MISS EVANGELINE BOOTH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 824, 24 May 1910, Page 3

MISS EVANGELINE BOOTH.

Much interest was caused recently in evangelistic circles both in England and America by a statement cabled from New York to the London "Daily Chronicle" to the effect that Miss Evangeline Booth, commander of the Salvation Army's forces in the United States, was engaged to-be married to the Dev. Dr. Wilbur Chapman, a very eminent evangelist who recently conducted a successful series of missions throughout Australia. However, it appears that evangelists, lite other distinguished people, are apt to bo credited with matrimonial intentions of which they-have no knowledge, and the statement has since been authoritatively denied. Miss Booth is the third daughter of General Booth, and is recognised throughout the ranks 01 the movement as tho most talented member of this distinguished family. When scarcely out of. her teens she commanded a corps in the district of Lisson Grove, London, and, in connection with the riots at Torquay and Eastbourne, championed tho cause of religious liberty with such skill and energy that the opposition to the Army was speedily overcome. For this display of courage and ability she was raised by her father to the-rank of "Field Commissioner," and was given command of the Army's work in London. r ••'.

Here she developed the Booths's characteristic genius for administration, and was rewarded with the charge of Canada and Newfoundland. . On the farewell of Commander Booth Tucker from the United States, in 1905, the General appointed her to. that command, the most responsible position, next to that held by her brother, Mr. Brainwell Booth, the chief of the staff. She is everywhere recognised in the States as one of its foremost orators;;her voice'"beirig of :l such : strength as to be heard outdoors by an audience of 12,000 people. She is adramatic lecturer,- robing herself in garments suitable to the character of her subject.