The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
UMBER 8so1 AVENUE FL" Yes,

1M1 UMBER 3301 AVENUE FL" Yes, M Yes, that's the number, and I'd call 1t the modest house of thu big responsibility" in other words. The Salvation Army Rescue Home,' in Bir- mngham.
 What limitles sresponsibilities-what unheard of obligations-the name sug- gests; what tenderness, what humanity, what Christianity
 The modest house of the big responsi- bility" Is what I feel sure you'd call it. too, The Salvation Army Rescue Home' as you look down from your cheery win- dcws and gaze out from your happy bungalows if you gave it any thought, al you see it tucked away modestly in an unpretentious part of the city-a beacon light" for the weary heart-a Rock of Ages" for the broken in spirit-a "haven of rest'' for the suffering in mind and in body! It had such a simple beginning-some twelve or fourteen years ago this "sanctu- ary of the tireless service"-and today under the watchful care of sweet gen tle-faced, tender-hearted Christian wom- an, Adjutant Emma Walgren, a devout soldier in the. Salvation Army, woman who understands understands girls, es- pecially wayward girls, this blessed home of peace, this tower of faith and strength, is today keeping step with the victory march of the ages. leading the weak and the suffering toward a better life and a life of service and efficiency.
 AS you walk into the neat, cleanly, sim ply furnished, hallway at Number 330l Avenue E." where the 'big heater" Is polished as they say in the old Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, Hike the handle of the big front door" you are asked by the beloved adjutant to walk into the par lor;" and there again an atmosphere of home-like surroundings greets you; Nsuie "mottoes" adorn the walls there's an inviting rocker or two, and big. com fortable looking Davenport" and as you glance around, you mentally observe:
 These Salv vl ton Army people are good housekeepers. besides being evsN- thing else good that they are"
 Bright-faced girls are working out in the yard. planting flowers, some of them; others are 'mopping off the front veran- da; and to paraphrase the old Mother Goose Rhymes:
 Some are in the laundry counting out the Some are in the kitchen baking little
 loavesn'
 Everybody is busy-over at "The Salva- tion Army Rescue Home" for you know one of the vital points with Salvation ists is that "the devil finds some evil for idle hands to do,'' so everybody's got
 
 Adjutant Walgren was awfully proud of the brand new coat of paint that "Num- Der 3301 Avenue E. was wearing the other day when I spent several hours of an afternoon at the Rescue Home;" and right well she may be, for the pale gray tints, and the white trimmings give an air of spring-like beauty and freshness to the home which is quite enchanting and attractive.
 And peep into this room," the adjutant said as she carried me upstairs in the "dormitory department" where the twen-' ty-three girls who compose part of her little family live, land see these nice new, little iron beds and comfortable mat tresses. These were made possible by the gift of kind gentleman who sent ~s a nice checks. Spick and span from the parlor to the kitchen-'upstairs, do'r~- stairs and in my lady's chamber'-and everywhere is neatness and order and