Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-10-01
OF WORK OF
THE SALVATION ARMY
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mapped from her parents by the vice
ring and placed in a house of i'll
fame After several days behind
locked doors she escaped and ran to
a police officer standing on the street
corner, to whom she unfolded her
story. Instead of affording the pro-
lection sought the police officer re
turned the girl to the house She
! told the story of her attempted es-
cape to another of the inmates, who
informed her of the work Of the Sal
! walton Army in such cases and told
her chat il she had gone there she
would have been protected and
saved. The unfortunate girl agai
| escaped, and this time made her way
to the Salvation Army headquarters,
clothed only in light sleeping gar
ments. There she found love and
protection. The Army at once start
ed suit against the owner OF the
house, but the influence and money
OF the owner secured a postponement
OF the case from time to time until
the unfortunate girl, whose health
had been robbed. passed away.
" If we had only the condition Of
the girls themselves to meet our
work would be easy" said the
speaker, but we have been forced to
fight the powerful vice rings, the
currupt police departments and
courts, the indifference and unor-
ganized support of the public, and
our task has been hard one.
The Salvation Army according to
Mrs. Robinson, does not recognize
the so-called double standard of
morals. She pointed out that an i'm
aginary black line has been drawn
| by the average human mind between
purity and sin. A man may cross
and recross at will; he is censured
| but not condemned. If a woman
crosses, she is gone beyond redemp-
ton in the eyes of the public, and the
| finger of scorn is pointed at her
throughout the remainder of her
| days. She is a social outcast. This
condition, the Army believes, has
driven thousands of women to lives
of shame who might otherwise have
been restored to womanhood and
happiness.
Several members of the Pullman
| Salvation Army committee accom-
panied Mrs. Robinson to Colfax Tues
day afternoon to meet with the Col
fax citizens in the interests of the
Opportunity Week drive for funds
Among those who attended the Col
fax meeting were Mr.. and Mrs. d. r
Staley, Mr. and Mrs. George r Nc.
| Mahon, Mrs. Lulu Downen, Judge
Thos. Neil and T. C. Martin.
During the past week d. F. Staley
chairman of the committee for this
district, accompanied by j S. KLEIN
gard, committee member, visited
several towns in the interests of the
campaign for funds. Organizations
for the local work were perfected at
Tekoa, Oakesdale, Palouse and other
points, and every indication points
to substantial oversubscription OF
the quota.
If it We're possible for Mrs. Rob
irson to carry her message personal
ly to every town in the county the
people would contribute $4,000 ins
stead of the $4,000 asked of the two
districts and still feel that they hao
not done enough said Chairman
Staley.
d. F. Staley, chairman of the To-
cal Salvation Army committee, re
ported that while no subscriptions
have been asked for prior to Oppor-
tunity Week, one 500 subscription
| has already been made and every in
dication points to an oversubscrip
ton of the quota without active So
| licitation.