The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-19

A crowd that taxed the capacity of
'Fargo's new auditorium greeted Com
mander Eva Booth, of the Salvation
Army of the United States, when she
spoke in this city last evening. At 1880
O'Clock standing room only was the
order and before o'clock more than
1,500 people had to be turned away.
! The doors of the big auditorium were
opened promptly at 7 o'clock and even
that early a large crowd was awaiting
admittance. Despite the fact that
+ there was an usher for each section on
the first and second floors. the rush of
the crowd overwhelmed them and all
available seats were soon filled.
The commander and her party ar
rived at the auditorium shortly after
1880 o'clock and took their stations on
the stage. Miss Booth was seated be-
tween Governor Hanna and Judge G.
A. Pollock, the latter acting as chair
man OF the evening.
A few minutes before o'clock Judge
Pollock announced the purpose of the
meeting and called upon Commission
er EstilI of Chicago to take charge of
the opening hymn. At it's completion
Bishop Tyler, of the Episcopal church
Of North Dakota. gave the opening
prayer.
Mayor H. F. Emery was then called
and after a few preliminary remarks
said that he believed that he was
speaking the sense of the audience
and welcomed Miss Booth and her par
ty to Fargo in behalf of the citizens.
He further stated that this was his
second opportunity within short time
TO welcome a distinguished visitor to
Fargo. the other case having been dur
ing the visit of Mayor William Hale
Thompson of Chicago.
THE Salvation ARMY hand which was
seated on the platform to the right
of the stage then gave an excellent
selection which was heartily ap-
plauded.
Governor L. 3. Hanna was the next
speaker called upon. In brief way
he called attention to the work OF
the Salvation Army and said that he
considered it great honor to welcome
to the state of North Dakota as prom
inent a parsonage as was the guest
Of honor of the evening. He laid sSe-
cial stress on the work OF the organ
ization in this state and on the great
progress that the Salvation Army is
making over the world.
Judge Pollock then introduced the
speaker Of the evening, Commander
Eva Booth. In a few well chos-
en- words he gave her the instructions
which he said would cover her talk
go as far as she liked, even to holding
one of the good. old fashioned revival
meetings. He stated that he had often
had the opportunity of introducing men
of world wide fame but that this was
his first experience of introducing
woman in that capacity.
AS Miss Booth took the platform she
was greeted with an, extremely en-
thusiastic reception on the part of the
audience and it was several minutes
before order had been restored suf-
ficiently to allow her to start speaking.
Her opening remarks expressed the
deep emotion with which she accepted
the big hearted and generous recep-
tion of the audience and she said that
she could never forget Fargo and its
citizens.
"No matter what cities / may visit
| in the future and no matter how dis
Itinguished my audience may be, the
memory of my visit to Fargo and the
generous and whole hearted welcome
that received this evening and since
: my arrival here this afternoon will