The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
SALVATION LASSIES
DROP TAMBOURINES
Army Shelves Picturesque
Methods Of Soliciting
for Funds.
S10,0O0,Oo0 DRIVE SOON
Collection In May Will Be
First Of Yearly Financial
Events. ..

The Salvation Army IN giving UP its
"tambourins methods" Of soliciting funds
with which TO prosecute its great and
varied relief work. In order that the
popular organization may carry out its
sfgantic posramme to help others. in
oludins the maintaining of contact not
only with returned soldiers but with their
relatives and friends, It proposes to d.
rect all Its energies in conducting q
drive" in May with the object Of col
Letting t1o.ooo.ooo. After the drive"
thu Salvation Army isssie and her tam
BOURNE. familiar figures in American
cities for thirty-six year,, and tho army's
free will offering boxes will disappear.
The heads of the army believe that It
Is wiser 70 mako one big effort each
year to collect the moneys its requires
for It's works OF charity and mercy than
to continue the old time begging"
plan, which means waste Of energy and
time and 4 dissipation OF the energies
and strength Of It's workers.
New Policy Formulated.
The new Salvation Army policy was
agreed upon at an executive council
in this city. which was attended by
provincial and divisional officers OF the
organisation from all parts Of the coun-
try. II was decided upon in response
to a call now being made by millions
of new friends and adherents OF the
army for q continued and extended ser.
vice. The demand was natural Sc
quencs Of the asmy's successful war
relief work in France.
Commander Evangeline Booth, leader
OF the Salvation Army forces in the
United States, issued this statement from
the national headquarters yesterday:
Because of its work with the troops
OF the Allies in the war just ended, the
Salvation Army has been favored by the
public with q vast amount of popularity
which to US means responsibility 1t Is
the prevailing idea that the Salvation
Army did an old thing in an old way, the
the war, but the fact Is that the Salvation
Army did on old thing In an old way. the
difference being that we were not so
public when We toiled in relief work at
home as when our work was extended
to a war zone. The inevitable penalty of
such popularity with consequent respon-
sibility Is an extension of facilities.
I'VE shall not lose contact with the
young men whom we were glad to
serve in France. or with their parents.
relatives and friends who have now
come to know US in America.
Many New Friends.
Millions of new friends now turn to
US for a continuation Of our service and
II Is our bounden duty to answer the
call We have decided in striding for
ward TO relieve the public OF the endless
begging and soliciting Of funds that was
necessary in the past, and to 90 forth
In one great effort each year, meantime
concentrating upon an expansion OF our
relief work as typihed by the hundreds
OF rescue homes, orphanages. hospitals,
lodging houses for the poor. day nur-
series, infants shelters, industrial CEN
tres, free clinics and dispensaries. fresh
air farms for the tenement children,
shelters for the aged and helpless, free
employment bureaus, departments for
prison rescue work. free ice and coal
stations for the poor and establishmen Is
for the comfort and aid OF the American
boys who fought in the war, their fam
lilies and their relatives.
I'm accounting for every dollar we
have received from the public we shall
explain just what is 10 be done with
lo.oo0.o 900 new dollars in fighting home
poverty and suffering from the trenches
OF America