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Ingersoll painted one Of those wonderful
word pictures for which he was Justly
famous. He was master OF the use OF
words. Men and women would applaud
and cheer and wave their hats and hand.
kerchiefs, and the waves of sound would
rise and fall like great waves Of the sea
" two men were going home from the
lecture one of them said to the other
Bob certainly cleaned 'em w. '"'
he didn't clean w. He didn't clean up
the religion of my old mother
Another sermon expression throws
light on the manner in which he was
cropping toward that self-expression In
which he came to excel, 1--WE grew by
expression" He says:
when I first started out to be a
Christian I couldn't stand up In prayer
meeting and use three sentences conse-
cutively, but l made it q rule to speak
whenever / got a chance and so l over
came my natural diffidence. God blesses
me because I am determined to do some
thing for him. / could have sat still and
withered and milldewed like lot OF
you. God wants to develop us according
to nature"
The evangelist's own version of his
Introduction into Y. M. G. A. work Is
interesting. He had a contract to play
with the Philadelphia baseball team at
the same time that he was particu-
larly DESTROYS of taking up the new
work. He had already received his
orders to report for the trip South,
which is the common practice of large
baseball teams in the spring of the
year. Not knowing what to do Mr..
Sunday laid it before the Lord as a
business proposition" to quote his
own words. He decided that If he got
his release before March rs, he would
go into the Y. M. G. A. work, if he did
not get it he would play out the rest
of his contract. The release came on
March II. But with it came another
offer from Cincinnati which again
threw him into doubt. He was offered
contract at $500 per month, while
his Y. NJ c. A. position would give
him only $50. Consultation with
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making public confession of his ad'
herence to religion and his faith In
the doctrine If t..'e church. would have
a powerful influence upon those IN the
audience who had never taken such a
stand. He regarded it as one Of the
proudest moments Of his life when
no was able to lead Mr.. Harrison to
seat upon the Platform.
With Dr. Chapman Mr.. Sunday got
frequent opportunities to test his ora
torical powers and to improve his
skill in the composition and handling
of his sermons.
Although he has never said so, there
is feeling that it was desire on
his part to reach men who could not
be reached under the Chapman plan
that led Mr. Sunday to embark in the
evangelistic work by himself and to
abandon the large cities. Anyhow
this is what he did.
He went straight home to Iowa, the
state of his birth. and took up his
work in small towns. Places of 5000
and 1000 were the scenes of his very
earliest independent endeavors, and
through sheer lack of material, accord.
ing to his own account, he was driven
from place to place at intervals of q
week or ten days. II had half a dozen
sermons at that time" he says, land
when these had been used l had to
go on to the next place" During this
period Of his career tents were fire.
quently employed because no audi
forum in these small places would
accommodate the crowds which from
the very first began to flock to his re-
vivals.
1t was little later that Mr.. Sunday
became associated with M. B. Will
liams, an evangelist of considerable
note in his day and in that part of the
country. Mr.. Williams is given credit
for being the father of the tabernacle
idea, an idea which Mr.. Sunday has
perfected and improved, and brought
to magnitude and degree Of perfec'
ton Of which its inventor never
dreamed.
Elgin, ILL.,, has the honor Of building
the first tabernacle. 1t would seat
5000 people and had chorus Of 300
It was dedicated in December, 1900
From this it will be seen that at the
outset Mr.. Sunday preserved the ratio
of 1 to 10 between choir and audito'
rum. In the days when 10000 and
10000 capacity auditoriums became
actualities the choir had grown to
1000 and 1900 members. The taber'
nacle idea originated in the early COS
and has beep very generally adopted
by evangelists, particularly those op'
Grating in smaller communities or in
sparsely settled districts. It remained
for Mr.. Sunday, however, to demon
strate it's utility under other condi-
lions such as>Columbus, Toledo, South
Bend, Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburg
have amply demonstrated.
(To be Continued.)
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/ was riteing in the setting room
last mite, and ma sed, Say, Benny, is II
abserlootly imposserbil for you to rite
without sticking yure tung out OF the
side of yure mouth evvry stroke you
make, you don't rite with yure tung, 90
you.
I'm making up a pome, | sed, DO you
wunt me to read 1t to you.
For Land sakes no, sed ma.
For shame, mothir, sed pop, to deel
the muse of poetry sutch KICK In the
harmonick Stats, l Wunt to heer IT,
Benny, to wat have you dedlkayted
yure immortil epick.
Sir, l sed.
Watts the pome about, sed pop.
Its about lines | sed, shell l reed
it.
I'M gain, sed pop. a.. a
So I did, reeding
The cattipillers slowly krawl
With thare littel Ease agenst the waWl
Sumtimes YOU think thare going to
fawl,
But they don't, they ony krawl, thas
awl
Brave. plaudits, CRATE, sed pop.
II scanned to rime awl rite, sed ma
but eoodniss, coodent you think OF cny'
thing moar poetickil to rite ABOUT thall
cattirpillers.
No man, | sed, WITCH l coodent.
hate cattirpillars, sed ma, nate
the site of them
think thare rathfr cute, myself
sed DOB, but be that as it may, Bennys
nome shows that thare is nuthing m
nature that cannot be glorlhed by
poetry, take that End line for instants
/ With thare littel Ease agenst the WaWl
,, that's bewtiful line, thares sumthlne
haunting about it, thares reel poetry IN
that line, the ideer Of him thinking &c
say Thare littel Ease, insted OF jest
Thare Ease. -,
It's awl rite, sed ma, ony wy oloeh'
! he say, thare littel Eases agenst the
wawl, insted of Thare littel Ease agens'
the wawl. You mite think aWl cattlr
pillers ony had wun Ease between them
| instead of Ease apeece.
NV deer, sed pop I'm afrayed your
nevvir be a poetiss, | cant 1xplane
ixackly WV Thare littel Ease agenst the
wovl is eyvir so mulch moar haunting
" bewtifll than Thare littel Eases
q eonts the wawl it's wun Of the things
YOU half to feal.
got anuthir one rote now, pop,
sed it's about werms shall l reed 1t.
Renny, don't you dare sed ma.
Well for vure mothirs sake, per
haps not, sed pop.
| So dident.
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sister accompanied Miss Betty back
TO the Junction and saw her safely
aboard the other train. Two hours
later Aunt Sarah had the stray girl
In her arms. When the story had
heen told amidst plenty OF "Oh
mv's,r and "You don't say sos!' the
good woman nodded her head and
sagely observed:
Betty Crew, something VIII come
OF it,"
"But what, Auntie?'
"That nice young man will be here
within two weeks!'
"Fudge!"
and you two will be married."
"Why don't you predict earth
quakes."
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friends and particularly with his wife
persuaded him that the proper thing
to do was to follow his conscience and
to enter the field Of work for which he
had prayed so earnestly.
Thus began the struggle Of four years
of hard work on an indefinite income.
A work with varying aspects and ex-
periences; broadening and deepening
his nature; simplifying his outlook
upon life and giving him acquaintance
with the people, and familiarity with
the organization which was shortly to
lead to his exceptional. t~'iu1nS hs In
the field of evanEelism
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Chapter VI.

