Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-02-21
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fossil JournalO

pie uOOi So Sh0bheiu ana other D..
land councilmen who do not vo,,
city affairs to suit MIN. The
Of Brougher's venom has boo,
rected at Shepherd, probably ba,..1
George has been a highly reso..
citizen Of Portland from his youa n
and is a man Of some prominep,. !
the town, and therefore a sbl,I
mark for sensational mediocrih
aim at.
No doubt to his assailant's surn-.
Mr.. Shepherd accepted the ear,
battle thrown down by the monolo,r,
Of the White Temple vaudeville =
oh but didn't he grill the latte,
a beautiful crlspy brown. Georrs
not in # with the preacher on =,
Jones slang. but in the deft. inci,l,
eloquent use Of the queens EssBI
he easily places the so-called dlvl
in the class that also ran"
The writer dropped into Rev II
vaudeville one Sunday night A N
weeks ago, thinking that he Won
hear a sermon. Judge OF his surpriI
when a full fiedged orchestra. vl
snare and bass drum and an The "a
er necessary accoutrementa st,u,|
up a lively twostep. which was \,
lowed by a catchy waltz. An M
stood in the way Of a grand bail "
the seats. and all that one had to
to bring up the gay ballet Elrl-
tights or Jabour's Oriental fairies uI
to shut his eyes and listen to a
music.
After that the Rev. J. appeared
a water tank behind the pulpit Il
ostentatlously dipped two white nj,
girls and a man in the tank To
this. tho spectators were allowed
leave their seats and jostle each q
or for favorable positions. with lets
coum than prevails In the ordlnal
dime show. and IN a manner that VI
simply disgusting In a place Of VI
ship.
Then came the sermon. and what
sermon Il wasl Thcefour,Aa ~
jokes (two Of which sam Jones Z
from the same pulpit a week IA
showing that tho procured their
ply by wholesale from the same \
smith,. 10 was all watory soup
no meat IN Il whatever. There
a pause every few minutes 10 a.
the audience 10 laugh. and the "a
OF lt 10 that there was AWAY y
silly fool ready TO start the teoAss
whenever the star actor droppel
cue, His subject was n matrlmo
one the 10 almost a monomahlae
this linel and no treated IL after
style OF a problem play. Before =
Ing his collectors out among
crowd he complained that the
yious Sunday evenings eolee
amounted 20 only eightstn dollar
In the forenoon OF the same DAY
a small Presbyterian church owed
Ihe East side. We enjoyed a sen
that was the veue antithesis q
anair pulled on by Rev. Rroa
In the evening, The pastor was A
oquent, cultured man, and his seH
Was fun OF Christian love and
He dwelt upon the human dis
christ's character. and brought
with striking force and clearness
lesson that Christ was tempted
the mountain ana In the wilder
even as frail humanity Is ten
from day To day with the templal
.of every day life. thus inspirn
fellowship with the sufeFings o.
Redeemer In the hearts OF bis
gregation, and a nope that they q
triumph over the tempter's snaFe'
wiles even as He did. The mini
spoke OF Paurs glorious life
night for the right. and quoted
Apostles words, Il have finished
course" as showing that real reh
VAS a growth that began al the CT
and ended at the grave, and uf
his bearers 10 keep up the good
TO the very end.
That zealOus, scholarly, godly
lister gets $500 a year, while the
slang mOnger gets $4,000, and
thousands hear the latter while
hundreds hear the former, does
rebound to the credit OF PoFu-
church going people; but even a
try Jake newspaper man shouio
be surprised al this. for from
immemorial a circus has a.
drawn bigger crowds that en-
and az the centennial many more
pie saw the ''HOOtehie- koOtehie