Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-28

| night and the sale will be concluded
tonight The ensign. Charles West.
conducts religious services in the early
part OF the evening and number Of
conversions have been made in the
past two or three DAYS.
| In the two weeks of so-caIled harvest
| collections the sum raised does not ex-
coed $780,. and not more than half that
amount was realized in the bazaar
sales. And the $3.50 raised represents
more than $3.50 work according to the
scales of the unions. Lads and lassies
secured the town thoroughly for the
two weeks. calling at probably every
| residence In the town for donations
IN the first week the contributions were
IN iiVe ard ten-cent pieces, and finally
rev dollars We're contributed There
We're eight harvest boxes placed in
pubic places in the town. which con
tanned about So. In one instance a box
laden with coins and full of promise
WAS round 10 contain just 100 pennies
'hH small amount of money raised by
persistent canvass by many workers
would seem discouraging on the face
OF II, hut the army is encourap -ed with
JUS success. The showing is greater than
In any preceding year, and after the
O.
ed their annual tithes the sum will as
sumo what the army regards to, be re-
spectable proportions. 1t should be re-
fneInbered that the Salvation Army in
IFS charities is engaged in assisting tho
poorest of the poor. The wealthy and
:he average citizen occasionally calls
unon the Salvation Army for spiritual
comfort, but as a rule the work of this
organization is not so we'll nderstood
as is the work of the foreign mission
airy. The drum, the erratic horn and
the enthusiastic "halleluias," are alike
dlsrasteful 10 some people, who under
stand the mission of the Salvation
Army only to the extent that il affects
their ear drums.
The eccentricities and demonstrations
OF this form of religious worship. how
ever, were created by a man who had
an almost perfect understanding of the
hesc means to be employed in awaken
ing responsive chords in some classes of
citizens. and the peculiar way this civic
army has OF doing things results in i'm
merse amount of missionary and char:-
table work here at home. The money
raised at the harvest festivities in
Phoenix viii be employed in charita bile
work in this town. The shelterless
children, the destitute widow, the
homeless and starving invalid alike are
helped along with the limited resources
OF the salvation Army and when the
funds are exhausted tbs tircless, I'M
salaried officers will make a further
canvass.
The charitable work Of the army in
the east extends even to penny ice" in
the summer months when the slums of
hTeArtr Vn~ly t.,
the cold snaps of winter, when the
price of coal scars. the army draws
from its store-houses and sells buckets
full Of coal to the shiverng poor at but
living prices.
The last reports of the national or
ganization present some interesting
facts in connection with the charities
departments. The army has been self
supporting In the United States only
three years. Previously it drew on
England to cover its deficits. 1t now
distributes IN cash $4,000 annually
among the poor. 1t provides quarters
and beds to the extent of SO, O0o, 900 and
it provides work in its industrial homes
and fuel yards for an army of people,
employing $50 new persons every day.
1t finds outside employment for PSI, 900
people in the course of the year. In it's
ewenty-one rescue homes for fallen
women, $50 women pass through the
institutions daily. In the children's or
pllanages $50 children pass through the
institutions daily. Christmas dinners
and clothing and toys represent an out
lay of S250.000 annually, carrying the
annual charities of these busy civil
warriors up in the millions in the
United States. There are in addition
large industrial farms in Colorado and
other states which help many unfortu-
nate families to sustain themselves
comfortably and which contribute to
the financial resources of the national
organization.
Interest III the worship and in the
work of the Salvation Army is above
par in Phoenix now. Ensign West and
his wife of London. who arrived in the
past year to assume charge of the local
corps, have invested the meetings with
as much enthusiasm as ANGLO dialect
and idioms. The membership in the
army has increased and the regular
attendance at the meetings in the bar
racks hall has increased from 200 to
500 nightly and promises greater in
crease through the winter.