The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07


/ brought sunshine to many a darkened
home. Although their methods are not
the methods of many, the cause they
/ labor in is as old as human hope and as
the end iustifies the means" no one
ought to criticise them for singing sacred
songs TO the tune of After the Ball" for.
if some one is attracted and becomes bet
ter by reason of that attraction, II is
something in the lettering of conditions.
.. . @
But il appears that the Salvation Army
in the street and the Salvation Army in
the newspaper are not one and the same.
The Salvationist being interviewed is. like
the most of US. prone to exdggeration.
For instance, in the case of Ensign An
derson. a leader of the army who was
Cuartered here for some time. She was
a lovable woman in almost everything.
The children were her especial delight.
and she had following among them
which many Sunday school teacher
envied- She is going 10 her native home
in Sweden to labor in the vineyard. and
the last War Cry gives her the usual
send-off
Now either the reporter for the War
Cry has a vivid Inauguration or else she
is not telling the truth. Some OF the
statements made concerning her stay in
this city and in Provo do not bear even
the imprint of truth. Perhaps reporters
for the War Cry are like many others,
prone to build a story on small founda-
ton in fact. Among other things Wnicn
she relates IS a tale TO the effect that
while in this city she was assaulted by
a m.screant on her return from a meet
ing and struck with stone in the mouth
1t is passing strange that Ensign Ander-
son never reported that case TO the po-
lice. The writer of this lived only a Jew
doors from Ensign Anderson; she was
almost a daily visitor and she never made
any complaint, neither did she at any
time bear outward evidences of having
been bruised in the manner and form m
dictated. Continuing, she % quoted as say
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her in the face with their flsts ana nit
her with sticks until she was sore from
the bruises" Now Ensign Anderson
knows that such conduct would not nave
been tolerated here for an instant she
knows TOO that the offenders would nave
been brought to justice immediately.
There is no antipathy 10 the army mere
IL is regarded as good thing. It's MEM
hers enter saloons and sell the paper con-
tanning this scandal without fear OF IN
suit In Salt Lake IL is worth goou
threshin~ 10 offer an Insult 10 d oa s,..l
ton Army woman in the lowest. dive
There are numerous instances Where sd-
loon men have thumped the everlasting ing
Tnesr ness out of a man for using course
lanquace towards the women. one case
! esnaciaIlv in a State street Joint COM
mands attention \ rough fellow at
tempted to put his arm around lassle
ard was so badly whipped Tor ms as
sault he did not show up on the street
for weeks
Not that they are at all times secure
from insult. Women who go INTO pia eS
where men congregate to get drunk eA-
nose themselves to matters OF tnat sorl.
But as a rule they are as free from i, DetIs
subject to indignity as in any place IN o ths
entire world. and strlklnS lhelh "O~4U
not be tolerated a minute
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In addition to the above the Ensign con-
tributes the following narratives, locat-
ins sa CERTAIN man. an infidel. often dis
turbed their meetings. and often the ON
GERS had expostulated with MN. -, las
would never listen TO anything they nao
to say. Gods justice discovered MINI
The man found employment IN mine;
A premature explosion of powder caused
the loss of both arms. his TWO legs anu
the sight of both eyes. The wretch sur
vived, but nothing was left OF MIN Out
manned stump. .,. 70
or 10 years of age. who. in spirit OF
conteniptuous bravado designed II was
thought to burlesque the Salvation Army.
went into a saloon and called for a glass
Of beer. Lifting the glass. in mockery ne
asked God TO bless il. Immediately the
scoffer fell TO the floor When he re-
gained consciousnessi he could not SPEAK
His tongue was paralyzed-
The first story is old. Similar tales
have been in circulation for years They
are found in Sunday school papers even ven
agnostic IS always suppressed ana no
one ever knows who he is. But the beer
anecdote is new. 1t is such novelty
indeed that it is seriously contemplated
firing the correspondents of the papers
here for not getting the item when it
happened Every one of the city papers.
and the Enquirer down there, have been
scooped.
This has been written. not with
view to Joing any harm to the work OF
the army Nav it go on and prosper.
ANYTHING which will tend TO uplift hui
manity should be fostered and en-
couraged but when those who 81 out
doing this work are presumed to be en-
listed under the white banner of truth
and relate such tales as these they bring
themselves under suspicion and weaken
their cause Ensign Anderson NAV be
so. IN this instance she will find herself
like the one who constructed his house
upon the sand and the winds blew and
the waves beat upon il until 1t FELL and
s.raat LIS the fall thereof