The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-15
II ANG Y @ i R
.CLOI HES ON
A LIMB
TAKE A BATH AND THEN YOU
ARE ELIGIBLE.
How the Salvation Army Headquar
tcrs in ogden Guards Against
an Invasion.

The new Salvation Army headquar-
ters at 259 Twenty-ffth street, have
now been completed and are In excel
lent condition Tor the work in hand,
namely, providing a neat, clean lodg-
Ing place for small price. as we'll as
carrying on the general work OF
charitable institution.
Captain Sheridan Of Salt Lake is
still In Ogden working In the interests
OF the new quarters, which are in
charge OF Ensign Lamont and A. j.
Lcguerrier. The supply station or dis
tribution department occupies the low
er floor Of the building, which adjoins
the Pingree shoe house west of the
Lyceum tneater The commodious
room Is filed with clothing, furniture,
shoes and furnishings which have
been kindly donated by the people of
Ogden for distribution by the Army.
Whore an unfortunate family or indi-
yidual is able to pay small price for
articles of clothing or furniture. the
same is gladly accepted by the officers
In charge, to apply on the expense ac-
count of the establishment. These re-
ceipts, with those of the lodging house
above, and sucn contributions as are
solicited on the outside, are made to
pay the running expenses Of the quar-
ters.
The lodging house on tho second
floor, In charge of A. j. Leguerrier. is
model of sanitary sleeping quarters.
The floor is covered with linoleum and
the woodwork OF the entire room mas
been freshly painted. making neat
and clean appearance throughout.
In front Is the business Office, read
ing room and private room of the gen.
tlemen In charge. Directly back of
the latter are the sleeping quarters
containing twenty double-decked iron
beds. Each bed is scrupulously clean
and furnished with a new mattress,
blankets, pillows and bed-linen. At
the rear Of the room are the toilet and
wash rooms and a large bath room,
freshly painted, and furnished with
cement flooring and now porcelain fix
lures.
Just outside the rear door, is one OF
the important features of the institu-
tlon-a fumigating room. AS soon as
a prospective lodger negotiates for
bed for the night. he Is made to dis
robe at once and take good bath with
nished with a nightshirt and given
clean bed to sleep in. In the mean
time his clothing, from mead to feet,
is placed on numbered hooks In the
fumlgating room and subjected thor
oughly to a kettle Of burning sulphur
during the night, assuring death to all
possible vermln. The batn. lodging
and fumigation cost the small sum of
15 cents.
Drunken men are not admitted, beds
are not reserved after o'clock and
dodgers are not admitted after eleven
O'Clock without special permission.
There must be no boisterous talking
nor disorderly conduct of any Kind
about the place, a condition which Is
well backed by the husky form of
Mr.. Leguerrier The latter Is not an
officer of the Army, but Is employed to
take charge of the lodging quarters.
A regular accounting Of all trans
actions Is kept as well as register Tor
dodgers. The latter contains the name
of the lodger, the number OF his bed
and the number of the hook in the
fumieating room upon which his SuS-
pected apparel is hung during the
night. OF course, after a lodger has
become a regular" the above precau'
tions are not necessarily taken.
A respectable appearing person is
by no means denied a resting place II
ne applies for assistance without the Is
cents, and hardly a days record ap-
pears on the register without Labor" or
"Charity" being found after one or
more names on the page. The only
thing insisted upon is sobrlety, decency
and cleanliness, and an opportunity is
offered to acquire each. Last year,
there were more than 700 free beds
provided and about that number Of
people were fed without cost
1t is needless to point out the ad-
vantages which an institution OF this
kind offers to the down and OUT the
unfortunate and the fellow who is
trying to start again" A ten.day
stretch at the rock pile does not so
blast his reputation that ne cannot Sc
cure admittance and help at the Sal
vation headquarters.