The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-14
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

I have written stories by William and
 Catherine Booth, telling of their unswerv-
 ing devotion in religious way to the, cry of those without God and without hope in the great Whitechapel district.
 will also emphasize in Sundays article how the Salvation Army in its preach
 ing has carried the message. of divine love around the world and heartened
 thousands upon thousands who from a
 human standpoint were down and out;
 but l am aware that there are some who while not in full sympathy with
 the gospel Of the blood they preach. are
 yet attracted by other features.
 ! In this story wish to lay stress
 on some of the humanitarian schemes of
 the army. As spring is now upon us l will begin with it's activities during thS- dog days, for every summer it sends some
 8, 600 kiddiee and nearly 5,o00 npthers
 from the sweltering tenements of the
 congested cities into the country for va
 carion-time outings. This work being
 supplemented last year by the distribu-
 tion of 315,9lS pounds of ice.
 l One of the things which makes big appeal to me is the fact that 1t operates twenty-six rescue homes and maternity
 hospitals. Think of what they meant to
 the 400 women and children passing through them during the last twelve
 month I was present at the opening of
 crJ,o nd hqWa
 kept In touch with it ever since. Ad- jutant Walgren Is doing blessed work with limited means and equipment. If you havn'e lead it. be sure and ask for
 Dolly Dalyrmple's story. Number SSol Avenue E." which has been put in an
 attractive pamphlet.
 l "Dolly' was convinced after thorough
 inspection of the premises that Adjutant Walgren. the godly and consecrated wom-
 an whose loving heart beats in sympathy
 with dependent children and unfortunate girls, deserves a better house, bigger plot of ground, more funds and more en-
 ccurageinent to keep up her marvellous work of love for humanity. Now, if you need any further testimony than we have I given just get in your car and drive
 out and see for yourself. and it will un-
 loosen your purse string.
 There is another class needing the low ling touch and the right start after bitter ways, months or years in prison, It's good
 to learn that last year the Salvation l Army assisted 5000 prisoners on their dis charge from the various jails or penlten- tiaries. But it's workers do not wait for the prison doors to swing outward be- fore they take an interest in the in- l carcerated, for their records show thas
 between 1919 and 1920, 6S,2l1 inmates were visited. This, however, does not cover | their work, for they also make an ef-
 fort to hold together the families of pris- oners
 In the last year 6,655 men were admitted itrlo their industrial homes, and found employment outside of it's own institu-
 tions in which 59,943 persons were cared | for. Now, in addition to the cases en- l tering into the above totals, the Saliva
 ton Army afforded temporary relief to 70a, ,s51 persons in the same time. To be
 little more specific, in it's slum posts and nurseries, 47,9S2 children were shell | tered.
 | In it's hotels for men and women they have accommodations for 5,S2S lodgers
 In the year ending September 90 last the Salvation Army gave away S,699767 meals l to men, women and children in want and provided S71,S34 more at approximate cost. In the same period it furnished free beds
 for 1,1S1, ,55s nights lodging. and beds for | 1, ,4es, ,Ss7 lodgers at nominal charges. This lservice can be appreciated by those who know the immense amount of suffering
 undergone by the unemployed in the great cities, and particularly in the win- ter time.
 | Many are familiar with the Salvation | Army lassies seen at the holiday season, I anl know by heart the sign, Keep the Pot Boiling" for it's Christmas dinners to the poor have. been feature for }many, many years. In the aggregate the
 number served in the country runs about
 acc 0oo But for their thoughtfulness last 1 Christmas, 7o.oOO little stockings would
 have been empty. but they went to work
 and got together toys for the children. i I'll. never forget one of their Christ mas celebrations which I attended score CT more years ago in New York. 1
 If is's hungry child to be fed. home
 less woman to be sheltered or bit of
 human driftwood to be salvaged, send
 the needy one to the Salvation Army.
 For two score years the salvationists
 have been caring for the neglected or
 abandoned child in their immaculate nur- series. They have been protecting the Unfortunate woman in well-managed res cue homes and maternity hospitals.
 One of the things being done is bit unusual, but the Salvation Army is pe- culiarly fitted to undertake the work of finding the missing It maintains a bu-
 reau of missing persons. through which
 world wide search is made for those lwhose friends or relatives report their ldiSappearance Some really wonderful l frds have been made, and happy
 unions have been the result The latest
 move is to help the dope fends.' Stirred 1 by their success in reforming sthousands | of liquor addicts they now hold out
 hand to tho UT fortunate men and women under the awful influence of opiates. |