The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-08

+. Of All ages who are sirsd AID despmd-
ent have been received and aided.
Among them are widows who have
been left with families dependent
upon them.
Attention was recently called to
that Of a woman who was the sup
port Of five small children. Her body
was found by her fve-year-old daugh-
ter hanging by a rope in a closet.
The child gave the alarm and a man
rushed In from the street and cut the
woman down. Before she died she
uttered the one word Tired
we could have helped that wo-
man" said Col Holland, IT she had
told US Of her troubles, 70. we could
have temporarily taken charge o. two
OF three or all OF the children for that
matter, in our Cherry Tree Homs. in
Spring Valley We could have also
taken care Of her and kept her with
them there in the country until she
gathered health and strength. Then
she could hUss Faturned to the city
with one or two CT the children and
left the others to be cared for by the
Salvation Army"
Plans for cripples.
Col. Holland said that many Of the
men who we're Respondent through
lack of employment were American
mechanics who were deprived Of a
chance to gain a livelihood through
the loss of finger or a portion Of
the hand
We have special arrangements"
said he. for caring for those who are
handicapped in that way, and often
they can find occupations suited to
them in which the defects would not
seriously interfere"
Back Of the anti-suicido bureau is
the whole organization Of the Saliva
tion Army, which has homes, asy-
lums, farms and colonies, in which it
can help the unfortunate, as we'll as
schools and training bureaus. 1t also
| conducts employment agencies and is
in touch with many large firms and
corporations. Its connections with
hospitals and with the medical pro-
fession is also close, so that it can
arrange quickly for the treatment Of
physical ills which SO often drive men
and women to the verge of self-de-
struction.
One Of the notices which has been
applied to the work of the Salvation
Army is Soup, Soap, Salvation" The
organization feeds the hungry, ar
ranges for making them presentable
and gives religious instruction whcn
the person whom 1t would benefit is
in a condition to receive 1t. When
the respondent ones come for aid the
officers pray with them If the persons
SO desire, and II not they pray foi
them. AT any event, their first CON
Germ Is to see that they have material
aid.
General Booths Idea.
Gen. Booth, in his public address
upon the situation. says the causes
Of suicide are almost without mum
ber
But further back" he ADDS. Fin the
string Of causes for this melancholy
transaction | should say there toe
frequently lies a sense of failure IN
the struggle OF life; especially is this
the case with those who have come
down In the world. With many, be
lieve, the step is taken in the strug
gle to be good-in the vain effort Il
master some hated evll--with the
sense Of ..,ter helplessness. No one
is at hand with sufficient sympathy Oh
sense to understand them, to whom
the bleeding heart can be laid bare
SO the fatal step is taken. Suicide, II
80 cases out of 100, must be the tri
umph Of despair.
"But will not argue about causes
Can anything be done to prevent thu
suicidal tide from rising? This is th'
practical question. And 1t seems I,
me that we must supply the friend