Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25

tween going to the workhouse or the ne
Salvation Army Which do you take?''
'I'H take the Salvation Army,
judge" he answered.
All right" the judge said. Get
out of here, and make. sure that you
go to the Salvation Army
Got Dime for Car Fare.
When the judge told Jimmy where
we could be found he said he did not
have car fare. The Judge gave him
a dime and told him to get up to us
as quickly as possible.
But Jimmy ran true to type. ana
had got only a few blocks from the
courthouse when he went into par
no m and spent the dime for WHISKY
He managed to get several drinks.
and then remembered his promise 70
the Judge. He boarded street car,
and after a fight with the conductor
because he did not have the fare ne
was thrown Off. However, he man.
aged to get to our place in the even
ing. lust as we were beginning serv
ices. A policeman stopped MIN ..
the door with the remark .naI nu
Railton overheard him, and, rusnins
to the door. told the policeman tnat
every one was welcome at our serN-
ices, regardless of race. Greco or con- :
dition, and that man in Jimmy 3
condition needed the Salvation army
and sat through the services. and at
it's conclusion confessed penitence
and knelt at the rail. We prayed
with him, and he promised to reform.
And he did, too. He died rev
wears ago, a member OF the oaiVa.ioii
Army and one OF its stanches' apos-
ties. pa
Our second convert was LOUIS Fer.
tain. who still is member OF the
salvation Army. stationed with
corps in Brooklyn. aa
Louie, as he 10 afect1onateiy ca.lIu
,s.+ion ARMY. also came to us in an
;ntoxicated condition. although NOT
sentenced by the Police Court. he
was Impressed with our work ana
urofessed a desire to reform ana JOIN
the Salvation Army. Commissiohet.
he would hold to his promise In his
condition. SO we locked him up in
the hall and let him sleep 1t of. He
returned several hours afterward
with food for him and found MIN
sober.
Promised to Reform.
We prayed with him for some time,
and he again promised to reform
and lead a better life. And ne did'
Tn to the time we came to America
the salvation Army wore no uniform,
and before we sailed Mrs Booth
said we should have some sort OF
a uniform. They then designed the
Uniform. which is the same as. we
wear today, but, instead of the Don
nets which we now wear, we wore
the plain sailor hats, which also Is
stiIl mart of the army UNIFORM.
shall never forget the evening be
fore we sailed. They had big
meetinr for us in Liverpool, and at
the end of the service the general
nraved for the success of our efforts
in the foreign land. He ended the
nrayer with these words: 20, Lord,
il these women are not right, drown
them ON the way over; drown them,
drown them"
None of us were drowned.
Another thing that I distinctly re-
member was the first time we We're
arrested We had been holding serv-
ices on a street corner down town
in New York city, when gang OF
hoodlums began to boot us. The
crowd swelled and the hooting in
creased, but we kept right on. After
about half an hour several police
men appeared and scattered the
crowd, then they came to us and
asked us to follow them. I thought
they were very kind and that they
were seeking to protect US from the
crowd and escorting us back to our
hail.. Instead they took US to the
station house, where we were