The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-23
Commander Euangehne Booth

LUST a few days ago-Staff-Cap-
 tain David Mnin, of the Salva"
 tion Army and I were talking about the great Salvation Army drive which is now being conducted-(as If anybody were talking about anything else these days)-and we decided that we'd like to have a personal concern ing it from the commander. Evangeline Booth, herself
 Immediately l wrote to the commander whose beautiful character, wonderful personality and glorious Christian en- deavor are an inspiration-nay, an ob- session with me-and in reply | received the following very cordial letter from Commander Booth, through director of publicity Elmore Leffingwell of New, York City.
 MT. Leffingwell writes to me for Com mander Booth from New York under the date of May IF Qast Saturday, as follows:
 My Dear Dolly Inlrymple
 Commander Booth was about to leave New York on a speaking tour when she received your very kind letter; she has asked me to take care of it and she was very sorry that she could not prepare SpSSldl dI tlCle -lOT you.
 Commander Booth appreciates very much your kind letter and your keen in terest in our work and she has seen the excellent stories you have been writing in The Age-Herald and is gratified that you have, taken so much interest in the great Salvation Army drive.
 I am sending you a story written and signed by the commander herself, or which I hope you will be able to make some use. Sincerely, ELMORE LIEF FINGWELL, Director of Publicity.
 feel sure that everybody in Birmlns- ham will enjoy reading the story from the versatile pen of Commander Booth' in which she puts forth so beautitully and so tenderly the various angles Of the Salvation Army which will be bene1iteo by the present great thirteen million dollar drive in America.
 Commander Booth writes in this happy vein:
 Thirteen million dollars is lot or money-ht any rate, it would be m any country but America; and even here It IS not by any means a small amount.
 What does the Salvation Army need or thirteen millions of dollars? When re- ceived how will it be spent?
 1 will reply in brief by stating that the money will be spent in the repair oi broken manhood and womanhood or America Our bow has always hdu these two ostrings-prevention and cure.
 But l must not speak altogether i'll gen eralities. 1 will therefore endeavor to place before the reader, as briefly as possible, some of the various objects TOT which this money will be spent.
 First of all, 1 will mention the splrltuai work in Gods great open-air eathedral. The streets may be minus the Wonderlui Gothic architecture of some of New York's great religious temples, but are nevertheless, wonderful cathedral III which gather tens of thousands or tne otherwise unchurched and in which they hear the word of truth that as III ot' Paurs day, changes persecutor lhto racticing Christian Tens of thoustiios, did I say? This was a superficial mentai calculation on my part. l find, on reier ring to the official figures, that through out this great country of ours our o11lcers preached the imperishable gospel of Jesus Christ to eighteen millions of people In one year in the great outdoors-at street corners and in crowded highways m torrid heat, in freezing cold, in every clty and town, in the open streets our soiS9 are raised, our prayers ascend to Heaven our words of comfort and hope pour loreh upon the hearts of the people. sometimes the people whom we have tried to help have misunderstood our mission, but the liberty for which our early officers anu soldiers fought and for which they were bruised and beaten and imprisoned ana starved has proved to the sous. ol i''en abundantlv worth while. We must ex-