The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

woodwork of the front is painted white,
and the porch is studded with a half
dozen square natural stone columns,
while beautiful green vines climb and
clamor over the framework. The east |
side of the building is occupied by Maj.
w. A. French and his assistants, and
the west half is a reading and rest
room for the industrial worlSmen. The
original building, which is a two-story
frame structure. contains the dormi- |
tories and dining room for the work
men and employees of the department.
There are about 35 men now engaged
in the work of the industrial depart
ment and Major French is enlarging
the accommodations so that he may
take care of several more when called
upon. AS he puts 1t, he is trying to
arrange so that no one in need of food,
shelter and helping hand will ever
have to be turned away from the Sal
vation Army home.
In the rear of the Industrial home
is large new modern brick hotel for
worlxingmen and others who desire
clean and comfortable rooms at a small
cost. The hotel is reached from the
second story of the home proper by
broad and pleasant platform or pas
sageway- The new hotel Is perhaps the
neatest and most attractive popular
price hotel in the south. 1t has SO bed
IOOIIlS lndl are So cittu tudl tuty SiiS-
ten. Each room has a single iron bed
stead with first-class mattresses and
pillows that are covered with linen of
Immaculate whiteness and cleanliness.
The floors are painted and art squares
cover the center There is a chair and
clothes racks in each ROOM There is
not a thing cheap or common in a sin
gle room. no matter what the price. In
fact. the rooms are all furnished alike
and the only difference In price is in
the inside and the outside rooms. There
is large reading room on the east side
with long table which is constantly
filled with good books and all the lead
| ing current periodicals, and to the
north of this is the bath room and toilet
shower baths and the equipment for
| these is as fine as that in any hotel in
Birmingham. 1t also has well equip
| ped roof garden.
Prices for Rooms
| The price of these rooms is 10 cents
and 25 cents a night with CORES
pondingly low rate by the week. This
Includes baths. fresh towels, reading
matter and reasonable service. They
can't be duplicated in the south for
| tho money, and the location and sur
roundings are equal to the best resi-
dence and hotel sections of the city.
That is what Birmingham has to offer
| laboring men and those here seeking
v
| 1t is not to be understood that be-
cause.-the Salvation Army has built this
| popular priced commercial hotel for
! those who are able TO pay their way
and are simply looking for clean, sani-
tary and comfortable apartments for a
price within limited means that those
who have no money at all are turned
away. Those who are not able to pay
| for rooms in the new hotel are taken
| care of in the industrial home.
Major French Discusses Work
| In speaking of the industrial work
| of the salvation Army, Maj. W. A.
French, in charge of the division head
quarters here. said:
THE impression of many people that
| the Salvation Army industrial depart
| ment is run as charity institution is
! entirely erroneous. In fact, we try to
! keep 1t just as far removed from the
suggestion of charity as possible. We
| regard charity in many instances as
| dangerous and a detriment to humanity
and an imposition on society. Let a
man once learn that he can live on
charity, and If he is the kind who is
willing to do it, he will never try to
earn another dollar for himself or those
dependent upon him. And It is just as
| true that the idea of charity is humili-
| ating to a degree to the industrious
man who may for any reason be tempo
arrily down and out
"The purpose of the Salvation Army
Is to give a man who wants to work a
chance to find, work and take care OF
him while he is doing 1t. If a man
comes to us with no money and no job
we give him shelter. food and money
enough to keep himself in clothes and
other little expenses till he can find a
Job for such service as he may reudey