The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
The Mayor,s Address.

The Mayors Address.
 "This shows you the warm approval the
 Salvation Army has from our best peo- ple," declared the Mayor.
 Now we have met here this after noon," continued the Mayor, "to dedicate
 forever this unpretentious home as Q
 Rescue Home for fallen women. I say forever on the grounds that the work of the Salvation Army Is onward, upward and never backward.
 "When we think of the hundreds of cities and towns in thes, United States, with their great population and wealth, and to think that Birmingham makes the twenty-third home of this character that has been established in the whole United States feel that the Salvantion Army
 think that the good people of this city stand ready and willing to assist them fin this great Humanitarian undertaking.
 Tn establishing this Rescue Home by the Salvantion Army is no theoretical un- oughly practical, and the great force of the Salvantion Army workers have dem- onstrated to thousands upon thousands in Europe and America that this great work will continue on as it's fundamental prin- cipals are religion and love and human ity.
 "The Salvation Army now has in Eu- rope 102 Rescue Homes, accommodating
 5000 or 1000 fallen girls annually, and the | record that is kept by its officers show that over 80 per cent of this number are
 restored to lives of purity and virtue. There are twenty-two Rescue Homes in the United States, this making the
 twenty-third, caring for 2624 girls last year, averaging 93 per cent on whom fa- vorable reports have been made by the | officers of the Salvantion Army.
 '"The aim and purpose of the Salvation Army Is to teach the unfortunate to help l themselves. The Rescue Home which we have met here today to dedicate meets with my most hearty approval, and l as- sure the officers of the Salvation Army that l will always lend 1t my support in the future as I have in the past. Just one more word and I am through About two years ago little niece of mine, aged 12 years received five dol lar gold piece from her mother as birth day present. She has treasured this highly, and the other day when she learn ed that I was to make a talk at the opening of this home, she came to me me to give it to the good matron at the home. Here is the five dollar gold piece, Colonel Holz.'
 pr. Stagg Talks. pr. Stagg said that he was indeed glad to attend the opening of the Rescue Home. He said: Birmingham needs 1t perhaps
 more than any other think just at pres
 cent. These good people have taken upon their shoulders the great responsibility of trying to care for the unfortunate young woman who has fallen by the way
 side. and they should receive our encour- agement
 "Ths is something that our laws have
 never been able to cope with successfully. It is our duty to visit this place often. There is not a man woman in the great 1 city of Birmingham or in the state of | Alabama who is too good or too fine to | visit this home often and render all as- sistance that is in their power to aid these Salvantion Army workers"
 Staff Captain Berriman then sang a solo,
 the entire army corps present joining in l the chorus.
 Judge Feagin Approves. I Hon. N. B. Feagin. judge of the police court of Birmingham. was next introduced
 by Colonel Holz. "I. for one. have long since seen the great necessity for a Rescue Home for fallen women in Bir- -------------~~-~----- lContinued ca Seventh Paue)