The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19
SALVATION ARMY DRIVE IN
. KEOKUK THIS COMING WEEK

peals made from the platform. The
field officers also visit the homes OF
their constituents and others of the
poor. and become acquainted at hrst
hand with their needs, their SORROWS
and their joys.
Stun settlements, from which radi-
ate all forms of temporal ana
spiritual help to the families of the
district. The slum officers have been
called "slum angels" They visit the
sick, and take charge or the affairs
of the family when mother is Ill;
thew care for the babies while mother
works during the day; they wash and
launder and scrub and advise and
teach and preach and pray and cham
pion the cause of the weak; the slum
settlements are lighthouses on dark
and rocky coast. J
Rescue homes for the reclamation
of fallen women or to prevent from
falling those who are especially
tempted. About eighty percent of the
girls passing through the homes are
permanently restored.
Maternity hospitals, which, usually
connected with rescue homes, provide
competent medical aid near and at
the time Of confinement.
Help for All Classes.
Industrial homes, where homeless
and otherwise unemployed men are
given temporary work until such
time as permanent employment can
be found for them. They are set to
collect and repair all SORTS of dis
carded household material and to
collect, sort and bale old papers AMI
rags. These homes are maintained
solely by the sale of these reclaimed
articles.
Workingmen's hotels, where poor
man may find a clean bed at mere
ly nominal price, in surroundings
which make for his moral and spirit
ual regeneration.
Children's homes for the care and
training of orphaned or neglected
children.
Young women's boarding homes,
where girls who labor for modest
salary in factories or department
stores may board at very little cost.
These provide for all the social
amenities of the family and avoid
the evils of the common, promiscu-
Gus boarding house.
Christmas dinners, furnished by
ticket to poor families who are in
need. Toys and clothing are also
given to the children of the poor on
Christmas.
Fresh air camps in the country dis
tricIs or the seaside, to which poor
mothers and children of the slum
districts are taken for ten days in
'le summer.
Free employment bureaus, which
find work chiefly for unskilled labor,
or for what may be termed the
"chrorically unemployed"
Missing friends bureau, to locate
missing friends and relatives in any
part of the world.
Prison work, to care for the fami-
lies of prisoners or for released pris-
oners and start them in useful emf
ployment and helpful associations,
and also to provide spiritual help for
those who are still serving time.
Training colleges, where young
men and women are trained for Of
ficership in the Salvation Army.
Besides the above is the vast vol
ume OF temporary relief, which in
cludes the distribution of free ice,
wood and coal, of clothing, shoes,
medicines, etc, the free day outings
for poor mothers and children, and
the actual cash disbursed to save
families from eviction or prosecution,
or for other purposes.
Accounts Are Audited.
The question has been asked: Are
the accounts of the Salvation Army
audited?
Every year an audit company ex-
amines the accounts of the interna-
tional national and territorial head
quarters. Every six months the
armys national auditor examines the
accounts of the various headquarters.
These auditors insist on both the
cashiers and bookkeepers producing
receipts for every dollar expended
and proofs that the moneys have
been expended for the purposes for
which they were received. The stubs
Of his receipt book must show the
amount received, and the name and
address whence all moneys came.
from whatever source they came.
Unless these conditions are fulfilled,
the auditor will not certify the &C.
counts. These auditors may not le-
gally sanction departure from the
customary and accredited modes Of
business procedure in the keeping of
accounts.
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