The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-04-08
AcCeptS'Invitation to Become Ma
tiOnal Chairman of Salvation
Army's Annual Appeal
for Funds.
WASHINGTON'S 2EST BELOVED
RESTARTInG LIFE AT IS.
Former Cabinot Officer 5.toro Enter
Ing the Oil Business as aa Exccu-
tive for the Doheny inter It's WIN
Lend His Great Abilities to IT,
Church Militant Organization

Franklin X. Lane. referred 10 far
and wide as "Washington's best loved
man." is undertaking TWO notable limo
vations at an age when most men think
mainly Of retiring 10 the quiet OF pri-
vate life. One IS 20 earn enough
money TO support my family ANA keep
my bills paid" and the other is ito step
down from a high place To resume my
place among the shirtsleeve boys and
give them a hand II | can :"
Two history making statements from
man of Mr. Lanes attachments and
station in life And the remarkable
part of it all is that he puts the shirt
sleeve matter--the thing about helping
his neighbors--ahead OF that other
thing-making more money in order
the better to UNDERWATER the Autumn
of his life!
Few men reach a higher niche I'm the
affections and confidence of the public
mind than has this remarkable man
from the West, who was once an ed
itor, then a lawyer and finally a men,
Der of the Presidents cabinet and who
withdraws from public life to learn a
better living" after rendering a service
10 the government the extent and value
Of which would be impossible to esti-
mate. Still fewer men are called to
sach responsible places as Franklin X.
Lane will now occupy. He will enter
the oil business as an executive for the
Doheny interests and will be estab-
In, Vnr.ly oil 1or hot
pose by April /. But the rosy prospect
of making "a living wage" after sew
eral years spent in struggling along on
the salary OF a cabinet officer has not
blinded Mr.. Lane TO another opportuni-
ty-that for striking a few powerful
blows on behalf of the imam who is
down, but never out y
Franklin X. Lane has accepted an in
vltation from Commander Evangeline
Booth to become the national chairman
for the Salvation Army's annual ap-
peal for funds i'm 1920 He Is already
on this Job. although Wall Street does
not greet him as an oil well executive
for another month.
ut is a genuine privilege TO find op-
portunity for encouraging a work so d.
rect and practical and so valuable to
the masses of the people as the work
of the Salvation Army" said Mr.. Lane
at his Office in Washington the other
day. "When Commander Miss Booth
asked me to take the responsibilities
OF national chairman for the 1920 APP
peal Of that organization" continued
the secretary, "the first thought that
flashed across my mind was, How can
I spare time for such work when /
am entering upon a commercial task
of great responsibility
"And then there flashed across my
mind q vision Of the things the Saliva
ton Army does-the help It gives to
men and women and little children just
when and where they need II most
and thought to myself that after all
there could be no more important
thing than this. So accepted-along
with the other job-and I am trusting
to the generosity of my new employers
TO Endorse my action insthe matter.
III believe every right thinking man
and woman In America owes the Saliva
tion Army some Of his or her time
every year. And I am going to pay
my share. am going to get my Shout
der squarely behind the movement for
human that can win the hearts and