The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-19
Packed House Greeted
Commander Eva Booth
At the Auditorium

fnever be effaced from my mind" was
| the way that Miss Booth summed up
her welcome.
In brief way she then gave an out
line of Appreciation week and the evi-
dences Of it that she had seen during
her short stay in the state. She said
that in her mind that North Dakota
was one Of the most wonderful of
states and that Fargo was wonderful
city. She further stated that she be-
lieved that the city had been rightly
named and from evidence she had that
anything started here was bound to
be a far go in the fullest sense of
the word.
In taking up the subject on which
she was to speak she said that 1T was
hardly necessary to so into details on
the history of the Salvation Army for
It was too well known as power and
factor for good. The sun never sets
on it's work." said Miss Booth. Its
name has become a household word in
homes all over the world, in the lowest
homes and in the palaces of kings. It's
work is to help people out of their mis-
cry who cannot help themselves and
it supplies a great need in the under
world of the great cities. Here is
found the drunkard's world, where men
and women sink to the lowest depths
of sin and degradation and it is in such
places as this that the Salvation Army
is working to spread the light"
Miss Booth spoke feeling of her
father who was the founder of the Sal
walton Army and told Of the motives
which prompted him to found an or
ganiZation to attempt to help the
down and cutters. She told of her en-
trance into the work and said that she
Just naturally grew into it and said
that she loved 1t because of its worth
in bringing men and women from tho
lowest depths and making good citiz-
ems OF them.
She impressed upon her audience
that the Salvation Army never ques-
toned how a man or woman came to
fall, but at once recognized the fact
that they were down and in need OF
help. She said that humanity was any
country's great asset. THE loss OF
property from any cause is hard
enough" she said, but what is more
important than the loss of man--God's
greatest masterpiece"
She told Of the Army's industrial
homes and how they saved some $4,000
men during the twelve months past.
She said that the secret of the success
OF these homes was not in the fact that
they drew their victims from the
depths but from the fact that they
understood the fallen man and had the
proper Faculties TO apply in the refor-
nation. She gave instances of the
work and showed how the great sym
pathy and understanding Of those in
charge or these homes awakened and
developed the best in the men that
were taken in.
That work OF the Army applying to
neglected children was also taken up.
MISS Booth said that $4,000 neglected
children We're cared for by the Saliva
ton Army each year and told of cases
when children were brought to the
homes in the most pitiful condition.
She gave one instance when a small
child not yet two years old was brought
ito one of the homes in New York by d
policeman who had found it on a win
try night at midnight tied in cellar
way and without stitch OF clothing to
protect 1t from the weather.
Miss Booth concluded her address
with brief review Of the Armys res-
cue work with young girls. She said
that not less than 5000 young girls