Before W. A. Sunday had visited the
Pacific Garden Mission; before he had
become convinced of the obliquity OF
tho life he was leading, there had
come into his existence the element
Of what Goethe calls, the eternal fem
thine. In this instance 1t was persona
ned by winsome Nellie Thompson,
daughter of well-known West side
Chicago ice cream manufacturer.
The exact incidents of the first
meeting are not clearly defined. Mrs.
Sunday frequently refers to it in her
talks IS having taken place at Pres
lbyterian church. but the evidence is
AL in favor Of Mr.. Sundays having
had some interest in the premises
prior to that time, since the Presbyte-
,1ian service 10 not exactly the place
TO look for = baseball player who
l0omes Of Methodist parentage.
4 very little youugster at that time,
now Chicago business man by name
lof W. A. Thompson, q brother to Mrs.
Sunday, ascribes the successful con-
summation Of the courtship somewhat
to his own efforts. At least 1t was his
Interest In baseball. and his youthful
admiration for the star, Sunday, that
made easier the friendship between
the daughter Of 4 welkto-do manufac.
itursr and baseball player. who like
many Of their class, could boast Of no
particular social standing.
According to young Thompson the
bestnning Of this friendship was back
In 1e45. Thompson tells an interest
ing story Of how he tried his influence
with his sister for the position Of mas.
cot on the Chicago team, a position
which Sunday made possible for him.
and which he enjoyed for couple of
seasons.
Nellie Thompson had had advan-
tsges which we're not part of Mr.. Sun
days bringing up. She only en-.
joyed the usual schooling accorded
young women in Chicago, but devoted
considerable time to study Of paint
Ing and her intimate friends still prize
evidence Of her skill with the brush.
It was during the courtship that Mr..
Sunday was converted. 1t is to the in
duence OF his sweetheart that he as
cribes the fact that he became
Presbyterian. The Thompsons we're
Scotch, and Nellie Thompson SO adj
1hered to the national church of her
ancestors. AS evidence Of her in
fluence on his career, he is today an
ordained minister in church which
IL neither the logical utilization for one
Of his German extraction nor of his
early training of his mother and the
home.
Just how much the religious convic-
lions of Mr.. Sunday had to do with his
marriage to Helen M. Thompson prob
ably no one will ever know. The mo-
mentous question was asked, however,
and the proper answer returned, and
the record shows that on the 9Th OF
September, 1888, VIM. A. Sunday and
Miss Helen "A. Thompson were Joined
IN marriage by David c. Marquis, a
minister Of the gospel. 1t would seem
that Mr.. Sunday, in common with all
mankind, was considerably nervous at
the time he secured his license This
Vas the day previous to the wedding.
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SpectaCularCa Career.
Of Billy Sunday
Baseball Evangelist
Baseball Evangelist
Graphic, Thrilling Life Story of Man Who Is
Stirring Millions of People Every Year

