The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-12

! IN. cuaIity u its csvn InnItIpIls t}0n
table. Quality without quantity VII
spread: you cannot hold It down. GUAM
tity without quality will shrivcI and
| shrink 1t Is better to run short IL
quantity than In quality.
1--WE sent only our best equipped ont-
Gers, men and women. our most able
workers to France. And we relied upon
them. We knew we could depend upon
their devotion to the cause. to then
country, to the army. We knew we
could count on their unsurpassed devo-
ion to the men who laid down their
lives for their country, for liberty, JUS
ttce and freedom. their devotion to thai
other banner--the cross. the banner OF
Calvary, the only banner by which the
wrongs of this war can be redresseo
and the people freed from their bond.
age. The Salvation Army in France has
not failed. We were found ready with
the right kind of men and the right
kind of women
Thirty-nine Training schools.
The Salvation Army. she recounted
maintains thirty-nine training schools
throughout the country, and to this fac
tor she attributed much of the credit
for finding the army prepared.
She Landed the arts-that of the
painter and of the sculptor. but Az
other arts" she said tcrumble into tbs
dust under our feet as compared with
the art of dealing ably with human
life in all its failing conditions, which
is the task of the Salvation Army,
1T is an art" she said. ''to go int
the prison and get n convict to say he
wants to live a better life. 1t is an art
to put that girls feet back on the patti
of virtue"
The creed OF the Salvation Army she
said. is to meet every emergency: tc
| obey cheerfully and in full. not in part
70 show no quarter to the enemy: tc
seal their service with their life's blood
II necessary,
She told of the coauetry of the lit
tie round brown douEhnut of the
little doughnut lass, who upon being
told by an officer OF the French army
to seek safety from bursting shells
, and shrapnel. declared that she COULD
not leave the boys III the trenches
| To stay means certain death, the
officer told her. We cannot leave
them" she said but We can die
with them. They came over here tc
die for us,
Another secret of our success. she
! said. is that NE art not made after
the tissue paper and sugar stick pat
tern. We have had military train
ing We arr used Ia hartishtpS; w
were Graded in priIation: We went
I to France not unused Ia suffering"
Lord Kitchener. she said, wrote tr
her father, no C0mnIan1rT Uf tfrr-
Salvation Army during the Beer
war IN which The arn5H slzo saw snro,
! tee that it not only showed the Brit-
ish fighters how "a live as soldiers
hut how to die ne heroes
Sinking Of the Empress
She related tho sinking Of the En-
press Of ireland aud the going 20 their
deaths Of lao officers, nen and WON
en-. of the Salvation Army WIN were
aboard When The bodies were
licked IN or we're washed ashore. not
one of }heni bore life prescrver
when they unbuTRirii 1fa lffp6efre
from their own bodies and placed
them about those who did not possess
them. they answered protests by say
ing. We can die better than yop
, can
She told OF fhr salvation Army tf~-
who. upon being presented with 1.e00
francs BY appreCiat4Te American SOL
diers- protested that she had done
nothing more than had any Of her
! comrades: that she had done only her
duty. and when he douEhhoys in
sisted that she accent the token ~
appreciation. she used il 20 purchase
moro doughnuts and coffee for the
I solGiers.
The finaG and greatest secret OF the
success of the salvation Army, she
! said, is It's religion. practical Chris
/ tianity. We practice as we'll as
preach il, she said. WE reduce the
/ CRY 10 action; we apply faith to deeds
we profess and present Christ In ths
/ things that can he done" Tire re.
| ligon of the army. she said in an
everyday religion. not the kind lilSe
I Sunday GO tom Getting" Sonnet ~
gown, is worn only on thr Sahhati
and then tucked carefully away unti}
! the next Sabl ath. The everyday u.s.
/ of religion she said. puts US amonE
the sorrow, and the affection, and tb@
distress, and tho trouble and the
wreckage Of life Our devotion fa
man and our service TO man. IL fhe
altar upon which we have dedicated
our lives and. If need be are willing
10 lay down our lives. We live not
unto ourselves hut others
Returning soldiers she concluded
would ,et The people hack home knnw
what the salvation Army has been do
y ing 'all these wears
The salvation Army home service
campaign Will begin Monday May -
and will continue through the twentN-
sixth. 1acqieln y Tasior ia cifv
chairman of the drive. with Colonel
John r. Saunders state chairman.
I Tho Hon ". Mcdonald Lee IS stale
/ director.