Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-19

And now to come to the last great
social wing. Many have the idea that
this originated through that wonderful
book of the Generals, "In Darkest Eng.
land and the Way Out" but the fal.
lacy of this is easily seen when !
point out that at the time this volume
issued from the press there were al
ready In operation four food depots.
five night shelters, one inebriates'
home several prison gate brigades, one
factory, thirty.three Stun settlements
and thirty.three rescue homes, all of
them differed by 3S4 persons; in fact,
II was through the ideas of the need
gained by these institutions that the
General was led to plan out complete
scheme of social reform. No; this de.
partment antedated In Darkest Eng.
land" appearance some six years. AL.
most from the inception of the move.
ment the need of some such departure
was seen.
Home after home was opened, until
today we have Ill homes operating,
through which 5000 women pass annual
! ly, IS per cent of whom turn out salts.
| factory. Then there was another
equally unfortunate class-the eX.crim.
inal.
Under the system in England it il
almost impossible for the stigma OF
the prison to be removed; after a man
leaves prison he is compelled to report
himself every month to the nearest pc.
ice station. II is not quite so bad in
the States, but II Is certainly bad
enough. Should he desire to turn over
new leaf and secure job. around
comes a detective who informs his en-.
ployer of his old life and to watch him
carefully The man gets fred. What
shall he do? The Army sati he must
be given a chance to prove himself;
We will look after him and when he
leaves us 1t will be with a recommen.
dation and so the first Home was open.
cd. Officers arrange to meet the men
as they leave the prison gates, and
the advantages of the Home are
pointed out to them. Arms of love are
put around, they are put to work or
taught trades.
Mr.. Herbert Gladstone. in speaking
at one of the annual meetings referred
to some statistics given. saying: Il
say that this is a great result because
you must remember that the class OF
men dealt with in these homes are Of
the most dangerous character and
were untouched by any work or infu.
ence of the Government. Here Is O
proof OF the practical work done by the
Army for the last six years in my offi.
cial capacity at the Home office and
as a Member of Parliament have Civ.
en- close and personal attention TO
prison matters, and | say emphatical.
ly there is no society or body in the
country which has done more valuable
work for the rescue of criminals than
the Salvation Army
We now have 10 Of these homes in
operation through which 1900 crimi
J mails go every year to lead new ant
Christian lives.
Again there was the out.of.works
the man down on his luck.
: This opened up tremendously large
field. The Army has always believed
in the principle that He who only
feeds the poor is their greatest enc.
my. while he who employs them in
useful labor is their best friend" For
the man without a trade, Salvage Bri.
gades were formed, in which men were
employed with wagons and push carts
to go around and collect paper, rags
string. bottles, old clothes, broken fur
niture. anything and everything.
Labor bureaus were organized 10
hunt work for these unfortunates; fin
ally farm colonies were secured for
the trainin. of men to send abroad OF
become farmers and on these there
are found dairies, poultry ranches,
market gardens, orchards, apiaries,
brick fields. etc. The idea being IA
. turn the flow Of the unemployed from
the congested centers of population
back to the land, changing them II ON
MASTERS and tax.esters TO workers and
+ taxpayers.
b Among the other agencies are Boys
Refugees for the Hooligans OF the street,
inebriate homes for the almost help
+ less cases and children's orphanages
for the waits and strays. Altogether
the social wing now consists OF COS
: separate institutions amongst which
: are 40 food depots and night shelters,
81 factories, 33 orphanages, 1872 slum
settlements, 16 farm colonies with a
total Of 26,562 acres, etc. The whole
are looked after by a staff OF 1868
= trained officers, many of whom have
themselves come up from the slough
OF despond and graduated through
these factories and institutions TO Of
i nCerSniD They contain n total an