The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-20
LESSON IN ECONOMY.
Salvation Army Teaches st.
Paul's Episcopal Church
How to save Money.
HELPED ITSELF INCIDENTALLY
Commissioner Rowe Calls in the
Salvage Brigade to Aid in
Church Improvements.
HELPED ITSELF INCIDENTALLY

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There is a story of how the Salvation
Army saved money to the fashionable
Episcopal Church of st. Paul OF Dun
can avenue, profting itself by the trans
action, and teaching the trustees and
deacons, who are all successful business
men and financiers, q lesson in economy
1t also shows how the Salvation Army
made for itself a number, OF friends.
1t all came about at the last meetina
of the officers of the church Nearly a
year ago the church Yves renovated and
new cushions were put in all the pews.
The old cushions We're stored away in a
loft where they would probably be at
present had not one of the vestrymen
in rummaging about, found That tney
were breeding thousands of moths. he
reported as much at the last meeting
of the board and moved that the lolt pc
cleaned out and the cushions destroyed.
1t had been about decided to hire a man
to take the cushions to some vacant lot
zeal by and burn them, when United
| states Commissioner Linsley Rowe, who
is Junior warden of st. PauFs and VINO
| is much interested in the study OF social
problems, spoke up and said
II believe we can do better than to de-
| stroy the cushions. 1 have watched with
interest the work of the Salvation Army
| salvage brigade and l feel almost certain
that its members will remove the stuff
i for nothing and be glad to get it, al
| though for the life of me l cannot see
what use they can possibly make of It..
Commissioner Rowe, who received per-
| mission to dispose of the mothN breeulns
| cushions, called the next day on iheu-
tenant Range, who has charge OF the sal
wage brigade and asked If he had any use
for cushions. When Lieutenant hahse
heard how many of them there Were ne
| declared that 1t would be a regular oon-
wv, asked Commissioners Rowe,
what on earth can you do with them +:
They are full of moths"
I'm the first place. replied the lieuten-
| ant, cit will give employment tto the
men who cart the stun from the churcn
10 our store house. When we receive IL
We win take the covers off the cushions.
These we will sell Tor old rags.
Then there is the hair. 1t may be
full of moths, but it is still good When
it has been thoroughly picked oyer and
aired it will bring a goods price You see
that the cushions will give employment
not only to the men who transport them.
but TO The men who pick the hair over as
we'll"
Commissioner Rowe felt convinced that
he had done a good thing in saving tne
cushions from burning. Early the next
morning he was at the church, where ne
was met by the salvage brigade, with rs
members of the brigade lined up their
carts in front of the church, TO the as
constituent of the fashionable residents
of Duncan avenue. The men marched into
the church.. headed by the Commissioners
and presently reappeared. each having a
load of cushions on his back. They soon
had all the carts piled high With them.
Then said the Commissioner. in tell
ing the story to a reporter for 18th
News. they thoroughly cleaned and
swept the loft and the church. Later one
of them returned and cleared my cellar
of old bottles and junk. Had we hired a
cost us considerable
Commissioner Rowe and the other trus-
tees nave come to believe through this in
cident that the Salvation Army is accom-
plishing much through its social work.