The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-27
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give, up EVERYTHING, and pray for God TO take
you, said, WIN yc1 plea1iS go away and
eyes because 1t seemed expected of me. and
finally | simply asked God for power TO do right.
lie heard me, and his first answer was an over.
my seat my sister was furious. She SAID:
"'Susic, YOU have carried literary research
part to make a more effective article
II protested that was honest, and she said,
still more Indignantly:
"Don't try to deceive me, girl. With all
your faults your honesty has always stood OUT
II expected to. bring what ! had found back
didn't once enter my head to join the Army. My
sister was saved at an Army meeting five weeks
later. We both Kept going to their meetings
and working among the poor, and getting more
aud more mixed up with the salvation Army.
international training garrison in England, for
at that time 1t was impossible to get thorough
training in Army work in America.
How did our parents take III My father Is
n very just man. AS soon as he found how IN
lrrested we were in the Army work lie came
down to this city and attended n great many
Army meetings. He then wrote us that his
opinion was that the Army was doing what II
wanted to do, aud that IL was n great work, and
II God called us to Its ranks we could go with
his blessing. My mother was very much
grievcd to think that her two girls should do
such a thing. but she grew to love the Army and
became an auXlliarv, and when she died last
june she had a beautiful Army funeral.
After training was retained AT the Garri-
son rs assistant to Miss Emma Booth. now Mrs.
Booth Tucker. in her Office ard in Tunbr:Ggc,
Kent. There we h0d Two tiny cottages, wncre
we trained twelve cadets. and that was n lovely
time. The poor used TO pour ont OF London and
other Cities to tn C. hop gsTdens; and IT was a
at times. The police had to guard US to keep us
from being mohbcd.
Even Willie II cadet I gave my whole time to
literary work. so next l was called back to Lon
don to edit our International magazine, AL the
World. | enlarged It from a penny toa siSpenny
900 while ] had charge. which Is large for mis-
slunary journal. This periodical was started for
tl. ,Y,N N,v .Hf n,Vl,.s Et. nHt - mould Ia
formed MS 10 the .Army's work. principles, and
progress. The training " hich | received a: the
Institute IN Brooklyn. Prof. Mary Jordan uf
smith College, %tosether with two years,
of editorship. Doing literary work in
the Army doesn't mean the same thing at all
that II does In ordinary life; l can never keep
out of the slums, SO while was editor had
also u mixture OF slurn and rescue work, and
! Of English rural lie aud wrote a series OF Nrti-
Giles entitled. Darkest Nillngeaom.' Ny excuse
for getting into the cottages OF the Villagers
was to give them penny packages OF Army tea,
and they never dreamed that | had any other
motive than to Introduce Army tea. To show
officer in the Army poked his head in my office
door aud shouted:
(Which of you fRlnts z
My assistant answered, ] do at the slightest
provocation,' and l replied, , never do
You are the one | want he said. What n
ter on over it. for there has been "a horrible
mining accident at AberkintE. South Wales.
and you must go: A great number have been
killed aud many Of the bodies are burning in the
mines. You must go!'
The conductor held the train for me Just as
II I'd been a Red Cross nurse. aud I've always
been very proud OF that. Then the police nj
lowed me. the only woman. to GO to the very
mouth of the pit. and rs II body was brought up
ana Identified l followed it home ANA did " hat I
could for the family. For four days and nights
l kept this UP. Queer literary work. eh2
My next mission was to pioneer North Africa
TO see what the prospects for Army work were
OF opening among the Arabs. but the greatest
block was French jealousy Of English mission
aries. ! Travelled without n nasspIort, as |
to London and pioneered among Walt and stray
children. oueninG u home for newsboys., parcel
carriers. match sellers, and boys who gather fat
at the markets. They are such charming boys,
and there IS absolutely nodtfiiculty in managing
| went on the English Auxiliary league, and
then came here AT tho time O: the trouble.
If have a specially IN the Army it is an in
come inside of our ranks. am almost never
mistaken in a person who will make an officer.
first time in my London Office. j felt that she
was salvation Army stuff, She didn't see it.
any G G6d hasn't a sTtt called me- M; : yel 'AV When f He d dSsa
III come Her voice told that she didn't be-
licve Ehe would be called.
My special ambition now is to organize n
school aud college branch in the auxiliary. de
partment. just as there is in the Young Wum-
ems Christian Association. SO that the claims OF
the Salvation Army upon thinking women who
want to better the world shall be presented
each year In the leading schools and colleges.
IwsnL TO make my auxiliaries into soldiers and
officers az well AS make outsiders into auXili-
aries. since last spring I've visited the
Chicago University and tho Cook County
Normal School twice. The women there
say are going to make me chap
lam to those two institutions. Then I've been
10 Bryn Mawr and spoken before the Washing
ton and New Haven branches Of the Internal
tinnal AlumnR Association. and I'm going to
speak before the 81. Paul branch next month.
The branches o. this ASSOCIATION in every city
are very interested in Army work. | haven't
been back TO Nassar yet, but I'm going to speak
there in February" with a glad smile.
Colleges are very well represented in tho
Army. My general secretary. Ensign Jennie
NewcOmb. was a member OF the Wellesley fac-
ulty four years after graduating. Ensign Clark
and capt. Emma Van NordGn nre Bryn Mawr
graduates, Capt. Abbie Reed represents Mount
Iiolyokc, AdJt. Ellen PAsh. who was an officer
In India and is now in Japan. came from Girion,
and Capt, .Allene skinner, who WAS IN this de-
par'nicut and died recently, was associate prin-
Cjpdl NJ Il oxford College. II ! ACCOMPLISH tho
work I've set out TO DO many other college
women will join MS.
"Oh. by the way" called out Rrigadier Swift
MS the reporter went out the door. Il forgot to
tell you n very funny thing. Nv class prophet.
Laura Page OF Perry. y. y. in her class prophesy
read ut the graduating exercises. said that [
would preach. Wasn't that queer But sho
said ! would dcnounCc worn-out points Of doc
trine. and that my congregations would call mo
radical, free thinker, and say that ! must be pat
down. The dear girl wasaway oil. wasn't she ~