The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-04-29
ARMY PLANS
RESCUE HOME
FOR INDIANA
sALvATIoNisTs, IN THEIR COM
ING DRIVE, SET $4,000 FOR
MATERNITY WORK.

Indianapolis. Ind.-Records. on fle
at the Salvation Army's rescue homes
and maternity hospitals in Louisville.
Cincinnati. Detroit and Chicago show
. strikingly large number OF unfortu-
nate girls from Indiana are cared for
every year
Lieut. Col Mary Stillwell. known as
the mother OF Salvation Army rescue
home work." because she started the
nrst maternity hospital twenty-eight
years ago, and Is now at the head OF
AL this work in twenty-three states. Is
authority for the statement that. con
trary to popular belief. the majority
OF these cases start In the small town
or rural community.
The great majority OF these girls
have found these Salvation Army
havens OF refuge. where they are
given the very best medical attention
and . beautiful environment. only by
accident. In many cases they have
left home 10 avoid possible notoriety
and gossip. have drifted into the city
and far too often have been the vic
tins OF privation and disease when
they arrived at the Salvation Army
heme.
The Army In Indiana hopes. this
year. through the establishment OF
county advisory boards in every sec
tion or the state thst there will be a
direct channel OF communication for
these and all other cases OF human
suffering and misery With someone
interested In them and knowing where
TO direct them many can be spared
much OF the suffering they now en-
dure
Because It feels that Indiana girls
should be cared for In Indiana and no,
go. ~ -ar1skndt TO four or ~nve other
states. the Salvation Army, in It's
financial appeal. May 9 to IL. In which
II asks the people OF Indiana for $25s.
500. has set aside the sum Of $50, ,eot
to provide q sinking fund ~ m
Initial instzllment for the purchase OF
ereetiea and equipment OF a rescue
hons and maternity hospital where
Indiana girls may be cared for withir
the confines of their own state.
County advisory boards. which are
no more or less than cooperative aux
iliarfss OF the Salvation Army in theil
own communities. have just completed
. eenHdential survey OF the social con
aitiens In their districts. These were
cenpiisd and presented TO the state
csnvsatien Of advisory members held
In Indiana polls, March 81. These
kesn-nindsd business and profession
81 AS1 and women OF the state TO the
the eeavsnsisn. were quick to see the
need for some practical. constructive
see5al work They felt there was nc
EbSttsr center for their attention thar
q psssss hospital So they quickly ap
prv~s1 the budget the Salvation
Arag had made up TO help IL carry o,
its 1921 extension program in Indiana
Sxty.hve counties reported Sis lille
gitinate births In this state last year
The records Of seventeen counties dis
sissed the fact that there were nfty
nins prospective girl mothers nesdinI
AsspitL care and 3.40s juvenile delin
qusnts were shown TO have been sum
nsasA before the courts In siXty-fvs
counties.
Another large item on the Salvation
Arny's 1871 program for Indiana 1.
the erection Of q young women
boarding homo. These homes. ant
the Army has . number scattered
thrsxsh the larger cities Of the Unites
states. are sslf-sussAining. once estab
iisAsd. They Are more thaA mer,
hstsls: they are homes In the rea
sense Of the wsrd fer young wemel
whs Are employed away from home
TIE rseas Are esxiiy furnished. hav,
hot And cold running water. baths
large psrlors. kSrary. reading rooms
sining Ysons: In fact. everything 4
surround the girls with good. whols
ssns home Drivilsgss and the advaH
tages sf home life. The residents pa.
Q nominal weekly sum which puts tn,
home on . selfsustaining basis.
IL 10 the tentative plan now TO locat
tAis boarding home In Indianapolis. II
rsems will hs available TO every cir
Of Indiana who comes to the city 4
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