An Appeal and a Tribute: Mail Deliveries: Dearer Oil, Money, and Bus Fares The Salvation Army To, the Editor ofthe "NontH-CHiNa Datty News."
Sit,—I would like to enlist your sympathy once more in the work of the Salvation Army here Shanghai. 1 thank you most sincerely for the readiness with which you make announcements and Sert articles from time to time in connection with our work, and venture to hope that you will be good enough to do something special for US; AL this juring the month of February) we are making our Annual Appeal for dusts. The appeal is launched The work of the Army is fairly! well known in Shanghai, but a few particulars will not be amiss, and Will no doubt be helpful, The Hostel was opened in Jat uary of 1930 with the object assisting men, other than Chinese, who are in temporary need owing to loss of employment. They are not all necessarily "down and out" although some have reached that} condition, Our aim is to prevent them geting there, and I am pleas-say that success attended Our efforts in many cases, as the following figures will show.
"The assistance includes the vision of board and lodging, seeki making arrangements tration of those who employment in Shang-In the la:
ited by the various Societies, Owing to the kindness of friends we are also able to. fit the men out with decent, clothing ther as they see) employment oF when they leave port.
'We also supply clothing to men) other than those living at the' 'Hostel if we are reasonably satisfied that. they' are "deserving. In_this connection, consideration. i always given to the bearer of a chit from Some. reputable person.
We never turn a bungey away! "Any man Who. comes "be. cause he ly bungey gets a good Square meal, "We do not, however, encourage beggars and "won't Svorks!"*When we got a genuine of need provide him with a'fow days free board and. lodging, Seth, ete to give him a chance look' round. Sometimes the Na-Monat Soci me board a men whilst they search for work.
The. men who have lived at. the Hostel during 1930, some of whom are still here, represent the following "nationallties:—British, Amer-can, German, Swiss, Russian, Norwegian, Dutch," Czecho-Slovak, Spanish, Pale: Malayan, inian, Japanese, Chilian. ahs flowing are a few statis-
No, of men accommodated during the year... 82 No. who are working Shanghai... oe 28 No, who have' left" the POE ce es ge ye 6 No. "who have' left' the Hostel (non-success) 13 No, at present in the Hostel. ce 4 No, of Free Meals "given 3,297 No. Free Beds..." 1,081 Approximate Monthly Expenditure s, s $1,200] Approximate Income from Hostel. ye. $300 Charge for full ing 00 (Box) per day. hose figures of course, give idea of the work entailed to help the men. The Hostel is not a lodge of the officers in charge, For me stance, many days are often spent ju. seeking one situation, and the officers are kent busy. in a thousand other ways to serve the best] interests of the boarders.
We also do our best to assist the discharged foreign prisoners.
Genuine need is the appeal to the Salvation Army. Each case is dealt with on its merits, and the of the distress removed if Salvation Army in Shangh: much work to be done in which the Army isa specialist organization; this is admitted on every hand, Dut money is needed. Tt is a prin-lo in the Army, that, the orization provides, the officers, for ial work, but the money must: ibe provided "by the Community in which the work is being done, The officers are at the beck and call of every section of the community, and the experience of the world-wide organization is at hand when required.
For instance, a few days ago T received a letter from Latvia ask-" ing if I would try to trace a man who is supposed to have come' to China about 20 years ago, and to have joined either the Customs or a steamship company. The name all. the information given. far I have been unable to trace him, but have not yet finished, The Salvation Army is like octopus whose tentacles stretch into all parts of the world and every section of the community, giving] help to the helpless, hope to. the Hopeless, new life to the would-be suicide and a hope for eternity to the spiritually dead.
Subscriptions earmarked for! any particular work, will be used only for that work, but: f no stipu-Tation is made will be put into the general fund. This appeal Solely for the work in Shangh and the figure is $10,000.
Adjutant A, Harris from our! Headquarters in Peking, is here for three weeks in connection with the appeal. He is known to many, of the residents of Shanghai as the pioneer of the work in Toad, prior to the present. premises. sited Shangh:
in connection with the finan-jai appeal on behalf of the Pe-King Headquarters. Now that our work is going here they have kindly Tent him to help us out.
We shall certainly apprecia whatever you an do to push for ward this jor. February 2,
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