The sun., 1903-10-20
to the minister-reporter's vacant seat,

to the minister-reporter's vacant seat,
-you stickit minister. you'll"
The subject Of his talk was supposed to
be divine healing. Pretty much all he
said about 1t was that no one could be healed
who had not been saved.
you've got to be saved" he shouted
%. you s-t-i-n-k pots! You b-e-e-r potsl
You d,r;Tu-s pots. You all stink stink
He condemned tight lacing and gave
an imitation OF a woman with 24-inch waist
trying to make a wasp Of herselfl" just
as J. Q seemed about TO close min in u e
audience tried to ask a question. Dowie
refused to hear II. He wound up with a
direct attack on the newspapers. His
usual form was to point out the reporter
for the newspaper Of which he was speak
ing and say:
II can lick you and the flesh and the
devil, too. Wen have hot time in this
town yet. I'll make it hot for you In the
name Of the Most High Gcdl You ruff
fans" And much more witt liberal doses
OF billingsgate, to the same effect.
IN THE GARDEN AT DAWN.
The early morning meeting in Madison
Square Garden at $50 o'clock is a dismal
occasion. The Restoration Host is almc st
all there, But 1t is a very cold hist. 1t
Some New Workers. know what the Garden
looks like when the gray light streams
in through the dusty windows and the
cold wind comes sneaking across the dingy
amphitlsatre in scare, ing currents from
hundred open windows.
half an hour before he was expected. He
sat on the platform and glared at the stream
Of his folk who came struggling up tie
aisles to their places on tie floor and in the
choir gallery. Tley g. ivered In their
places. Dowie drew the mple folds Of lis
coat up about lin and giared and shook
his head at few who tapped their arms
together.
He looked up into the gallery, where Zion
Guards were roosting along tie gallery
rails at intervals. in lonely grandeur One
Of them was tapping his arms too Dowie
scowled and shook his head at him. Then
he walked over to TIE cl DIR and smiled at
1t like a corpulent little Santa Claus.
All here on time this morningl' be OBJ
served, with a rasp. They had not all
been there on Sunday morning, and he had
said things.
He called for the reading Of the Ten
Commandments. Stopping the response
after the Third. he shouted down:
This Commandment is a altered in every
this morning." He made the whole audience
repeat tie commandment after i'm. sub
stituting for -tle Lord t! g word -Jeh ovah. >
He explained that lord was not necessar-
lily sacred person. For instance, he OBJ
served, there are landlords. The host,
which is broken to full and noisy apprecia-
ton Of Dowie humor, roared witt laughter
at this and things began to warm up.
ELIJAH 8 uELUsIoNs.
Dowie repeated his assertion that there
had been 10000 people side ard outside
Of the Garden yesterday. 1t is by such
statements as these that New Workers can
measure this car acity for accurate state
meet. Mr.. Yourg, the maj ager OF the
Garden, said yesterday that there were
about 5000 seats in the Garden on sur day,
At no time were there more than fifty
people star dir &. There were at nc time
more than 500 people at the Madison ave-
nue. en- trance tryiI 6 to get III. Nest OF them
walked away when the doors we're OF ened
al d they were asked to take the ilaces OF
those who had come out.
VISITATION BEGINS.
Twelve comp ar les Of seventy each Of
the Restoration Host messer gers wet out
with their black satchels yesterday !eavir &
Do wie's invitations ard peace to this
house," messages from door 10 door. Few
Of them reported al v trouble.