The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-04
CAPT. elizabeth M. CLARK.
A College Girl Who is Greal-Nlece OF
Bishop Clark, In The Salvation Army.


Bishop Clark, in III: Salvation Army.
One OF the speakers at the Salvation
Army meeting in New brunswick on
Monday night was Miss Elizabet M.
Clark, or as she 10 known in the Army.
Captain" Clark. Her subject was from
"College Cap to Army Bonnet" and in
her talk she told the story of her own
conversion from the ambitious girl who
had studied st Wellesley. bryn Mawr,
Zurich and Leipsic to q worker In the
Salvation Army. Miss Clark addressed one
of the meet ipgs which was held in oppo-'
sition to the gatherings OF the American
Volunteers, which are of nightly oc-
currcnce now at New Brunswick. The
two meetings were held at the same corr
ner snd while Miss Clark was speaking
in hsr cultivated, agreeable vsi;e, ana
referring to that part of her own career
WI ich was spent in the study OF leu
tonic pbiloiogy, the opposing meeting
was addressed by q reformed safe breaker.
Miss Clark returned after the nesting
TO the headquarters he re, where she Is US
ualiy employed.
She is q sweet faced girl, with Q clear
skin snd bright eyes. Her figure locks
slight but compact In her blue blouse,
and her brown hair is short and curly.
Most OF her time is spent In one of the
offices on the upper floors OF the main
building in Fourteenth street, and her
principsl work now is the editorshir OF
the child's paper callst Young Soldiers
and the illustrated magazine Of the Sal
vationsts, the Conqueror. Miss Clark has
only lately become the editor OF the
magazine. For three years past she has
peeu a member OF tho Army, and now
looks about 25 years cid.
Miss Clark was very busy yesterday az
tornoon preparing a poem for the child
ren's magazine when q Sun reporter
found her at headquarters. She has
done service In rescue work, and has
practical experience OF nearly every fea-
ture OF the Army's work. She Is great
niece of Bishop Clark of Rhode Island
the presiding bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Houss OF Bishops. Her father
Is William w. Clark, a Dutch Reformed
minister, Who once had charge in
Brooklyn, where Miss Clark was born
and spent her childhood. she was pupil
Of the AdeIpbi Academy during the time
she lived in Brooklyn, and later, when
her family moved to Staten Island, she
attended one OF the schools there.
81 went to Wellesley" she said to the
reporter Yesterday, "aud studied at tn o
preparatory school, expecting to enter
college. But after two years l broke
down and had to GO home. when l was
we'll enough TO begin work agnin en-
tered Bryn Mswr. i was not q regular
ct udent, but selected q course that was
best adapted for my speciality, which I
then expected to TO Teutonic philology.
For thres years / studied at Bryn Mawr,
ana then went to Germany to enter one
OF the universities there. NV plan was
to 90 to Leipsic, but when I got there
found that women were not then regu-
larly admitted to university lectures,
nd there were only ten women there out
of more than 5000 students. So ] gave
that plan up aud went to Zurich.
nero Chtut FlpSt Soh WIN
no army for the first time. bad seen
some Of their meetings In Ohio, bot II
wa, not until General Booth went TO
Zurich to speak that became IN any
way acquainted with the Army's work.
went 10 one Of the meetings and was
accosted by one of the women, wbc, ]
am sfrsi .. felt that she had made but
very little impression on me. After the
meeting went to friends rouse aud
found to my sstonishment that General
Booth ana his party we're staying there.
From that meeting, ! believe. there arose
the feelings which ultimately led 10 my
joiniug the Army"
IN the summer after her work at Zurich
Nis Clark went to London 10 complete
q comparison OF the & iedmanisn porms
IN tie British Museum with the Latin
Nulca,c. Eh, took q letter 10 ksj0r
Susie Swir, the vassar giaiua'c, who
rss NJ that time iu loncon. II was