D THEODORE .FRANKENBERG Ohio Journal Columbus Ohio
ExnhGL Of ournaEs
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The fellos was awl standing GROUND
tho male box avn our block this aftir-
noon, Pubs simkins Getting an appel
and me sucking avn oringe and
Reddy Merry Getting sents werth OF
neenuts, and the rest Of them not dong
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comparative obscurity was the portion
of the views of baseball players. The
Chicago papers either ignored the we'd
ding altogether or dismissed it with a
line or two.
Newark post., 1914-12-23
SQUIBS

Our style and purity of diction
is often the subject of sarcastic
smiles among present day students
Crude in expression, blunt in pune
tuation as our writing is, our read
ers will appreciate the nicities of
our mother tongue as given by one
of the coming literary lights. The
conversation was something like
this:
eyes, this is my last year at old
High. l try out Delaware next
year-that is if I slide through.
Have worked off all my Math ex-
cept Trig and that's cinch. 'Mer-
lean Lit is simply trot, believe
me! They say Sy's English Lit
is fierce and that he is long on
themeing. Sorry to leave old High,
but it's so long to Tipperary-and
it's shy on pep. So long, old pal,
got to bone on my Lit. She's
bird for tomorrow. How about
Latin? Remember the song, "My
pony boy Good night shirt!'
Newark post., 1914-12-23

Single ear yellow corn-John
Holloway, Newark, 81.
Single ear white corn-R. w.
Trimble, Hockessin, ST..
Single ear White Cap corn-F
P. Williams, Middletown, 81.
Thirty ear exhibit of any grange
or Farmers Club in county
Peach Blossom Grange, Middle
town, silver cup.
Best ten ears, boys CLASHES.
ter Burge, Middletown, So second
Victor P. Kohl, Jr., Middletown,
So; third, George G. Burge, 81.
Best ten ears selected for exhibi-
tion-R. w. Trimble, Hockessin,
So; second, F. P. Williams, Mid,
dletown, So; third, j. E. Deakyne,
Middletown, ribbon.
Sweepstakes-R. w. Trimble
Hockessin, pure bred SOW pig do
mated by Delaware Experiment
Farm.
Newark post., 1914-12-23
Newark Man Among
Corn Show Winners

