Evening journal., 1919-01-16

I local lodge OF the Elks did its best, and
finally asked the Grand iOdge-the cen
trail governing body OF the order-for
help. The answer was the erection OF
building where comfortable rooms
and good food were at the disposal OF
visitors at cost price.
Cinderella. the salvation Army.
But this sort Of activity didn't satisfy
the Elks-the half million or more in
dvidual Elks, scattered all over the
county in their local lodges. Iht o.
knew the part Of their order was play
ing. They were proud Of that But
the two base hospitals, the big recon
struct.on hospital In Boston. all 'he
other things the Grand Lodge had done
and was doing, didn't give the indlvid-
ual Elk much chance 10 feel that he
himself was helping After all what
did paying an assessment Of a dollar o.
so amount to? II amounted TO a LOT In
the aggregate. OF course. and tAs Elks
knew that. and were glad. But. they
wanted 10 do more.
They didl No one knows Just how
the association. between the Elks and
the salvation Army began. But IL grew
into one Of the big things Of the war.
The Salvation Army went to work,
quietly and without any talk, as soon
as we began mobilizing our new arm
les. The Salvation Army isn't rich. u
hasn't any machinery for collecting
money. And still it succeeded in car
rying on its work for a year without
making an appeal 10 the country for
money. Haven't you wondered some
times how that was accomplished? e?
How it was that the Salvation Army
alone OF all the big war relief bodies
that were working with the troops in
France. didn't come dunning you?
Well, the Elks were responsible, ia
great measunre. Elks seemed 10 hear
more about the Salvation Army and
its work from the first than the gen.
eral public DID One reason was, i'm
agine, that the war crowded the Elks
out OF house and home so thoroughly.
They gave up their clubhouses and
thei. lodge rooms to the Red Cross all
over the country, you know.
Sometimes they kept one room in a
big building for their meetings. some
times they Tust borrowed d room when
they had 20 have II.
The Elks are a convivial lot They
are the sort who have on tap, always.
a good deal OF sympathy for the unde,
dog.
They couldn't help seeing a good
deal Of what was being done for wa.
relief And they seem TO have seen the
Salvation Army as sort Of Cinderslla.
So, here and there, quite spontaneously,
local lodges Of the Elks began getting
in touch with local Salvation Army
leaders.
"See here" the Elks would say, IN
effect: you people are doing mighty
good work You need money, We want
10 help. We can't 90 Over there and
bake doughnuts FOR the boys IN the
trenches, but by thunder. we can help
you TO get the money you need How
shout it7"
They Saw Us Through"
Then the time came, IN the spring OF
1913, when the Salvation Army needed
Ave million dollars and simply had 10
make a drive to get It. BY that time
the tie between the Elks and the Sal
vationists was pretty we'll established
Reports had been coming In to Sal
walton Army headquarters about the
help the Elks were giving. And ths
leaders OF the drive were nervous.
They didn't know much about raising
money on a wholesale basis. They'd
always managed to paddle their own
canoe They didn't have a great public
Ny department They didn't have any
Of the machinery the Red Cross and the
Y. NJ. C. A. had.
So they went to the Grand Lodge OF
the Elks And the Elks. who had been
hearing from their local lodges, greeted
them with enthusiasm. In more than
fifty cities. the Elks took complete
charge OF that drive-notably in Nil
waukee. Minneapolis. Kansas City snd
st. Louis.
They paraded the streets; they got
up circusses. They left the Salvation
Army people, who really had enough