The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-07
NOW SENDING OUT APPEALS
ARMY HAS BEEN AT WORK IN THIS
CITY EIGHTEEN YEARS.
The Growth Has Been Constant and
Much Good Accomplishments
teal Management.

5000 worthy poor people. This is the biggest
enterprise the Salvation Army has under
taken here, but Captain Atkins, who has
been eighteen years in the work on this
side OF the Atlantic. sees nothing difficult
about 1T. He believes the people of Indian
apolis will respond generously. They
a most generous and sympathetic people,"
says he
Private soldiers of the army are now dis
tributing among the houses of the city ap-
pears for assistance. The appeal that is
being left at each house is as follows:
:" The holy supper is kept indeed
In whate'er We share with another's need
Dear Friend-Permit me, upon this occa-
sion, to bring before your notice that we
are arranging to give two thousand OF the
poor women and children of this city free
Christmas dinner on Thursday, Dec. 25 and
We will be very thankful If you can see
your way clear to help us with donation
of food or money.
I'VE are DESTROYS Of giving these people,
who have in their lives very little of Xmas
or any other cheer, real treat, believing
that anything given in the name of Him
who has said, 1nasmuch We have done il
unto one of the least of these ETC., shall
not lose its reward.
IF you can assist us kindly send your
donation 70 above address, If possible, on
the morning of Wednesday, Dec. "A, or tele-
phone and we will call for it.
please fill out the blank below and we
will call for your reply in a day or two"
A FRAUDULENT COLLECTOR.
Captain Atkins says he has found that
some one followed the distribution of these
appeals and has collected much of the
money that was intended for the army. He
says slips should be returned only TO uni
formed Salvationists.
Attached TO this is a slip on which the
donor may note his gift together with his
address. Already said Captain Atkins
yesterday, 1.-The people have begun to re-
spond bountifully. Our dinner will be all
that we expected 1t to be, judging from the
way everything has begun"
The captain Is receiving at the barracks
A South Capitol avenue. the names of
worthy poor. These names are being sup
piled by the charitable organizations, indi-
viduals and the workers of the army. The
plan proposed by the army is not different
from what it has followed elsewhere.
Donations of food, money and clothing are
asked. All the donations are assembled at
the army headquarters and on the day be-
fore Christmas baskets will be made
up and delivered to the poor families
on the list The number OF members in
each family is noted and provision is made
for full quantity for each. The captain
Is anxious TO send out baskets containing
either chicken or meat, vegetables and
bread, together with such other articles as
the bounty of the people will supply. The
army would not be disappointed IL the
quantity of food given and the amount of
money donated enabled the Christmas
baskets to contain more than a dinner por-
ton for one family.
The Christmas dinner is to be a climax
Of the unselfsh work of the army for the
past year. The corps has been engaged con-
stantly In eleemosynary work. other than
Its religious program. It's present member
ship 10 composed OF eisht-seven, OF whom
twenty are active uniformed soldiers and
sixty-seven are passive-that is, they give
what time they can to the religious and
charitable work OF the army. From now
until Christmas they will all be busy every
minute Of their leisure. new feature
which the army will establish will be the
Christmas pets. -Four of these pots will be
placed on downtown street corners Each
will be in charge Of a member of the army
who will solicit Christmas contributions
from the shoppers Each pot will have a
slot In IL into which the contributions may
be dropped. 1t is hoped by this means to
accumulate fund sufficient to provide pro-
portionate quantities. OF food to make all
dinners alike.
A CONSTANT GROWTH.
In its eighteen years history in Indian
apolis the Salvation Army has grown con-
stanrfy. 1t now occupies the two-story
brick building. AZ South Capitol avenue,
and has use for every inch of it. There are
two rooms on the ground floor. The north
one Is the chapel and the south one the
office, reading room and restaurant. The
second floor is used for the living apart
ments of the active staff and the dormi-
tories known the '-workingmen's Ho-
tel" II Is also known as the Salvation
Army Shelter 1t is not Hotel de Bum
as some suppose, nor harbor for drunk
ards tramps- 1t is a shelter for de-
cent workingmen whom poverty overtakes
or illness reduces TO extreme necessity. If
1t were a stock company it's securities
would not be listed on the Stock Exchange
because IL is losing venture financially
The prices charged are not in the hope
of making profit. but rather to make the
guests independent. The Army believes
that every man should pay something for
his lodging-if only a few cents
The chief purpose of the shelter is for
goodness: hence the Army requires clean
illness. Two rules. rigidly enforced. are
that man entering must battle and per-
NIT the fumigation of his clothing II he
objects he cannot receive the benefits of
the shelter. The clothing Is fumigated by
sulphur fumes in an air-tight room. There
are three baths. one tub and two showers
and they are free at all times TO the in
mates. For bed and bath ten cents is
charged. There are sixty beds in the
dormitories. The Army is now preparing
10 provide rooms with some privacy for
which fifteen and twenty cents will be
charged While il is intended for tran
sient persons a number have lived there
since IL was opened.
The restaurant attached to the shelter
charges only ten cents for a meal Eight
men are employed regularly at the shelter
besides the broke" crew which is required
70 do some work in payment for bed and
board Since Feb. /. last. when the shelter
was opened. lo.4Ss beds have been taken.
or this number 1.729 were trusted and
Ic45 worked. During the same period ], AGO
meals were given away. No account is kept
Of meals paid for.
THE SALVAGE CORPS.
The Salvage Corps of the army has