The first annual corn show of
New Castle county was held at
Middletown on Saturday last un-
der the direction of County Agent
L. HI. Cooch. Among the twenty
three entries John Holloway of
near Newark was one of the win
ners. Professor Grantham of the
College judged the corn after
which he delivered an illustrated
lecture, using slides showing differ
ent types, growth and yield of corn.
The prizes awarded were as fol-
lows:
Ten ears yellow corn-frst prize,
V. G. Kohl, Middletown, So; sec
ond, A. H. oDnovan, McDonough,
So; third, G. e. Spicer, Middletown
81; fourth J. P. Bender, ribbon.
Ten ears white corn-frst prize,
R. W. Trimble, Hockessin, So;
second, John Sweetman, Middle
town, 50.
Ten ears White Cap corn-frst
prize, F. P. Williams, Middletown,
So; second, j. F. Deakyne, So.
Newark post., 1914-12-23

and the papers Of sale signed for
the lot on the northeast corner of
Delaware and South College aven-
ues. The new Federal property is
made up Of parts belonging to G..
W. Chambers, R. T. Jones, DR.. w.
II. Steel and Richard Boulden.
The lot is 119 feet front on South
College running lat IL feet deep
on Delaware avenue.
This completes the first step to-
ward a Federal building for New
ark.
Newark post., 1914-12-23

Seward, : Il. G. Bounds, George
Smith, W. Silver, Paul Cleaver, H
Hodgson, James Salevan, Howard
adams, a James Hastings, DR.. Jos.
Barsky, W. A. Lintner, George
Frazer, + Ralph Mulligan, H. Grubb,
Tracy Campbell, Lieut.. Merriken.
W. Powell, H. Ruth, Eugene Man.
ming, Raymond Pailthorpe. Dr. W
y; Sypherd, l. Brockson, Harry
Alexander, H. Goldey, W. Ennis,
II. Densmore, Harry Willis, Landa
Smart, Herman Little, William
Martin, Harry Taylor, John Glen
daniel, q Burton Sypherd, Harry
Grleves, H. Hoch.
Newark post., 1914-12-23
PERSONALS

Professor Mary E. Rich is spend
ing the holidays at her home, Osh-
kosh, Wisconsin.
Miss Mosscrop is spending
Christmas with her parents in
New York City.
Miss Brady is spending the holi-
day season at her home in Lowell,
Massachusetts.
Professor M. V. Caudell is the
guest of her sister in Buffalo,
N. Y.
Mr. II. M. Lilley Of East Liver
pool, Ohio, is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lilley. Mr..
Lilley is teacher Of Manual Train
ing in the public schools of East
Liverpool.
Miss Helen McNeal and Miss
Alice Evans Of the Moody School,
Northfeld, Mass, are home for the
Christmas holidays.
Mrs. E. S. Avis of Wilmington
visited Newark friends on Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G. Henry of
Brooklyn are the Christmas guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Evans.
Miss Edith Spencer of the Bal
dwin School, Bryn Mawr, is home
for the holidays.
Mrs. Kate Sheldrake, Mr.. Charles
Murphy Of Harrington, and Mrs.
G. H. Murphy of Pennington, are
the guests of Mrs. H. L. Bonham.
Mrs. Brokaw of Childs, Nd, is
the guest Of her daughter, Mrs H.
E. Tiffany.
Mrs. Bernard Becker Of Wynd.
mood, Pa, is the guest Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Barton.
Newark post., 1914-12-23
Fourth Grade Entertainment

