The Portland daily press., 1897-11-16

SAeSo variety OF entertaining ana
ap' narratives. drawn from his expert
ences in three continents.
brlgadler Alice Lewis, who is private
secretary to Mrs. Booth, and also has
charge Oh the Salvation Army Auxiliary.
spoke next dwelling upon the resoue
work, which is helping the fallen women.
The rescue workers at times go into the
dives and lead.out.the victims. in enite
of the abuse of the proprietors.
The evening meeting at City hall was
typical Salvation Army rally. The red j..
coated band from brigade Headquarters in
Boston wereIthere, and when Commander
Booth Tucker and his party, accomna-
MED by Mayor Randall and DR.. Il. F. Mar-
rill came upon the stage, they were greet
ed by q grand fanfare from the brazen
throated gospel horns. Col. Couzens
who has direction of the New England
district. presided, and lent vim to the
musical and hallelujah portions of the
programme.
Brigadier Miss Lewis, the saved opera
singer and AdJutant Nice, a Prussian
cavalry officer, Swere with Commander
Booth. But the loud noises and the red
uniforms and military titles, were not
all of the entertainment. 1t was seri-
Gus, devoted smeeting after the noise and
uproar was over.
Mr.. Randall presided, and in introduc-
ing Commander Booth. Tucker, expressed
his great pleasure in greeting the COM
mander and his appreciation Of the work
which the army is doing here and else
where. The Shelter House: of Boston
seemed to be charitable undertakings In
which all true men and women should
take greatl interest. The experimental
communities in Southern California
would also be watched with interest.
Before Commander Booth Tucker be-
gan his address Brigadier Lewis was in
troduced and sang Let the Blessed Sun
Shine In"
was devoted to the problem of dealing
withsthe
POVERTY OF THE GREAT CITIES.
One tenth of human kind are SUBJ
merged in destitution. In the United
States the problem is knocking at our
gates. We have here three millions who
are destitute, in daily want of bread.
There are $1,000 persons every night seek
ing shelter in thu semi.penal institutions
of the land. In receipt Of our outdoor
reliet daily there are about 25O,O0O 1t is
calculated that there are now 25, 900
homeless men walking the street of New
York. AS an illustration Commander
Booth Tucker introduced Adjutant
Nice, who five years ago was drunken
tramp sleeping in lumber yard in New
York. AS the commander introduced
the handsome young officer, there was a
murmur of appreciation in the audience.
The question of poverty was one for the
Salvation Army as we'll as for statesmen
and sociologists. In India one day tele-
graph operator at railroad station saw
tiger leap in and begin eating the sta
tion master.aa He at once began to tele-
graph the headquarters: "Tiger in sta
tion eating station master. Wire in
structions % Now the tiger of poverty
was among us devouring, and it was no
time to wire from one end of the earth to
the other for advice.
The commander then went on to speak
of his experiences with poverty in India
and Europe as we'll as America, and the
principles which he had evolved from
what he had seen. In the first place it
would not do to shut our eyes to the facts
about the great poverty which exists.
Then we should not follow the football
policy of kicking the poor man from one
state to another by hostile legislation.
We should not cruelty honest poverty on
a cross OF shame, or make an honest poor
man dishonest by legislation which
brands him as an offender.
Speaking, of relieving poverty the Com
mander said that society had no right. in
relieving poverty, to take the man from
his family, and make him a human
derelict, dangerous like the derelict at
sea.
The principles on which we treat our
poor is wrong. A man is q man, even if
he is poor. He is stamped in the image
of Divinity. 1t is the business of the
caIVaulon Army to redeem these debased
images of Divinity, and by the blood of
Jesus they are restored
The true remedy for the poverty of the
cities was to remove the congested poor
to the country. Country life flows TO the
city, and If this life, instead of being
allowed to flow back, becomes congested,
economic disease follows. The true way
is to take the waste labor of the cities,
carry it to the waste land and set it to
work with waste capital.
1t costs $40, ,00o, 600 yearly to care for our
100000 poor people. And no good
comes from this outlay, since it puts the
pauper brand upon them. But if you
could put those 5000, 600 idle people ON
100000 idle acres, worth only a few
Correct Brain Cells.