Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-05-21

baltimore has not progressed as
rapidly in the establishment CT Saliva
ton Army activities as we would like
and We are hoping to see a great de
Vel0pment both in cVan9elistic work
and also in our social work" declared
Major Mary Bale, who with her hus.
band, jor Henry ID. Bale. Divisional
Commander Of the Chesapeake Divi-
sion, has recently come to Baltimore
from Minneapolis. Major Bale shares
rank and responsibility with her hus-
band and is deeply anxious to see Bal.
timore lead this Division in all of the
Institutional activities which has made
the Salvation Army such power in
the social and religious life of other
cities
What do you most want to do in
Baltimore?" this energetic lady was
asked
Naturally my heart goes out fiji st
to the young women, girls and chill
dren, for there is so many of them
needing and seeking the kind of help
we Salvaiiori.ts can give and we ere
after al! so handicapped in resources
that we can do so very little.
You see sic continued, "Balti
more is . seaport town aa1 a railway
center. TO it flock tie Dung people
from ell over tho State Beats and
trains alike bring tAroH%s .a!o Balti-
more constantly, enc of w1cm are
criminals, many just victims seeking
to lose themselves and Tide their
trouble in the bigness Of our city.
They are the ones that we must
reach.
Yes, they come to us-our uniform
inspires trust and these girls come to
US, and we 90 to ITEM wen they are
terrified. desperate, GGd hopeless, and
the great pity of it is that up to the
present time Baltimore has not been
able to establish a Rescue Home and
Maternity Hospital, and we can only
take in these girls long enough tC
make ARRANGEMENTS to seHd them tC
our institutions in Roanoke or Phil.
adelphia.
mo" answering the query. "the
establishment of Rescue Home and
Maternity Hospital is not such great
undertaking Usually we try to OBJ
tain TIE use of a large private house
OF about twenty five rooms in some
quiet neighborhood 1t 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
-women-who are graduate nurses
and there is one Salvation Army Off
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
NAL, brought to conversion, brought
to care for their babies, and made tc
see 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 keep hold of these pitiful little un
married mothers with all the world
against them, in our rescue homes un
til we are sure that they are strong
enough to Withstand further tempta
ton
do you think these cases are in
creasing?" Major Bale was asked.
"rhat is hard to answer" she re
piled, but at least they are not de
creasing to any noticeable degree, ant
from the recent published statement
of Judge Jean Norris, presiding mag
istrate of the Women's Day Court il
the Jefferson Market Court House
would seem that incorrigibility among
girls is on the increase, since during
the last six or eight months, more girl!
have been brought to court on this