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PORTLAND, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1900.
PAGES 13 TO 4
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And multiply each through endless years
One moment of heaven Is worth them all.
Lalla Rookn.
URBSTONE religion
Is a condition not-pe-culiar'
tooths Pacific
coast, but It flourish
es here as ..perhaps
In no other section of
the country. It is a
fact that, in propor
tion to wealth and
population, as many
fine- churches and as
many Christian pas
tors exist In this-sec-"
tion as in !any 'part
of the Union: " The
open-air preacher follows in the wake
of the pathfinder- and the - .pioneer.
His movements will " probably- die of
their own weight. In a few years, as
developments broaden, many-'of the re
ligionists known as "cranks", will sink
from view, as silently as they- arose.
Many of, them .are mildly Insane," and all
ot-them ride hobbles.
' There are in Portland some 160 churches.
These ' are presided over " by preachers
of various creeds, degrees of Intelligence
and grades of piety. There is a sufficient
variety of .-beliefs to satisfy the most ex
acting or. fastidious. Some of the services
at these churches are well attended; some
of the structures, are always crowded,
and others moderately well filled.
It-is the opinion tOf.some'observers that
the open-air presetting mat is done
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the churches," and that, were it not for
the curbstone clergy, all the churches
would "be filled every Sunday and new
houses of worship, would have to be
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record for the first three weeks in Janu
ary is 116 conversions. Sixteen was the
record for last week.
Tlie Wbrklngmen's Home.
Kaln, rain, rain, my Savior!
Rain, rain, ralri; ,my Iiordl
Rain, rain, rain, jtny Savior!
Half a saclt of flour and a dollar'sworth of lard.
. -' Salvation Army . melody.
The. Portland Worklngmen's Home is
one of the practical branches of the Sal
ivation 'Army work in this city. It "has
'-.been maintained for-the past nine months,
, in a commodious two-story building, at
' 2B Burnslde street. It has been sup
" ported ' chiefly through . the . liberality bif
the friends of the Army in the city. Dur
ing' the period specified the home has
sheltered 427X people, of. whom 260 were
'admitted free of coat. The others paid
opiy the small sum of- 10' cents for their
lodging.' The building is entirely too
small for its purposes; otherwise the. good
results would be greater, than they-are.
r- Meetings are also held In and from this
building. This branch is in charge of
; Corps No. 1, oflicered, by Captain and
' Mrs: Hubbard, Captain Holden and L'.eu
. tenant Charles Tucholke. This building is
far. enough from the saloons to draw for
Its clientele fewer hobos and more work
ingmeri In trouble than one would.' sup--,
pose.. It is patronized by a more respectr
able class of people, apparently, than fre
quent some of the other cheap lodging -housed
in the community. . ,:.:
. ' I Married the Bis Swede.
"Sphere comes a rift within the lute
That sometimes makes its music mute.
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' "When a Catholic girl takes the veil and
renounces the world, Its pleasures and al
lurements,, she,' takes It for keeps.J No
power; no passion, no temptation will
cause.;her tocast longlng..glances..back to
the glittering shores' of" sin. '':Is it the
sanie. with the Salvation Army:-lassies?
Sometimes, although evidently Playwright
David Belasco thought otherwise when
he wrote "Naughty Anthony," the play
in which Blanche Bates, a Portland girl,
has set all the tongues In Gotham wag
ging. According .. to the play and Miss
Bates' interpretation of it, three Salva
tion Army lassies are made to forget-thelr,
homejy ,attlre by the mere" sight of doz
ens of pairs of fancy, sllk-embroldered
"stockings being tried - on. They liked
dainty lingerie and wished they had silk
stockings, too.
. One bright ,and- rather pretty Portland
1$? - 7il& hrlwho should have known better, felt .
