The San Francisco call., 1897-02-23
The Salvation Army Opens
It's New Institute for
Workingmen.
Free Labor Bureau, Night School,
Library, Reading Room and
Dispensary.
The New Social Secretaries Installed
in Oific Street Parade and
Fire works.

of Washington's Birthday was mingled
with jubilation over the opening and dedi-
cation of the Salvation Army Institute for
workingmen.
A street parade followed the dedication,
in which nu N Der of attractive floats ap-
peared, and the salvationists were dressed
in fancy and representative costumes.
Several banners were carried in the ranks
inscribed 1--WE want work'-the demon
stration being plea for the unemployed
in connection with the institute.
At Congress Hall. at the Salvation
Army headquarters on Market street,
unique entertainment took place. being
an aliegorical representation of an auction
sale of children.
| In the evening another street parade
| took place with an illumination. 1t
wound UP at Metropolitan Temple, where
another big demonstration was held, the
! feature of which was the installation OF
| Major and Mrs. Winchell as social secre-
| taries of the social wing of the army for
the Pacific Coast division. Pictures taken
! from the social work were shown from
| stereopticor.
The institute was dedicated in the morn
| ing. 1t is located on the corner of New
| Montgomery and Howard streets. 1t has
been in operation for month past supply
| ing beds at and 10 cents night 1t is
equipped with $50 peds, to be let nightly
al cents each, 100 other beds with lock-
ers and extra bed-clothing at 10 cents;
| thirty single bedrooms with writing-table
and washstand at ID cents; together with
a number of furnished rooms at 25 cents
| The plan contemplated that the institute
will be rendezvous for the unemployed.
free labor bureau is to be established
here, "woodyard and window and step
| cleaning company" organiZed; a night
school established with a library and
| reading-room; free medical dispensary;
a barber-shop, bathroom, a restaurant
! and lunchroom and a laundry are to be
added.
1t is stated in this connection that an
interstate labor bureau is being estab-
lished by Commander Booth-Tucker. all
over the United States, and agencies are
to Re established all through this State.
The dispensary is in C arge OF we'll
! known city physicians, among them: DR..
| d. b. Ply ymire DR.. II. G. French, Dr.. n.
! Rodgers, DIR. J. Anderson and I. B. de
| Witt.
The ceremony of dedication was con-
! Quoted by Lieutenant Colonel Keppel.
He introduced a. S. Hemphill of Caivary
! Church, who made an enthusiastic ad-
| dress in support of the work of the army.
He said he was "ior the army every
! tine"
at is nothing to stand up for the army
now," said DR.. Hemphill, ''but l stood
with them in the streets twenty years ago
when they were greeted most of the time
! by dead cats and eggs. 1t has been my
| high privilege to repuke those who have
sneered at the workers in the army"
Dr. Hemphill said that he was pastor of
q big and rich church, but he found il
difficult to secure funds to meet its ex-
| penses ana carry on its work. The. Saliva
! tion Army had always been q mystery to
| him, he said. How it had progressed
from small and despised beginnings and
gone forward to the establishment on e
| after the other of self-supporting institu-
tions for the relief and succor of man
| kind-half a dozen of them that had each
accomplished great work in themselves
and the army kept growing and establish
| ing still other and greater institutions
! that bid fair to flourish and continue the
work-it was mystery TO him how it was
accomplished.
! DR.. II. c. French was introduced as rep
resenting the physicians who will have
charge of the dlspensary. He said "the
world is sick" He thought that the word
| OF God was the greatest remedy, but he
CDR. French) stood prepared to alleviate
| their suffering far as he could with
physic. He said that the Salvation Army
| in its social institutions has given the lie
| to the agnos.ics of the world. He advised
| those present to tell whatever poor neigh
| bors they may have to come TO the insti-
| tute in case they needed medical treat
ment for which they were unable to pay.
Major Winchell stated that committee
| OF the Y. M. l. had visited him and offered
| the army the use of the DECORATIONS at
Metropolitan Temple which the Y. NJ. l.
| had placed there for its afternoon enter
| tainment.
A volIey was fired for the Y. NJ. l. and
the courtesy was eepted with applause.
Adjutant Montgomery, "the million
aire Salvationist,' in short address said
! that he was glad that he had had time to
| investigate the Salvation Army and its
methods. In that investigation he had
| looked behind the curtains, and it had
stood the test. 1t had been the means of
turning him to a life OF usefulness. He
had seen the Salvationists swallowed up
in their work for their felowmen, and he
had found JOY in joining them.
Lieutenant Colonel Keppel offered
| final prayer and benediction upon the
dedication, and the services closed with
| great volley for the institute.
Shortly after o'clock in the afternoon
the parade formed on Howard and New
Montgomery street, in front of the insti-
tute. Floats representing 'the cherry
tree' and 1.-The old log cabin" and others
! carrying the army Iassies, in red, white and
blue, were in the line. Bells and brass
! horns awakened the echoes all along the
line of march. The Chinese corps OF the
! juniors, band OF gayly dressed little
| Celestials, attracted much attention.
Congress Hall was crowded by the time
the head of the procession reached there.
! The little children, 100 of them, were
| given places on the stage and presented a
| pretty picture. After a short musical and
| literary programme, among the numbers
of which was the sinring of the baby
Chinese, the whole band was offered for
sale by Major Winchell. social secretary,
in the capacity of an auctoneer First
Pleasure bid for them lin the person OF
Ensign W. S. Barker); then Wealth (Cap-
tain Isabella Wise); then Education Mrs.
Adjutant George S. Montgomery; then
Morality (Ensign N, J. Lewis.l None OF
them were high enough, according to the
auctioneer, because they only pretended
10 care of the bodies OF the little ones, and
their care could not extend beyond this
life. Then Christianity bid. in the person
| of the auctioneer's wife, Mrs. WincheIl,
and to her they were sold, as she was able
to care for their souls in the after life as
well as for their bodies and souls in this
1t was a very pretty entertainment.
In the evening the parade, with red
| lights and fireworks, started from white
Wings" Hall, Mission street, near Third,
at 7o'clock. 1t traversed the principal
streets and broke ranks in front of Metro
politan Temple.
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