The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-11

man.
They Usually Succeed.
There are homes for men. for women
and for boys; there is also a nrst OF
tenders home" Four months Is the Dthl.
of stay in the homes and the army mas
a shrewd scheme for making the lodger
less loath 10 leave For the first month
he gets full nay the following month MS
salary Il decreased ever so signify. tne
third month little more: so that by tne
time the mans time is up ne himseh
faeis inclined to get out and better him.
saly r-he army finds positions for most
OF them. In summing up. the army ON
GERS say that as far as approaching the
rueu and getting them started in more
profitable life Is concerned, they succeed
in n big majority of cases. The nardest
thing that they have 20 do is to make the
object of their good Intentions take a
bath. The other day they persuaded
woman who hadn't enjoyed the luxury OF
a din for five years to take the plunge.
She reported, between gasps. that she had
been treated with great indignity' insist-
ing that she had invariably conducted
herself like perfect lady. In her pock-
cts she was carrying an assortment or bits
Of food and other odds and ends.
Last year the Church Army passed
through their homes over 100 wretched
creatures and reported that. from actual
research up 10 period of six months
after, their efforts had been successful in
5s ner cent OF the cases In that year
they paid 20 men and women for labor
done 1000 and sold the products of that
labor-mostly firewood-for $4,000. The
profits went 10 pay the expenses OF the
homes.
Probably the branch of the Church
Army's work that comes next In signih-
canoe is their training OF men as evangel-
lists poorhouse and prison workers and
the women as mission nurses. Last year
they trained 1900 OF them TIE. men.
when trained, are at the disposal of the
Church OF England.
The mission nurse Is unique In her way.
She Is not thoroughly trained nurse. but
she has had experience In the hospitals
passed stan examinations in first aid to
the injured" and altogether knows a deal
about the ins and outs of caring for the
sick Besides this. she has been taught
how to do religious work. She is paid "a
a week ! asked the secretary of the
Church Army where they found men and
women willing to leave remunerative posi-
tions and take up religious work almost
for nothing, and was referred to q list
on his desk, which gavethe name of each
OF them and his former vocation. The
men had been cIergymen. physicians law
yers. clerks. BARRIERS: the women, mil
liners. typewriters. housemaids and
women OF leisure.
A strange Episcopal Service.
The commander-in- chief OF the Church
Army has the queerest church, congrega-
tion and service in all London. II Is situ-
sted In Love lane-they were piquantly
sarcastic In naming London's Stun
streets-just around the corner from Bill
lngsgate and Petticoat lane. A noble
man who has watched Mr.. Cariile's ia
nous crusade In the moral cesspooss OF
Westminster, where the founder. then
only sprig OF a curate. risked his life
daily. gave this living TO him as a sine
cure II was snecnre. for although
there were scores of people round him,
none OF them ever came to church.
Now, II you run down there just after
sunrise on Sunday morning, you will find
a long queue of men and women waiting
Just as they do at the door OF the pit
at the different theaters. Mr. Carlle
holds fourteen services each Sunday He
throws the entire prayer-book morning
service on his magic Lantern screen. and
the words of every hymn. He plays on
his trombone. He exhorts. He sings
He makes things generally lively in the
pulpit.
Before the evening prayer service he