t ""o'-'V,-' "bfffi ' it,was"!'her-'4nission to 'join' theSalvation''
she laid aside her pretty dresses and
lpus matters, much of insanity thus oc- "donned- the blue" poke bonnet with red
. casloned is due to' the peculiar brand of- strings. She had" a pretty contralto voice,
piety that is dished out on the street and her share of the "work" was. to sing
. -j, corners'; and which often makes its' ad- on the street corner and pass around he
; herents as-mad-'as a-March hfife.-v- -tambourine. Nickels and.' dimes- came in
W """-JTlie ' iSalvationvArniy. 7 "' .freelyaiter her "turn," and,.;bne uuspi-
So those servanto wen- out Into the gi,. .cIou"-fnIght, her voice fell on the earelof a
ways ancl "gathered together all as many .'as big Swede. ,
they found,,' both -rood and .baa; and the-wed- ' jq-ls didn't get saved, hut he 'kept
ding was furnished with guests.-St. Matthew. hanglnff around He beCame. acquainted
Do people listen af. the Salvation Army wlth the glrl( and wooed her, poke bonnet
:. gatherings? Oh, yes. That crowd of soul- and an Hls &ult prospered, and "then the
churigry, sin-stained faces, the prodigal boys - independent spirit of"Nels asserted it-
yTof a thousand homes, that group around SQ He told, his Inamorata frankly that'
the.ring wherever the flag of ,the Salva- nc.be'st'glri;of his should' wear. such rldtcu-S
tion Army has been hoisted, listen because ious attire: that she had come to the part-
cee.dlngly gotesque songs, to a crude .ac
companiment of mus.Ic from cornets, gui
tars, tambourines and often ' screeching
accordions. The- officers preach around
In rotation, a few. minutes each; . col-.1
lection is taken up, and the band marches
to the 'hall, where "the meeting's thrown '
Open1' for testimonials." In the peculiar
parlance of .Its members, accepting the ,
orthodox plan of salvation is "getting ;
saved," and every night men of all; na
tionalities, all stages of Intelligence, . and
of alldegrees Of cleanliness, claim?1 to be
saved. The armory Is a great resort for
rls.t from, a baptismal font.
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A story is told of a Swfeda who had
reached Portland with a;jretry. gbo'd J9U';
and had gonje. the! usual, .gait ; vsrhlie'irlt
lasted. After his money 'was a4Itgone'
and while yet '.partly Inebriated,, he reefed
into the armory, v He w&3 tackled, by a,
sister, who asked him to come up -and.
"work' for Jesus."" The Idea- struck him
favorably," and he expressed himself 'as
belne willing' to work for anybody. ' in,
giving tys "testimony! be saidi "I bane'
working .for sawmill -in Minnesota,, but
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have tasted the bitterness of sin's cup."
.The tear In the speaker's eye, the tender'
tones in the lassie's voice, the song set to
a-popular melody that has swayed jo. naT
tloil's heart, awaken a responsive echo In
that thoughtful, silent throng. The an-
ner revivals are so supremely silly and archist hd the burglar stand' side by side;
ludicrous as to reflect discredit- arid bring
derision ind .reproach URon.- Christianity
In general. To many Illiterate people
ing of the ways and must choose. The
result of this reading of the riot net was
that, next Sunday, the girl went to' church
"clothed and in her right mind." She
afterwards married the big Swede. It is
to be hoped they lived happily, ever after
wards. '
The -'Volunteers of America.
preaching Is preaching,. and they see out
landish proceedings carried on under the
silent stars, and naturally believe that a
similar .programme Is carried. out In the
legitimate houses " of" worship'
Another reason, perhaps-the gravest of
all, is that these out-of-door perform
ances 'tend to convey, and perhaps are
intended '.to convey," the, impression that
the worklngman and the tramp are there,
too.
What about the drum? Booth Tucker -" Balllngton Booth and Maud.Shls wife,
I have made history.
Chateaubriand.
says that thousands owe their salvation' to
It. Boys who cannot be forced to -church
with a rod or' bribed with a db.llar, drop
their games and catch up with the proces
sion. Army Headaanrters.
The headquarters of the Salvation -Army
for "Washington, Oregon and southern
Jdaho are In Portland. The divisional
headauarters are In rooms 620 and 622
worklhgmon and poor people generally are
hot welcome in church. : The idea' Is.. Cnamber of-Commerce building," and 'this
iaise, -ouc 11 is easy 10, mane a laDonng
class, of people, already dissatisfied with
" their condition, believe it All In all, it is
a serious, problem which deserves the
. careful consideration of those who are
division is ruled by Brigadier Stephen
Marshall. He Is assisted by Staff Captain
"Willis, who' is also general secretary, and
by Mrs. "Willis, who is financial secretary
and stenographer. Adjutant Evans is
junior secretary and adjutant," and Mrs.
Shulz have charge of the social work.
bullded better than they knew when they
left th parent stem the Salvation Army
and organized the Volunteers of America.
It Is a distinctively American institution
and is patriotic in Its proclivities. As Is
well known, prior to this movement, Gen
eral Balllngton- Booth was the commander-in-chief
In the United States of
the Salvation Army movement. The
Booths were popular with people in the
"higher walks of life in the big Eastern
cities, arid wealthy men were liberal In
their support of the Army.
General "William Booth, the founder of
the order, Instructed Balllngton to resign
as American commander and prepare.to
go to other countries. It is believed that
the old general was becoming jealous of
Portland has' three;corps., dorps No.-1 Is -BaHlngton and also disliked ( to; see -the
on Burnslde street, and is. under.thedohtrql
of Captain and Mrs. Hubbard. Corps' NO.
