Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-14

=, "naltirnorc has not progressed As
rapidly ~ tie establishment Of Saliva
,icn ,rmy activities rs VIC would like
end arc hoping 10 sec a great de
rcInJ mrnt both II .cvanseiis.ic work
and also in our social work" declared
Major Mary Bale who with iicr hus
.an1 Maicr Henry y. Bale, Divisional
Ccn'n,nnder Of the Chesapeake Dir!
sion, has recently come To Baltimore
:i7r: Minneapolis. Major Bale shares
:ank. and responsibility with her nus.
hand and is deeply. anxious to see Bal
s;:,2re lead this Division III all OF the
Institutional activities which has made
II SALVATION Army such power i'll
.hn social and religious life Of other
titles
Whai do you most want 10 do in
aal,,murc'" this energetic lady was
a,kcd ;.
naturally my heart sces out fist
t. ,hnSyounG women. girls and chill
dran. for there * so many Of them
aacdins and seeking the kind OF help
re SaFationists can give and we are
sttrr AL so handicapped in resources
hat we can do so very little.
Sou see" she continued, "BaIti
u,ure is seaport town and railway
center To it flock the young people
from all over the state. Boats and
lains alike bring thronss into Balti-
more constantly, some Of whom arc
criminals. many just victims seeking
= lose themselves and hide their
trouble in the bigness of our city.
They arc the ones that we must
Zach
Yes. they come to us--our uniform
Inspires trust and these girls come TO
rs and We 80 to them when they are
terrified: desperate, and hopeless, and
the great pity Of it is that up TO the
present time Baltimore has not been
able to establish Rescue Home and
Maternity Hospital. and we can only
take in these girls long enough to
make arrangements to send them 10
our institutions in Roanoke or Phil.
sdelphia.
mo" answering the query. the
establishment OF a Rescue Home and
Maternity Hos pital is not such great
undertaking. Usually we try to OBJ
tain the use OF a large private house
81 about twenty-five rooms in some
quiet neighborhood. It must be
equipped in conformity to the State
Laws as to space, sanitary arrange
ments-and the like.
Certainly. these places in all OF
the big cities throughout the world are
managed by Salvation Army Officers
-womcn-who are graduate nurses.
and there is one Salvation Army OH
Ger TO every FIVE girls, for, YOU see, the
girls We get only when they feel that
every other face and hand Is turned
from them. Many times. we have
stood between them and suicide. 'They
must be sheltered. won back to nor
maj. brought TO conversion, D[2uSht
to care for their babies; and made 10
sec that their greatest hope for the
future is through keeping and: sup.
porting The little ones. which. they
think they do not want, That is why
We kceDIhold Of these pitiful little IN
married mothers with all the world
against them. in our rescue homes IN
iii we are sure that they are strong
enough to withstand further tempta'
ton @,@:., =
do you think these, cases are IN
creasinc?" Major Bale was asked. /.
"Ths; Is hard 10 answer. she re-
piled. but at least they. are mot DE- DE-
creasinc 10 any noticeable degree. AID
from the recent published statement
of judge Jean Norris. presiding mas.
istrate of tho Wonan's Day Court lin
the. Jefferson Market Cour'i Housel,:it
weuld =eemsthai incorrtsibility amo?ns
girls is:on the increase. since during
the lastsi1 or eight months. moe sT's
have been brought .to' court on ID Is
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