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THE $13,000,000 SALVATION ARMY POSTER ■ - - _ * A MAN MAY BE DOWNW •BUT HES NEVER ..SywW'W 11 < yjr %S; j$K- ' * ’■■ .. -S^ jsSfc “A man may be down, but he’s never out,” the Salvation Army slogan, furnished the theme for the official Home Service Fund Campaign poster de signed by Frederick Duncan, the noted artist. From this he has evolved a striking artistic creation, typifying the hand of the Salvation Army reaching out to rescue those who are enshrouded in the clouds of poverty and vice. A Salvatjon Army lass is the principal figure, and the scarlet lining of her cloak, thrown back as she enfolds those who are calling out to her in distress, fur nishes the poster with its one spot of brilliant color. The background is Of blacks, grays and greens, indicative of the storm clouds of misery and want. RATION ARMY NEEDS Annual Budget Shows Reasons for $13,000,000 Drive. Vast Activities Conducted by 1,000 Corps in United States— ! Future Plans. New York.—(Special)—The annual budget of the Salvation Army, contain ing a detailed and comprehensive state ment of the cost of maintaining its va ried activities throughout the United States, has been issued front National Headquarters, 122 West Fourteenth street. The statistics show why it is necessary for the Salvation Army to go before the American people in the week of May 19 to 2(5 and ask them to contribute $13,000,000 to its Home Service Fund. There are 939 corps and outposts of the Salvation Army in the United States. The cost of maintaining these is $2,655,000. The maximum income which these corps may expect from collections in meetings, contributions of members and other outside contri butions is $715,000, making tbe net to tal cost of supporting the corps sl,- 970,000. The cost of maintaining divisional and provincial headquarters, which su pervise the work of the local corps, will be, according to the budget, $530,- 000. Besides the work of supervising the local headquarters, the provincial and divisional headquarters are in charge of several of the Salvation Army's largest activities, including the opera tion of fresh air camps for children, relief and employment bureaus and the provincial bands. Under the heading of “national and territorial obligations” the Salvation Army includes the expenses of main taining what are among its best known institutions, those which may he group ed under the general name of “social work.” For this purpose the Army wants $1,270,000. The pension fund budget is $400,000. The Saltation Army has determined on the erection of many new buildings for social work in the future. The building program will require expendi tures of $1,875,000. The remainder of the amount sought for the Home Service Fund is for corps, divisional and provincial build ings and a small contingent fund. Details of the Salvation Army’s ac tivities in the United States for. the last year show how remarkable is the scope -of the Army's endeavors and what vast numbers of people it serves. For instance, the Army maintains sev enty-five hotels for v>“n and women. Last year 1,05(5.528 persons found sleeping accommodations in these. Beds were supplied for 127.889 chil dren in the Army's four children's homes in (lie same period, while 45.- 61P children were sheltered in the slum nurseries. In the indust rial homes beds were supplied for 1,742.815. In the rescue homes and maternity hos pitals 1,899 girls went under the care of the Army last year. The Army has 2,91S officers and ca de ts in the United States. Last year they preached to over 24,000,u00 per sons. EVANGELINE BOOTH TELLS HOME SERVICE FUND’S NEEDS. Evangeline Booth, commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, explaining the purpose of the cam paign for $13,000,000 which will be conducted from May 19 to May 26 for the Salvation Army Home Service Fund, said: “The Salvation Army has been toll ing on the upward trend for more than half a century, doing just what it did in France, all in the same spirit and manner, but you did not happen to hear of it, perhaps. “The war depleted our forces and our finances at home. There must he not only a rehabilitation now, but we must rise to the new high-tide mark and equip ourselves to maintain here in the United States the contracts we were privileged to make on both sides of the sea because of the war.” The Salvation Army Horne Service Fund campaign for $13,000,000 will he conducted during the week of May 19- 26. Its success will enable the Salva tion Army to practically double its efforts among the poor. The Salvation Army returns from the trenches of France to take up its half century old battle in the trenches of poverty in the United States. Re member the Salvation Army Home Service Fund campaign for $13,000,000 May 19-26. LLOYD GEORGE PRAISES “ARMY." Evangeline Booth, Commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, received the fol lowing letter from David Lloyd George: “British Delegation, "Baris, April 8, 1919. “Dear Madam —I have very great pleasure in sending you this letter to say how highly I think of the great work which has been done by the Salvation Army amongst the Allied Armies in France and the other theaters of war. From all sides I hear