The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-12
THAT BABY SALE.
How II Was Conducted by Sal
walton Army.
MANNERS Of the Organization
Made the " Bids"
EFFECTIVE CEREMONY.
Morality, Science, Honor and
Pleasure Represented.
OF Course "Christianity" Was
in End Successful.

When the Salvation army adyertlse,9i
an auction sale of children 70 ne neIu
at its hall Tuesday evening, lheiS W. W.
some people who believed tnal II was
really a bona fide aftalr-tnat inc i.Sic
folks were going to be put up peInre lile
auctiOneer on-the block and knocked OF
70 the highest bidder; and several OF
them came prepared TO take auNdhlaSe
Of the offering, two or three women
went to the door of the nan ana lilqui
ing from the Keeper hIst tllillH . y. n,
Surfing themselves that there was really
TO he a selling of the little ones OA
rartfctilar interest was the case OF a
Wabaunsee county farmer VINO uioNS
into Topeka from his place, Hlty iiiies
west of here for the purpose OF buying
and taking home with him three or four
of the children His wife equally inter-
ested in the project had prepared
quantity of food with which the young
ster might be fed until they reached
their new home. The farmer drove his
team to the Salvatonist hall on lower
Kansas avenue. carried a generous
basket of food inside and waited for the
sale to be pulled OF When he found
that the event was not what he mad eX-
pected he was disappointed. and left the
place in disgust. He returned TO MS
home west of here today
As a matter of record the transaction
was about in this wise; Major j. q.
Galley who has charge Of the children
and medical departments in the south
western territory of the army, mounted
the block "A little after o'clock and be-
gan calling for bids on the eight or ten
little people sitting on the platform.
They ranged in years from five to ten,
and We're dressed really as though they
might have been placed on the market.
AS soon as Major Galley announced the
bids open. Mother Florence. the de-
voted old Salvationst lady whose poke
bonnet is known from the Santa Fr
shops to Washburn college through her
persistent solicitation of funds for the
Salvation army, rose from her seat in
the front of the room She said She
represented Morality" characteristic
which had the elements of saving the
young. while not wearying them with
long sermons After Mother" Florence
had finished her plea. the auctlOneer
asked if there We're further bids. Just
as he raped the gaVel after he had
cried Going twice" Ensign Howard,
officer i'm charge of local Salvation
army work. rushed forward, clad in the
cap and gown of a college student. He
represented Science" And when asked
what recommendations he could show
for taking charge of the children, he
gave an eloquent plea.
He concluded by saying that he went
no farther after death As soon as fur
Their bids were called for "A character
representing Professor Honor" sent in
hufrieffiy stered ''1ettelss rfacif4ese hts
bid. Mr.. Pleasure was imoersOnated
by II. s. Rinear an interior decorator.
VINO has appeared several times at the
Army meetings under the title of the
converted drunkard." Rinear, who usu-
ally dresses unassuminglys when he
placed his bid for the children. was
dressed i'm a silk tile and evening suit
Mrs. Galley. wife of the major, made
the Offering for the character PITCHES. -
Her strongest induCement was a grand
funeral procession for each of the chill
oren at death Then Just as the dear
was about to be closed Christianity. -
represented by Mrs John Durell wife
OF an Army captain a Emporia. ar
rived and told why she should he award
ed custody Of the little ones. and as
they crowded about her the auction was
declared closed. and she got the award
Then the room was darkened and ths
children knelt before the screen upor
which had been thrown a picture of the
Rcman cross. singing Rock of Ages
Cleft for Me" A number Of other slides
We're run through the lantern. impress.
Ing the lesson of religion upon the
minds of the audience.
Then the lights were turned on and
Major Galley spoke for half an hour II
general way, applying some Christian
truths lie IS an attractive speaker. and
IS especially earnest i'm his manner oa
talking He has been engaged in tbs
work Of the Army for p years Al tn,
time OF the Galveston flood he haf
charge Of y nurses aud doctors 1,bsat
the salvation Army sent to the scene
ana ne was the first to arrive there. he.
Ing six hours ahead of the corns n
physicians which tho New York Journa
iusned to the storm swept CITY. Th,
singing of Little Joe" by BABY Cal
icy, the adopted child Of Major and Mrs
Galley. was a feature of the evening