The Washington times., 1902-01-27

many original individual photographs, had
been shown, Capt. Harry Brenner, a con-
verted Jew. appeared in tableau in the
costume of a Jewish rabbi of the time of
Christ, and sang Just One Look at
Jesus"
Converts Reclaimed Several Times.
Pictures of groups of officers in the
uniform worn in carrying on the work
in the underworld of New York, Berlin.
and Paris having been shown, the speaker
said some Of the converts had to be re-
claimed several times. but as lady would
pick up her pocketbook If she dropped
it once or a number of times. SO the Sal
walton Army officers picked up the fallen.
The Rescue Home for Fallen Girls and
the Maternity Homes established by the
Salvation Army were then taken up, pic
lures being shown of these homes in a
number of the principal cities. 4 view
of the exterior of Sing Sing prison was
followed by a tableau illustrating the
work Of the Salvation Army in the
prisons
Salvation Army Colonies.
After calling attention to the Homes for
Orphans. which were depicted on the can
vas, the speaker turned his attention to
the three colonies established by the SAL
Ohio. with thirty people; Fort Amity col
ony, in Colorado, with geo people, and Fort
Romie colony in California, with seventy
five people.
The plan of campaign in this direc-
ton" said Commander Booth Tucker "is
TO take the waste labor ard place it upon
the waste land by means of the waste
capital, and thereby convert the trinity
of wastes into unity of production, or
ba Of fl Ia loo h..
wasteless land.
Success of the Colonies.
AT the outset We were met with pre-
dictions that those We proposed sending
to the colonies would neither go, stay
work, nor pay. But | am glad to be able to
state that all who have gore have not
only stayed and worked. but have paid
over $4,000 and all of the families are
Row disappearing
The grand possibilities that will re-
suit from an intelligent irrigation Of the
Western lands, converting them into a
poor mans paradise. interest me deeply.
but the digging of the Panama or Mica
rauga Canal does not interest me half
rs much the digging of a canal on
which human ships, depressed by power
ty, can find safe navigation from their
present surroundings to the land of plenty
in the West. The digging OF Such canal
would not only be q credit to the Ameri-
can people, but a bulwark of strength to
the nation
Following the pictures p6rtraying vari-
Gus scenes incident to the establishment
Of the Salvation Army colonies, life-sized
portraits were shown OF Commander and
Mrs Railton and family. who established
the Salvation Army in America: Gen.
& William Booth. the founder, and Mrs.
Catherine Booth his wife, the mother of
the Salvation Army; Col. Bramwell Booth
chief of staff and Commander and Con
sui Frederick Booth-Tucker.
The Little snIyationist.
Miss Nina Booth-Tucker. the seven
year-old daughter of Commander and
Mrs Booth Tucker, appeared in a tableau
as a ragged child and as one of three
children taken from an attic in the slumS
by officers OF the Salvation Army after
their mother had breathed her last.
The little Salvationist also appeared in
the closing tableau as the central figure
of a scene in India, surrounded by off,
GERS of the Salvation Army in the native
costume After the little band had sung
songs in several Of the native tongues of
the Empire of India, Commander Booth
Tucker. taking the child by the hand,
stepped to the footlights and requested
all present to rise and sing President
william McKinley's favorite hymn,
Nearer My God, to Thee"
The closing prayer was then said and
the benediction pronounced by Command
er Booth-Tucker.
At the morning service of song and