The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-15
"Stunt" Chairman Talks

70 vERYBODY loves to hear Jeff
 H Bailey talk, it matters not ~ whether he's talking shop of Xii wanis. or like the. admiral in Pima fore" about his lovely daughter of the same name, Josephine who is his idol, or the Salvation Army, which Is his hobby" and whether in friv- olous vein or serious one, "Friend Jeff" always has something interest ing to say.
 In this particular instance Friend Jeff is serious because as Chairman fo the Stunt Committee" for the ''Salva- tion Army Appeal which is now in prc gress and which he believes is en- crossing the time of all thinking peo- pie, yesterday when he was discuss ing the appeal with me, he said;
 Slogans, slogans, and sloganettes have been coined, promulgated and cashed in from the days of Ben Frank lin's first hand press, to put before the public the heart of the subject matter that organizations wished to get across, but since the history of man began in the Garden of Eden there has never been one that hit the average human being just exactly three inches below the collar bone on the left hand side of the anatomy, with such di- rect connection to one's pocketbok as that of the Salvation Army: "A Man May Be Down, But He's Never Out
 ITO the average layman this is the appeal of the Salvation Army. It ap- plies to both the male and female, for the Salvation Army knows no distine- tion between drunken buh and a scarlet woman, when it reaches out it's helping hand. Every human being is a mothers offering to the world, and in the name of humanity society and the Salvation Army goes out to improve that person who has become soiled in evil living, or through has slipped into improper environment and become what that mother had prayed her offspring would never be. Therefore, when all else has failed, the fallen one, when no one will give them a chance, the Salvation Army through it's various ramifications of
  one in need of their help. without ref erence to creed or isms. Come, we will will help you. You may be down, but you are not out" said MT. Bailey. "The appeal of the Salvation Army to Bir mingham citizens is on. From May 10 to 20, inclusive, you will be asked to give-not to the Salvation Army, not to its officers (who only receive enough to exist on), but to these unfortunate brothers and sisters who have failed in life's acid test of men and women who are able to stand alone, and have been caught in the drift of the down rush. irg stream of has beens. You will De asked to do just what you feel is com mensurate with your prosperity, for those who have prospered only in a Hperabundance of i'll luck and mis- fortune"
 ''There was a time when the intir nation of the need of s10,000, 900 for the carrying on of a charitable work in the United States for one year-that is what the Salvation Army will need have appalled, the entire coun- try, but now, in this day and time, that amount is mere pin money to the vast horde of prosperous Americans who call comes for aid. They have found pleasure in giving. They have learned that there is actually something in an unselfish service for the other fellow a service where no expectation of per- sonal gain is even in the most remote corner of head or heart. America has learned this in war. and Birmingham is all American" he continued. 'If luxury loving citizens with the where with to procure luxuries would stop and shake themselves up they would hold in abeyance few of the frills that only go for show. in order to get a few of the thrills of satisfaction over having put the price of these overesti- mated pleasures int oan actual asset. through giving to those whose future lS--=