The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
THE SALVATION ARMY
By Frederic J. Haskin.

sale and prove a boon to many who could not afEord to buy them at mar ket prices, while bringing a small in- come to the home. All blood and thun-7 der novels are carefully weeded out and put with the waste paper. All the newspapers sent are packed in bundles for the factories.
 A member Of the industrial home force in Washington is authority for the statement that if all the people in each big city would place their waste papers at the disposal of the Salvation Army post near them, iiv- Ing at sorting and budding these could be afforded every vagrent who came into that city. Even the most disrep- utable old shoes have not been scorn- ed by the thrifty Army officer& for 1t has been found they can be used for fuel in an emergency.
 What is 1t that these helpful folk in the industrial homes cannot use? Look at this representative list of articles collected in one day: Books. chairs and guitars, a collection of horns of animals and of wax flowers. boxes of infants food. tooth powder and med icineA boxing gloves and crutchss, dressmaker's forms and photographers negatives, lamps and sleds. notices and statuettes and old typewriters and an old hurdy-gurdy. In New York alone there are seventy-hve wagons of the Army continually 4t work during the day, collecting such odds and ends. The Army owns It's horses and wagons. and in that city the harness Is made by the men in the industrial home thus furnishing another occupa- ton for the otherwise Idle. All these things of widely diverse nature are mended and sold, and the funds ap- piled to the support of the homes.
 The Salvation Army iassies so down | among the worst dives and most dis reputable resorts of big cities. and sometimes amid bodily danger. rescue l girls who have become immoral, whether of their own will or not. rwenty-four rescue homes shelter these girls throughout the Unite0 | States, being able to accommodate | over 5000, though about three times that many pass through during a. the l year, leaving to follow better lives un- der the supervision of the untirins army. Within the past fiscal year the army of the slunns visited over 2T,000 in active service while doing such work. It gave temporary assistance | to 10000 people and meals to far over | B0.000 more.
 One of the movements dearest to | the heart of the Salvation Army mem- Der Is that which has created three farm colonies for the city dwellsr who | wants to go back nearer nature. There
 are three of these farms, one in Cali-
 fornia, one In Colorado and one in
 Ohio. The land aggregates over a.50O 1 acres and 600 happy people live there I and get 8 good start Some have es-
 tabfished themselves on farms of theis
 own. after recuperatinR here, and oth-
 ers arc planning to do this as soon al
 they are able Then there are homel for children. for Ehe little waifs whe
 he'd never known comfort or care. Ons
 near San Francisco Is in the nature
 of big farm, where al take part ir
 the work. where there are pets to love
 chores to do. and a clean, fresh life
 to live. The eggs from this farm sup
 ply one of San Franoisoo's big hotels
 and the transient guest perhaps nevel I dreams what good cause he Is inoi
 dentally helping when he orders eggi
 for breakfast.
 The Spring vAlisy oEphaAawe tn New
 York grew from the needs of the slum
 folks The. Army giFis.A after bsoom-
 ing known in the siums. very often
 awoire in the mornings to find babies
 left without ceremony on their door.
 steps. or children bit older knocISins
 for adnittanes. They raised the money
 turned to the country and for these
 Home was opened. In thls and the
 .pac1ty 10 under 800. but that dossn'i tuck aa . nesay ahdAA a14 wAea ths