The San Francisco call., 1898-03-02
BUSY DAY FOR GENERAL BOOTH T Talked to a Great Crowd of the Work of the
 Army.
Told of Glorious Accomplish mentS of the Wonderful
 Work.
A Helping Hand Given to a Quarter of Million Persons a
 Year.

General Booth spent a busy day yes terday The moment he got out of his bed at the Occidental Hotel he called his secretary and tackled a large bun dle of correspondence that had accu- mulated during the time he was con- ducting meetings in Oakland and here. On his journey west from Chicago he had his mail addressed to San Fran CISCO, and there was a pile of 1t. He hardly stopped to eat. The stenogra- pher who accompanies him was kept on the jump all day long, and when night came he was not through with it all. Tt was all departmental busi- ness,' the officers of his staff said
 The general is a busy man. He never has time to rest from the time he gets out Of bed until late in the night He IS the head of large army and the business of it is immense"
 The general was hardly through dic- tating to his stenographer when he was Informed that 1t was time to pre- pare for the last public meeting he was to conduct in San Francisco while on this campaign. You are to meet a number of citizens who are aiding in the work of the army before the meet ing commences" he was told, and he rattled off the finishing letter to the stenographer. Then after a light supper he was on his way to the California Theater to the reception and to the meeting.
 ID the ante-room of the theater wait ing for him were: F. N. Lilienthal, D. l.. Westover, Orville D.. Baldwin, Rabbi Voorsanger, Daniel Meyer, l.. J. Tru- man, B. A. Becker, H. F. Emeric, AL bert Miller and H. H. Sherwood The general greeted them cordially and con- versed with them for nearly half an hour on the social work that was con- templated by the army in California. The SOledad colonization plan was par ticulariy the subject of the converse tion.
 Then the public meeting commenced. The great theater was crowded. and when the leader of the army stepped on the platform a volley of cheers greeted him. The proceedings were opened by Commander Booth Tucker, who after singing and prayers pre- sented Horace Davis to the audience as the president of the meeting.
 Mir. Davis in accepting the honor spoke of the work of the army and the success it was meeting with. All the world,' he said, recognizes the good work carried on by the army. It has come in a time in the worlds history when humanity never more needed a helping hand to assist thet myriads of the fallen to lift them up and assist them to recover their manhood"
 '"The. Social and Spiritual Work of the Salvation Army" was the Subject of the generals address. He told of the great strides made by the army since its formation and of the assistance it was receiving, showing the place 1t had gained in the estimation of the people who were interested in the betterment of the world. He asked his hearers to judge the army by it's work. Do not judge us by ourselves he asked. we are not perfect, but we think we are as perfect as imperfect man can make our We have met defeat in places, but our motto is forever go for ward. and we are advancing all along the line. We will grow better as we ad-