The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-17

| on suits are quickly manufactured. and
around the country are they taken to re-
late their experience of prison life. great
are the crowds that greet them and
heaVy are the bags that contain the
snekelS paid for admission, which are
| carried to headquarters on the earliest
possible train by the officer who has
been specially sent along to conduct the
extra meetings. OF course If the poor
officer has caught a cold in Jail or con-
tracted fever, as we have known them
to do, they are left to the tender mer-
cies OF some charitable friend in the
neighborhood, or, failing that. are at lib
erty to go home to their mother, If she
VIII receive them, to be nursed or to be
buried II the affair should turn out to be
fatal. And should the officer in charge
OF any or the places where the demon
stration has been held require little
cash for personal needs or to pay the
debts of his corps, they will possibly get
comfort in this wise: God bless you;
you are sure to get larger crowds and
better collections after the wonderful
meetings we have had, and the powerful
interest that has been raised
THANK GOD FOR SuNDR1ES.
There has recently been issued bal
ance sheet in reference to the French
work in Canada for the past year, and its
hgures are not only suggestive but
unique. Out of an income from dona tons,
etc. of $2,756.s4. $3.50 has been paid to
headquarters for rent 1924 As has been
paid for rent to bona fide landlords and
for help and maintenances of officers
and then comes the extraordinary item
of sundries,' to tune of 81 So. SO. We
once heard an old accountant thank God
for sundries, for it, said he, like charity,
covers multitude of sins
Another departure that has brought
considerable cash and more sympathy
to the army is the rescue home in To-
ronto. 1t is a fine building in the heart
of the city, the lot cost $1,000. and build
ing was put up at cost of $1,000 moro,
and there is mortgage on it amount
ing to half the cost of the whole. The
land today would probably fetch double
its original price and every year en-
hences its value. In this home there is
accommodation for fifty inmates. but
we never saw ten there and we doubt If
dozen were ever at one time contain
ed in its imposing walls. OF its inmates
little need be said except that they are
not the class for whose rescue the pub
hc are subscribing their money. a few
miserable specimens of humanity pick
ed up for the most part at the police
courts. and who for nearly all their lives
have been drifting between the Jail and
the Mercer reformatory. and who now
vary the monotony of their existence by
an occasional sojourn in the Salvation
Army home out of which they break a <
soon as they are sufficiently recruited TO
feel like further mischief. The home is
supposed to be Il place for refuge for
girls wishing to leave life of sin. or for
those who by reason of their Circum- |
stances are in danger of falling. But few |
indeed are the bona fide examples Of !
these classes that have been received. |
There is an elaborate staff of chief sec |
retaries' and majors ladies from Eng |
land. but who know as much of the fall. |
lan ri ns TO ,it- I'D tN,N
haunts and proceedings as the fallen
girls know and appreciate them In |
the first five months of its existence this
received from the public an |
income of SlSl2.I0: out of this $500 was
paid to headquarters for rent, $500.
was spent upon the building in various
ways and the balance of 1922 Is paid the
salaries of the staff and supported the
inmates. Here again it will be observed
that headquarters either in cash or i'm
provementS to property gets tWo-thirds
of the income
OTHER MEANS OF INITIATION.
The training homes are another
means of imitation. Two of these build
ings are in Toronto their gross value is
$3S 900. according to army fgures-and |
there are two others both new build
ings of army erection. in Brantford AMI /
Ottawa. out OF an income from dona- ,
tionS, etc, of $403S23. Sl033. 80 have been |
paid to headquarters as rent, AMI |
S69S IS have been expended on the build |
ings, and only $1G53.S9 was required to |
support and train the inmates. 1t will |
be seen therefore that by reason of a |
happy system headquarters collects a
heavy rent from all these buildings
which are army property, and that the
lions share of the funds which the pub
lie has subscribed for the carrying on
of various works of eVangelizaticn or
find their way into the
army chest Thus it is that the heavy
transactions in property are financed,
and that they are heavy can be shown
by the figures of the last balance sheet
issued in the army journal. which shows
that while during the last year the sum |
Of only SIS 5041S have been disbursed
in the carrying on of the evangelical
work of the organization, $114937.32
have been expended in matters of prop
crty and real estate, which means in
round figures that out of the funds
given by the Dominion for the evangcl
liza ton of the people by means of the
Salvation army. une-sXth had been
spent in the extension of the Kingdom of
God. and the other fve-sixths had been
invested in valuable property. all hand
ed over to Mr.. Booth and his heirs ana
assigns.
ALL DOWN THE LIRE.
After giving an example of one way
III WHlcU money is raised MT. kODlnSOn
says:
so it goes on all along the line money
must be raised. Ii one thing gets fiat
or worn out, another must be tried. a
pianist or string band. musical fam
lily or band of Indians, a brass band
fl ON England or a trio of eX-drunkardS, |
d lecture on the Salvation army or a
teacher of holiness, each and d II must be
brought into requisition. The work
must be doomed. the cash must he raised,
the thousands required by headquarters
every week have to be forthcoming. And
so the towns are drained of the cash that
would otherwise go to support local Of
fcers, and really evangeliZe the com
in order that a dazzling bubble
may be dangled before the eyes of the
Christian public, which they are led on
fondly to believe is going to be great
means of ChristianiZing the world.
You ask, DO these moneys never reach
the objects for which they are specially |
raised" That just depends on how mat
ters turn out. The cash is banked and
the bank is drawn upon for all disburse-
ments as required. If a barracks has to
be paid for, or some other claim salts
fled, before India calls for her share of
the cash raised in her behalf checks are
given for the amounts and if the funds
are exhausted some other scheme is |
foated to raise the needful money be-
fore India1s fund is claimed. A'sick
and wounded fund is suddenly discoV-
cred to be oVerdraWn, and round goes
a brass band or some other novelty in it's
behalf and the public is worked up to