2 Is maintained at East Sixth and Oak
streets, and 13 under the jurisdiction of
Captain and Mrs. Melby. Corps No. 3 wag
formerly maintained at Alblna, but the.
barracks are now dark. Corps No. 4,
whjch lsethe most prominent of the Port
land" branches, has Us headquarters' on
First street; between Alder and Washing
ton, streets, and is in charge of Adjutant
and Mrs. Hawkes and Lieutenant ; Huds
peth. This corps always turns out the
largest street parade.
The Rescue Home.
I know not,
heart.
I -care not; what guilt's in thy
Thomas-"Moore.
The crowfalng feature of Salvat'on
Army, work in Portland is the " Fourth
street home, which is conducted under
the per&dnal direction of. Ensign : Morgan
and Gaptaln Kinney, two estimable' women
who, .day by day, "vjislt the fallen women
In 'their resorts and beg .them, td reform
and. offer- them sheitpr. Fifty-five of
these -daughters of, sorrow were rescued
through, this agency In Portland last year,
and most' of them were kept rescued.
The home for, fallen women usually has
'12 or 15 Inmates, and situations and homes
are provided .for -them as soon as practi
cable. The rescued! glrla jhave organized
Army become Americanized, for. the old
Salvation Army is English . or it is noth
ing. Wealthy Americans had faith in Bal
llngton Booth and asked him to retrain In
the country. After consideration, 'he did
so, but gave up the property of the Army
in the Eastern cities, which was vested
hi. his name.. The result of this was the
organization of the Volunteers. The or
ganization was a success from Its lnclp
iency, and there Is no doiibt that Maud
Booth Is as popular a woman as lives In
America today, not "even excepting Eliza
beth Cady Stanton or Mary Ellen Lease.
She has .endeared herself to thousands,
by her untiring efforts on behalf of the
"prison boys," as she calls them, and of
those 'in trouble anywhere. Through her
efforts a number, of i'homes" have been
established in different states for ex-convicts,
'and. in time positions" are found for
the :mpst worthy .'pf the latter.'
, The Portland Post.
The local post of Volunteers of Ameri
ca is under the command of Captain El
liott, who is assisted by Alde-de-Camp
Zachman and -"Lieutenant Grant McKay.
Their headquarters is th;e armory on Sep-,
ond street, between Burnslde and Couch"
streets With them "cleanliness is next
to godliness," and the armory is kept
clean;, the entire .quarters are 'well ven
themselves into-s league vcallecj: the,;."Out t'lated. and are comfortable. Here meet-lr
of Loves,", and fcontrj Wtlons kf rpni this 4ngsarg;heldsevery night, af terthe -srandr
organization, in adargfray hfelp to. niairj Joult-ctf-dopreffort. ,;'T 4,.. jf
. - tain the -home. ?T ; :" ; The operi-air meetings are from 7:30 to
. During- the month of December last 13b 8 o'clock. The post gathers, at the armory, ,
- conversions were, reported through Salva-. marches out to the. front of some den of--ttloii
Army influences' In Portland. The. vice or crowdedrstreet corner, -and sings'
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foreigners; and many. ..of; them, bng, lost my . ..J
" -. . .- ; :.;..: w- -i Many of the-tesUmoTiie3;:aro- nearly aa
ridiculous. ' ' -. ;
The volunteers frequently give- needy
men a meal arid' a bed, and many men
of the hobo variety often coma, in and
"get saved", for the loaves- and fishes;
They think it Is easier to cometo-a warm. ,.
Hall on a rainy night and "get religion''
than It is to walk- the streets and braca
' strangers" for bedv:niotiey. ' ' ."'.. '. "
... '. The Volunteers do nqt.co.nfne thr'.'prlc . .
to the salvation -of, souls . but. are; working
for the corporeal good of the masses' aa
' well. They have "a free employment bu
reau and sometimes get positions for men
who really want to work. They also have
a -free- reading-room, but unfortunately
there Is very little in it to read- In a, rear
room are a half dozen or so beds- that aro
given to needy strangers to sleep In-, and
almost .every night they are occupied- by
.unfortunate fellows.r who are '(broke."
Only a few eights: ago? -Cap tain- Elliott
was on his way to the- "armory, and as ho-
' t,J.was passing one1 'of the near-by isalooiis,
saw a Dig. Duriy, wniterapronea oartenqor
kick a poor, drunken, chap out- through the
door. ,The drunken manlanded on his
head and cut a hole in his. cranium as big
as a walnut. Captain" Elliott carried the
wounded sot td the armory..and caredVfor
his injuries- That's the kind, of, religion,
that keeps menqut of jalt Theses things i,
are of frequent occurrence uv the-'quartera
bf the Volunteers of America. ' -' "
!; "When the Spirits Commlnslo.
