Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-10
Pen Picture of Dosve Who Goes Concert Nesv YORK

was contested on the ground that {,
was violation Of the alien cohtract
law. But Dowle succeeded In oon
vlncing the courts that as no o,,t,,
wanted these skilled laborers 10 st,r,
the industry In this country theirs was
an exceptional case. The success =,
the enterprise Is In Itself a monument
to the general overseer's financial fore.
sight, and, indeed, the success OF tho
whole scheme OF Zion City must be nt-
tributed to this remarkable man
II Is almost impossible to "placan
Dowie with any exaotitude. The ont
side world has long been accustomed ~
regard him as fake a charlaton ana
schemer for personal profit and no.
grandlzement. BY his own peonle ho ia
reyered, almost worshped. Hovavor
startling II was TO the general mlblic
the Zionists found nothing Incredible IN
MS bold announcement OF two Years
ago that God had sent him to earth as
the messenger OF the covenant ana
would reincarnato tho prophet Elijah
In him. TO an audience of 900 I'm tbo
Chicago Auditorium, with n robo
sweeping about him and gestic,ilo,in,,
madly, Dowie cried. Am / right9 Do
speak the truth?" And an answering
chorus of approval showed the sympa,
thetic chord he had touched in The
hearts of his hearers.
Certainly this little man with hand,,
legs" as he has joklngly DESCRIBED
himself, must possess q vast deal NJ
that subtle quality known MS personal
magnetism" In no other way can HE
success In moving thousands to his
way of think"r be accounted for
Trusting him Do pllcitly, they readily
contribute Of their incomes to his sun.
port and TO the support Of the church
of which he Is the head ana OF which
they are proud to call themselves mcn-
bers. Nor does tho ostentatlon Of his
private as well as his public life lessen
their faith in him whit. Today the
whilom penniless preacher drives TO
and from his tabernacle and his bust
ness enterprises in his own carriage
drawn by his own horses. With his
wife, whom he some time ago an
pointed general overseer of the women
OF Zion, he lives in a palatlal home.
He replies to critics by the terse re-
mark that other men in high clerical
places lead MS luxurious life as he
does. But the critics who would assall
him for his evident fondness for the
good things Of this life are not num-
bered among the people OF Zion. Even
If they were they would receive scant
attention from self centercd, powerful
Dowle.
Another factor that contributes large.
ly to his success is his understanding
OF human nature and the motives OF
conduct. He knows all the sharps ard
flats of the human breast and can play
on heartstrings just ms the skilled vio-
linist executes a most difficult piece.
But his most powerful role, how
ever Is that OF the healer. Hundreds
upon hundreds of people are convince
that they owe their physical well being
today to the beneficial influence exert
ed upon them by the one time Austria.
Han minister, and doubtless many will
testify in New York to the cures
wrought IN them by the prayers Of
their leader.
Such Is Dowle. How he will be re-
celved by the public and press Of New
York remains to be seen. but that his
pilgrimage will result I'm numerous ac-
cessions to the ranks OF the Zionists
there seems to be little doubt, judging
by the growth and spread Of the Do"'o
cult wherever the magnetic. 'pp'
oyerseer" has seen NJ 10 make
ARTHUR L. GAEl