Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-06
HOME SERVICE
DRIVE PLANNED
No House to House Canvass
viii be Held for the Sal
walton Army

There will be no house to house
canvass in connection with the
salvation Army's home service APP
peal. This fact was announced last
night at the meeting in the Elks'
home by General Chairman Emil
Stremlau, who stated that the COM
mittee in charge of the campaign
desires to avoid the house to house
canvass and devote its time with
the business men, factory employees
and plant officials. A feature OF
last nights meeting was the address
on Home Service by Colonel Mary
Cox. secretary for the women's So
ciai work in the Central Territory
of the salvation Army.
Colonel Cox gave a very interest
ing address along the lines of the
work the Army does at home. and
vent into lengthy details concerning
the work she has done and the va
rious conditions of life she had
found in connection with the work.
In order TO show how people have
changed in their opinions of the
Army. she cited her experience
when she first went into the work
and was stationed at Portland. Ore
gon. At this place she opened a
mission and soon obtained twenty
converts whom the churches of the
city were unable to reach. The min
listers at that time did not sympa-
thize with her work but of late
years the ministers have become
warm friends of the army.
She told OF the work done among
fallen women during her forty years
in the Army and also went into de-
tails concerning the treatment given
children in the children's home.
Colonel Cox held that the stream of
fallen women which continues to
How into the Army year after year
Is due in the most part to the par
ents not teaching TO the children
the difference between lust and love.
The boarding houses of the Saliva
ton Army and the Y. W. &. A. were |
that had kept many a
girl from going down declared Col. |
COX. in telling how these institutions |
working girls TO obtain a
place TO board and live without rub
bling elbows with all sorts of people. |
The Day Nursery OF the Saliva
lion Army was also spoken OF as an
ether great gift TO the people that
must be maintained. These places
are maintained for the use of wo-
men OF the slums who have been
deserted by their husbands and
must find ii place to put the little
while they obtain labor with
to feed and clothe them.
The speaker told several amusing in
aidents in connection with the nur-
In CLOSING her talk Col. Cox told
az the aid the army is to the poor,
low one old couple were given a
unch wagon for which they pay the
army 81 a week. The couple are
BILE in this way to make ends meet
md live comfortably. Another case
of was hat of a worker
a ma dying in a room. His
wife was making small wages scrub
hing in order to keep him. The
,rmy obtained Q bed for the man
l@uprEsu~reo and rent so
he wife might stay with him until
he end ard then when he died OBJ
aimed money with which 20 give him
!, funeral. The wife is now being
AIRED for by the Army.
OF the fallen girls taken by the
army. most of them have been
b. near relatives rather than
" sw~eethearts, according 20 Col.
At least eighty per cent OF
ne girls remain good after they
been cared for by the army,
he said.
II is = carry on this sort OF work
hat the drive for funds is to take
lace.
Following the address Mr.. strem-
an gave a short outline of the
4mpaign that is TO begin on April
7. The Rotary Club will take over
ne Of the most important parts OF
he campaign, that of canvassing
he business section from the ferry
o Prospect street and from Smith
to the Lehigh Valley railroad.
other committees will visit the
industries and the Elks will
axe the of the business
ections west OF Prospect street and
of the Lehigh Valley tracks.
I is expected that when the drive
the committee in charge will
70 able to report a large number of
.dvance contributions. A dinner
will be held next week, at which
ime the heads of the various indus
ries and the committee consisting
4 Ira r. Grouse, /. r. Madsen and
ohm Pfeiffer will be present.
Under the present plans the last
of the campaign will be a tag
at which time tags will be sold
O motorists and everyone on the 5
by members of the various !
vomen's and girls organizations OF I
ne city. Z
within the next few days the J
cams and captains will be an :
lounced. Each team will consist Of I
captain and four men. !