The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18
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Salvation Army Salvage Store Does
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The Experiment Is Proving a Sue
cess and win Be Elk
banded.

One of the manifold charities, Of sthe
Salvation Army is the salvage store con-
Quoted by that organization at .623i Wash
ington avenue 8. It was established last
February, in line with similar stores
maintained by the army in other cities.
. The plan Of these salvage stores is that
Of a continuous runmage sale. Here, for
example, Captain l.. w. Kriedler secures
merchandise for the local store by writ
ing to charitable families and inclosing
postal cards that may be returned to him
with information whether such families
have old clothing to give away, old furnt-
ture, old books, pictures or magazines.
Very often, too, the donors telephone to
the army headquarters and request the
salvage wagon to call for useful gifts.
In either case the contributions are col
1ected by Captain Kriedler or his assist
ant, Charles Holman.
The salvage store is a small two-story
frame building, old and dilapidated, but
well enough suited to its present use. The
goods received here are generally sold in
the condition that they come. Clothing
too soiled or torn for use is sold as rags;
clothing that is, soiled but is in good re-
pair, is disposed of. separately. On the
front shelves of the store are displayed the
newest and the cleanest garments.
Women are the chief patrons of the
store, tho men come also, and children.
The great majority of the customers are
foreigners and negroes in needy circum
stances. Many destitute persons present
orders from the army officers and are then
enabled to obtain salvage goods free. But
the customer without an order pays nom
inal prices for his enthusiastically
enough to cover the cost of maintaining
the salvage store. ..ss
after a while,' said Captain Kriedler
yesterday, I'VE hope to give employment
here to several assistants who will sort
and arrange In bales the refuse rags and
paper that we gather. Just now we sell
things as we get them. We are specially
in need Of children's clothing.
"Our prices are certainly attractive
continued the captain. What do you
think Of a, real stove for so cents A
sewing machine that sews for 81? Well
sell you an ordinary chair for nickel,
or rare, artistic chair something in
an Empire design or Louis Quinze, for 40
cents. And II YOU want a bicycle, we
have them, with two wheels for rs cents.
Our automo biles are still on the road, but
we'll get EN- after a while.
| Eve have ladies' skirts, any pattern
almost, at to rs cents; ladies Jackets,
as short as If they came from Nicollet
avenue, at and 15 cents. We've got
women's shoes for 5 to so cents a pair;
and in our millinery departm ent-your
! choice of hats for 5 cents-are all the
styles to be seen at the New York stores
within the last ten years.
aBut our biggest bargains, possibly, are
/ those In shirt waists. We made a run
last spring on waists at 10 and Is cents
apiece, and we have just displayed, this
morning, some wonderful summer waists
Ia single big hole surrounded by lace
thread-for cent each
I'VE can do equally we'll in our haber-
! dashery department. Mr. Holman there
will show you a genuine South Side
/ Panama for 80 cents! Doesn't it look
lat? We make specialty. might
j say, of furnishing gentlemen with
complete outfits yesterday. for exam.