The Newtown bee., 1903-11-13

ing of the bell everything stops, even the horses in motion upon the streets it is time for prayer. Proit-sharing is in force in all Zion City's factories. Eight hours constitute a days labor. Nobody is dissatisfied, at least he does not say that he is: if he is disSa tistied. he probably does not stay long in Zion City. Now, you see, there are some excellent things about Zion City. It is a community, and many community plans have been organized in the his tory of the world-have been organized, existed prosperously for while, the bubble has broken and the collapse has come. I really do wish that more of the spirit that knits together the followers of the ReStOrer were in vogue in our great cities to-day. Then, me
 thinks, the 'stench" (you are right about that, MT Grout), of Tammany's noisesomeness would be a little less foul in our nOStrilS now.
 While we are waiting for Dowie and his robes to appear, let us try to get at the secret of the mans success, for a great following and lots of money mean success to-day. There was John the Baptist II who is left upon the street corner blooming all alone. He had Dowie's pretensions, but he did not have Dowie's gumption. What gave to one failure and to the other a clamorous following Dowie knows men. He studies what men like. He is good caterer. He asks, "Gentlemen, what sort of food will you have? Seasoned to taste, crowned to your liking, dished out in portions, allopathic or homeopathic and served hot, fresh from my res taurant you can have It." Men- some men, 1 am not in that crowd, for l come right down from the man who said, ''They did not know it all down in Jude "-like to have others tn ink for them. Some men are willing to be servants and lackeys-I am not. We'll Dowie will do all the thinking and all the ordering and all the speaking that any man could desire. "Let that woman who is lifting her skirt sit down." The woman sits down. "The orderlies will close all the doors now" They close them. For a duwnright, upright, absolute dictator and boss Charlle Murphy and the president of the Mormon church are not in t with DoWie. He says to one, "Go" and he goes, and to another 'COme!' and he comes. What other man could call business to spend three weeks in d city that does not want them? The one who calls does not pay the railroad fare, either. I enjoyed thoroughly seeing-hearing-Dowie yell out his orders, and then watching his chess board movements of the pawns. "You will see Dowie get this audience in a commOtion in five minutes," said the man next to me. The audience was quiet enough, as quiet as in the aver age prayer meeting when the leader placidly remarks, "The meeting is now open" Thus began Dowie: "l 1 am going to speak until 12 o'clock, exactly 12 o'clock. I want you all to agree to stay until I am through do not want any man to leave while am speaking. If you can not stay un- till 12 o'clock, 1 want you to go whil, we are singing this hymn. 1 want you to go." The emphasis upon the last sentence was tremendous. It had the desired effect. The quiet of the prayer meeting turned into the roar of the mob. They did not stay on the order of their going, but they went at once-about half the audience. The next time that l am trout bled with an over-crowded church on Sun day morning, 1 am going to follow DOWie'S example. He has given the best recipe for clearing a church 1 ever heard of, far better than passing round of the collection box. Dowie may try that out in Zion City, but it will not work in New York. This is not Russia and we have not yet learned to bow to a Car.
 Another secret of how DOWie does it is this: Some men ike what appeal to the eye and to vanity, prOceSsons,