The following program was rem
dered by the pupils of the Fourth
Grade, Newark Public School, this
week. The children had been care
fully trained by their teacher, Miss
Emily Pennington.
Music-Merry Christmas Bells /;
Welcome, Howard Reed; GA Let
ter to Santa" Edna Holton; CT
Wonder" Penrose Wilson; Play
christmas Visitors" Katherine
Reed, Iva Wollaston, John Tweed,
John Morrison, Clarence Cox, Will
lam Riley, Alice Williams, Mary
Snyder, Mildred Richards, Mary
Potts, Mary Stroud, Gladys Rose /;
A Ride With Santa, Mildred
Richards; GA Boys Letter to
Santa Claus Frank Durnall !;
An Indian Boys Christmas" Bu-
ford Denny; "A Letter from Santa
Lydia Young; Music, Holy Night !;
"A Child's Thoughts About
Christmas" Edna Walraven ga
Boys Troubles" Alvin Wakeland !;
"Mr. Santa Claus Man, Lewis
Green; "Cradle Song" Margaret
Emerson; Play" Santa's Volun-
teers," Alberta Jackson, Beatrice
Moore, Gladys Rose, Reba Bottom,
Courtland Houghton, Floyd Hub
ert, Marshall Manns; "What IT,"
Mary Griffith; "When Santa Claus
Comes" Mildred Cox; Music
"Hark The Angel Song
Newark post., 1914-12-23

PROFESSOR ana Mrs. PennY en-
tertained at dinner last Friday
evening in honor of DR.. and Mrs.
Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Curtis en-
tertained party Of friends at din
ner last Saturday evening.
The Kappa Alpha Fraternity en-
tertained at a dansant last Friday
afternoon, about twenty friends.
The chaperones for the occasion
were Mrs. e. L. Smith, Mrs. George
Dutton, Mrs. j. Pearce Cam, and
Mrs. John Pilling. The guests in
cluded Miss Charlotte Peverly and
Miss Nell Janvier Of Middletown,
and girls from the Women's s Col
lege.
Mr.. and Mrs. Penrose Wilson
entertained a number Of friends at
dinner last Monday evening. The
large dining room was beautifully
decorated with holly. A great
Christmas pie, trimmed with hol-
ly and red ribbon, containing
gift for every one, adorned the
center of the table. The guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilson
of Avondale, Mr.. and Mrs. Men
dinhall Of Toughkenamon, Profess
sor and Mrs. Hayward, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. B. Evans, DR.. and Mrs.
Rowan, DR.. and Mrs. Mitchell, DR..
and Mrs. Neale, Mr.. and Mrs.
Whittingham, Miss Robinson, Miss
Brady, Miss Evans, Miss Hossinger
DR.. Harter. DR.. Sypherd, DR.. Kol-
lCck.
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Penning-
ton have issued invitations for the
celebration of their fiftieth we'd
ding anniversary on Tuesday,
December the twenty-ninth, from
one to five.
The students of the Women's
College gave a Christmas dance in
Residence Hall on the evening OF
December 19. The patronesses were
Dean Robinson, Mrs. A. D. War
ner, Mrs. Harry. Hayward, Miss
Mary E. Rich, Miss Myrtle V.
Caudell. The grand march was
led by Professor Hayward and
Mrs. Warner. The decorations con-
sisted of holly and mistletoe, and
laurel and poinsettas. Music was
furnished by the First Infantry
Orchestra of Wilmington. The
committee of students in charge OF
the dance was made up Of Misses
Jeanne Underhill, Marion Camp
bell, Lura Shorb, Alice Ruth, and
Isabel Stott.
Those present included: Misses
Margaret Postles, Catherine Schun-
der, Virginia Harrington, Jeanne
Underhill, Elizabeth Eggert, Bea-
trice Crossmore, Ozella Saville,
Hilda Stevens, Mildred Ferguson,
Ethel Grieves, Lura Shorb, Anna
Gallaher, Selma Bachrach, Helen
Barley, Emily Frazer, Eleanor
Fader, Mary Pratt, Regina Kurtz,
Mary Ledenham, Alice Ruth, Eliz-
abeth Dawson, Alfredo Mosscrop,
Gertrude Brady, Edwina Long,
Margaret Lum, Myrtle Steele,
Viola Smith, Helen Walker, Edna
Coale, Margaret Almond, Margar-
ct Dunn, Helen Baylis, Alice JET
fries, Marion Campbell, Ruth Glen
daniel, Isabel Stott, Elizabeth
Wright, Audrey Miller, Anna Ken
nelley; Messrs. John Postles, w. l.
Newark post., 1914-12-23
Farmers Club Meeting

