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Show NIGHT LIFE RAIDED BY SALVATION ARMY LQNDON, March 12. t Correspond J ence of the Associated Press. Twol hundred "picked troops" of tho Sal-vatlon Sal-vatlon Army, headed by a brass hand' made an attack on London night life I recently The forces gathered tn He ! gent strict shortly before midnight I and appeared suddenly In PlccadiU i Circus surprising the crowd In the' cafes and other places of amusement. Without warning the strains of ' Shall We Gather at the River?" burst upon the ears of the revelers and th" pafe devoteos. Pedestrian traffic prat-tically prat-tically stopped while the marchers pSSSV '1 up Sh.tftshury avenue into LH- ester Suuare. thence to Charing Cross. hen the battalion reached Lelces-ter Lelces-ter Square, four young women In furs. silk Stocking! and Piccadilly com-pit com-pit klons brought up tho rear of the "Things have been In a very bad way here for some time past." said Commissioner Cox, who led the tack. "An outcry has gone up that nobody is doing anything in behalf of the young wotrien and girls who arc found on the streets nightly in greater numbers. "Why should there be ao man Ohlldrsn on the streets It la difficult to say, but probably the war has hud a great deal to do with It. It gavo them a taste, not for wickedness, but for "life" as they understand it. They want too much dunctng nnd pleasure ami that very often leuds to sorrov..' |