The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-06
Story o. Life of General Booth
By His Daughter Inspires
Audience
Many Volunteer
Aid to Arny's W ork
Miss Booth Shows by lllustra-
ted Lecture the Magnificent.
Worldwide Work Carried on
by Her Organization

" o1uce there were so many otneI
things OF Importance taking place to-
night. And the attentiGn--it was
wonderful. You know Richmond
caught my heart many years ago when
j WAS here and X has IL yet | am
exceedingly gratitied.
~ .sDo say something about my old
Linen Campaign 1 want Richmond
and Virginia to make a great. showing
In the work. And l know they are go
Ing to do it. Anybody VINO has any
old linen or white goods 10 donate TO
the cause of hospital work in the war
can send the goods 70 Adjut4nt Elmer
johnson and it will be forwarded me
At New York. That is all have to
gay, except that X was a 81 eat meet
Ing and l am very tired Miss Eva
Booth. commander Of the pa walton
Army IN America, to representative
OF The Virginan at the close Of her
great meeting mt the CITY Auditorium
last night.
The gathering was one II the larg-
est that has been in the building in
many months Al 80 the house was
well filled aad peopla coming Ia de-
laysd the start Of the address until
$40. whe1 ,he whore ground floor aad
most Of the s&il.sE space was full,
Literally .Appiaas.d.
Miss Booth mad the closest attention
throughout her great address and was
frequently applausieG She spoke with
y4eat .loQuence at naany times during
the address, and always with great
forcefulness. The great story Of tire
life and work OF her father. General
William Booth, known the world ever
rs the founder of the salvation Army
and it's commander TO his death two
years ago. constituted enc II the raoSt
interesting addresses ever delivered
here. The story was illustrated with
splendid pictures. both moving and
Photographic, of the work Of the army
throughout tbs world and Of the life
az it's founder At intervals sacred
songs were sung softly behind the
scenes by Captain Walter Maaie, OF
New York, assistant editor of the
American salvation Army paper. One
selection that was especially appreci-
ated was song composed by Miss
Booth after her fathers death and in
his memory. which was sung splendid
iy to thu music OF Bartlett's Dream. ="
Colonel Holx opened the meeting
and Brigadier Escot OF Baltimore.
offered prayer. Colonel Hoiz then in
troduced Miss Booth as the dis
tinguished daughter Of General Booth.
founder Of the Salvation Army. stat
ing also that she has been for ten
years Its Amer.can comma nder. Rich
UAOnOe hU Huias haa - ayS NtSNtSu
lhe salvation Army kindly"
Tollp Of Her Fathers Work.
Mias Booths address centered
around the work Of her tAther. and
WIS chiefly an appreciation OF has
work by = loving and sympathetic stu
dent. But In the story OF his life WAS
involved the whole history OF the Sal
vau,n Army movement, tracing its
origin. its growth, It's spread 10 other
la ND ffa nArG0ratf}ara nraENnt
pources and work, the branches OF
activity 1t embrAce5 and information
nf every sort concerning its work. 1t
- safe to say that there WAS seldom
crammed into the same space of time q
greater amount Of interesting infor-
nation about an organization whose
branches reach TO ali the world. Every
word was listened 10 with intense In
serest.
Opening her address she said; How
every one. every one in the whole
world loved hinl Has there wept
around the cortege Of any statesman.
philosopher. warrior. churchman.
such . throng as wept around his?
Many people have written And spoken
Of him. and yet to me nothing has
been more surprising that that 50
many should have missed the essential
element in his great success for good.
His success was due 10 religion the
practical influence Of spiritual life
i'm spiritual way. Ills was a per.
sonal religion that gave him a mar
yelous influence for good with prac-
teal ability to adapt ii to the needs
81 the poor. The gathering and
making OF a great army was not his
| greatest work, but the impArting to
them OF ais own spirit. 1t was not
| his human charms. but his saintliness,
hls fortitude, his Christlike passion
for the poor. the sinful the lowiy,
thar held lis to his flag, his following,
his God"
And throughout the course OF a
whole fife the daughter traced the
| thread Of the great Salvationist,
aneakfnK with an English accent that
added 10 the interest OF her story.
! She told Of his conversion. his preach
. ing as a child In the streets of Not
tfnrham his application for license,
. his marriage, the foundation Of the
Army, the reasons tor its uniform. its
name. the origin of Its halls and iodg-
. ing houses in England, its spread to
/ America, Switzerland and all of Eu-
robe, and tho whole world. Miss
| Booth explained the history OF It's
,.se II. each country and outlined the
work II Ii now doing with its twenty
| nine college training its soldiers its
many Industrial homes where the peo-
. pIc Of the underworld md refuge and
arr started once more or the road to
,..st Ewing By the aid OF the salvation
army,
vork For the Little Ones.
s,se pictures were thrown on the
s..esn she outlined the work OF baby
nurseries, where every year ~. 600 ba-
Ibies are taken M from the streets and
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