The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-10-02
PLEASANT ORDERS
week DEVOTED To
ARMY" CAMPAIGN
Sunday, September %, is Set
Aside for Churches; Seven
Days Observance
APPRECIATION SHOWN
FOR PLAN IN CITIES
Governor Appeals to Churches to
Aid in Rear Guard Action
Against the Devil
PROCLAMATION,

VIC OCVA
RECLAMATION.
Recognizing the value of the Sal
walton Army and joining thousand
Of my fellow citizens in having +,
great admiration for the spendi,
wcr'< which has already been accom-
pIshed by this organization in tn.
alienation Of suffering, tho spiritua
upIift of the masses and its substan
tiaI and prayerful ministrations, not
only on the battIefieIds Of France
where its remarkable achievements
among the soldiers has gained for II
the undying love of the nation; but
because Of its manner in retaining
men and women to decency and cool
citizenship. which purpose it prose
! eutes not only with energy and en-.
thusiasm, but with rare tact and judg.
ment, take pleasure In earnestly
recommending the work Of the Sal
walton Army.
Ard whereas, the good citizens Of
Louisiana will inaugurate a Home
Service Fund Campaign, beginning
September 20, for the purpose Of pro-
vding the Salvation Army with suffi-
cient funds to carry on Its work Of ad-
nainstering to the pocr and IowIy.
And whereas, the Salvation Army
is unbiased by any sectarian motives,
thus commencing itself to persons Of
every denomination.
Now, therefore, !, Ruffin G. Pleas
ant, Governor Of the State of Louis
lana, do set aside Sunday, September
%, as Salvation Army Sunday, and
do earnestly request the clergy OF
every church in the state to bring to
the attention Of its members on that
day, from the pulpit, the nature Of the
Wo.k of the Salvation Army; the
necessity Of it's continuance, and to
urge their congregations to give this
campaign their unstinted cooperation
and financial support.
In witness whereof, | have
hereunto affixed my signature
and caused the Seal of the State
Of Louisiana, at the capital, in
the city Of Baton Rouge, on
this the 18th day of September,
A. D. 1919.
Shreveport, La, Sept. II, (Spec-
ial)-The organization for the Saliva
ton Army Campaign, which is to
raise 100000 in Louisiana for the
betterment Of home conditions, has
beeA eempleted recording to . re-
port from the state committee Every
thing is in readiness for the drive
which is to begin on September 20.
and reports from every parish show
that Louisiana is practically certain
to raise her quota.
With the money raised Salvation
Army centers will be built in every |
large city in the state, and through |
these buildings, Salvation Army activ-
ties will be carried on. These &C |
tivities will include maternity hos
pitais and rescue homes, working
girls and working mems hotels. in |
iustrial homes, children's homes,
Christmas dinners, fresh-air camps,
rec, employment bureaus, missing
friends bureaus, prison work. and
temporary relief work such as the
distribution of free ice, fuel, food,
clothing and medici&es.
Club Rooms Provided.
In each building there will be To-
;ated Red Shield club-room for sol
liers, sailors and marines. This room
will be fitted with music, books, mag
zines, writing desks, stationery, and
possible for the comfort
# the boys who enter. Other rooms
rill be fitted for meetings, com
aunity meetings, ladies' rest room,
Dung peoples club-room, and general
ffices.
{ Rescue homes are for the reclama-
lon Of fallen women. Girls entering
kese homes are given the best of
are and are taught to sew, cook, and
o the various other phases of house
FORK. II they have homes to which
hey can go, they are persuaded to
o SO. II not, employment is found
pr them. About eighty per cent. Of
be girls passing through these
ONES become good and useful
omen. OF the sixty-four girls in the
ONE at San Antonio, Texas, last
ear, forty-six returned to their own
ONES. three we're married, and the
her fifteen were found good posi-
ons and are making good, accord
lg to the report issued from the
ONE.
Factory Girls Helped.
The young women's boarding house
e conducted for the benefit Of girls
no work in factories and depart
ent stores at very modest salaries.
hey are given good, wholesome food
ID comfortable rooms, and avoid
e evils Of the common cheap board.
g houses to which they would 9th :
wise be forced to go.
At the Industrial homes, homeless
ID unemployed men are given tenn
,rary work until the employment bu. !
au can find permanent employment :
r them. They are sent to collect
id repair all sorts Of discarded
'usehold material which Is later =
Id at very low cost to poor people
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