The Washington times., 1921-05-08

dollars for the expansion of our work.
"The Social Service Center Is just
one OF the Salvation Army works in
Washington. Turn your attention a
minute TO the Reliance Hotel at 10
117-119 Pennsylvania avenue north.
west. This is a workingman's hotel.
There man may procure a bed and
bath for a night at charges ranging
from % cents to rs cents. We have
fifty-five beds there, and they are fun
nearly all the time. The hotel is self
supporting and gives us a surplus that
we are able to devote to other activi-
ties that are not self-supportlng. But
our idea is to direct each Institution
so that ultimately all will be self-sup-
porting and the dollar that you give
Is the dollar we need to put our in
situations on a self-supporting basis.
Could money be better spent7
The Salvation Army women's resi-
dence at 1880 L street northwest is
not self-supporting yet but 1t will be
before many months have elapsed.
We opened the residence in April. II
formerly was the Dewey Hotel. To-
day lis girls are living there and
soon we expect to have 30 girls.
They pay SO, s13 and s1+ week for
a room and board. They have the
use of a laundry, ironing room, sew
ing room. They have a music room
and parlors where they may enter
tain. That hotel cost us 100000. OF
this amount the people of Washing
ton gave $4,000. Maybe one OF your
dollars Is among that $4,000.
$4,000 DUE ON HOTEL.
There stiil remains a debt OF S11e,-
900 due on the hotel. We hope %
soon pay OF our debt. Then the
rates charged the girls will be low
cred and life will be a bit easier for
200 working girls. After the debt Is
paid, we expect to earn little moncJ
each year on that hotel. The sur
plus will go into some other project
for the welfare of Washington. So
you see how we use your dollar.
II am the commanding officer of
the Salvation Army in the District
of Columbia. Under me there are
fourteen other Salvation Army OFF,
GERS. We work throughout the year.
Recently our work was inspected by
the Salvation Army advisory board.
The board approved our work. We
then submitted to the board our
budget for this year. The board APP,
proved the budget. 1t calls for s4i.-
Army work in Washington in 1921.
The budget has been carefully ex-
amined in all of its details by the
advisory board and now we are ask
ing the people of Washington. via
the approval of the advisory board,
to give us the $4,000 that we need
to continue our work here another
year.
The advisory board is composed of
some OF the best-known men in WASH
jngton and all OF them know where
every dollar OF the $4,000 will go.
l believe 1 have answered your que
ton and l hope that you will give
my answer to every resident of Wash
ington who may ask:
what becomes OF the dollar that
l contribute to the Salvation ArmyT
In conclusion i wish you to mention
the personnel OF the Salvation Army
advisory board that has approved our
budget. The board is composed OF
Henry B. +. mcfarland, president:
Newbold Noyes. vice president; Ru-
dolph Jose. secretary; Thomas Hick-
man, treasurer; Cuno II. Rudolph,
Charles Colfax Long, Charles c. Glow
er, jr., Victor C. Deyber, Earl God
win, Avery c. Marks, jr., Myer Cohen,
Charles Frazier, Charles s. Mitchell,
Clarence r. Wilson, william ]. Flath-
err, jr., and william +. Guide.
WORK IN SEVENTY COUNTRIES.
Thus you have a general view OF
a part Of the work we do in WASH
ington. But don't forget that we
work in seventy countries and colo
MES, that we preach salvation in for
ty-two languages, that we have 11,173
corps and outposts, 1876 social insti-
buttons and agencies, T51 day schools,
Al naval and military homes and
hotels, 1921 officers and cadets,
G,2G1 employees, 71.419 local officers
and that we are at work every day and
every night wherever men, women, and
children need our help.
"In Washington last year, because
OF our work. S,540 idle men were given
employment, 8,STS homeless were
given shelter, and 2s,S36 meals were
given hungry men, women and chit
dren, We need $4,000 to carry on.
Will you help7"
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