several addresses, and
| will probably visit Washington on her
way back to New York.
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