The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-02

The san Franciseo Argonaut Speaks Praises
for the saiv atiOnists-

EOr many weeks IN san iauNAoNo
the Salvation Army has been engaged
In providing for the destitute and
the homeless. They do 1t intelli-
gently. They do not scatter aims +
with careless hand. They make II .
their business to end out that the /
applicants are deserving. They weed I
out the imposito e When possible, +
they exact a small fee--5 cents for /
bed, cents for a meal They furn-
ish employment so that the applI-
cants may earn the fee They have
been lodging and feeding hundreds OF
hungry aud homeless men and women
in this city during the past two
months On Christmas Day at their
.Lifeboat Station, they gave good,
abundant. and wholesome Christmas
dinner TO ssome 1900 hungry men,
women, and children On the same
day at another Of their stations, they
gave out clothing. food, and toys 10
the poor All day long, from morn
ing till night, a crowd-principally
consisting Of sad faced women and
shabby, eager 1childTen-walted at
the door, entering In order and de-
parting with brighter faces bearing
/ their gifts. In this crowd, from
time to time, there would appear
\ one Of th0se human yermin. the
: tramp-froWsy partially intoxicated.
Quarfelsome, pushing and lostllng
the women and children in his selfish
efforts TO get to the front 10 every
such case the men OF the Army
would, without show Of anger, push
back the tramp, but without needless
violence, no matter how abusive MS
language; If he still persisted in rails
ing a disturbance, a police-whistle
would speedily bring an officer, AMI
the noisy tramp would be removed
10 the outskirts Of the crowd II, as
sometimes happened, he was insolent
tO the officer, and was about being
borne away 70 the jail, the very men
whom he had been f0ully abusing a
few moments before would often in
tercede for him.
The Salvation Army when placed
in charge OF the soup-h0use AZ the
Government post-ohce lot some
weeks ago speedily found out that
the majority OF the men there we're
lazy yagrants, and so reported TO the
authorities. recommending its dlscon
tiauance. This advice was followed.
10 was found that out Of about COO
men il was impossible TO get tifty
per day to DO street swee ing. Hence
the recommendation Of the Salvation
/ Army TO abolish the soup-house wa
! a good one Its maintenance wa
: putting a premium on pauperism
/ No man should be allowed to starye
But no man should be permitted L
{ become a beggar An should worl
! for their food. In the sweat Of tn.
! brow thou shalt eat bread
; This brings as TO the question o
: the Dreseat movement for aiding tn
s unemployed At is ia the hands 0
I the clergymen OF the city. They ar
e good men, but they s1On't know.
r Other things being equal, a cleye
e professional mendicant would be NOR
e apt to Win the attention OF clergy
e man than an honest labOring ma
8 out OF job. So, too, with the ad
: min stratiOn OF moneys. Clcrgyme
. are nRused 10 II. The funds Nigh
: be handled by people whom they cor
I sldered trustworthy, but who /
E reality would be imposing on the il
!. gennousness OF the cleric If IN
: people OF this city are going 10 sui
y scribe largely to the sund for the az
e employed, they would feel much moi
: confidence in its being prOperl
e handled il more practical people too
/, charge OF the fund. The Examine
!. did 4 very praiseworthy act when
o collected between five and six thol
4 sand dollars for Christmas benefal
4 tiOns % the poor But it realize
o that Ehile a daily paper might easil
+ collect such a sum, 10 would be e.
y tremelY diiiicult to disburse 1t iute
a ligently 1t therefore turned ovs
e the whole matter TO the Sa yatio
+ Army.
i Many OF ns who are charitably il
e clined feel 3 strong disinclination
s be thr0wn in actual contact wit
want and aestitution. The mas
mtetlng Of the unemployed caiied-t
the ciergymen would be an unpleasar
r gathering 70 attend, even had il bee
Z a yudlcious thing 10 call it. which v
q do not believe But there is no fals
e delicacy about the methods. OF th
D Salvat on AnnN They 10 down lot
!. the Sums They lneet the poor an
L the destitute on thsig 0Wn. grounC
c lf those who are cllalltably ipcline
a Wish 20 l1lye a. feasible method {
reaching the pOor without any dout
c Of the money being honestly and II
+ telligently disbufsed and not waste
on imposlors We believe they coul
j. not fRd a better almoner Tor thel
{ bounty than the Salvation Army
! Real Neee England Pic.
I. In New England there is pie fC
/. the morning meal, and the wholl
a ! ~