The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-12

Loved by the Rank and File as "Miss Eya'-FraiI Looking Little Woman but Has Great Business Ability.
 It is frail looking little woman who has come over from Canada recently ito take command of the Salvation Ar N in America. She seems hardly
 @g enough to carry the executive
 aof directing the 924 corps of
 my scattered through every
 the Union. She will have the
 ement of property worth mill
 on her shoulders will fall the
 | of raising large sums of money
 Try on the, work of the Army and
 end it, and she will have to take
 "a many times in the year to put
 Spirit into the work whenever or
 Fever it lags.
 his little woman is Commander
 angeline c. Booth, known and loved
 the rank and file of the Army as Hiss Eva,'' a fayorite daughter of Eeneral Booth, the aged founder of the Army. She has been in command of Ehe Army forces in the Dominion of Canada for. the last seven or eight years, and her success in that difficult and widely scattered field led to her promotion to the command of the Unit ed States. She has shown a remark able talent for organization and admin istration, and the work of the Army will probably take the squirt which is likely to follow change of command CTS. She succeeds her brother-in-law, Commander Booth-Tucker, who has been in command here since Miss Booths brother, Ballington Booth, re- signed from the Army and organized the Volunteers of America.
 One does not talk long with Miss Booth before her womanly frailty is forgotten. Her grasp of affairs is evi' denced by the direetness of everything she says. There is not the slightest hesitancy over word and thought, and she seems to find the right word and the right thought. This explains part of her power as public speaker of great earnestness and effectiveness.
 A wealth of curly black hair, regular features and eyes that sparkle with kindly cheer make Miss Booth a most attractive woman. The neat blue and and red uniform, with the shoulder straps of full commander, which she wears, is most becoming.
 A Tribune reporter found her the nQth her.e afternoon in her office at the Salvation Army headquarters, tower ing gray stone building, in West ! Fourteeth-st., near Sixth-ave. She sat at big, business-like rolltop desk, piled high with official papers, through which she was struggling in an effort to get a grasp on her new work as speedily as possible. It might have been the office of any strong man of business for all the suggestion there was of femininity about the furnish ings or decorations. In the interview (Which followed no man could have given a more lucid account of things e..sssSd in the past or outlined with whore directness the plans for the fu- ture. &,t-.
 II want first of all," began Miss Booth, in voice which carries just a trace of English accent, Ito thank the people of New-York for the welcome they have accorded me. It is delight full to come into a new field and re- ceive such welcome. I especially ap- preciate the expressions of kindness from the press
 How long, Miss Booth, have you been engaged in the Army work?" was one of the first questions asked.
 I can hardly tell you that" she said smiling. You see, I was born into it., as it were, cradled in it. and have been in it ever since. From the time my beautiful mother made me understand the great work there was for us to do have been trying to do my part. When a very little girl took up the work with other little chil- dren. AS a mere child I went into the streets with our London corps and spoke and sang on the corners. When little older took up the work in the slu,ms and learned that. took my turn at selling "The War Cry" the weekly paper that is such a factor and help in our work
 s.As happy a day as I have ever known was when my cadetship ended and I received my first commission. went into the work with new zeal. and Ninally became a captain. My first real command was a large corps in one of the poorest districts of London. It was difficult field, but the chance for help ing and blessing people was corres- pondingly great
 sAfter experience as a staff officer | became Commissioner of London. We are very strong in that great city, you know, having more than twenty three thousand soldiers in the active work Besides their direction l had charge of the International Training Colleges, where officers are prepared for work in every country we can reach.
 Flight years ago I came to Canada, having full command of that vast do- nlfnion, with Newfoundland and the Bermudas as we'll. There were several important adjuncts to the army work which seemed worthy of introduction, and I went about it. In Newfound- land. for instance. it was necessary to introduce a system of army day schools 4. <@
 "Prison work especially appealed to me. It was a. work of reform while the men were prisoners, and a work of guardianship and care after they ! ioYne c