Great Falls tribune., 1921-03-30
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4 SALVATION ARMY IDEA.

! who stayed out until early morning
every night, but we know that the sll's
must have amusement.
A high officer Of the Salvation
Army who stopped off in Wasnies.DSn Sn
last week summed up the aim OF the
residence and the policy OF the man
agement when he said There must pe
no lack Of courtesy, nothing left un-
done that will make for the comtor'
and happiness of our guests, !,
Ever since plans for the nome Ds.
came known, Major McGee mas Deen
kept busy explaining the detaIs ~
girls who want rooms. Inc plEses s
for room and board average ABOUT Tue
same as the government dosmleoIles,
except that there is wiaer rang
Of prices at the residence Tor young
women. A few of the more expensive
rooms are still vacant. but It Is ne re.
lieved they will soon be rented. nns
Salvation Army has estaDhsnea siihnaI ina
Chicago. and Los Angeles, and there
are always waiting lists of applicants
in these cities.
Serve for the Sake Of Service.
The residence is expected to be self,
sunnortinn Int not profit-making. II
Il IS fonnd that any profits remain
after EXPENSES are paid, the. surplus IS
to be put back into the project to pay
i for improvements, or else the. rates
charged the girls will be lowered.
The residence is business project
but on a philanthropic basis, You can
understand that when you know 1nas as
the Salvation Army officer and his VIE VIE
who are to manage it will draw salary
of S13 a week-not apiece, put go.n
together. Staff Captain ": q. Hell.
and his wife who saw service aproac
| in the Salvation Army huts are com
| ing to take charge. IL VIII nIeaa
| says Major MdGee, working al nay
long. IL hours. IA hours day; dong
whstarar is necessary to meet the
| naad, You cannot hire manager who
would work that way. But the Army
,annla d. II because their one aim Is
service" c.1
Even since the war, when the sal
vstion ARMY made doughnuts, famous
neonIe often associate the organization
With nothing else but religious services
and mon who are down, but as the
Army saws. never out. There IS a
good deal more to the Salvation Army
Than this. Now, for instance, When
many people have let enthusiasm Tor
var work grow luke warm or colder,
lthe Salvation Army is doing two I'M
Iportant pieces of work.
| For two wears and half it has been
sending relays of wounded soldiers 70
snend two weeks in Atlantic City
Twenty or thirty boys from walter
Reed Hospital are selected every TWO
weeks and soldiers in other hospitals
of nearby towns are also sometimes
Included in the parties. The boys are
provided for from the time they leave
1.-The hospital until they return. They
Iare put up at regular quarters MAN
tanned for them, and Atlantic City vel
comes them through its citizens oy
passes to the movies, invitations to din
ner. and automobile rides.
| The Salvation Army kept this work
llup for a year and a half after tbs
war and the war fund ran out. The
Salvation Army said that it could not
afford to continue, but rather thar
have the soldiers visits stop, Atlantic
City voted, to put up $4,000 from the
city funds to continue the work an
other year.
Another piece of war work the Sal
vation Army has just started. This
is an offer to service to relatives o.
dead soldiers whose bodies are beins
brought to this country, to Arlington
Cemetery. Often the relatives O
these soldiers are unable to come t
Washington to be present at the mill
tary interment cermonies. and the Sal
vation Army offers to represent then
at the services and to write them abou
lit afterwards. Or. If relatives or an.
friends come to Washington, for thi
purpose, the Salvation Army says i
will be glad to know beforehand, 81
that it can send some one to NEE
them and do anything possible to hell
them during their stay in Washington.