New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-28
HndingNoBowery Drunks
SalUdti0nists Help Thirsty
Isoozers With the Old Desire Taken to Fourteenth
Street Headquarters Where They Are Fed and
Told of Whisky Drinkers Who Reformed

Every Thanksgiving Day for ten
Salvation Army Corps have descended
upon the Bowery and corralled every
drunk" in sight. Yesterday the corps
had to be content with wouldbe
"drunks'
Sweeping down the haunts Of the
bowery in motor cars the army men
gathered up the human wrecks strand
ed on the shores of desire by the wave
of prohibition. To each was handed a
card upon which the following invita-
ton was printed:
q Boozers' The booze is gone. Your
booze appetite is still with you Colonel
w. A. Mcintyre invites you to junk
your appetite at the Salvation Army
mercy seat
Unrcssting, more than 800 thirst
parched followers of the late J Bar
leycorn clambered into the cars and
were whirled to Salvation Army head
quarters in Fourteenth Street. There
over the main entrance this legend
greeted them abandon thirst, all
We who enter here
Lunches Provided for All
Into the Memorial hall they were
led. q motley crowd. Among them we're
aged women and young men. some still
wearing the uniform they had worn on
the battlefields of Europe In this case,
however, 1T was evident that hunger
and not thirst had left them stranded
They were members Of the small mum
Der unable TO obtain employment
Hot coffee and rolls we're served TO
all. As they ate and drank they
listened to the chant sung by com
pany Of Salvation Army lassies
"Hurrah, hurrah, he drinks no moro
He could have it, however, but he won't
touch it ever. Hurrah, hurrah he
drinks no more. Goodby, bad whisky
He drinks no more
Then they heard the stories Of
famous drunk" picked up in the years
before prohibition took hold Of the
land stories OF men rescued from the
cutters of the Bowery and transformed
INTO useful citizens
They listened 60 Henry F. Milans
the first "boozer" picked up ten years
ago, now superintendent Of one OF the
largest publishing houses in the city
They listened to the story of J. "
Brokaw, rescued five years ago They
listened while they were told that a
similar opportunity awaited them
Ready to Cure Appetite
We are here to cure your appetite
for whisky you cannot get Colonel Nc.
lntyre said. Jobs on the Salvation
Army industrial farm were offered to
all as the first step toward rehabilita.
ton. Many We're provided with hunks
at headquarters for the night.
Colonel Charles Miles presided Tive
Salvation Army bands dispensed those
tunes which experience has shown
touch tho strings of remorse in the vic.
Tins gathered up in the annual round
up. One hundred girl cadets from the
Salvation Army Training College, az
339 West Twenty Street. wer,
present and sang songs.
Seven hundred lunch boxes. eacf
containing two turkey sandwiches. ,
piece of pumpkin pie and some fruit
were given out by the Bowery Mission
last night after its fortieth annua
/ Thanksgiving meeting.
The meeting consisted Of religion.
services, an appeal to join the Brother
hood of the Mission, and an entertain
ment. The star performer was Georg
Anderson, seventy-eight years old. VIII,
was a clown with Barnum's origina
circus.
The Rev Or John Hallimond. WI,