The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-27

iog By the thousands, eventually By
the millions, and make self supporting
and home owning In time these sub
merged strugglers Of the urban abyss
90 whom every body but God and Gen.
eral Booth seems 10 have forgotten. A
proposition OF that sort a few years
ago would have been greeted with
Sniffs Of contempt. But not 30 now,
Booth has shown that be can do things.
Then there Is what General Booth
calls "the University OF Humanity"
He proposes to establish one branch Of
4 Il in London and another In New York
4 The purpose is to teach the doctrine
and science Of human brotherhood, All
other sciences aud doctrines have their
great schools. says General Booth, and
why not human brotherhood
Personal Description Of Booth.
Whatever may result from these new
plans, this is quite a programme for a
man seventy eight years old. Let rs
/ consider the man himself, as I saw
him the other day in the national head
I quarters building Of the Salvation
Army, In New York, Just after his ar
rival In this country. He IL tall and
/ straight. He ls not spare, though
/ somewhat angular. His frame ls big.
/ His shoulders are broad. His head Is
long, and the white hair rises almost
perpendicularly from bis crown. The
long beard Is stil whittier. The eyes
are a gray blue, soft and humorous in
their perpetual twinkle. The nose
now there Is the distinguishing feature
Of General Booth. To appreciate that
nose properly you must see 1t. Photo
graphs don't show 1t all. It Is some
thing like an eagles beak. The tip end
Of 1t extends down an inch or so below
the nostrils. II is a wonderful nose,
the most wonderful l ever saw, and
perhaps in that nose lies the Samso.
nlan power OF this great organizer and
commander. Lord Wolseley, himself a
great soldier and organizer, called
Booth "the greatest organizer in the
world"
General Booth Is vegetarian,
though not a radical one. He subslsts
chiefly upon rice, toast. tea, milk and
light vegetables He works ten hours
day, whether at home or abroad.
His stan travels with him, working
hard to keep the pace. At his home In
London the old general has work
shop In a plain room. From there he
directs his world wide army. On the
wall il a huge map of the world. Lit
tie flags stuck In the map indicate the
location of the corps. A red flag
means that work ls going on all right.
A blue flag means that the corps needs
proddlng by orders from headquarters.
A yellow flag IL a call for the com.
mander to visit that corps right of
and look into things, and the general
buttons up his long military coat and
takes the fastest conveyance.
Some years ago General Booth was
being entertained In an American
household where there were no serv'
ants In the manner Of the English
man at home he put his boots outside
the door when he retired at night. His
host saw them there Some time iateI
he said to Balllngton Booth, the gen
erals son, then in command Of the ar
my In America:
IL did for your father what would
not do for the Prince of Wales.
blacked his boots"
Darlington Booth fell upon the mech
Of the man and Rugged him. That was
before Ballington and his wife seeded
from the Salvation Army In 1896 anC
formed an independent organization
called the Volunteers of America. Thii
secession has been the old generals
one great sorrow. II Is well known
that he brought up all his children t
take high commands, subordinate t
himself, In his army Commander BAL
lington Booth and his wife were order
ed to transfer themselves to India
They loved America and rebelle,
against going. The commander stool
out for discipline; hence the split.
An AutOcrat In Ills Army.
General Booth Is an autocrat in hi
army, just as any real commando
must be. What he says goes. He
the general. INSTRUMENTATION he wi
not tolerate. His Is the great execU
tive brain that rules the ranch. q.
dozen such executive energies" say
che London Mail, "would evangeliz
the world In a lifetime" If ther
must be autocrats 1t is fortunate 70
. the world that this one IL no charll
i tan, but an orthodox Christian wit
a the central idea Of applying Christian
! ity where 1t viii do the most good
!. General Booth, 1t should be remen
q bered. has not set up any new rel
{ glon. such as the late Dowie and pc
Y sons of that ilk have tried to d,
4 Booths religion Is the old homespu
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