The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-08


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Army and earnest leaders in the good
work. The following short interviews
with these new soldiers in Hawaii will
serve as short sketches OF their work
before arrival and of the line 20 be
pursued here:
Captain Mathis is a lady OF strong
character and is very earnest in carry
ing ont her work which she firmly be-
Heves is directed by divine power. She
became a SalvaiOnisJ about four years
ago, but was associated with the Army
for two years previous. Il was
teacher in the San Jose public school
for years before l joined the Army,
said Miss Mathis. 'and am a graduate
of the California State Normal School.
l served as a soldier in san Jose for
ten months and then entered the train
ing home for officers in san Francisco
where I remained four months. From
there / went to Santa Rosa where l re-
NAMED two months as Lieutenant"
From Santa Rosa Miss Mathis went
to Petaluma where she carried the big
base drum for six weeks. In Petaluma
the Army all had a hard time with the
rough element of the city; il was only
six years before that element had driv-
en- the Army out Of town and they were
/ lust opening the work anew. While
there they took cases of i'll treatment
/ into the police court and after that
gained the good will of the public.
/ They gained many converts there dur
/ ing three and a half months stay.
After leaving Petaluma Miss Mathis
/ was promoted to be Captain and sent
in charge of corps No. ?, San Francis
co. located at Kearney and Sacramento
streets. in an old hall which used to be
the most notorious dive on the Coast
Here she was located for thirteen
months where she was assisted by
Lieutenant Anna Powell and later on
by Captain Bessie Mills. now in Homo
lulu. Every Saturday night they held
midnight meetings in the most deprav.
ed parts of the city, followed by an in.
door meeting where the hall was otter
filled by midnight jewellers, attracted
by the Salvation Army drum. These
meetings were often open until hal.
past one or two o'clock in the morning
In the midnight meetings Miss Mathis
has often seen mothers boys thOus
ands Of miles from home repenting ant
turning from the evil ways of life anj
starting towards heaven. AmOngs
the large number who came forward il
San Francisco. there were nearly fou
hundred who were satisfactory con
varts. While in San Francisco Mis-
Mathis visited. with others, the Ma
rine Hospital. County Jail, L. 5. Arm.
, Hospital at the Preside and the slum
: in general. where much successful
work was done
In speaking at this point Miss Mat
this says: AT this period my throa
failed me through the strain of Ion
meetings and open air work and I wa
, Obliged to give up corps work for
: time, taking charge Of the home o
: rest TO rsick officers at Pacific Grove
, From there 1 took an appointment 70
, a short time as an assistant at tn
: Beulah Rescue Home for fallen girl:
: following which I assisted as trad
{ secretary at Divisional Headquarter
: in San Francisco. While there I re
: ceived my appointment to Honolulu
: During the six weeks I have been her
. | / have been much pleased with tn
work already done by my predecessor