Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-12
EVANGEL|NE BOOTH
SAYS PREPARATION
CAUSE OF SUCCESS
Packed Auditorium Hears
Tale of Salvation Army
Work Abroad.
THOUSANDS PLEDGE QUOTA
FOR HOME SERVICE DRIVE
Tell Commander Richmond Will
Raise 100000 for Work
Here.
AUDIENCE STIRRED BY SPEECH
Worlds Eyes Opened to Efforts of
Organization by War, Says
Miss Booth.
THOUSANDS PLEDGE QUOTA
FOR HOME SERVICE DRIVE
AUDIENCE STIRRED BY SPEECH
"orid's Eyes Opened to Efforts of
Organization by War, Says
Miss Booth.


Speaking to a thronS which packed
inc city Auditorium 30 capacity ana
gave her one OF the most enthusiastic
receptions ever accorded "A Richmond
visitor. Miss Evaucelinc Booth. com
niander-in -chict OF the Salvation Army
in the United States. Yesterday after
noon told the secrets pt the success o..
that welfare organization. Prepared
ness' brought about through a halt
century OF battle against sin. against
pIiNation against persecution. the
w!ihsiand:nG OF all opposition. and a
practical operation OF Christianity
were given by Miss Booih az the rea-
sons for In. success OF the SaIvation
Army workers overseas
We have no more success now than
We ever had She said. 1T is only the
panic. despair and bitterness. had is
eyes opened by great war and
through i saw something that only
Inc war had brought into eXIstencc.
The salvation Army has done nothing
new, nothing different.
Worlds Eyes Open.
1t Is only that IT took bombs burst
!rs put ot the sky uni guns hurtl.nc
Geath for siNiy miles with armies o.
millions Of men TO attract tne attcn-
,;9n - the world TO something quite
and in the course OF observations the
work Of the salvation Army WAS noted.
81 IS interesting 20 us To that the
preparedness OF the salvation Army IS
now called its success
no,.m1s is Ne new ming FOR us 70 be
Ion-iaf IT'S quite a new experience.
and we like IT.
N you viii give to US the means
through the salvation Army home ser
wee fund campaign May 10 10 %.
we VIII renaer such .er!e!en, service
popular. Miss Booth declared.
Pledge Clty'x quota.
Attorney Gcncra! John II. saunders.
state chairman for the home service
snd, follow ing her address. asked The
audience II through II Richmond would
piedes N:en 10 raise IT'S quota, OF
81 le,pou The crowd rose Ia its feet
as one and thccred In response.
GeorG. Bryan presided at the mee'-
ing. LnG declared during his '"iE that
:,n.ynr the foremost in IT'S line of work
and would tcrevcr continue % he so
In the midst of Mss Booths address
The fervor and sincerity OF which
stirred hs: audience. gray haired
man. VINO had sat for several minutes
with tears streaming down his chee hs.
rose and stepped quickly 10 lii: edge
OF ;hc platform. lie held up two
gree eenbacks
reached over. He turned back To his
seat Miss Booth glanced at the bank
notes.
"Tney look like dollar bills don,
they She asked the audience. Well
they are not. one is nifty and tic
when Miss lsooth finished speaking
an effort MAS made to find thc man
~ ssos ~ Miss Boo,hs talk was
ended. and his contribution goes un-
named.
Always Sure of Reward.
We arc always sure OF our reward"
Ircss for our reward is The onpor-
tuniiy to render service"
Spcakinr OF me Salvation Army
workers overseas, the commander said;
They have but measured up TO the
standards for all Salvation Army Off
GERS in peace and war am grateful
for their success. but | am not sur
prised II Is as they have always
done
w hen people ask me 10 what !
aiiriputc our success IN war WORK J
mnn,, ma"e on omiH h;oes one answer 20 eNe-it was
prcn" re1mtsS' ,, ,
M. r"r ~? 6if, osr. ma' ,,n nHvh
W.1iou nsrseclit,on ana o,nnaitioi,
n'- Ii,,Ic bands of workers. w"r,.
stoned and mistroated We always had
10 tack in IN. face Of the storm. But
we always got there For iifty years
ali our days and nights have been
spent with broken and wounded men.
We have been required 10 work with
what there is at hand.
"onr officers are trained. You pco-
pie OF Itichnond do not know the
tests thal IN otl'ccr is put 10 before
he becomes Su.n,l'nt 10 pear tHe stand
ara % , t,c -. , M,LDh Hl'n!' re ,S
tduEnt H." ~, '',,.n n ,,th @ "nu Women
am am ,I,is s'' nnr,. is "rp. ~ ~ nc. PAIN
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Arm! was Prepared
The war swept the world in 1914,
Tho salvation Army was prepared. We
knew what panic and despair meant.
We knew that there have always been
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