The meeting Of the Pencader
Farmers Club, to be held in the
Welsh Tract School house on Jan
uary 5 will be addressed by Pro-
fessor H. Hayward, Dean of the
Agricultural Department, Della
ware College, on olive Stock Eff
ciency.'
Newark post., 1914-12-23
Card OF Thanks

We wish to extend thanks to the
friends, neighbors, and the fire.
men OF Newark for the capable
and efficient way in which they
fought the fire last Friday evening.
David w. Chillas and familv.
Newark post., 1914-12-23
New Post Office Site

The deal for the purchase of
site for a new postofhce building to
be erected in Newark was closed
last Friday, when money was paid
Newark post., 1914-12-23

JOIN OUR
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB
FOR 1915
You Will Need Money For Next Christmas
1t is open to everybody There membership fee or
any other cost to join. :. :. :. =. :.
All that necessays to call at our Bank, make your first
club deposit and depostors card Deposits may be
made weekly, in advance. :. :: :. -
Classes are offered to suit all purposes. = :. :.
Club is now open to receive members. :. :. :.
FARMERS TRUST COMPANY, OF NEWARK
Newark post., 1914-12-23
SOCIAL NOTES

Professor and Mrs. Penny en-
tertained at dinner last Friday
evening in honor of DR.. and Mrs.
Mitchell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-11
WOULD FORECLOSE
 LIEN ON PROPERTY
Mary C. Taylor Sues Mercy Ann
 Johnston for $1,465 on Notes.

Suit was instituted in the chancery court yesterday by Mary c. Taylor ct al against Mercy Ann Johnston for s1.465 and 10 per cent interest on that amount. claimed as due on notes. Plaintiffs ask the foreclosure of g lien on lot and parcel 94 feet by 120 feet off the north end of block 36 of Tennehil and Owens addition.
 The Divorce Record
 The petition of Ruth Arnold, filed yesterday for divorce from J. A. Arnold was granted Plaintiff charg- ed cruelty and non-support
 Wants Disabilities Removed
 Eugene c. Weber, 19 years of age filed petition to have the disabili- ties of minority removed, explaining he desired to assist in repairing a residence and it is necessary for him to sign a mortgage.
 Marriage Licenses.
 Licenses to wed were issued yes- terday to Gilmore P. Wilson of Evan vile. Ind. and Miss Wessie Frawley of Little Rork: A. E. Wingate and Miss Olive Ross. both of Monticello; William Thomas King and Miss Clara F. Luttrall. both of Pine Bluff; T. D. Murphy of Malvern and Mis- Anna c Murphy of Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-11
BIG s. s. MEET.
Annual Convention in New York At.
 tracts Thousands.

Binghamton, N. Y.. June 9.-New York states annual Sunday school convention was opened here this morning, an dis undoubtedly the larg- est convention of its kind ever held in the Empire state. The convention has secured several churches in which sessions will be held, providing seating capacity of over 4,000. Many of the several score of conven- ton speakers and institute instruct ors are recognized specialists of in- ternational repute. The list includes the names of w. c. Pearce of Chica- go, John l.. Alexander of Chicago;
 Miss Mamie Lee Frayser of Louis vile, Ky, pr. M. A. Honline of New York City, and Rev. C. Waldo Cherry
 D. D., of Rochester. The state school of methods, which so popularized last years state convention, will again be the great educational feature of the program. The evangelistic, temper ance, extension and rural features o1 the work will be fully represented.