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And ` ere 's another thing , an advertisement : ` THE SUFFERING POOR Sir : Distress among the poor is so acute that I earnestly ask you for aid for The Salvation Army 's great Social work on their behalf . Some 600 are being sheltered nightly . Hundreds are found work daily . Soup and bread are distributed in the midnight hours to homeless wanderers in London . Additional workshops for the unemployed have been established . Our Social Work for men , women and children , for the characterless and the outcast , is the largest and oldest organized effort of its kind in the country , and greatly needs help . £ 10,000 is required before Christmas Day .