Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-21
WOMAN'S PLACE
IN HOME SAYS
MlSSEVA BOOTH
SALVATION ARMY LEADER SEES
FAULT OF SUFFRAGETTES
"ENGLlsH METHODS REPREHEN.
slBLE," SHE DECLARES
"They Have Lost Sight of the Main
Issue and Gone off at Tam
gent" Is the Real
Verdict
N COMMANDER EVA BOOTH, Lit
tie Mother of the Poor" third

A
tie Mother of the Poor" third
~ daughter of the founder of the
Salvation Army, arrived in Los An
geIes last night with her party, Whlch
consists of Mrs. Brigadier Stanyn OF
New York, a noted worker among the
poor and at present slum secretary OF
the Salvation Army; Major Richard
Griffith of New York, Commissioner
Thomas EstilI of Chicago, Colonel
| George French of Chicago and Colonel
Charles Miles, provincial officer or
San Francisco. Commander Bootn IS
guest of the management OF the
Hotel Alexandria. She will speak three
times Sunday in Temple auditorium.
The hours for her addresses are II a.
M, 8 p. m. and p. m.
AS Commander Booth sat in her
room at the Alexandria last night,
tired after her long journey, she was
not much inclined to be interviewed,
| but what she said was worth listening
to. The first question put to her was
on equal suffrage and this is the way
| she answered it:
I'm a Salvationist, not a politician.
| The Salvation Army is not and never
| has or will be in politics. 1t is an
international movement for salvation
of souls. Save the man and politics
will be clean.
1.-The woman who pays taxes and is
| on the same plane with man should
be allowed to vote, 1 believe, but If it
will make her masculine in any way
would not be in favor Of equal suf-
| frage.
Main Issue Forgotten
"In England the women have gone
| to extremes Some of their methods
are almost reprehensible. They have
| lost sight of the main issue and have
| gone off on a tangent which will lead
! them to their own undoing.
1.-THE place for woman is The home
| Woman may take mans place in the
office or in any walk of life, but man
! can never take the place of woman in
| the home. In the army we give women
| the opportunities of development ia
every possible way, but we do not in
| developing her take from her any Of
| her womanliness. If politics leads 10
! the destruction or harming in tae
| slightest degree Of woman's function
! in Lire, / say let women keep out OF
politics.
Motherhood is the greatest thing
! in the world. 1t is in the home tina
! man is made. If the mother is ia
from her home by politics it mean
the downfall of the nation no matter
what rights at the polls may, be given
to women.
IT love Los Angeles, for it is a garden
spot and the people here have made
me do my work better. This is my
as were my previous ones I shall feel
happy and fully repaid for coming"
Filled with Enthusiasm
Commander Booth is a mediumly tall
woman and slightly thin. She wore a
long military overcoat last night, and,
with her close cropped hair, which
falls around her face like a halo,
looked exactly the part in life she is,
commander of a great army of re-
ity full of magnetism and when she
speaks she carries conviction with her
every word, for she is filled with sin
cerity and enthusiasm. AS she spoke
of the work of the army, especially of
her own work among the slums of
London, where she gained her enviable
title of Little Mother of the Poor"
she leaned forward slightly in her
chair, her hands tightly clasped, and
she seemed to be living again the days
when she walked among the wretched
of England's metropolis, garbed in
patched and torn dresses, selling
flowers and water cress that she
might come more intimately in touch
with her work and with her subjects.
Her addresses Sunday undoubtedly
will be to packed houses, for thou
sands have been turned away wher-
ever she has appeared. From here
she win go to San Francisco and Oak
and Of information gathering.
Since her early childhood Miss Booth
has been identified with slum work and
is probably the most famous doer of
good among the bedraggled poor that
the world has ever known. She is de-
clared to be one of the most magnetic
speakers to ever appear before an audi
ence. In a recent lecture in the Greek
theater in Berkeley 10000 people were
present. Governors of almost every
state in the Union have honored her.
At Ocean Grove, where she lectured
less than two weeks ago, two congre-
cations, aggregating 26,000 people and
including delegation of 500 ministers,
were attentive listeners.
Won Respect of All
OF Miss Booths work among the
poor, it is said that her unfailing tact,
her ceaseless efforts and her open,
heartedness and self-sacrifice have not
only won for her the respect of the
people among whom she works, but also
their undying love. 1t is related that
two years ago while the young wom-
an lay dangerously ill., a young tough.
whom she had saved from a life of
crime, hearing of her illness, sold his
vest that he might buy a few pieces
of fruit for her.
In executive ability there are few
women who equal Miss Booth. At an
early age she was in charge of the Brit
ish college wherein Salvation Army
officers are educated for the work of
saving souls. At the same time sha
was in charge of the London province,
which was made up of more than 20,-
900 Salvation Army workers.
Miss Booth later became comman-
der of the Salvation Army forces in
Canada, where she made an enviable
record.
The title of her lecture here is WON
derful." The stage effects for her lee
lures are good, and she will be sup
ported in her appearance by forty