The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-28
SIMPLE LIFE IS
PREACHED BY
"GYPSY SMITH"
He Strikes Right and Left at
Social Customs of the Peo-
Pile of Today in Chautauqua
Address.
STORY OF THE GYPSIES
is GRAPHICALLY TOLD.
Are of the Lost Tribes of Is
raeI and Still Cling to Char
acteristics and Old Tradi-
tionS.
Tonioht's Program.

Tonioht's Program.
GAS. Concert-Hrubey Bros.
TOO, Reading-Wallace Bruce Ans
bury.
7:15, Monologue Reading, ben
Hur"-Montaville Flowers.
$50, Cornet solo-Charles Hrubey.
S:45. Kentucky and My Experien-
ces'-Caleb Powers.
Tomorrow's Program.
900 a. m.-Athletics and games un-
der supervision of Roy ]. Horton.
800 D. M, Monologue reading. Les
Miserables Flowers.
400 p. M, Concert-Hrubey Bros.
700 p. M, Reading-Wallace Bruce
Amsbury.
7:3O p. m, Concert-Hrubey Bros.
500 D. M, Lecture. women of In
dia, Mr.. Ilahi-Baksh, India.
Richmond has heard of the simple
life" ever since Wagner invented the
phrase a few years ago, but it never
had the simple life preached to it un-
til last night. Gypsy" Smith of Eng
land told the people of Richmond of
quite a number of things they would
they wanted to get back to the old
plan of living Incidentally he made
some gruelling assertions. The Minis
terial association which had escorted
Smith to the platform received as
sound drubbing as any body of men
in the audience.
Smith was introduced hy z. G. Hill,
Richmond's renowned florist. Mr.. Hill
met the evangelist on an Atlantic
steamer as he was returning from
Europe last spring.
Smith never had the task of strik-
ing the theater, dance, cards and 9th
er social amusements from his pro-
gram of life for he was born in gyp-
sy tent. He was born to life of wan
dering, without hope, without educa-
| ton. AS is true with all men who
have strong natures. but are deprived
Of early educational advantages, he is
narrow but deep. Smith has lived be-
fore the world for twenty years as one
of its great preachers and there can
be no doubt as to the sincerity of his
motives. He is a poet, lover of ma
ture, a man of deep religious convic-
tions. He has the dark complexion,
the low forehead, in fact all the traits
of the Jew except one. Instead of the
dreamy eye with low hanging lids he
has the rowing eye of the nomad.
Origin of Gypsies.
In the beginning of his lecture
Smith enlightened his audience as to
what the gypsy really is. He is not
a mere fortune teller or a thief, but
the descendent Of the lost tribes of
Israel. Since that great misfortune
befell the race they have wandered ov-
er all the world carrying their tradf-
tions and holding to them as tenaci-
ously as does the Jew of Palestine.
The gypsy is the most moral people
in the world. There are no fallen
women among them. Smith was
speaking of the real types of England
and not of the Caucasians who some
times call themselves gypsies. No
gypsy ever takes the life Of another
of his people. There is no such thing
as divorce among them.
The worst fault of the gypsy Is pill
fering. He makes his living just as
his ancestors did in the old nomadic
days. He does it because he sees
nothing wrong about it.
Another sin of the gypsy is swear.
ing, another is drinking and the most
common of all is lieing.
In the rough the gypsy is a poet
He has honor. he loves nature. He
has untold possibilities.
From Family Of Preachers.
i Smith is one of six preachers all
from the same family. When he was
a little boy they roamed the old coun
ties of Essex in England. He painted
a touching word picture of how they
camped one day on a green knoll
among the lanes. There the mother
died of smallpox. While dying she
sang the only Christian hymn she had
: ever heard, one she had listened t6
years before while passing a meetins
house. The effect of this converted
the father and the children and they
! all became preachers.
: As stated, Smith is preacher o.
the simple life. All through his lee
ture he made his applications He
would strike from the church the ice
cream supper and the decorations
which women wear. He would strike
from the copmunity the saloon. Hs
: would strike from society the theatsr