Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-19

whom are married, Mrs. Sunday has
found it possible to spend great deal
Of her time travelling with her hus
band at the same time maintaining a
home for him-flrst at Chicago and
later at Winona Lake.
! A charming picture life Of the
evangelist and his wife is given by
Miss Julia Brandon Cole in the South
Bend Tribune Miss Cole visited Mr..
and Mrs. Sunday at. their home and
giving her impression of the woman
| says:
'.Mrs. Sunday is homey woman in
| the truest sense of the old English word.
Plain Of face, comfortable Of figure Ind
characterized by sympathetic smile and
the kndest eyes in the world, her entire
personality breathes quiet efficiency.
.'she sat before the broad window in
the living room of her home looking out
over the lake the other day as she talked
! about the coming revival in South Bend
and experiences which the party has had
in other towns About her things were
( in confusion for. the household was
cleaning house in true old fashioned man
ner.
'AltnOuSn the TWO UOyS were SACiteOly
watching dust gather in the glass jar Of
vacuum cleaner, seriously hampering
the manipulation and the maid was rush
ing about experimenting odd Jobs of the
men Of the Sunday party who were spend
ing few days at the cottage, the con-
fusion seemed to fall away from her.
Matters referred continually to her. were
disposed of instantly with quiet decision
and without interrupting the thread Of
her talk.
with a feeling Of sympathy for the
housewife whose home program must be
continually disarranged by the constant
moving from point to point I asked II
she objected to the frequent upheaval
of moving about. Here / received the
first insight into an attitude which fairly
permeates the entire household and par
ty.
"rWhy, no. with enlle Of genuine
surprise, it is necessary, so accept It
as matt = Of course 4-t a v se;,tt4.
"Her tone held something Of reproof
and ! fastened to explain that putting up
preserves ana caring Tor household mat
tiers must of necessity be difficult under
such conditions.
"'People should just see my provision
closet she laughed I guess they would
admit don't let my family starve.'
). Mamma, where's my tennis racket
this from young Billy, and she arose
hastily to produce the lost traps.
'As she seated herself again she fell
to chatting about revival "reminiscences.
You know about Is per cent. Of the
church membership are women which
would indicate that they are more easily
reached, than men. But In revival work
I believe a mans heart is touched more
quickly than a woman's.r
va "a woman once reached, however,
will not rest until the men she Is inter-
ested in, her husband, her brother, father
or her sweetheart, have been converted.
Nine out of ten women have unconverted
husbands and with tears in their eyes
their first request will be that we pray
for their husband.
est is seldom that woman will grow
hysterical in the audience, improbable as
that may first appear. Generally hysteria
or fainting may be traced to physical or
nervous condition.
emo disturbance is allowed, anyhow.
from such incidents. . II a. woman faints
or baby cries, there is trained corps
of ushers who take them out immediate
ly before the interruption can break the
attention of the audience. Crying babies
are about the only thing Mr.. Sunday Is
really fussy about.
"'He never allows scoffing or argu-
nnent during the course Of a meeting; he
just says, two can't talk at once, and
I'm on the job and refuses to allow any
discussion
While Miss Cole was interviewing
Mrs. Sunday the evangelist came into
the house clad in his outdoor toys
and after his fashion entered at once
into the conversation. Miss Cole
asked him among other things whether
it were true, as had been reported,
that he employees detectives previous
to conducting a campaign in q city.
She thus details what happened:
""That's one thing wish you would ex-.
plain once for ALL make 1t as strong as
you please. never employed detec-
tive to get information against town
in my life I won't listen or use infor-
nation given by anyone unless they are
willing to make sworn affidavit to their
statements
Moreover never use an anonymous
letter. The first thing I do when open
letter is to look for the signature. II 1t
isn't signed into the waste basket 1t goes.
I don't even read 1t. That's rule l
made when first began evangelistic work
and have never broken 1t. I never saw
a town that had SO many crazy ideas,
about me as South Bend, he fumed. ry,a4
"He turned away brusquely. :,
"And what about Sunday baseball, I
called.
"I never compromise with the DEVIL
But If it is factory town where men
can't go on week days and II they didn't
have ball they'd go to the beer picnics-"
"'Why they go isn't your business. I'm
against it! Once and for always
Papa she interrupted, I wish we
could get some grass seed in before the
rain
so do T.
"'Hadn't you better put it in?'
There's a bucket back there. Why
don't you use that?
"'All right
"a minute later a paciaed Billy SUM-
day crossed the lawn Juggling a big tin
wash boiler Of grass seed. Then his wife
pointed out where he should SOW 1t while
she called to young Billy to go take his
music lesson.
"'He won't go unless he's sent each
time she laughed. >s.,.pe ~
"'Mr. Sunday always has strength
enough to do what is before him. said his
wife later, talking of his reported recent
nervous collapse. He speaks SO often
the way the Lord gives him extra
strength. We see it plainly all the time.
For instance, he has to be very careful
MT ri tal-a cold a sermon wheD he