The Herald of Wales. — 1888-11-17 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

RESCUE WORK BY-THE SALVATION ARMY.  Special meetings, for the furtherance of the objects of that section of the Salvation Army whieh devotee itself to the laudable task of seeking the reform of the fallen women of our large ethics, were held at Swansea on Tueaday. In the morning there were special " parades" at the barracks in Oxford•streee and in the afternoon and evening meetings were held at the Albert Hell. 'Tee afternoon meeting was conducted by Major Kyle, chief of the South Wales Division, and, considering the very unpropitious condition of the elements, there was • fair attendance, amongst others being the Rev. Oscar Snelling and the Rev. Wallace Duthie. It bed been announced that Mrs Bramwell Booth, under whose command the rescue division of the army works, would have been present at those meetings, but Major Kyle, in opening the proeced• ings was forced to apologise for that lady's absence as she bad been suddenly called home on acceunt o the dangerous illness of her child. tier p12.e3 was, however, filled by her secretary, Mies .Cox, who gave a most interesting aud eneouragieg account of the work the army was doiug in this direction. In her address Min Cox said that of course the resone work did not begin with the homes that Mrs Booth bad now, for the army had been "rescuing the perishing 'all along the line. From the very first day Ueneral Booth began his noble work, the barracks, halls, and meeting places of the army had been thronged with r)wis and rows of these poor I lost girl.. Addressing herself to the initietion of the homes which are now established' In London, she staid that one of their meetings places was on the highroad at WhiteehapeL where there swarmed thousands of these poor wemen deep down in misery. About four or. five years ago the girls wont there as they didl I now, some to warm themselves, some for the joke of creating a disturbance, and others from a sort ofgermant desire for something holy atd good that was just beginning to wake up. Some of them come to the penitent form, and ! their forlorn condition attracted the attention of a good woman—a working-man's wife— who, when, upon enquiry, she found that some of them had no address, and others an address worse than none, took them home, and having tied and tested whether they were really good—keeping them sometimes tor this 3 days at a time— tramped the city in order to find them !Ruabons. Her good work was at Last brought under the notice of Mr Bramwell Booth, and, after consultation, it was decided to establish , homes for the reception of these poor creatures, , and the outcome is that there are at present four establishments in ',linden, conducted on the most homely principles, where the degraded women who disgrace our eivilizetion may find a shelter from the hell of their own lives and a I shield from the hell of the future. The homes ! were doing mush wiod work, but it pained the ! conductors frequently to have to turn away DO many poor women who applied for admission. I During the week suceeedieg the first of the , horrible White:chapel murders women begged , to be allowed to come into the he me at the rate of thirty per day. Shies the establishment of the homes 1,191 girls bad been admitted into the homes, and of these 558 had been sent to situations, 152 had been sent back to their parents and friends, 83 had been passed on to other hones, 35 were working at some trades, 42 have been sent to infirmaries, le have married, 7 emigrated, 3 have been adopted, 4 have died, 190 were at present in the homes, and 183 had returned to their old life. The latter was a somewhat regretful feature' but the promoters were oons,led by the knowledge that though they had not won them for Christ they bad spoiled them for the devil.  Major Kyle and other officer. afterwards addressed the meeting.