Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-21

BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE, L
log BY the thousands, eventually BY,
The millions, and make self supporting
and home owning In time these sub
merged strugglers Of the urban abyss
5es whom every body but God and Gem
Eeral Booth seems to have forgotten. A
proposition Of that sort d few years
ago would have been greeted with
,niffs of contempt But not so. now.
Booth has shown that he can do things
Then there is what General Booth
calls .the University OF Humanity =
He proposes to establish one branch of
It In London and another in New York.
The purpose is to teach the doctrine
md science Of human brot herhood. All
lther sciences and 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 programme for a
man seyenty-eight years old. Let us
consider the man himself. i as I saw
him the other day in the national head
quarters building of the Salvation
Army, In New York, just after his ar
rival in this country. He is tall and
straight. He Is not spare, though
somewhst angular. His frame, is big.
His shoulders are broad. His llead Is
long, and the white hair rises almost
tperpendi cularly from his crown. The
long beard is still 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. 1t Is some
thing like an eagles beak. The tip end
OF 1t extends down an inch or so below
the nostrils. 1t Is wonderful nose,
the most wonderful / ever saw, and
perhaps in that nose lies the Samso-
MAN power Of this great organizer and
commander. Lord Wolseley, himself a
great soldier and organizer, called
Booth .'the greatest organizer In the
world. s fsss
e General Booth Is vegetarian,
though not a radical one. He subsists
chiefly upon rice, toast, tea, milk and
light vegetables. He works ten hours
q day, whether at home OF abroad.
His staff travels with him, working
hard to keep the pace. At his home In
London the old general has a work
shop In a plain room. From there he
directs his world wide army. On the
wall 10 a huge map OF. the world. Lit
tie fiags stuck in the map indicate the
location Of the corps A red flag
means that work is going on all right.
A blue flag means that the corps needs
prodding by orders from headquarters.
"A yellow flag is q call for the COM
mander to visit that corps right off
and look into things, and the general
buttons up his long military coat and
takes the fastest conveyance.
y 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. later.
he said to Ballington Booth, the gem
erals son, then In command OF the ar,
my in America: MI. hi s8
7 did for your father what / would
not do for the Prince OF Wales. r
BACKED his boots. 2
Ballington Booth fell upon the neck
Of the man and Rugged him. That was
before Ballington and his wife seeded
from the Salvation Army In 1896 aud
formed an Independent organization
called the Volunteers Of America This
secession has been the old generals
one great sorrow. It Is well known
that he brought up all his children to-
take high commands, subordinate to-
himself, In his army. Commanded Bal
lington Booth and his wife were order
ed to transfer themselves / to india.
They loved America and rebelled
against going Tie commander stood
out for discipline; hence the split.
An Aatocrat In His Army.
General Booth Is an autocrat In his
army, inst as any real commander
must be. What he says goes. He III
the general. INSTRUMENTATION he will
not tolerate. His Is the great execu-
tive brain that rules the ranch. "a
dozen such executive energies = says
the London Mail, would evangelize
the world In a lifetime II there
must be autocrats it Is fortunate for
the world that this one is no charla-
I tan, but an orthodox Christian with
the central idea Of applying Christian
ity where 1t VIII do the most good
General Booth, 1t should be remem-
bered, has not set up any new reli-
gion, such us the late Dowie and per-
sons OF that ilk have tried to do.
Booths religion Is the old homespnn
John Wesley Christianity, his creed
practically the same as these now
held By all the churches Of Christen.
dom. q
In the final analysis General Booth
Is a sociologist. To the thinking world
therein lies his value. We may not
fancy his methods, the army methods,