the most glowing accounts of the way in which your people have added to the comfort and wel fare of our soldiers. To me it has always been a great joy to think how much the sufferings and hardships endured by our troops in all parts of the world have been lessened by the seif sacrifice and devotion shown to them by that excellent organiza tion. the Salvation Army. Yours faithfully, “DAVID LLOYD GEORGE. “Commander Evangeline Booth, New York City.” Tlie Salvation Army Home Service Fund Campaign for $13,- 000,000 will he conducted during the week of May 19-26. The Salvation Army’s slogan is “A man may be down, hut lie’s never out!” The “Army” will ask for $13,000,000 during the week of May 19-26. Your contribution will help prove the truth of tDe slogan. T 1 ie success of the Salvation Army Home Service Fund campaign for $13.- 000,000 — May 19-28 means less pov erty and less crime in Uie United States. WILSON ENDORSES SALVATION ARMY. President Wilson, burdened as he is, found time to cable his endorsement of the Salva tion Army Home Service Fund Campaign, which will be con ducted during the week of May 19-26. The cablegram: Commander Miss E. Booth, Personal, Salvation Army, 120 West Fourteenth street, New York: I am very much interested to know that the Salvation Army is about to enter into a campaign for a sustaining fund. I feel that the Salva tion Army needs no commen dation from me. The love and gratitude it has elicited from the troops is a sufficient evidence of the work it has done, and I feel that I should not so much commend it as to congratulate it. Cordially and sincerely yours, WOODROW WILSON. “OUT OF LOVE”CLUB UNIQUE ORGANIZATION Members Are Girls Rescued by Salvation Army. The /‘Out of Love” Club Is one of the important club organizations main tained by the Salvation Army in this country. In every large city where there is a Salvation Army corps girls who have been helped back into the normal pace of a workaday world are proud of the membership in this club. Disappointed, loveless girls who do not forget kindnesses shown them in their hour of greatest need give out of love to help other girls receive the same friendliness. In a simple, quiet way, this unique idea has been maintained for over 20 years. In every large city in the country there are girls who have needed the ministrations of the Salvation Army. After they have been helped and sent on their way again they become life members of this club if they so desire. Only girls are admitted who have given a good account of themselves for at least one month In the positions found for them by the Salvation Army after their release from a hospital or home: These girls pledge themselves to keep alive the spirit of friendliness and home which the Salvation Army has spread among them. The girls are expected to dress In a plain, simple way, and avoid in any sense of the word gaudy or tawdry clothing. Gossiping or tale bearing is tabooed. If members of the club transgress this rule they are liable to suspension for a month or longer. The “Out of Love Club” is one of the many activities that will benefit by the success of the Salva tion Army House Service Fund Cam paign for $13,000,000 May 19-26. Drink Buttermilk Free'y. The use of buttermilk Is largely a runtter of habit. Southern cities con sume almost ns much buttermilk as sweet milk. The difficulty of keeping milk sweet has been largely responsi ble for the popularity of buttermilk as n beverage. AFTER ILLNESS ZIRON JRON TONIC When Your System Needs Strength, After i Sick Spell, Try Ziron. Your blood must have iron to give your body strength. Lack of Iron makes many people pale, weak and languid. To put iron into your blood, take Ziron Iron Tonic. Especially af ter a severe illness do you need Ziron to bring back appetite and build up weakened vitality. J. E. Clifton, of R. F. D. 3, Lyons, Ga., writes: "Last summer I had ty phoid fever and had hemorrhages of the bowels and my health was wretch ed. I seemed to be unable to get my strength back. I had no appetite, I had no energy, I didn’t think I was ever going tp get well. My knees were w'eak, my flesh felt clammy, I was in a pretty bad condition. I heard of Ziron and what a good tonic and strengthener it was, and I sent for it at once. It helped me. I began to improve and soon felt much better and stronger.” All druggists sell or can get Ziron for you. Get a bottle today. It is guaranteed. 2N2 Your. Blood Needs* Little Mary Was Angry. Mary wus p’&ylng on the boor with Her doll. She wouldn't g*i the doll to sit in a certain position she desired and so she banged it on the floor with great impatience and yelled at the top af her voice, "I wish l belonged to a family that sweared.” We run the shoe scale — From the largest sizes for those big people who want style along with comfort — to the smallest foot that walks in here with the same ideas. . Can’t show us a foot but that we can fit it. And in a shoe that you’ll be gladder you bought the longer you wear it. And the price you pay will only make you the more satisfied. THE WINDER DRY GOODS STORE. BEACON STB ’ SHOES FOLKS are a heap like tobacco. Thar's hot-headed, bitey folks. Thar's flat, uninterestin' folks. 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