Evening journal., 1907-03-01
SALVATION ARMY
DOES GREAT WORK
Its Industrial Home Has Aided
Thousands Of the City'S
Worthy Poor

Apply 'or shelter at the Industrial
Home.
Many have gone there poorly clad,
with pinched faces. without overcoats,
without undertaking or even stock
ings. and suffering severely from the
bitter cod. And as the winter is pass
ing by the army feels that it owes a
debt Of gratitude to the citizens Of
Wilmington for the fact that through
their generosity it has not been COM
PEELED TO turn one worthy applicant
away. AdJutant Dinwoodie, in charge
OF the Salvation Army Industrial Home,
No. 100 West Third street. SAYS: "The
very existence Of the home is made
possible through the constant eeneros-
ity and good will OF our citizens in
giving their waste paper that employ
ment might be furnished for idle men.
and their cast-om clothing and furni-
ture that the city's permanent and
most worthy poor might be assisted.
Never before I'm the history OF the
nome I'm this city has the demand for
clothing and furniture been so great
as during the past two months. DUR
ing the coolest weather men have come
10 us without a stitch of undero othing.
without stockings. and literally walk
ing with bare feet on the snow. with
their shoes worn clear through. / viii
not say that such cases are common
compared TO the number of less needy
applicants, but they are almost a daily
occurrence in a headquarters of this
Kind, and in such cities as Wilmington
ana others OF larger size 1 often wish
that the kind friends who assist us
could nave the satisfaction Of seeing
for themselves the comfort that Is
brought through their gifts to these
.peope, and the extent OF suffering re-
heved We are not working for the
poor drunkard alone although we are
happy to help the many who are will
ing to work in return, but a large per-
centage OF our work Is in dealing di-
rectly with the homes of the citys un-
fortunate poor. We may live in a city
under certain conditions and see so
little real destitution that we hardly
realize that It is IN constant existence.
but In a headquarters Of this kind we
come to see hardly anything else.
am sure that our friends VIII apprecf-
ate the fact that they are helping not
a few worried and worn mothers with
babies to look out for. with husbands
I
for the present with no source Of in
come"
The adjutant reports that he has
had many applications from married
men Of this kind who are physically
unable TO do ordinary work. He says;
zone man on Tuesday came into my
Office pleading with tears in his eyes
for employment TO support a sick wife
-. ~
loccupy. I haven't got cents for gro
ceries.' said the man; my room Is cold,
the rent is past due and the landlord
tiSeatens 10 turn us in the street. I
could get work If I had the strength to
perform the kind OF labor, but you
know my condition."
The adjutant invited the man to re-
/ turn in the afternoon, but in the mean
/ time visited the mans home, which
was in a garret IN a house on Eighth
street TO make sure fnar ris man was
lspeaklng tie truth. He dropped in on
/ them unawares and wftnesseG a siglit
which was heart-rending. The man
and his wife were al home in a bacS
room on the third floor AS he opened
| the door, the woman. who had just got
out Of bed arrer SIX weeks o. severe
ILLNESS, sprang TO her feet, and with
arms extended upwards. showing fin
gers and bones disjointed from the
pains Of infiammatory rheumatism, ex-
claiming: MY God help has come;
its the Salvation Army officer; God
( has answered our prayers"
The sight was all that had been re-
ported. one room, with a small cook
stove. but not pound Of coal nor a
stick OF wood. The place was cold and
damp. Everything in the room could
be seen. the bed, two chairs and the
little cook stove, with neither a fire MOI
/ fuel to make one, and a handful OF
dishes with neither food nor material
to make up a lunch. The adjutant gave
the man a dollar for temporary relief
took him back to the home and gave
him employment at once.
The adjutant continued: "A word
concerning the store or supply depart
ment Of an industrial home: Thous-
ands upon thousands Of garments are
yearly discarded in Wilmington by ths
people. Hundreds of suits are finished
with every month. Where goes all this
more or less worn-out wardrobe? Few
OF these hundVeds Of discarded gar
ments reach the rag bag directly after
having been discarded by their former
wearers. Almost every garment con-
tains more or less wear until 1t is sur
rendered for rags. and this wear Is
taken out Of them by those not for
tunate enough to be able 90 purchase
new garments. Thus the old clothine
which has been discarded and become
a part of the great mountain of tn,
cltv's waste. passes through another
staaa before IL is surrendered as rags
Between its two separate eNstencel
as a serviceable garment, being worI
by its first and second owners I'm iti
possession by the salvation Army 4
gets. as It were. a now lease or iife' a
this institution men and women ar
frequently clothed from head to foo
Tor sum varying from 25 cents e
Isl. II the clothing enables the pur
lchasers to present a respectable ap
pearance. where hitherto they wore
rags. they may. in many cases. Obtain
work OF which there would have beei
no chance in their former condition
In speaking OF the benefits Of thi
denartment Adjutant Dinwoodie says
cav placing a very small price upol
zach Of these articles OF apparel man.
persons OF a proud and sensitive ma
ture come TO us who otherwise wouh
never consent 20 receive cur benefits
They will not accept charity. and the
are too poor to go to clothing stor
and buy a suit or even pair OF shoe
a hat at the furnishers. To suel
people as these our department come
as a special boon. When they hav
few cents for the needed article the,