The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
VOLUNTEERS HEAD
ARRIVES IN CITY
Maude BaIIington Booth on 9th
Trip Across Country, Visit
ing Prison League
Her Boys" Number 10000
Throughout Country; ESQ
in San Quentin
By MARY ASHE MILLER

Note The enthusiasm, the faith and
affection i'm Maude Ballington Booths
soft English voice when she speaks
Of her boys as she calls the members
of the Prison league Of the Volunteers
of America, and you viii not wonder
that she has enrolled, at the present
1me. nearly 10000 men in the various
prisons OF the country.
Mrs. Booth arrived in san Francisco
yesterday from southern California
where she has been lecturinG busily
Tor the last week, and is at the home
OF Colonel and Mrs. Duncan of the
Volunteers.
When ] saw her an hour or two
after her arrival she was as placid and
unVearied apparently as though she
had done nothing strenuous this year.
ON TWENTY-SEVENTH TRIP
She is so pretty. with her big brown
eyes and creamy skin. has such charms
of personality and manner and Ia ks
50 cIeverly Of her work that one invol-
UNFAIRLY becomes interested in know
ing just what manner of thing il is
that woman of her type is advocating.
Ny memory needed some refreshing
rs TO the facts that Volunteers of
America are am offshOot Of the Saliva
TI0E army. EEfEllrE some . years a 70
on account OF differences Of opinion as
10 the government Of the Army. Maude
Ballington Booth and her husband are
together presidents of the Volunteers.
This is Mrs Booths twenty seventh
frip across the continent and she is
anxious 10 reach San Quentin to see
her league there which numbers about
80 members.
She is going across 10 the prison on
81 \ n-F1arTr r14Tc III, n c-iRra
Them a talk.
LIKES HANDLING TOUGH BOYS
ct was so sorry not to come ol-t last
year" said Mrs. Booth. to see my boys.
but 2 was very in just at this season.
SO my husband came instead. l have
just come from Louisiana, where 7 have
enrolled about 1900 men during the
last TWO years. Many Of them are
negroes In some of the camps all the
members are colored prisoners. They
respond wonderfully well. though.
! asked Mrs. Booth If she found il
easier TO deal with men of birth and
education who would seem to have be-
come criminals deliberately or through
weakness, or with those who have had
no training save in viciousness.
Il think the former are perhaps
easier 10 deal with she said, and we
have succeeded in doing much for them
is q great shock to men Of their type
and it seems to awaken many of them.
7 find more real satisfaction though in
dealing with the tough boys-the pro-
fessionaI criminals who have never
known any life save Of the streets,
cheap lodging houses and saloons OF
p city. When YOU do win them there
seems to he something to really get
hold Of in them Something springs
1nto life in their natures that is per-
manent-"
] asked her if her work depressed
lIer-the crime the misery and sordid-
ness of it, oh. no, indeed, no." she
answered; quite the contrary. When
7 am feeling blue at all I go and visit
1uv boys in prison and I am immedi-
ateIy cheered up. There is so much good
that comes Of work among them and
one can see such results that it is
inspiring
Mrs. Booth is Of all things optimistic,