The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06
SALVATION ARMY oELEDnATIoNS
T-,r,s National Holiday and the Biggest
Christnns Tree on Earth.

ChEtnNHnuN AHNI
Already the people at the National Hendauar-
tors of the Salvation Army nave ohrlstinae :.
tbeir homes. They've got the right Christmas
snirjt. TOO. for all of their talk is of giving, not
Of receiving.
1--WE are thinEing. and talking a great deal
-. our ,,hristmns plans" said BriGadier
Frcnch in response TO a question; " but we can
do mich toward perfectlnG them just yet. You
coo liza this way: For the last four or hve years
tho American branch OF the Salvation Army
has hold its Annual National Congress IN
this city early in December. rms yeaf
4, bna been decided to try tho scheme
-, ,oidtng what is known as n Triple Nationa
Conorsss in Boston, New YORK, and Chicago.
md va are 40 busy getting ready for our Con-
,ress TINT We can't 20 ahead with our holiday
work until that Ia over. Tho first Congress VIII
open in Boston to-day. Commander ana oonsui
Rooth. Tucker leave here Saturday TO preside.
They will be accompanied oy oonnn'"-
sioner Higgins, who Is the travelling rep
resentative of Gen. Booth; Col. Hiegins' WI
Holland, who was recently appointed 10 Iaho
| charge Of the army work in the Soutn' brii9ui.,
| Alice Lewis, Brigadier Susie Swift, who IS wen
known MS one Of our vassar graduates; Briga-
| dier Richard Holz of the Foreign Speaking De-
pertment. Brigadier Cox. our editor In chlef'
| Brigadier Halpin. and Adjutant Taylor. known
ns the golden minstrel among our onicers ana
soldiers.
"our Congress will open here next Sunday
and continue through to Dec. 10. The hrst ses.
sions will be held in Memorial Hall at nntiona.
Col. and Mrs. Higgins and the National Stan
day he will dedicate one of his own grandchil-
dren to the service OF God and the Army. BE.
known i"Mvnp as Two bays With God viii be conducted
BY Commander and Consul Booth-Tucker.
s sn,iss national ~ . GG ami divisional h .ssff. A Ad deleTa:
t.on of officers numbering 100 Is expected from
Pennsylvania and Maryland, headed by br iiS
dier William Evans. and also one from B!SCnics
for these meeting will be: The Three ses-
OF Christ: It's Purity and its PoYss'' Mt In.3o A.
sions will be held Monday SRf dn n there viii be-
NJ. Tuesday. A t IF. Me officers here at head
a great gat 6ar .! oldest parades ever origina-
ted BY the ar 10 represent every. country in
s Mh;nt enc NE army is working, either by come ma
ttSSrious floats will represent the slum and
social work. For instance. one will show what
+ e 'sniid ren's nursery work. another the night
snelter ~; rG.TrTd 9na women. and so on: The
oDSrade. Which viii leavosll TAKE PSft an s,r tse
promptly at 3 o'clock.
follow rest cn %ieaHs'' Hail that i. e ven rally will "
mander ana Consul ,Booth-Tucker vii. make
addresses on pt>9osed advances IN connt.,ion
W q%s They will also touch on prison wo aGr
"'hN'o' M NdTltu costumes oil
many nations. stereopticon views. speechnak.
ing, singing and music by many bands. wa
ought to be able to furnish a prottT live tins
Wednesday. the last day of the congress, viii.
be given over TO councils for officers in Memo
vene until early in January.
crFor Christmas l propose to have the largest
course. we couldn't find a real tree large enough.
so my idea is to get a Western Union telegraph
pole; bore holes In 1t. and make a tree to suit US
this up beautifully and put on it one thousand
pairs or shoes and stockings for women and
children. We want to get at them. Not many
women and children are fed at a dinner such as
we gave on Thanksgiving. but we feel that we
can reach them in this way. Don't understand
that we aren't going to give any Christmas din
ner this year. The army will feed 10, 900 people
Christmas Day"