The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-04-25
Bob Ingersoll's Great Drawing
. . ! Power as a Platform
Orator.
How He and Sam Jones Were
Billed for the Same Town
I. .'.'..s s on the Same Night.


Ameri can house of bishops, the ruling body
of the Episcopal church. He IS dist1n-
gu:shed -l0oking man, tall, spare figure, a
Dante face, long thin hair and, the most
charming manners. He is about Is years of
|age, and when he first went to Minnesota
there was not mile of railroad In the en-
tire state. He has ridden faithful old
|horse thousands of miles and tells thrilling
italics OF being lost in blizzards on the prair-
;es and of suffering agonies from cold and
exposure. He is the founder Of the great
Episcopal educational plant at Faribault,
the head center of the church in Minnesota,
comprising military and theological insti-
tutes and a school for girls with their varied
branches. He has secured for these schools
donations of hundreds Of thousands of doll
lars from rich churchmen in the East. B.sh-
op Whipple Is the devoted friend of the In
dians and, he has labored in and out OF sea-
son to secure for them their just deserts
from the government. He IS fairly idoa.zed
by thettribes Of Minnesota and the Dakotas
and has converted thousands to Christian
Eity. i He makes frequent visits to England,
and; during. his last trip had private audi
ence with Queen Victoria, who is much in
terested in his missionary work. Her ma
jesty was most gracious to him, invited him
to preach ia the royal chapel at Windsor and
showed him many distinguished attentions.
When. he left she sent copy Other book
for eachsofsnAs schools and gave him a big
magnihcently mounted photograph Of her
self, suitably autographed. In sending the
photograph she wrote that the laces worn
when the picture was taken were the same
that she wore when she was crowned and on
her wedding day, says George H. Yeno-
wine in the Chicago Times Herald.
Sol Smith Russell swears by all that is
holy that he is possessed Of none Of the SUI
perstitions of his profession. Not long ago
g lady and gentleman called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell and were about to greet each
other with their hands crossed when Mr..
Russell withdrew his proffeFed hand and
SAID: tDon't do that--four hands crossed
in this way is sure to bring a rainy mat
nee.'' But then this is rot a superstition
says Mr. Russell-it is an actual fact!
Robert G. Ingersoll can appear twice one
season in milwaukee,, draw an audience Of
So, 900 each time and turn nearly as many
dollars away. There is no other city in the
country where the brilliant pagan; can pick
UP dollars SO easily. He is the greatest
noney-maker on the platform, and is sad
to average 81 900 for every lecture he de-
ilivers. If he saves all the money he makes
he will literally have dollars to burn some
Of these fine days.. A brother of the great
.infidel is a plain everyday sort of farmer
in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, and the
Two men beara a very strong resemblance
Speaking Of Ingersoll reminds me Of a
very funny experience had during short
managerial experience in Milwaukee. In
lecture course had Rev. Sam Jones booked
for certain night in November. 1t hap
zpened that Ingersoll was booked for the
same night an opposition theater. When
4 learned Of this fact I wrote to Mr.. Joses
and suggested that he give me another date,
explaining to him the situation, the strength
of Ingersoll, etc. The fiery methodist
evangelist answered that he didn't care for
sIngersoll, he could fiji the largest theater in
town, Ingersoll or ne Iagersoll, and rather
.ntin1ated that ne knew more about the mat
ter than I did. So ] dropped the proposed
change and calmly awaited the day and the
lectures. The day same. At noon the In
gerso!l people had sold the entire house, had
placed 200 chairs on the stage; these were
all sold there was row Of people a block
long and they were fighting for standing
room only. Over at my theater there was
.S14 irlsthe box-office and the employees of
the house were asking for leave of absence.
to hear Ingersoll. At z o'clock Mr. Jones
5telephoned that he was at the depot. j
sauntered over and met him. His refusal.
to change the date gave me a fendish de-.
light ii picturing the situat:on Ito him.
What Shall we do, I SAID to him. II cer-.
tainly won't pay to open the theater for SIS.
or $2O--that won't pay for the electric
lights - Rev. Sam Jones pondered as We
left the depot to go to the theater. a half
hour, earlier 1t had begun to snow rather
.flriously. .I guess" said Mr.. Jones, Il
had better get lost in a snoR'stornl. TAI go
back to tie depot, get IN the St. Paul sleeper
that leaves in haitian hour and go On to
Duluth. where am to lecture tomorrow
night and you can nave d telegram pasted
on tue box Office window that I am DELAYED
BY the snowstor1m and consequently unab.1.
the city in tine to keep my engage
snent 81 s7 s
we shock hands as warmly as we Gould
IN tie driving nor easter ~ went to- the hn-
tell. fixed up the telegram and sent It over
.tos tAe stheater, and Alr. Jones returned TO
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