New Britain herald., 1928-03-10

Much of their work that first year was on street corners. in saloons. low dives. homes of sQualor and want @aining their converts one by ono Their own poor quarters became tn, original ''slum posts spiritua slrines, really, for whole neighbor- hoods. Soon. however, they wer, given Grand Union Hall for meet ugs.
 Ash Barrel' Jimmy. who had born picked out of an ash barrel where he vas kicked drunken from a saloon, Was typical of their belief in the possibility Of retaining men through Divine help. Jimmy joined he Army and became true soldier. Happy" was another leade,. Hap ny who Gad been q BoWery prosti- tlte. "Joe the Turk a dangerous character from the Barbary coast, another.
 After th" work was W,ll started in N.W York Ration left three Of the women in charge there and started west. Posts were started in Newark, Philadelphia and as far west as St. Louis where the next year Ration published the first War Cry"
 j, review Of those IS years should touch on the poverty. the suffering, the heroic battling against opposi- 'ion that our methods Of winning souls met from all quarters
 1888 Brought Expansion
 Ii was in 1888 that the Army en- larged its evangelical work 10 in dude social service. The first food depot opened that year to give soup 'o the unemployed along New York $ waterfront. Next came rescue home for girls. in Jersey City. Tn the '9o's other institutions were started all over the country.
 The war needs no mention Every body remembers the Salvation Army lassioS' doughnuts and their cheery >"l@ce in places of dread and dan g,.r.
 Since the War the work has re '"lNcd increased recognition and support. All but one of the original hand Major Emma Wcstbrook. now Ni. have gone to their rest There ar" now l104 corps working fin America. The seed that that little company soW"1 in weakness las come forth in strength,
 Last year alone there were I35 GOO converts. %o,@oo volunteer officers and dG1p paid officers who give tb"lr whole time. The Army main tains ] hospitals in various parts of the country. nine orphanages, 13 Sl'm day nurseries maintains 34 homes for unmarried mot hers; runs No employment burt aus that last year placed upwards of 100. GOO men and women. Fresh air camps for poor mothers and children from the city's slnnls spread over the country in a network; t06 industrial homes teach men occupations and self-re- spect
 The srny's New Dream
 Now the Salvation Army has new dream. It is one of preventing sin, by giving young women the kind of environment that is condu- give to right living. So Wo have a chain of lo boarding homes afford ing business girls the protection and loving care of Christian women.
 Soon We will break ground for our first skyscraper home for women
 | h1lf-mllllon dollar structure W hirh has been given by John Markle in memory of his wife The John and Mary Markle Memorial accommodating from 300 10 400 business girls starting out in the world, marks q pinnacle in the Sal Hatlon Armys history. II will stand aS 8. towering monument to the faith of on" man i'll the orga nizatjon and ifs work.
 And so. iS years after landing, tin" Salvation Army stands in the nt'd States firmly intrenched in the hearts of millions. an institution in the spiritual life of America.