The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20

we nave 'nau Lne thanks ol Marshal Foch for our work in
 France, we have had the thanks of Lloyd George, we have had the thanks of Gen.
 eral Joffre and we have had the thanks of General Per
 shing, but the real expression
 of appreciation which tells us that our duty was done was 1 the thanks of the American
 doughboy," said Miss Evange- line Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, before one of the largest crowds ever seen | in the Jefferson theatre, last | night.
 By the time the programme com- menced the theatre was crowded 10 canacitv. and hundreds came to the theatre who were unable to gam ao' mittance.
 Miss Booth was given great ova- 1. .;on ss she arose to speak. and the l tsIling noints of her address were nunctrated by frequent and prolonged applause. She spoke on christ III Deeds
 Seated on the stage were many nrominent men and women of the cltv and leading members of the SaIVation' Army. ,,, frf1n MIEG Booth. nthe worlds greatest tragedy 1 Is over. The heartstrings of a nation are being relaxed. And since the close | Of the war the Salvation Army has become quite popular. There are three things which account for this popu- 1 larity, I think. The first is. when the war came it found the Salvation Army ready. Ready, not with songs, thoush we did sing, not with our musicians, not only with faith. but with men the right calibre of men and women. 4"The second reason was that we were no strangers to hardships When we crouched in the water-seeped floors of the dugouts in France it was not the first time. We were soldiers and accustomed to battle. For years our workers have been deep in the underworld, serving and helping men who had fallen All over the country people are saying: What wonder full new work the Salvation Army did during the war No not new work, but the same work we have been doing for long time.
 And the last reason is our practi- cal Christianity. Our religion is prac- teal We reduce theory to practice, and faith to deeds. It was our prac. ticai Christianity that built up our forces from a mere handful to a great army of men and women in nearly every country in the world It was our practical Christianity that lifted our Salvation Army magazine from a small weekly with a circulation of about 200 to great publication read by over a million people and printed in thirty-nine tongues
 One day my father, the founder of the Salvation Army, when speaking to the late King Edward of England said: Some people have passion for art,
 some people have a passion for fame
 but my passion is men. This is the
 passion of the Salvation Army today
 men.
 One day about four weeks before
 that great American. Theodore Roose-
 yelt passed away, l was sitting with
 nim at a luncheon, and ne spoke of a
 letter which he had just received from
 his son, Colonel Roosevelt across the
 sea, in command of his regiment And
 in the letter Colonel Roosevelt said:
 l don't know what these Salvation
 Army men are made of. There is one
 attached to our regiment, man of 52
 years of age. He Is too old to be our
 official chaplain, but the boys will
 have no other. One day we were in
 the front line trenches and got the order to go over. The chaplain went over with the boys Colonel Roose Welt said he called him back, as he.
 unarmed and alone, would be almost
 sure to be killed. But he went on. Alter the charge was over and the sector quiet. they looked for the chan-
 lain and found him with the head of a wounded doughboy in his arms. pour-
 ing out words of comfort and hope.
 Christ in Deeds is the slogan of
 the Salvation Army said Miss Rooth
 in closing.
 At the close of Miss Booths ad- dress the audience rose with one ac- cord as a tribute to this gifted and wonderful woman
 pr. N. A Barrett introduced the speaker We are very proud to have with us today Miss Evangeline Booth. commander of the Salvation Army, who, like any other woman, will sneak on--what she pleases," he said
 Miss Booth was conducted to the American Legion, composed of cramn- ton Harris. commander of the local post; Matt H. Murphy. state com manderi W. S. Prichard. Julian ca haea. Inxer Hood and c l.. Bales.
 The pa1d of the Boys Industrial Sehcos WAS present and played several selections during fha