The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-20
MISS BOOTH N
RICHMOND TO-DAY
COMMANDER or SALVATION ARMY
AND HEN PARTY
ARRIVE.
HER FIRST VISIT HERE
PUBLIC RECEPTION IN MAYORS
RECEPTION ROOM At NOON.
AT CENTENARY CHURCH
TONIGHT.

Bridging the Gulf' will be the SUBJ
ject OF the address which Commander
Eva Booth. OF the Salvation Army.
will deliver tonight at Centenary
Methodist church. She Will also make
an informal talk at public reception
to be given In her honor at noon in
the Mayors reception room at the City
Hall. Mayor Richardson introducing
her. In the afternoon she will take
an automobile ride over the city and to
points Of interest in the vicinity.
Very much fntigued from a hard day
and disappointed st not reaching
Richmond at the time scheduled by
reason of missing her train In Balti-
more. Miss Booth and her party ar
rived last night at $3.50 o'clock COM
ing over the Seaboard Air Line. She
was whirled away In an automobile
TO the Jefferson Hotel where she will
be a guest during her stay in the
city.
Through misunderstanding as TO
the time their train left Mt. Royal
station they got there twenty minutes
after It had left. This meant delay
OF two hours in reaching Richmond.
First Visit to Richmond.
To a reporter last night Miss Booth
stated that this was her first visit
to Richmond. and that she had looked
forward with the most agreeable anti
cfpations to her visit here. The his
toricai Importance of the city she
said was one OF the reasons for the
peculiar interest which she felt In the
city. She added that In the hurried
trip to the hotel from Main street
passenger station she had, of course.
got only a feeting glimpse OF Rich
moud, but what she saw confirmed
her previously formed impression that
this was one of the hustiins. thriving
cities Of the South.
Miss Booth. like the other members
OF her noted family, IL tall. ana her
1.-the figure and quick movements be-
token the possession OF the vigor
which is one Of the conspicuous traits
of the Booths. She has the English
accent only slightly. although she was
reared In England. Her costume is
that of the private In the ranks OF
the Salvation Army with the excep-
ton that she wears red epau1ets to
indicate her rank as the head Of the
Salvation Army with its $4,000 trained
soldiers.
1siisves in Equal Suffrage.
Miss Booth believes that women
should have the ballot and that II they
should be given the right to vote they
would improve conditions. but she also
contends that women should hrst OF
all remember that their highest work
Is in the home where they can tram
the youth In right directions.
Part OF Miss Booths time today viii
be taken UP in pvacticing the music
for TONIGHT when in addition to her
lection she VIII render harp accom-
panfment to songs that VIII be SUM
by Mrs. Ella Erickson. OF Cleveland
a noted Salvation Army singer. She
plays the harp, piano. banjo. guitar and
mandolin and composes much OF TINS
music played by the bands OF the
Army throughout tho world.
Auto A. Her 0ispesal.
The Army has staunch friends IN
Richmond. and one Of them has placed
his automobile at Miss Booths disposal
for her tours over the city.
Those composing Miss Booths party
are her two secretaries. Major GRIT
fifth and STAFF Captain Welsh: COL
and Mrs. Holx. of Philadelphia; Ma
for Erickson. Of Cleveland; Major and
Mrs. Escott, of Baltimore. All VIII
leave with her Wednesday for Atlanta
and from there the tour will be con-
tinued as far South AZ Jacksonville
the entire tour embracing q period
of something like two weeks.
Miss Booth win visit England IN
April. and will attend the celeora-
ton in Albert Hall, in London. Of her
fathers eighty-th!rd birthday.