The Salvation Army in Paris

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 97, 11 April 1885, Page 5

The Salvation Army in Paris

The Salvation Army campaign in Paris is being prosecuted with more vigour than wisdom. This is what a Paris contemporary says about "Mardchale" Booth:— "She has had large notices posted on the walls of the capital. She has discovered the inefficiency of obtaining due attention by the aid of young girls crying out the organ of the Salvation Army tor sale in the streets. She intends to flood Paris with publicity, and for this purpose has hired several side walls. The following" is the text of one of her addresses : — ' Poor lost women ! I have lived like you, 'but God has lifted me from the mire. Will not you also come forth ? Listen ! He who shared my shame had promised me marriage. One day, however, he came to me saying, • I leave you ! Accept this souvenir. Adieu.' Maddened by indignation, I threw the money in his face. He disappeared In the eyes of the world he was an honest man ; I alone was disgraced, I called down solemn justice upon him. I prayed . . . Infamous Latin Quarter! Where luxury speculates upon hunger. Hell of Paris, scandal of the world, curses upon thee!' Such is the placard, in "immense blue letters painted on a white ground, and considerable crowds are stationed before it commenting diversely upon the appeal.' Notwithstanding the fact that the great schools and seminaries are situate in the Quartier Latin, the inhabitants up to the present moment have not resented this coarse insult.

" Robert. JfimmetV the new play by Boucicault, and in which Mr Walton played the hero, proved a dead failure at Chicago, where it was tried for, four nights. It will be remembered that it was announced for production in Australia under the speoial supervision of Mr Walton. Lives of grocery men remind ua, They can make their staroh half lime, And with augar wholJy blind us». Putting n»A in *U tae time.