There'i naught so much the spirits cheer
As rum' and true religion. - -
f "'" Old Hymn-.
. ' But It's when some half-brilliant; .half-re'K-
sincere, half-lnebrlated feilcw falte xmder
the influence of the street preacher,. and
wants to talk,, that things become lively ,
in an out-of-doors, gospel picnic In. the ,
" ' slums. It Is a difficult thing for the man-
ager, or, as for that matter, the general
public, .to detect street-corner religious
:?.. frenzy, as distinguished frohi geniria
NOrth .End druhkmetfme3'"rehIska.o-'-;-j
vtha -basis--of many fervid'. exhcltio-perln.
4-.iis jfrohtTof First and. Second-street-saloons;,.
-." -sometimes, a sudden conviction of sin
causes it, and sometimes it Is a-'commlng-
ling of the spirits; It has- been" suggested,1
that the open-air religion that is some
times seen In the North End and the pe
culiar brand of whisky dispensed in those
classic precincts"h1ive a kind of" afHnity
for each other. In other words, a; too lib-,
eralr dose of the one causes a hankering
for the other. . .;
Acting on "this belief. It" 13 said that &
Burnside-street saloon-keeper is" alwaja'
a liberal contributor to a band of out
door preachers, so long as they will sing
and shout In front of his den of vice. It
draws a bigger- and a dryer crowd than
the broken-dowiju vaudeville actress on. the
Inside; and It comes cheaper. This state
"ment may not be : literally true, but many
people believe It.
- " An llllterntcHobo.
And there are men aa good as he
"Wh03e verbs and nouns do more agree
After Bret Harte.
Nobody seems to know his real name.
He has been called "Hobo Kelly" so long
that he has probably forgotten that he
ever had another name. Hobo Kelly, on
the occasion of his last visit, tp Portland,
connected himself with the Volunteers of
America. He was dressed In quasi-clerical
style. His evangelical lawn tie had once
been white. He wore a very long and
shiny Prince Albert coat, and a derby
hat made on the block known as 'the
-'"pancake style.- These hats are much
.affected by low; comedians in second-rate
farce-comedy"" "companies. His trousers
were something Immense, and were much
too. long, after several reefs had been
taken In them. But his talk in the Vol
unteers' meetings did not cause people to
enthuse very much; and, for this and
other reasons his' connection with: tha
band was ruthlessly severed.
Then Hobo Kelly set up a sideshow.
"Wherever Mary went, the- lamb was sure
to go." So soon as one of. the Volunteer
spielers would begin to talk on .a street
.corner, "Hobo" would open up-ion. tha
.opposite corner, and would give hisaudl
.'enco.a rare treat to billingsgate,: taking
fpr-his subject "TJae Volunteeranof, Ameri
ca." " He was ordered to desist by" tha
police, and-he moved on, seeking hewer
and greener pastures. , . ' j. K
Other Outdoor Preachers.
vMr, and Mrsi JoiuWGIasscpe, two coW
ored people, conduct a mission fbif alMfcaces .
$.t ' the corner of Second and,'' Yarnhlll ; "
. streets, but they rarely preach In the -.open .
air., A Chinaman, who has been prose-'
. ,1yted by the Baptists, hang3 out every'
- Sunday in the vicinity of First and Alder
streets,, and preaches Christianity . to his!
- countrymen. -Itfs doubtful if ha has any"
success. The Chlnes.e1 are too conseryatlva
and hidebound to adapt themselves to newt
religious beliefs, and It is a question wheth
er there has ever- beenva. Chinese conver
sion to Christianity., either In China or!
America that was not promptediby conH
mercial or social reasons. '
No one would speak of the crazy woman
who preaches in various parts of the city
nights and Sundays, except In sorrow. That
she has been so long permitted to outrage
decency Is a burning shame. Just who is
responsible for this poor unfortunate being
allowed to continue this blasphemous- per
formance Is a question thousands' of. Port
land people have asked;
The Christian Army, which marches
"two by two, like the elephant and "tha
kangaroo," and God's Hegular Army aro
cheap imitators of the more pretentious
- .
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3jvltboi money.and'yust repoYjjring'froni
a "jag," find it a haven of rest and a
shelter in times, of-storm, and come in and
"get saved" without possessing the re
motest idea of the plan of salvation. Soma Salvation Army..
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